THE

EXCHANGE
STUDENT
KURT’S JOURNEY
 Thursday, March 23, 2023. Kurt got a text. He awaited that day for a long time
before receiving the text confirming his exam passed at the Australian University of
Wollonggong.

Yes! I passed the

entrance exam.
Mom will be happy
Congratulations! Kurt
with this.
Daniel! you had
passed the exam at
Australian University
of Wollonggong with
Bachelor of Science
in Business
Administration Major
in Financial
Management.

Kurt quickly went to his mother and told the good news.

Mom, I have good news.

Nakapasa ako sa entrance exam Congratulations, anak! Proud
sa the University of ako sayo.
Wollonggong. Matutupad ko na
din ang mga pangarap ko.
After 5 months of waitin , Ivan is finally leaving the country to go to Australia and
now he' s saying goodbye to his family.

My son, mag ingat ka din palagi.

Mom, Mauna na ako, I'll text and
Tumawag at magtext ka agad
call you when I get there. Mag
kapag may problema.
ingat kayo palagi.

Kurt arrived in Australia and met different people

with different nationality at the airport and got
pressure. Kurt was looking for a cab to ride to his
dorm and when he found one, he immediately got

First Day of School

Woahh! I can do this.
on it and when he arrived at his dorm, he
immediately arranged his things and prepared for
the start of class the next day.

At
University of Wollongong
 Hi Sarah, good luck Kurt, alam kong kaya
on ypur first day of mo to. Ikaw pa ba!
Hello, Ms. Johnson school.

Welcome everyone to
your first day of
school.

But before I introduce

myself let me know first
who you are and where
you came from.
 Everyone got nervous and
Kon' feel shy
Nichiwa because they need to stand up in front .
Ohayō
class means, " Hello, Kon' Nichiwa ohayō, Maureen
I'm from Japan. I'm 19 years
good morning” Kurt felt nervous and didn't know what to do
old and I love to dance a lot
until he met his sit mate which is Zaimon who
is also a Filipino and because of that, Kurt
was relieved.

The next one who

introduce herself is
Maureen.
Class, Aap Sabhee ko suprabhaat
Aap sabhee ko suprabhaat, I'm
means "goodmorning to all of you"
Simon Patel 19 years old from
and aapase milakar achha laga,
India New Delhi, apparently
Simon said it was nice to see you all
milakar acchha laga
Hi, my name is
Zaimon. I’m also from Hey bro. I’m Kurt from
the Philippines. Nice the Philippines. How
meeting you Kurt! about you?

Kurt and Zaimon continued their conversation and they became friends. Afterwards, the class
started to introduce themselves in front of everyone.

The first one who She said hello to all Yeoleobun

introduce herself is of you and her annyeonghaseyo, my name
Ella Lee. name is Ella Lee. is Ella Lee from Anyang,
Gyeonggi, South Korea

“Maintindihan kaya nila

ako??”

Everyone continues introducing

themselves in front but still feels
shy and nervous because he
 April said hello, good morning Privet dobroye utro, I'm April
The next one who G'day I'm19
Ivanov, May Collins
years old.from England
I'm from
Scotland 19. I'm glad to meet you
introduce herself is Russia, it was nice meeting you all.
all.
Bernice from Russia.

Good day everyone, I'm Sarah Manalo. 20

Zaimon and Kurt greetMagandang Araw means Good Day
yrs. old. I’m pure
Magandang arawFilipino
po sabut I was born
inyong
Sarah and they have in English! and raised
lahat! my here
nameinisAustralia. It was nice
Zaimon Paquiz
conversation and 20, fromyou
meeting Philippines
all.
become friends.

Zaimon’s turn now.

Hello everyone, I'm Kurt Daniel Banila. I'm

Yes, I' am Filipino and yes, I speak
from the Philippines like Zaimon, 18 yrs.
Tagalog words but I'm not fluent.
old and I'm here to hone my skills and
knowledge. I'm glad to meet you all.
So, you're Filipino? we're Hi Sarah!!
also Filipino. Do you speak
any Tagalog words?

The last one that will introduce himself is Kurt. He's nervous never gone till the point he
introduce his self.
and now that students already done introducing themselves. it’s now their professor turn to
introduce herself.

Hi class, I'm Ms. Johnson you're

prof for this semester in Purposive
Communication

Like Kurt, Zaimon and Sarah I'm also a

Filipino, a Multilingual Filipino
 Since you've already done introducing yourself, I hope that you all can
get along with each other. Thank you and class dismissed.

Ms. Johnson finally end the class and leave the room

Everyone in the class is amaze to Ms. Johnson. Due to the fact that everyone in the class
made a good introduction and got to know one another, everyone relaxed and took a big
breath.

Sabi ko naman sayo bro kaya natin! "Hay salamat na survive ko ang
Congrats bro, see you tom. Bye firstday!"

Finally, their first day of school has ended. Kurt met a lot of students with different nationality.
Although Ivan got nervous, he still managed to communicate and interact with his classmates.
Ivan went to his dorm and finally survive his first day at university of wollonggong.