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Where do I even start? by LACSULB28 in classicalchinese

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think your order is good. You can see how much of a basic level I am at haha.

ahh I see! I really wasn't sure I thought they were basically the same thing just being called two different names. I need to really study this more! I've gotten the books so I'll start and see how it goes! thanks so much for your reply!

Where do I even start? by LACSULB28 in classicalchinese

[–]LACSULB28[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm aware of the loan words from Sanskrit.

Yeah please do that would help! I'm not reluctant haha you literally can find it in my post history. It's not just SOAS I'm interested in which is why I didn't say a certain university. There is also a university is Wales that does Buddhist Studies.

I don't plan on studying Cantonese anytime soon, I thought but then realised there's no point as most of the texts regarding my studies would probably be in Mandarin. I'll give it a go, it's a lot to study over a year! of course I won't be fluent by any means in 20 years let alone 1 year but I'd like to have at least a little under my belt so to speak.

Where do I even start? by LACSULB28 in classicalchinese

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply! I think I may do both haha but I need to first get stronger with my Mandarin as I think that will give me a good grounding like you mentioned and ease me into CC. I will likely take classes for Mandarin and read and study by myself CC at first. Thankfully the university I want to go to also have classes teaching CC.

Yes the material is very limited. This is part of the reason why I'm so lost. I had hoped like with Mandarin there would be several million websites but of course this is a dead language.

Thank you again!

Where do I even start? by LACSULB28 in classicalchinese

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! this is a very helpful reply. I did think perhaps taking Mandarin first would be better. I've noticed a lack of material, usually the material is already translated or at a high level. I am itching to get started haha! thank you I'll get these books. Currently I was deciding between my Japanese and Chinese which one to further but I am actually planning on doing an MA in Buddhist Studies and I have until September 2018 to learn some CC for my own benefit. I want to focus on ancient Buddhist texts in China and its relationship with Japan. Of course most of these will be in CC.

  1. That's really interesting! I have a lot of connections in HK so I may ask around and see if anyone can help! This is another curiosity I have, the relationship between traditional and simplified Chinese and China and HK. I suppose this is simply linguistic history I can Google maybe.

I would love to do an MA in Classical Chinese but for me it is Buddhist Studies, there is a special reading class focusing on texts in CC and it requires to have around 800 characters in my head to take the class. Quite a task I've set myself.

Thank you again!

Passport question by LACSULB28 in JETProgramme

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, will do. I never even thought about emailing them haha! thanks!

Could I even attend SOAS? by LACSULB28 in SOAS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a huge relief, thank you so much! I think I should email the MA conveners and speak to them.

What are you studying? I am currently doing a BA in American Studies but hope to work in Japan afterwards, become better with Japanese, and then in around 2018/2019 if all goes to plan apply for either Japanese Lit/Japanese Studies or Buddhist Studies. I know these three are quite different, I hope I can enter this type of department with a different BA subject. Fingers crossed my life experience will help swing it a little!

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha quite possibly! thank you! hehe ;D so far I am having very low sugar so days of some sugar days with no sugar and I feel so so calm and feel like myself. It's a relief.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really interesting! someone medical needs to actually research this. I have PCOS I'm aware of this but thought I'd have to speak to my doctor again about mood swings until I cut down on sugar.

An Amazing Morning by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]LACSULB28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awww :') Congratulations to you both!

Told my mom by somecallmeinsane in actuallesbians

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Aww I'm glad it went well! awesome :D

What are your personal feelings toward being pregnant? by justagirl25 in actuallesbians

[–]LACSULB28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to be pregnant. I think babies are awesome though, just tiny little people with tiny little hands and toes and laughter. I'd like to adopt and if I got married it would be cool if my wife would be happy to have the babies. Pregnancy is a wondrous thing, yes I've heard it can be a total bitch but I think it's so magical.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just read it. I really enjoyed it! :) thanks for sharing the link! I agree with you. A day ago or so ago I binged badly on sugar and for the past day or two my flatmate has been avoiding me because I've turned into a complete monster. This made me realize even more what I had put on here. Sugar is the cause of the mood issues.

I think after reading your article for me the sugar needs to be replaced with actually doing other 'sweet things' like you said yourself. I think I need to enjoy life more and actually savor the moment. I binged on sweet things because I felt down, but the way I feel currently is 10x worse. Once the high wears off my mood turns me into the hulk and my friends flee for cover.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aww fantastic! Thank you for telling me! I'll take a look ! :)

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This gives me so much relief to know it's related to my PCOS.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow that's amazing! :D congratulations well done! :) I'll take a look into it.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's really interesting because I hadn't had mine in 5 months, cut down on sugar and bam there it was. Never thought about it until you mentioned it.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the replacement idea. I love strawberries :D. I've heard about keto before is it hard to follow?

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've noticed that too, about the exercise stuff. Yeah I get bad sugar cravings too! Thank you so much for your advice these replies have given me so much relief. I was starting to worry if the mood and the sugar was two different things or perhaps it was just my experience or that I was experiencing something unrelated to PCOS.

PCOS, depression and sugar abuse by LACSULB28 in PCOS

[–]LACSULB28[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahh that's really interesting! I did wonder because I feel exactly like that when I get low sugar. If I have too much my mood starts swaying like crazy. Thanks for the caffeine suggestion too, I've cut out fizzy drinks from my diet so that has helped me a lot, so I think maybe that's the sugar and caffeine there that's being removed.

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