Singapore is a place where food isn’t just sustenance. It’s culture, identity, and conversation. Food paints a vivid picture of Singapore as a place where so many groups of people from different traditions come together, living against a modern backdrop without losing their connection to their roots. Plus, it’s all delicious, so of course I…Continue Reading Eating your way through Singapore
This is my third post, and I leave my most interesting part here—delicious food! I’ll divide it into two parts. Food in Campus As I said previously, CUHK has 25 canteens (a lot!) to cater to students’ tastes from diverse regions. In these canteens, you can taste delicious food cheaper than outside. Most accept paying…Continue Reading Bread is the Staff of Life
I’ve experienced way too many ‘lasts’ these past couple of weeks: last classes, last visits to my favorite neighborhood, last salsa clubs, last meals of al pastor tacos, and last memories with exchange students that I see as family. It has not been a walk in the park. Every goodbye is not easier than the…Continue Reading Not A Goodbye; But See You Later
The 1 November marks two months of my being in Granada! How crazy is that!? Time has flown by so fast, and I’m loving this city and this country more and more with every day that passes. I swear I keep forgetting that I’m here to study! What have I done since the last time…Continue Reading Catch-Up Time: New Memories
In my internship this week, I felt great privilege for the opportunity, confronted by the harsh living conditions of the communities I work, and grateful to the people of Mandala who have opened their lives and hearts to the organisation and me. Working with the Zahra Hasanaat clinic, I was able to help with the…Continue Reading Art needs no language…
Disaster strikes Man down this week (well, for 3 days)… During my first 4 weeks, I was very fortunate to maintain good health, even when my peers were becoming unwell. However, the start of week 5 was when disaster struck. Tuesday morning started off like any other morning, there was a touch of tummy cramps,…Continue Reading Disaster, Desserts, and the Desert
3 weeks in, and my experience (and stomach) are telling me that the universal love language of India must be food. Top food moments of the week This week I was very fortunate to have a colleague I work with buy me lunch. The meal was delicious dosa (with cheese on this occasion); a dosa…Continue Reading The LOVE language of FOOD
Well here it is. The last blog post for the trip. What a fantastic 6 weeks it has been. The journey has definitely not been easy, but I feel I’m all the better for it. Some of the most basic things that I have learnt include; Some of my highlights from this trip has been;…Continue Reading Goodbye India. Thank you for all the memories.
As a 34-year-old mature student, I came to Korea with a mix of excitement and nervousness. I was eager to experience something new and challenge myself, but I was also unsure of what to expect from the culture and the academic environment. However, my time here has exceeded all my expectations and has been a…Continue Reading Finding Beauty and Balance in Korean Culture and Study
After much travel around Vietnam in the past two months, I’ve spent the last week enjoying the last of our trip soaking up exploring the very city that we have been living in – Ho Chi Minh City. It is hard to conceptualise Saigon (HCM) as a whole, but every district comes with its own…Continue Reading Exploring Saigon