The Arts in Singapore
Posted March 4, 2019
My main motivations for choosing to study at NUS and live in Singapore were to experience a new culture, learn a new language, and...Tag: Singapore
Learning to Travel with Others
Posted February 11, 2019
While abroad, it is common to find new friends and travel buddies to go on the weekend excursions you have been dreaming of going...
Friends and Communication
Posted January 14, 2019
As a senior, I have had a relatively consistent friend group since sophomore year, and have not really had to go out my way...
Pre-Departure Post
Posted January 7, 2019
With the date of my departure for Singapore creeping closer, excitement–as well as anxieties–continue to grow. Even though my housing, university acceptance, and visa...
Back home?
Posted December 20, 2018
It’s been a pretty consistent theme in my life that I don’t feel an intimate connection to a home, a place of belonging, nostalgia,...
A tropical Christmas
Posted December 16, 2017
A tropical Christmas fast approaches and rests in my heart in a cozy way. In my last week I have visited the extensive flora...
Toast, eggs, coffee
Posted November 30, 2017
I will not be shy about admitting that I have found the love of my life here in Singapore. He has arrived to me...
Nature and the forest
Posted October 23, 2017
At the school I get to call my own for the next few months, there is a forest in its back yard. A real...
Food is more than just sustenance
Posted October 4, 2017
Some of you might know it as hot pot, but in Singapore it’s more than just that. “Steamboat” is what they call hot pot;...
Pre-departure post
Posted September 18, 2017
The place I call home has changed so frequently and dynamically throughout my life that even now, I have difficulty choosing an answer. I...