UEA International Student Ambassadors

Hello there, it's again the time of the year where people dress up and celebrate Halloween! Halloween, in England, falls on every 31st October! On this day, people dress up as scary as possible to mark the presence of ghosts, fairies, vampires, etc! It was said to be that all these different types of creatures existed on this day! More details of what and how people celebrate this day is explained in this website: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/halloween Well, at UEA, we are definitely celebrating Halloween as meery and as grand as possible. Of which, there are a couple of events that is just round the corner, in conjunction with the halloween festival! There are three main events, and that all of them are organised by the university itself and different societies from UEA. The first on the list is the International Student Society who is going to host an ISS Halloween Party TONIGHT at Karma, starting from 9pm onwards! Details of the event can be found here: http://www.face...

I really love Halloween!! The story in England goes that on the 31st of October, Halloween night, ghosts, fairies and witches are particularly active! No one is really sure of the exact origin of this festival, but what we do know is that Halloween falls on the eve of the Catholic feast of All Saints (1st of November) and on the eve of the pagan Celtic festival called Samhain! How spooky?! Students at UEA dress up in scary costumes, face masks and just generally scary clothes. Some students go out trick-a- treating (going to collect sweets from neighbours), whilst others dress up and go for Halloween parties. This year the International Student Society is having one of the biggest Halloween parties in Norwich city centre. I am really excited and am trying to decide on a scary but equally attractive outfit! I was thinking about dressing up like a ‘dead doll’ perhaps? I have seen another guy do it last year and thought it was a really cool and also really scary outfit. The picture below ...

The Northern Lights, a blaze of coloured patterns in the northern skies... According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, it is the very first time that they feel like the solar cycle is badly interrupted. Like many other vistors, I am going to Finland with the hopes of seeing the Finland northern lights in this Decemeber. You always need to get to somewhere away from the city lights and this is why I am going to Lapland because it sees some 200 nightly occurrences every year! Besides, you can also throw in a visit to the REAL SANTA CLAUS in the Santa Claus Village, do some ski, snowmobile safaris, bla bla blaaaa...... Well...I know It is sort of early to talk about the Christmas trip really , but then it is your turn to think about the trip to Lapland, as the flight ticket is getting expensive! For further flight information, please visit the following website: http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp?lang=en Venus Hong Kong Ambassador

I really, really, really dislike banks. Regardless of country, time of day, or branch, I generally have no good feelings towards such institutions. In my experience, banks are far too happy to take away your money rather than help you save it, and I continually fear I will give up with banks entirely and turn into a Great Depression-era saver, stashing all of my cash underneath my matress and between the pages of my favorite book. That said, when I stopped by the on-campus branch of Natwest this morning to sort out yet another superfluous fee, I was incredibly surprised when the trip turned out to be very useful, and that I actually ended up saving money. I was so impressed, in fact, that I thought I'd share with you guys what it was they helped me with! Upon arriving in the UK two years ago I had three main things on my to-do list: 1. Find out where my housing was. 2. Get a phone. 3. Get a bank account. When it came to #3, turns out the process was quite simple. I chose one of the...

We spent a lovely Sunday at Holkham beach with the dog yesterday :) It's nicer than the pictures I saw in a brochure over the summer, I'm pleased to say. Here are some of the photos I took, hope they convince you to go on a nice day. I'm definitely going back! Autumn is turning colder by the day. I like walking along the Avenues because it's fun to step on as many crunchy leaves as possible and kick them high into the air. Wet days are different though. Soggy leaves are no fun. Come the winter, there will be less sunshine :( and some people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder including yours truly. So I'll be stocking up on tealights and treats to make merry with my new friends in the midst of the onslaught that is Christmas commerce. The lights at Chapelfield get turned on pretty soon, November 4th, see you there my pretties :) Cheers, UEA Malaysian Ambassador

The weeks just seem to be flying by and there's always so much work to do. It's almost difficult keeping up with socials, relaxing and just finding some "me" time. However, time isn't going to stop and life must go on, so.... Thursday night was made great by the re-launch of the Afrobeat live session on the university radio station ( www.livewire1350.com ) from 10:30-midnight. If Afrobeats rock your boat then that's the best place to be on thursday nights. It's always great having a piece of home away from home in anyway possible or discovering a new culture, and what better way to discover than through music. Personally, the weekends going to be a quiet one for me but you can put up comments of what you're going to be doing over the weekend, might give me some ideas :-p. However, it seems Monday is going to be a fun packed start to the week. The ACS (African Caribbean Society) are having a Caribbean night in the Blue bar from 8pm, which should be load...

Today is a day for us to give our love to the World Food Programme! Today the UEA World Food Programme Society is holding a Meet and Greet Session at CHall 0.17 from 5-6.30pm.. There will be food available for you to try and it only costs you £2!!! Soo get yourselves ready to try food from different countries. All the money raised will be donated to the World Food Programme!! Details of this charity event can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157365277627817&index=1 If you need more information on the World Food Programme then look at this website: http://www.wfp.org/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157365277627817&index=1#!/group.php?gid=154351417929938 Well, that'll probably get your tummies started and the next event will be for you to try out a famous Japanese dish, SUSHI.. The Sushi Night is hosted by the International Student Society (ISS) and the Japan Society.. However, tickets are sold out already!! If you have tickets to Sushi Night, then ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/oct/05/kuala-lumpur-restaurants-top-10 When I saw this article on the Guardian website, I experienced a supreme moment of "RINDU GILA". How many happy times I'd spent with family and friends at some of these awesome foodie places! All those glorious spring rolls, dumplings, nasi lemak, roti canai, char kuay teow, fish curry, dim sum, prawn crackers, clay-pot chicken, char siu fan, crispy chicken wings, tau foo fah, steamboat dinners, lala chao fan, lamb kurma, murtabak, Hokkien black mee, chapati, pineapple jam tarts, egg tarts, red bean pau, mango pudding, chee cheong fan, bak kut teh, wan tan meen, oh the list goes on but my desk at the International Office is already covered in homesick Malaysian dribble. Somebody give this hungry girl a ticket home for Christmas. In the meantime, I return to the library with my shackles.

It's the time of the year where many new films are coming out now. Today is the premiere of a new movie titled 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'. This is a re-make of the 1987 hit Wall Street. The main characters of this movie are Even Steven's Shia La Beouf and Michael Douglas! The story revovles around Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) who re-enters the financial world amd Shia La Beouf plays a young, idealistic investment banker. Douglas had to catch up with the new and harsh financial world and Shia La Beouf feels that Douglas is still a major manipulator to the financial world. Wall Street is a place where you can redefine yourself, of which is what Douglas needs to do! Visit: http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com/ for more information and photos of the movie here! Watch the trailer at: http://www.ents24.com/web/film/29275/Wall-Street-Money-Never-Sleeps-near-Norwich.html?venueid=55977 # You can find showing times of this film at you nearest cinema as it STARTS S...