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Kató Lomb
A few days ago, I received my order of Alex Rawlings’ book, HOW TO SPEAK ANY LANGUAGE FLUENTLY. I’m now on page 84 and Kató Lomb was mentioned in the introduction, so I started to research more about her. She was a Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world.… — read more
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How to Speak Any Language Fluently
HOW TO SPEAK ANY LANGUAGE FLUENTLY by Alex Rawlings arrived in the mail today. I’m super excited and I’m placing this bright yellow book alongside my other language books.I first found out about Alex from Olly Richards’ podcast series, I Will Teach You A Language. — read more
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New Notebooks
I have been using the Five Star spiral notebooks (sheet size: 8-1/2″ x 11″) for over a week now and I’m loving it. The paper is lightweight but the quality is good. Ink doesn’t bleed through the paper even when I use my Tombow brush pens and Pilot drawing pens. — read more
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Which to Choose?
When I saw this post by Itchy Feet on Twitter, I was like, oh gosh, that is so what I’m getting when I tell people I’m learning Swedish. — read more
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Mapping Experiences
As a program manager, I’m obsessed with two things: thinking and processes. And then I found this book, MAPPING EXPERIENCES, by Jim Kalbach. This book is about possibilities and I’m super excited how it’ll help me expand my thinking. — read more
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Spring fort, Pytte!
Today I finished reading SPRING FORT, PYTTE! by Ingrid Flygare. Three days ago, I was reading DU ÄR BÄST, PYTTE! also by the same author. Both books were borrowed from the Huskvarna bibliotek. SPRING FORT, PYTTE! (Run fast, Pytte!) is a story about being the smallest of the lot and overcoming fear. Pytte is a… — read more
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Du är bäst, Pytte!
I’ve just finished reading DU ÄR BÄST, PYTTE! by Ingrid Flygare. It’s a fun children’s book I borrowed from the Huskvarna bibliotek. I read it twice. DU ÄR BÄST, PYTTE! (You’re the best, Pytte!) is a story about not losing courage even if you do not succeed in the beginning. Everybody is talented in their… — read more
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PMI Sweden Chapter
I joined the PMI Sweden Chapter today! I’m also currently a member of the Malaysia and Singapore Chapters. I think joining the Chapter is a great way to keep myself up-to-date with materials relevant to my work AND improve the mastery of my Swedish language. — read more
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Swedex Exam: An Update
Today’s the day! I sat for my Swedex A2 test. On hindsight…Short-circuiting the timeline to proficiency to sit for an exam may not be the wisest thing to do. It certainly was brave of me and I was being a bit of a daredevil, but so too is the higher probability of fail rate. — read more
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Swedex Exam
Sometime in August this year, I mentioned my plan to sit for the A2 certification by Swedex a year from now (in 2018). Well, there’s been a slight change of plan—I’ll be sitting for it in a few days’ time on 19 December! My rather last minute exam application to the Folkuniversitetet in Jönköping, Sweden… — read more