may 10 2013 ∞
may 10 2013 +
feb 12 2013 ∞
may 24 2013 +
- tower bridge (usa basketball shot, I recommend you line up on the south side of the River Thames, and over by their City Hall (another great building to shoot). There is a wide pedestrian walkway there)
- tower of london
- trafalgar square (frolic in fountains, a lion)
- bank of england/royal exchange facade
- brick lane market
- piccadilly circus
- westminster bridge (big ben shot)
mar 12 2013 ∞
mar 12 2013 +
- ✔ the philadelphia story (1940, George Cukor)
- ✔ the awful truth (1937, Leo McCarey)
- ✔ his girl friday (1940, Howard Hawks)
- my favorite wife
- ✔ it happened one night (1934, Frank Capra)
- bringing up baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
- my man godfrey (1936, Gregory La Cava)
- ✔ holiday (1938, George Cukor)
feb 21 2013 ∞
feb 28 2013 +
- the lady eve (1941)
- ✔ holiday (1930)
- my man godfrey (1936)
- it happened one night (1934)
- interestingly, i will be looking across genre rather than across auteur. so will be considering andrew's claims of shared genre/narrative commentary in the enabling nature of 'convention'.
feb 21 2013 ∞
feb 21 2013 +
procrastination
- reply to all emails quickly, send osca emails quickly (all i need to do is construct a timeline to avoid all doubt. timeline must include 'follow up with people who haven't replied' x2 or x3 plus they must all be entered into google calendar, then im fine)
- do my coursework plus revision as efficiently as possible. (coursework: set up timeline, work for certain number of hours a day, set deadlines and force myself to stay up late to push myself to complete them with a sense of urgency, do things early so that i dont get the deadline freeze complex)
- reread the procrastination module every day.
soc 201
- meet people in london and see what happen...
mar 1 2013 ∞
mar 1 2013 +
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blo... before camp
- it would be awesome/weird to couchsurf beforehand haha. otherwise arrive with all.
during camp
after camp
- Five days travelling with everyone. Four carried on travelling down through China to Hong Kong via night train (to Xi’An); plane (to Guilin); coach (Yangshuo and Xingping), and night bus (to HK). In terms of cost, flights were about £90, night trains/buses were £20 – 40, and hostels (which were amazing!) were about £3 – 5 per night – HK is much more expensive and largely comparable to London (August 2012 prices).
- from hk/beijing, go to shanghai
feb 16 2013 ∞
may 2 2013 +
- The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande, on creating systems because willpower is a limited resource
- E-Myth by Michael Gerber - on systems
- Switch by Chip Heath - on the psychology and frame of mind behind getting yourself to do things and making systems
- http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/200... -- allowing a few hitches to happen in order to make an overall good system
- Why We Buy - Paco Underhill - just as shoppers psychologically need space, so too do conversations (DJ elite).
- unwasted my lush sobriety - this sounds very good. about growing up and becoming yourself now that there's no drink.
- how to marry the man of yo choice
- The Art of Civilized Conversation
feb 12 2013 ∞
mar 5 2013 +
writers
clients (in word doc)
feb 11 2013 ∞
feb 11 2013 +
- STORY TOOLBOX for everything is crucial for any attempts at conversation. e.g. 'the blue sky day' story. i am introverted, think before i speak, so i gotta rehearse.
- gotta keep reading '90 tips'. i do keep learning useful tips.
- http://lifehacker.com/5953703/how-to-be-...
feb 11 2013 ∞
feb 19 2013 +
- clients - i dont understand who his clients were and how he found them. business people that he just advertised for? people he met at school? just advertised in particular placeS? if in beijing or shanghai, give me names so i can google them. e.g. are they beginners, experts, need brushing up, what do they need? so what was your "ideal client profile", what was going on in their head and what do they need?
- bit of politically incorrect question, im obviously not caucasian, my family's from the indian subcontinent but otoh i was born and raised in london and went to oxford, what are your immediate thoughts about what effect that might have on my service offering?
- what research did you do to get into their heads?
- clients - what did your clients want? maybe describe the profile of your client to...
feb 8 2013 ∞
feb 9 2013 +
- buy as much polyester as possible as it doesn't wrinkle and dries faster. on the other hand cotton is super soft and comforting, and more comfortable. but don't buy large quantities of cotton. just the occasional nice piece (in white?) i think it's easier to wash stains out of cotton too, so light colour are allowed.
- buy darker colours wherever you can as lighter colours show stains horribly (e.g. my pink skirt). e.g. i adore white for summer but buy it in top form as it's my bottoms that tend to get stained? (e.g. i spilled food on my leg a lot, thanks chopsticks). dont buy anything light coloured and polyester as it shows stains so easily.
- reforming: i'd love to crop my green skirt to be much shorter as i love the colour and cut, also cut my primark flower dress into a skirt as the top doesn't fit.
feb 7 2013 ∞
feb 7 2013 +
- "Trip enjoyment is inversely proportionate to the amount of crap (re: distractions) you bring with you."
- make a list before you pack so that you don't put extra things
- Free Baggage Allowance(including checked baggage,hand-carry baggage and free articles taken by passengers)is 15 kg. Carry-on baggage The size of the articles taken by passengers should be smaller than 20 *30 * 40 cm and its total weight should be less than 5 kg. The weight of carry-on baggage is calculated as part of your total baggage allowance.
- put as much as possible (e.g. phone) in pockets to avoid weighing down hand luggage. which also means taking something (jacket?) with pockets!
- put in a week's minimum clothing and resolve to buy the rest (asking rosalie if there is cheap shopping in beijing, im sure...
feb 5 2013 ∞
feb 16 2013 +
- 2ne1 i hate you
- 2ne1 iatb
- bb fantastic baby
- snsd dq
- miss a dont need a namja
- everything off kanye's cruel summer
- kanye goldigger, all falls down, mercy, jesus walks, ndskkj in paris, homecoming, heard em say, stronger, all of the lights, THROUGH THE WIRE,
feb 2 2013 ∞
feb 2 2013 +
- clothes - a nice jumper for e.g. (ask them what they need)
- BOOKS (esp for nadia)
- lip balm, makeup, etc
- pencil cases
- a day out + lunch?
- coupons 'one free haircut on demand, one hug, one get out of argument free card'
- acne cream lol
- nivea, palmers, etc
- a book (blackwells card)
- clothes or a coupon
- makeup/regenerist for mother
- cinema ticket
jan 30 2013 ∞
feb 7 2013 +
- go through dj as a system for 8 weeks.
- improving social skills:
- (1) Go ask your most honest friends to give you a frank assessment of how you could improve socially. (2) Get a social mentor who can watch you and give you ongoing feedback. (3) Watch movies and study socially skilled people to see how you can improve. I'll give you more advice later, but this will take you several months to do.
jan 21 2013 ∞
jan 21 2013 +
- paper 4 (marlowe, SIDNEY, spenser/donne)
- paper 5 (miltonhutchinson, behn, defoe)
- paper 6 (austen, edgeworth, sterne)
- paper 3a (chaucer, morte darthur, )
- paper 3b (chaucer, gawain)
jan 13 2013 ∞
jan 13 2013 +
- keep up with timings for term work
- don't fall out with any friends
- eat everyday and don't get sick
- get some of my vacation revision done over term
- talk to people on ok
- do dj for teaching jobs and start applying
jan 13 2013 ∞
jan 13 2013 +
other resources
12 basic poses
12 things to copy
- 'pencil sketching techniques' shapes
- lile's PoT drawing
- nheira's two people drawing
dec 10 2012 ∞
dec 12 2012 +
dec 11 2012 ∞
dec 11 2012 +
- secondhang book shopping along charing cross road *w*
- ✔ theatreland wander around the west end, haymarket soho area like colleen
- ✔ covent garden for shopping and reindeer petting
- ✔ a lights walk - the best place for lights - oxford street, regent street, tottenham court road, then coming up to bond street, down south molton lane and "New Bond Street, Oxford street, Davis Street and Grosvenor Street. The Lanes encompass such iconic names as South Molton Street and Brook Street as well as Lancashire Court and Avery Row." in mayfair look great.
- ✔ fortnum & mason
- ✔ trafalgar square to see the tree
- HAMLEYS
- ✔ HARRODS
- LEADENHALL MARKET (where diagon alley was filmed!!!)
dec 4 2012 ∞
jan 26 2013 +
- I lost 70 lbs in college, which seems like a bigger deal that it is. First, I started hanging out with a bunch of gym buffs, then, after making enough connections, I got a job at the campus gym. Next thing I knew, I was inundated with health advice and I was following it all, checking calories, carbs, reading the books. / They say you will earn an average of what your peers earn and I have seen first hand that this concept bleeds into almost any area of your life. / Birds of a feather flock together. Do not brown nose, but actually befriend people that are like what you want and you will see things happen.
