WHAT IS LINGUISTICS?

So, I have finally penned down my 'rant', on dayre hahah.
but I shall upload it here too.
As a reminder for myself and to educate others LOL.

10.33am

since I'm graduating end of this year, I thought I should start looking for jobs...

but I see the careers all like HR/ business/ writing and then I'm like  not interested leh.

I don't even know what I'm interested in. ya la learn languages lor hahahah. I know MHA has this language analyst job where you analyze articles and stuff in another language.

and in order to do that, you have to be proficient plus culturally aware so they will send you overseas maybe?

that kind of job seems cool hehe. 

but talking about learning languages, people always assume LINGUISTICS means LEARN LANGUAGES 

SO HOW MANY LANGUAGES YOU LEARN? YOUR ENGLISH VERY GOOD?

SORRY GUYS. linguistics is NOT learning languages  

it is learning ABOUT languages. we approach languages from different perspectives and areas!!! 

and NO, our English is not supposed to be fantastic, because linguists are supposed to be descriptive, and not prescriptive.

descriptive -> describe the way people write/speak

prescriptive -> make people follow a certain way of writing/speaking AKA grammar nazi.

there are many many different areas in linguistics and they interact with other arts & social sciences.

for example: sociology + linguistics -> SOCIOLINGUISTICS!! 

this is about how language is used by the society eg. gender & language! how females and males speak differently. or the effect of language planning & policy on the society! 

psychology + linguistics -> PSYCHOLINGUISTICS!! 

how language affects our cognition. eg. are bilinguals smarter than monolinguals?

or do bilinguals look at the world differently/ process things differently cos we learn two languages? 

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS also include other areas like child language: how children acquire language. and also language and communication disorders.

history + linguistics -> HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS!! 

how languages changed/evolved or are spread around the world. 
#funfact DID YOU KNOW MALAY CAME FROM TAIWAN?

(from Google) 

and of course there are the technicalities part of linguistics~ 

like phonology, syntax, phonetics blah blah blah.

so we learn how to read the funny symbols beside the words in the dictionary, it is the proper pronunciation. 

this means we can also write out languages we don't understand, just the sounds of course, not the meaning.

all these grammar stuff!! it is interesting too~ but most people prefer the application of linguistics (those that I mentioned earlier)

and then all the Siri application, google translate is part of computational linguistics!! 

how to apply linguistics to technology etc. because linguists will take into consideration the nuances of languages and all, like accent, use of words etc.

SO IT IS A SUPER COOL MAJOR!! 

and no I don't learn languages okay!! I really hope people will stop asking me that every time I say I'm in linguistics 

I WILL SHOW THEM THIS POST NEXT TIME.

yep, STORY OF OUR LIVES 

but then again, this is how Linguistics works in NTU!! our major is called Linguistics & Multilingual Studies.

so our assignments, projects can be on anything EXCEPT mainstream languages like English/Chinese/French/Italian all those. 

BUT NUS DIFFERS.

they learn alot more on English!! because their major is called English language & linguistics (if I'm not wrong...) 

so NUS concentrates on English but in NTU, our profs like super ulu languages gahaha.

so most of the time, we have assignments on languages we do not understand at all!! 

and we have to work out the grammar system based on the translations we have etc. or learn how to work out the history of the language.

because of this, I feel like we can pick up languages faster because we are trained to observe the patterns of the language and how it works. 

and after I explain all of this... people will ask me the next important question 

SO WHAT JOB YOU DO NEXT TIME? TEACHER AH? TRANSLATOR AH? 

but I shall not continue my rant lol. tmr maybe. 

sorry my friends for making you all read this hahah. I just wanted to record this down so I can show people next time when they ask... or at least I can look back and rmb what I learned 

disclaimer: my descriptions are very very brief, the various aspects of linguistics can't really be explained so easily. it can be more sophisticated  

#linguisttalk #idonotlearnlanguagues #notgrammarnazi

JULY

Decided to come back here for a while hahha.

Dayre (an app) is really too convenient!!!

Microblogging on the go plus cute stickers and what not :D hehe

some pics...

 

comfort food MAGGI MEEEEE

I forgot the name of the restaurant omg.

