Introduction

[Guest guest]

If I may, I'd like to finally introduce myself to the list after having been

a lurker for about 15 months, for which I hope I'll be forgiven. My name is

Sue and this week, at age 54, I have started the BSc. Acupuncture degree

course at Lincoln University in England. It's TCM acupuncture and the course

leader is Fanyi Meng a member of the English ATCM.

Previously, for the 15 months it took me to get my health and finances

sorted out I was fortunate enough to be helped in serious self study of

acupuncture by another Chinese member of the ACTM, in return for english

lessons

focusing on medical english.

To give a more rounded picture of myself....

I have as my first degree a BA Hons in English Language, a University

Diploma in Psychology, and a Diploma in Aromatherapy and Massage. I also

completed

two of the three years of SRN (State Registered Nurse) training some 34 years

back. My areas of interest in acupuncture are pain relief and addictions. In

psychology I'm interested in perception and cognition. In english I'm

interested in verbal and non verbal communication-- the effectivenss (or

otherwise)

of how we understand and, convey meaning.

I'm a practising Buddhist and use TM meditation to shut my brain up and

Buddhist meditations to focus it... well... that's the idea anyway

And more important than any and all qualifications I place a sense of

humour, but, hand on heart, I promise to keep apply an appropriate sense of

propriety if I do mail to the list, although I intend to largely continue to

just

listen from the sidelines if allowed to continue on the list. Which I rather

hope you'll let me do, as it is a most excellent learning forum,

my regards to you all,

Sue