{"id":478,"date":"2015-03-23T04:24:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-08-25T18:09:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T10:09:48","slug":"s-california-decisions-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/2015\/03\/23\/s-california-decisions-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"[S. California] Decisions in life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"storyContentContainer2\">\n<div id=\"container2\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><div class=\"column one\">Decisions in life<\/div>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016051611581537680-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2016051611581856139-e1490584984866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;Venus and Jerry are very nice mentors; we are like friends not just mentors and mentee. We discussed many things about life in California and their own stories. I learnt from their experiences and have been trying to achieve my own goals in my daily life. As I have been busy with my studies at the University of California, my mentors sometimes made suggestions about entertainment and conventions here, which were really useful to know about.<\/p>\n<p>They also shared with us their experiences and the story behind their decision to come to America. 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