Name: Sangeetha
Course: Bachelor of Commerce

Hi friends, I have something to share with you. Hope you also experienced it.

"Being a woman in canberra is not exactly easy. being a woman from a completely different country in australia at university is definitely not easy. you have to get used to the different weather, the different culture and make a completely new circle of friends. the biggest problem is probably not having a good close group of GIRLFRIENDS like you do back home. these are the girls you share your intimate fears, secrets and experiences with. here in canberra it takes you a long time before you are comfortable with another close group of friends to be able to talk about just anything. often I feel that I have many good friends but not many close friends like at home. I am not quite sure whether this is a common problem faced by all girls and boys in canberra but I definitely do feel that the experiences and problems faced by the two groups are quite different. Although both groups have the same type of problems getting to meet and mingle with new friend networks, women always have and always will have different issues that are constantly bothering them than guys do. For instance if we have relationship problems (with boyfriends or just friends for that matter) we are more likely to want to approach our close girl friends rather than guys that we may even know well. Or maybe this is just how I feel? With that said, I definitely enjoy the problems that come with being a woman in a completely new place. After all it is the new experiences that make you a stronger person. Or at least that's how I feel about my experience in Canberra."