Soooooooooooooooo, I stopped writing blogs again didn’t I? Just as I get on a roll, the end of semester happens! So…what have I been doing recently? Having taken 2 modules which were entirely coursework, and another which had 70% assignments, the last 2 weeks have been probably the craziest of any whilst at uni. First… Read More It may be snowing in England, but my summer here has just begun!
So I don’t really think the post needs much explaining… here are some things not so good about studying at NUS. 1) The Rules, oh the rules: In case you didn’t know, Singapore is a country with national service, meaning all the male Singaporean students who come to NUS would have been in the military for… Read More Studying at NUS: 5 bad things!
So, after Wonderfruit and a little trip back to Bangkok, it was over to the island of Koh Samui for 5 days over Christmas! Lets get it out there… the hostel wasn’t the best in terms of: Christmas eve I saw the biggest cockroach I’ve ever seen, the water was very intermittent, but it didn’t bother us too… Read More Christmas day 2015: a waterfall, a beach, a Full Moon, but no yorkshire puddings in sight!
UPDATE: 14 March – I got sent the other photos from the concert! So with Chinese New Year giving everyone a long weekend, thoughts of travel lingered among exchangers! Flights were crazy expensive though, so a decent alternative was a trip to the nearby Indonesian island Palau Bintan! I had gone out the night before… Read More CNY means a sing-a-long with an Indonesian Idol star, correct?
So here’s just a short recap about going to watch Starwars at the Imax, Bangkok! It was just after Wonderfruit and it was time to relax a little, the first night in a proper bed after a long weekend in a tent was magnificent. I’d been to Bangkok towards the end of last semester so there was… Read More A short time ago, in a city not too far away…
So, now I was back from England, it was time to carry on my travels to Thailand! I flew from Singapore to Pattaya as the Festival was located in the rice fields about an hour east of Pattaya. I had 2 days in Pattaya alone before the other group I was travelling with were coming to… Read More Wonderfruit Festival
So it’s now the end of week 5 and I haven’t written about how things have been going so far in semester 2! I’ve been keeping myself pretty busy and have spent all the time that I allocated to blogging trying to catch up on my Christmas travels! Well, that can go on hold for… Read More Second semester, so far…
So there I am, aside from not having any vegetarian meals left on the flight, and getting a little emotional watching Juno for the first time(don’t judge), the flight went pretty quickly back to England from Singapore. As the a post title suggests, I wasn’t fully prepared to be back in England… but ahh well! I… Read More Heathrow airport in December, in shorts, its 5am and oh so cold
So if you read the the last blog post about the first few days in Penang, the story carries on below: The next day I decided I’d hire a bike to go a little further outside the city to check out a couple temples and go over and find some Apam Balik, as recommended by Ellora,… Read More Are pandas just humans in costume? Part 2
So, as I mentioned in my previous post, my trip to Malaysia after exams turned out to be to be my favourite place so far, Penang… followed by half a day in Ipoh. I’ve decided I’ll split this into 2 parts so neither will be too long. After some hectic packing (thanks Helen for helping, love ya!)… Read More Are pandas just humans in costume? Part 1
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