Flirten met Duitsland - Sax.nu

International
away? It appears he knows a lot of
Iranian students who go back as well
as many graduates who stay in
Europe. “But most of them come
back after a number of years if they
do not return back home immediately.
An opportunity to work in a different
environment and the new
things you can learn is always a
chance I personally would like to
experience. But I’m sure I will go
back and settle down in my country
one day.”
Back to mother Africa
Andy Chilakalaka, who obtained his
Master degree in Civil Engineering in
July this year, went back to Malawi
last month. After 3 years of study in
Bristol, UK, and one year at Saxion,
he thought it was time to get back
home and join a construction firm in
his home country. Some international
fellow-students of his got job
offers from Dutch companies, so if
he had wanted he probably could
have stayed in the Netherlands.
Another African student Sunday
Shomide, is just about to leave
Deventer after having finished his
13-months master programme in
Environmental Science. Before
coming to Saxion he worked as an
industrial chemistry expert in the
food industry in Nigeria. He is going
back and work for his old company
for some time, but he intends to set
up his own environmental consultancy
business before long. He is
quite optimistic about his prospects
because of the political changes in
his country: The military rulers in
Nigeria who used to give oil companies
free reign have been ousted and
replaced by a parliamentary government.
Tougher environmental laws
enable the government to tackle the
enormous pollution caused by oil
spillage and industrial waste. “The
polluters are taxed and more money
is becoming available to clean up
the environment.”
Staying in Holland, back to China
after work experience
After taking her MBA degree, Wu
Jing, a student from China, would
like to stay in Holland for some
years, working for an international
company. Competition in China is
increasing day by day and her chances
of finding a satisfying job in her
home country will increase when
she has international work experience
under her belt. Another Chinese
student, Zhang Ji, who is taking
a final year in Finance and
Accounting, hopes to find a job at a
financial company or bank in
Holland to gain work experience
before trying her luck on the highly
competitive Chinese labour market.
“One of my goals is learning Dutch
as quickly as possible.’’
Settling in Holland, if possible
Muhammad Adi Insani, an Indonesian
student who is in his third
year of Electric and Electronic
Engineering wants to stay and work
in Holland. He is doing a traineeship
right now and he is quite sure
there will be job opportunities for
him here.
Promotion at home after Short
Course at Saxion
Short Course students come to
Saxion with another aim. They are
usually a bit older and have already
worked for a number of years. The
Short Courses last from 3 to 6 months
and consist of a number of key modules
of longer programmes. Tanzanian
Egidia Peter Rwazi has just arrived at
Saxion to do a Short Course in
International Business Management.
After coming back home, she hopes to
be promoted to a higher position in
the insurance company she has been
employed by for a number of years.
Egidia’s fellow course participant is
Lilit Duryan from Armenia. She
works as an accountant for a consultancy
firm in the field of development
aid. “The firm wants to
expand its services to auditing and
business development so I am sure
the knowledge acquired at Saxion
will stand me in good stead in the
new post I was promised.”
Hannie Schipper
Blogs of international students
Blogs are in these days. Sax has asked some students to produce their versions. Vo Thi Trix
Uyen (Jessica), Nguyen Van Truong Thi, 2nd year and 1st year Vietnamese IBMS students
respectively together with Zhang Ji, a Chinese Final Year Accounting and Finance student,
comment on a typical week in their lives as international students at Saxion, Deventer.
Monday
Teaching Chinese
Got up early to have enough time to
check my email before going to
school. Got an interesting email from
Shanghai.A friend of mine wrote how
she and her mother had had to flee for
the typhoon. At first they did not
want to leave their house, but finally
they got away in a taxi to a place 50
kms further north. There was a lot of
damage in the city, but fortunately
their house was not hit by the storm.
Tuesday
Organized a party to celebrate our
mid-autumn Tuesday festival with my
Chinese class mates. Also invited
two Vietnamese class mates to our
party. We ate moon cakes, a traditional
Chinese food for the midautumn
festival, and played anagrammatism.
Wednesday
Had a discussion with group members
and prepared a lesson for the
lady I’m teaching Chinese. It seems
that a lot of Dutch people want to
learn Chinese.
Thursday
This afternoon had an interesting
Chinese lesson with the Dutch lady,
a practice lesson outside. She used
the words which she had already
learnt to describe the city centre.
Very funny, aha!
Friday
Continued discussing the project
for next week’s lesson.
Cecylia Zhang
34 oktober 2007