I spent 6 months in Berlin for this internship and honestly it was one of the best experiences I ever have. Even though I have been here before, but this time I am able to be initiative in everything and I got to experience a lot when I’m on my own. Here, I worked for a bussiness consulting company as I help them with the marketing projects and most of the visual design tasks. As they are quite exclusive, from what i noticed, I’m the one and only foreigner in the company. So at first, it’s a bit glitching but all of my colleagues have been so nice towards me, and having me involved in everything. At the same time, I can learn from them the work culture, communication skills or just german behaviour. As I become more familar with how they managed work, the more comforting the working time is lol but in Germany they take the work – life balance seriously and I am so okay with it.
Beside my work, I have tried to explore the city as it is so big that I didn’t finish it last time. Even though the city is so dynamic and full of fun activities, the amount of places I went is not that much. One reason comes from my 9-5, the other is DB aka Deutsch Bahn. I kinda have the love – hate relationship with the public transport system here, the more I love how diverse and convenient they are, I just couldn’t understand the intense delay and cancel without notice, not to mention there are always constructions going on which make it worse. Maybe it’s their marketing strategy for the vehicle industry because I’m exhausted after a 1 hour tram with 40 stations like what is that? BUT, for the affordable price and I can get to travel in whole country, in the end it’s not too bad, my stamina is just not that strong to spend half day moving lol
I yap too much about this DB, but german food totally makes up for it. In Berlin, the food choices are insane but their traditional dishes, especially everything sweets are top tier. I gained 3kg as the realest proof for this statement. If I ever got hit in the head then the last thing I remember is Sauerkraut mit Bratwurst, oder Schweinshaxe mit Paulaner Bier.
Overall my time in Berlin has been great and there will definitely be a comeback, it’s totally worth experiencing!
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