In the very south of Malaysia, with not a whole lot going on, is Johor. It was a quick bus ride across from Singapore and thankfully immigration was super quick this time so we were across and through in just under an hour! Just beside the customs building is a shopping mall so we headed there for dinner. We ate at a nice chinese restaurant - Nic got some noodles and I had a soup! The uber to our hotel was about 20 minutes and after a quick swap of rooms, we set...

What a week in Singapore! Absolutely amazing hanging out with close mates and seeing the engagement of our friends! And then an awesome New Years with Nic who is a Greta gal herself and one of my oldest friends! I caught the bus from KL to Singapore which was cool! Took bloody ages to get through immigration but it's the first time I've crossed a land border and had to go through all the passport and security checks so it was good fun - just took ages unfortunat...

With end of semester only a couple of weeks away, a trip to Phuket was just amazing to relax a bit! I flew in Saturday evening and grabbed a cab to my hostel which was awesome - just a couple of blocks from the beach, super friendly staff and a huge area downstairs complete with pool, boxing ring and pool table! On Sunday I spent the day lazing by the pool reading then hit the markets in the evening for dinner. I was suprised how many Europeans were around! The ...

I was genuinely blown away by this little gem of a country! The cleanliness, the organised roads and feature buildings in the centre - it was all amazing! I reached Brunei early Friday morning and got an airport shuttle to my hotel. On Friday's here everything closes from 12-2pm so I went out exploring until then. I visited a local food market which was selling heaps of fresh produce, then wandered the waters edge and saw the water village. I went through one of...

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...