My first semester in Porvoo Campus is soon over. Feels weird! It was like yesterday when I started my studies.. Can't believe how fast time is passing by.
I've been thinking about my moves for the future. We had our International Opportunities info couple of days ago where Porvoo Campus' International Coordinator Mari Austin told us about exchange opportunities in HAAGA-HELIA and what is needed for it. I was thrilled to hear that HH will most likely have a new partner university in England: Manchester Metropolitan University! I will apply to the exchange programme so that I would be in England for the Spring semester 2015 or the whole of my 3rd year (2015-2016). Fingers crossed!
I am planning to do my first intership period next summer. I am going to be in contact with travel agencies in Manchester very soon. I just need to get my CV back with comments from our teacher.. I would like to do either 2 or 3 months work placement. The overal compolsory work placement time is 5 months. I'm also interested in Australia and New Zealand but unfortunately byt budget is not enough for those awesome places..
Although the Matka project has gone well I can't get this nasty feeling out of my chest. I and many others from my group have faced difficulties with communication and reliability with some members of our teams. It is sad but unfortunately reality in every community that not everyone is equally motivated. My challenge as the Project Manager has been motivating the people, keeping all the pieces together and keeping the people being open about their problems and challenges with the project. I just hope that we manage to finish all our tasks before our Christmas holiday starts..
