{"id":3726,"date":"2019-10-28T11:56:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T09:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/blog\/interview-unihabit-rui-zhou\/"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T09:07:22","slug":"interview-unihabit-rui-zhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/interview-unihabit-rui-zhou\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Destiny brought me here&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: black;\">Each time that the new course begins, we are looking forward to the new residents who will come to live at Unihabit residences. It is always nice to meet those who will be part of our big family and, like every year, we are pleasantly surprised.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: black;\">In this occasion we focus on Rui Zhou, 17 years old resident of Unihabit Sant Cugat, and although he comes from Asian descent, he says in a joking tone that he considers himself more \u201cCatalan than Chinese\u201d since he was born in Salou, a municipality in the province of Tarragona, where he has spent all his life. What\u2019s more, he tells us that he has never travelled to China and speaks very little Mandarin, in contrast to the Catalan, Spanish and English that he dominates to perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: black;\">Rui, started this course in the faculty of architecture and at the moment says to be delighted with it, although this was his second choice. His main idea, a long time ago, was to study Aerospace Engineering, although he had to change his plans due to the fact that he lacked a little more grade to choose this career.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"513\" title=\"entrevista-unihabit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-e1626424182824.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2990\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Why did you decide to study architecture?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Since I was a child I liked draw and build things, even in video games I was good at it, that\u2019s why I always told myself that I could be a good architect. Over time, I changed my mind and it got into my head to study aerospace and I spent the last few years thinking that that was what it would be in the future, but seeing that I lacked a note, I took up the dream of being an architect and here I am. Destiny brought me here.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Why did you decide to live in a residence?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Actually, it\u2019s something I didn\u2019t have planned either. I thought of living in an apartment around the university, but I couldn\u2019t find roommates. Since that opportunity was not given, I had to change my plans and decided to live in the Unihabit residence.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"673\" title=\"entrevista-unihabit-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-2-200x190.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-2-400x380.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-2-600x570.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/entrevista-unihabit-2.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And it was a good choice?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><em>Of course I do. Living in a flat would have isolated me and here I have had and have the opportunity to meet many people. The atmosphere is very pleasant and you are always in the company of people your age, your career, even your class. It\u2019s a good place to study and socialize.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"32px\">\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Speaking of socializing. Were you the star at the welcome party?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><em>It\u2019s true, but I didn\u2019t expect it. I do beatboxing (rhythms and sounds with my mouth) and people asked me to do it there in front of everyone. I was nervous because I don\u2019t usually do it in public; less in front of so many people. In the end it went well and I will never forget the great ovation I got that night, it was incredible.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Tell us about your hobbies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><em>Doing beatboxing, playing the piano, I love it, playing video games from my mobile and meeting my friends. By the way, that\u2019s what I miss most about being at home.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>What do you cook in the residence?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>My diet is mainly based on rice. I love it! although I also make pasta, noodles and saut\u00e9ed. Some friends laugh about it, but that\u2019s what I like to eat.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Would you recommend a book?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><em>I\u2019m not a big fan of reading books, so I haven\u2019t read many of them. But if I have to recommend one\u2026 it would be the one with the title: \u201cProcrastination\u201d by Piers Steel. I only read this one halfway through, because paradoxically I didn\u2019t have time to read it because it was borrowed from the library and I had to return it before it was finished.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"32px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>What\u2019s this book about?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Precisely talk about the reason why we are prone to postpone things for \u201ctomorrow\u201d and not do it today. Basically it gives you guidelines to deal with this problem and make better use of the time not to leave aside those objectives that we have ever set. It would be important that all those who start the race can read and learn to fight against procrastination, including me to finish reading the book.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: black;\">So, after knowing a little more Rui, we can say that: for \u201cfate\u2019s sake\u201d, he is now with us and we are glad to have him in Unihabit. So far he has made good friends both at home and at university, things with which he is more than happy. Congratulations Rui and keep going. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif; color: black;\">Are you looking for university accommodation in Sant Cugat, Barcelona or Girona? Come and live in the university residences of Unihabit.\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: linear;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/contact-unihabit\/\"><span style=\"color: #d6061e;\">Contact us for more information<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/#\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Visit our residences<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unihabit-information","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3726"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7492,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions\/7492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unihabit.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}