Heyooooo!
A lot of this month was doing school, but I did do a lot of fun things this month too. October 7th I celebrated my birthday with Raymond and my new friends Hazuki (from Osaka, Japan) and Bryan (Medan, Indonesia). My birthday is technically October 9th, but it was a Monday so we celebrated it on that Saturday. Raymond unfortunately got a little sick from biking too much the day before, but he got a hotel and stuff and we still enjoyed our time! We went to Universal Studios Singapore during their Halloween Horror Nights event, and it was like, A WHOLE THING. There were a bunch of Haunted Houses and stuff, but the one I found the funniest was one that was literally The Weekend (yes, the music artist The Weekend) dying in different ways. But everything was so cool and themed and Hazuki never went into a haunted house ever before so she kinda got traumatized I think but OH WELL HAHA. Next couple of pictures was my long 20k steps hike in Bukit Timah nature reserve. The were a bunch of cool things-- there was this guy and his pet bird, there were a bunch of quarries, an abandoned railroad, and a museum showing a cow. Idk why I made myself walk everything (and even accidentally got onto a bike trail where I was almost hit by a bike) but EXPLORATION!!!! Finally, I also volunteered with the NUS Community Service Club, or NUSCSC. I volunteered within their Project HeART division, where they did arts and crafts with two schools: Grace Orchard School & Genesis School, two schools specifically for kids with intellectual developmental disabilities. I decided to do this because I was apart of a similar organization with a similar mission in high school called Best Buddies, and when else would you be able to enter a primary/secondary school in Singapore? All the kids were super fun and I had a lot of fun interacting with them :) Anyway, October was super cool :)))
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YOYOYO AUGUST WAS A BLAST!!!
Before I describe the fun stuff, I guess I should talk about classes (because that's what you're here for LOL). My schedule was pretty simple. As a note, A & B described different sections:
On paper, my two afternoon classes ended at 3:00 PM while my morning class ended at 11:30 AM, but generally all NUS classes end 30 minutes earlier for people to walk to their next class. I was super lucky; other students had tutorials and labs along with their normal lectures, but I only had lectures with projects (and my Monday class has only one final exam at the end of the semester). I was also super lucky in that I didn't have to rearrange my classes around---during the application process to NUS, you need to rank your classes 1-8, and the registrar assigns classes for you. Super nerve-wracking and many exchange students needed to schedule meetings during this month for adjustments, but I happened to get all the classes I needed in the first round. Although I was big chillin' ✨ There's one reason that I suspect that may have lead to this outcome. It's not confirmed, but I think these are good pre-cautions to take during your application period:
So the lesson here: Be early! ON TO THE FUN STUFF! NUS provides a lot of activities during their orientation week and throughout the month (make sure to check your emails for registration!) to get exchangers and international students settled into their new home for a period of time. Here are the main NUS events and Singapore Places I've experienced during the month:
HELLOOOOO MONTH OF AUGUST!!!! Before I go into all the fun stuff I did, as promised, here's a comprehensive list of all the things you need for a comfortable time at NUS. Not gonna lie, you're still gonna get lost and confused and maybe cry a little (that's what I did), but I hope this helps a little more. APPS - NUS SPECIFIC
APPS - SINGAPORE ESSENTIALSNOTE: Many of these services require a Singapore phone number. Please see the previous blog post about getting one!
PACKING LISTI'm going to keep this short and sweet -- NUS should email you their own list during your exchange, but I'll attach what I've received here :)
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AuthorJust me! In Singapore. I like adventures! Btw, click on IMPORTANT INFORMATION under Categories for things like class structure, necessary apps, and anything pre-departure related. Blog per Month!
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