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Our World As Asia's World City, Hong Kong welcomes guests from all over the world, including Germany.
Maike Bruggemann comes from Cologne, a beautiful German city on the edge of the Rhine River. She is studying at Shung Tak Catholic English College in Yuen Long through AFS Intercultural Exchanges this year. Find out what Maike thinks will happen to schools and Germany in the future.

Unicycling

We go to school in the morning in Germany so I'm free in the afternoon. I often unicycle after school. My friend asked me to try cycling with one wheel in 2002. It was so much fun that I joined a team. Four of us cycle together. We enter competitions so must train hard beforehand. This YouTube video is an example of what we do.

This is my team in competition. I'm on the left.

School in Hong Kong

I love my school in Hong Kong. The teachers and students at Shung Tak are really friendly. I had to sing "It's A Small Small World" in Cantonese at assembly last week. Everyone cheered!

In my summer uniform.

AFS Intercultural Fair

I took part in the AFS Intercultural Fair on 28 February. Exchange students from about 20 countries shared our cultures with local students. They got really into it and were voted the most popular country!!!

We showed local students how to hug and kiss like German teenagers.

The winning German team!!!

Host family

I really like my host family and hang out with my host sister Charlotte at the weekend. They took me for a wonderful holiday in Hong Zhou, near Shanghai, at Christmas. I love their home cooking as well. We eat tofu, chicken, pork and, of course, rice. My family usually has bread and ham for dinner in Germany.

Here's my host family on holiday in Hong Zhou.

Schools in the future

We use notebook computers in classes in Germany. I guess that in 100 years time all classes will be done with computers. Hong Kong will probably be the same. We will still need teachers for most subjects to guide the students though. Maybe students could learn History themselves, using the Internet and DVDs.

Sci Fi in Germany

Science fiction films and TV shows like Star Wars and Heroes are quite popular in Germany, but mostly with boys. I don't really like to watch them. Real life is already interesting enough.

The Future!

I hope there are no cars in cities in the future. Everyone can cycle instead! It's strange to see old people pushing trolleys full of rubbish here. I hope I have a more relaxed life when I'm old!
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