{"id":2607,"date":"2018-07-09T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T07:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2018-07-13T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T09:54:40","slug":"germany-family-friendly-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/2018\/07\/09\/germany-family-friendly-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"[Germany] Family-friendly exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><div class=\"column one\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Family-friendly exchange in Germany<\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1.jpg 2565w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-184x146.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-50x40.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-94x75.jpg 94w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/R_Fong-Sui-Luen-1-604x480.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-110x146.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-38x50.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-56x75.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fong-Sui-Luen-2-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI benefitted so much from the help of my mentor Cheung Cheung. Before our arrival, she shared with us her experiences of living in Germany, how to prepare for an exchange, and other information such as German courses, daily tips, and security. She also \u00a0referred us to the German community Facebook group. She helped me quickly adapt to my new environment.<\/p>\n<p>During mid semester, the other mentees and I were able to visit Cheung Cheung and her family. We talked about different social issues in Germany, for example, the education system, housing problem, and the country\u2019s energy policy. The photo was taken by Cheung Cheung\u2019s son who was too shy to be in the photo.\u201d Karen Fong, BSocSc Year 4 (second left in the first photo)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my mentor, we gained tips about living in Germany, such as where to get Chinese food at a lower price, and the nearest outlets. It was so helpful. We also learnt more about the lifestyle of local Germans. Our mentor was so caring in that she prepared some Chinese herbs for us so we could cook Chinese soup in our halls. And when I become ill, Cheung Cheung gave me advice and told me where to buy medicine, as finding a doctor in Germany is not as easy as Hong Kong.\u201d Sharon Fong, BA Year 3 (second right in the first photo)<\/p>\n<p>Mentor in Germany: Dr Lau Cheung Cheung (first left)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI benefitted so much from the help of my mentor Cheung Cheung. Before our arrival, she shared with us her experiences of living in Germany, how to prepare for an exchange, and other information such as German courses, daily tips, and security. She also \u00a0referred us to the German community<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions\/2628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}