Limitless possibilities
Culture . Media . UncategorizedArt is often regarded as an innate ability you either have it or you don’t. Art is also ever-evolving with designing and illustration morphing from pen and paper to tablet. Today, we hear from Sam, who has a keen interest in digital illustration. Sam is largely self-taught and shares how he has come to discover
About my Finnish friend.
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedWhen I was told that for this blog post we had to conduct an interview, the first person that crossed my mind was my friend Konsta. The reason behind my decision was the fact that Konsta and I are very different. Coming from different countries (even continents) and cultures, our friendship emerged when we met
Is there a stereotypical opera singer?
Culture . UncategorizedThere are lots of presumptions around most topics, but I think there are few topics with more presumptions surrounding them than opera singers and classical music. Opera singers can be stereotyped as everything from very quiet and conservative to flamboyant and confident. I admit that I have been guilty of holding the preconception of opera
Home away from home?
Society . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedSo, this is a topic that’s close to home (quite literally), and so I thought it would be interesting to interview others with similar upbringings and see if anything differed to how I felt. I met Catherine through one of the “meet and greet” events here in Munich. Upon meeting, I would never have thought
Not like any other part-time Job
City life . Health . Society . UncategorizedImagine waking up in the morning and not being able to see how the weather is, not being able to check the latest Instagram posts and not being able to read the newspaper in the morning. This is the everyday life over 37 million blind people and over 120 million partially sighted people worldwide. Of course,
Bing Yi, the Travelling Photographer
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedBing Yi is an economics student from Shanghai, here in Munich on exchange for one semester. When she came to Munich, it was the first time she had ever visited Europe and she was excited to explore the places offered here in Germany, as well as further abroad. When we met on an excursion to
FAKE NEWS: An Opinion of a Citizen
Media . Politics . Society . Uncategorized” Fake news are news or pronouncements, that are disguised as facts, but they have the purpose to influence people’s opinions in a certain direction” This is what fake news is for German history student, Roberta. I have asked her to meet me in the faculty of History of Munich – a place she is
The art of interviewing
Media . Student life . Uncategorized“A day rarely goes by without me making at least one interview.” With a cup a coffee in her hand and the weekend’s printed newspaper lying on her desk, I meet journalism student, Ida. Doing 1-10 interviews every day she is used to being the one asking the questions, but not today. Today she is
Flatlays and Parisian days
Culture . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedIn today’s spotlight: Sherryl Cheong, 23, is a travel and flatlay photographer better known as @wildfxiry on Instagram. Her feed is made up of a combination of sights and scenes she amasses as she shuffles between the cities of Paris and Singapore. I sat down and had a chat with her about what got her
Students rock.
Student life . UncategorizedFacilitating the process of engagement between universities, students and companies, alleviating the youth unemployment problem…… Who’s doing all these work? He’s a full-time university student, and also at the same time, a co-founder of a local start-up in Hong Kong. Ethan Cheng is a second year student in Hong Kong, majoring in Social and Public