Kendrick Chittock hails from Southwest Virginia and is now studying an Environmental Science Masters program at New Zealand’s Lincoln University. This is his first blog post. And a fine read it is too. Blog. Blog! Blog? I’m not quite sure which one of those incomplete … Read More
Thu Nguyen – “Picnic in Wellington Botanic Garden”
Thu Nguyen is a Vietnamese student of Commerce at Victoria University of Wellington. With an amazing eye for photography… The first week I spent in Wellington after a short holiday in my hometown Vietnam was luckily during Easter Break. I had nothing to do but travel … Read More
Caela Provost – “The Five ‘Es’ of Study Abroad”
Caela Provost is a student from Massachusetts studying English at the University of Limerick. This post, as indeed all her other posts, is an absolute joy to read… Since my arrival in Ireland for graduate school, several people have approached me with the ever-popular question, … Read More
Welmince Djulete, Flinders – “United Nations in Adelaide”
Introducing our new Indonesian blogger Welmince studying TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Flinders University in Australia. Hello everyone, I’m Welmince but please call me Cece as my friends do. It is so great to be here in Adelaide. I am glad to choose Adelaide particularly Flinders … Read More
Daniel Sulen – “Chicago to Tokyo part II”
Daniel Sulen, Norwegian student of Management at DePaul University in Chicago, on part II of his 10-day Japan adventure. Truly *awesome* imagery. Not too long ago I wrote about my experience of studying abroad in Japan, and specifically Tokyo. However, in addition to Tokyo I visited … Read More
Prestine Davekhaw – “First taste of advertising”
Prestine Davekhaw is a Malaysian studying Advertising at DePaul University in Chicago. Today she blogs about a four-day work experience ‘bootcamp’. Inspirational stuff! Last week was probably the highlight of my 2012. I spent four intense days working with real clients, people who are passionate about … Read More
Rose Jin – “Advice for first time study-abroaders”
Hi, again, guys! I hope you are all well and happy. This year will be challenging and exciting for me, because it is my last year at Victoria University of Wellington and I want to go on to do a postgrad degree, which means I … Read More
Sarah Wills – “All systems go!”
Hello! I’m Sarah and I’m currently a second year History student at the University of Leicester and I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to study abroad at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia for a year! So in July, I shall be jetting … Read More
Anthony Braybrook – “Countdown to Oz”
Hi there, I’m really happy to be here. Please let me tell you a bit about myself (It’s all me, me, me)… My names Anthony, and in June I’ll be finishing my second year of studying History at the University of Leicester. Rather than continue … Read More
Roman Maximyuk, Flinders – “Spiders & dune buggies”
Roman Maximyuk is a Kazakh student at Flinders University in Australia. He has spent the summer working at the university. Hello hello! It is time to share my experience for the past month. I had an amazing weekend last week. My boss is a huge … Read More
Ottilie Sedgwick – “Dolphins vs Aussie rules”
Today was special. There was something on the itinerary we’d really been looking forward to – a dolphin swim. Not just a swim with dolphins , a swim with WILD dolphins. We arrived at Glenelg Marina very early in the morning. We were to sail with Temptation … Read More
Kathryn Rohlwing – “Month 2 in Wellington”
Kathryn Rohlwing hails from Gainesville, Florida and attends Wake Forest University in North Carolina in the US. She’s spending one year at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand via the Victoria International Leadership Programme (VILP). Culture shock is something experienced by everyone during their time abroad. It … Read More
Charles Chiam, Flinders – “Fusion Dinner”
Greetings. I am Charles Chiam, from Malaysia. I am currently studying Bachelor of Arts, Honours in Creative Writing at Flinders University in Australia and have been staying at Flinders Living for 4 years. At Flinders Living, residents are given the opportunity to experience many social … Read More
Stefano Evangelisti – “Is English food really that bad?”
Can an Italian student cook worse than all his British fellows? If the guy we are talking about is me, the answer is surely yes. The reason lies in the fact that, let me say, I am a very, very lazy cook, especially when I … Read More
Nora Augustine – “Students & community unite”
Once every year, all members of the community in Plattsburgh gather together: SUNY Plattsburgh students and locals residents alike. We gather for a cause, we gather for unity, for hope, and remembrance of those taken away by a deadly disease. A disease that has managed … Read More
Ye Wang – “Chinese Culture Club at Daemen College”
Last semester, a few of my friends decided to start a new student club at Daemen College, called the Chinese Culture Club. I’m one of the founding members and also the treasurer of this club. Each year at Daemen the Chinese student population has increased … Read More
Win a $100 Amazon giftcard!
Greetings bloggers and blog-readers! We LOVE giving away nice things and today is no exception. We’re rewarding one lucky winner a $100 giftcard for Amazon.com. Hmmm… what would you buy? Some books for Uni? An iPod Shuffle? A barbeque?! It’s easy-peasy to enter. All you … Read More
Ottilie Sedgwick – “Adelaide’s Kangaroo Island”
Hi everyone, We have just returned from a two-day Adventure Tour on Kangaroo Island (‘KI’ as the locals call it), courtesy of Sealink. We are working on a informative/funny blog post about the island, however, in the meantime, we just couldn’t wait to share some … Read More
Ottilie Sedgwick – “Sun, Sea, Cricket & Tchaikovsky”
So today we finally got to go to the beach! We were up early to meet Michael, a vet student at the University of Adelaide, who had kindly offered to drive us to Middleton Beach, about an hour south of Adelaide. The drive was very … Read More
Charles Chiam, Flinders – “Graphic novels, tardis & chocolates”
Charles Chiam, from Malaysia, is currently studying Bachelor of Arts, Honours in Creative Writing at Flinders University in Australia. This is his second post and a very entertaining read. Greetings everyone. As an international ‘Hallie’ at Flinders Living, sometimes you will spend your weekends doing … Read More