- "If I keep going it alone, that means that I have to figure out everything myself. Maybe there are strategies that top performers know work, or know that they don't work. I'd either be missing out, or following a waste of time/energy/resources. I...
nov 5 2012 ∞
nov 6 2012 +
- shelter (fics from shaun's pov)
- 'paper monsters' - xmen 1st class fic
oct 30 2012 ∞
oct 30 2012 +
work
- a shakespeare essay + shakespeare reading
- dickens reading
- revision for romantics
- film studies reading
priority
- John Gibbs Mise-en-Scène: Film Style and Interpretation (especially first three chapters)
- some dickens books - cambridge dickens, dickens books
- some shakespeare - cambridge shakespeare
also
- V.F. Perkins Film as Film
- George M. Wilson Narration in Light: Studies in Cinematic Point of View
- Stanley Cavell Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
sep 5 2012 ∞
sep 12 2012 +
books
- henry chips channon's hilariously assish political diaries
- The literature: a historical anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall
films
oct 7 2012 ∞
jan 12 2013 +
- get conversation skills
- read the great, great books from amazon on public speaking (blackwells maybe?)
- compile social skills advice off ramit. e.g. "If you go into a bar or whatever, and you see someone and you're like—please go out with me, I'm desperate for the touch of a woman. You know, they are like, that’s ridiculous, you sound like a loser, but if I'm just like confident, calm, make a couple jokes, and I know that I have options, that’s very attractive."
- watch news anchors to get used to what they do
- you get skills through behavioural change. so legit just talk to more people mate....
feb 6 2012 ∞
feb 10 2012 +
the week
- wednesday - write, buy some canvases, catalogue clothes and decide what i need to buy (and where i can buy it, and how much i can spend), buy a train ticket
- thursday - go to sorcha's, volunteer orientation sessionin the morning (and potentially bleach and hair dye)
- friday - get returning RI and f21 stuff at wfield out of the way, then go shopping for essentials like shorts, casual flats, etc
- saturday - okinawa day
summer
- WRITE! :---) and dload or buy community dvd
- sort out money - get my ibb details and visit them to transfer the cash to co-op, then transfer all of that to mum + an aa isa
jun 14 2012 ∞
jun 27 2012 +
- going to scotland :-)
- the fic i wrote before which got sweet comments. the old kpop stuff and the long nba one that took me months haha.
stuff i would like to accomplish soon
jun 6 2012 ∞
jun 21 2012 +
- might be nice to work at a journal or another publishing place (or a newspaper?) over the winter? - email granta etc before october is out
- also get something published :-) student mag or otherwise
- screenwriting!!
oct 23 2012 ∞
oct 28 2012 +
what do i want to do in japan
- spend some time in tokyo wandering around shopping + exploring
- potentially spend a week (or two) using the JR rail pass. i'd spend a bit in kyoto exploring, bits of northern japan which have old towns and villages, hiroshima and day trips out of there. :-)
may 9 2012 ∞
may 9 2012 +
- what do we look for in a trainee?
- communication skills since it's a people business, wider business interest since thats the work trainees will get, day-to-day ability to handle work, willingness to stay on and work hard, attention to detail so if you're given a huge document you know that they can get it done, reliability because if you have to go over a trainee's work every time then the trainee may as well not be there, willingness to take on responsibility early, since as a trainee you're sort of shielded from clients but at the same time you want people who will be able to handle that level of responsibility say when they qualify, and a personality since you have to work with them for long hours all the time.
- how was osca relevant to law (can anyone do it regardless of crb)?
mar 17 2012 ∞
mar 17 2012 +
asia
- china - shanghai, beijing
- japan - tokyo
- korea - seoul
other places in asia
- cambodia
- chiang mai, thailand
- maldives
- goa, india
- phillippines
- hong kong 2.0
- vietnam (i could just wander around vietnam for ages)
- katmandu, nepal
- taj mahal, india
europe
- russia - moscow
- austria - vienna/small towns
- hungary - budapest
dec 21 2011 ∞
jan 25 2013 +
- deep research and testing on japan scholarships, other language scholarships, JET, MEXT, etc for practice and for knowledge, and for what people do after.
- looking at how to get work experience to overcome the "underqualified" barrier? "functional skills".
- meeting daiwa and related ppl for insights. e.g. mext people on what they go on to do so i can craft my approach.
- craft the narrative, the approach. "I'm the lawyer who can bring legal work from Japan to the UK." (international DR work w...
mar 19 2012 ∞
mar 19 2012 +
this week
- ultimate preparation for this hs interview as an exercise in in the possibilities of DJ.
- ✔ meet/contact slaughters and hs ppl (daiwa next week).
- write a pleading email to bart convincing him that it would be ridiculous not to let me skip 1 meeting and timetable a collection to saturday in order to allow me to finish my super important internship.
- ✔ catch up dj.
- ✔ write 5k, approx 2 stories, for LL.
- dye my hair.
- find a copy of a japan lonely planet + read paddy's LP guide.
jobs
- look up hedge funds to possibly app to.
- interview for hs well
- contact and meet sm ppl to discuss slaugh...
jan 13 2012 ∞
mar 15 2012 +
- morag - will be back in uk on tues 28th, wants my number so she can call me, her number is 02070672107
- Thanks for letting me know. I definitely would love to find out about your experience at Herbert Smith as I'm of course still in the process of choosing between firms. My mobile number's 07888097382 and I'm totally happy to meet post-Tuesday when you're back in the US. Hope you're enjoying your stay, and I look forward to seeing you.
- aimee-jane - so sweet! busy til 8 march, my interview on 12 march.
- Thanks so much for getting back to me. My HS interview's on Monday 12 March so I'm sure we could squeeze something in before then but after you've been freed up. Perhaps on Friday 8 March? A bite to eat wo...
feb 24 2012 ∞
feb 24 2012 +
List of things to do before meetups • reply before the end of the day • pay for law soc lol • look at when i can afford to come down – Simon is free on the 27th, whereas Aimee-Jane is not free til the 8th. my assessment is on the 12th and term ends around thurs 8 or fr 9 so i could just leave term early (we’ll have to see what the schedule is for 8th week. but i could leave of Thursday.) both of which would save me travel monays. hurrah. • what to say: DJ will help with this, so don’t sweat and just make the appointments :3 xoxo
feb 23 2012 ∞
feb 23 2012 +
- mental barriers
- being cagey about my own weirdness.
- not being confident in front of more successful people.
- the 'what if i were perfect' technique.
- dream job title - what you do
- the fifteen minute research tool to see what kind of things these people actually spend all day doing.
- chelsea socialite (mic)? parties, evenings, spas, beach holidays. they talk about relationships, men, clothes, flirting, gossip, organising dinners, spa dates, drinks, holidays, parties, balls, make small talk, and spend loads of money. socialise loads.
- beer drinking bar joker (himym)? go to the bar, make jokes, go everywhere for each other, watch star wars, pick up women, f...
may 28 2012 ∞
may 28 2012 +
events
- lang lang dinner
- london club night
- guest night
- scholars dinner
- law soc ball
- faculty dinner
- various club nights
- paris social weekend
- magdalen ball
in need of
- formal old lady clothes that can be worn at formal dining events like longsleeve or pussy bow blair waldorf type things in bright colours worn with pearls and shit. colours: white, red, orange, blue. (efd, lang lang dine, scholars dine)
- standard formal dress that is modest but interesting that can be broken out last minute, like a mesh little white dress. (g...
feb 13 2012 ∞
mar 1 2012 +
- paper 3 and 1
- Finally, the introductory Paper 1 (English Language) classes will also be at 4pm on Tuesdays, in weeks 5 to 8. For the most part we will be using the same room, except in 7th week when it’s unavailable and we’ll be using 14.1 instead. I’ll do my best to remind you of that the week before!
jan 17 2012 ∞
feb 3 2012 +
- my basic metabolic rate is 1288 cal (655 + (9.6 * 48) + (1.7 x 154) - (4.7 * 19)). including activity it is 1803 cal. so i need to eat circa 1400 a day.
- eat veg and protein and only starch if you exercise (no more bread then..)
- because i have 10lbs of fat i can sustain a 300 cal deficit per day.
- food: lean sirloin beef, chicken breasts, turkey sausage, salmon fillets, eggs, lots of sauces and veggies
- foods ive bought that worked: chinese veggies, poppy seed bread (99 cal each), eggs, barbeque sauce, thai chilli sauce, porride oats, splenda, veggie soup.
- foods i want: shirataki noodles, more veggies, nicer soup (lol), more fibrous foods, stirfry sauce (big and cheap and lowcal), garlicky sauce omg i love garlic, more veggies (e.g. aubergines, courgettes, spinach, mushrooms, kale - try the frozen ...
feb 1 2012 ∞
feb 3 2012 +
- list of compentencies
- list of competency questions
- go through old cvs
- print off current CV
- stuff to locate:
- interview testimonials at all the firms i've applied to, magic circle interview testimonials, info info info
- research: as many descriptions of divisions (e.g. morgan stanley), days in the life of, etc that you can find. i also have prospectuses so look in those. i have an iphone, take photos if need be.
