如果你是来英国读本科的话，也许我的这一点点经历会对你有用吧。我完成了我的二年级学业于2002年7月开始我的一年‘行业训练(Industrial Training)’。2003年10月我又回到了学校继续我的最后一年学业。

我的一点点日记，也许会帮助你决定是否向参加‘行业训练’计划。

这里贴的是我第一天到 IBM 的‘感应周(Induction Week)’时所写的日记，一点点对 IBM 的活动和做事方式的感想。这已经是2002年的7月所写的了。

我希望我的日记，虽然已是两年前的，对你有一点点帮助吧。看完，有谁也曾考虑过在英国参加‘Industrial Training’呢？

Day 0 – Sunday

In the evening, we had the first meeting. We sat in a U shape. At the beginning we just sat randomly, but later on when the first informal meeting started, we were required to sit in the descending order of our birthdays. Oh, my first headache came. I have to ask many British students for their birthdays. Fortunately I found that I am in between 15th and 28th April. Then we need to tell our names, locations and why we want to here. Those British are very funny, but I couldn’t understand them, just laugh with other students. One of them said he wants to be James Bond, that’s why he want to come here. But I felt strange, what’s the relationship of that. I was so nervous, I just said I am from Warwick, will work for IBM Warwick, and want to be myself. I even forget to tell my birthday.

Afterwards we went to the pub opposite to the campus, where the induction week being held. I got to know Shanna’s new flatmate Hayfa, and Ahami, who has already been working for IBM Warwick for two weeks. He said he is in Developer and business relation department. His department has three breaks for coffee everyday, and he has developed the tolerance for coffee, if he said don’t want to have coffee, his collegues will say surprisedly “You don’t want a coffee!!” The office is so flexible, he said, as long as you get your job done. On Friday, everyone in his office will be out on meetings with clients, only him is in the office, for answering the important calls and process some other tasks. Sounds great, but also stressful. I drank half pine of Guniness, but I felt scratchy so quick. I will order coke only tomorrow. Another surprising thing he told me was, even though he is an undergraduate, he is married. And the reason why he take a year out in IBM is he doesn’t want to be in the final year at the same as his wife. So that now his wife, who is doing biology, is in her final year, and he will do it next year. This guy impressed me pretty much. He is a bit big, and he has a lot of bear and mustache. But he doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, and he showed so much consideration to his wife. I believe he is a great husband.