Just Call Me Master
Writing a postgraduate dissertation about modern China - as a foreigner, living in China, at a Chinese university - isn’t exactly easy these days. But creativity will always find a way.
I’m happy to have threaded the needle, and have finally received my Masters in Philosophy. Big thanks go to my supervisor, my professors, and everyone in the School of Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.👨🎓🎊
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Defeated, Deflated and Depressed
These last two weeks have been a struggle.
I need to submit the draft of my masters thesis next week, but I have been feeling totally defeated 🥊, deflated 🎈 and depressed 💔.
Luckily a Valentine’s Day change of scenery has helped to salvage a little sliver of sanity.
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Mandarin Official
Learning a new language in your 40s is a humbling experience. So it’s nice to at least get a certificate out of it.
在40多岁时学习一门新语言是一种丢脸的体验。 所以获得证书是太好了。
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A Shout-Out To Warwick Law School
Warwick Law School asked me to write something that would help attract more students from Asia to its undergraduate law course. Here's what I came up with.