Is distance really such a bad thing?
I can't concentrate on my studying for tomorrow's phonetics exam at all...
Been preoccupied at the thought of the next two semesters and how tough they will be. And thinking of ways in which to minimise my workload. I was thinking of staying here over the summer holidays (in Australia, this is late November - February) and completing one philosophy course while working here instead of going back to Thailand at the end of the year. That way, in my final semester of my undergrad, I'll only have three subjects left, instead of four!
And then another thing... honours is only a year, and it's possible to do one semester overseas. I've been thinking of NUS in Singapore or Monash Malaysia (because I want to study Malay languages - a consequence of my interest in the Southern Thai conflict), for one possible path in life... Or else, going to Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain or Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile and doing part of my degree in Spanish (and possibly aim at a UN career?)...
Anyhow, of all those, I've managed to find a department of linguistics that looks approvable for honours-level studies in NUS and in PUC
But ... that means I'll be far away, and I don't want history repeating itself. So I suppose sticking in the South-East Asia region would really be the best. How ah? I can't be in two places at the same time!
**This plan has been edited on 18 June, 2006, following a revision of the plan, and knowledge of earlier graduation**... and again on the 22nd, after discovering that some units are compulsory and clash with others...
The plan - Undergrad:
Winter holiday, 2006
Semester 2, 2006
Summer, 2006-7
The plan - Honours
Semester 1, 2007
Semester 2, 2007
Been preoccupied at the thought of the next two semesters and how tough they will be. And thinking of ways in which to minimise my workload. I was thinking of staying here over the summer holidays (in Australia, this is late November - February) and completing one philosophy course while working here instead of going back to Thailand at the end of the year. That way, in my final semester of my undergrad, I'll only have three subjects left, instead of four!
And then another thing... honours is only a year, and it's possible to do one semester overseas. I've been thinking of NUS in Singapore or Monash Malaysia (because I want to study Malay languages - a consequence of my interest in the Southern Thai conflict), for one possible path in life... Or else, going to Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain or Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile and doing part of my degree in Spanish (and possibly aim at a UN career?)...
Anyhow, of all those, I've managed to find a department of linguistics that looks approvable for honours-level studies in NUS and in PUC
But ... that means I'll be far away, and I don't want history repeating itself. So I suppose sticking in the South-East Asia region would really be the best. How ah? I can't be in two places at the same time!
**This plan has been edited on 18 June, 2006, following a revision of the plan, and knowledge of earlier graduation**... and again on the 22nd, after discovering that some units are compulsory and clash with others...
The plan - Undergrad:
Winter holiday, 2006
Australian Linguistics Institute - course worth 12 credit points, or two units!
Semester 2, 2006
Second Language Acquisition and Attrition
Aboriginal Languages of Australia
Res Cognitans: Descartes on Mind and Knowledge
Political Philosophy
Summer, 2006-7
Science, Happiness and Death in Stoic and Epicurean Philosophy
Space, Time and Deity: themes from Leibniz and Hume
The plan - Honours
Semester 1, 2007
Linguistics Study Abroad Program
Semester 2, 2007
Minor Thesis (16,000 words!!)