This semester I enjoyed my classes a lot more and felt a lot more involved on campus. It was nice to finish with class photos and see all the familiar faces in the exam halls! I took 5 classes and so had 5 exams to sit. I did miss my second due to being sick but will get special consideration and arrange to sit this once I'm back home. My first exam was for Central Asia International Relations. I wrote 3 essays about how the US helped Central Asia to republicis...

Such a jampacked week with Nic landing in Singapore and then we covered Johor, Putrajaya, KL and still have Penang this weekend! We reached KL on Wednesday afternoon and checked in to our hotel. We went out for some local food and saw the twin towers! We wandered through Pavilion too which is always so great at night time! Thursday we spent most of the day out and about. After breakfast at the hotel we headed out to Batu Caves. The trains were a bit of a hassle...

Semester update! I did one last semester so thought I’d stick with the theme. These are some of the cool things I’ve been learning about in my classes... East Asia IR has been really eye opening so far. I’m so surprised how few people in our class are engaged with what’s going on around them. It’s really hard for our teacher when she’s so passionate and knowledgeable but she references something and nobody gets it! We’ve done some cool topics so fa...

Okay so in Malaysia we are in Semester 1 but let’s just called it semester 2 since it’s my second one here and Australia is doing second sem right now haha! I started back in classes on September 12th after the longest summer break ever! I’ve never realised how long they are since I’ve always kept working or doing summer school! This semester I’m also taking 5 classes and so far they seem a lot more interesting and challenging, being all third year cla...

Sarah, Jen and Liz came to visit me!! It was such a great week and Jen’s first trip overseas so she loved it!! Man I barely slept a wink the night before they arrived - I was so excited!! I got up early and caught the bus out to the airport to meet them. They landed at 630 but took over an hour to get through immigration which was stressful because I was anxiously waiting! I got them sorted with some snacks and water then we grabbed an Uber back to mine. They ...