A personal review of June Hur’s Behind Five Willows, a warm Joseon-era romance that recalls Pride and Prejudice and You’ve Got Mail.
Category: Hobby
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming — Book Review
Sarah Lyons Fleming’s zombie-apocalypse novel offers survival, friendship and romance, but its relationship drama repeatedly overwhelms the danger.
HSKCourse.com Review: A Self-Learner’s Honest Take.
Coming back to Mandarin after a hiatus, I needed something to bridge the gap before jumping back into tutoring sessions. HSKcourse.com came at the right moment, and it feels less like an online course and more like having a tutor actually walk you through the material. After almost a month with it, here’s my honest take on whether it’s worth it for self-learners.
HSK 1-3 Character progress sheet
I needed to do a bit of review on the Hanzi from HSK 1-3 and used Claude to help me create a list that I could track my own practice. Feel free to try it out.
Getting into Claude
I’ve been experimenting with a bunch of AI tools lately – ChatGPT, Grok, Copilot, Gemini, and most recently Claude – and I have to say, I’m genuinely impressed. What I enjoy most is that even without being a coder, you can still create surprisingly polished “artifacts” like this one. I’ve been generating a few comprehension…
When life was put on hold
It has been quite a while since my last post. The past few months unfolded quickly — exams for an accountancy certification, long evenings of studying, workplace projects, a promotion, a new team. Life did not stop. It accelerated. Somewhere in that acceleration, I pressed pause on Mandarin lessons. What started as “just for a…
Adrian’s Undead Diary by Chris Philbrook — Series Review
A review of the original eight-book Adrian’s Undead Diary arc: immersive zombie survival, community-building and humour that eventually became too much.
My Du Chinese Experience: Two Years and Counting!
I’ve been using Du Chinese for the past two years, and it’s been an incredible journey! I initially took advantage of the Black Friday sale and snagged a subscription at 50% off, which was an amazing deal. I’m seriously considering getting the lifetime subscription with one time payment. They usually offer this during the Mid-autumn…
Ai generated lessons for learning mandarin.
I am rather new to Ai. But hey, it’s better late than never. 🙂 I’ve been studying Mandarin Chinese a while now, so I thought why not integrate my learning a language with Ai. And I want to share with you how I used AI to create stories for learning Mandarin. As you may know,…
BR: Tell yourself a better lie
Tell Yourself a Better Lie is a book that teaches you how to change the bad and limiting stories you tell yourself, and make them good and empowering instead. The book is based on ten real stories of people who did RTT sessions with Marisa, and how they changed their lives by changing their stories.