Last week, some other grad students in my department met for a couple of hours to discuss time management in grad school.
Category: Academics
I discovered some fun language facts this week and just wanted to share.
So I haven’t been updating this blog very much, unsurprisingly. I have officially started grad school! We’re about to start the 7th week of my first quarter here at UC San Diego. It’s been really intense, but we have a long weekend this week, so I am trying to catch up on a few things.
Hint: coffee. As I am starting my final week of my undergraduate degree this week, I thought I would reflect on a few things I’ve been doing recently that have helped me stay on top of things. The first thing is Bullet Journaling. I am in love with my bullet journal. I think this is…
Over the past four years of my degree in Chinese, I’ve acquired a few ways of studying Chinese on my own to prepare myself for classes, study for the HSK exams, and generally improve. I saw this written on a wall in a cafe and I thought it was hilarious Okay, okay. Chinese does NOT…
Where I Went Shanghai, China Qingdao, Shandong, China Luoyang, Henan, China Huashan and Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Xiahe, Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Jiayuguan, Gansu, China Xining and Qinghai Lake, China For the last half of the month I was backpacking around China. Blog posts about everywhere I went to come! Best on InstagramThis one is from Qinghai…
As I am finishing up my second-to-last year of university, I am constantly aware of my impending need for full-time employment. I am considering many options – and maybe I’ll do a blog post about that eventually, but I wanted to highlight one of the career options that I am considering. Ever since I decided…
I recently spent 4 days in Xi’an, which is the capital city in Shaanxi Province, China. I had an absolutely amazing time, so I thought I would share my top 5 activities in Xi’an. 1. Terracotta Warriors This one is pretty obvious. This is the reason most people outside of China have heard of Xi’an….
This week I went to Xi’an and had an absolutely amazing experience. One of my favorite places we went was the Muslim Quarter and this is why I loved it so much. The Muslim Quarter is a neighborhood in Xi’an where the Muslim influence is quite evident. There are several mosques, lots of people walking…
This past weekend I went to Shengzhou with a TV crew who was filming a travel show. I got to tag along and write about it. Here’s my favorite moments from the trip. (photo above by 仲斌） Trying chicken feet (and squid and eel) For our first meal on the trip, there was a bowl…