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Junior Reporter @ SCMP

Eunice II: A Tale of 2 Ci� es

Last year, our very own Eunice Yip won acclaim
in a 3-way contest against two other Young Post
journalists. She made the point that she didn’t
win the pair of Beats Solo 2 wireless headphones
on offer to the victor but here she is again, this
year, deba� ng Hong Kong’s aff ordability with her
opponent. Just to show you the diff erence in per-
spec� ve or point of view that background makes,
here is a table of the matching arguments.

Eunice Karl
cheap government housing expensive private housing
free public educa� on high private school fees
lai cha cappuccino
cheap public transport expensive cars

Which of these 2 reporters do you think was born with a silver spoon in their mouth?

Currently I am doing an exchange year here in Hong
Kong. I have been here for 10 months and since I’ve nearly
fi nished, I’d like to share a bit of my experience. Going for
an exchange year was the scariest decision of my life but
it’s a great thing to do and I would highly recommend it to
anyone.
It was very hard for me to leave my friends and family back in Germany. But soon I found a new family here,
which helped me overcome my homesickness.. I have now found some of my best friends here in Hong Kong. I also
found a lot of friends in Pooi To. I’ll miss all of my friends a lot when I go back to Germany.
Hong Kong’s culture is very diff erent from Germany’s. It was hard for me to adapt but I realized that I had to
open myself up more, so now I have go� en used to the cultural diff erence. Also, since I was completely on my own, I
had to become a lot more independent. Learning a new language has been very hard but I’ve made a lot of improve-
ments in both English and Cantonese.
In conclusion, I can say that leaving my normal environment and going
for an exchange year has really opened my eyes and I have become a lot
more open to new countries and new cultures. I have also become a lot
more talka� ve in front of new people and I would not have wanted to miss
this experience. I now have a strong desire to travel more and experience
more cultures around the world.
Paula Luisa Hassemeier (4B)