<completed>Promise (Juliantina)

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T- 3 months

Jul has applied for the 10 weeks English program that Curtin has offered to those international students who are require to pass the proficiency test before the commencement of school term. She didn't have the resources to take up the program for more than 10 weeks because she got to pay on her own so she decided to opt for self-study. She downloads language apps on her phone, watch youtube videos on how to pronounce words and download English e-books to read.

She sets aside 6 hours thrice a week to self study and sometimes she will ask the lecturers in school after her classes for help too. She starts to write her diary in English to practice forming sentences, it was difficult for her at first but eventually she gets the hang of it. Now she is getting better, she took the online test and she actually scored more than 60% which was better than what she expected.

She even went out to find job to work during the weekends, at least she can have some emergency money to bring over to cover for at least a few months when she is in Perth. She found a sewing job in a garment factory which pays her 110MXN/day, it doesn't pay well but then she enjoys sewing, it's one of the requirements for fashion design and she wants to practice on it so in the future, she can do her sewing for her own clothings.

Weeks have passed, Jul's weekly routine revolves around her school, self-studying and working at the garment factory. It's tiring and slowly she can feel that her friends all started to drift apart from her. She wishes that there's more 24 hours per day so she has more time to spend with her friends. It was almost none other than during lesson time, and usually she headed home straight after school which leaves her no time to hang out with them. Occasionally, some of them will come over to her house and hang out with her, they totally understand that her lack of time is due to her preparation for the 3 years program. She's grateful that her friends didn't abandon her yet and for now she really needs the support from her friends and family.

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