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SEA Travels: Malaysia!! (Kuala Lumpur)
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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Taiwan in a Weekend
Singapore -> Taipei One of the great things about living in Singapore is the travel opportunities, and getting to go away on weekends. Last term me and my friends went to watch the lantern festival in Pingxi and spent the weekend in Taiwan, here’s how we did it. Day 1: Taipei So the flight to Taiwan takes around 4 hours, depending on which flight you get, so after arriving we made our way to our hostel. To get to the hostel we took the MRT, in the airport you can buy both phone sims and travel cards. The Taiwan metro card is also a key chain, and they’re very cute,…
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Moving to Singapore: Helpful extra info that’s useful to know!
Ellie Thompson, NUS, Singapore Let’s be honest, moving to the Singapore is stressful, from trying to get your bag to match cabin weight, to saying goodbye to all your home friends. It’s overwhelming and more than a little bit manic. So, to help with this stress, here’s a small break down of information that should make the transition a little bit easier! Money In Singapore card and cash are used frequently, so it is very rare to come across places that do not accept both. That being said I would really recommend bringing cash with you when you first arrive. Food for both UTown and PGP are in Hawker -Type…
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Semester Two as a Year long exchange student
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hellooo Manchester, After having the time of my life travelling during 6 weeks over Christmas Break, it is time to go back to Uni! The majority of exchangers stay only for one semester. Therefore, the National University of Singapore was expecting a whole new batch of fresh new exchange students. I was excited to meet some new people and be one of the “ancient” … basically a local Lah (singlish exclamation mark). Additionally, the deeper bonds created during Christmas while travelling with my UK exchanger friends is going to be greatly valuable as they were almost all staying…
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Christmas Holidays
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hello Manchester, I hope that you had a lovely Christmas holiday, I sure did! Here is a formatted report of my adventures in chronological order.
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Exams and Goodbyes
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hellooo Manchester, First, a little retrospective on my adventure so far which I wrote on my Facebook wall in December 2015: The first semester is coming to an end, I’ve been through a great range of difference experiences, beginning by meeting awesome, intellectual, hilarious, enriching people which I went on some adventures with, at boxing classes, skateboarding, partying, laughing, dragon boating, chatting philosophically or politically until 3AM…
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The Exchanger life: midterms, recess week, panic and Fun!
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hellooo Manchester, In this post I’m going to talk about the mid terms examination, my recess week holiday and life on campus in general. Midterms – Mid September Where to begin… Stressful for sure, especially that we do not have them in Manchester and therefore I didn’t know what to expect. Challenging, because as they count for only 10% to 20% of our final grade, the teachers take them as an opportunity to really test our problem solving skills by giving us impossible exercises… literally.
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Year Abroad: 25% browsed – Half semester 1 update
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore After a calm week of adaptation to my new environment in a pretty much empty campus, orientation week finally starts!
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Back to reality and off to Singapore!
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Here I am, realizing that it is real, it is happening… I am going to study abroad for an entire year at the National University of Singapore!! YEEEEESSS! My excitement is hardly containable, I keep telling everyone, with a big smile on my face “I’m going on an adventuuuuuure!”
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A gentle reminder
By Callum Campbell (National University of Singapore, Singapore) With all the travelling and the constant tropical climate it has been really easy to forget the real reason why I am in Singapore – to study. The upcoming exams, however, have acted as a gentle reminder of this aspect. With only a couple of days now until I finish and travel back to England, it would be easy to lose track of revision, but it is important that I maintain my determination and motivation over this last stretch. What does not make this easier is the fact the majority of other exchange students have finished and left to travel around the…
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A second home
Living on the doorstep of South East Asia
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My First Week in Singapore
Kyran Clarke (National University of Singapore, Singapore) I’m all settled in now after my first week in Singapore. It has been a very hectic but enjoyable week. When I arrived I was met by my National University of Singapore (NUS) buddy. They stayed with me for half a day and were incredibly helpful. Not only did they help me get to my accommodation but they showed me around campus, pointing out all the major places which saved me a lot of time and made getting around a lot easier. They also helped me get an EZ-link card (allows you to get on public transport) and a Singaporean phone card which…
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