After enjoying a few weeks at home with family and friends I’ve taken some time to reflect on my experience over the summer. Going into this program I was very nervous and wasn’t sure about the choice to do an internship abroad. But looking back at it now I think that was the best choice…
Tag: Summer 2019
New Heights
One of the most amazing things about the Greater Yellowstone region is how greatly different areas of the park contrast with other areas. One day you could be trekking past cacti and rattlesnakes and the next passing by 20 foot tall snowdrifts in the mountains. The fairly unpredictable weather made packing for day hikes a…
Working Abroad
During orientation the program directors tell us about challenges we might face in our internships. The chinese and american workplaces are very different because China is known as a high context culture and America is known as a low context culture. High context cultures are those in which communication is primarily conveyed through the use…
My time in Shanghai
I have definitely grown more comfortable in this new city. I know how to navigate the subways, where the closest convenience store is, how to call a taxi, how to order a coffee, and so much more. Being in a place for 2 months it is inevitable that you will grow and become more familiar…
A Summer of Personal Growth
Working for Downland this summer was a great experience. Being able to get comfortable with some of my coworkers the first day of work made the transition easier. What helped my coworkers feel more comfortable talking to me was using the little Chinese that I knew. Once they realized how bad my Chinese was, that…
My Time Abroad
As stated many times before, this summer was one of the best summers of my life. I enjoyed every minute of my time spent in Prague. I grew so much as an individual and did it beside some great people in the program. From boating on the Vlatava River, to playing Foosball with people from…
My Time in Dublin
My time in Dublin taught me a lot about a wide variety of different things. I got to experience a bunch of different cultures, I got to spend time in an office, and I got to experience what it was like going out on my own for the first time (in a much different sense…
What did you have for dinner?
Since I have been to China before, I forget to share major differences between Chinese and American culture, so I want to share and talk about a few different Chinese cultural habits that I have come across in Harbin and my previous travels to China. The first one I wanted to share and I have…
Learning How to Cook Chinese Food
While I have been here in Harbin, I have been taking four different Chinese language classes: a one on one, one on two, conversational seminar, and a newspaper reading class. The one-on-one class, I can study a topic of my choice and I decided to study finance and investing in China. The topics I have studied…
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