成绩出炉了!
很高兴所有的同学都过了。
我呢,嗯,还满意自己的成绩啦,至少保持了我前两个学段的成绩。
这样的成绩可以让我继续修读那会让人头破血流的课程(Permanent Head Damage)。 也有人说读那课程会让人头发掉光光(Permanent Hair Damage),哈哈!
可是啊...... 呵呵,我还没做好让自己头破血流的心理准备......
Showing posts with label 读书生涯. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 读书生涯. Show all posts
Oct 1, 2009
Jul 27, 2009
Empanadas
Two weeks ago, my Chilean classmate, Soledad invited us to her house for lunch. She and her family live in a village called Cottenham. It is about 15 mins drive away from Cambridge town centre.
The Chef, Soledad, and her Chilean empanadas.
Empanadas is a kind of Chilean food. The concept is similar to our curry puff, except the ingredient and the shape. Inside these empadanas are stir fried minced beef and onions. The size is quite big. I can't finish eating one by myself and have to share it with WG.
These are empanadas in different shapes. Z from Bangladesh was helping Soledad to make empanadas. She made them into shapes like curry puff and samosa, different from the normal empandas. Because these were vegetarian empanadas; inside them were mushroom, corriander & cheese. We fried them instead of putting them into the oven. For me, I prefer the vegetarian empanadas. The taste of mushroom, corriander and melted cheese match perfectly well. May be next time, I can try putting these ingredients in our spring roll sheet and fry them. Another new recipe for our vegetarian spring roll!
Mai was so happy with her empanadas.
Soledad and her family are moving back to Chile end of this month. They invited us to visit them in Chile. Chile is in South American and it is the longest country in the world! Soledad showed us a book that introduces Chile and we never know that Chile is such a beautiful country. Well, you never know, may be one day, we will meet each other again in Chile! ; )
Goodbye my dear friend, it was really great knowing you!
Jul 22, 2009
忙里偷闲
Jul 20, 2009
最后的聚会
除了优美的环境,剑桥最令我怀念的,就是我们RSLE (Research in Second Language Education)的同班同学。虽然我们研究的课题都不尽相同,同学们除了在功课上互相帮助,也在日常生活以及精神上互相扶持。我们的course co-ordinator迈克埃文也说我们这一届RSLE和其他届的非常不一样,我们这一届的凝聚力特强。
班上和我最要好,也给我最多帮助的台湾同学CY很早就完成她的论文。她决定在7月1日离开剑桥,飞回高雄。虽然那时大家都在赶报告,我们还是决定6月25日举办最后一次的班聚会,刚好过几天就是Yuki和CY的生日,Mai便买了一个生日蛋糕。

这是寿星公Yuki和寿星婆CY。



聚会地点是在Newhnam College的MCR (Middle Combination Room)
班上和我最要好,也给我最多帮助的台湾同学CY很早就完成她的论文。她决定在7月1日离开剑桥,飞回高雄。虽然那时大家都在赶报告,我们还是决定6月25日举办最后一次的班聚会,刚好过几天就是Yuki和CY的生日,Mai便买了一个生日蛋糕。
Potluck是我们最喜欢的聚餐方式,每个人准备一道菜带来和大家分享。这次,我做的是宫保鸡翼。CY做台湾炸盐鸡,Zakia做沙拉虾面,Mai带来她最拿手的日本寿司,英国同学Sandra带来剑桥Fitzbillies bakery的Chelsea buns。其他同学有的带薯片、水果、有的带饮料。每人花费无几,却吃得很满足。


Chelsea buns from Fitzbillies
拥有80多年历史的Fitzbillies是剑桥有名的西果店,而他们店里最畅销的糕点是Chelsea buns,听说还通过邮购的方式销售到英国以及世界各地呢。
(剑桥大学的每个学院都有MCR,它是照顾研究生福利的学生组织)
Jul 19, 2009
再会康桥
春

夏
冬7月14日,是我搬离康桥的日子,结束在康桥短短十个月的学习生涯。离开这一天早上我还去家访从印度来的女子部员Sanjukta,中午被邀请到智利同学Soledad的家里吃中饭,下午和我的EAP导师马格烈喝茶,再到图书馆还书。回到房间已经是傍晚了,吃了晚饭才开始收拾东西。10.30pm开车离开康桥, 回到Cardiff已经是凌晨3.30am。加上7月13日交论文之前的一周,我几乎每天都是凌晨5、6点才睡觉。所以这天回到Cardiff我和文光都累坏了,然后第二天我又生病了,不过现在已经好多了。
