Category: How-tos and tips

The first and hard step in my planification about doing a Master in Sweden , was the anxiety of waiting the results! After I did, I ask myself. What’s next? I remember in 2019 during the first week of april, I received an email about my application!  Yes!! I was accepted by my first choice: […]

Living in a new country that is very different from my birth country has been challenging in many aspects; however, I must admit that I enjoyed the change a lot. Not only my daily routine has changed, but also my entire way of see the life. In short, I have a swedish way of life […]

Hejsan, your favourite Student Money Diaries series is back! It’s been more than 6 months since I officially established my life in Sweden. As a summary for my half-year living in Lund, I have decided to take an analysis of my financial health. And I realised living in a university town like Lund can help […]

Honestly, I don’t know the answer. As a student in the middle of the intensive 6-month period of the master thesis, I might have some tips but not all the answers. In this post, I am going to tell you all about the master thesis process, challenges, my story, and lastly you will find some […]

Brace yourself winter is coming. At least this what I thought, or what people have been telling me. “Winter in Sweden is cold, it snows ALL THE TIME, the temperature will not rise above 0 °C. You’re lucky to stay alive basically.” The fact that I am writing these lines proves that I did stay alive! […]

Single and Ready to Mingle? It is February which means it is the season of love. (Insert cupid’s flying arrow here) C’mon. Don’t groan. Even those of you with the coldest of hearts might find yourselves a little more soft to the the mushy and the romantic. And for those singletons out there, you may […]

You did it: You applied, got accepted, booked your flight, traveled all the way to Sweden and now you are sitting in your bed in your new room with your laptop and a head full of questions. Well, question no further! I was exactly where you were a couple of months ago. Just starting my […]

The time has come! The application period for the Swedish Institute Scholarships is open. In this short blog I will show a little about the platform and also give you some tips to make it perfectly. If you were following my previous blogs, I did one about applying in University Admission and other about motivation […]

 “I found it on Facebook!” “I know it sound cliché but you need, you need to read a lot.” “I nearly had a heart attack.” Last month I had the chance to sit down with Seyuba Katongo from Zambia – Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professional 2019 recipient at Lund University, and reminisce about our […]