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  • How to make friends: Take 2

    • Navin - 5 October 2017, 09:30
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    Last year, around this time, I wrote a blog post about how to make friends. It’s been a year since, so I thought let’s review the advice I gave and see how successful I have been in making friends. Ok, so let’s the facts straight: Do I have friends? – Yes Do I have close […]

    Tags: advice, Architecture, dundee uni, exploring, freshers, making friends, student life

  • Week 2 Semester 1

    • Navin - 11 September 2017, 08:42
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    Ahhh! Windy weather, mostly sunny but always nice…I kinda missed the Dundee weather. But no worries, I am here and I can’t wait to start. To start off, welcome back to my fellow year 2s (yes, we made it!) Well, I am sure by now you would have read so many blogs on how amazing […]

    Tags: advice, dundee, dundee uni, exploring, first year advice, freshers, introduction, lectures, making friends, medicine, Preparation, starting university, student life

  • The Scottish Schools’ Orientation Camp for Singaporeans

    • Navin - 22 August 2017, 02:24
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    Hey guys! It’s been almost 5 months since my last post and yes, I have been given the opportunity to continue writing about my journey in Dundee for another year; which is awesome btw! Ok, to start with a quick update: my exam results came, didn’t do as well as I would have wanted but […]

    Tags: aberdeen, activities, camp, deepavali, Diwali, events, exploring, first impressions, freshers, friends, fun, games, Glasgow, introduction, medicine, overnight, refreshers, Scotland, settling in, singapore, singsoc, social life, societies, starting university, student life, uni life, university, welcome

  • My top 10 study tips

    • Navin - 3 April 2017, 10:04
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    My previous post was on de stressing tips, then I thought why not write on how to study better. I am no expert in excelling in tests or examinations, but I thought why not just share what I do, since it did get me here! Tip 1: What is important? Don’t expect to read everything on […]

    Tags: advice, dundee uni, first impressions, freshers, lectures, medicine, Preparation, social life, starting university, student life

  • Recipes for Thought

    • Navin - 23 March 2017, 12:15
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    It’s almost near the end of the semester. And it’s time to crack down and get ready for examinations. At least for medics like me, we have only 7 more weeks before our exams. This means 2 things: Spending all your time in the library Trying to prepare food to feed yourself while at the […]

    Tags: advice, dundee uni, Food, medicine, Preparation, settling in, starting university, student life, uni life, university

  • Discover the entrepreneur in you!

    • Navin - 7 March 2017, 08:45
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    Entrepreneurship is defined as the process of the designing, launching and running a small business such as a start-up company. University of Dundee provides you with all necessary opportunity to help you achieve that goal. Let me share my unexpected discovery, and how a group of friends and I developed our very own business! The […]

    Tags: advice, applications, business, classes, course, discovery, dundee, dundee uni, entrepreneurship, exploring, introduction, making friends, new company, social life, starting university, startup, student life, study, university

  • Chinese New Year 2017

    • Navin - 6 February 2017, 11:15
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    As a student from Singapore, Chinese New Year is one thing we are used to celebrating every year. This 2 week long festive season is a fun filled time of eating and meeting new friends. In Singapore, Chinese New Year is always a big thing, you will see decorations everywhere: on the streets and in […]

    Tags: advice, celebration, chinese new year, dundee uni, exploring, festival, good food, making friends, malaysia, medicine, outdoors, Scotland, singapore, social life, societies, southeast asians, student life, uni life

  • MONEY!

    • Navin - 5 February 2017, 12:00
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    Yes folks, I knew that title would catch your attention. It’s true; at this point in time money does matter. Before I continue, I would like to emphasize money is not everything in life, living the moment and being able to be emotionally available and being able to love means much more than having a […]

    Tags: advice, cooking, dundee, dundee uni, exploring, finances, first impressions, Preparation, settling in, social life, starting university, student life, uni life

  • Welcome back!

    • Navin - 15 January 2017, 08:58
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    Welcome back to Dundee guys! How you all had a great festive season! My break was great! I got to go back home and even spent a week in Sri Lanka. Ahh, how I miss the warmth and sunlight! But to be fair, I was very happy to come back to Dundee, all refreshed and […]

    Tags: campus, dundee, dundee uni, international students, medicine, refreshers, Scotland, Snow, snowman, snowoman, starting university, student life, things to do, Weather, welcome back

  • Semester 1: A Review

    • Navin - 12 December 2016, 07:49
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    It’s that time of the year when we start to look back and see what we have done or learnt in the past few months. As for me, these past few months were like a thrill packed roller coaster ride. I did a lot, met a lot of people, studied a lot, memorized a lot […]

    Tags: advice, dundee, dundee uni, flats, introduction, making friends, Preparation, social life, starting university, travelling, uni life

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