{"id":5358,"date":"2025-04-24T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:45:22","slug":"learning-exploring-and-connecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/learning-exploring-and-connecting\/","title":{"rendered":"[Sydney] Learning, Exploring, and Connecting"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

[Sydney] Learning, Exploring, and Connecting <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

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Mentor Ms Linda Tang (right) and Mentee Zong Xuanke (second from right) having lunch with another pair of Mentor and Mentee near Curl Curl Beach after hiking.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Zong Xuanke (BBA(Acc&Fin)) \u201cThrough chatting with my mentor, I learned about the lifestyle of local Australians, which is different from that of Hong Kong. We also explored some unique places in the area. I benefited greatly from the exposure to a new culture. At the same time, my mentor took me to some alumni activities, which gave me the opportunity to interact with others and expand my network.\u201c<\/p>\r\n

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Mentor Ms Linda Tang (left) meeting Zong Xuanke (right) at the airport.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Tell us how your HKU Mentorship journey is going! Share your story & photos via the website www.mentorship.hku.hk\/mlogin<\/a> or email us at mentor@hku.hk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malisha Paarami Weerasinghe (BEcon&Fin) \u201cI’ve had the opportunity to explore various parts of Sydney with Vivian, and also learnt about her work. As a Senior Director of a consulting firm, she told me about the work she does and how I might be interested in it as well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5358","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\/5358","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5361,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions\/5361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mentorship.hku.hk\/daao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}