Day 10, Malaysia
Unfortunately, today was the last day of our studytrip. A last visit to a company called ARUP was planned. ARUP is an international company specialized in mechanical, structural, civil and geotechnical engineering. ARUP aims on creating environments that are comfortable for occupants, economic for [...]
Day 9, Malaysia
After a short night celebrating Kings day and waking up at just the right time we left the guesthouse to take a train trip to Kepong Sentral where the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM in short) is situated. FRIM is located in the north [...]
Day 8, Malaysia
City tour The beginning of day 10 was a hard one again. At 9 o’clock we started with the city tour through Kuala Lumpur, where we have seen all the beautiful places in the city and got to know how Kuala Lumpur has became [...]
Day 7, Malaysia
After a good night of sleep in our comfortable double bedrooms we woke up to day 7 of our study trip with (somewhat) renewed energy. Today we visited the ST Diamond building in the new city of Putrajaya, which has specially been founded to [...]
Day 6, Malaysia
After a long and chaotic bus trip, the train ride started with a delay of thirty minutes. Everyone was really tired and burned up and was looking for a good night sleep in the bumpy night train. The train had bunk beds and was [...]
Day 5, Singapore
The morning was free for everybody to pack their bags and get ready for checking out from the hostel, because in the evening we were going to take the night train to Kuala Lumpur. At 12 o’clock we checked out and left our bags [...]
Day 4, Singapore
Today was the First day we would visit a company. At 8am we left the hostel to visit Heinen & Hopman in Singapore. Heinen & Hopman is a company that produces HVAC systems for ships. The company in Singapore is mainly a factory where [...]
Day 3, Singapore
After a bad night watching football, the morning started early at 8 o'clock. After we had breakfast together, PhD student Clayton Miller joined us at the hostel to guide us through the day. Clayton is from the United States and finished his master on [...]
Day 2, Singapore
After a crazy pub crawl yesterday we headed to Sentosa today. With a little hangover we went to this man made island with its white beaches and entertainment park for a day at the beach. With our swimming shorts and bikinis on we took [...]
Day 1, Singapore
At this moment we are sitting (and sweating) in the hostel garden. The whole group is complete, and maybe the best news, we are all still alive! Yesterday we arrived in Singapore after a long, but smooth flight. Our first impression is a clean [...]