England Archive

  • Netball!

    Finding Community Abroad: Syaza Joins Netball League in London

    The World Netball Championship is just ended in Singapore with Australia beating New Zealand by only a 1 goal difference. While I have been receiving tweets and photo tags of the match from my friends back home, I still cannot find a streaming that shows...

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  • Finance

    Syaza’s Business & Finance Internship

    Now that I know that there’s a faster way to commute to work, I’m not cranky anymore. I still remember last Saturday when I tried to take the London Overground to go to Clapham Junction to know where my office located. It took forever for...

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  • Anne Kelly

    Spotlight Alum: Anne Kelly

    1. When/what/where was your internship? How was it? I completed my internship this past summer 2011 from June to August in London.  I was working for a fashion designer as a public relations and marketing intern.  I was responsible for the company’s social media pages...

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  • Platform 9.75 (crop)

    All you muggles better watch out!

    Hogwarts! Here I come! And I’m off to Hogwarts!!! Conveniently my flat is approximately only a 5 minute walk from King’s Cross Station. Some of you loyal Harry Potter fans will recognize that right away, and for the rest of you… I’m not going to...

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  • airplane

    Don’t eat the curry!!!

    Leaving is such a bitter sweet feeling! I have so much unknown to look forward to and everything I’ve ever known to look back on.  As I close the “college” chapter of my life and move on to bigger and better things I have a...

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  • Man U Stadium

    Football Fanatic Finds Home in London

    One day before starting my Global Experiences program in London and checking in to this place called Nido (apparently it’s a student apartment). I’m stoked to live in a student apartment just because the dorm in SIM is expensive and full of Asian international students,...

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  • Emma & Matt

    Looking Back on London – Emma, Journalism Intern

    My room looks like a disaster area as I try to determine if all my stuff will fit in my suitcases. Not quite sure how I accumulated so much in a span of two months. It seems just like yesterday I was unpacking these same...

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  • London Eye

    Sights & Sounds of London – Emma, Journalism Intern

    Matt and I decided to do something touristy and take a spin on the London Eye. He’s lived in the city for almost 6 years and had never done it. I have seen the queue wrapped around the thing every time I have visited and...

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  • LondonBus

    Elaine, London Human Resources Intern

    I wished my trip would NEVER END!!!!!!!!  London is an amazing city and Global Experiences provided me with the opportunity to experience it.  With weekend tours to Oxford, Greenwich, and Canterbury I got a simple taste of what makes the UK such a great country. ...

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  • London Underground

    The Hustle & Bustle of London Living – Emma, Journalism Intern

    It’s still surreal to me that I wake up every morning in a bustling city with people walking to work below me. I’m used to the noisy streets below… well… I have to be because my roommate decidedly leaves the window open all the time....

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