14 Jul Walk, Work, Wonder: Interning in London
I’m not a morning person. Nothing in the world—not even the mini-fridge full of sugary breakfast foods that I bought in flagrant abuse of my living-abroad-adult-privileges—can make me a morning...
14 Jul Breaking Expectations: My First Days in London
As I prepared for my trip to London, I was most frequently asked, “Are you excited?” To which I usually responded, “I will be.” I will be, once I get to through the Winnipeg airport, then through...
13 Jul Singapore: Culture Heaven
I’m always impressed by how clean Singapore is. It’s not clean because everything is brand new, but because of the culture around how people treat messiness. All the streets are constantly being...
13 Jul Life of an Engineering Intern
My “office” has a very noisy environment. Everywhere around me, I hear the deafening noises of metal being hammered, soldered together, punched, polished, and cut. Even with the earplugs I wear every...
13 Jul Singapore: Firsthand Experiences
If I wasn’t excited already then when I received the email confirming my internship abroad, I definitely was when I arrived in the City of Lions. After a whole day of flights, I finally touched down...
13 Jul Why London is Amazing
When applying for this program, I immediately knew that London is the city where I wanted to spend the summer interning. I had never been to Europe prior to this trip, so I was overzealous with the...
13 Jul First Work Experience in Non Profit
Anybody's first experience in the workplace can be very scary. For one, you are entering a foreign environment, one that is asking you to put all your prior education to use. You worry about having...
13 Jul A Normal Day at Work in Madrid
When I accepted this internship in Spain, I didn’t know what to expect. This would be my first job in my field of study and going abroad. Having just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business...
12 Jul London Calling!
Every day for a month a suitcase had sat in the middle of my room accumulating all the things I would need for my two month internship in London. By the time I had to sit on it to close the zipper, I...
12 Jul Just Another Day at the Office…In Madrid
Well I am officially “adulting” as I like to say. I wake up by 8:00 am to get some exercise in before breakfast and an hour and a half later my colleague and I are walking to the metro station to go...
