My Exchange Year Was Too Good, I Had to Do It Twice.
City life . Germany . Student life . UncategorizedHello! My name is Akira Ratiwat, I usually let my international friends call me Akira. I am currently an LMU exchange student from the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. At LMU, I study at the faculty of social science, majoring in media and communication while back in Thailand, I am majoring in media studies at Thammasat
⋆˚✿𐙚⋆˚ Hi from Munich~ 🧸ྀི
City life . Germany . Student life . Travel────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ────────୨ৎ─────── Hello hello, welcome to Yinuo’s blog !! I know you’ll have a great time here. Who is she…? My name is Yinuo (ee-nu-o), and I come from Singapore, a tiny green island blooming in eternal summer. I’m an ENFP girlie at heart, someone who is extremely curious and ambitious. For most of my life,
Falling in Love with Munich
City life . Culture . Germany . Student lifeHi my name is Minsun Kwon, but you can call me Mia. I’m from South Korea and am currently an exchange student at LMU, majoring in Communication. Back home at Yonsei University, I’ve been focusing on the same major, so I’m really excited to see how the classes here differ from my experiences in Korea
Learning Germany and German starting from Munich!
City life . Culture . Germany . Student lifeHallo!! My name is Wong Yu Yin, you can call me Anna~ I am from Hong Kong. At my home university, the University of Hong Kong, I study Journalism as my first major and Global and Area Studies (GLAS) as my second major. For my second major, there is a requirement: we are required to
From São Paulo to Munich: The comfortable silence
Authors . City life . SocietyI arrive in the northern part of Munich on a pale Saturday morning. The apartment building looks almost silent from the outside. Bicycles are chained neatly in front of it, a thin winter light pressing through the windows. Inside the apartment complex, I step into the narrow elevator and press the button for the 4th
Chasing a Place to Call Home: Student’s Housing Struggle in Munich
City life . Germany . Society . Student lifeFor almost two months, Cécilia searched relentlessly for a place to live in Munich. She attended more than 30 apartment viewings, both online and in person, before finally securing a room in a three-person shared flat. The rent was around 800 euros per month per person — far from cheap, but a relief after weeks
The Liminal Threshold: Negotiating Comfort and Control at the Global Hub
City life . Opinion piece . Society . TravelWhenever we transition to a new phase or domain, we inevitably encounter a boundary. This boundary, where two distinct realities meet, inherently implies negotiation and competition. A night spent at Istanbul Airport revealed a continuous, silent negotiation unfolding within the stillness. Ultimately, this threshold—where individual desire clashes with systemic control—defines the core dilemma of our
【Interview】From Shanghai Buzz to Delft Breeze: My Best Friend Yan’s Exchange Adventures
City life . Interview . Student lifeWhen I think of friendships that brighten my life, Yan is always the first person who comes to mind. We met during the stressful months of preparing for our postgraduate entrance exams, supporting each other through countless long nights of studying. Now she is experiencing a completely different kind of life as a graduate exchange
The Power of Communication in Science: Lessons from the MSCL
Authors . City life . Climate Change . Culture . Excursions . Germany . Health . Media . Opinion piece . Research@IfKW . Science . UncategorizedSometimes, learning doesn’t happen in a lab or on a field trip it happens in a classroom, when someone manages to connect science to real life. That’s exactly what happened during our session with Bernhard Goodwin, executive director of the Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL). I’ll admit, before that day I had never heard of
Nice to Meet U LMU
City life . Student lifeHey everyone!I’m Jia — nice to meet you all! I’m from Hangzhou, a beautiful city in eastern China known for West Lake, green tea, and a mix of modern life and traditional culture. It’s a really peaceful place to live, with lots of cafés, riverside walks, and creative energy everywhere. This semester, I’m in Munich