Gan Mei Ling, an AIESEC member from Universiti Sains Malaysia, made her choice to go exchange to Taiwan during her four-months semester break. The project she was involved in is “Talent of Youth”. Wondering why she chose Taiwan instead of other countries? That is because she always wanted to know more about Taiwan not just through TV or movie but with her own experience and get the chance to see everything with her own eyes. Other than that, getting the chance to experience their lifestyle and learn what Taiwanese believe in is also what Mei Ling wanted to gain.
Believe it or not? This is Mei Ling’s first time traveling aboard alone! She is very excited and looking forward for her exchange. Tons of questions kept popping out in her mind. “What kind of people will I met ? Am I going to adapt the new environment? etc* ” Mei Ling told us how she felt before going for the exchange, “It feels so insecure and wonder am I really going overseas? ” But, deep inside her heart she believes that she is able to go through this exchange successfully.
During Mei Ling’s exchange in Taiwan, her role is to assist the English teachers in their classes which consist of Standard 5 students. At the same time, she holds the role of an ambassador of her own country by sharing Malaysian culture during assembly and classes in that school too. Responses from the students were just surprisingly amazing, as they got really excited listening about the Malaysian culture that was being presented. Besides, she also got the chance to be involved as a facilitator in a Summer Camp which is organized for primary students.
On the other hand, she faced a few challenges too. For instance, communication. She was assigned to work hand in hand with another intern from Malaysia under the same school. Although both of them are from Malaysia, they have completely different thoughts and personalities. Thus, it's a challenge for her. Through this, she learnt that tolerance is the most essential thing in every friendship. In order to build a strong team, commitment and willingness to work together is very important.
In the period of 6 weeks in Taiwan, she had learnt to appreciate and value things that she had in her life. “Be happy and contented with our life, especially our family members who care and love us for who we are.”
Of course there are lots of funny stories to tell about her exchange. “The funniest thing that happened during my exchange was going to Seven-Eleven and calling tons of orders with friends until the shop keeper recognized us without mention any names or address to the deliver. We met lots of students over there. We even hang out with the students and the teachers. Not forgot to mention that we usually go karaoke with them.”
This is an awesome experience. She never imagine that she will be able to step out of Malaysia, but she just made it and brought a brand new experience for her own self. She had colored her life with a new chapter!
Mei Ling shared her exchange experience and told us that she really like her exchange experience a lot. She like the feeling of simplicity and heart-warming when she interact with the locals and get to understand what they understand about their own county, Malaysia and the world.
She felt sad that her exchange period in Taiwan is so short. Time passes so fast. Now she is addicted to the lifestyle there and want to go for an exchange again! However, during her exchange she did miss Malaysia so much and she feel so proud to be a Malaysian due to lots of reasons.
“The world changes every minute.
Nothing is impossible, nothing can't be done, problems comes with solutions all the time.
We just need to get a way to solve it our self, in the way to learn a lesson.
I love and appreciate my experience in Taiwan. ” ~ by Mei Ling
AIESEC Global Community Development Programme
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