理工学子说 | Derico Pratama: 双重文化，独特体验。

Derico

Pratama

作为一名印尼华裔，Derico有着独特的文化体验：他家族的文化渊源让他比其他国际生更了解中国；他来自印尼各地的朋友又让他接触到了同一国家不同地区的文化。身处两种文化之间，Derico的异国求学之路变得更加有趣。

异国求学

作为国际生，Derico并没有花太多时间很适应在港中大（深圳）的学习与生活。

一年前，作为大一新生的他，还没有到学校的时候就感受到了学校的关心：在和其他国际生抵达香港之后，学校组织的接机志愿团队的热情友好给他留下了深刻的印象；开学后，学院和书院举办的丰富多彩的校园活动让他有机会认识更多的来自印尼和中国的同学。

除了课余生活，Derico在学习上也毫不懈怠，他有一个课表相同的印尼朋友，更结交了许多中国伙伴，他们经常一起学习，互相帮助，互相鼓励，共同进步。在这种氛围中，Derico很快就适应了在异国求学的生活。

文化体验

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作为一名印尼华裔，Derico对印尼和中国的文化都有着独特的体验：在他的家乡，他们偶尔会说闽南话，其他地区的人有的说着其他中国地区的方言，有的不会说汉语，这些见闻丰富了他的文化感悟。

来到中国求学后， 他更加发现了身处两种文化之间的有趣之处：以美食为例，印尼嗜辣而粤菜清淡；他还发现即使是吃辣，两地的辣也不同，中国多用麻辣而印尼则不用麻辣。不过，Derico表示，即使两地美食口味不同，他也能都能品尝其中的美味。这种兼而有之的态度，也帮助他更好地适应了不同的环境吧。

学习与生活

Derico坦言大学里的期中期末考试周的确让人压力很大，但是同学们还是应当好好利用时间，不仅是为了学习，也为了娱乐放松。他认为休闲的时间也很重要，因为整天学习只会让人的情绪变得低落，学习效率也不会高。因此，他会在完成课业任务后，在周末放松放松，做自己想做的事情。

Derico对大一新生，特别是大一的国际生的建议是：合理规划时间，尽力平衡学习和娱乐的时间。以他自己为例，他喜欢摄影，也喜欢在深圳逛逛，享受生活带给他的快乐。

小编手记

Derico在采访中很随和，也很乐于分享他的经历。我想，正是他积极开朗的性格帮助他快速的适应了在异国的生活吧。

虽然只是一次简简单单的采访，Derico所展现出的风度依然令人印象深刻。像他这样优秀的人，非常值得我们向他看齐。

English Version

Derico Pratama, from Indonesia, is currently a sophomore majoring in Electronic Information Engineering (EIE).  

As an Indonesian of Chinese ethnicity, Derico gets a very unique experience: he knows more about China compared with other international fellows because of the culture of his family roots; at the same time, he has been exposed to Indonesian cultures from different regions as well since his Indonesian friends are from different parts of the country.

As an international student, he quickly adapted himself to the campus life in CUHK-Shenzhen.

One year ago, as a freshman, he received help from the university even before he had arrived the campus: after landing in Hong Kong with others, they were picked up by the voluntary team arranged by the university. The diversity activities held by schools and colleges enabled him to make more friends from both Indonesia and China. Apart from that, not only did he have an Indonesian friend with the same time schedule but also made a lot of Chinese friends. They often help each other and study together, making their lives more colorful. In this friendly atmosphere, studying in a foreign country does not seem difficult to Derico.

In addition to his extra-curricular life, Derico is also diligent in his study. He often works with his partners, encouraging each other and making progress together. With the company of friends, Derico enjoys his life here.

As an Indonesian of Chinese ethnicity, he knows something about the cultures in both places, and he is keen on this topic. For example, in his hometown, he sometimes speaks the Minnan dialect of China (Hokkien), while people in some other regions of Indonesia don’t speak the language or even Chinese at all. He also talked about the cuisines of the two places: while food in his hometown is spicy, Cantonese food is light. Also, spicy food in China is usually spicy and hot, whereas in Indonesia they seldom use spicy and hot ingredients together. Nevertheless, he indicated that he liked the food of both places regardless of the difference.

Derico also has some suggestions to the international freshmen:

"For international students, although some time on campus like the midterm weeks are going to be hard, try to make the most of your time. Not only for studying but also for relaxing as well. You need to have some leisure time, because studying all day long will just make your mood bad, and it will be ineffective. Once you’d completed all your things in the university, you would do things you like during weekend. Plus, I think it applies for your whole year of study.

My suggestion is that you should schedule your time properly so that you don’t need to think about school stuffs during weekend and try to find leisure time. For me, since I like photography, I would like to travel around Shenzhen, take some pictures, enjoying the leisure hours as well as what the life offers to me."

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