- pick one or two foci like asia m&a and ask about to find resources.
feb 2 2012 ∞
feb 2 2012 +
- is there a refund
- what is the structure of the course (since it will all have been revealed in minor form in the emails) and how do i ACTUALLY see myself using it: like, can i see myself putting the networking scripts to practice? can i see myself "meeting the hiring manager"? i want to look at my "steps to a tc" list and compare with what ramit claims is the actual content of DJ .
- WHEN will i do it? wednesday afternoons? how will i tailor it to my law applications? how will i know whether my job's right for me? if it's a video course, how is this different from me sitting and "figuring it out"?
- what are some of my underlying problems that the course won't address? e.g. i find it difficult to be social, i have time management problems, etc.
feb 1 2012 ∞
feb 1 2012 +
what i'm doing and how cs can help
- i am applying for vac schemes with law firms. at this stage i've filled out lots of forms. i'd like to work on the following.
- learning about law. i've taken out a book on it but need to keep up with current affairs and issues as well. i've followed things on twitter, know i should read the guardian/economist etc but am finding it difficult to stick to this. also finding out about what lawyers DO. any suggestions on preparing this material?
- i want help on networking. this ties into the above as i don't think i'd be able to have a decent conv about working in law if i know nothing about working in law - catch-22. i've made a list of oxford alumni. (do they usually get back?) i also know chloe (ff) and some people we had dinner with once whose names idk. i want to ...
jan 27 2012 ∞
jan 30 2012 +
2012
- january: apply for as many vac schemes as possible and secure as many interviews as possible.
- february: email lawyers and alumni to start preparations for next year's amazing interview cycle by getting an insight into partners, hiring managers, associates and other people assessing me, especially at the firms i want to apply to. definitely meet someone from slaugther before the vac scheme. and to decide which firms i want to prioritise. attend as many intervi...
jan 22 2012 ∞
jan 30 2012 +
- get involved in law soc, talk to loads of people
- this means turning up to all the events, so blocking off time to do that even though i have work on tuesdays
- this means getting good at approaching people with a question so that they get to know me
- this means getting good at meeting new people
- this means knowing what questions to ask
- this means knowing how to get maximum value out of said events
- get GOOD at networking
- all of the above. + learn how to ask trainees out to coffee in london.
- get KNOWLEDGABLE about law
- this means learn how to ask people for in...
jan 22 2012 ∞
jan 22 2012 +
- i am reading this essay http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/4625... and there are parts it is stable but writing it, then leaving it alone for a week and revisiting it would have made all the clunky, student-y parts really obvious.
- e.g. The peculiar phrasing, "more successful hope," indicates that, on one level, Satan now has more hope for success against God in the future, yet, on another level that he hopes that hope itself will be more successful in motivating the angels to resolve in war against God. Hope is the practical, productive force to be utilized for successfully attaining his goal of "eternal Warr/ Irreconcileable." is just a crap point and overly basic in its textual analysis and later leaps to a further description without flowing very well. there are better ways of putting this pm. it also doesn't tie into the main poin...
jan 14 2012 ∞
jan 14 2012 +
- Marlowe, Sidney, and Jonson essay
- Milton essay: "For all its theology, precisely how is Paradise Lost a poem about humans?" Texts: Paradise Lost.
- Malory essay: "‘Thou shalt promyse me by the feythe of thy body’; 'Who wyll saye the contrary I wyll preue it on his body’. Discuss Malory’s representations of bodies, combat, proof or faith." Texts: Morte Darthur
- Piers Plowman essay: ?
- Dryden essay: 2. ‘Dryden’s Neoclassical poetic theory is hostile to the free p...
dec 12 2011 ∞
jan 14 2012 +
- in a nutshell: managing time well! stop overthinking things!
- social: catching up with friends :~) + keeping up with emails and such
- academic: doing work as efficiently as possible and early as possible
- extracurric: helping out ashley and rida + carrying out our plans
- jobs: apply for vac schemes
- creating things: writing :~) get at least one short piece out there?
jan 12 2012 ∞
jan 14 2012 +
dj stuff relevant to scholarship app
- frontload the work to get everything perfect before you begin rather than mistakes in approach. lots of online research. "deep research".
- need to lots of TESTING. find smaller japan-related scholarships to apply for - over easter or summer? or offer to chat to people to talk about MEXT/JET when secretly wanting to go for daiwa?
- the "what if i were perfect" technique to deal with mental barriers
- possible interviewer bias against me: "how do you KNOW you want to do law? come back when you have work experience." in which case if i could get vac scheme in tokyo that would incredible a f. damn lol HOW THOUGH.
- own every decision you make, sometimes you have to combine what you know with your intuition and just go.
mar 15 2012 ∞
mar 15 2012 +
- little things to do: shop for work clothes, buy eyelash curler, contact IBB
- big things to do
- write law firm app (3 hours)
- write malory essay (7 hours)
- 7am - do law firm app (4 hours)
- 11am - write malory essay (7 hours)
- 6pm - read dryden book
- 9pm - litte things (1 hour)
jan 4 2012 ∞
jan 4 2012 +
- ✔ next
- ✔ asos
- ✔ debenhams
- ✔ house of fraser
- ✔ marks and spenser
- selfridges
- new look
- warehouse
- oasis
- dorothy perkins
- fcuk
dec 26 2011 ∞
dec 26 2011 +
- vac scheme applications
- return asos box (find closest store collector)
- 1a Burslem Street London E1 2LL
- Please attach the returns label to the parcel, ensuring the delivery label is not visible
- The shopkeeper will scan the parcel and give you a receipt with a unique reference code
- 0730-2000
- buy a bunch of stamps for xmas cards and expenses form
- write cards to people
dec 11 2011 ∞
dec 15 2011 +
- uk (3 working days - 2nd class stamp 36p)
- adelle - seungri/tzechar type stuff, a message, etc
- christy - hs + sen, a message, etc
- ashley - junhyung dooj etc
- rest of the world (5-7 days airmail 68p)
- seungri - gluck with college work, 2seung, ribon, history teacher, burgers, canadian things
- whiteplums - some japanese, japanese food, troublemaker
- sara - yoseob, wooyoung, gina
- laura - lietpol :-)
- i'd quite like to just send everyone a card with doodles + message inside and lots of glitter just 4 xmas cheer lol
- must have made them towards end of week + purchased necessary stamps + obtained ad...
dec 11 2011 ∞
dec 12 2011 +
life
- sleep, travel and socialise lots 16 dec - 12 jan
- dye hair __
daiwa
- finishing wrimo in preparation for newdigate, lad et al
- write some poems/shorts and submit to literary mags
- find a way to gladstone to japan
- apply to japan director of osca
work
- apply for vac schemes at my range of top 10 places
- read my set books over the next week ask kiran to take out from spgs?
- write an essay on milton
- write an essay on malory
degree
- revise for collections - marlowe sidney j...
dec 6 2011 ∞
dec 9 2011 +
- write snap! no point in delaying any further lol
- write a handful (4) of poems to submit to poetry magazines. obv more than this to choose from
- write 2 short stories (possibly converted ones)
- finish nano
dec 8 2011 ∞
dec 8 2011 +
- pop down to whitechapel library for books on japan/travel
- kiran's book
- xmas present(s)
- postcards/xmas cards + postage stamps or w/e
- HAIR DYE
dec 8 2011 ∞
dec 8 2011 +
subject
- I want to write poetry about other languages.
- I want to write translations.
- I want to write poetry about sex. Lots and lots and lots of transgressive sex. Everything goes back to sex in the end, even if it's not about sex (like the poem that won the Douglas prize the year before).
- Kiseung gaps
how to write
- I want to write poetry as if nobody else is reading.
conception of poetry
- Poetry is just language, I honestly feel that all poems are about language.
- My favourite poems are not. Like The Lammas Hireling, and the Iliad
may 12 2011 ∞
may 12 2011 +
The main key I can think of is to have an idea and a message . Every great story says something and means something. If you can pinpoint what that is, it will become easier for other things to fall into place. Then as I am planning a story, I typically outline, giving myself an idea of where I am going in the story itself but more importantly with the characters.
If you are having trouble coming up with endings, then you might want to focus on what you are trying to say and where you want your characters to go . Every good story needs to have a point near the end where the characters overcome something, realize something, or if the characters don't the reader does. Something that is critical. It is that that should be driving your story.
My usual way of writing is a little bit at a time. I write 200-300 words, mull and edit then repeat the process. It leads me writing less fic but to me, my quality is higher. On my most recent fic however,...
mar 5 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- success is the best revenge - kanye west
- nothing wrong with loving who you are. - lady gaga
- one day i want to honestly say, "i made it".
