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    The children behind the screens
    Dilli
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    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...
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    Daring to know myself
    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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    6 tips to refocus rowdy classes
    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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    Conformity, silence, and fallen dreams: my journey as an ESL teacher in Japan
    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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    Japanese Isolation: is a culture of 'saving face' sustainable?
    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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    10 awful people you will have met on holiday
    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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    We travelled through Vietnam with 3.5kg backpacks. Here’s how.
    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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    When in Japan, do as the Japanese do?
    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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    The politics of passing (for straight) in China
    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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    5 'butch chic' icons to inspire you
    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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    Shanghai’s most eccentric cafés
    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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    Can private education be a source of effective altruism in China?
    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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    Walking the Great Wall of China
    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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    Chinese New Year in Ningbo
    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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    Shanghai: my new home
    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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    Is that even art?
    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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    A Weekend Away: Hangzhou
    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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    Education, Education, Education
    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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    Ah Bordeaux, comme t'es bonne
    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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    Blue skies and dog droppings
    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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    A "rosbif" in the land of the frogs
    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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    16 Degrees in Winter
    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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    Oxford Abroad!
    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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    A Funny (Linguistic) Situation
    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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    Home is Where the Passport is
    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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    A European's Life for Me!
    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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    Expats or Immigrants?
    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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    A Trip to the Dam on the Amstel
    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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    Anarchy. But I am not surprised.
    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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    British Weather on the Continent
    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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