When I decided to study in Australia, I never thought about the city which I wanted to live in. My only concern was the quality of the university. That’s why I choose Australian National University (ANU). I knew that ANU is located in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. I never knew what Canberra would be like. Most information that I found from friends, news and colleagues said that Canberra is a very calm city compare to other big cities in Australia like Sydney, Melbourne or Perth. Only around 350,000 people live there. Besides it is a quiet city, the weather is very cold during the winter season. Sometimes, the temperature can below zero degrees of Celsius. I could not imagine how cold it would be.
As I arrived at the first time in Canberra, I could feel the atmosphere of a quiet city. I suddenly knew that I would have a new life because Canberra is totally different with Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, the city in which I spent most of my life. Jakarta is like Sydney. It is very crowded, hectic, people everywhere, lots of shops and entertainments and traffic jam during office hours. Canberra is far from those situations, though sometimes traffic jam happens during rush hours, but it is still reasonable. From what I know until today, Canberra has around 5 big shopping malls and 3 cinemas. Most of its interesting places are museums and parks. In the weekend, only shopping malls that tend to be busy and the rest of the city will be very quiet. Less people will go out compare to weekdays. Probably, it will be seen as a bored city for people who already get used with a hectic city life.
It is true about the weather. It is very cold during the winter. In the first month of my arrival, the temperature was almost -11 degrees of Celcius! At the first time, I feel the weather was so terrible because I come from the country which only has two seasons; rainy and dry season. So, I needed to adapt quite hard with this cold weather. But, I get used with it now. Infact, I like the winter season in Canberra. Well, living in Canberra is good for me. There are less temptations compare to other big cities in Australia in which I can concentrate more to my study. It is nice to have a very different life experiences with what I had before. I know I will miss this city a lot as I finish my study.
As I arrived at the first time in Canberra, I could feel the atmosphere of a quiet city. I suddenly knew that I would have a new life because Canberra is totally different with Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, the city in which I spent most of my life. Jakarta is like Sydney. It is very crowded, hectic, people everywhere, lots of shops and entertainments and traffic jam during office hours. Canberra is far from those situations, though sometimes traffic jam happens during rush hours, but it is still reasonable. From what I know until today, Canberra has around 5 big shopping malls and 3 cinemas. Most of its interesting places are museums and parks. In the weekend, only shopping malls that tend to be busy and the rest of the city will be very quiet. Less people will go out compare to weekdays. Probably, it will be seen as a bored city for people who already get used with a hectic city life.
It is true about the weather. It is very cold during the winter. In the first month of my arrival, the temperature was almost -11 degrees of Celcius! At the first time, I feel the weather was so terrible because I come from the country which only has two seasons; rainy and dry season. So, I needed to adapt quite hard with this cold weather. But, I get used with it now. Infact, I like the winter season in Canberra. Well, living in Canberra is good for me. There are less temptations compare to other big cities in Australia in which I can concentrate more to my study. It is nice to have a very different life experiences with what I had before. I know I will miss this city a lot as I finish my study.
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