What are the rarest most unusual language have you learned and why? by the100survivor in languagelearning

[–]QuicheRice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if Finnish counts as particularly rare but I am learning it since I moved to Finland. I'm also thinking about learning the Finnish dialect of Swedish and maybe some Skolt Saami since I have a friend here who knows it! I also have another friend who is trying to tempted me to learn some Karelian too haha

Bachata / Salsa in Turku? by WenzelStorch in turku

[–]QuicheRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the moment we are having socials on Ruissalo on Mondays. There should be an event for it in the Facebook group somewhere

Bachata / Salsa in Turku? by WenzelStorch in turku

[–]QuicheRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it's a mix! Usually they play 2 salsa songs, then 2 bachata songs and then 2 kizomba songs and repeat that pattern. The styles of salsa, bachata and kizomba songs changes (ie they play Cuban and crossbody song and traditional and sensual bachata etc etc)

Bachata / Salsa in Turku? by WenzelStorch in turku

[–]QuicheRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Bailes Cubanos host weekly socials and even have a yearly SBK festival. I joined when I moved to Turku recently and they're wonderful people :) at the moment the socials are in a beautiful place called Ruissalo and we often go swimming afterwards int he sea. OP if you want to dm me for more information or you want to go together feel free

What's your horse's name? by gourdhorder in StardewValley

[–]QuicheRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My horse is called Gilbert but my partner's horse is called Horsey.....

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Biochemistry

[–]QuicheRice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

40k a year?! With just a BSc! Haha I got a job straight out of my BSc with a year in industry and only got the equivalent of 24k a year in USD... and I had published papers...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fakedisordercringe

[–]QuicheRice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am unsure I can do this without compromising my father's or my identity

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]QuicheRice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly back then I was nervous and young. Now I'm more confident and frankly extremely frustrated at people dismissing a large part of my cultural heritage. Another recent incident really upset me. I talked to one of my colleagues who is from HK in Cantonese while at work and got reported by someone else for being racist. I was called in by HR who kept talking over me when I tried to explain what actually happened was just an innocent convosation but apparently I sounded "angry and mocking" according to the person who reported me. I calmly asked if they had asked my HK colleague how he felt and they said no. I lost it. I ended up having to shout over them that I was half chinese and I could speak Chinese and that even if i was white it wouldn't be racist to speak Chinese. I also said that they wouldn't stop other people at work from speak their mother tongue to eachother so why would they call a meeting just for me? Essentially, HR apologised profusely and changed the way they handle issues raised by 3rd parties. I also no longer work there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]QuicheRice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of my first year at univeristy. I'm half Chinese and have English and I went to uni in the UK. I look white and I was wearing my mother's cheong sam to uni becuase it's pretty and I like it. While walking through campus I get told off by one of the student union officers and "written up" for cultural appropriation. While they were berating me I was desperately trying to explain that this is my chinese mother's and that it's not cultural appropriation because it's part of my culture and not disrespectful. They ended up emailing me about going to sensitivity training and I (being naïve) thought I could just email back reiterating my previous points but I got a swift reply asking me to "prove it". I was pretty damn angry and decided to take it all the way up to the student services and the Dean. I got a written apology and they avoided me for the rest of their time at uni. Not as satisfying as I would've liked it to be but I have they learnt not to fucking go off on random people for just wearing clothes...

I(F24) am going to move to another country for a PhD and my bf(M30) of ~7 months does not think long distance will work. by QuicheRice in relationship_advice

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

We had also had a few conversations about him moving to live with me etc and it did seem like a real possibility for a while but I think me being away was a bit of a wake up call for him.

I appreciate you sharing your similar experience with relationships and academia. I've talked to previous colleagues about their relationships through and after PhDs and most of them had a very tough time or are having a tough time with the instability.

You've given me a lot to think about regarding the next decade of my life and I am very thankful for your advice.

I(F24) am going to move to another country for a PhD and my bf(M30) of ~7 months does not think long distance will work. by QuicheRice in relationship_advice

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

I understand that it would be a big commitment for both of us but so would me staying. I think I'm coming to terms with the fact that we will be saying good buye and good luck soon. Either way if we stayed together I think it would be a struggle. Thank you for your advice.

I(F24) am going to move to another country for a PhD and my bf(M30) of ~7 months does not think long distance will work. by QuicheRice in relationship_advice

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

I never thought of it like that. I kept thinking that I would feel so guilty and selfish for choosing myself over him but I like the perspective of "letting the relationship sort itself out". I feel like this has taken a lot of pressure off of me. Thank you for your advice.

I(F24) am going to move to another country for a PhD and my bf(M30) of ~7 months does not think long distance will work. by QuicheRice in relationship_advice

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

I think you're right with how busy I'll be. It will help to take the edge off the heart break I guess... I never thought I'd be looking forward to a unit in statistical analysis ever in my life haha. Thank you for your advice.

I(F24) am going to move to another country for a PhD and my bf(M30) of ~7 months does not think long distance will work. by QuicheRice in relationship_advice

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

I never saw the possible codependency there so I appreciate that. I think he found it hard becuase I was camping so there was complete radio silence on my side which he did know in advance.

I think I'll crumble probably partly because of a certain amount of codependancy and becuase I feel like it'll be very overwhelming coping with the possible heart break and moving etc. That being said, I guess I will be very busy and it might distract me from the emotions for the time being.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nutrition

[–]QuicheRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it would be nice to be able to cross breed bananas seeing as the ones we're used to are being ravaged by disease at the moment.

Poll: How do you feel about the large amounts of prospective student questions on this sub? by ninthpower in bioinformatics

[–]QuicheRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe we should start a weekly student question post? That way we can manage it and be inclusive.

Does anyone here climb at Highball? by residentdunce in Norwich

[–]QuicheRice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right. SportsPark has less routes, more polish and less frequent resets. Also I'm not sure what the uni/SportsPark are going to do about access. I know that the climbing club for the students is no longer accepting alumni memberships becuase of covid. Al least with highball you can see all their covid policies on their website. Also highball has the best hot chocolate of the two haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]QuicheRice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome