Hitting the Ground Running

Whenever I find myself moving on to a new place or seemingly starting a new chapter in my life, I always anticipate difficulty in adjusting to the transition. Moving to Seoul was no exception, in fact, I expected this to

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Eating Katsudon! いただきます!

いただきます! Ita-da-ki-masu! (lets eat!) You say before digging into your meal! Went to a local restaurant just north of Aobadai area, about 15 minutes walk from my house, grabbed some lunch which was a set meal, cost around 580 yen,

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Western University eh?

I made it.  The long wait and drastic build up is over and I am finally in Canada! First impression: Cold. Oh boy the temperature change took quite some adjustment, that and being able to walk like a normal person

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Singapore – First Impressions and Food

After a lot of uncertainty and minute fears, Radek and I finally met each other and took off towards what could possibly be the best academic year so far. Especially for me, since I’m doing my last year here. The flight was

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Summer School in KAIST, South Korea

I have just finished a month of summer school in Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon – that’s the MIT of South Korea for you – and now I will do my best to recap the whole

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My First Weeks in Singapore

After finally landing (after 21 hour flight with 8 hour transit in Qatar) in Singapore Changi Airport all that was left to do was to pass through the immigration check. At first I was a bit nervous as to wether

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