Here, our writers share about their experiences while abroad on International Programmes.
Category: International Programmes
Bells Tolling in Europe: Reflections On The Harvard World Model UN Conference, Rome
One Saturday evening, I heard bells tolling in the streets of Florence, Italy, just outside the Piazza della Repubblica. A pale blue sky, tinged with pink and orange, hung high above the narrow streets, flanked on both sides by tall, …
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Insights from Tehran
It was a fully immersive and comprehensive experience, and/but it requires an insatiable curiosity and stamina on the part of the participant in this programme. Despite the photographs of all the happy people, the intellectual pace was breath-taking.
“To remind you of better days and other worlds”
By Amanda Kee I’ve heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking, Lassies a-lilting before dawn o’ day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning; “The Flooers o’ the Forest are a’ wede away”. (extract from The Flowers of the …
Understanding the Euro Crisis: a Memorable Class
Imagine the Hemicycle filled with all the important political figures from the member states of the European Union. Maybe a troublemaker seated at the far end in the section “Europe of Freedom and Democracy” stands up and proposes a radical …
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Homecoming
by Marcus Tan on his stay in Hiroshima. When you think of ‘homecoming’, you think of all the comforts that define a home – your family, of warmth, maybe a pet corgi bounding over to sit in your lap. …
Lines in Berlin
This post was originally published on James Hii’s blog, and has been edited with permission. After putting down our luggage in Munich (with an awesome friend), Rachel and I headed straight for Berlin (well, it was the next day). I …
Going to UConn: Our First 3 Days in NYC
By Benjamin Ho Day 1 It was dark and claustrophobic. With the windows shut and few lights glowing, the main source of light my in-flight entertainment monitor on which I had watched 5 movies, I had lost track of time. Sleeping …
A Gamble in Malaysia
By Anish Khandelwal When you run into jeopardy on your first independent international trip… “Singapore is a very, very safe country”, is something that you hear every Singaporean say to a foreigner. But little did I know that this sense of …
The Magic of Myanmar
By Vishakha Darbha The end of my first semester at NUS was marked by tearful goodbyes and hasty attempts at packing in between mountains of work and laundry, coupled with an insatiable desire to fling my messy notes out of the …
A Semester in Delhi
by Goh Han Lim Delhi, Delhi, Delhi. Capital of India and home to approximately 22 million people, Delhi is without a doubt one of the most populated and largest urban agglomerations in the world. It’s also where I’m currently spending …
