Category: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Pre-trip:

The lead up to the trip was exciting, yet nerve wracking. I was looking forward to the trip, however the date that the course was scheduled to start happened to fall on the last day of my first opportunity exams. There was a fair amount of admin to complete regarding the trip; visa applications to process, information required by the university in Hong Kong, plane tickets to be booked- as well as exams to study for! I had decided to make use of the opportunity of travelling to the East and tour Vietnam after the course, so there were arrangements that needed to be made for this too. (more…)

During July / August 2012 Gerdus Benade attended the International Summer School at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, here is his story.

Pre-Departure:

After deciding that a summer school would be a great way of escaping the dry Highveld winters the next step was deciding where to go.  It is obviously preferable to attend a program that aids your scholastic career in some way but I find myself in one of those fields of study with the dubious distinction that very few people know it exists, so none of the programs on offer really seemed to fit the bill.  The other classical motives for attending something like a summer program overseas could include reveling in the cultural experience, ticking some things from your bucket list and, of course, “broadening your horizons.”  Hong Kong was the city that ticked all of these boxes for me and so the die was cast.

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