UEA International Student Ambassadors

The Malaysian Society collaborating with the South-East Asian Society had hosted the Paintball Game at the Combat Paintball, Thetford last Saturday. It was a whole new experience for me although last year the Malaysian Society (collaborating with the Brunei and Mauritius Societies) had hosted the exact same event last year. This is because last year I did not play the game in the snow! It was as if we were participating in the World War 2, marching in Bastogne. I can say, though the cold caused our sight to be temporarily impaired (our goggles and head gears were fogged), the snow made the game relatively more real and challenging. I had a lot of fun although I spent most of the time trying to see through the fog, and openly got shot as a result of it. I hope the Malaysian Society will continue hosting the game next year! Don't forget to join in the fun if you have the opportunity to do so. Besides having fun shooting your mates legally, you may...

Spring is here, But no sun. Time to revisit, How the year went through , In pictures  So the last semester of the 2012/13 academic year draws to its end and everyone suddenly becomes excited with the thoughts of going back home during the easter break or may be just because "no more need to wake up early" for 9 am's lectures! At last something to cheer about in this cold and cruel spring weather! I decided to share our own student experiences in pictures and I bet some of them do certaibly bring back some memories! :) Does this image rings some bells to your ears, especially for those who have loads of 9 am's lectures! :P When we attempt to change the meaning of collusion to group work, everyone of us had this friend who would self-labelled himself/herself "Einstein"! :P (Though He/She is very helpful sometimes!) Does this remind you of times when youu said "Ahh...this is an easy question with an easy answer!" And then when y...

Easter is a Christian celeberation, but you don't have to be Christian to enjoy the beginning of spring, snowdrops and daffodils and bunnies... I have put together my top two Easter eggs for 2013. No. 1 Milk Chocolate Easter Egg. This egg falls in the luxury brand, perfect for that special friend or even to make your mum feel really special. Milk Chocolate Easter Egg 170g around £13-£15 Available from Waitrose or Selfridges.  No. 2 The Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade chocolate Easter Egg to explain the Christian understanding of Easter on the box. It also supports charity and development projects. Milk Chocolate Easter Egg. Around £4 This year the Real Easter Egg has a free activity pack in the box which includes the Easter story, activity poster, free itune download and a sticker set. Read more here   Available from http://www.realeasteregg.co.uk/ HAPPY EASTER! Milk Ch...

Yesterday was UEA's annual Go Global Party event where we got to experience performances and trying some food from all around the world as well! As a final year student, this would sadly be the last time attending this event. ): I definitely had a really fun time overall watching the different performances from so many countries! Enough of the talking, here are the photo's I took during the event! Enjoy! (:  Chinese Society   Brunei Society  Indonesian Society Japanese Society   Indian and Hindu Society (Bhangra Performance)  African and Carribean Society Last but not least, a picture with the Medicine Ambassador [Estee Lau] (who is also from Hong Kong as well!) For those people who've missed out on the Go Global event this year, you should definitely check it out next year! You won't regret it! (: Marissa Wong UEA Hong Kong International Student Ambassador

Hi everyone :) It will be a short post today but with loads of pictures! I went to a UEA Music Society Spring Concert last Friday (more precisely, I performed there) and got some pictures from it. Hope you like them and maybe come to the next concert!!!! Enjoy ! Saem - Korean Ambassador

Last week was our annual Voices from Greece celebration and this year our honourary guest was novelist Luis de Berniere. Here are just some of the things he told us. Look out for the full interview in Concrete coming soon!! What did you think of the film "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"? Most people think I hate the film but I actually don't. I thought some of the cinematography was brilliant and some of the acting extraordinary. Perhaps Nicholas Cage wasn't as good as I would have liked though. And I also felt that there were extreme pressures from America: in my novel the reason why this love story is so strong is because Pelagia and Captain Corelli don't actually make love until they are both much older. The film however had to have a sex scene despite the fact I was against it. What are you working on at the moment? I will be releasing a book of poetry inspired by the Greek poet Konstandinos Cavafis. He is a poet that I deeply admire. I particu...

With the recent changes in the Government policies concerning University fees subsidies, British students may feel the need to study on the Continent, where tuition is cheaper or even free, compared to the £27,000 they have to forked out here only for tuition fees over three years. So why are 13,000 French students coming to the UK( Source: The Telegraph)  French Degree vs British Degree Source: Google Images  I have a lot of french friends who study at UEA either as an exchange student (Erasmus) or doing a full degree here. Let us meet one of my friends from "The Eiffel Tower" city of Paris who tells us her experience of being a full time undergraduate student at UEA. My friend's name is Flora Collardeau. She is a 22 years old student at UEA in Creative Writing and she claims: “Before attending a British university, I went to a French university for a year but disliked the teaching method. I was in a class or lecture hall of around 1,500 students, we lis...