Category: Everyday life

I got to meet an amazing bunch of inspiring young ladies this weekend –  Sisters in Entrepreneurship if I should call them. Facebook has a great way of notifying you about events happening close to you. Therefore, when Venture Lab’s “Believe in your ideas” was recommended, I quickly subscribed to it. Venture Lab is an […]

Student Dorm Life When it comes to choosing places to live in Sweden, a Student dorm or Student Corridor might be the first choice for many students.  At Malmö University and many other universities in Sweden, international fee-paying students are guaranteed accommodation at the University’s dormitories.  Therefore, it’s good to keep an eye out for an email […]

It will usually trick me once a fortnight or so. I’ll be walking home from the train station at night, and as I walk over the river, onto the other side of the little city of Uppsala, I’ll see a patch of sky is lit up in a different way to the rest of it. […]

Hej hej! If you missed me, it may be because I was busy submitting a proposal for my Master Thesis. It is funny how I feel as though I arrived here the other day and right now I am working on my Thesis – time does fly! By doing a 1 year Masters programme in Information Systems, […]

When you move to another country, your Facebook feed is not about your friends, some memes and your biggest idol anymore. It’s about all the stuff you had before plus people selling second-hand furniture, groups where they offer accommodation or people looking for a place to live, and more important, all the events happening around […]

Studying abroad is the time where I allow myself to enter sort of an adventure: Travel to new places, make new friends and eat new food. As a student, I don’t have the budget for fancy restaurants but I would frequently indulge myself with cheap delightful treats from the local supermarkets. Here is my pick […]

Or, “Trying to cook at home more/go to the pub less: a student story.” Trying to rectify the (frankly absurd) total at the end of my last money diary, taking on the weekly budget challenge a second time, I’ve decided to do some soul-searching. As we’re a blog dedicated to higher education in Sweden, I’m […]

Last week, I shared with you some of the funny little realizations that make Sweden different from Kenya and I had so much to share that I am back with Part 2! In case you are curious to know what Part 1 covered, here’s the link. 1. Dating, gender equality and going dutch. Gender equality is […]

As part of the sustainability campaign, I decided to be more conscious about food choices. I’ve been exploring the shopping choices we have for food – both for groceries and on campus. There’s a lot to learn about, from carbon footprints, packaging, and food origins.