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Learning to adjust to academic reading

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A couple of weeks ago I received my student login details from the Heriot-Watt University. At last, I finally had access to my database journals in order to prepare for my research studies. And so earlier tonight I eagerly downloaded relevant articles related to my research interest, which revolves around organisational change and sustainability. Upon downloading a number of articles, I decided...

Who the hell gets a 91??

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Those were the words that the wifey echoed as I anxiously pulled out the score for the two papers I recently completed in August as part of my MBA exam. It had been a very trying time for both of us during that period – lots of late nights with weekends being sacrificed as I would spend hours in the library rushing to complete my revisions and attempt past exam questions before meeting the...

Hello Cashew

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My dear cashew, Since your mother wrote you a later a couple of days ago I thought it would only be fitting if I wrote a letter to you too as well. We have been waiting for your arrival for a long time. From the day your mother told me she was pregnant, as the days have gone by we have been patiently for your arrival. I hope you are doing well being inside’s mummy. She sometimes tells me...

Sin the Sinister Foe

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Sin – Its very name evokes a sense of displeasure and disgust. Mention the word sin and you will see the forlorn look on people’s faces, casting a pre-gloominess feeling. Sin is something we are all familiar with and have been in some way of form influenced by it’s tantalising effects. We all have our own apples, our own forbidden trees, our line in the sand which we are told...

Improving my writing

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My writing has recently taken a severe beating. I am not sure how this really happened or how it imploded but my writing really sucks. It isn’t really the case that I can’t write well, but beyond that I have been struggling to even pen and structure my thoughts down together and produce a decent writing piece for this block. I find that I have misplaced th necessary skills required to...

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