“Oh, you appear to have been upgraded” Upon hearing these words whilst boarding my flight to Philadelphia this August, I knew that this year abroad was going to be incredible. One semester in, now it is time to reflect on life
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Life at Penn State – Part 1
Penn State – Part 1
I am writing my first blog entry looking back fondly on the memories that I have made during the first semester of my year abroad. I have 4 months worth of incredible experiences to talk about but there is no
Read moreOctober in Townsville
The month of October started off well with the midterm break. After spending the last few worrying about midterm exams and attempting to study it was a welcome break. However the holiday did not involve much relaxing as I
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After finishing my 2nd year of university on the 17th of July, I only had three days to get to the other side of the world to start a year at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. I arrived in
Read moreHong Kong, every thing I expected and everything I didn’t.
你们好，我叫李安迪 Hello my name is Andy Leach and I’m a chemistry student who is studing Mandarin Chinese (putonghua) at the Chinese university of Hong Kong (香港中文大学) for 1 month. What I expected Hong Kong to be was a busy exciting
Read moreTapas and Test Tubes
This post is taken from Amy’s personal blog “Tapas and Test Tubes”. Amy is doing her placement in Barcelona as part of her course; MChem Chemistry with a 6 Month Placement. I will never get used to everything being shut on
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