老实说,虽然在康桥度过了春、夏、秋、冬四个季节,但是日子都过得很紧张,压力大。在交论文之前根本没有余裕去感受快要离别的伤感。不过我知道当我离开康桥后,我一定会很思念她的,而我一定也会再度到访这美丽的小镇。
PS: 我还有许多在剑桥拍的照片,接下来会陆陆续续挂上来。
Jul 15, 2009
感谢
终于把论文给交上去了。文光问我交了论文有什么感想,我最大的感受是gratefulness。首先要感谢的是我的导师安德丽,谢谢她细心的指导、督促和鼓励,还有第一学段的导师迈克埃文。非常感谢Research in Second Language Education的同学,你们的陪伴,让我在剑桥的读书生涯更加温馨。感谢Cambridge Commonwealth Trust提供奖学金。感谢柯老师、张老师替我写推荐函。如果没有新加坡学校的支持,我也就不可能完成这项计划,非常感谢校长和各位老师的合作。还有,以前教育学院里的老师和同学们,总是在我需要的时候给我帮助和鼓励。当然最大的功劳是我的家人,尤其是文光,他们的爱和鼓励不断支持着我。最后,我要感谢恩师池田大作博士,是他指导和激励,让我有勇气克服一切挑战,去追求我的理想。
In life when we feel we have reached a limit,
that is when the true battle begins.
Just when you despair and think
it is impossible to go any further,
will you become apathetic,
or will you say it's not over
and stand up with an unyielding spirit?
The battle is decided by this single determination.
that is when the true battle begins.
Just when you despair and think
it is impossible to go any further,
will you become apathetic,
or will you say it's not over
and stand up with an unyielding spirit?
The battle is decided by this single determination.
~ Daisaku Ikeda
Jul 9, 2009
清粥小菜
May 26, 2009
May 19, 2009
再谈吃药
I can't believe it, the infection came back again last night! Iphoned the GP this morning, and they told me that the clinic was fully booked and there is no free time slot that the doctor can see me. But they said they will get a nurse practitioner to phone me back soon. This is the system in UK. You have to register with a GP before you can see the doctor (unless you go to the hospital) and you have to phone the GP for an appointment before you can see the doctor . Not like in Singapore, you can choose to go to which ever clinic you like and you can just go to the clinic if you are sick, and you can even go to two clinics if you like to seek for second opinion.
The nurse practitioner phoned me 10 mins later. She asked me what happened and she asked me to go the clinic to see her at 12.20, so I went. Because I had been taking antibiotic (which apparently does not kill all the bacteria), she is not sure whether she should give me another antibiotic. So she went to consult the doctor, then she came back to tell me that she decided to give me a different type of antibiotic. After she printed the medicine chit, she brought it to the doctor for signature before giving it to me. She said she is not the doctor and she is not authorised to sign the medicine chit. So, I was treated by the nurse but not the doctor. With the medicine chit, I went to a pharmacy nearby to buy the medicine. In UK, the clinics do not sell medicine. They only give you medicine chit and patients have to go to pharmacy to buy medicine themselves.
So far, these are the antibiotics I have taken:
Midecamycin 200mg - 15 cap for 5 days
Augmentin 625mg - 21 tables for 7 days
Macrodantin 50mg - 30 tables for 7 days
I learnt that it is important to keep track what antibiotics I take, so that next time, I can tell the doctor which antibiotics work or do not work for me.
