A Hawkeye in Hong Kong
Why Hong Kong?
Choosing Hong Kong
• 7 million people in 426 square miles
• Culturally Different • Challenge • Going Alone
Welcome to CUHK!• September, 2012, through
January, 2013 • 11,500 undergraduates• University vs. College • Classes
• Auditing• Intermediate Cost
Accounting • Introduction to
Marketing• Mandarin • Anthropology
What I Expected
• Everything I knew about Asia, I’d learned from TV.
What I Got – Culture Shocks
• 7 million people• Stares• Spitting in public • Chinglish• Squatties
Campus Life
Campus Activities
• Orientation • Morningside College
• Dinners• Lectures• Readings
• University Activities • Cross Country
Academics
• Teaching Style• Homework• Studying• Group Projects
Out and About HK
• Living in the New Territories
• Exploring Tsim Sha Tsui• Weekends on the Island
Traveling Abroad
Mainland – Guilin, Yangshuo, and Beijing
• Mainland vs. Hong Kong
• Celebrities
Korea – Seoul
• Second Trip • Social Hierarchy
India – Bangalore and Beyond• Traveling vs.
Vacationing • Culture Shock • In the News • The People
Coming Home
• Reverse Culture Shock• Twilight Zone • Takeaways
Post Graduation
• Gap Year• Master of Accountancy
Program • Working Abroad
