Ben Hunte: 3 Ways UNMC Has Changed My Life (So Far!)

Happy 15th Birthday, UNMC! I remember arriving at the campus for the first time, standing at the back of the Students’ Association building, and looking at the insane view – jungle as far as the eye could see. Just a few days earlier, I was packing up my room in London, preparing to move to …

Luxmy Narayan

I’m writing this post to tell you about a rather peculiar day I had last month.  It all started when one of my local Hindu friends told me that there was a big thing going on at one of the temples in KL on Saturday night and told me that there will be lots of …

Selamat Datang ke (Welcome to) Malaysia!

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel only read a page”  Saint Augustine Hi there, I’m Jon and I’ve just returned to the UK from my first year at Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus (UNMC).  I’m studying Mechanical Engineering and I’ll clear this up now.  Yes you did read the first sentence correctly.  …

Cameron Highlands, Emceeing Events, LGBT Awareness, & Food at UNMC!

Where Am I Now? Right now, I’m on a rather loud bus, on the way back from my favourite place in Malaysia – PENANG! There’s quite a bit of drama on this bus, because a whole group of old Chinese ladies were miss-sold their tickets and told we were heading to another destination, but we’re …

Melaka Moments, Mr & Miss Notts, Adulthood Arrives, & What UNMC Has Taught Me!

Where am I now? This weekend, Eiman and I decided to visit a place which, in all honesty, neither of us ever really wanted to visit, but felt compelled to by our student visas. After what can only be described as the bus ride FROM HELL, which saw our bus driver hit some serious Formula …

Back to Msia, Why Study Abroad, Graduate Employment, & Amsterdam!

Where Am I Now? Well, I’m actually sat in an executive suite, in Melaka, Malaysia, treating my best friend to a luxurious 21st birthday weekend.. No word of a lie. I got back to Malaysia earlier this week, and jumped straight into a 5* vacation. More on this weekend next week though. Some people like …

Back to the Jungle: Part 2 (Making our house a home)

Let’s jump right in! Amongst the friendly catch up chats on campus, quite a few people have been asking me “Why did you get back to UNMC so early?!” Well, there was a ridiculous amount of stuff to get done in our uni house! Our (now) beautiful mansion didn’t come fully furnished, and it would’ve …

Back to the Jungle: Part 1 (Summer Update)

I hope everyone had an amazing “1Malaysia Day” holiday! Firstly, I would like to send a shout-out to everybody who read my blog over the summer break, and especially to those who were either more interested in coming to UNMC as a result of it, OR actually submitted an application and will be seeing me next week. …

Flights Home, Froyo, Malaysian Fashion & Summer Plans

Greetings from London, England! As I’m typing this, I’m sat in my partner’s workplace, a small frozen yoghurt store in Covent Garden, London, munching on a freshly made tub of “froyo” and loving life! It’s crazy to think I’ve only been home for a week; my body’s slowly re-acclimatising to the constantly changing UK weather, …

New People, New Experiences, & a New Home

Happy May Day, from Malaysia! It’s been a pretty hectic week in the jungle, so let’s get started. As a result of my blog post last week, I was asked by one of the teachers at my old college to record a video for her students, about what I’m currently up to – and how …