I am embracing the incoming 2006 with a mixed feeling: on the one hand, I think a fresh new year would offer a good opportunity to reorganize my thoughts and live my life with more wiser insights (I really hope so); on the other hand, I will unavoidably age one more year, which seems frightful to a women in her 30s.
I did some shopping on the Christmas eve at Wangfujing Street. Many many Chinese people were celebrating Christmas, not really for welcoming the annual visit of Santa Claus to our planet, but for finding an excuse to spoil themsevlses from the very stressful life. I took some photos, which I will post later. You may find from the photos that it was really very crowded in the Wangfujing area. I bought a MNG sweater (on sale for a 50% discount) and a pair of earrings.
These days, I am considering whether I should enroll a one-year LLM program in the UK or the United States. I do not really need another master degree for my work (I have obtained one in China), but I really would like to learn more about common law system and also the life style in western countries. And the different culture! But I am quite old now if compared with the new graduates, who directly study abroad upon their obtaining their bachelor degree. What is your thought about returning back to the campus for further study after working for several years?
Wish all of you a happy new year!
KandAmoist
Hello Sandy. I will apologise in advance if I am making too much of an assumption in my reply, but it seems to me that the main reason for you studying for another degree might be to help you break out out of the life you are in at the moment. If this is true, the two issues must be why do you want to break out, and what do you want to do or become? Once you have answered these questions then you will know if more study is the best way forward.
Returning to campus after several years study? I guess it would help if you have managed to save enough money to support yourself through university. I also think that you might enjoy mixing with some younger people on a foreign campus ... this also might hepl you find yourself. But it also might make you feel old! (On the other hand, judging from your picture, you look young ... lucky lady!)