week 13/14 - It's time to say goodbye

Week 13/ 14 - Final Week 

   

     Time flies, I almost finished my exchange life in SUTD. The life here was so unforgettable. The student, the staff, other exchange students here all made my life here so rich and happy. Thank you Jia Xian and Zi Xian held a farewell dinner for all the exchange students. During the dinner time, we together memorized our first day coming to SUTD. It seemed just happening yesterday. 

     Good thing that I chose Singapore and SUTD for my exchange that I could have the chance to become TF scholar and be a part of SUTD students! The school environment was so good that I usually spent my time in the school library. The staff , The local students were so kind that they always helped me when I was in trouble! I will definitely share my life here to my home university students and strongly recommend this school to them!!!

Jia Xian and Zi Xian

SUTD campus

farewell partyyyyyy

I will miss you guys!

Week 12 - Singapore zoo

November 9th - 12th Singapore 4 animal parks!

     Singapore zoo is a must-go tourist spot when visiting Singapore. So far, I have already stayed in Singapore for two months, but still haven’t been to the zoo. Therefore, this week I bought the tickets including tickets for 4 parks( Singapore zoo, river safari, night safari, and Jurong bird park). I couldn’t wait to see those cute animals!

     Singapore zoo was so amazing that those animals in the zoo are all treated like wild animals , they aren’t closed into the cage or fence. They can freely move in their space , this is quite a big difference compared to Taiwan, in Taiwan, some of the animals are stayed into the cage for visitors watching, but here, it is like we are going into the jungle and played with the animals!

     It was a special experience for me in night safari, I haven’t seen animals during the might before, and in the night safari, it was like an adventure. We walked in the zoo quietly seeing how animals took tests at night or seeing how nocturnal animals did during the night time. 

     After two days, we went to the Jurong bird parks and river safari. In Jurong bird park , I learned lots of knowledge of birds, and i also had the chance to see the world’s biggest prey birds, Philippine eagles. 

     Finally, we went to river safari to see the pandas! Not only we could see the pandas in river safari but also we could take a boat circle around one part of river safari to glance the Amazon animals! This was a really good combination for watching animals and entertainment.

     In conclusion, 4 parks in singapore are really really funny and worthy for you to explore! I loved the animals there so much!

Cheetah in Singapore zoo (my first time to see a real cheetah) 

Jurong bird park~

Panda in river safari !

Week 11 - Trip in Indonesia

November 20th - 25th Surabaya and Yogyakarta

     This week I went to Indonesia Surabaya and Yogyakarta. This was my first time in Indonesia. If I didn't come to Singapore for exchange, I think I won't go Indonesia in my life. And also, I did a lot of crazy thing in Surabaya and Yogyakarta.

My friend and I spent three days two nights in Surabaya. At the first day, we arrived in Surabaya about 6 pm and we drive directly to the downside of Mount Bromo. What the crazy thing was that we arrived at the hotel about 1 am but we need to wake up 3 am to ride a Jeep  and climb up the mountain to see the sunrise. It was definitely my first time experience to climb up the mountain at this time. But I would say that the sunrise was really beautiful and it was worthy waking up  so early to climb up the mountain.

The next day, we again woke up so early in the morning, 12 am!!! We drove to the Mount Ijen and started to climb up. I would say that this was an adventure cause we climb up and down on the rocky road and almost all the way with 45 degree slope! But finally, we saw the blue fire, which only happened in Indonesia and Iceland!

In Yogyakarta, we visited Borobudur,  the world's largest Buddhist temple. The architecture and the view there were so amazing that I would never forget! This trip was so special and amazing for me cause everything in this trip  would become the first and the only experience in my life time.

Sunrise in Mount Bromo

Our Jeep~

Blue fire!!!!!

Borobudur!

Week 10 TF report and thank you letter

November 18th - 20th Temasek Foundation Report and Thank you letter

     Time flies, it suddenly came to week 10 and only 4 weeks left staying in SUTD. This week, all the TF scholars in our school should submit the Temasek Foundation Report and Thank you letter to school. When writing my report, all the memories came up to my mind and I found that I loved the TF big family so much.

