First experiences
Coming to the US is a check off the bucket list! Always wanted to come here, get a tub of some exotic flavoured Ben and Jerry’s and walk along the streets with the locals....
Hike in Yosemite and Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park is a national park located in eastern California. It is known for its beautiful waterfalls, sequoia trees, and cliffs. And it is one of the most memorable places we have been...
Woman Up! Climbing festival at Dogpatch Boulders, San Francisco!
The girls from SUTD climbers joined in for some fun at the Woman Up! climbing festival in Dogpatch on 22nd July. Woman up! is a competition that celebrates women in climbing and there were...
Week 3: Six Flags and Big C
Week 3 has been packed with work, we had our first Psychology midterm and other submissions for our other modules so we definitely needed some time off.
Over the weekend, we went to Six Flags...
Baseball Game + Bay area visit
Staying in International House in Berkeley gives numerous benefits, one of which is being able to buy subsidized tickets to various events. So some of us managed to snag tickets to the final baseball game...
It’s all over.
This is the last day. Though it’s been sad to let this beautiful trip to end, I miss my family.
Things I noted:
When you sneeze, they say god bless you!
They say hello when you encounter...
Yosemite & Jamestown
Saturday
For our weekend getaway, our group went to Yosemite and Jamestown, of which the latter is the place we stayed which has a bus that takes us into Yosemite National Park which cost 30...
Pride parade in San Francisco
The pride parade is an event celebrating LGBT culture and pride. San Francisco is very open to those LGBT communities. At ordinary times, there are many homosexuals showing love to their lover. The pride...
Big Sur X Stanford University
During the weekend, 9 of us took a road trip down to Big Sur, a rugged stretch of California’s central coast between Carmel and San Simeon. Bordered to the east by the Santa Lucia Mountains...
Week 4: Alcatraz
International House regularly organises trips to various tourist attractions around the Bay Area such as Six Flags, Sacramento and even Alcatraz. Most of these tickets sell out really fast, so one has to be...
