Well, it’s that time again, another London post. It was interesting—over the last week I had a HUGE influx of work. One of my bosses went on vacation and another...
Well, it’s that time again, another London post. It was interesting—over the last week I had a HUGE influx of work. One of my bosses went on vacation and another boss had just given me about 6 projects to follow-up from a marketing conference. In all, my to do list spanned about the length of 4 pages. It was insane. And a lot of my deadlines were that week or early the next week. The biggest problem was that I wasn’t given any information on which projects to prioritize and on top of that, my supervisors were contradicting one another, giving me more work, write something this way, re-write it that way.
I write this blog from my new favourite coffee shop, the Department of Coffee and Social Affairs… what a name. Sometimes I wish that they had a shorter name so...
Well, it’s that time again! Blog number 2; let me begin my blog by saying that I had no idea what to expect. London was so far and yet so...
Well, it’s that time again! Blog number 2; let me begin my blog by saying that I had no idea what to expect. London was so far and yet so near as I got on my delayed Iceland Airways plane. I had 5 hours to Iceland then 3 hours to London. Terrible. We arrived within one minute of my connecting flight’s take off. It was INCREDIBLY lucky that Iceland Air asked my plane to wait a small handful of passengers and I. We got on, and I was about half an hour late for the airport pickup from my Absolute contact, Banu. I was able to call her upon my arrival in Heathrow; low and behold, yet another person offered to wait for me! I was really relieved and really thankful. This was only one example of the kind and welcoming atmosphere that received me here in London. Every single one of my contacts, Guilia, Banu and Carla were all extremely accommodating and friendly. In fact, I have grown to become good friends with Giulia and Banu. Carla I have not been able to see as much, but she seemed really nice and I thought we could get along well! The employers at my internship in London have been equally friendly and I am excited to say I will be going to my boss’ “Work Stag Party” next week as he is getting married in July.
About half a year ago, I was just wondering what I should do for the summer, since it will be my last official summer before graduating. A lot of my...
Even though Singapore is such a small city, even smaller than my hometown -Hong Kong, there is still surprisingly loads to do ! As there is work Monday to Friday,...
Place and occasion mean more, since space in the image of man is place, and time in the image of man is occasion. A city is not only made out of...
Last Thursday I left the place which I’ve been calling home for the past two months. In these months you got to be part of the real life in Shanghai,...
Time is flying by the past couple of weeks, I just finished my 5th week of our internship already and there are still so much sites I want to visit....
Every day the alarm goes off around 7 am, I get up, get ready and leave the apartment at around 8 am. Then the commuting starts. In the beginning I...
The Absolute Internship team put on a wide variety of activities, which allow you to explore your city and make the most of your time whilst being here. There were...
I can’t believe my first month in London has already flown by! I feel like I’m pressed for time to travel to all the places I want to see and...
After a couple weeks of my London internship, I can say that I feel pretty comfortable in my workplace and with my colleagues. My commute to work is about an...
Yesterday we came to the conclusion that Hong Kong is full of contrasts in every possible aspect of the city life. This thought came across our minds in the morning when...
It's amazing the changes that can come from living in a foreign country. You develop new idiosyncrasies that you never thought you would. You adapt and conform to the way...
My internship in Hong Kong is now over, and I cannot believe how fast the past month has gone and how much it taught me. It differed from my expectations,...
During the weekdays we are busy with work, but the weekends are even crazier. The first weekend we visited Victoria Peak, to see the best view of Hong Kong. We...
The thought of having a 9 to 5 job in an office absolutely terrified me before I came to Hong Kong. I looked forward to the experience but prepared myself...
The flight was fairly straightforward. I slept for about twelve hours and tried to adjust to the time difference in Hong Kong. Coming from the U.S., I would be a...