Experience at the Library pt.1

I’m currently at the library of University of Lincoln on the first floor, and I’m using an iMac, yay! This is just so wonderful, a whole new experience I have never seen before!

Oh how lazy I am not to write for such a long time, hence my bad writing style. What am I supposed to write now? Oh yes, I should write something about the school, something easy and familiar first before moving on to more difficult subjects. Alright, so the library at my university is in fact not a big one, but it has one of the socially widest networking to other university libraries. As far as I have researched, it has connection to most popular websites for researchers, academics, and other reliable sources of information and archives. Therefore, there is no need to be worried when I couldn’t find the documents I need. Isn’t it great?

Entries to the library is very simple, just like the one in Thailand where I had an internship in March: All you need to do is just scan the barcode on the student card on a fixed scanner and you are all set. In case you forgot to bring the library card, which is your student ID, there is a machine which you could provide your detailed when you registered at the university and received your temporary entrance ticket to get access to the library. There are hundreds of high-tech and modern computer brands such as iMac and Dell, all of which are securely modified and cloud-based, so I could open any computer and continue to work on my last progress without being afraid of losing important data. However, while using these computers, you have to accept the policies and rules from the university, including installing illegal software, spreading viruses, access to unwanted websites etc. Well, I’m the one who becomes really strict when there are ground rules, so I played the game with ease. No problem at all!

Speaking of books and resources here, I guess I have found sufficient sources of information as well as original documents to support my thesis so far. I’m not sure if I could make a change in the dissertation, but up to now, everything has been fine. I suddenly found a rare copy of a book about learning autonomy that is worth reading and it would be one of the supporters for my claims. However, as I have learned from previous research, as well as textbooks about research in general, the golden rule is not to rely on only one source. This is quite true indeed. You can never be too confident in your point of view and neglect others’ work and expect people to recognise or praise you.

The weather here is getting a bit colder now because of the heavy rain, but it would soon be back to usual, as Lincolnshire’s average annual temperature ranges no less than 5C. So, I’m not sure whether or not I could see snow or ice or snowflakes in this very winter. Ah, I almost forgot this. People are starting their decoration for upcoming events like Halloween and Christmas. To them, I suppose, those are big holidays and has deeply-rooted in their culture, and that’s probably the reason why I’ve been feeling quite a busy atmosphere recently. Tomorrow, I will pay a visit to Lincoln Cathedral and the Lincoln Castle. This is my very first entry following the same topic: “Days in Lincoln” in the blog, and I’m pretty sure there are some flaws in my writing. In the next posts I’ll make it sound more reader-friendly and there will be photos included for sure.

See you.