Book Review: The Love Hypothesis

January 24, 2022

In order to convince her best friend Anh that she is over the ex Anh wants to get with, Olive Smith, PhD candidate at Stanford, kisses a random man in the hallway to put on a ruse. It just so happens that that man is not only one of the department’s best researchers, but is also one who is rude, moody, and notorious for treating his students like trash. Yet, rather than filing a Title IX complaint, Dr. Adam Carlsen agrees to fake-date Olive for the time being so her plan could work. Shocked by his agreement, Olive goes on fake dates with him only to find the dates are feeling more and more real each time.

7 Days 7 Languages – A Concept

January 17, 2022

Although I easily get bored while watching TV, I do really enjoy listening to videos or other audio (for some reason at 2x speed when in English, or else I also get bored) while working, whether that be putting together a PowerPoint for my students or painting my photo album cover. Lately my drug of choice has been linguistic videos again, and it is really inspiring me to put more effort towards my language learning journey. A few YouTubers, like Lindie Botes, for instance, often discuss how to balance multiple languages at once, and it makes me realize I need to better organize myself to actually make substantial progress. I keep jumping around languages too often, losing progress in one while I focus on another, then vice versa when my interests or needs shift again.