In roughly 13 hours or so I will be boarding a plane to Seoul, South Korea to undertake a 4-week internship with the country’s largest media broadcaster. How have I prepared?
I've also done a LOT of Googling
Apart from diving into the usual literature and perhaps a K-Pop video or two, I’ve also read online a bit into Korean culture – in particularly how Confucianism is embedded into the country. It’s an interesting contrast to more Western environments (and workplaces for that matter) and I hope it’ll help me out once I’m in the office.
But what am I expecting out of this trip?
Of course, I’m expecting to have heaps of fun, meet plenty of new people and learn a lot of cool things. But getting to the business end of why I’m heading off to the country – I’ll be in an organisation which (as far as my knowledge) has never had an Australian intern work at before.
Would it be a bit optimistic for me to expect a byline or have a story of mine broadcasted on air? Possibly – but it’s one of my hopes. This is vastly unknown territory I’m entering, which is kind of scary but also liberating – there will be chances to propose ideas and do things that I probably wouldn’t have the chance to do otherwise back home.
That being said, I can’t wait. 12 hours and 27 minutes to go…
