The Sun-Moon-Lake is the biggest lake inside of Taiwan with a total area of 4,55 km². While many believe that the name of the lake derives from its form of the sun in the east and crescent moon in the west, the legend about the lake is awesome. So we had to check it out by ourselves! The Legend One day the Sun and the … Continue reading Sun-Moon-Lake
Delivering a speech in front of students, who graduated or are about to graduate in the near future is an honour for everyone. You, as a single individuum, get the chance to influence the worldview of so many with your speech on this special day, as I got influenced by the speech given during my Bachelor’s graduation ceremony. I wanted to reach out to the … Continue reading An Untold Graduation Speech
Birthday, Weekend, Promotion, Engagement, Wedding, Children, Grades, Degrees, Week-split. There are millions of reasons to cheers with your friends, family and random strangers in a bar. Life itself deserves to be cheered every day. And that is what we do here in Taiwan. Due to our international friendship compositions, there are many ways to cheer, and some of them are shown here – and that … Continue reading International Cheers
Most of us know the video game Sims, where you as divine being control the lives of the virtual avatars called Sims. Having a perfect virtual life is boring, I heard, so people tend to let out their inner demons by fucking their avatars up. On our hike to the front peak of the tallest mountain in Taiwan, one – or more – deity was … Continue reading Yushan Front Peak – Sims-Edition
Like every year the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology hosted a special event, where foreign students can introduce their country, culture and art performance to other (mostly Taiwanese) students. So I tried my best to bring a little Austria to Taiwan – in traditional leather trousers (Lederhose) of course! Griaß di, Austria At the festival, students had to decorate a booth and cook … Continue reading Cultural Festival – Griaß di, Austria
I’ve finished it! Besides the acknowledgement I will write after the defence I’ve completed 125 pages of academic paper, exceeding my Bachelor’s thesis with over 75 pages. During the process I laughed, I cried, I wrote, I rested – more than I should – and I wrote again. See the journey of my thesis and the questions what, why, who, how, where, when and WTF! … Continue reading STUST III.C – Master Thesis
The second semester at STUST is more exciting and interactive than the first one and to pep it up, I will give you valuable information about each course in the typical real-life Grexxen style – “Did you know that…”. For those of you who missed the first part and are motivated enough to read about my courses in the first Semester click here or here. … Continue reading STUST III.B – Courses Second Semester
While trying to explain in this three-plus-two-part-series about the STUST that I work hard for my oversea degree, I caught myself talking more about food and leisure activity than actually study related topics – again. That’s why the three last parts are dedicated to my study, courses and master thesis instead of fried rice and coffee – although I need a lot of coffee when … Continue reading STUST III.A – Courses First Semester
I really love the STUST campus, but there is one thing the bothers me a bit. Such as the JKU, it is far away from city centre or anything interesting. I envied the campus of the National Cheng Kung University a bit, which is located in the heart of Tainan. Three big shopping malls, the main train station und thousands of streets with food and … Continue reading STUST II – The Surroundings
Since my arrival in Tainan, the campus of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology has been full of surprises for me. In Linz I was used to walk around the calm University pond, sit down and relax. The only crowded place are the Mensa during lunch time and Thursday nights, when another party took place in the basement, and the Kepler building when … Continue reading STUST I – The Campus
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