- I lived a fast life and I wanted to end it as quickly as possible, and nowadays I feel like… everyday is kind of precious to me. - daul kim
- No more running away from something or someone or myself. - daul kim
- What next? what are you excited about? i want happiness. - daul kim
- want to live a life worth writing down.
- no heartwarming stories.
- j j j j j junsu
- i'm never gonna find true love. fuck you. - jyj
- do it now! - jyj
- everyone keeps calling me gay, i'm not gay, i'm fucking homosexual.
oct 25 2011 ∞
oct 25 2011 +
- kiseung: where do i even begin? well, the fact that they're both derpy and idk, sad and dumb and qt and grabby on camera!! did i mention dumb. and grabby.
- bumping into each other at a gay club with different friends and being like omg awkwaaaaaaaaaaaaaard let's deal with it by just chillin like lollin villains
- also, just, ridiculousy kinky 'we all got it coming' type relationship.
- also, um, chubbychasing /cough
- tramps like us, obviously
- kiwoon: kikwang is like dongwoon's super clingy pretty wife i can't even ;; or, dongwoon is like kikwang's giant cuddle teddy bear i can't. even . also they have known each other, like, forever, and are the least formal around each other.
mar 27 2011 ∞
mar 27 2011 +
- would travel to japan be of help and if so what kidns of travel might be most approved e.g. cultural exploration, a work placement, etc (gladstone)
- is leadership a huge deal and how would you look on directing an osca summer camp (and should i try for japan)
- and is the interview very much about experiences such as this one
- would taking up japanese language to a beginner's standard be beneficial to demonstrate interest? would taking up another language be beneficial to showing language aptitude
- could you put me in touch with helen bentley and former alumni xoxo
- answers from daiwa:
I’ll try as best to answer your questions. There are many factors which go towards making a good applicant and applicatio...
nov 27 2011 ∞
feb 1 2012 +
short stories
- As for the short story (and I'm way over 750 words here, which is rather nice) I don't know. The last short stories I wrote were porn, pretty much, fanfics about Amber's lust for Jessica or Kikwang? Yoseob? Doojoon? someone getting fucked by Hyunseung, haha. Sadly I have had SO many more ideas for fic that I haven't been writing down. Straight after this I will open writeordie (and possibly close the door oops) and write down that idea where Doojoon enters a different dimension (and/or the future) and finds himself in bed with an older, happy Hyunseung. . . But the short story? I don't think it could be THAT (though we are allowed three entries, so why not, haha?) But the last serious short story I wrote was... I don't even know. About clouds in the sky and a boy at school. No, it was A-Level. I wrote one abo...
may 20 2011 ∞
dec 6 2011 +
- people who fascinate me: nic, nat, adelle, ashley, myself, mother, squalo, byakuya, etc
- sources of tension: not being able to write, family, etc
nov 3 2011 ∞
nov 3 2011 +
realistically, the earliest i will wake is about 3.
- mine fic for more prompts for my prompter. - a couple of picnicbird and ronsard pieces is enough for today.
- scribble out more beast tidbits. think of a story. 750words, for hekp.
- do some test sketches to see whether there's any hope of me drawing hs. prob not. dw maybe? or just anime/mizutani vers. (download that, btw.)
- i want an awesome muscly bod! i won't get super skinny at home but i bit of muscle is good. so, go for a looong walk. and google shit like yoga mats & weights on amazon etc. i
- 9pm - stuff to order off amazon, exercise stuff and a full length mirror! off ebay...
sep 15 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
- hallam was amazing and awesome and admired and then died just like that and alfred realised their lives wouldn't be together. but he remembered and mourned hallam and became successful. want to write fic where this happens and they visit his grave...
- hyunseob bdsm!!
- MIXES! (i'm gonna make you love me/you w/ rihanna's only girl)
- "that's kind of gay" "well, yes. but then again, i'm kind of gay" LOL DRUNKEN COMING OUT FIC IN MY HEAD WHYYY
- KIKWANG GETS LAID WITH A GIRL AND AFTERWARDS HYUNSEUNG EMERGES FROM THE WOODWORK AND KIKWANG SLOWLY REALISES HE WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME AAAAWWKKKWWWAAAAARD
- kikwang accidentally talking geurim on the phone, having a good convo, eventually meeting her and becoming fraands~ he finds her interesting bc she's like hyunseung...
may 17 2011 ∞
may 24 2011 +
Places to apply
- law firms (spring)
- investment banks (internships, women schemes)
- SEO for summer internships
- advertising media companies
- management consultancy
October deadline
- SEO investment (30th October)
- SEO law (30th October)
- Berwin Leighton Paisner winter 31st October
- Herbet Smith winter 31st October
November deadline
December deadline
oct 18 2011 ∞
nov 3 2011 +
goals for second year
- become the true weird you, don't hold anything back
- aim to get an internship in something
- write essays
- good time management = less internet, more photo, writing, drawing
goals for oxford overall
- to make some best friends for life who i WILL keep in touch with after i leave
- to make some good contacts & leave a good impression on a lot of people, people i can work with
- to get a first & make the degree worth it lol
sep 24 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
face
- my jaw and chin need to be smooth. if poss with cheeks too to get a triangle face haha. --> i should also lose weight to help with this. cf sooyoung, yoona, jaejoong.
- further to that, dentistry so my mouth closes properly. make my lips more of a bow shape. cf sunny, jaejoong.
- fix the skin on my face to get it even.
- fix the skin on my nose, also make the nostrils flatter and the tip straighter. cf jaejoong, hara.
other
- get it treated and less messy.
- laser eye surgery.
- laser hair surgery.
aug 28 2011 ∞
aug 28 2011 +
longfic
- mal - diplomatic relations
- mal - steel for chocolate
mediumfic
- the inception mafia fic
- the yoosu time machine fic!
drabbles
- mal - the dead crew OP fic
mar 25 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- mr simple (chorus lyrics and dance)
- run devil run
- oh
- gee
- huh
- genie
- hoot
- aaa
- soom
- fiction
- shock
- tell me
- one more time
aug 16 2011 ∞
aug 16 2011 +
classic hits
- lies
- gee
- run devil run
- one more time
- abracadabra
- aaa
- can't nobody
- mirotic
- sorry sorry
- tell me
- girls on top
- lucifer
- idk
more hits/loooooud/electro
- knockout/high high
- 10/10
- nu abo
- lupin
- huh
jun 19 2011 ∞
jun 19 2011 +
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4S7sYup_...
- 1000 calories a day = 200 for breakfast, 300 for lunch, 300 for dinner, 200 in snacks and drinks
- do a 10min workout thing when bored/before shower
- do crunches/situps to develop ab muscles :3
- drink lots of tea!
- buy a measuring tape for my tummy ^w^
may 9 2011 ∞
may 11 2011 +
- so i fell asleep. at 10pm. note to self, you will NOT be able to pull all-nighters any more, please get stuff done during the day
- note to self: you only own two cardigans. please obtain more. it's summer, i'm dying.
- aims for today: tidy, get dressed, answer emails, do applications, make lots of notes from book+online books on my essay, gather p1 research, create workout routine, write
- i need a good skin moisturiser... need to be less cheap
- i should try and get work experience doing waiting/bar work/cleaning/reception stuff so i can app for this work in college for next easter
- i don't appear to have any friends but if i keep trying and meeting new people i'll hopefully make some............ eventue...
mar 18 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
product
- (face primer Nina Ricci : Flash beauty e...)
- foundation (chanel vitalumiere/creme compact, Revlon Colorstay Foundation, bobbi brown oil-free even finish compact foundation)
- brow powder 2 shades lighter than hair, med ash brown (coastal scents 28 neutral palette. Sephora colorful mono Mat. No.1)
- eyeshadow (pink, gold, dark brown, Dior 1 COULEUR 725 frosted beige, quad: white, brown, gold, iridiscent, dark beige, light brown) - market, or ebay. c
- blush (nyx blush - silky rose, benefit dandelion, Nars: Blush Super Orgasm) - tawny brownish pinks on medium skin. plum, golden brown, and deep rose on dark.
- lip stick (natural matt pink or orangey-red, see CL screencaps)
- concealer (shu uemera pro concealer 7yr)
- BB CREAM (misscha dark shade from gmarket...
mar 19 2011 ∞
apr 6 2011 +
links
scenarios to use in competency questions
- marketing director and team, creativity and numerical
- investment banking being new
- editorial publishing success
- teaching abroad
work experience
- investment internship
- editing school newspaper
- publishing intern
- marketing director play
- producer's assistant seagull
extracurriculars
apr 20 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
apr 6 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- 1 - current actor drama / love drama / whatever
- 2 - inception
- 3 - swan
- 4 - love c = stupid as fuck insane futurefic of horror
- 5 - my fav mediumfic e.g. mafiaception and lc and tyrannicide er yeah everything short-medium sized tagged with a+ (like celeste for one!!)
