Dilli
The children behind the screens
"It feels like I'm in prison". These were the words of an 11-year-old boy from the Somerset school where I teach. He had joined our...
Dilli
- Jun 23, 2020
- 3 min
Daring to know myself
Taking the Warwick University teaching survey was only supposed to take 10 minutes, but for me it took about twice as long. The task that...
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Dilli
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
6 tips to refocus rowdy classes
As a new teacher, I always wondered why my voice wasn't being heard, and why so many students forgot or failed to understand what I had...
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Dilli
- Feb 1, 2020
- 9 min
Conformity, silence, and fallen dreams: my journey as an ESL teacher in Japan
I came to Japan bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, thinking I had found a utopia in my new school. But I had a harsh reality-check ahead of me.
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Dilli
- Aug 28, 2019
- 4 min
Japanese Isolation: is a culture of 'saving face' sustainable?
I have been out in Japan for over 3 months now and I’m still growing accustomed to the vastly different society that is my new home....
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Dilli
- Aug 24, 2019
- 3 min
10 awful people you will have met on holiday
1. The “I’m here to find myself” woman. She’s just come from a meditation retreat and she’s staying in a Buddhist temple tomorrow. She’ll...
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Dilli
- Aug 20, 2019
- 5 min
We travelled through Vietnam with 3.5kg backpacks. Here’s how.
The airline wanted to charge us for taking more than 5kg, so we thought we'd beat the system....
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Dilli
- Jun 26, 2019
- 5 min
When in Japan, do as the Japanese do?
We all know the phrase 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do', but with rising globalisation, is the phrase becoming outdated?
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Dilli
- Jun 14, 2019
- 7 min
The politics of passing (for straight) in China
For a while, I've wanted to write about 'passing' a.k.a. being read by the wider population as heterosexual or heteronormative. In the...
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Dilli
- May 29, 2019
- 4 min
5 'butch chic' icons to inspire you
Butch chic is quickly becoming a popular choice for people of any sexual orientation or gender. As a feminist who generally wears...
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Dilli
- May 17, 2019
- 5 min
Shanghai’s most eccentric cafés
1. Egg Address: 12 Xiangyang North Road Nearest Metro: South Shaanxi Road Décor: 5 Menu creativity: 8 Value: 8 Staff friendliness: 9...
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Dilli
- May 12, 2019
- 4 min
Can private education be a source of effective altruism in China?
As a product of both state and private education, and having taught at a variety of institutions, I have often wondered which model has...
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Dilli
- Apr 14, 2019
- 4 min
Walking the Great Wall of China
There are good walls and there are bad walls... I decided last month that I would leave China, which means I have just a few weeks to...
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Dilli
- Feb 20, 2019
- 4 min
Chinese New Year in Ningbo
Spending Chinese New Year out here has been a wonderful experience. Jacques and I took a trip to Ningbo, a city a few hours south of...
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Dilli
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
Shanghai: my new home
They say it takes 6 months to properly settle in to a country and I don't disagree. There are a great many culture shocks in this city,...
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Dilli
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Is that even art?
I would like to dedicate this post to a piece of street art I once saw in Berlin at the East Side Gallery (formerly the Berlin Wall)...
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Dilli
- Jan 7, 2019
- 3 min
A Weekend Away: Hangzhou
My boyfriend, Jacques, and I decided to go away together for New Year as he was in Shanghai to visit over the Christmas period. Hangzhou...
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Dilli
- Dec 5, 2018
- 3 min
Education, Education, Education
It has been approximately 9 months since I signed up to work for Education First in Shanghai, China. It's odd to finally be here, having...
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Dilli
- Apr 24, 2017
- 3 min
Ah Bordeaux, comme t'es bonne
Bordeaux, as it's getting towards summer, is becoming evermore beautiful and hot. It's sunny with blue skies almost every day, even...
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Dilli
- Mar 28, 2017
- 4 min
Blue skies and dog droppings
I could write pages and pages about the benefits of living in France, from the food to the language, to the culture to the weather, but...
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Dilli
- Mar 19, 2017
- 4 min
A "rosbif" in the land of the frogs
Friday just gone, my housemates and I celebrated St Patrick's Day in a pub called 'the Frog and Rosbif'. And, naturally, we drank...
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Dilli
- Feb 18, 2017
- 3 min
16 Degrees in Winter
It’s February and I have officially moved into my shared house in Bordeaux. I was previously staying with a host from couchsurfer.com,...
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Dilli
- Jan 27, 2017
- 2 min
Oxford Abroad!
As I've said before, Brussels has a distinctly European feel to it. But there's something about the networking events that truly reminds...
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Dilli
- Jan 24, 2017
- 2 min
A Funny (Linguistic) Situation
Brussels, along with Barcelona and Quebec City, is one of very few cities in the Western world that is officially bilingual. Belgium...
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Dilli
- Jan 3, 2017
- 4 min
Home is Where the Passport is
'Home' has always been something of an awkward concept for me. I have spent most of my life between my mother's and father's houses, both...
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Dilli
- Dec 11, 2016
- 4 min
A European's Life for Me!
The internship is coming along. I may even have the opportunity to meet refugees and participate in meetings from next week onward....
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Dilli
- Dec 1, 2016
- 4 min
Expats or Immigrants?
It's been a while since I've written, which is in part due to my recent visit to the UK, but also because translation, which is what my...
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Dilli
- Nov 16, 2016
- 3 min
A Trip to the Dam on the Amstel
I have just come back from three days in the famous city of Amsterdam. Tuesday the 15th of November was a national holiday in Belgium and...
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Dilli
- Nov 9, 2016
- 3 min
Anarchy. But I am not surprised.
This morning's result was a prediction I was unhappy to be right about. I usually like being right about things - doesn't everyone? From...
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Dilli
- Nov 8, 2016
- 3 min
British Weather on the Continent
Having now lived here for nearly two weeks, I am fairly pleased that I have only been caught out in the rain once (so far). When I...
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