These three weeks have been intense in terms of work. I needed to get prepared for my first qualification exam, whose topic was on neurolinguistics. It was a lot of articles to review before the exam last Wednesday, I literally spent days and nights on it, not being able to see the sun outside! I…
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[Week 88] Don’t give up (aka pisawad), or the depressive states of a PhD
This week has been very weird, with a lot of up-and-down in my mood. I had a lot of things to do: besides the summaries of neurolinguistic articles, I also had to prepare a presentation, and to write down the pre-analyses of how time is encoded in a Formosan language. In fact, for the work,…
[Sunday, January 13] It’s the end, finally!
Let’s go back to a more common blog post after the last one! This semester has been intense, with a lot of work and a lot of improvement. Last Thursday, I had my final presentation at the neurolinguistics seminar. It was a special challenge for me, since my co-advisor was also here. It was an…
[Tuesday, January 08] How it is to be a foreign PhD student in a not-recognized country
It has been already several days that I thought of this topic. I was also wondering whether I should write a post about it. I kind of feel not legitimate to talk about it, but in another way, it concerns me directly, and I may not feel so unlegitimate! But anymay, let’s get into the…
[Saturday, December 29] How I got a professional website
If this week could be summed up in one word, it would be “professionalization”! Let’s review this last week of 2018. Of course, it began with Christmas! But I’m in Asia, so I just cooked some food for three people, we ate, we drank white wine, and that’s all! It’s just a day like the…
