"How can I go to Beijing?"
I still remember last year I asked this very-straightforward-question to someone in Baidu booth at Tech In Asia Jakarta (because one of my senior went there with Baidu) and they recommended me to join Baidu Marketing Competition. In order to join, I need to make a marketing plan in paper and presentation. That was the 2nd marketing competition I've ever joined, and I never make any structured marketing plan at all. My background is also very far away from marketing, as I am a Computer Science student. But still, I made the paper and presentation wholeheartedly with Beijing as my end in mind. I also asked people for references and googled a lot. (Special thanks to Hanie & Ko Tony who gave me references and advices!<3) I ended up being the 2nd winner of this competition, and I was given a trip to Beijing + some cash as the prize.
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| Hard work paid off! \(^O^)/ |
Long story short, last week was finally the time I went to Beijing. I went there with Ka Stara from Baidu and Haikal (The 1st winner). We were supposed to go with the 3rd winner also, but unfortunately she couldn't join us.
It was autumn in Beijing and I've never experienced autumn before, but I checked on the internet and they say autumn is the best time to visit Beijing. The best part was I can be tired by walking and climbing a lot but no sweating at all! Plus I can still bear the cold anyway so no biggie ^O^
In Beijing, we visited some popular tourism spots like The Great Wall, Summer Palace, Tian An Men Square, Olympic Stadium, Forbidden City; also some shopping places.
Here are some documentations:
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| Casually posing at The Great Wall |
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| The famous Forbidden City |
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| Summer Palace in Autumn |
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| Beijing Olympics Stadium |
Despite from the famous tourism spots, we also visited Baidu's Headquarter, and it was a really nice experience. Baidu's Headquarter is really big! They even have some sliders inside the office. Besides, they also have garden, some restaurants (which the employees can eat there for free), gym, salon, and sleeping rooms!
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| The garden |
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| Sleeping rooms! Very cutee |
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| Can you notice the slider? |
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| With Mr Josh from Baidu Global Marketing Team |
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| Me & Haikal in front of Baidu's headquarter! |
Lastly, I would like to thank Baidu for giving me this precious opportunity to visit Beijing.
For me who's coming from a middle class family, it's quite hard to go abroad with my own money because I don't receive any pocket money anymore from my parents, and I don't have a stable income as I'm still a student. But with programs like this, it's not impossible anymore to go abroad, even though there are a lot of hard work that need to be done first.
Dreams are the ones that keep me doing tough things, and they do come true if you really work hard to achieve it!🙏🏻
