Category: FDS
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As a multicultural nation, Singapore faces the difficult challenge of bringing together communities of different ethnicities, beliefs, cultures and languages. As the focal point of the subject, it was fascinating to see how this reflected in every aspect of Singaporean culture: from packaging and signage, to community spaces and entire suburbs. I would not have…
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I would gladly define “above and beyond” as an exposition of expectation and experience. My 4 Weeks in the Unites States of America was a fast paced, vortex of an Adventure. 70+ Houses, Sites, Landmarks, Buildings and Landscapes visited and a whole archive of drawings, memories, photographs and life changing events created. New York, Chicago…
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Although it’s already been a few days since I arrived here in Osaka, Japan, I still find it hard to believe that I will be living here for the next few months. When I first arrived in the airport, one of the first few things that I noticed about Japan was the weather. It was…
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It has been exactly a month since coming to Hong Kong and that feels so strange to think about how fast time is passing. As someone who hasn’t lived away from home before or travelled much overseas, I was surprised how easy it was to adjust to this new life and culture. It’s such a…
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I’d never heard of the place, and neither had any of my friends or family. But now that I’m living here in Aarhus, Denmark’s youngest and second largest city, I can’t imagine spending my exchange anywhere else. Here’s why… In the four weeks I’ve been here, I’ve gone out and filmed stories all over town…
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Going into this project I was unsure of what to expect. I had little knowledge of Christchurch or of the destruction and damage caused to the city and its people by the devastating earthquake in 2011. When drafting and researching for the design our team wanted to acknowledge the past and look towards a brighter…
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Am I really in Tokyo? I feel as if I’m stuck in a lucid dream and any day now, I will jolt awake and find myself back in my comfortable Sydney home. But no, after 3 weeks of (actually) waking up, I am still in Tokyo – alive, surrounded by the bustling Japanese city life…
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Konnichiwa from Tokyo! First week at Sophia University in Tokyo has been a whirlwind of culture shock, excitement and homesickness. My first days in Japan I had severe culture shock. I ate ramen, but when my nose was runny I had to go to the bathroom to blow it. And when I went to the…
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Néih hóu from Hong Kong! I’m writing this blog post 2 weeks into my exchange at City University of Hong Kong. So far it’s been an awesome experience. Accommodation I started my exchange with a brief trip to Hangzhou, China. I’m glad I started off in Mainland China as, after experiencing such a foreign world,…
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I arrived in Zurich around two weeks ago, and the rumours are true. Switzerland is definitely THE most expensive country I have ever been in. Every third car on the street is a Porsche, and everyone is dressed perfectly from head to toe, all the time. A half-hour bus/train ride costs around $6 AUD, and…
