So what does a Philosophy/Asian Studies major do while interning in Taipei at a social welfare NPO? Whatever they want me to do, which, currently, is to design and format their website - a talent far removed from what I have studied in school. However, after interning this summer as a proto-chemistry intern at a solder making factory, I am used to being asked to step outside of my "normal" academic and talent bubbles. While I do not qualify myself as a website designer, there have been quite a few advantages for doing this type of project abroad:
1) Having the time to look up words and lingo on an online dictionary (as opposed to being at a conference and not knowing even the topic because they speak so quickly). So far my vocabulary list has expanded from Taiwanese slang (like using "shiyou" instead of "tongwu" for roommate)to include computer terms (website design 網頁設計, homepage 網站首頁,link 連結, etc...), but also the material that needs to be posted (NPO 非營利組織, social change 社會變遷(which is a lot simpler in simplified chinese....), seminar 研討會 etc...). AND say them all - which I'd better learn quickly. I have a meeting tomorrow morning for my plan of this website.....
Cool!
ReplyDeletePS, tongxue is classmate...
oops -- meant to write "tongwu" ><; (now changed)
ReplyDeleteI so didn't realize you had to do a lot of web design.. Hehe. Ive been doing that all summer, 'cept in English of course.. Well, and some Japanese
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