National Taiwan University Week 4: Cycling Culture
In Taipei, it seems like nearly everyone knows how to ride a bike, and most of them do so on a daily basis. There are several factors that promote the bike culture in Taiwan.
Firstly,...
Week 5 – A visit to Namsam Mountain
Visited Namsam Mountain over the weekend with Kyungha(Korean buddy) and a few other exchange students. We first met around Myeong-dong and had lunch in the area.
Interesting Fact: >50% of the population in South Korea...
National Taiwan University Week 3: CCAs aka School Clubs
After identifying the clubs we were interested in last Saturday at the club exhibition, our evenings this week were largely spent at the different welcome sessions for the clubs.
Intro to clubs in NTU
Here in...
KAIST2019 – Thaddeus – Korea survival apps, websites and items
Author's note: This is a categorical post, so it will be updated from time to time. Come back and check for further updates along the way.
Essential apps:
KakaoT: Stands for Kakao transport, used mainly...
KAIST2019 – Thaddeus – Climbing Gyeryongsan mountain & surprise helicopter rescue
How we even got together
Remember my buddy group I mentioned in my other post? Well, the German dude in my group had a German friend who met a French guy in a hostel, who...
Week 4 – Hanyang Festival – Rachios
Fun-filled 3 days of festival in Hanyang to celebrate their 80th year with food,games & concert at night. Heard from my Korean buddy that Rachios is held twice every year (Summer & Fall) and...
KAIST2019 – Thaddeus – Day0 – Annyeonghaseyo, do you speak English?
A journey of a thousand miles
A trip months in the planning finally come to fruition. I was doing an official internship over summer, so I really didn't have much time to take a breather...
Aalto University Week 2: Humans vs Zombies
Arggghhh braaainssss!!!
In week 2, the AYY (Aalto University Student Union) organized a school-wide Humans vs Zombies game of tag which ran from Wednesday to Saturday 24/7. The fact that it was such big scale...
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...
Aalto University Week 0: Orientation!
The first building you'll see called A bloc where there's the cafeteria, supermarkets and metro station
Orientation week started on 2 Sep and we were looking forward to the fun activities! This is my second...
