Could you help me to revise my story about escaping from the comfort zone?Thank you! Tracing back in my university life, my experience of volunteering in Egypt still glistened in my mind, as a start point for me to get out of the comfort zone bravely and embrace the diversity of people and culture. My volunteer project was to protect women rights. But after arriving in Egypt, the abominable living environment for women really astonished me. And as a foreign female myself, I suffered countless sexual harassment. I was traced by two Egyptians in a shopping mall with my friends. They met us in a supermarket on the ground floor and we found that wherever we go they were always within meters from us. And the safety guard didn’t even pay attention to us, and said we were too nervous. At last, we called some male friends and fortunately nothing happened. This was a bad experience, but it was just one of the sexual harassment we met. I began to ask myself if my parents’ stereotype of Egypt is correct. All these things made me feel upset because I think it’s actually a cultural and educational problem and it’s really hard to change in a short time. But during my trip around Egypt, I changed my mind gradually. I approached many Egyptians through Instagram and they were willing to be our guide there. We talked a lot and they had some interesting views about women rights. One man told me he thought women right is a joke, because women already had superior status in Egypt. Girls in his university didn’t need to make much effort to get good marks because the professors were prejudicial. That really shocked me, I mean, communicating with them help me get some insights about the topic instead of concluding it harshly. Then I told him women right is about equal right and we discussed other issues like Egyptian marriage system and “He for She” campaign. At last, he told me “ok, then I’ll be a person protecting women right” More surprisingly, months later after I came back China, he told me that he was now a volunteer in the UN to do women rights project. I met culture shock certainly, but I think communication is the best way to understand it instead of stereotype. Besides my volunteer work, I was also an oversea specialist of CAIXIN media. Could you just imagine a Chinese girl without any journalistic knowledge finally interview the chairman of Egypt Railway Administration? But I did it! The hardest part of this task is to find the chairman. I tried phoning, but no one answered. I tried sending e-mail, but nobody reply. I searched the address of the emba

#5 Describe a website you like to visit Hey, this is Jessie from China again, after around two months. Because I was having my final exams and doing some internships.I plan to post an article on italki every day, and absolutely I failed haha. Whatever, this is the fifth article. I will try my best to insist on it！ The website I’d like to introduce today is the VICE China website, which is a news website. I have been using it for about five years since I was a high school student. And I think it such a pity that I didn’t know it before. I’m a complete VICE junkie, so I just have it as a favorite on my toolbar! I visit it almost everyday to know the interesting events happened in the world. The content of VICE is a little bit different from other news website, ‘interesting’ and ‘real’ are two of the most important elements to choose what to write and how to write. Therefore, many reports about subculture can be seen on this website. Even if it reports some normal mainstream news, it will provide a unique perspective. The VICE news website is massive. It contains rolling headlines of breaking news, and from the landing page, you can jump to sections on different types of news categories. For example, there are tabs for sexual culture, guidebook and so on, which is quite different from other news websites, like BBC. The layout of the website really attracts me. I can see headlines of breaking news, but it also includes more thoughtful reporting. Detailed online articles and videos with considered analysis about global or local events are also my favorite. Besides, since VICE is a global media group , some awesome reports from VICE Canada, VICE UK and other countries are translated on VICE China website. And it is no doubt that they are all of VICE style! Thank you so much!