GEXP Fall 2022 Aalto University – Chasing the Northern Lights
An equinox allows a higher chance to see the Northern Lights due to the periods of high geomagnetic electrical disturbance. With the Autumn Equinox occurring on 23 September, we began our 4-day adventure to...
GEXP National Taiwan University 2019 – Even More Humans (uncles) of Taiwan
On one of the really rare mornings that I woke up at 7am to a clear blue sky and a cool weather, I decided that it was the best time for me to make...
GEXP UWaterloo 2019 – Bruce Peninsula
No exchange program would be complete without travel, and Canada boasts some of the world’s most beautiful National Parks with multiple locations for hiking, viewing fall colours, and stargazing. In Ontario where the University...
Week 8 – off to jeju island
Along with some friends I made in Yonsei University, I decided to visit Jeju Island over the weekend. (This is my first time flying without a passport)
Upon arriving at the airport in Jeju, we...
KAIST Fall 2019 Week 9 – To Seoul We Go Part 2
We did a lot of stuff in those four days, enough to stretch over 2 blog posts.
We had really good patbingsu (red bean bingsu) near the palace.
Crashed overnight at a Jimjilbang (Siloam Spa)
Had makgeolli...
Aalto University Week 1: Ambitious 10-6
Helsinki Cathedral, would have been much nicer with the sun out!
Over the weekend, I was thinking hard about what courses to take. There was so much to learn yet so little time. However, since...
Into the Scandinavia
This was a rather late blog as I spent most of the time adjusting myself into the weather and visiting places in Sweden.
Arrived here on an almost 14 hours flight and it was not...
KAIST Fall 2019 Week 11 – Park Cleanup at Songlim
First volunteering experience! This was an environmental clean up on a Saturday morning. We were gathered, people young and old, students and elderly, with our gloves and trashbags in hand ready to clean a...
Specialty Coffee Experience in Daejeon (KAIST GEXPerience)
Did you know, on average, South Koreans consumes about 367 cups of a year?
If you didn't, neither did I! And you would be happy to hear that a cup of iced americano (South Korean's...
KAIST Fall 2019 Week 12 – Volunteering at Daejeon Visual Art Tech 2019
As far as volunteering experiences goes, this was a pretty unique one. This was Daejeon Visual Art Tech, a conference for visual artists and motion graphic artists to come and give talks on their...