- 6 - an mbb in some verse
feb 27 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- ✔ "The texts we have are authentic ‘at the level of their existence’" -- Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge, trans. A. M. Sheridan Smith – New York 197
feb 17 2011 ∞
dec 7 2011 +
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celebrate
- get really wasted :-D
- punt, eat in posh cafes, write loads, etc
- go home and pick up stuff (retainer, iphone case), drop off stuff (kids books), do stuff (eat at breakfast club with fam, go to henna's chinatown thing, take neha to museum, take kids to park, take neha to charity shop for books)
life
- you are going to lose momentum bc no exams so immediately schedule events, trips to london, uni events, booking the punts etc so that the below gets going. also def send out wholesaler emails so that will make me work to reply assess etc. as GR says, 'happiness doesn't always make you happy'! so do work. :-)
- other anti-procrastination tips: think of...
may 3 2013 ∞
may 19 2013 +
plan
- one meal would be a pack of chicken breast (20g) protein, some type of legume (tesco???) and some type of veggie or salad. 0.5-1 bottle of red wine every week. :-) test cooking 4 eggs for breakfast after a week for which ill need pan spray.
- potential legumes - bean burgers, vegan chilli, bean meatloaf, openable cans of beans, drained baked beans.
- ready made food i can eat: precooked chicken slices, whole roast baby chicken/thighs, ready made soups etc in the soup lunch aisle that i usually ignore, canned lentils, canned beans, canned mushrooms, no carb chicken/shrimp salads at pret, sainsburys etc, canned tuna, smoked salmon, smoked sausage, pre cooked sausage
- food i can cook at uni: stir-frey veg (mushrooms, spinach), all egg dishes, pan friend chicken, beef or fish.
may 11 2013 ∞
may 15 2013 +
- revision. on saturday please pop to the library and take out some books arigato. IT OPENS AT 10AM be there!! er prepare stuff beforehand to take... errr... of course. i.e. finding wackey and hilarious things to claim about literary texts. (things i find hilarious anyway.)
- i wanna watch league of their own it has tom hanks AND madonna AND rosie o donnell!
- learn to ride a bike!!
- pop to the ambrose king centre (glamorous..!)
- money - look at CIFAS protection for a year for my lost cards. also report drivers license to DVLA, and also do IWT stuff like check my credit rating (use MSE to help) since i had an overdraft. also mse stuff like overseas spending cards to cut down on currency conversion fees - though these are often credit cards. check MSE. ...
mar 4 2013 ∞
mar 8 2013 +
- kate gave a heated electric blanket for s1 in a cold house. ideal!
- a jaunt around chinatown turned out to be cheap + fun. :-)
feb 23 2013 ∞
mar 6 2013 +
- replace this text with your list
- begin each item with an asterisk
feb 21 2013 ∞
feb 21 2013 +
- search the job listings for a teaching job
- reply to all my okc messages to get my count up
- reread all my beijing social stuff
- browse or edit okc
- edit couchsurfing profile
feb 17 2013 ∞
feb 18 2013 +
- camden! i have never been to portobello
- i love cheap food so we should find somewhere, like vietnamese or chinese, that would be lovely.
feb 15 2013 ∞
feb 15 2013 +
- sport, hiking, scuba, bungy jumping. adventure activities. "mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, mountain biking, rafting, zip-lining, paragliding, and rock climbing". Snorkeling, Mountain hiking, Swimming, Kayaking, Windsurfing, Scuba diving, Mountainbike/bike riding. Horse riding, Scooter riding, Sailing, Safari tour, Bodyboarding, Surfing, Volleyball. Kickboxing!
feb 12 2013 ∞
feb 12 2013 +
about
notes
- looks like there's loads of 3 month stuff. if i was also freelancing or had saved up i wouldnt have to worry about money so much. and i could live pretty much anywhere for just 3 months. e.g. thailand, odd bits of china, korea, even japan. and in more crappy jobs which would be why they want 3 month people. and then offer to extend it if i really loved it, otherwise move on. WOOP IDEAL. hardcore travelling or exploring the area in between yay.
- six-month contracts are possible if you c...
feb 11 2013 ∞
mar 4 2013 +
michael (contacted on 09/02/2013)
- he advised me over the phone on tutoring in china and earn1k in general, extremely generous so want to follow up/keep in contact/close loop etc. also: "I like helping people. I mean, I really like it. The people I like helping most are those that are working so hard at something they love."
- week 6 - week 7: 'no reply needed, let me know if there's anything i can help with. thanks, shabnom'. Add value: ive been doing research and it's so useful! really excited! here's an article i recently read which was pretty interesting, thought you might enjoy it. no reply needed. shabnom.'
- week 8 - week 9: Close the loop: you mentioned ABC so ill do them, ILL DO WHAT YOU SAY AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
THE METHOD
feb 11 2013 ∞
feb 11 2013 +
- http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/teach... - really useful for classroom techniques, def use this
- www.onestopenglish.com
- www.bogglesworldesl.com
- eslpartyland
- http://iteslj.org/
- http://www.linguistic-funland.com/
- The government regulates the media so I gave them a rare taste of “real” American culture, for better or for worse. One day, I showed my students a music video that featured break-dancing. Immediately, their eyes were glued to the computer screen. I got a lot of giggling, some “Woahs!” and one kid, already fluent in slang, shouted “That’s dope!” (“Dope,” in case you’re wondering, means “awesome.”) Kids of all ages find just about anything American, from Disney movies to gangster rap, entertaining. As a teacher, you can use their curiosity to sp...
feb 9 2013 ∞
mar 12 2013 +
- procrastination
- shower/bathe. PERSONAL HYGIENE MONTH in which i use deodarant a lot and brush my teeth immediatley etc etc
- tackle the flinch, learn improv, take up a sport, etc
- time management
- socialising 201
- become a better teacher
- dj/e1k
- learn2 ride a bike
- learning mandarin
- political articulacy. a general life skill which should improve my quality of life on a daily basis
- ALSO I DESPERATELY NEED a 'sorting through emails' system. like a 'default response' for random emails ;like 'thanks, i got this. ill get back to you in a jiffy'. and a 'just doing this menial task ive been told to do at this point' system. groan...
feb 8 2013 ∞
feb 22 2013 +
feb 5 2013 ∞
feb 5 2013 +
you can volunteer in return for bed and board. The good thing about this sort of volunteering is that you can do several in a row, interspersed with travelling, and get to understand the local culture a lot better, whilst living extremely cheaply.
feb 5 2013 ∞
feb 5 2013 +
- student beans
- gap year guidebook
- horse and hound
- student room
- anyworkanywhere
- gapadvice
- gap-year
- gapyear
- natives.co.uk
- notgoingtouni
- oneworld365
- seasonworkers.com
- thecareerbreaksite.com
- workingabroad.com
nov 11 2012 ∞
nov 11 2012 +
- i would like to learn chinese and go to china. and use the noomi rapace method of learning chinese super quickly. genuinely though i want to do this.
- i want to spend at least some time sitting on a beach in thailand if possible.
- i will be really lonely unless i learn how to make friends fast and be sociable... tokyo was a nasty surprise lol. i want to consciously develop this skill until it comes naturally and easily - behavioral changes. take classes or think up a system ft ramit sethi.
- i want to consciously develop my writing ability, both creative but especially travel writing. research, formal study, and selling my stuff to the highest bidder... freelance writing instead of jumping straight into an entry-level job :-)
oct 8 2012 ∞
apr 20 2013 +
- ✔ letter to an unknown woman (rewatch many times)
- you only live once
- stella dallas
- it's a wonderful life
- notorious
- imitation of life
- strangers on a train
- rebel without a cause
- the african queen
- all about eve
- then subject films: BUB, TAT, LTAUW
jan 28 2013 ∞
feb 1 2013 +
- week 1: simplicity and the moment
- the music box.
- shorts: Brats; Perfect Day; Big Business; Towed in the Hole; Beau Hunks; Men O’ War. Longs: Way out West; Pardon Us; Pack Up your Troubles; and Our Relations; Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd
- bringing up baby.
- Howard Hawks: Rio Bravo, The Big Sleep, Only Angels Have Wings (with Grant), His Girl Friday (also with Grant), Red River and To Have and Have Not
- Actor films: Bringing Up Baby, Holiday and The Philadelphia Story, Pat and Mike and Adam's Rib, The Awful Truth, Suspicion (with Joan Fontaine), Notorious, North by Northwest
- week 2: style and content
jan 15 2013 ∞
jan 15 2013 +
- obtain the pimsleur mandarin - available online - want to be able to speak a tiny amount before we go anywhere. can be emailed to me or take laptop (better to email most likely.... USB.)
