{"id":256,"date":"2018-06-07T04:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/?p=256"},"modified":"2018-06-07T04:44:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:44:46","slug":"culture-shock-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/2018\/06\/07\/culture-shock-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture shock (finale)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know that all the struggles mentioned might sound silly because I should expect the language barrier and all the others culture shocking differences. Honestly, I did expect it but EXPECTING and EXPERIENCING are two completely different things. With all this in mind, I can&#8217;t help but be thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.<\/p>\n<p>We still have many days before the end of this program but I can already see how much it will enhance and add value in my professional carrier. This experience is proving to me that no matter how much research you do and how well prepared you think you are the best and only way to fully understand something is by living it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Opening-Ceremony-group-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Opening-Ceremony-group-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Opening-Ceremony-group-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Opening-Ceremony-group-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Opening-Ceremony-group-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/WeChat-Image_20180604114627.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Group-Pic.png 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Wed-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Wed-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2018\/06\/Wed-2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that all the struggles mentioned might sound silly because I should expect the language barrier and all the others culture shocking differences. Honestly, I did expect it but EXPECTING and EXPERIENCING are two completely different things. With all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/2018\/06\/07\/culture-shock-finale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-summer-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}