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Weeks 118 and 119: A linguist’s perspective – A sci-fi film, Arrival
I’ve been staying in Tokyo for my holiday. It was lovely that we had the cherry blossoms at their best in Tokyo last weekend. My current work is compiling transcripts for my analysis chapter. This includes listening to audio data and looking at transcripts closely, repeatedly and persistently. This is something of a mechanical process. read more
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Benedicts, Norwich
One Saturday in March, Luca and I had lunch at the popular local restaurant, Benedicts. Benedicts is a nice, cosy restaurant serving modern British cuisine. Based in Norwich, England, the restaurant opened back in 2015, and, according to some reviews, the chef has been winning multiple food-related awards since then. His culinary excellence has enhanced read more
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Moving diary: House-moving stress
“House-moving stress” is going to last a while until we have finished assembling furniture and discarding unnecessary stuff. When I am stuck in my analysis, my data looks so mundane and seems insignificant, but I do need to assemble all of the examples into my framework, just like putting furniture together. This is so symbolic read more
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Week 117: A life-changing week
The title “A life-changing week” refers more to my current inner thoughts and feelings. Over the past few years, I have put off some things that I need to do, personal stuff, not study-related. These have all come up in more obvious shapes this week, and I have just decided to resolve matters and change read more
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Moving diary: Goodbye to the old flat
On Wednesday, we finally finished cleaning the old flat after moving and the handover process. I said “thank you” many times to the kitchen while I wiped the cabinets and floor. Since we had focused on cleaning and tidying up in the new apartment, it was really nice to come back to the old place read more
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I love teaching
The first ten weeks of my course have passed, and we have the Easter break until we start the second half of the semester. My students gave me a letter, some Japanese biscuits and Cleistocactus! I have taught since 2017, and more and more, this experience has made me give serious consideration to how read more
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Weeks 115 and 116: Hectic weeks with moving
For the past two weeks, I have been fully occupied with moving and teaching. Moving is really stressful and time-consuming for many matters, but it’s been fantastic to see that the new apartment has been set up very nicely, little by little. As for research, my progress was quite slow last week. I was completely read more
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Moving diary: Apartment handover
We received the keys and legally started living in the new place, a two-bedroom riverside apartment. Here are the things we have done over the past week since signing the contract. We have done secured the date to set up Sky TV and wifi for the new place compared local removal companies and chose one read more
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