Joshua Barker: Exchange Student at RMIT Vietnam | RMIT University

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(boat engine rumbles)

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(joyful guitar music)

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- [Voiceover] I think you need to go

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out of your comfort zone

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when you wanna try something new.

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(speaks foreign language)

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A lot of the time, that means location.

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Living overseas - it exposes
you to a lot of things

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and situations that you wouldn't

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if you're just living at home.

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My name's Joshua, and I'm from Melbourne.

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I'm currently on exchange at RMIT Vietnam

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in Ho Chi Minh City.

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(joyful guitar music)

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In the Applied Entrepreneurship
Program at RMIT,

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I'm currently working on
a project with a group

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where we're taking the idea
of 3D printing as a service,

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and turning that into a business.

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I think the hands-on
approach that RMIT takes

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really takes the education
to the real world,

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where we have a viable business plan,

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we have something that
if you were to take it

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after the semester and put
it into the marketplace,

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it should work. That's the idea.

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You put yourself in a place

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you probably wouldn't
necessarily eat normally,

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you're gonna get some
of the most authentic

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and crazy flavours.

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The food in Vietnam is amazing.

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Putting it pretty bluntly,
I think you haven't lived

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unless you've eaten Vietnamese food.

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(joyful guitar music)

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I mean I love the exchange lifestyle

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and the, everything that that brings.

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Getting a deeper level of
connection with the culture,

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with the way of living,

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for a decent amount of time,

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but you're still not
putting studies on hold.

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It's a unique environment
where you can meet people

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from all over the world

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while being in one place.

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The people you meet here
instantly become your family.

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That kind of friendship -
I've never experienced

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anywhere else.

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I think travel brings understanding.

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You're not necessarily just seeing things

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from your own perspective.

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The scenery's different,
the people are different,

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and you just, you learn things.

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You have to grow to match
the situation, so...

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Yeah, I think from when I first arrived

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and from I leave, that's gonna be

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a very different person.

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(water splashes)

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