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 ...

Yay my first visitors from Aus!! I finished up my last exam on the 16th and then on the 19th Gem and Mark got in to town!! They’d been travelling around Malaysia for a week or so beforehand but not to KL so when they got in we went and had some local dinner and got some pics with the towers! It was Marks last night in KL so we explored a bit then they headed back to their hotel for the night. Gem and I spent just over a week together and it flew by so quickly!...

Okay so despite being an awesome uni student who completed a 3 year degree and is now onto her second I have only sat 4 exams during my life at university. Yep, 4. So exams in Malaysia were cray and thus, a blog. I did 5 classes and had 5 exams. Here like 90% of classes have exams. And none of this 20% or 30% crap either - 50% or 60%! Intense! At UM there is a dedicated exam building. It's huge! There's I think 4 exam halls and the ones I was in had maybe 400 ...