I am going to China!
Wow, I still can’t really believe I am going to China.
I thought about going to China for study or work for quite a while now. During my studies it never worked out though. Then I heard about this scholarship program, called Heinz Nixdorf Programm. Heinz Nixdorf, by the way was one of Germany’s greatest pioneers in the computer industry and one of Paderborn’s icons. InWEnt organizes this program that offers graduates and young professionals the chance to live and work in one of 8 Asian countries for 6 months to gain work- and intercultural experience. It sounded quite interesting, because China is one of the countries in the program and the professional focus is on information and communication technology, which I study. So in September I sent in my application and I was really happy to get an invitation for an interview a few days later. From that moment on I really felt that I could do this and I took quite some time to prepare and did some coaching for job interviews and so on. When I was there, I learned that the competition was very tough, lots of highly qualified people there. Anyway I did my best and I felt quite comfortable during the interview but I was not so sure if I got in because as I said, lots of other very qualified candidates. However a few days ago I got a letter and I almost fainted when I read: "We are happy to tell you…". I did it! I got in! As I said I still can’t quite believe it.
So next year is gonna be very exciting. First I will take an intensive course of Chinese in Germany and starting next Summer, I will be in China. First in Jinan for another Chinese class and then I don’t know where yet. It depends on where I can do my internship.
Anyway I am really happy and excited and I will keep you posted.
