Many thanks to Dr. Wu (IAESTE China Chairman) for the support, Fanfan (IAESTE China National Secretary) for the program, all IAESTE China staff at the office for the hard work and tutoring so all of these can happen. Student came from different backgrounds, cities, universities, but all come with the same aim: to participate in the work for IAESTE and to change themselves. I’m proud to present this paper which is about participation of one-week time in IAESTE China Experience Week , it seems not a long time ,I might not have shown a great changing, as I expected, but that week was the start.

What I did during IAESTE Experience Week:

First day Assignment:

1.       Make a PPT about Self-introduction Presentation and attend the welcome meeting

2.       Design the Dinner- proposal of “IAESTE Opportunity for Networking in Enterprise”( call “ONE”)

3.       Research the stuff about the Australian Apprentice Visa ( call “ Trade Skills Training Visa“)

Second day Assignment:

1.       Make the photo shop on participator‘s report of IAESTE China Experience Week

2.       To solve the problems of communication break-down with supervisor

Third day Assignment:

1．  Check the information and to assist arrange the entertainment activity

2．  Make the photo shop on participator‘s report of IAESTE China Experience Week

3.       Write the press release of overseas internship offer

4.       To translate the business paper

5.       To complete the Q&A package which is to provide overseas students with information to adapt internship life in China

Fourth day Assignment:

1. To translate the business paper

2. Check the information and assist to write the press release of Leisure and Tourism Studies program at Hong Kong

What I gained from IAESTE :

—American Team Management + Excellent Staff+ High effective work+ Taiji Time =

  IAESTE Office

—Always make yourself in the third level “ not enough effectively” in mind which might push you move on and try work more effectively anymore

—Second thoughts are best

—To change positions when you think again , understand other’s feeling as standing by other’s point of view

—Learn about “ Business sense, value system, Case study”

—Personal skills , including the ability of effective communication, prompt feedback and positive attitude

Last but not least, realize my weakness and show the willingness to change, take the opportunity to join the team and though the experience I will find the way on how I can improve myself in the future. No one knows what’s around the corner, but I knew one thing is I will not stop racing my dream and take the responsibility of my job, even the rate of being success is just one in a million, I want be that “one” ! Just like our slogan: The world is the biggest classroom, experience is the best teacher, IAESTE China offers you both! I learned the lessons because I’m not perfect sometimes I could made mistakes and confused in the work, my supervisor helped me to face and solve them.

IAESTE is a rapidly developing international NPO and NGO, people that are fresh in a new environment and try to find their way when they just join in this big family, the perfect situation to meet new persons and improve your diverse ability. It was really out of my expectations to meet this combination of different personalities, and try to analyze the cultural differences and different reaction in the same situation. The office just like a mini UN, my colleagues are from Indonesia, Spain, United States and different cities of China.

I came here determined to put up with everything new, everything strange, and try to compromise in every way. In my internship when I heard unreasonable things, I put up with the fact that I couldn’t express my self as I wanted , with the reality that communication break down happened. At last I decided that besides compromising I could get a step farther. Start influencing my environment. Show my own characteristics, I was glad to show a different way of thinking to the people surrounding me according to my personality and characteristics. I took a lot from this experience that I thought that wouldn’t be included in the general term of “knowing a different culture” that I used and gave what I could. And believe me the opportunities that you have there are nowhere else in the world and the reasons to come more than I could imagine.