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Going to China I understood that it would be a complete culture shock from UK lifestyle, especially since I had never been to Asia before! From pictures and videos I had seen of China before my trip, most show how

Spending Christmas in South Korea I have realized the commercial side of this holiday even more than if I was in Italy or the UK. Since November, shops started playing Christmas music and decorating the shop windows; walking in commercial

Between the end of the first semester and the beginning of the second one, I had almost two and a half months of vacation. During this time, aside from resting after the stress of the final exams, I had the

November was the month in which I have realized that I am not used to cold weather at all. With the temperatures reaching -12 degrees, there have been some days in which I actually felt physical pain; fortunately enough, I

I have come to the finale of my adventure as a student in Taiwan, the question is what have I learnt? And indeed, what have I taken from my year in Taiwan? Well, to answer that question, a great deal

Seeing as my time here is now coming to an end I have decided to make this blog post about weird things that are very unique to Taiwan or at least I find them unique to Taiwan or at least