     In TF, I not only did the community involvement projects, but also made new friends from the Asia. In SUTD, our scholars are only from China and Taiwan but in other universities, NTU, NUS, SMU, they have students from Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia...etc. And with the activities hold by Temasek Foundation, I could have the chance to meet these TF scholars and even made friends with them.

     Thank you TF for choosing me and giving me such wonderful experience, I learned a lot and gained a lot from being a TF scholar. I will try my best to be a good future Asian leader as what TF had taught me and also share my experience to more and more Taiwanese students.

With NUS NTU SMU TF scholars!

NUS TF scholar from Taiwan!!!

Week 9 - Trip in Thailand

November 14th - 17th - Short trip in Thailand

     Since I am the only one student who came from National Taiwan University to Singapore University of Technology and design, I have made lots of friends with exchange students from different countries. For the academic work, we do homework and discussions together after class, everyone was willing to help others who had questions. Because we were all from different universities and different pillars, we could share the ideas what we have learned in our home school. 

     Besides the academic works, we also explored Singapore and other countries in south-east Asia together. It was so interesting and memorable experiences for me to have a trip with lots of friends from different countries. I never knew I would be able to meet so many friends from all over the world! 

     This time, I went to Bangkok and Pattaya in Thailand with the exchange student from Korea and Canada. It was a really special experience for me to hangout with the friends from different countries. At first, I was nervous cause I was afraid that the traveling way between us will be different and sometimes we may faced the problem of communication. However, it turned out to be that we all had a great time in Thailand and we all enjoyed hanging out with each others!

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary in Pattaya

My friends and me !!!Ally and Elise~

Pad Thai in Bangkok! so yummy ~

Week 8 - Supply Chain Game

November 4th - 11th Supply Chain Game 

Half of the semester passed. I'm also used to everything including the academy and living in school in Singapore. The school life here is really different from the school life in National Taiwan university. Let's talk about the differences!

I'm currently taking two courses in SUTD, one is Database and big data, which belongs to ISTD ( Information System Technology and Design) pillar and the other is Supply Chain Management , about business ( ESD pillar). One of the biggest differences compared to my home university is that there are much more interaction between the Prof and the students at SUTD.
In class, the professor often ask questions and help students in their thought process, organizing information and answering the questions, however in Taiwan there are less interaction and our professors are usually more focused on teaching the lecture notes.

What really surprised me in one of my classes, the Prof has actually created an online game for us. The game stimulate a real supply chain and we need to forecast and decide the strategies to be used. It was an exciting game and I would say this is a really new classroom experience for me!

The Supply Chain Online Game!

We need to check our ranking anytime!

Week 7 Recess Week - Trip in Vietnam

October 26th - November 3rd Vacation in Vietnam 

     Happy recess week is coming! I am so exciting and can’t wait to travel to Vietnam because this is my first time to travel abroad during the semester. There is no recess week in Taiwan so this week is so fantasy to me. I think it’s quite good to have such a week so that students can refresh themselves and then back to school pay more attention during the class.

     This time I travel to Vietnam for nine days . 5 days in Ho Chi Minh city and 4 days in Ha Noi city. In Vietnam, I experienced the totally different culture from Singapore. Singapore is a really modern and renovated city, the public transportation is well established. While in Vietnam, the street is old but full of history and lacking of public transportation made the Grab and “Grab bike” common to see on the road! Especially the Grab bike. A very special transportation in Vietnam!

     During my trip in Ha Noi, I also take a trip to HaLong Bay. A very beautiful place, the view there is really awesome and made you think of living in the heave! There are so much first time for me In HaLong Bay. My first time Kayaking, my first time staying on the cruise for on night, and also my first time squid fishing! It’s really a nice trip in HaLong Bay~

     Because I chose to exchange in Singapore and I got the chance to visit other countries near Singapore! So happy with my decision to came to Singapore, I can not only explore the Singapore but also explore the neighborhood countries of Singapore, which all have totally different cultures from Singapore. And I learn to embrace different cultures different customs!

First time kayaking

HaLong Bay - My Love~~

So cold in Hanoi haha

Mekong Delta

Surprising Cave in HaLong Bay

Pink Church so cuteee!!!

Ho Chi Minh City Hall