I was sold an office chair in German
- Post date March 12, 2023
smarterGerman course works, and I had full on conversations in German in the last week – I am so excited!
Tag: personal development
How much German is enough?
- Post date January 6, 2023
I am at B1 level, but I can’t speak. Why? Now what?
My perfect recipe (maybe)
I was cleaning my room yesterday, chucking and giving things away (again). So I threw away a big pile of papers – university papers. The ones I wrote, and the lecturers’ comments sheet. Somehow, I thought one day, I would read them again. When I piled them up, I suddenly realise actually I hated university (minus […]
What the old fortune-telling machines tell you
Who tells you who you are? Can only be the old fortune-telling machines. A few friends and I went to the Isle of Wight went away for the bank holiday weekend last week. We rented a car and because I passed my driving test a week before on the 20th May 2011, I happily drove these […]
Optimism /Da bu liao
I remember people used to ask me, “How could you be so optimistic?” I couldn’t quite give an answer. Now I do. It is because of a phrase that I have not used for a very, very long time.
Think quick, think flexible
- Post date November 20, 2010
The most important thing I need to learn from this job – be flexible.