I come from Taiwan, which is a small Island in the Pacific Ocean. So, I love the ocean. No need to surf, dive or play games. I really enjoy just sitting on the beach, thinking. Or chatting with friends, walking along the coast. Facing the ocean let...
Hi. Do you enjoy music lately? I guess we absolutely need music for studying or party. No music, No life, right?lol San Francisco is world-famous sightseeing place, and if you go such popular place such as around pier 39 or castro, you might see some street musician...
I stood on the rooftop in Van Ness pictured below just over a week ago. It was a night of many things, including the loss of my phone, one of the best shows I've ever seen and a few moments of drunken reflection on my...
Since I am from Sweden we don’t have the same traditions as they have here in US. And one of them is thanksgiving. I´ve never celebrated it in Sweden so this year was my first time doing it. My dad was visiting from Sweden during...
A couple of weeks ago my mum and her boyfriend were visiting from Sweden and since they had rented a car we decided to visit Muir woods. It is approximately a 40 minutes drive from San Francisco without heavy traffic. Muir woods is a redwood...
I love figure skating and I have been practicing it since I was 5 years old. And when I heard that they were going to set up an ice rink at Union Square I wanted to go there immediately. So about three weeks ago my...
A Moment of Reflection In my previous post I talked about taking things at your own pace and that is an ideology I’ve found particularly helpful during this first semester. When I decided to do this year abroad, I didn’t set myself any expectations. I began...
Go At Your Own Pace Studying abroad comes with the expectation of being ‘the best year of your life’, and with this expectation comes a lot of pressure. It comes with a lot of pressure to drink the most alcohol, go to the craziest parties, meet the...
Hi. Today I introduce great friendly system that IEEC provides; language buddy system!:) If you register this buddy system, school would introduce you a friend who is fluent in English and he or she become your language partner during the study abroad. The partner would be a...
After my first Burrito nearly four months ago, I have been on a mission to find the best Taqueria in town. Its been a far from easy journey, its had its ups and downs, there were many times when I thought I had found it, but...