Back to the grindstone
Johannes VERMEER (1632-1675)
The love letter (1669-72)
What I did this Friday: go to the Dutch Masters exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. I'd forgotten that it was ending today, and I'm glad I caught it. I've been to the Rijksmuseum, but that was 7(?) years ago, and I think NGV has done a great job curating this. They haven't just grabbed the big names to wow the Aussies; there are meaningful themes, and every picture had a reason and a place in this exhibition. They also inserted some complementary pieces from Australian-owned collections.
Next up: British Art & the 60s from Tate Britain.
Hard to believe that my two-week break is just about finished. It's been semi-constructive at best, but not a complete loss, I think. I did manage to:
1. Finish LSP assignment #1 (annotated bibliography).
2. Attend every session and lecture of ALAA 2005 I could. Admittedly I was starting to flag on day three, but I even made it to the closing - beat that!
3. Almost finish Pron assignment #2. I just need someone to give me the answer to the phonology problem, dammit!
4. Squeeze in a semblance of a social life in the last few days.
5. Do a spot of shopping (how I love thee...)
Back to the grindstone. I'd just about forgotten something called weekly readings - will have to do some before bed tonight. I'll take that over staring at my assignment any day. And there's another bloody one due next Monday (Language Testing #2: test review). Yay.
There's still the burning question of the minor thesis next term - to do or not to do? I have an inkling of a topic or two, but who knows if they're 'research-worthy'? And, really, how does one get any time to consider such things when one has on average an assignment to complete per week till the end of term??
So... how you say 'applied linguistics' in Chinese?
Okay. 應用語言學
This is so I know how to answer my relatives' polite questions this Lunar New Year. I never found out what the proper term was for 'art history' in my undergrad days, which was a bit embarrassing.
I leave you with my favourite article this week:
Religion is society's biggest threat