- GET MY RETAINER
- get my ebay delivery haha :~)
jan 30 2013 ∞
feb 2 2013 +
- You must not dilly-dally.
- You must be your word.
- You must have good intentions.
- You must admit to being the maker of meaning.
- You must not feel sorry for yourself.
- You must have a vision that you are striving for.
- You must tie creativity and experimentation with survival.
- You must be the change you want to see.
- You must rally others with your vision.
- You must stake your reputation on your better self.
- You must be comfortable with the consequences of being who you are.
- You must share.
- You must make your own advice and take it.
- You must manage your stress, health, and clarity.
jan 13 2013 ∞
jan 13 2013 +
- the details of greece's private lesson (it weren't all a dream)
- it was all a dream freudian ichigo
- stupidly complex huge lots of females harry potter rewrite
- 30-somethings :-}
- inception au
dec 10 2012 ∞
jan 11 2013 +
- ✔ kam kardashian
- akira (thanks yeezy)
- neon genesis on a sunny day
- gurren lagan a bit maybe
- ✔ l word
- lip service
- ✔ life on mars looks screwy!
- twin peaks
- ✔ girls
films
jan 9 2013 ∞
mar 1 2013 +
- redraft finish and publish 2h
- write and publish the junsu
- write and publish the q
- write the rifter screenplay
- learn mandarin (learn basic conversational phrases and 200-300 basic characters)
- learn korean (learn basic phrases and how to write them)
- draw 100 anatomies on posemaniacs
- complete stage 2 of dream job, scouting around jobs for gap year
- look into teaching myself to sing + rap
- explore londonnn
dec 6 2012 ∞
dec 6 2012 +
- 'two households' nanowrimo novel, all of november
- a rifter screenplay. just movie 1 but assume a trilogy. december. :-)
nov 5 2012 ∞
nov 21 2012 +
- http://www.writersstore.com/do-you-reall...
- "Screenwriting 'style' is much closer to that of ad copy, comic books and the sports pages than it is to great literature."
- "Sure you want to picture what is going on on the screen, but the important talent is the ability to turn action into words. If you think only in pictures and are very right-brained, pursuing a career in production design, cinematography or directing might make more sense."
- "If creating unique, captivating characters and taking them over seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve visible, bigger-than-life goals is the kind of writing that thrills you, then you should consider movie writing."
- first get books about it
oct 30 2012 ∞
oct 30 2012 +
- she said we could talk about me getting my thoughts straight in my head and articulating them which would be great to stop this happening again
- she said she'd get into contact at the start of next term to set up more meetings
- i also need to book for antidepressants w/gancz in 0th week
jun 19 2012 ∞
jun 19 2012 +
- fear of limiting myself / closing doors / getting specific has stopped me picking something and going with it
- thinking ten steps ahead has limited me as well. instead of worrying about what will happen in 20 years concentrate on the short-term payoff of a job
- method: to avoid this barrier is to visualise what success will look like in five years at this job. e.g. an artist would be written about in artist monthly and have a showing in a gallery, while a programmer would be writing software that x amount of people use and making x amount of money. which future is most appealing and resonates the most?
- ramit gives 2 years as a period of time by which you'll realise whether you made a mistake working somewhere. side example, me at oxford.
- method: manage not wanting to close doors...
jun 3 2012 ∞
jun 3 2012 +
potential occupations
- teaching english - get a tefl qualification somehow, spend a year out?
- waitressing or temp work
- flying out with my actual job
- saving up and just chilling somewhere/taking courses for a month or two
definitely want to live/work in
- seoul, korea
- somewhere urban in africa - probably johannesburg, south africa. maybe botswana
- new york, usa
- LA, usa
- a nordic/european country, maybe stockholm, helsinki, berlin, reykjavik etc
- on the indian subcontinent, whether india, sri lanka, bangladesh, or like nepal/myanmar etc.
other cool places to visit/live in
may 23 2012 ∞
feb 11 2013 +
- civil service - a lot of people who want to go into diplomacy
- consultancy - i love deloitte + it sounds like marketing but better
- avoid the super nuts and bolts financial side - the strategy stuff maybe
- "general" as opposed to technical: General consulting roles in Customer, such as customer / channel strategy, customer-centric business design, sales / marketing / service effectiveness
- strategy roles in finance, health and government: "market and competitor research, interviewing clients and their customers, analysing market growth drivers, market and financial modelling, and business plan development and writing."
- marketing/PR/publishing - i prob couldnt do advertising agency stuff but at a regular company i could :-)
may 9 2012 ∞
may 9 2012 +
tonight
- write notes for next two paper 5 collections and a few more notes on the pearl extract
- read and write notes (and summary) for romantics handout
- write advertising presentation
tomorrow
- jane austen cramming sessions
mar 8 2012 ∞
apr 23 2012 +
- nc
- rm
- mt
- ph
- amy g
- beg to get contact w/jp trainee from susan
apr 21 2012 ∞
apr 21 2012 +
application
- 7. What career goal(s) do you have in mind? (The Foundation is seeking individuals who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field and are able to demonstrate a clear idea of their future plans. Be as specific as you can.)
- I want to work for a magic circle law firm based in London and work for them by going on secondment to their Japanese office or at a Japanese 'best friend' firm. Having Japanese language skills and work experience with a Japanese firm would allow me to build strong links between the legal workers of the two countries with legal advisors who work on the biggest governmental and corporate legal cases for both countries. During my training I will go on secondment to Japan, something that would only be possible with extensive Japan...
mar 13 2012 ∞
mar 15 2012 +
- i'd just like to thank you for taking the time to chat with me, it's been really encouraging. ill give my bio. :D ive spoken to ppl, did some work experience at a legal advice centre. this is almost just to find out about the firm as much as look ahead to the interview. your perspective invaluable.
- actually bhavesh patel in DR told me theyre looking to go more academic? a factor?
- why law - a combination of using skills from my english degree, think im suited to it from what i hear from undergrads, combined with my work experience at a legal advice centre and my interest in business.
- im sure you see a lot of trainees and what really stands out amongst the best trainees that you work with.
- im actually curious about hs's expansion ...
mar 17 2012 ∞
mar 17 2012 +
mar 17 2012 ∞
mar 17 2012 +
- a current legal issue - north korea or something.
- a current commercial transaction. and another (HS is good on oil)
- china's sinopec and brazil's galp energia.
- know what you're talking about when business affairs.
- questions to ask hs: expansion plans within the next year, blue sky blablablabla, new york, doha and south korea
- litigation is good if you have a litigation guy, otherwise dont mention it lol
- assessment centre, usual stuff
mar 15 2012 ∞
mar 17 2012 +
- Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. (ACTS)
- "Jesus, I know I'm a sinner, and I believe You died on a cross for my sins, and rose again from the dead. I'm sorry for my sins, and I ask You to forgive me, and wash my sins away. Save me also from the power of sin, and make me a child of God. I receive by faith right now the gift of forgiveness of sins, and I freely forgive all who have hurt me. I receive you now, as my Lord and Savior, and I thank You for accepting me just as I am, Amen!"
- Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, an...
feb 25 2012 ∞
feb 28 2012 +
- that m&a guy called lots of local hedge funds and just offered to be their dogsbody for free. i would be down with that. esp for financial modelling, which i need to learn!
- this guy http://www.theequator.com/fin/model_basi... describes modelling for startups. of course, startups won't teach me how to model.
- getting experience - http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/in... this guy cold-called every local hedge fund or bank and offered to work for free to secure a last-minute summer internship. i want a sales analyst internship. and more law stuff with local people (it’s London!!) hustle!!
- a lot of this ties into my vision for my time at oxford. no more sitting around being lost. ACT AS IF i’m super confident, make a plan, target those places – oxlaw and capitox or something! or OIFs. or anywhere. go go GO. oxford is DEFINITELY the place to be making huge mistakes ...
feb 23 2012 ∞
feb 24 2012 +
- i have an epic plan to go to japan for 19 months and learn japanese :)
- i am growing and learning SO MUCH. :)
- thanks to fydj i will be so much more certain about my future. :)
feb 22 2012 ∞
feb 22 2012 +
MODULE 1: CREATE SYSTEM TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST BARRIERS
- MONDAY: i want to systematically build up my confidence in my social skills. i also want to test and improve. for the next five days i will keep in mind what other people are involved in and talk to them about that. this is not necessarily strangers but simply day-to-day conversation. i will keep a diary about these conversations. the counts of successful interaction will go under 'success stories' on DJ.
- MONDAY: i want to find out about corporate roles that fit me. i will 'all about the city' to locate this one thing.
- TUESDAY: i want to see if i fit in with lawyers. i will write a record of all the lawyers i have met and all the ways i have connected to them. this will have to wait til tomorrow.
