Study Diary || 19th Of August 2024

study diary || 19th of August 2024

Languages: - Revised all of Russian A1 Grammar - Watched Hannibal in the Spanish Dub - Daily Spanish/French immersion

Academics: - Did some readings on the Kuhn vs Popper debate

Others: - Planning a future Translation Studies reading list

Currently reading: Babel - R. F. Kuang

“Night Mare “ by Miles Cleveland Goodwin.

Extra post cause I'm learning Latin and I'm obsessed with translation at the moment. Languages are a big interest of mine, and as I'm planning on studying ancient religion for my postgraduate degree, Latin seemed like a great choice.

(For anyone interested, the text comes from 'Reading Latin: Text and Vocabulary' by Jones and Sidwell. Highly recommend if you need translation practice and want to build your vocabulary, but would need a grammar accompliment if you're a beginner or don't have a basic grasp of Latin sentence structure, cases and basic vocab).

If anyone else is learning Latin pls let me know, I'd love to talk to others learning cause it's not the most popular language, probs because it's dead lmao.

Huge day for Conservation enthusiasts!!

Walking with the Wind, Abbas Kiarostami (translated by Michael Beard)

[29/7/24] I thought I had a good work-life balance by not posting on weekends, but here I am in my office at 10pm. I felt quite cornered at home so I just headed back to my desk in the physics building to atleast feel productive. Caught a great sunset on the way though!

W I took: I got VSCode configured right for LaTeX finally. L I took: I don't see how the hypothetical particle I've been looking at would change the observable in a meaningful way. I tried a whole BUNCH of coupling constants and masses at various energies. Am I just stupid, or is it really not a viable direction?

I'm thinking of doing the 100 days of productivity challenge because the end of summer is really near and I NEED to do grad app stuff (I've been putting it off because I'm scared.)