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在日本「生活」vs來日本「旅行」 by 莉可 (2013-2014 日本)

來到日本後，體驗到很多日本和香港的文化差異。其中一項是對於時間的觀念，日本人真的非常守時。在工作假期期間，曾經去了不少地方旅行，因為預算關係...

(Chinese version only)

Friends all Around the World by Bianca Ho (2013-2015 Australia)

I met lots of friends all around the world, from local Australians to other backpackers. We traveled around Australia...

(只有英文版本)

親身體驗新西蘭 by Rachael (2014-2016 新西蘭)

Working holiday可以得到嘅得著，部份係可以用文字同語言表達出黎，但更多嘅……係要親身去體驗...

(Chinese version only)

是度假，也是學習 by Dora Cheung (2013-2015 英國)

以前都是做文職，由文職轉做餐館，做了一星期時已經想放棄，也有想過回香港，但最後領悟到的是只要不放棄，都一定會成功...

(Chinese version only)

屢敗屢戰，生機處處 by SY (2012-2013 德國)

找工作確實有點難度，不過沒關係，屢敗屢戰，只要不被挫折打倒，便生機處處。我也鼓勵你多嘗試把握機遇，誰也不知道什麼時候機會來敲門...

(Chinese version only)

人生有幾多個十年？ by Bee (2015-2016 加拿大)

對內向文靜的我而言，在加拿大生活真是一個很大的挑戰，因為這裡每一個人說話都有自信，而且十分「說得」（Talkative）。漸漸我從害怕與陌生人閒談到開始懂得主動找話題...

(Chinese version only)

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