The nurse practitioner phoned me 10 mins later. She asked me what happened and she asked me to go the clinic to see her at 12.20, so I went. Because I had been taking antibiotic (which apparently does not kill all the bacteria), she is not sure whether she should give me another antibiotic. So she went to consult the doctor, then she came back to tell me that she decided to give me a different type of antibiotic. After she printed the medicine chit, she brought it to the doctor for signature before giving it to me. She said she is not the doctor and she is not authorised to sign the medicine chit. So, I was treated by the nurse but not the doctor. With the medicine chit, I went to a pharmacy nearby to buy the medicine. In UK, the clinics do not sell medicine. They only give you medicine chit and patients have to go to pharmacy to buy medicine themselves.
So far, these are the antibiotics I have taken:
Midecamycin 200mg - 15 cap for 5 days
Augmentin 625mg - 21 tables for 7 days
Macrodantin 50mg - 30 tables for 7 days
I learnt that it is important to keep track what antibiotics I take, so that next time, I can tell the doctor which antibiotics work or do not work for me.
May 16, 2009
谈吃药
我乖乖地吃了这款抗生素一个星期。念医科的屋友AK说这是很强(也很贵)的抗生素。我飞回英国前吃的抗生素只有250mg,而这款抗生素却有625mg!在英格兰,到药房看医生无需付费,但是医生只给药单,病人去pharmacy拿药时就得付药钱。但是我是在医院拿药,所以无需付费。AK还说这药很强,会同时杀死肠胃里坏的和好的病菌,尤其对老年人不太适合用这款药。
还记得护士把药交给我的时候,我问他这药应该在饭前或饭后吃,他说饭前或饭后都可以。在新加坡,药物上通常会标示药应该是在饭前或饭后服用。如果没有特别标示,我习惯在饭后吃药,总觉得这样药物才不会对胃造成伤害。后来,我看了附在药盒里的information for patients and carers, 才发现原来这药应该是在饭前吃的,这样就能够避免产生腹泻的副作用。我这才知道原来前一天腹泻和吃这药有关。于是我改在饭前吃药,就再没有腹泻的情况出现了。虽然这看起来是小事一桩,但是我觉得医务人员不应该忽略这些讯息。还好,我及时读到有关的讯息,要不然,吃这药一个星期,不就得腹泻一个星期?!还有,我也学习到,吃药应该遵照指示,不应该擅自决定。
May 13, 2009
Feeling better
虽然还在服用抗生素,但是感觉身体好多了。至少现在比较有胃口吃东西,而且不像之前那样老想躺在床上休息。回来剑桥已经一个星期了,什么东西都还没做到呢。时间不多,得好好加油了!
Apr 23, 2009
期望
有时她很怕你对她的称赞
以及过高的期望
因为这样的称赞
让她觉得
她应该什么都要会
应该什么都要懂
也不能犯错
因为那样会让你觉得惊讶
惊讶她原来
并不符合你所期望的那样
其实
她只是一个一般的学生
不是一个什么都懂
什么都会的学生
请允许她经历
一般学生
都必须经历的学习过程
包括从错误中学习
以及过高的期望
因为这样的称赞
让她觉得
她应该什么都要会
应该什么都要懂
也不能犯错
因为那样会让你觉得惊讶
惊讶她原来
并不符合你所期望的那样
其实
她只是一个一般的学生
不是一个什么都懂
什么都会的学生
请允许她经历
一般学生
都必须经历的学习过程
包括从错误中学习
Apr 16, 2009
过程
有些事情
如果你从来没做过
或从来没有经历过
也没有人告诉过你
你是不会知道的
即使进入了著名的学府
你还是得经历过
或由有经验的人告诉你
你才会知道
这是一个学习的过程
