Oct 21

Not Roughing it in Sydney

Posted in Travel

I’m not doing so bad after a 10 hour flight from Honolulu to Sydney. The city reminds me of Vancouver, just a little. Sydney has a varied mix of older buildings and a lot of architecturally interesting skyscrapers. It’s also gorgeously set on a bay with a winding coastline. When I step out of the airport, the weather was perfect! Sunny and 70 degrees! But, I didn’t expect all kinds of flies to land on my face! Must be some kind of descendants of thirsty Outback insects.

I only had a brief time in Sydney, so I wandered about all the primary points of interest, like the Circular Quay. Ferries come and go from here, serving all the outlying areas. The Quay itself is an historic area with lots of 19th century structures that have restaurants and shops. Across the way is the famous opera house and the huge Royal Botanical Garden. This was definitely a very touristy day for me, and it was very nicely done. There was no tackiness about.

I really appreciated the public transportation system, very impressive and very effective. The ride is quiet and comfortable and the stations all appeared to be clean. Service seems to be about every 15 minutes for all the main routes. Sydney also has a bus and monorail system, but I didn’t get a chance to check them out.

The sophistication and scale of the accommodations here is staggering. I spent the night at one of the five star hotels in Sydney and it’s right in the center of town. I really enjoyed the restaurant and pool, oh and the sauna. The price was unbelievably reasonable for the location. I’ll have to recommend this to all my travelling friends. Most prefer to backpack it and stay at hostels, but I bet for this kind of luxury, one night would not be a bad thing.

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Oct 21

Finding Funding for Law School

Posted in Education, Legal

So, you have done was is necessary as far as years of preparation before even applying to the law school of your choice. Now what? Now how do you find a way to pay for this degree? A friend of mine attempted to work part time during her first year in the College of Law at Arizona State University, however, she almost crashed and burned. We didn’t have the Internet back then and information was not at our fingertips.

Now it is very simple to look up questions and find quick answers. She did not know that the first year of law school would prove to be the most demanding, not only of her time, but her effort as well. The next year she quit her part time job and started to look into other ways of funding her education, that would free up the time she required to continue on with her studies. Depending on which school you choose the range of tuition costs varies quite a bit.

And any college student becomes aware very quickly that not only is tuition an expense to be considered, so to is food, housing, books and just all around living expenses. Solutions to this problem are also varied. While work study is an option is generally advised to this only further along in your years of study. Grants are often a pain to apply for, a lot of paperwork, however this is money that you will not be required to pay back.

So to are scholarship applications daunting to fill out, however again, there is nothing better than graduating free of debt and ready to begin your life in anyone of the law offices throughout the country? So if neither of these apply, grants are based on need and scholarships are based on academic achievement the next and very viable option is the taking out of student loans. In the case of loans, it is best to have a financial advisor offer advice, as the interest rates may vary and in the end you may end up paying close to twice as much as your original loan.

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