A little about myself.

I'm from a family who doesn't like to sit still. My dad used to work away in foreign countries on business when I was small and my mum, well my mum met my dad and he inspired her to go back to university. She became a doctor and as my dad ended up starting his own business in the UK, my mum began traveling away to Uganda with her job. My parents both did their degrees in science and I chose to do mine in Film Studies.

I've always expressed an ultimate passion in going away and experiencing new cultures. At the age of ten, I said to my mum that I wanted to go to Japan - I'm not sure of many ten year olds who express this interest but my mum figured it was a phase and I'd grow out of it. Eleven years later and Japan is still one of my aims. I can't quite imagine what my life would be like today if I hadn't have had the amazing opportunities I have had. Something fascinates me and always has about all different cultures in the world.

I purposefully chose my university based on the study abroad program that they offer and that alone. Life is funny though and I didn't end up going on that program which actually worked out better than I ever could have imagined. Last year my mum was applying for funding for Ugandan students and accidentally stumbled on what would impact on my future more than I would ever know.
My mum called me and told me about a program called 'Study India'. My parents are well aware of my absolute fascination with Asia as a whole, more than any other continent in fact. When I was 16, I went to Hong Kong and Beijing and it was pretty much a dream come true. I always wanted to go to India but I honestly didn't expect to come to love it as much as I did.

I applied on a whim, the applications were due in a couple of days after my mum stumbled across it and I honestly wasn't one hundred percent that they would even pick me. It was worth applying since they take university students and paid for accommodation, trips out and food. I was completely shocked to be chosen, and headed to India for a month last Summer. I'll blog more about India in later posts and include pictures, but I'm going to end by saying that I never could have expected to love India as much as I did. In fact I made friends that I'm sure I will stay in contact with for the rest of my life and had the best experience ever. India felt like a home from home, therefore I've recently booked to go back on the 24th of July for 5 months. Counting down the days now and I'm utterly excited.