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  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    A Singaporean Arrival

    February 13, 2024 /

    by Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore After over 24 hours of travelling from the UK, I finally touched down in Singapore during the early days of August ready to start on a new adventure on a completely new continent.

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    Taiwan in a Weekend

    March 23, 2020

    Looking back on academic differences and moving on to whatever’s next

    May 27, 2018

    End of one adventure

    September 16, 2021
  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    NUS: Life at a campus university 

    February 12, 2024 /

    By Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore One of the main differences between NUS and UOM that I knew before coming was that whereas UOM is a hybrid campus university due to its seamless connections to the city, NUS is a full-on large-scale campus university which even has its own 5-line bus system that operates every day for free across the campus! 

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    Doing everything vs. staying sane

    April 7, 2018

    Reflections at a halfway point – National University of Singapore

    February 6, 2024

    The Biggest Must-do of Southeast Asia

    September 12, 2023
  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    Reflections at a halfway point – National University of Singapore

    February 6, 2024 /

    By Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore After spending a whole semester and over four months in Singapore, my perceptions of the country, university, and perspective overall on life have completely changed!  

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    SEA Travels: Malaysia!! (Kuala Lumpur) 

    February 1, 2024

    Life at SMU

    October 29, 2024

    Homesickness when you thought you were sick of home

    February 6, 2020
  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    A Week in Vietnam

    February 5, 2024 /

    By Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore What is the perfect way to spend your reading week? Jet setting to a new country of course!! This is how we spent a week in North Vietnam. 

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    Tips for Island Hopping in the Philippines

    January 24, 2025

    A second home

    November 5, 2014

    Birthday Bliss in Bali

    March 14, 2025
  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    Top tips for studying at NUS

    February 1, 2024 /

    by Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Studying at NUS can be daunting due to some of the cultural differences and the way classes can be delivered as well as all of the paperwork and other details in order to get here but believe me it really is so worth it! So here are a few tips that I think will help with studying at NUS. 

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    Things I wish I knew before moving to Singapore

    July 5, 2020

    Recess Week in Vietnam

    November 2, 2022

    Favourite places in Singapore

    September 19, 2024
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    A day in the life at NUS, Singapore

    February 1, 2024 /

    By Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Getting used to the course load and structure of NUS can be difficult at first especially whilst trying to adjust to living abroad! So I decided to break down an average uni day in my life. 

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    February 12, 2024

    Koh Samui – My most favourite place on earth

    September 5, 2024

    First things to do in Hong Kong

    May 27, 2022
  • Asia,  National University of Singapore,  Singapore

    SEA Travels: Malaysia!! (Kuala Lumpur) 

    February 1, 2024 /

    By Reuben Passi, National University of Singapore One of the best advantages of studying in Singapore is the ability to explore the whole of Southeast Asia at a very cheap cost which is exactly what we did a month after arriving in Singapore when we went to Kuala Lumpur the capital of Malaysia for a long weekend! 

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    April 9, 2025

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    February 24, 2023

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