- TUESDAY: i want to find out what corporat...
feb 6 2012 ∞
feb 6 2012 +
- IS IT WORTH us trying to apply late, at least to get an idea of when the next open times are? i will ask the others if so i can put something into effect by tomorrow.
- the criterion for official status appears to be extremely low. basing this off the "new boyband" page. i think the most important thing is to be the most recognized site in your country. so we should just update loads and stuff. i think it'd be fine as long as i get like five sources of info (e.g. that swiss page is sf loaded with material, then there's beastph) and update across platforms using one service - hootsuite could work (wtf is our email). i could easily do that everyday - i think hs will also let you dripfeed posts throughout the day. awesoom. i also want rida/ashley to commission me articles and stuff since i have no clue. depends on ou...
feb 8 2012 ∞
feb 8 2012 +
feb 4 2012 ∞
feb 4 2012 +
- 26 Jan - started diet. 48kg
- 2 Feb - 47kg
- 5 Feb - hovering around 46kg
- 6 Feb - monday night essay crisis binge TT
feb 2 2012 ∞
feb 6 2012 +
- 31 Jan 12 - the night before an essay deadline i had been confident about. was reminded of an embarassing/depressing incident by someone at dinner. was fine until went back to room and became extremely depressed. cried multiple times, was completely unable to work, had thoughts of suicide. was unable to understand why i felt this way and was not sad about a specific thing, just a general extremely depressed mood. after a few hours began drinking wine. spoke to ashley and sara and felt less bad. stayed up until 3am but was unable to work. slept and woke up sick the next morning. normal/cheerful mood the following day and finished essay in the morning in good time.
feb 1 2012 ∞
feb 1 2012 +
- talking to people at different levels - trainees, associates, and partners from all 5 MCs
- trainees are important: how do they treat the trainees? i want narratives, stories, whatever
- asking them for advice for me at my stage and seeing what they say
- q's: typical day, like or dislike about your job and firm, where they did the gdl and lpc, what would they do differently, how to get a contract
- also the pressures and problems they face
- q's for me: size of my cohort, the work i want, what traineesystem, international, interest in business problems?
jan 30 2012 ∞
jan 30 2012 +
- http://privatelist.findyourdreamjob.com/...
- the briefcase technique: do tons of preparation to identify the main problems of the client's business and offer solutions on concrete paper, making it easy for the client to agree.
- meeting people: look in a legal magazine, see who's doing good work, offer to take them for lunch.
- negotiation/interview mini course: http://privatelist.findyourdreamjob.com/...
- emailing people to meet for coffee and what to email after - http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blo...
- an important reason for meeting people is so you can write good cover letters - using the briefcase technique of identifying the firm's major problems and how you might fix them, by talking to people at that and other firms.
jan 22 2012 ∞
jan 23 2012 +
- leave thoughtful comments on her blog
- send an email saying ‘Hey, that was really great, but I thought you may have missed this one point. Here’s an interesting article with a different perspective on it.’ If you thought it through and did some research, the author will think, ‘Wow, thanks very much!’ and you are not asking for anything.
- Eventually, you could reach out and say, ‘Hey, these are a couple of things I noticed you’re doing that I think that I could help with. I’d love to connect you to this person, etc.’
- hen eventually, you can ask, ‘If it’s okay, I just want to ask you for about 60 seconds,’ and ask them about your thing and say, ‘Do you have any advice?’ and ‘Do you think maybe this might be ...
jan 22 2012 ∞
jan 23 2012 +
- three strands: law, talking to people, time efficiency
- apply for all the vac schemes bc i want to practice interviews.
- go to law soc events. talk to people. awkwardness now = success later. sharing info with your peers in the market: http://youtu.be/MPeZaNvDq80
- do work efficiently to make time for careers stuff. strategising well in advance and being icily efficient with essays seems best.
- goal for this term is to make as much small talk as possible whenever i have the opportunity. be that person who MAKES FAR TOO MUCH SMALL TALK. IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICE: http://youtu.be/zZWbOmkDa2s
- email lots of people asking to meet up for coffee. most important: hs and sm people. http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blo...
- start learning about law. area one: M&A. look up deals and chase up books.
jan 22 2012 ∞
jan 28 2012 +
- malory essay: main thing is to read mort darthur. this is going to take at least... 10 hours by my reckoning. main thing is just to speedread and not get distracted. after that looking on jstor + google books for things relating to my topic on the reading list. and close analysing a few promising extracts (easily got from gutenberg) to say something about combat and faith in malory. could easily conclude talking about chivalry.
- milton essay: i could honestly write this just on book 9 and i may have to. write an essay outline based on what i can remember, then fill in the gaps. :-)
- collections revision: read over my three collections essays, get all the quotes, memorise the most analysable bits, memorise some critic names and a 3-sentence argument for each, done! :-)
- reading for the term: literally just skim...
jan 5 2012 ∞
jan 5 2012 +
- light sticks
- fan towel
- apparently they are 3 quid in korea????????
- a list of fanchants
- i think foam hearts are awesome
- we should put the name of everyone who buys a fanpack in our fan gift book :-) sweet lol
- idk
jan 4 2012 ∞
jan 4 2012 +
- 3 shoes -black pumps, nude/grey pumps, basic sturdy pumps/loafers to stash
- suits: navy, nude, black. all in both skirt/trouser. skirt below knee, pant preferable peg leg and collared.
- shirts: nice and collared.
- white stripe - 3
- cream - 3
- pearl grey - 3
- faded blue - 3
- white - 2
- bright blue 0 1
- faded pink - 1
- beige - 1
- really posh bag if you can find one. if not screw it
- a blush
- a bronzer
- a lip stain/lipstick/lipbalm
dec 23 2011 ∞
dec 24 2011 +
christmas food
- turkey slices
- cranberry sauce
- yorkshire puddings
- roast veggies (parsnips, sprouts, boiled brocolli)
- roast potatoes
- gravy
- stuffing blocks
- mince pies
- chocolate cake/pudding/YULETIDE LOG/FRUITCALE/cinnamon food
- custard
- apple juice / cinnamon drink / hot chocolate
- red cabbage
- bread sauce
- mini sausages
stupid suggestions
dec 19 2011 ∞
dec 19 2011 +
- What do you think would be your responsibilities as a director?
- The role of director: Here it might help you to consider how your own director lead your team when you did OSCA. This is a very good starting point to think about how you would go about directing a camp.
- My responsibilities as a director would essentially be to take care of the running of the camp. On a day-to-day basis this would mean liaising with the school my team is working working with, along with the director of the TAs and our administration in the UK. It would also involve important admin tasks like organising and dispensing the finances, making sure our accommodation has been taken care of and organising prep week. Throughout the week I would also be organising team socials, which would involve making sure everyone go...
dec 16 2011 ∞
dec 16 2011 +
- osca dates - 9/07 - 18/08
- ✔ simmons - EASTER, 1 week 26/03 - 30/03 and 16/04 - 20/04
- simmons - summer 2 week 25/06 - 06/07 poss final year only. 30E, 40S
- CMS Cameron McKenna - easter 2 weeks 26/03 - 6/04 , summer 18/06 - 29/06 , 20E, 40S
- herbert smith - 3 weeks, 18/06 - 6/07 , 9/07 (1 academic reference with contact details),
- ✔ herbert smith - easter 26/03 - 05/04 , 20E, 60S
- slaughter - easter: 1 week, 16/04 - 20/04 , selection solely on app form, deadline 16 dec! for 2nd yers. summer: 2 weeks, 10/09 , 18E, 72S
- macfarlanes, easter 10/04-20/04 , summer 25/06 - 6/07 , 15E, 40S
other possible easter
- BLP, Clyde and Co, Ince & Co, Hill Dickinson, Olswang, SJ Berwin, White & Case
summer only
- baker and mckenzie (http://bornglobal.uk.com/) – 3 weeks, intakes 18/06 , 09/07, 31/07 (requires 1 ref to be listed with contact details), 35S
- allen and overy - 3 weeks, 18/06 , 09/07, 31/07 (requires 1 ref to be listed to be contacted for a reference) 60S
- freshfields - 2 weeks, 25/06 , 9/07, 13/08 (Your referee must be someo...
dec 9 2011 ∞
jan 2 2012 +
- being able to pay debt + retirement
- being able to travel around the world multiple times of year for long periods (thats like 1k per expedition a year)
- being able to afford taxis and somewhere (small) to live in central london... and clothes. i dont mind eating mcdonalds lol :-)
dec 14 2011 ∞
dec 14 2011 +
- write out a basic plan for my fic :-) i was going to write snap -- and i will -- but i want to write futurefic too. but it needs an ending + an outline. ((so does snapp))
- watch another ep of invin youth!
- draft all my xmas cards! use paint lol
dec 13 2011 ∞
dec 13 2011 +
- lightstick
- towel
- tshirt(?)
- fanchants(?)
