A Feast and a Formal

January 14, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

The main holiday that we missed at home was Thanksgiving. For the entire semester leading up to it, we tried to think of a way to celebrate so we weren’t too upset about not being with our families. My mom ended up doing some research because she felt bad that we couldn’t be home, and […]

Getting Close in Hong Kong

January 14, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Hey there! Thanks for coming back! I promise there will be no more talk of illnesses in the rest of my posts. Only positive things!! In fact, when people ask me what was my favorite place to visit over the course of the semester, I am torn between Thailand and Hong Kong. Thailand because of […]

Malaysia – a “No-Budweiser Zone”

January 14, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Back to Malaysia! The gang and I decided to take a quick trip to Kuala Lumpur, which is a large city, so it was a very different vibe for me than Langkawi. Let’s just say I don’t have the fondest memories of KL…. Let me explain and you’ll understand why. The first night was actually […]

Shooty ‘Da Nang,’ We’re Soaked

January 14, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Let’s just preface this trip by saying that for our entire semester in Southeast Asia, we were in the middle of monsoon season. We planned trips regardless of this fact, and hoped for the best. Up to this point, it didn’t pose much of a problem…. Then came Vietnam. After flying into Da Nang, we […]

Family Reunion

January 14, 2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

Wow, what an incredible thing to be able to say that my parents traveled halfway around the world to come and visit me in Singapore! It’s especially amazing because my mom hates flying – absolutely hates it. So a 15-hour flight didn’t really sound like her cup of tea. But she braved the journey anyways, […]

Exploring Singapore – our New Home

October 29, 2017.Reading time 26 minutes.

Well it’s been awhile! But now, after I’ve taken an exam and submitted a paper for the day, I decided I should get back to my blog. And my mom has been asking about it and I started this for her, after all. So here I am, blasting some of my favorite rock music that […]

Beginnings in Bali (You Better Bali-eve it!)

September 4, 2017.Reading time 28 minutes.

Oh, you’re still here? Fantastic. Because now we’re really diving in to Southeast Asia and our first real adventure – Bali, Indonesia. Maybe you’ve heard about Indonesia and maybe you’ve heard about Bali, but I can tell you I had heard plenty about both and none of that prepared me for what I saw and […]