With the semester having come to an end, I only have a few more weeks of travelling planned before I finally go back home. I therefore wanted to sum up some of the travelling I have done during my semester. I recognise travelling as an important part of a lot of exchange students’ semesters and I hope that some of you will find this interesting, if not even helpful for you own travelling. I have so far undertaken two longer trips, to Myanmar and Nepal, and a few shorter ones, the most noteworthy ones being to Malaysia and Thailand.   This post will be quite long so feel free to…

National University of Singapore, Chemical Engineering When choosing the top choices for my semester abroad, I looked a lot into how the universities ranked academically. Another deciding factor in me choosing NUS was the intrigue of living in a Southeast Asian country, with easy access to all of Asia. Unfortunately, as I have come to experience, these two aspects do not neccessarily go too well together.

Thomas Espaas // Chemical Engineering // National University of Singapore // Singapore Ever since I got my exchange confirmation I have been so excited. This trip has been the main thing occupying my mind over the past 6 months and it feels great to finally have arrived! I have now completed my first week of classes, and Singapore seems absolutely amazing so far. At the same time, after months of preparations and expectations, it almost feels kind of strange to actually be here. One of the first things that struck me upon arrival was the physical state of the city. While I have heard several people talk about how modern and clean the city was,…