Week 1 – Buddy Program
First week in hanyang/Korea have been pretty relaxing. Slowly settling into the environment & getting used to not understanding what people are saying.
In the first week of school, lessons were mainly focusing on the...
Student Life in Aalto University – Aalto Beer Pong Club
The best way to meet new people and make friends is to join a club and participate in the club activities.
I was browsing through the list of clubs on the student association website, and...
Volunteering in Pohang Part 3
Annyeong!
For this week, i volunteered at the Pohang Protection Animal Yeongil Shelter.
It was a pretty tiring experience but pretty damn fulfilling. All the dogs in the shelter were so cute! There were sooo many...
Mid Autumn in Taiwan!
Hello, it's lok swen here, procrastinating from doing my AIML homework :^)
So let's talk about mid autumn festival. In Singapore, all you see are an overwhelming ads for mooncakes and honestly that's pretty much...
KAIST Fall 2019 Week 7 – Peculiarities of a Korean Midterm
Students here do strange things when it comes to the midterm exams. There is not recess week, and so in the week before, the following was observed:
The provision of extra bins around the...
Student Life in Hanyang University
I was privileged to part of GEXP 2023 and participate in an exchange with Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. The past 4 months in Hanyang University have allowed me to experience the life...
Family from another country
I dedicate this blog entry to the group of Taiwanese friends who stuck throughout my journey here. I am touched by their small gestures that meant too much. I couldn't ask for better guardians...
Niagara Falls of Taiwan
Hi Friends! It’s my turn to blog again! So, I would start of by making a disclaimer, the trip to the Niagara Falls, of Taiwan, was an unplanned one. (Well, it probably has a...
Week 12 at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) – Jeju Island!!
This week, I embarked on a 4 day trip with some friends to Jeju Island! We took a domestic flight from Gimpo Aiport and began exploring Jeju Island by car.
Road trip with a rental...
KAIST Fall 2019 Week 15 – Finals
As my time in Daejeon comes to an end, my biggest takeaway from the exchange is the people I met. The locals, and fellow exchange students, undegrads, postgrads, people from all walks of life....
