Every morning is like taking a trip through the disco on my way to work.
I dress up and put up my hair, so I know I will look good. I walk past a dozen of people, always smiling at them, on my way to the final destination. I quickly catch something to eat as I go and buy that one cup of coffee that will keep me awake for sure. I wait in line to get in, just like everyone else, though sometimes I pay the doorman and then sneak in the back door. Once entering, the other people make room for me to enter the dance floor. Up against the walls I can see people sitting on the chairs, half asleep or busy with their phone. We rock back and forth a bit, enjoying the background music and every time someone steps of the dance floor, someone else enters. Until finally we reach the end stop, where only I and one or two other people finally leaves the disco.
Again I am walking down the street, but this time, I enter the office and start my day of work...
3.28.2014
3.18.2014
33 days gone, 102 to go
So I have been in China for a month now, and even though I miss my family and friends home in Denmark a lot, I am enjoying my stay here. During my first month here I have already been around a bit, even though I hope to get more around soon!
The first week I mostly spent sleeping and trying to get over the jet lag, it didn't go long before I got help from my host mother to buy a topper for my bed to make it softer and better for me to sleep in (the mattresses here is hard like rocks!). Getting the topper have definitely improved my sleep rhythm and I no longer wake up during the night, unable to fall back to sleep.
The second week was busy with work, we rescheduled a few things and decided which of my 3 bosses to speak directly too about everything that I do, so that I don't have to wait for their responses all the time. During the weekend I took a trip to Xinfeng with some other intern who had come to China through InternChina, we climbed mountains, visited som hot springs and climbed some more mountains, but all in all it was a great place to visit and we got a really good idea about what some of the other cities in China looks like (since Zhuhai apparently is the cleanest city in China).
Third week I finish all flyers and banners that I had made for the Britcham Recruitment Fair 2014, all we needed to do now was to polish them a bit and finally get them printed, though we didn't do that until the week after. I started making logo sketches for another project and designed a pair of monkeys for a Children's English School project that I have been put on.
The fourth week I continued to work on artwork for the Children's English School project and where I have made 5 different fruits and 3 different farm animals so far. You can see them in my portfolio at http://nilank-arts.daportfolio.com/
This week I got my first new colleague, Zoe, who is a sales person at the company. During the weekend I was finally able to connect to the internet with the computer and started working on some freelance work I had to catch up with. Sunday we went to the Britcham Recruitment Fair, it didn't go as well as we had hoped, but we definitely learned a lot and will be better prepared for future events.
Beginning my fifth week here in Zhuhai, Zoe and I are working on getting more students and post-graduates to sign up for our Career Kickstarts Course, which will be in less then 2 weeks. I started on email marketing and the whole Children's English School project will be on hold until this is finished.
Happy Sunny Wishes from China to you all!
The first week I mostly spent sleeping and trying to get over the jet lag, it didn't go long before I got help from my host mother to buy a topper for my bed to make it softer and better for me to sleep in (the mattresses here is hard like rocks!). Getting the topper have definitely improved my sleep rhythm and I no longer wake up during the night, unable to fall back to sleep.
The second week was busy with work, we rescheduled a few things and decided which of my 3 bosses to speak directly too about everything that I do, so that I don't have to wait for their responses all the time. During the weekend I took a trip to Xinfeng with some other intern who had come to China through InternChina, we climbed mountains, visited som hot springs and climbed some more mountains, but all in all it was a great place to visit and we got a really good idea about what some of the other cities in China looks like (since Zhuhai apparently is the cleanest city in China).
Third week I finish all flyers and banners that I had made for the Britcham Recruitment Fair 2014, all we needed to do now was to polish them a bit and finally get them printed, though we didn't do that until the week after. I started making logo sketches for another project and designed a pair of monkeys for a Children's English School project that I have been put on.
The fourth week I continued to work on artwork for the Children's English School project and where I have made 5 different fruits and 3 different farm animals so far. You can see them in my portfolio at http://nilank-arts.daportfolio.com/
This week I got my first new colleague, Zoe, who is a sales person at the company. During the weekend I was finally able to connect to the internet with the computer and started working on some freelance work I had to catch up with. Sunday we went to the Britcham Recruitment Fair, it didn't go as well as we had hoped, but we definitely learned a lot and will be better prepared for future events.
Beginning my fifth week here in Zhuhai, Zoe and I are working on getting more students and post-graduates to sign up for our Career Kickstarts Course, which will be in less then 2 weeks. I started on email marketing and the whole Children's English School project will be on hold until this is finished.
Happy Sunny Wishes from China to you all!
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