Category: Social life

One especial characteristic in spring of 2020, is that universities around the world had to do the transition from face-to-face education to distance education. In this blog, I am going to share my “online” experience as a master student in Sweden. I will write from my perspective how I overcame the negative and take advantage […]

#AloneTogether In this new COVID-19 reality, most students are navigating a world of social distancing and virtual learning. With Zoom lectures and virtual student happy hours as our main mode of feeling connected, it is easy to get weighed down with feelings of anxiety, loneliness and despair. Because of this, now more than ever, it […]

Hi everyone! I hope you and your loved ones are doing well in these troubled times. In case you were wondering how I am doing, read my last blog post here. Like everyone else, my life has been changed lately because of the pandemic. So, I am writing my thesis at home while self-isolating -with acknowledging […]

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 […]

My dearest love. It feels too long since I last saw your beautiful face. In your absence I now realise, I took your radiance and warmth for granted. I steal a glimpse of you when the clouds part but they’ve become so greedy these days. Sadly I cannot spend every waking moment outside in your […]

It was 11 am, after almost 48 hours of travel, I was very tired but also very excited! I was going to start my student life again. In Gothenburg! I was waiting my luggage, I had no hurry because I knew that nobody was waiting for me at the arrival door I was going to […]

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 […]

Before moving here the biggest question I had in my mind was ” how Swedes really are”? But really honestly can someone please tell me? And all I got as an answer was pure stereotypes and misconceptions…. Well, here I am. Telling you, what I (and this is important to highlight) think about Swedish people, and […]