Reflection So I am writing this post a year after getting on that first flight to Hong Kong; a flight that led to a destination I now call my second home. Yes, this may seem a bit premature considering I
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One year later, Hong Kong summed up!
How Switzerland Saved Me: A Retrospective on my Year Abroad
Preparing for the year. A year abroad is a daunting prospect. To be thrown into another country with no one you know, little real understanding of the area until you actually get there and an array of opportunities ahead of
Read moreSome amazing places you got to visit in Hong Kong! Pictures speak
Hi everyone, my name is Jessie, a Third Year undergraduate student at Southampton university, studying LLB Law & International Legal Studies. This is my first blog post. I went on a full year’s Exchange at the Chinese University of Hong
Read moreHey guys, just to let you know there’s beer up on the roof…
Much like Hong Kong, before visiting I was pretty apprehensive about what I would find when I went there. No amount of googling was enough to reassure me, and despite all the snooping I’d done on the net, I still
Read moreI came, I saw, I loved it: Hong Kong
Our Winter semester at Dongguk officially ended on the 18th of December, but the modules I had taken ended some days earlier. Academic years in Korea run along the calendar year, so their first semester begins in March, while Semester 2
Read moreThe One Where I Learn To Do Holidays Differently
Hi again, and once more I apologise for the elongated hiatus since my last post. I’ve had this update written down in a notebook for a while, I’ve just been a bad combination of busy and lazy lately, but finally,
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