Procrastinating, monopoly, piles of books and early starts…
January 10, 2012
Revision periods are a bit like being a candle burning on both ends. You tell yourself you gotta work late and fend off sleep as much as you can…then get up unhumanly early to work some more (well I try to anyway). The return to Nottingham was therefore a little sad but optimistic. Home was great, I …
Coco Tang, Library Fines and Chinese Food
December 13, 2011
“Kay when are you going home for Christmas?” “Oh, er, the 23rd?” “What?! The 23rd? You loser” “I know” 🙁 If you are also one of those really cool people staying really late at university just to study then my sympathies are with you! Don’t get me wrong I’m stupidly excited to go home for …
My Week with Marilyn, Woo Woos and Househunting in Edinburgh
December 6, 2011
Good news, I’m half way through my literature review! Bad news, I have an assessed presentation today in Globalization and Innovation in China… Since my last blog post I’ve been working like a dog. The target everyday has been to arrive at Hallward Library by no later than 9:30am. For the past week or …
Lights, cameras… breakdancing Santas?
November 29, 2011
As you may know the Christmas lights officially came on in Nottingham city centre last week. So I got into the festive spirit by going along to: Get crushed by prams from every direction Eat way too much snowcake from the Christmas amusements Have a breakdancing Santa come up and dance around me (which I …
From Hallward to Nandos: Dissertation Nightmares to Chicken Goodness
November 22, 2011
Hooray!! My dissertation proposal has been approved!! Words cannot describe the mammoth weight that lifted off my shoulders last Wednesday! In the Economics with Chinese stream, the dissertation is 6000-8000 words in an area related to China. By Wednesday I needed to have chosen my research topic, my dissertation title, my research …
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