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    A guide to living in one of the most expensive cities in the world

    June 18, 2025 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore Read for where to eat, have fun and everything else under the sun, coming from a student who made the most of her year abroad in Singapore without breaking the bank! (although I almost did)

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    October 29, 2024

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    July 5, 2020

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    January 16, 2023
  • Asia,  Singapore,  Singapore Management University

    From Strangers to Friends

    June 10, 2025 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore Many travel to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat, infamously known as the real-life Temple Run but, after coming across videos of Koh Rong, I knew I couldn’t skip it. It suddenly became one of my favourite trips ever as the bonds that were enriched over the course of 5 days were irreplaceable.

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    Just Do It – Arrival in Seoul

    March 20, 2017

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    October 29, 2024

    Hong Kong: Settling in and Moving Out

    October 3, 2019
  • Asia,  Singapore,  Singapore Management University

    Why you should go on a year abroad

    June 4, 2025 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore Debating on whether to study abroad? Here’s why you should, coming from someone who just spent 10 months across the other side of the world and would do it again in a heart beat.

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    Recess Week in Vietnam

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    March 20, 2017

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    May 19, 2020
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    Thriving Abroad While Missing Home

    March 24, 2025 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore Revealing the ugly and hard-to-swallow truths about living abroad. Studying abroad has been the best thing I have ever done. The people I’ve met, the places I’ve seen and the things I have learnt. But, it is also undeniably one of the hardest things I’ve done up to date.  As someone who has been independent the majority of her life, especially wanting to escape from her little town in the North of England, being homesick was the last thing I could have ever imagined. And it created a constant internal conflict within because, to me, being in a new place filled with new…

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    Things I wish I knew before moving to Singapore

    July 5, 2020

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    May 5, 2021

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    February 5, 2024
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    Birthday Bliss in Bali

    March 14, 2025 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore A gratitude-filled trip to celebrate surviving the first year of my 20s. Follow to see how I did Bali in 5 days. Some may find it cliche but, I feel like a trip to Bali is a must for exchange students coming to South East Asia – and this is coming from someone who had low expectations due to the hype built by the media.

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    A week in the life of an Exchange in Singapore

    October 28, 2019

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    November 5, 2024

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    January 24, 2025
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    Why I left Singapore after 72 hours

    November 29, 2024 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore A tale of a solo-trip survivor who lived to tell you why it’s not as daunting as it looks and why you should do it at least once in your 20s.

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    Taiwan in a Weekend

    March 23, 2020

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    October 29, 2024

    Why Singapore? Why Asia? Travelling Beyond the National University of Singapore.

    November 11, 2024
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    7 tips for moving to Singapore

    August 28, 2024 /

    By Cher Morente, Singapore Management University, Singapore Here are things I wish I knew and wasn’t told before I moved to Singapore as someone who was allocated to SMU!

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"My mid-semester break road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. Some of these photos are from Roy’s Peak, the Franz Josef glacier, brunch in Christchurch and watching a rail jam in Wanaka." - from our GA Imogen in New Zealand! "My first few weeks in Sydney settling in by seeing the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, swimming in the North Sydney Olympic Pool, going whale watching, and going to Bronte beach" - from our GA Lucy in Sydney, Australia! "What a way to spend the teaching break- exploring Kuala Lumpur, George Town and Langkawi, Malaysia" from our GA Elena in Australia! "Skiing in 'Fart Bags' in the Chilean Andes" - from our Global Ambassador Romany in Chile! 🎿 'Cycling through the seasons in Amsterdam' "My first two weeks in Perth! I’ve had a proper Aussie induction through AFL and rugby games, meeting a koala (and snake!) and decorating my own boomerang. Despite it being winter, I have also spent a lot of time by the sea, at Scarborough and Cottelsoe Beaches and visited Matilda Bay on Swan River (not even a 5 minute walk from campus). Through St Catherine’s College, I attended my first Formal Hall (the academic gown) and visited an incredible viewpoint overlooking the Perth skyline." from our GA Elizabeth in Australia 🐨🇦🇺🧡 #uomgoabroad #globalambassador A week in the life at our summer school in Siena ☀️🇮🇹🍕📚🍦🌅 #uom_goabroad Here are photos from my end of year trip from Yosemite, Zion and Joshua Tree National Parks from our Global Ambassador Lucy 🧡 #uomgoabroad #globalambassador Some pics from our summer school students who are currently my in Bordeaux, France (yes, the summer school has its very own dog) ☀🇫🇷🥐 #uomgoabroad

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