Background Compared with the blog writing in the first semester, my blog in the second semester was completed in a shorter time. I still remember the first time I wrote this kind of article. Although it was only 800 words long, writing the whole article took me a whole night. But now, from the time Read the full article…

Figure 1. 6 Reasons to Write Your Own Blog (John Heoschele, 2016)   The  Journey of Learning Urban Design As I said in the last Reflective Summary, urban design was completely new field for me. My previous major was in industrial design. This led to the fact that every moment of learning urban design was new Read the full article…

Personal Experience With time flying by, the second semester has basically finished, and it has been an exciting and fulfilling semester due to the fact that we had two design modules and a research proposal for a design dissertation at this stage. It meant that at the start of the semester, we went straight into Read the full article…

Reflecting on Last Semester Compared to last semester, my mentality has changed a lot in writing blog in this semester. I am no longer a complete novice, and I have developed a new understanding in urban design which i studied. These changes have helped me easily express my ideas more clearly and confidently in my Read the full article…

Introduction Time flies, the second semester’s courses have come to an end. After studying writing last semester, I have basically mastered the basic process and framework structure of blog writing. In this journey, I enjoy posting my ideas on social media and commenting on my companions. In this course, I have published two blogs, one about Read the full article…

This semester, I have learned more about the importance and usefulness of blogs thanks to the study of the blog course.Blog is not only a platform to show one’s talent and spread knowledge and opinions, but also an important channel to communicate and interact with others. Through blogging, I can share my thoughts, insights and Read the full article…

First impression Time flies, the first semester’s courses have come to an end. This semester, I tried blog writing for the first time as a blogger. Basically, this experience is very novel and has benefited me to a large extent. When I first heard about blog creation, I was very excited. To be honest, I enjoy posting Read the full article…

First Contact After entering the urban design major, I came into contact with the blog production course for the first time. I had never taken a similar course before, and I only published some personal blogs as a hobby. Studying this course is a novel experience for me. I gained a lot of knowledge by Read the full article…

2023 is truly a memorable year for me. I started quitting my job at my old studio, focusing my time and effort on learning English and preparing my application for a master’s degree abroad. Finally all my efforts paid off when I was accepted to Newcastle University. Everything happened quite quickly, and I easily adapted Read the full article…

First Impressions Urban design was something very new to me. The only experience I’ve had in relation to it was how to construct the things we design. So, coming into a module which further explores principles of urban design had me excited to learn. The apprehension only settled in after the first session where we Read the full article…

Chapter 1: Adapting It was a rainy Thursday afternoon. After the introduction class by Tim we were rushing to find the classroom for blog tutorial. Many of us were still strangers to each other at that time. Meanwhile, the class had already begun as I reached. However, quickly secured a spot where I could see Read the full article…

Reflective Summary The semester 1 blog module, for me, was an interesting journey that enabled my exploration of new and intriguing matters within urban design as well as, encouraging me to recognise the value of the community of unique voices around me. The highly self-led aspect meant we had to work co-dependently to ensure a Read the full article…