Between Books and Baggage

Hello and welcome to this information guide on how to make the most of your internship in Hong Kong. Whether you are just curious about the possibility of interning abroad or already have your offer and are about to travel to Hong Kong, you will find lots of useful tips from this episode :)

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App for Weather Warnings: HK Observatory

Company I booked my apartment with: Habyt

As always, if you have any further questions, please leave a comment or email my team and I via grace.journals@google. com - I'm looking forward to your messages and wish you lots of fun in Hong Kong!!!

Hello and welcome to a new episode about books😍 I can‘t believe my Internship in Hong Kong is already coming to an end! In today’s episode, I’m reminiscing about these past 6 months and tell you all about the cafés and restaurants I became a regular at. I now realised they are mostly expat-style cafés and sweet treat shops, but I promise they are delicious and soo friendly🥰

The poem „If you roam the streets of Hong Kong“: www.allthings-brightandbeautiful.com

The list of my favourite regular places (in no particular order):

1. ​Cheung Hing Kee Shanghai Pan-Fried Buns (try the truffle ones - I ate these every friday😍)
2. ​Ten Ren Bubble Tea (supercheap and really good boba pearls)
3. ​Butter Cakeshop (absolute favourite!! Everything you try here will be fantastic😍 Especially the classic cookies with pink frosting and sprinkles, the Tiramisu cookies, the New York Cheesecake!!)
4. ​CouCou Hotpot (Fancy and superdelicious hotpot😍)
5. ​Sisombat Laos Restaurant (Try the Laos Fried Rice with a Sunnysideup egg from the vegetarian menu and a full coconut😍)
6. ​Mrs H Coffeehouse
7. ​Venner (Nordic-style Café)
8. ​Fikafabriken (THE best Strawberry Matcha Latte and authentic Swedish cinnamon rolls)
9. ​Omu Café (Waffles!! And their playlist is divine)
10. ​Elephant Grounds (Banana bread and fruit smoothie and a bit of work is a perfect saturday morning😇)
11. ​Bonus: Banh Mi Nem in Central - the best veggie banh mi I have ever tried in my life!!

Here is a google maps link: Between Books and Baggage: Favourite Cafes🥰 · Sabrina

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wgh4apkvffqis25A6?g_st=i

If you enjoyed this episode, feel free to send me an email: [email protected] 💕

Good morning, good evening or good night! Either way, welcome to a new episode about books😍 I have been in a bit of a reading slump and wanted to update you on how it’s going on my goal to read 55 books in 2025! If you enjoyed this episode, feel free to send me an email: [email protected] 💕

Hellou hellouuuu!

Welcome back to a new (mini-)episode of the Hong Kong internship dairies! I‘m beyond grateful and hope that this episode is a reminder that after the really really tough and work-heavy seasons of life, there is that moment where it’s all over and suddenly you hold a Bachelor’s degree!!!

If you have ever had such a „Momentaufnahme“, feel free to send me an email: [email protected]💕

Until next time🫶🏻

Hello and welcome back!!

Here is the amazing Instagram account I read a passage from: @han_aux_raisins and here is the great HK handmade jewellery small business @beibeicollectionhk. Both so incredibly talented!!!

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As always, feel free to drop me an email or comment what your favourite thing to do is on an unexpected free wednesday ;)

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Hello and welcome back to the podcast <3

Here is the list of all the wonderful books which my fellow delegates recommended:

1. Singapore: "H2 Mathematics" by Shinglee Publishers

2. Nigeria: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and "We should all be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie

3. Brunei: "When I Was a Kid" by Cheeming Boey (*I now realised this is actually a Malaysian author describing the realities in Malaysia - however, this shows the close cultural ties between Malaysia and Brunei)

4. Pakistan: "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson (JA MAMA DAS IST DER TITEL DES BUCHES) and "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon L. Lechter

5. Italy: "The Day of the Judgement" by Salvatore Satta (*the small town is called Nuomo)

6. Guinea: "L'Enfant Noir" by Laye Camara

7. Germany: "That Girl" by Gabriella Santos de Lima and also all her other books like her "Jetzt"-series!!!

That is it for today, all the best and hear you in the next one <33

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Helloouu beautiful people! Today, we are talking about how to keep a journalling routine while travelling. "Drawing from close to two decades on experience" aka keeping a journal since kindergarden, I am very happy to hopefully inspire you to one day reminisce with your grandchildren and your finished and beautiful travel journals ;)

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As always, please feel free to drop me an email [email protected] <33

Have you ever wondered, how glamourous your life could be if Carry Bradshaw or Elizabeth Gilbert were the authors of it? I asked AI to help me write a story about my first weekend in Hong Kong and it added exactly the amount of glamour and fabulousness that this episode was missing! Enjoy my adventures on a dragonboat, journalling by the harbour and working at the expat café "Elephant Grove" in a true 2000s fashion ;)

And as always, if you have a message I am excited to receive your email: [email protected] <3

Hello,

New Episode, new City! Haha no, this time I will be staying for the next six months in Hong Kong - can you believe it!?

I'm superexcited for my time here and would love to take you along on some of my adventures, starting with the 1960s Café, where I had dinner on my very first day of work. I hope you will enjoy the episode <3

And as always, if you have any comments or stories or recommendations, feel free to drop a comment or write me an email: [email protected]

Hellouuu from Munich! 💖✨

How are you guys doing? In today’s episode, I’m sharing all about life as an intern in this beautiful city - expect fun stories, little struggles, and everything in between. Grab an Apfelschorle and Brezel, get comfy, and enjoy! <33

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Have you ever interned abroad? Then please drop me an email: [email protected]