My penchant for travel was cultivated at an early age. In the years between my second birthday and the turn of the century, I went on no less than ten jaunts beyond our shores. Following that initial period of furious adventuring, my love was further reinforced in my youth with three trips to the mesmerising European continent.

Why the sudden recollection you might ask? Well, facebook has bombarded me in recent weeks with photographs of friends and acquaintances on the maiden jaunts overseas, exploring their new campuses and hostels: their homes for the foreseeable future. It made me realise what folly accepting my offer to read Law at the National University of Singapore would be.

Sure it’s a very respectable degree from an institution of standard (arguably). However am I really willing to sacrifice the opportunity to see the world that an overseas education would provide? After receiving the offer from NUS, I was actually under that very impression. Oh how wrong I was.