Study abroad with me!
To
start off, here is a brief introduction about the UH Bauer’s Study Abroad trip
to Southeast Asia.
The
countries we visit are China and Vietnam. The cities in the order that we visit
them are Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanning, Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Da Lat, and
Saigon. The trip lasts from May 27th to June 23rd with
the time spent in each city averaging about 3-4 days. Are any cities in this
list where you’ve dreamed to go to for a long time? If so, then keep reading!
Our
group of 24 students and 2 professors is made mostly of upperclassmen and
graduating students in University of Houston’s C. T. Bauer College of Business.
We represent a good mix of different cultures and backgrounds. Spanish and
Vietnamese are spoken the most within our group besides English. If that’s not
surprising to you, it is to me. Spending time with our own group is a cultural
experience in itself!
The
main goal of the trip is to experience the local and business cultures first
hand and global competencies that we can bring back. In this blog I will record
these experiences and reflect on the global competencies that I have gained.
Bloopers
Although I prefer to blog about events as
they happen, it was impossible in China because blogger.com was blocked. I don’t
know if this is common knowledge, but according to Wikipedia, “more than 2600
websites are or were blocked in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau).”
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are some of the ones that our group missed the
most. Accessing internet at all or at least fast enough to read and send emails
was also difficult. It’s so bad that sometimes I’d rather not have internet at
all. That way I won’t be wasting so much time trying to get work done and
waiting for websites to load…
I can post anything I want now though
because I’m in Vietnam. The internet still isn’t any better but I’ll try to
work with it.