一个必须经历的学习过程
没有什么好值得惊讶的
如果你从来没做过
或从来没有经历过
也没有人告诉过你
你是不会知道的
即使进入了著名的学府
你还是得经历过
或由有经验的人告诉你
你才会知道
这是一个学习的过程
一个必须经历的学习过程
没有什么好值得惊讶的
Apr 6, 2009
Mar 13, 2009
学期末感言
时间过得好快!转眼第二个学段已经结束了。昨天交上了作业后,几个同学到系附近的意大利咖啡馆聊天。最近系里让学生给导师做回馈,所以我们聊的都是有关导师的事。说起来,我是蛮幸运的,因为我的两个导师都很好。
温文尔雅的迈克是我第一学段的导师。迈克是我们课程负责老师,所以他很忙。不过他做事说话总是不徐不急。还有他说话很小声,上他的课必须竖起耳朵听。他让我想起以前教育学院里一位很腼腆的老师,他很少和我们多说一句话,也不会主动和我们打招呼。记得第一次supervision时,迈克让我把作业的大纲列出和他讨论,结果我竟然把题目理解错了,当时我觉得自己好笨。Although I made a stupid mistake, 但是迈克完全没有让我感觉到他在judge我。他只是很有耐心地向我解释,并指导我应该如何approach该题目。虽然我还是必须自己去阅读去理解那些难懂的理论,但是至少我有个方向。还有迈克从来不给我时限交上我的稿,我什么时候写完,就什么时候交给他帮我看;也就是说我来不来得及按时完成我的作业,那完全是我自己的责任,他是不会给我压力的。
年轻美丽又活泼的安德丽是我这学段的导师。来自地中海塞浦路斯的安德丽有南欧人的热情。她和迈克的性格和指导风格迥然不同。上安德丽的课是一种享受,因为她总是全情投入,对她所讲的课题充满热诚。她很关心学生,完全把学生当做朋友,对自己或学生的服装、首饰、发型、家人、周末做些什么、假期去了那里等等都无所不谈。不过安德丽对她所指导的学生是非常严格的,她往往给学生很短的期限根据她的要求完成作业,所以给学生很大的压力。有一回因为我对某个理论的概念不清楚,没有按时完成她的要求,结果被她狠狠地训了一顿,当时我心里觉得好委屈。不过后来她还是给我很大的鼓励。在她严格的指导下,我还是第一次在作业期限之前一个星期就几乎完成了我的作业,真的很谢谢她。她将继续在第三学指导我写论文。
回想起去年开学时我觉得一切都好困难。那天和迈克谈起我去年学习的经历,他说:"It was a steep learning curve for you." 我觉得他说的真好。此外,如果没有这些导师和同学们的支持和鼓励,我很难想象自己能顺利完成两个学段的作业,以及接下来的论文。在这学期结束的当儿,我心里是充满的感激的。
回想起去年开学时我觉得一切都好困难。那天和迈克谈起我去年学习的经历,他说:"It was a steep learning curve for you." 我觉得他说的真好。此外,如果没有这些导师和同学们的支持和鼓励,我很难想象自己能顺利完成两个学段的作业,以及接下来的论文。在这学期结束的当儿,我心里是充满的感激的。
Mar 8, 2009
Mar 4, 2009
Hang on there
you can only hold on to the belief that
your full potential will review
when you push yourself to the limits.
Feb 26, 2009
Cyber Corridor
Let me introduce to you our new Cyber Corridor in Cambridge.


The internet connection has some problem in the house since last Saturday, and it will not be fixed for the next 2 weeks!!! (This is how efficient they are!) It is hard to live without the internet nowadays. So, we can only sit along the corridor, open the window and borrow the wireless network from our neighbour. How pathetic!
Dec 11, 2008
Feast again
交了作业,假期跟着开始,大家也从紧绷的心情释放出来。看,大家笑得多灿烂啊!
上个星期天傍晚,同学们约好到我家来聚餐,交换烹饪心得。
海燕向你强烈推荐Mai的okonomiyaki。 经过Mai 的示范,我现在会做okonomiyaki了。如果你有兴趣,穷学生懒人网站也有okonomiyaki的食谱。
这是海燕准备的麻辣火锅,用的是从中国带来的“小肥羊”火锅汤料,吃起来还真是挺辣的。
最右边的碗盛的是根据柯老师的食谱做的咸饭。Mai很喜欢,还跟我要食谱呢。
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鸡爸爸则带着另一只小鸡游到河的另一边玩耍。







这是日本同学Mai做的培根okonomiyaki (大阪烧也叫广岛烧)。



