2018 · The little girl on Graffiti Street in Melbourne
On February 22, 2022, on this super love day, the Australian Embassy in China updated the latest news of Chinese passport holders applying for a working holiday visa, more than 2 years after the last distribution of working holiday places before the epidemic on November 11, 2019;
In the past 2 years, some people have given up the only one chance in their lives because they cannot enter, and some people have been forced to adjust the new direction of life because of age restrictions; we may be one of the few lucky ones, stepping on the timeline and coexisting with the epidemic, seeing the stagnation of the world, and also sticking to the original intention at the most difficult moment, working hard to smoothly transition to the stage of studying abroad;
So almost every time I mention it, I will say thank you for the world's inclusiveness of youth, thank you for the only 2 working vacation opportunities in 1 lifetime; let us, who are only 20 years old in 2017, set foot on the land of the southern hemisphere to feel and travel the world;
Listen to songs that you haven't heard enough, and see scenery that you haven't experienced
It is said that when I was young, I fell in love with the city and will love it for a lifetime; 5 years ago I went to Melbourne for the first time as a WHVer, and 5 years later I returned to the University of Melbourne, which I once envied, which was where my dream began...
Recently, the school has just started, and I am still slowly adapting to academic English
So I say thank you for giving me the opportunity to dream, and now, there are some people who start this journey because of dreams, because of distant places. It is not only the blue sky and white clouds that are quiet, the process will be very hard, to experience the unknown of stepping into another country, there will be confusion about personal development, and to face the embarrassment of work and life;
I don't know what I can do, I just hope that my experience can give you some courage to tell you that all the life you want can be fought for on your own, and it will certainly be achievable;
2018 · Victoria Museum, Melbourne, Australia
2020 · Lake Taupo, New Zealand
2021 · Christmas Angel Lights on Regent Street, London, UK
In February 2017, when I was in my junior year, I first learned about the existence of a working vacation in Australia through friends; but at that time, I did not pass the fourth grade, and I felt that my English was very poor; I had no ability and no money, and the farthest places to go were Hong Kong and Macau, which were 2 cities that I even felt expensive to take the subway, not to mention the cost of going abroad; the security deposit was 40,000 yuan, and now it seems that it is all sesame big things, and they are all mountains ⛰️ that I want to climb in my heart at that time;
The only thing that inspired me was my friend, I had never seen a girl like her, her skin was the wheat color of the sun, her eyes were always clear about her future, she wore glasses and carried a backpack, listened to her tell the story of the car accident and took a souvenir photo, she could drive a campervan around Australia for 1 yuan, and she could wear bucket shoes as a car washer, her experiences and free attitudes were deeply attracted to me. Her existence is like I have lived in an ivory tower for 20 years, I have never seen the world, I have no ability to deal with risks, but suddenly I see a bright lighthouse in the distance.
2018 Australian Lua Keynes skydive
I spent half a year thinking, do I want to change the plan of going to Taiwan for exchange? Do you want to give up the research I have prepared for 3 years? How to explain it to your parents? How do I take time off from school? Is it okay to go to Australia to support yourself? Do I have to go to graduate school or work when I come back? If you work, how do you explain the gap experience to the unit?
It wasn't until July 2017 that I made up my mind to give up the opportunity to go to Beijing for internship in the summer, stay in Xi'an for the 40-degree summer to prepare for IELTS, review for 20 days, and score 5.5 points;
In September, I applied to the school for a suspension, and completed all the material preparations with a national scholarship of 8,000 yuan: grab the quota, take the IELTS test, physical examination, notarization, online application;
In October, he bought a plane ticket on the salary of volunteering in a hostel;
On November 29, 2017, with longing and unknown, he flew from Chongqing to Melbourne, becoming the third batch of working holiday children in Australian history;
Melbourne, Australia, 2018
At that time, Melbourne's little train could also reach out and feel nature
Western Australia's cattle and sheep green grass blue sky and white clouds
Our campervan and tent ⛺️
2018 • Australia • Northern Territory • Baobab Trees and The World is Vast
2018, Miniature World Museum, Canberra, Australia
2018·Australia· Broome Horse Racing
2018· Broome has the most beautiful sunset and sunset camel in the world
Tasmania at the end of the world
Swimming pool ♀️ in cairns city centre
For those of us in our early 20s, the most important thing is to see the world. In the 8 months in Australia, I spent 4 months to work at a new media company, pick grapes, catch shrimp, arrange flowers; drove 20,000 kilometers of self-driving camping in 4 months, traveled while working, and earned a high salary of more than 10,000 yuan a week (maybe you don't think it was high, but I was super happy at the time) and tasted what I thought was cool... I have felt the goodwill of this world countless times, and I have helped many people later as much as possible, and more importantly, I have gained a self who dares to think and dare to do.
I painted the footprints of Australia as a picture
Mission Beach skydive in Cairns, Australia
The next year we returned to China to busy study, graduated from college, went to Beijing, I have entered central enterprises, Internet factories, start-up companies, while interning while preparing for a new Zealand working holiday; in October 2019, I also got a quota, waiting for approval, and signing; I entered Auckland on November 30, 2019, which was the 4th day after signing, that was the most decisive decision I made, and it was the most correct one!
2020 · Otago Region, New Zealand
In New Zealand's 23 months, because of the lack of labor in the epidemic, the requirements for working holidays have been relaxed, such as extending visas 3 times, such as revoking the regulation that you cannot work for the same employer for 6 months, although experiencing soaring prices, the epidemic being isolated, and missing the suffering of your family, but during the epidemic period, you have met a good employer and have been taking care of us, even if we experience Lockdown intermittently, but we still save most of the cost of studying abroad according to the plan;
The summer when the New Zealand Lu Binghua had not yet been eradicated, there was no epidemic
Although we originally planned to stay in New Zealand for 1 year, because the epidemic was extended by 1 year, it was still a very happy experience, although it was hard to cope with 3 jobs at the same time, but when we successfully applied for a master's degree and returned to school with the money we saved, we suddenly understood the meaning of saving money is to help ourselves build a utopia in the adult world;
I am now living in the UK because of my boyfriend, we have paid a full year's tuition and living expenses in London, and I have also begun to study in the temporary Moda online course model; there is no financial pressure, devote myself to learning, look at the exhibition daily creative thinking, I think this is really a period of "stolen time" by hard work;
After school, force yourself to review every week and cherish every minute
If the lighthouse is the far side I want to reach, then I am like a small boat drifting on the sea, and the opportunity to work and vacation only gives me a gust of wind to help me arrive;
I think not everyone is suitable for this less popular route, and I must remember that working vacation is only an opportunity to help you achieve your goals, as for the result, it all depends on what kind of person you are; and what kind of person you are, depends on what you do and not what you think, action is the last word;
If you are on the road to struggle, I hope to work with you!