By Emma Phillips, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Since I have now been in Singapore for over six months, here are some of the things you should be aware of when you arrive.
Post-departure Tips for SMU
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Pre-departure Tips for SMU
By Emma Phillips, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
I have now been in Singapore for six months, so I have had time to reflect upon the application process. Here are my top tips for anyone who is moving to Singapore, and more specifically attending SMU.
The End of the Beginning
By Emma Phillips, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
With exams and the first semester coming to a close, one of the main things on my mind was the fact that after spending every day with new friends from all over the world I would have to say goodbye to a large majority of them.
Here is how we spent one final week together on the most spoken about Indonesian island, Bali.
Recess Week in Vietnam
By Emma Phillips, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Time in Singapore is flying by. Before I knew it, we had reached the mid-term mark and it was time to travel to Vietnam for recess week. Here are the highlights.
A New Chapter
By Emma Phillips, Singapore Management University, Singapore
I have been in Singapore for just over a month now and time truly has flown. August and the start of September have brought many opportunities. Here is what I’ve done, how I met people and my highlights of Southeast Asia so far.
Time to say goodbye
Several mental breakdowns, 6 holidays and a global pandemic later, I’m leaving the land of the Merlion…
Things I wish I knew before moving to Singapore
Prior to moving to Singapore for the year, I had never even travelled beyond Europe. What lay ahead of me was a mystery, aside from the wild assumptions strangers told me and the random bits of information I got off google…
If I could go back to a year ago today, this is what I would tell 2019 Poppy.
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Singapore’s most Instagram-worthy spots
And believe me, if there’s any place to take amazing insta pics – it’s Singapore.
The Vegetarian/Vegan Survival Kit: Singapore
“You’re going to Singapore? But you won’t be able to eat anything!”
“You might be able to get away with not eating meat, but you’ll definitely have to eat fish and animal products”
“Is veganism even a thing in Singapore?”
These are word for word things that were said to me when I told people I was going to live in Singapore. Whether you too are a vegetarian/vegan, haunted by these words of discouragement, or maybe you yourself have said one of those phrases above, this blog post is here to bust those myths!
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A week in the life of an Exchange in Singapore
These blog posts are all well and good, but if you’re interested in studying abroad I think one of the best things is to see what a week in the life is like. I know before I signed up I was on YouTube searching for exchange student vlogs – to much avail! Anyway, here goes a week in the life of an SMU Law Exchange student in mid-October (peak workload season, yipee).
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