- glowstick bracelet
- foam heart
dec 28 2011 ∞
dec 28 2011 +
- “THE A PINK” 8 oz. Tequila Añejo 8 oz. Wheatgrass juice. Combine in shaker and strain into cocktail glass. Serve.
- “THE B-EAST” 1 oz. Eau-de-vie. Serve on rocks. Garnish with nutmeg.
- “THE JEWELRY” 8 oz. Marijuana 8 oz. Coffee. Combine in highball glass and serve.
- “THE T-ARA” 1 bottle Vodka 1 bottle Tonic water 1 oz. Ice Cream. Combine in highball glass and serve. Stir quickly. Garnish with umbrella.
- “THE JYJ” 1 bottle Apricot Brandy Serve neat. Garnish with salt.
- “THE BROWN EYED GIRLS” 8 oz. Wine cooler 8 oz. Coco López 1 bottle Ogogoro
- “THE 신화” 1 bottle Ouzo 1 bottle Lime juice 8 oz. Grenadine
- “THE 혜원” 4 oz. Baijiu Serve on rocks. Garnish with wedge of watermelon.
- “THE 동방신기” 8 oz. Red Bull 8 ...
dec 14 2011 ∞
dec 15 2011 +
- firms: Simmons and Simmons, CMS Cameron McKenna, Herbert Smith, Slaughter and May, Macfarlanes.
- what app form consists of
- look up each firm on insight guide/law mag
- find its areas of specialty and recent deals (to follow up at interview)
- find competencies to tailor CV + experiences to
- find what is done on day-to-day to tailor experience to
dec 11 2011 ∞
dec 11 2011 +
- paper 5 reading - all online + 1 piece of criticism
- essay on milton
- essay on malory
dec 8 2011 ∞
dec 8 2011 +
dec 8 2011 ∞
dec 8 2011 +
- futurefic. so what if hyunseung lives bc they find him/his body in a field somewhere and keep him alive bc he's pretty but he's pretty much braindead and then waaaay later kikwang finally finds him and in a rare moment of lucidity is all ~we stayed alive for each other yay~ but then goes back to forgetting everything, and then hyunseung comes back to awareness and cries all over what's left of kikwang. all terrible and r&j
- hyunseung needs to vom after a stressful perf at some random college so he tells kiki to keep junhyung (and doojoon on second thought) away while he goes to the bathroom. kiki is all 'let's fanservice!!' and drags doojoon away but dongwoon sneaks in anyway and sits with hyunseung in the cubicle. dongwoon's all anxious bc he knows hyunseung would rather have anyone else there and hyunseung's aware of this so...
mar 26 2011 ∞
mar 28 2011 +
A prize of £880 will be awarded, providing there is an entry of sufficient merit, during 2011 for the best sonnet or other poem written in English and in strict rhyming metre.
The prize will be awarded, provided there is an entry of sufficient merit, for best composition in English verse not exceeding 300 lines in length on the subject of 'Return'. The metre is not restricted to heroic couplets, but dramatic form of composition is not allowed. The prize is open to an undergraduate who has not exceeded four years from matriculation. The value of the prize is approximately £800 (exact value to be determined by the Fund balance).
mar 11 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- exploration of chile via neruda
- exploration of japan via some author
- tour of... idk
nov 17 2011 ∞
nov 17 2011 +
- To “haul / Steadily off the bottom” reinscribes Heaney’s figure for learning one’s craft by “learning to turn the windlass at the well of poetry.” “Usually,” writes Heaney elsewhere, “you begin by dropping the bucket halfway down the shaft and winding up taking air. You are miming the real thing until one day the chain draws unexpectedly tight and you have dipped into waters that will continue to entice you back. You’ll have broken the skin on the pool of yourself. Your praties will be ‘fit for digging.’”
- There are revealing contrasts between this warm lit-up place and Van Gogh's 'The All-night Café' in Arles. Van Gogh wrote, 'In my painting of the 'All-Night Café I've tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, become crazy and criminal. Through the...
mar 2 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
first round of applications
- OSCA director
- baker and mckenzie – iiiiii – 6
- Bloomberg – 6
- skadden - 6
- clifford chance - 6
- slaughter - 6
- allen and overy – 6
- morgan stanley ... ?
second round
- freshfields - 5
- jones day – 5
- m&csaatchi - 5
- google – 5
third round
- herbert smith - 4
- ashurst - 4
- mayer and brown - 4
- reed smith - 4
nov 29 2011 ∞
dec 9 2011 +
AD FAIR
- on my cv: for advertising, stuff like twitter and exposure.
- JWT - where caitlin works. summer. deadline 2nd November. just email in. caitlin.okeeffe@teachfirst.org.uk
- Octopus - covering letter, stuff outside degree, tech, pro, services, consumer, PR, personalised. eleanor@octopuscommons.net
- Saatchi - work placements, accounts, strategy/manager, katya.obolensky@mcsaatchi.com
- DLKWLowe - summer internships
- Burson-Marsteller - public affairs
- Dunnhumby - marketing research, client-faced, data analyst. chris.desyllas@dunnhumby.com
- Google - internships, e.g. marketing, accounts. alistairwong@google.com
- Ogilvy - summer fellowship, application: ...
oct 19 2011 ∞
oct 19 2011 +
- GEOGRAPHY
- I've got a friend, who actually is starting a Chicago-based events business. So he's got a very narrow set of options, which is great. He can do bus ads, he can do Chicago TV, he can do online stuff, etc., but it's all geographically based.
- DEMOGRAPHICS
- Political marketers are masters of demographic targeting. Have you ever noticed how there will be advertising in different ways for different age groups or demographics? This manifests itself as vastly different messages going out to people in their 20's versus to grannies in their 60's, 70's and 80's.
- PRICE
- Where do you want your customers to be on...
dec 13 2011 ∞
dec 13 2011 +
- a tee like my black rock one, faded WEARABLE blue, black and white design and typography
- a watercolour splattered white tee like the cube artists page - however idk if most tshirt companies let you print a tee all over
- concert list on the back i.e. seoul, japan, london
- an outline of 4/g/b on the front
aug 27 2011 ∞
aug 27 2011 +
aug 21 2011 ∞
aug 21 2011 +
may 12 2011 ∞
may 12 2011 +
- volunteer waiting work
- volunteer cleaning work
- volunteer retail environment work TT
may 11 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
the uk fanclubs organising things
- idols: things to gift to the artists beforehand
- idols: meeting at airport
- in-concert: getting group seats together
- getting estimated numbers off duyongst when conf comes through + contacts
- in-concert: creating a coloured ocean + merch like foam hearts, glow shirts, fansigns
- in-concert: preparing stuff for the concert like throwing them headbands, spreading fanchants, the concert line-up etc
- organisational: helping non-london/eu/international fans get to the concert, find accom, etc
- publicity: engaging and helping the korean press, writing our own articles - difficult to do without an established forum, HD FANCAMS and photos (esp from those seated)
aug 26 2011 ∞
aug 26 2011 +
- but protip to myself? i cannot go to bed four hours before something and expect to wake up. i feel chained to the sofa rn omg can't move
- exercising and working out is a faster and healthier way to lose weight than fasting and dieting
- you cant reduce pores, thats a myth. pore dont shrink or grow in size, its just genetics. just exfoliate and moisturize regularly and you can make them less prominent.
- not op but a really good brand is skinvitals face masks if you dont mind paying a bit more for them.
- if you want cheap good face masks then buy some by this Taiwanese (iirc) brand called beautymate. they're sooo moisturizing ilt. & they're like $7 for a pack of 7 sheet masks.
- for blackheads and pores
apr 23 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
clothes
- hipster glassehz (goggles)
- foldable summer/night jacket (2nd hand/primark)
- summer clothes (2nd hand/primark)
uni stuff
- full length mirror/mirror (ikea/asda/2ndhand)
- laundry bag (asda)
- laundry basket (asda/argos)
- rice cooker (argos/ebay/asda)
- yoga/sports attire (2nd hand/primark)
feb 21 2011 ∞
apr 6 2011 +
essentially i want my tumblr to be: 20% illustrations, 40% kpop, 10% RL photos, 10% text, 20% photos (food, parties, clothes, interior design, landscapes).
- stuff off pixiv
- stuff from my hard drive, esp the printed photos section
- quotes
- my own photos off where i put them all
aug 31 2011 ∞
aug 31 2011 +
- student consultancy (check email)
- granta internship (cover letter plus cv)
- menial vac job (check folder)
mar 17 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
mar 23 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- iaru global scholarships + bursary (check emails)
- bulgaria spot
- osca teaching
- thailand scheme thing
- ox village thing
- holt summer tour
feb 21 2011 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
- galleries
- museums
- tourist attractions
- the cool shops
mar 13 2011 ∞
mar 21 2011 +
feb 17 2011 ∞
mar 5 2011 +
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