LIFE IN NEUSOFT-《成都东软学院》院报

　　Hello everyone.My name is Kyle and I'm one of four Irish international students.I have been studying at Nuesoft University for three and half month's.During my time here I've experienced lots of things thatI would never of have back in my home country.
　　WhenI first came to the college, I had just been through a 24 hour flight and didn't know what to expect coming to the other side of the world. My first memories of Nuesoft was that of warm and welcoming gestures. We felt as though the college put their best effort into making sure we settled in easily to our new life.We got to embrace Chinese culture though learning martial arts, learning Chinese,practising Chinese drawing and calligraphy and visiting numerous beautiful scenic areas around Qingchengshan and Chengdu.
The food for me was the biggest challenge at first. In Ireland we put all our food on one plate, whereas in China, people mostly share food. Sometimes people ordered food I didn't like and I had to try my best to like it haha.
　　While I was teaching Spoken English, I was impressed by some students’ work ethic. Some of them had to attend 7am classes and then their normal classes during the day.Some even had evening classes! The students did make our lives easier at Nuesoft as they were kind, generous and welcoming. I remember the first few weeks we got a lot of stares from people which was embarrassing for us.
　　For a college the size of Nuesoft, I would've liked to see maybe more opportunities
for people to play together. A lot of students in the evening stayed indoors, whereas I think if social activitieswere held and promoted more, these students would engage and help the atmosphere aroundthe college. We all played football with the college football team and met a lot of new friends this way.
　　I will be very sad to leave Nuesoft, it has been a great opportunity for me to experience a newculture and I want to say thank you to everyone who made life at Nuesoft much easier.
　　By Kyle