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My name is
Nick. I'm from the US; I took a semester off of college at a private school in New York called the
King's college to intern abroad with Go Abroad China.
It's been a pleasure to work with the people of my
internship company as well as being involved in the actual work they are
doing. It's fascinating to see the business side of China and to compare them
to the way things are in developed countries. And my Chinese class is
absolutely helpful. I have 20 hours a month of Chinese tutoring. It's one and
one and it's awesome because it allows me to ask the things I want and the
teacher is able to focus on me exclusively rather than having to split
time within me and other students. In addition to taking the classes, you
will learn just from riding the subway, ordering food etc.
My living accommodation has been
the best part of me living in Beijing. I have an
awesome roommate. He has made my experience in Beijing one I'll never forget. I haven’t had
a lot of bad culture shock because I have set a strong community with
people who look after me. I’m thankful for it.
This experience will impact my future in so many ways.
I've always been interested in working in China and I knew that I wanted to do
business here in the future but having gained experience in the space
I've had access to during my internship, I know that the network I've
developed and the work experience I developed are going to come in handy
in the future.
Goabroadchina's program coordinator Ada is been awesome, she picked me up from
the airport, took me to my accommodation. After that she has been in touch with
me by emails, see how things were going. And she frequently invites me out
to lunches, see parks or museums in Beijing.
Just today we went to an art zone which is really awesome, called 798. That's
the coolest thing I've seen in Beijing.
So if you are lucky enough to have Ada
as your program coordinator, you are in for a treat.
If you are interested in going abroad, Go abroad China is the
company to go through.
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