Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

Disambiguate

I came across the word disambiguate while studying for the Coursera Technical Writing course. This topic piqued my interest and has become one of my passion (or curiosity) projects.

When course instructor Elena Bazanova mentioned “disambiguating” by “studying complicated things and then explaining them clearly,” that struck a chord with me. […]

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Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice . Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice .

Så mycket bättre

I have started watching TV after moving to Sweden, and there’s a reason for that. I have not touched the TV for almost my entire adult life but made an exception this time for the sake of my Swedish language learning. I have identified three TV programs for this purpose: Nyhetsmorgon, Bonde söker fru, and Så mycket bättre.

One particular episode in Så mycket bättre that stood out to me is the latest one with Gustaf Norén role-playing as a music teacher. […]

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Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice . Foreign Languages, 2021 Alice .

Svenska för invandrare (sfi)

In my previous post I mentioned about submitting an application to join the Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) program. It’s a municipal-sponsored program offered free-of-charge to residents of Sweden. In my case, it’s covered under the Jönköpings kommun.

I attended the first class on Monday, 25 October. […]

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Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

It’s All in the Details

I’ve been following Bill Shander’s Data Visualization: A Lesson and Listen Series on LinkedIn Learning, and it’s one of my favorite courses on the platform for data visualization.

In this post, I want to highlight one simple process Shander mentioned that could help make big decisions about designing a data visualization: W-A-R-T. […]

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Books, 2021 Alice . Books, 2021 Alice .

THE GAP AND THE GAIN

Today is the day! I’ve been waiting in anticipation for the release of THE GAP AND THE GAIN by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and his co-author Dan Sullivan. And I’ve been waiting for this moment to publish my post.

I’ve read the book twice (yes, twice!) and GAIN so much from it. I’ve satisfied my curiosity and made notes about a lot of questions in my mind as I tackled the book. […]

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Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

Month 1 in Sweden: My shipment has arrived!

After carefully curating and donating hundreds of my books to the National Library in Singapore, I was left with 18 boxes that eventually left on a cargo ship to sail across the ocean to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In those 18 boxes were almost 1,000 books and magazines, including stationery and art supplies.

From Rotterdam, they made their way to Huskvarna, Sweden, and arrived safely on 16 September on a drizzling Thursday night, exactly one month after departing from Singapore. It was 20:12 when I received the text message from Stefan from Drent informing they’re here. […]

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