Packing Luggage

 Analysis of Students Luggage in University of Wismar

“Academic Research and Writing”

Wei-Chun Yu

University of Wismar
2014

Introduction

Packing luggage is quite a challenge. There are plenty of stuffs which one would like to bring, but the suitcase is limited. You cannot bring too much luggage either, or you will have hard time moving your luggage. Something you bring is quite useful, but others aren’t. Therefore, it is hard to decide what to bring, and which items are useful/useless.

The objectives of this article is about analyzing and difference among luggages of six students in Hochschule Wismar, comparing the differences among my luggage and baggages of six interviewees.

The process of this research is making questions, and interviewing with students. After interviews, we will summarize some common points ,and analyze the differences among my luggage and baggages of six interviewees.

Analysis

Interviews

These are question that I ask during the interviews

1. The name, major, nationality of Interviewees
2. Items they bring in their luggage?
3. Most important things in their baggage
4. Unique food and things from their country?

Results of Interviews

1. Manuel Antequera Martinez

He is a handsome and extrovert Spanish, majoring in International Business. He brings some food from his country, including jamón, and a bottle of Spanish olive oil. His clothes are fashionable, like new collection pullover, stylish jacket, trekking shoes.  Things that are important to him are a Hugo Boss perfume and Ray-Ban sunglasses. To conclude, Manuel is just like a star in the class with plenty of chic items.

1. Jia Jia Tang

A quiet, shy, and neutral Chinese, Tang is majoring in Architecture. She is not really into European food. She brings Chinese tofu, mushrooms, several Chinese spices, and Rice cooker, which are not available in German supermarket. She loves her beautiful clothes very much because clothes sold in Germany are too big. Moreover, she carries digital a single-lens camera, capturing wonderful scenery in Wismar. With those items, she is well-prepared to born this way in Northern Germany.

1. Lorena Gabriela

An International Business college girl from Romania, she was pretty excited about her exchange semester, therefore she packed lots of things in her luggage. She does bring some basic living goods things and self-care products that everyone who goes away from home would bring, some characteristic autumn and winter clothes, shoes, for expressing herself in her favourite way. In order to introduce her hometown to everyone, she prepares books about Romania and her home city, tea, condiments for traditional food cooking, souvenirs from Romania. When she left Romania, she was told that her luggage is too big. She spent more time and money to carry her belongings to Wismar. When she arrived in Germany, her checked-in luggage accidentally remained in Brussels. She had no change clothes. Nevertheless, she still had her telephone charger, her money, her laptop, a wind/rain coat, and her documents from the university in her hand baggage. This was an important lesson for her.