Nadia RIzky - Phillipines

Nadia Risky Putri

I had my 6 weeks internship in Philippines and it was totally amazing. I did a project about HIV AIDS and learnt so many things from it. I didnt know much about HIV before this and never met people living with hiv as well. But from this internship i experienced it all.

And also, that was my first time going abroad and interact with people from different nationality. With this chance, now i know a lot about other country even though i havent visited them.

Yes it is. When you go abroad only for vacation, you don't have chance to communicate and understand other's culture. But when you go exchange or something, you will understand other's culture better. And that's really changing my perspective towards people and world.

Yes of course. actually it's all unforgettable. But the most unforgettable one is a late night talk with some of my friends from Australia. That conversation changed my perspective a lot. In a better way i think.

yes of course. People kind of discriminate me at first because i wear veil. but just be who you are. be open minded. that's the only thing that can make you survive :)

Well, im environmental engineering student that's why the first thing i recognise is the environment. First, i think philippines is on the same level with us (in economic way) but they concern about the environment much more than Indonesia do. They dont really use plastic bag they intend to use paper bag rather than plastic bag. And if you want to use plastic bag you have to pay for it.

2nd, i think indonesia and philippines are no different. we have so many amazing tourism spots so do they. But the difference is the government support it a lot. They make so many facilities and promote it alot. and from my little observation, now people choose to go to philippines rather than Bali (Indonesia) because philippines manage it better than us. I think if we promote our country better, we can exceed what philippines has done and it can help our economy stability as well

3rd, philippines speak real good english. Indonesian should have learned more from them. Because english is an important language and soon in 2015 we will have global market which allow us to compete with other people aside from indonesia. There, we surely need good english and open minded if we want to compete with them.

Learning in Indonesia is so comfortable for some people. Interacting in Indonesia and only Indonesian is also comfortable for some people. But don't forget you have to face the world out there. There are so many culture, there are so many thoughts, there are so many perspective that you can not just read it or watch. You have to experience it yourself! Being in comfort zone is surely comfortable, but dont forget there's no success people live in comfort zone. They push themselves to the limit!