Although I always try to be sustainable, I feel that sometimes I could be doing more. Back when I was applying for UCL, they required me to complete a short course on sustainability, but it wasn’t until I got here…
Commuter Hacks: The Ultimate Guide to Snacking Right
The downside of staying longer on campus is hunger, and ill-advised fast food purchases.
MoveU’s Got a Break for your Brain
The stakes were high. There were free things to be obtained.
4 Things I Wish I Knew Before Studying Abroad
I never thought there’d be a day when I didn’t want to go to South Korea. As I’m composing this blog post on a flight from HKG to ICN, I have mixed feelings about returning to Seoul. Not because I…
Travelling solo, but never alone (ft. Busan & Gyeongju)
With midterms behind me and a three-day weekend ahead, it was undoubtedly the best time to travel. Most of my friends were heading to Japan, but having just been there this past summer, I looked within the country for a…
My Trip to the Grocery Store: Healthy Eating on a Student Budget
Does anyone else find grocery shopping challenging? Now that I live off-campus, I’m fully responsible for grocery shopping and making all my meals. At first it was really overwhelming— I didn’t know how often to shop, what to buy, and…
A Week in the Life: Seoul Edition
By the end of last week, I was exhausted from studying. It felt like all I’d been doing lately was problem set after problem set, assignments, and readings. “I feel like I’ve been studying even more than I used to…
3 Ways to De-Stress During Midterm Season
Halloween isn’t the only scary thing in October… what scares university students the most: midterms. In the midst of midterms, it’s so easy to feel overwhelmed. What feels like endless readings and review questions, I sometimes feel like no there’s…
Finding Things to Do on Exchange
Last Saturday was a blur of lights and music. As I exited the amusement park where the KB Rapbeat Festival was held, I carefully eased the entry wristband off my hand and tucked it into my pocket. “I’ve never been to…
The Long Weekend I Never Had
Growing up in Canada, I’ve always known this time of year, around the autumn equinox, as the Mid-Autumn Festival (maybe better known as mooncake season!) As a widely celebrated harvest festival of many names, I was always disappointed that we…