My name is Alisa Chen. I am a current full time MBA student at UEA. Previously I was a Director of Administration and Corporate Culture manager working for a large corporation in China. In January 2016 I joined the MBA family at UEA. I really want to say that UEA MBA is the best year…
我是蔡君浩，來自台灣. 我是一個MBA學生在UEA.
時間過得很快，一轉眼來UEA的時間已經過了8個月．回想當初雖然出國唸書一直是自己的目標清單之一．原因是因為想要讓自己的視野變的更廣闊，另外也因為想要多看看這個不同的世界．但是一直沒有很努力地去實行這個夢想．可能一方面是少了一股衝動，另一方面也是因為害怕改變．要放棄多年的工作，去追尋一個未知的未來．這真的需要很大的勇氣，但是很幸運的，我得到家人們的全力支持來追尋我的夢想． 我的故事是，我已經工作多年並且已婚，在結婚後我們一直期望有小朋友的誕生，但是卻總是沒有消息．因此幾年過後我們決定朝夢想前進，申請英國UEA的MBA課程．但就在我拿到學校Offer的同一天，我們也得知了懷孕的喜訊．一切就是這麼巧合!我想這一切都是老天安排，因此在小朋友出生一個月後，我在去年九月獨自一人來到了英國讀語言課程．而後有將近半年的時候與家人分隔兩地．而我的老婆小孩也在開學兩個月後過來Norwich與我一同生活． 身為一個有家庭的MBA學生，我的學生生活體驗與大部分的同學不一樣．多了一個可愛的小朋友在身邊，生活變得很充實，但是小朋友的照顧需求卻是無時無刻的，每天下了課後，跟別人不一樣的是，我會回家照顧小朋友與他一起玩．在他睡著後，在安排課業的工作．這也是自我時間管理的一個挑戰．UEA對於有家庭的學生非常照顧，學校提供Village Close的Family house給學生家庭，讓小朋友有足夠的空間玩耍與活動．另外對於小朋友的健康，Medical Center固定時間都會來關心與詢問．讓我能夠放心無後顧之憂的全心念書． 來Norwich第一個要習慣的是英國腔，我想這是很多國際學生都要面臨的必經過程，不過不用擔心，過幾個月你就一定能適應了，哈．Norwich真的是一個很安全與友善的城市，我常常帶我們小朋友去Earlham Park、UEA的湖邊，或是Norwich Cathedral，每每在路上或是公車上，都會有路人開心的與他玩或是互動，讓我們倍感溫馨． 建議 給想要來英國念書的朋友建議，最重要的是要釐清來唸書的目的，你期望在這段時間內獲得什麼？是留下工作？繼續深造？回國發展？目標清楚後才能夠提早準備與規劃，這方面可以email或是電話找學校老師談談，了解學校的教學方向與內容是否與所想要的一致．決定方向後就是全力以赴，邁向目標．MBA是一個未來CEO的訓練課程，包含了許多的管理理論與實務分享．要在短短的一年時間內要融會貫通，並且學會跟不同文化背景的人相處和工作，我相信這會是一段很充實與難忘的回憶． It’s never too late to study. Current MBA student Mike Tsai tells us why. Hi, I am Mike from Taiwan. I am a current full-time MBA student at UEA. Previously I was Assistant Manager at KPMG, Taiwan Finance. This post is about my journey to studying…
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