I think its called Paradise Dynasty? hehe. 

some shiok maki for you? but standard dropped leh :(

and random tze char picture HAHAHA.

I am going to try vlog-ing cos it seems fun and more interactive than photos keke.
Maybe for my Taiwan trip next month!! and Japan trip next year ^^

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T SHARE.

THIS ONLY COSTS SGD$700 ON SIA.

Even though I booked 8 months in advance whoops, but it is really cheap.

Considering I am flying to Tokyo but coming back from Osaka!

AND IT IS THE SAKURA SEASON (SAY WHUTTTT?!?!?!)

I don't think it is the SIA promotion~ 

Maybe it is just an early bird thing but who cares right.

HEHEHE.
cheap thrill~

CAN'T WAIT ^^

and internship ends this week.
OH YAY.

is it not?

I was just looking through my 21st birthday scrapbook and reading through all the messages.

It kind of struck me that people change, circumstances change and tomorrow will never be the same as today.

A friend can be a close friend today but there is no guarantee it would be the same tomorrow.
A happy moment today can be nothing tomorrow, or something not so significant anymore.
A sad moment too, can fade over time and hurt less. 

I guess it didn't really strike me until today... that today and tomorrow, no matter how similar they seem, are not the same.

Everyday seems very similar and tomorrow will feel like today. 
But when you look back in a week or two, or a year or two, everything seems so different.
It is like a tsunami overwhelmed you or a typhoon came and left.

I always remember a quote by C.S. Lewis:

“Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different...”

But I never really felt it until today, like 5 seconds ago.
It just struck me that this very moment, this very precious moment, will never ever come back again.
No matter how mundane this moment is, or how exciting it is, it will never come back again.
It is almost impossible to replicate that feeling at the exact moment, because so many things make that moment unique.
Do you know what I am saying?
It scares me. It scares me that I can never ever get this moment back ever again, or any moment at all.

But who knows? This feeling will fade soon, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week.

I don't know how to reconcile this feeling with myself.
It is kind of weird.

Y3S2

a screenshot of what I am doing for my assignment

So, hello~
I am bored and thus back here again (but I know it'll last about 30secs... yep, done hahaha kidding)

Exam this thursday and another assignment due next week!
(refer to screenshot)
yep, that's a software I use to analyse gestures for my work hehe.

it's quite tiring but fun too.

Random pics of Japanese food cos I rmbed how I used to crave them so badly when I was in Lund hehe.
Now I CAN EAT THEM ANYTIME I WANT.

okay I don't know what else to talk about already hahaha.
BYEEEE :)

you need to be

Many many blogs are writing about travelling or food or like staycations.
BUT.
There can only be 1 ladyironchef... or a certain number of these type of bloggers and the market would be saturated.

So, you need to find a special place in the blogosphere.

okay that's all HAHAHA.

No la, just some thoughts.

We always envy other people and want to be like them,
but really, there is only ONE of such person in the world.
So be something different la right?

We can all excel in different ways, some ways harder than others.

#endofrant

BYEEEE ^^

how to grow fat

Hello hello, so I am back here (randomly) to post something (random)
some of my foodie adventures hehe.

Sunday Folks

pistachio which I LOVED, and vanilla (which was waaay to sweet for me)

Earl grey lavender 

Gula Melaka

after filtering LOL.

The cafe is super noisy, I think if I don't want the waffles then I'd rather take away.

(and its not cheap tsk)

okay, will post another foodie place another time :)

LAZY ALREADY.

kthxbye.

trinklings

Basically, my life is terribly boring now.

and everything exciting is on instagram so I have no idea what I can post here lol.

here's some yusheng.

and then I got thinking about exchange, one reason why I started this blog anyways.
time really flies (I know, I've said this many more times than your mum have nagged you about your room LOL)

good times.

I was scrolling through fb msg cos that's the main way me and Ah Qi communicated when we were in Lund. (I hope she doesn't mind me posting this)

but lol we were crazy over eggs, broccoli and pasta.

and life was simple (AND COLD)

now Singapore is terribly HOT HOT HOT (I kid you not) and not so simple.

okay, end of rant.
gotta get back to studying.
BYE :)