Week 8 at SyunKyunKwan University (SKKU) — Autumn is here!
The weather is getting colder, and the leaves in Korea are beginning to change colours! It is a beautiful sight, and there are always people stopping halfway in their tracks to take pictures of...
Hiking part 4: Devil’s peak
The calm before the storm was the way to describe the fantastic weather condition that day.
One day before Typhoon Mangkhut arrives, the clouds in the sky cleared resulting in a bright blue contrast between...
Breakfast’s Packed, Let’s Begin!
Let's spend a day in SUTD with Loo Jun Wen, an avid mountaineer, pastry chef and junior from the Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) pillar.
Week 3 — Chuseok Holiday
This week, we had a long holiday because of Chuseok!
Chuseok is Korean Thanksgiving. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food.
Since we have the week off,...
Week 3 @ Aalto: Sitsit
After the past couple of weeks where we were mostly just settling and taking introductory lectures, this week was when our studies started to really ramp up.
One thing about coming to Aalto for exchange...
Robotics Fever in Japan
This article first appeared in BTS Issue 2.
The IDC Robocon is a global robotics competition held annually. Students from top universities all over the world gather to share ideas and knowledge on robotics and develop...
Getting used to Berkeley
When I first got to Berkeley I was worried. The public transport was expensive, every meal costs at least 10 dollars, and the standard American fare seemed to be either burgers or ribs. On...
Our First Road Trip! To Lake Tahoe, a must visit destination :)
The time had arrived, it was our first road trip in the USA, we had settled in Berkeley and managed to find enough drivers (special thanks to Wilson, Yu Kai and Wayne) for the...
Berkeley Course review – CS61BL, Data Structures and Programming Methodology
More than half of the SUTD students this round took this course with good reason.
Reason 1: Berkeley has a very strong Computer Science Department
It is ranked one of the top places in the World...
Week 7: Just before the Recess Week…
Design Thinking and Expression
My initial impression: I had expected this course to possibly be something related to the aesthetics aspect of design or some kind of art form. But this course was more than...
