Australian students' experience: low-carbon life of host families

Last year, I came to my dream Australia and started my study in Australia. Because it is the first time to come to Australia, I chose homestay (homestay, which means living under the same roof with the locals, eating and living together. ) the way to accommodate.

Living in a host family is more expensive than renting a house by yourself, about 200-250 Australian dollars per week. They usually pay for breakfast and dinner for a week, while "generous" ones will pay for three meals a day. The fee of 200-250 Australian dollars has already included the internet access fee, while others require international students to purchase their own wireless network cards to access the Internet. Wireless network cards are more expensive. When choosing a homestay, try to propose a homestay that will pay for Internet access.

When living in a host family, you must remember to use water and electricity: save and then save! ! ! Because Australians pay great attention to low-carbon life.

I remember the first day, I wanted to wash clothes, but I was immediately stopped by my master. He said that you have to save at least one bucket of clothes to wash, and it is best to wash clothes once a week. Whether it is underwear, socks or street clothes, I find it hard to accept. And it will limit you to take a shower only once a day, and you can only take a shower for 5 minutes at a time. I had a misunderstanding with the landlord about taking a bath. One night, I came home late and they fell asleep. I didn't want to disturb them, so I didn't take a shower that night and went to take a shower the next morning. Then I went to the street and went home at night. Of course, I washed it again I came out of the shower room and he said, "You washed twice today." I said, "I didn't take a shower last night. I should have taken a bath last night before going to school this morning. " Finally, he stressed: you can only wash it once a day!

Besides family diet, I am lucky, because my friend said that their host family ate French fries, sausages and fried chicken all day, which made them angry and annoyed. My landlady pays more attention to healthy diet and mode. She cooks different dishes every day, and is basically proficient in Italian food, Mediterranean flavor, Spanish food, Japanese food, Chinese food and Hungarian food. So what I look forward to most every day is coming home from school and waiting for dinner to start. They pay more attention to health care and limit their food intake at night, so I want to buy some instant noodles or bread for midnight snack to satisfy my hunger at night.

Some people don't like host families very much, because they feel dependent on others, and sometimes those landlords may not be too kind to you. My personal feeling is that although it is sometimes really difficult to adapt to their lives and cultural differences can cause misunderstandings, it is inevitable, but at the same time, I can understand the lifestyle of westerners and appreciate their nearby cultures; Moreover, they will tell you where to buy things cheaply in this city, teach you the way, how to take a bus and what tourist attractions there are, which is very helpful for me, a stranger here.

Host families are like crutches to us. When we are independent, we can leave them and start a wonderful life as international students!