A Trip to 香港 (Hong Kong)

Considering our extended stay over the holidays, me and my friends decided to jump at the opportunity we had to easily and comfortably travel around Asia whilst in Seoul, and I was first to chime in that Hong Kong was

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Far Away Xmas

As exchange students, we’re able to return home during the xmas holidays as the university gives us three whole months off and student finance offer us reinbursement for these flights . Then why is it that me and my two friends decided to

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쌍계사 Temple Stay

As aforementioned in my previous blog post, living in Seoul and studying at Dongguk has gifted me with various and bizarre opportunities; one of which was an authentic experience at the traditional Buddhist Ssangyesa Temple (쌍계사). Following the 5 hour

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22nd Busan International Film Festival

Being a film student at Dongguk University has come with a fair number of perks, such as the opportunity to engage in practical filmmaking in a workshop class and handling a collection of equipment that I never actually thought I’d

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First Impressions (boring title)

This blog post is long over due. I was actually beginning to question why I was holding off on writing about my now month-and-a-half-long stay in Seoul, South Korea and to be perfectly honest, I’m still not sure why but

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Brazil, Brazil, Brazil

Where do I begin…my year abroad in Brazil was INTERESTING, I learnt a lot about myself and Brazilian society but I wouldn’t want to do a disservice to future Year Abroad (YA) students by saying it was all a bed

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