A little introduction...

Hey guys! So after a month of heavy deliberation (and much encouragement from a certain someone who will be reading this - you know who you are!) I have finally succumb to writing my very own blog on the trials and tribulations of being a recent grad and the exciting adventure (more on that in a sec) that I am about to embark on. Right, here goes; please be gentle with me readers! :P 

First off, 5 facts that you should know:

1. I’m a recent French and Cultural Studies grad from Sussex Uni (oh Brighton how much I miss you already)

2. I love foreign accents, foreign languages, foreign films, forei.. in fact anything foreign and I’m there

3. I am striving to break into the advertising and marketing sector (adland I’m ready when you are!)

4. Being half Filipino and half British, as well as having had amazing experiences living in not only the UK but Hong Kong and the south of France, I have been lucky to have had a very multicultural life already

5. ...PLUS I’m about to live in Shanghai for 2 months to undertake an advertising and marketing internship (I guess travelling is in my blood)

Yes. That’s right. I’m moving to China - in less than 7 days in fact!!! And no, I don’t speak much Mandarin (somehow I don’t think nǐ hǎo, xiè xie and zài jiàn will get me very far), let alone have the knowledge to read those squiggly lines that supposedly form characters. But hey, this is really the main reason behind why I am going.  Not only will I get to gain some amazing experience within the advertising world, but I LOVE a challenge and to be honest I can’t wait to be thrown into a strange place that within a few weeks will feel like home to me! Or so I hope... Below is a pic of the infamous Bund in Shanghai - look how pretty it is!!! Hopefully one of the many places I will get to become familiar with...

So yer, I guess this is the first and main reason for this blog.  After a whole summer of working nearly everyday selling make-up and perfume (pretty good job for a cosmetic-obsessed girl like me I have to say), I am off to swap the Western shop floor for the Eastern office. This is not only a way for me to communicate the everyday challenges I will face being not only a recent grad but a recent grad abroad, it is also an easy way for me to keep in touch with all my lovely friends and family (because let’s face it, I probably won’t have that much time to update everyone individually on all the nitty gritty details of my oriental adventure).  So if you want to join me on my cultural journey ‘follow’ me and I’m sure that I will have some hilarious (and of course educational *cough cough*) stories to tell you - plus you’ll get to learn some Mandarin on the way! Let’s see how it goes ey?!?! Keep those fingers’ crossed!!! :D 

Zai hui!

Marie xox