Life under the microscope
The French classes that I am taking are great. Beside that my grammar is bad, but improving, they allow me to do something else: to write. I know that blogging is also writing, but the texts that we are supposed to write as homework (adults can also have homework) are better.
These texts allow me to write what I can`t write on this blog. Those things would be too boring. And I am learning how to keep my articles short (1 A5 page).
I watched a couple of days ago Black Swan, a movie in which Natalie Portman gave a great Oscar-winning performance. Last night, I watched American Sniper. A while ago, I also watched The act of killing, an Oscar-nominated documentary. I also read the news daily.
These fourĀ things madeĀ me think about … murder. In war, people kill. In peace, people kill. I am wondering why and what it does to them.
American sniper presents the tormented soul of a professional murderer that has and wants to do this to protect his country. Every murder changes him. Every murder affects him psychologically. After all, in war, a murder is still a murder.
Black swan shows how a tormented soul tries to protect itself by killing itself. READ MORE!
It`s been a few days since I wrote my last article. But I promise I`ll make it up.
I started my French classes two weeks ago. I was reticent in the beginning, but now I`m happy I started. I have some interesting colleagues and the professor is … well, cool.
Yesterday we took the first test, with promises for many more in the weeks to come. The results I got today confirmed what I knew. The thing that I`m worst at is the grammar. It`s been over 10 years since I last studied and used it so the thing I need to do now is to really start studying.
I`ll update as often as I can, with an article in French at the end of the month (the exams are in early March). Wish me luck :)!
In the past few weeks, I have worked on ā¦ something different from what I normally do. Although social media data mining is use widely in almost every field, I thought I would try a different approach.
My idea was to see if I can collect real-time data and process it, while also forecast, based on keywords, hashtags and expressions, the next food scarcity hot spot (at local level). Continue reading “Why should I use social media for food security?”
I had today my first French class after over 12 year. When I was younger, I studied it for 11 years, from primary school to the end of high school. I think that I was pretty good at it, but not speaking it since 2003 may have damaged my ability of speaking fluently and decreased my knowledge of French grammar.
Last Monday I took a test and I was assigned to a UF3 level class at IEPSCF Namur. The levels here are from 1 to 7, with two more (UFDA and UFDB) for absolute beginners.
It was an interesting first day, meeting my colleagues from all over the world, although I haven’t really spoken with any of them. I`m a bit shy in such occasions. I prefer professional networking instead of socializing with friends.
From now on, four days a week, four hours per day, I`ll work on improving my French. Wish me luck :).
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