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Summer 2022: An Overdue Update
Hello! Believe it or not, I’ve had a lot of thoughts within the past year and a half. Yet I have written up nothing. There have been a number of ideas that I’ve wanted to write up, but I have been held back by the feeling that I needed to have them fairly thoroughly ideated, or that the next one had to be a big … Continue reading Summer 2022: An Overdue Update
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KART 1: Caffeine helps sleep
Welcome to the first official installment of Kevin’s Arguable, Random Theories! The What My theory is that caffeine, if used correctly, can improve speed of falling asleep and generally sleep quality. By correct use, I mean something like one cup of coffee first thing every morning, because it is a consistent quantity, early in the day, and not too large of a dose. The Why … Continue reading KART 1: Caffeine helps sleep
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Tips from my 2 Week Journey into Learning German from Scratch
NOTE: this is published on Medium as well, and by reading it there instead and dropping some claps, there’s a chance I could get paid which would be very awesome, so if you want to help me out, go read it there! EDIT: I got paid 2 cents, thanks everyone for helping my dream come true 🙏 Jump back in time just 2 weeks, and … Continue reading Tips from my 2 Week Journey into Learning German from Scratch
Reflections from the Great Circumnavigation of Taiwan
So there’s a thing called a Huandao (環島 huándǎo) where you make a lap around the island of Taiwan, but I feel like circumnavigation is an underutilized yet descriptive term, so hence put it in the title. This journey, which I did on a scooter, is 100% the highlight of my Taiwan experience so far, and I wanted to share my highlights and learnings with … Continue reading Reflections from the Great Circumnavigation of Taiwan
Reflections from 2500 vocab words in 2 weeks!
Greetings to all, Today marks the completion of my challenge to learn 2500 vocab words during my two week break. As it is only Wednesday, this means that I have come in ahead of schedule by FOUR whole days, something I wholeheartedly was not expecting for such a vast challenge, but I got carried away with the fun of it hehe. In this post I … Continue reading Reflections from 2500 vocab words in 2 weeks!
Clueless Kev in Taiwan: Quarter 1
大家好！or hello everybody—or if you really want to be like priorly clueless completely Kevin and do a wretched character-by-character translation, big house good! I’m currently on a scholarship to learn a year of Mandarin in Taiwan, and just finished my first quarter at the Cheng Kung University’s Chinese Language Center in Tainan, Taiwan! I wanna take this time to reflect on what I’ve learned throughout … Continue reading Clueless Kev in Taiwan: Quarter 1
Rawdogging a 10-day silent meditation retreat
Going on a 10 day silent meditation retreat was my latest and greatest adventure. I do a lot of things for the bit. It’s mainly for shits and gigs, but it does also have a deeper ethos. When I embark on random adventures (1) they make for some banger stories, (2) they break up the monotony of life, and (3) they push me out of … Continue reading Rawdogging a 10-day silent meditation retreat
A Guide to Learning French
I learned French through self-study, and it can be hard to know where to start with all the countless resources out there. Here’s a bit about what resources I used when learning French and what I would recommend to do. General Methodology Based on the fluent forever book that I read about language learning, it is recommended to start with pronunciation, then use spaced repetition (anki!) to … Continue reading A Guide to Learning French
KART 2: Your Weaknesses are Srengths
Welcome to the second installment of Kevin’s Arguable, Random Theories! This week, we’ve got a little uplifting theory that I’ve been thinking about a fair amount recently. The What None of your weaknesses are pure weaknesses because each are associated with strengths. Therefore, you should embrace those weaknesses for what they are, because (1) they bring significant benefits as well and (2) holding this mindset … Continue reading KART 2: Your Weaknesses are Srengths
Introducing KART!
Hello, you. It’s been a while since I wrote anything here. However, lucky for you, I decided I should punch some holes through my filter about what to write and just brain dump more often. In order to accomplish the desired brain dumps, I created the delightful acronym: KART. Then I decided what it stood for. FAQs* *By FAQs, I mean that I can see … Continue reading Introducing KART!
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