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My name is Alice, I'm from Italy. I study foreign languages and literature, and I would like to keep myself motivated through this because I am very terrible at being constant.

I speak Italian and English, and I'm currently learning Chinese and Finnish. I am also trying to keep up with my very poor Hungarian but I'll see how that goes.

I have 13 days to prepare for classes starting again: I would like to review Chinese and start to read ahead a bit, since it will be my first time attending classes completely in English and I'm pretty nervous.

Today I did exactly that, but tomorrow will come with goals and a bit more structure.

Remember also that education itself is a privilege, and it is extremely political. They will try to take it away from you. Keep studying, keep learning.

08.04.25

I fear my laptop will explode with all the stuff I have open on it, but for the life of me I can't find where I got a very specific information and I need to cite it, damn it.

06.04.25

I have been stuck writing the same paragraph over and over and over again like an idiot for, like, three days (if anyone has advice on how to get out of the loop, it's very welcome). My professor wrote a note on the first sentence and now I am doubting the whole source I got it from, which is a bit stupid because it's The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. So. Not the first person down the road.

04.04.25

Living life on edge by starting a new language (Nahuatl) for which the material is in a language I don't speak (Spanish). I guess it's similar enough to Italian but the vocabulary lists are already very interesting.

02.04.25

A heavy glass lamp missed me by a hair while falling today and the kitchen is filthy because my roomates are disgusting, so life is going great✨️

On the other hand I am proud of myself because I started reworking chapter 1 despite the crippling anxiety and nausea I feel everytime I look at the corrections. I did not turn it in today BUT one paragraph is definitely fixed.

30.03.25

27.03.25

I disappeared because I went to visit my grandma, which was nice because it was the first time since I went to China but also I did not get much done (had pink coffee though).

21.03.25

Chapter 1 of my thesis (draft) is finished! Not looking forward to writing chapter 2, mostly because I have sources in Chinese that I will have to translate.

17.03.25

I had a presentation today about the Benin bronzes and have officially taken one exam off of my list yayyyy. It was really interesting by the way, it's a topic I recommend everyone looks into!

13.03.25

I went on a trip today for my museums and decolonisation class, and it was super interesting. I am really enjoying the class, it gave me a lot to think about, and the topic is truly interesting.

11.03.25

Yes, I only post picture of the city because my desk is a mess, so what?

Professors are crazy. Out of their mind. Why would you require a group presentation, a paper, a presentation on the project of your paper, and ALSO THE ORAL EXAM IF THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH???? What the fuck, man. (For reference, usually in Italy the final exam, written or oral, is 100% of the grade, so when you have class you usually have nothing to do).

10.03.25

I went home this weekend, cuddled my cat and went to a museum with my mom. I love going home but I never get anything done because I can't tell my parents no if they ask me to do something together lol

I did get around to starting the books of my thesis bibliography (so boring) so yay! More reading! I'm going to die buried in books.

07.03.25

Friday! I'm so happy the week is over. I had to run around like crazy today because one of my classes finished late and I had another one immediately after in another completely different building, and I had to catch a train to go home.