it's almost the end of the journey....No regret!

I was going through all the photos in my iphone. looking at the photos that i took from Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Da Tong, Hangzhou, Fuyang, Shanghai, Ja Xing..I am so glad with the decision that I made to China. Once again I really have to say "It's A Eye Opening Experience!" it's  something that I believe if you've never travelled, never lived in that place, you will never know.

I started to count how many places I have visited/ lived in and I realized for the past  2 years, I've been to a lot of places without realizing (Switzerland, Milan, Amsterdam and all the other cities where I've been to in China) . I guess I would never thought my 2 years "swiss journey" will end up a interesting and eye opening experience! 

I remember before I left Australia, I was a kinda reluctant to go to Switzerland. The reason I went it's because I hoped it will give me a better a career life and this is why I decided to go. I was happy and settled in Australia. A lot of people were envy the fact that i can go to swiss and thought i must feel so happy and excited about my trip. However, all the uncertainty for the future, leaving my comfort zone..leaving my friends and everything starting all over again gave me an uneasy feeling. Same situation happen again when I decided to come to China. I know deeply in my heart the fact that going to China will strengthen my language skills which will benefit my career, but China did not gave me a good impression base on the travel experiences in the past. I was reluctant to go to Beijing to learn Mandarin. Life is unpredictable. You will never know what will happen next. I thought I will go back to Australia after 1 month mandarin course but guess what!? I ended up found an 6 month internship in china! who would have thought I will end up working in China before I leave Australia. HAHA. again it was because i know it's good for my career this is why I chose to work for the 6 month management training in a resort in china. 

I thought my journey in China will not be as interesting and eye-opening as in Switzerland, but i was wrong! The 1 month staying in the Beijing language university makes me realized the importance of learning chinese as well as the china is becoming more recognized in the world!

My classmates in Mandarin Classes from different parts of the world: Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Chinese who grown up in Japan, Ukraine, Japanese who studies in Canada, Americans, Australian, American Born Chinese and me (Hong Kong who went to Australia & Swiss for studies).

Lots of people from different races, different background, different countries came all the way to china just to learn mandarin. For once, i am proud to be a chinese! =) However, I am shame to be a chinese as well because I am chinese and I still needed to learn chinese with a bunch of foreigners -_____-" sigh. If I did not came to Beijing, I would not travel Da Tong and Inner Mongolia. will never forget the horse riding experience in Inner Mongolia as well as the YUMMEST Lamb BBQ from a bunch a really friendly Chinese from beijing!

Horse riding n Inner Mongolia 

The most delicious barbecue lamb sticks I've ever had in my life SO FAR!! It's a must! If anyone are going to Inner Mongolia.

An interesting experience - Sleeping in the Mongolian Tent with 3 other friends =) 

Da Tong 

If I did not come to Beijing, I would not consider finding a internship in China. I would not end up coming to Hangzhou- Fuyang for work. During my day off i would not end up catching a fast train to Shanghai meeting my friend whom i knew in Swiss as well as catching the train to Jia Xing visiting the Xi Tang Ancient Town. It's a beautiful place! my 2 years of "studying' and "working' experience became a 2 years holidays for me to travel =) I've never though of catching trains traveling to different places until I went to Swiss and China. It's THAT CONVENIENT!

Fast train (高鐵) to everywhere in China 

I always thought plane is the only transportation travel for holiday perhaps because i lived in HK before and if I go to the neighbour countries, eg. Taiwan, japan etc travel by plane is needed. lol. 

Also I never expected I would end up staying in a multi-cultural environment in China. Apart from the beijing language and cultural university, I stayed in the manager dormitory where there's people from Philippines, Japan, India, Pakistani. some of my flat mates speaks mandarin as well =) I've also met the other management trainee from Swiss, Brunei and recently 1 more from Brazil. somehow, they made me realized there's a lot of opportunities opening for you around the world. Do not restricted yourself working in just one city/ one country. go explore the world, the culture, and the working opportunities. you may end up getting/ learning more than you expect!

Housemates / Workmates I've met during my management training in China.  There are people from Philippines, India, Japan, Pakistan, Switzerland, Brunei, Taiwan and me (Hong Kong/ Australia). Some of the foreign workmates speak Chinese as well ;)

I did not know how much I love travel and living in different countries until I went to swiss and china! I know I am not a friend of keep changing environment all the time. I  am not a really outgoing person however, after the uneasy period and once i am 'settle' in the place, i enjoyed my life. I LOVE the TRAVELING AND THE EXPLORING EXPERIENCE.