Ambulance lingo to keep up with your paramedic friends

During my first block placement on the ambulances this year, I was confronted with dozens of new words and abbreviations I didn’t understand, and it took me a while to really come to terms with them. Here is a large but incomplete list of common terms used by ambulance staff and pre-hospital healthcare practitioners in …

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Hoàng Thuỳ Linh – Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe – Lyrics (Eng/Viet side-by-side)

Vietnamese English Tiếng sáo ai lửng lơ Whose flute is hovering? Đêm nay ai mơ Who dreams tonight? Mơ giấc mơ giữa đời Dreaming a daily dream Để Mị nói cho mà nghe Let Mi tell you something Tâm hồn này chẳng để lặng lẽ This soul is not born to be silent Thương cha … Continue reading Hoàng Thuỳ Linh – Để Mị Nói Cho Mà Nghe – Lyrics (Eng/Viet side-by-side)

NHK Japanese Resources

I want to do a full post on what I like in language learning resources and textbooks but for now I’ll just say that for learning Japanese, you can do a lot worse than reading everything that NHK World puts out. They have an audio series/podcast that is amazing and I just found this textbook … Continue reading NHK Japanese Resources

Using create-react-class in your React apps

In React 16, Facebook are deprecating the React.createClass() syntax for creating new components, preferring the new ES6 class method. Already from React 15.5.0, they start reminding you about this. They favour replacing var Greeting = React.createClass (); with class Greeting extends React.Component {} You should absolutely upgrade to the new ES6 way but that involves … Continue reading Using create-react-class in your React apps