• Frontpage
  • Bloggers
  • Archive
  • About
Inside

Hyunjee – So what am I doing?

18.04.2016 Student Life

Hyunjee Kang, a last-year student in International Business from South Korea, borrows the Arcada Communications blog for a few weeks to write about life and studies in Finland. 

Hello again!! What a fresh Monday to start the week! Good start makes good end, right?

I’ve been thinking about what to write about since my first introduction, and I finally decided on a topic: My current life as a last year student at Arcada.

Nowadays, I am busy. You could say that I’ve started sprinting at the last minute. What do I mean? That I am doing my work practice period, writing my thesis, doing my very last assignments and trying to enjoy my life (it’s also important) – all at once. I’m not a multi-tasking person, but I’m trying.

So, what am I doing?

Let’s first go for trainee life!

Previously, I’ve done an internship at a commercial news agency in Helsinki. And as I already mentioned in my first blog post I’m currently doing my second cycle practical training in the Communication department at Arcada. So, literally, I am experiencing the other side of student life at school nowadays, assisting personnel at the communication departments, like e.g. the alumni coordinator and the congress and event manager. 2 weeks ago I participated in a conference called Mevi2016 as an assistant. It was nice experience, working with other young Finnish assistants in the kind of big conference which has many guests from all over the Finland.

I know that International students can have some trouble when they are looking for Internship (I had the same problem). But you can always check the Arcada Job board and ask the school for a helping hand. This is how I’ve found my trainee places.

Thesis?

I am writing my thesis about a marketing plan for a Finnish farm. I am not good at marketing myself (haha), but hopefully I can create a good marketing plan in my thesis :). I’m half way done. So, cross your fingers for what’s left!

Daily life?

Living (or studying) abroad is really good opportunity! And I think that Finland is a good place to stay and study: it is safe, has good quality education, nice people, etc. Furthermore, since Arcada is Swedish speaking school, you can also learn Swedish while living in Finland.

So, is my daily life any fun? Haha, I can say that it’s rather boring. After being busy at school I go home and work on assignments or write my thesis… then I wake up… (I told you I’m in the middle of the last spurt before graduating). But, between that, I try to enjoy my daily life as well, meeting friends, having coffee, sometime nice dinners, going to parties… :D. It makes me energetic. Balanced life is very important especially during living abroad.

Other than that?

Arcada is a very flexible university of applied sciences in my perspective. So, your grade and your life at Arcada totally depend on you. Like I said, I have some very last assignments left to do. For example, after work today I’m going to go to a mall for surveying. It’s my first time surveying at a mall. Even doing school project assignments, you can get new experiences!

The end.

Good luck all of my blog readers.

/Hyunjee

Arcada Communications

The communications team at Arcada is involved with everything from press releases and events to student recruitment and marketing (as well as everything in between). Our blog posts will without a doubt be just as varied.

Contact details

  • E-mail: inside@arcada.fi
  • Facebook (External link)

More by the same author

  • 21.12.2021 Winter adventures in Helsinki
  • 17.05.2021 2020: The start of a new normal
  • 09.10.2020 Alumnporträttet: Språkkunskaper och utbytesstudier ledde till Alex Reinikkas nordiska jobb
  • 05.10.2020 Alumni Portrait: Michael Ringlein is motivated by freedom
  • 09.04.2020 Alumnporträttet: Yasmine Owusu värdesätter människomötena på familjecentret
More posts by Arcada Communications

AuthorArcada Communications

Meet our bloggers

Business / Business / Liiketalous

  • 28.04.2022
    Vem köper mat på nätet i framtiden?

Arcada 25

  • 22.06.2022
    Förstavårdens arbetsdag är variation, utmaningar och krav – men de går att bemästra
  • 19.05.2022
    Hur kan teknologi främja tillgängligheten i samhället?
  • 21.04.2022
    Därför är innovativt entreprenörskapstänk en framgångsfaktor

International Student Ambassadors

  • 03.02.2022
    Arcada – A Truly International Experience in Helsinki
  • 06.12.2021
    Why I Chose Finland as My Study Destination (and Would Do It All Over Again)
  • 09.02.2021
    Two Things You Should Know About Studying in Finland and at Arcada

Arcada Research News

  • 15.06.2022
    News from Arcada’s Laboratory for Trustworthy AI
  • 21.10.2021
    Märi-projektet framskrider och når delmål
  • 01.06.2021
    Lohkoketjuekosysteeminen tarkastelua hallinnan ja adoption näkökulmasta

The NURED Project

  • 28.02.2020
    Ending the NURED Project: final products, and final thoughts.
  • 30.09.2019
    The NURED Final Seminar – WELCOME!
  • 13.06.2019
    The NURED Roadtrip – Discussions about developing nursing curriculas across the Baltic Region

Kultur och media / Culture and Media / Kulttuuri ja media

  • 18.05.2022
    How can small museums innovate on digitalisation?
  • 30.11.2021
    Boom-boom-boomer – kolla hit, detta är politik!
  • 29.11.2021
    Silmän liikkeiden tutkimisesta – osa 2

Cookies Availability statement

© 2022 Yrkeshögskolan Arcada