I have a confession to make. Dawn and I are not the best of friends, In fact we rarely see eye to eye – I love to sleep, you see And this clashes with the sunrise, a time of day I often miss – However today was different. I woke up before her, She was still…Continue Reading Before the Sunrise
Shortly after the new year celebrations, we began our mid-semester exams. We have many small quizzes, speaking tests and exams during this programme. Finding time to study and make social plans has always been a task I struggled to balance. I always prioritised one over the other and wanted to find a better balance. One…Continue Reading New Year, New Habits
Welcome back to my page, everyone; I’m terribly sorry for taking so long to upload this blog! It’s been quite hectic since moving into the dorms and getting into the nitty gritty of university life here. I want to focus this blog more on these last 1-2 weeks of December, so I can give everyone…Continue Reading Living the real exchange student life
After a long eight-hour bus journey from Leon, we finally arrived in Monterrey on Sunday evening. My first thought of Monterrey was that it was a very mountainous place as the city was in the centre of very large mountains, as you will see in the pic below. My first impression of the Tec de…Continue Reading Final Week in Monterrey
Hand Sanitiser Snacks Tissues Converter/ Adapter Mosquito Repellent (DEET) Jandles/ Sandles /Slides Portable Charger Headphones …Continue Reading Holly’s Packing Guide for India
First day I stood in the elevator, and silence surrounded me. This was going to be my first job. First time in a corporate setting. Was I overdressed, maybe under? Strings of insecure thoughts circulated in my head. I saw my reflection in the elevator, and I looked foreign to myself. More corporate than I…Continue Reading Work Work Work!
** TRIGGER WARNING: this podcast discusses violent topics (including acid attacks and sexual violence). Welcome back to another episode 🙂 Today I’m joined by Holly Stokes and Taryn Farr to share some trip highlights and then discuss our experience visiting the Sheroes Cafe in Agra (the only cafe in the world run by acid attack…Continue Reading She Heroes – Ep 9. Tea with Tia (ft Holly and Taryn)
Welcome back to my blog!! This might be my last blog post because it is slowly nearing when we have to leave Korea, which means lots and lots of packing and tidying things up! Many fun things have been happening, and I’ve been trying to cram everything in now that the time to leave the…Continue Reading Not Ready To Leave 🙁
Today I want to share one of my struggles with Bangkok in an effort to paint you an entire picture of my life here in this beautiful city. I also share it in hopes that if someone with neurodiversity wanted to do a PMSA programme, they would know that it IS possible with the right…Continue Reading Neurodivergence in a busy city
I have now been back in our beautiful Aotearoa for a few weeks and have finally been able to wrap my head around my thoughts to write this final reflection. Coming back was not as much of a culture shock as I expected. It was almost as if I had never left. I was lucky…Continue Reading Some final takeaways