As part of being a STINT Fellow for the last five months, I have written a report on my visit and stay at Nanyang Technological University under the STINT Teaching Sabbatical Program during 2018. This report is largely based on information that has been published in this blog during last semester. But as a formality […]
The last 140 days here in Singapore have been amazing. Hectic, intense, sleep deprived and probably some of the best so far in our lives. It has been great to share the experience with my family, Sofia and Lovisa. But also friends and family that came over to visit us – my relative Helena, my […]
This is the time when our baby girl, Lovisa, has, officially, been living longer in Singapore than in Sweden. It is a little strange when you think about it, but really cool. So, from now on, we do officially denote her as the Singaporean until she becomes “Swedish” again. Even though she won’t have any […]
My home faculty at Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, just published an article about my stay, with my family, in Singapore and my teaching at NTU. In this article I give my view on teaching large groups at a top University in another part of the world. The article is written in Swedish […]
There were just some minor problems when moving in to the apartment at NTU, a broken tap in the kitchen that sprayed water all over the wall when used and some termites living in the wooden frame of the bed in the spare bedroom that we found after a couple of weeks. Searching around the […]
Going to Singapore with an infant, one thing that needed to be sorted out before going to Singapore was the housing situation. Since both I and my partner had been to Singapore before, we decided on staying either closer to the city center or closer to the NTU Campus. After some discussions it was clear […]
Today, NTU hosted a TEDx event – TEDxNTU. This event was free for students, staff and the public. This is how you tell ideas worth spreading – Free and in a great package! I have wanted join a TEDx event for a long time, but there has always been something that stood in the way… […]
To work or stay for a longer period of time in Singapore you, of course, need a visa. The visa application to work in Singapore is fairly straight forward (if you have been in the “getting visa business” before) and having NTU as a sponsor made the process really easy. However, since I was going […]
Today, August 9, is a public holiday here in Singapore and the National Day celebration is all over the island. We asked around a little bit and decided to join the celebration by going downtown, walking along Singapore River and watching the celebration and the fireworks around Marina Bay. So, congratulations Singapore on your 53rd […]
There is a lot to think about when moving abroad with the whole family. But after months of planning, applying for visas, looking for housing, everything is in place and now we’re (almost) packed – two bags, a baby car seat in a cardboard box, a pram and a lot of carry-on. We booked the […]