Emma

Australia
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Travelling
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Hihi! I am Emma, I was born in Hong Kong and lived there until our family moved to Australia when I was 12. My family has always loved travelling, so we have been to many countries around the world together. However, having recently graduated high school, I would love to challenge myself in this gap year, to try travelling around Europe on my own, which is both challenging yet exciting!
As a young Christian, part of my goal during this gap year is to become more independent of my family, to grow in my faith by trusting that God will take care of me. And I surly hope to be a blessing to those whom I am fortunate to meet this year, though I have lots to learn in this world just coming out of school, so I do pray that I will not be a burden but rather a help to my hosts!
Interests
Plant care
Nature
Music
Books
Drawing & painting
Languages
Cooking & food
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
Chinese (Cantonese): Fluent
Japanese: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I have a passion for learning new languages, so I am happy to learn from my host phrases of their native language. I would also gladly teach my host a few phrases in the languages I am fluent in! :)
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
House sitting
Some knowledge of:
Being an elderly companion
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Art Projects
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
Languages I am fluent in: English, Cantonese (native), Mandarin
Some facts about me:
I am...
- passionate about work related with animals
- attentive to details in my work
- willing to learn
- curious and interested in different households' routines, and am willing to adapt to them
Other
-I love baking, and I can also cook meals
-I love music, I can play the piano
-I recently completed an internship at my local church in Australia, where I had gained experiences in working and cooperating with others
Age
18
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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21 Jun 2025

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Thank you very very much to Alexandra and all those who are living in the house!☺️ I had an absolutely wonderful time here! This was my first workaway, and I am very thankful to have had such a positive experience as my first!
The tasks that I was given were mainly raspberrries and cherries picking (the amount of delicious fruits that can be… read more picked each day reminded me of the abundance of God's provision and how His blessings are new every morning!✝️😊), removing the pits from the cherries and drying them, occasional some other jobs like cleaning outdoor furniture, ironing, and walking the very intelligent border collie Inti in the beautiful fields of Sévaz. I enjoyed doing them all, and the amount of work is very fair, around 5 hours per day and you could usually finish them by lunch and have your afternoon free.😄 Alexandra is a very fair host, there was a day that I did over 5 hours and she made sure that I had less work the next day. You also have 2 days off the week to do whatever you want (I highly recommend spending a day to explore the town of Estavayer-le-lac, it is such a beautiful medieval town!) And not having a car was not so much a problem for me, as Alexandra kindly offered to pick me up from the Estavayer-le-lac train station (and dropped me off there on my last day), and she would offer to take me along if she was driving to the lake or to the forest in the afternoon.😊 I was also able to join Josefina, the other long term workawayer, on the grocery shopping trips to Payerne.😃 And Estavayer-le-lac is about half an hour walking distance from the house.

Alexandra is kind, understanding, welcoming, patient and very generous as well. Three meals (and even snacks) are provided everyday (we all ate lunch and dinner together), and the food are mostly made with organic ingredients.😊 Josefina prepares all the meals and they were absolutely delicious! It was such a great joy to work together with Josefina as she is a very friendly, considerate, thoughtful, warm and caring person. Natalina, who lives in the house also, is a gentle, lovely and helpful person, and Josefina's fiancé Ernesto is also very warm and kind and we had many great chats as well.

I had such an amazing 12 days here (time flew by!) with these awesome people, and they even made me a special dinner and dessert for my last night! I am very touched by their kindness, and I would highly recommend this workaway to anyone who is reading this feedback.😊 Here you get to do lovely tasks, in a lovely place, with lovely people.😁

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