In Jakarta I studied for my HND in Business Management, and I was looking for somewhere to study for my BA. Most of my classmates went on to universities in the UK: Coventry, Oxford Brookes and so on, but I thought to myself 鈥楾here are so many Indonesians studying in England: I want to try somewhere else and have a different experience.鈥� My mum wasn鈥檛 too happy at first, but my experiences here have convinced her!
Even though I had completed the HND, the was very different, but the lecturers at Prague College have inspired me so much. I feel I have been stretched and challenged, but at the same time I have received support whenever I鈥檝e needed it. It鈥檚 really easy to communicate with everyone - they鈥檙e probably tired of me asking questions all the time, but for me it鈥檚 the most effective way to learn.
I鈥檝e been looking at the market opportunities in my home country for setting up a health and fitness centre. It鈥檚 something I鈥檇 like to do eventually. There is a problem with obesity in Indonesia, but a lot of gyms are now opening. However, at the moment women don鈥檛 always feel comfortable going to the gym, mainly for cultural and social reasons. I鈥檝e had the idea for a while of setting up a gym for women. It鈥檚 an area which I think would be viable.
I do miss my friends but I also feel this is a great opportunity. I鈥檓 glad I didn鈥檛 go directly to the UK. Prague offers everything I needed in terms of education and it鈥檚 a great place to live, plus I get a British degree by studying here. Obviously the culture is very different from what I鈥檓 used to in Indonesia; people are more open-minded than they are back home, and there鈥檚 also a less extreme difference between the classes.
Without any doubt, the module on Global Economics and Business Operations. Even though I studied Economics before, this has opened my eyes to many more concepts and situations in the world economy. I'm now looking forward to the possibility of taking my at Prague College next year.