GRIP: Hedge Fund Analyst @ GAO Capital in Singapore Cover: Singapore Sunrise In my first post, I wrote about how discipline and routine made steady work possible during my internship at GAO Capital in Singapore. Showing up at 10 every morning, going to gym 4 times a day, and working through each day with a…
GRIP: Research Intern @ Hospitalito Atitlán in Guatemala Cover: Lunch with vegetables, avocado, ribs, pasta, and corn tortillas. When I think about my month in Guatemala, I think about a lot of things: the mountains surrounding Lake Atitlán, the colorful streets of Santiago, and long days at Hospitalito Atitlán. But lately, I have been scrolling…
GRIP: Engineering Research Intern in Aachen, Germany Cover: Presenting at the research poster symposium 1) Friday I’m in Love – The Cure A reminder of the eventful first Friday in Aachen, where we took the local regional trains to Köln, of the nearby big cities on a trip organized by our program. We climbed its…
GRIP: Research Assistant @ University of Auckland, NZ My favorite way of getting to know a city is by familiarizing myself with its cafe scene. As a self-proclaimed cafe connoisseur, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and variety of coffee shops in Auckland. After trying at least one barista-poured coffee per day from both…
GRIP: Investment Analyst @ KK Fund in Taiwan Three Places, One Summer: A soundtrack to my GRIP journey through Taipei, India, and Singapore. Taipei — Coming Home 1. 小城夏天 — LBI利比 Every summer begins somewhere, and mine began at home. Before airports, internships, and new cities, there were familiar Taipei streets, humid evenings, late-night convenience…
GRIP: Research Intern @ UMinho Law School in Portugal
GRIP: Research & Analysis Intern @ Green Transition in Vietnam If I were to write a letter to my pre-internship self, the pages would probably be overflowing with a list of things I forgot to bring: extra contacts, more jeans, sunglasses, and so on. I probably would have told myself to hug my siblings a…
GRIP: Medical Ethics Intern at World Medical Association in Ferney-Voltaire, France Cover image: Picture of Aare River taken be Me. Penn Global once asked me a question: Where will Penn take you? I thought I knew the answer. Ferney Voltaire, France, Medical Ethics intern at the World Medical Association, I imagined. An internship. A new…
GRIP: Medical Ethics Intern at World Medical Association in Ferney-Voltaire, France Cover image: Inside the Palais des Nations at the International Labour Conference When people ask what I’ve been doing this summer, I usually start with the straightforward version. For the past six weeks, I have been working in Geneva and Ferney-Voltaire as an intern…
GRIP: Business Development Intern at SATA CommHealth in Singapore 4 weeks into Singapore, and I’m still nowhere close to being tired of the sights. Every neighborhood has its own personality, every walk uncovers something new, and every sunset somehow feels different from the last. These photos are a glimpse of what my evenings and weekends…
