Ekaterina Leksina

W(o/a)ndering a(b/r)ou(t/nd) the world with curiosity

My 2025

As of 07/09/2025

Every December, when I look back at the year that passed I become confused whether I am proud of the year or not. So now I decided to document my year somewhere to have some reference of my journey.


    "A Mathematician's Apology" by G. H. Hardy,
    "The Big Green Tent" by Lyudmila Ulitskaya,
    "Children of the Arbat" by Anatoly Rybakov,
    "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut,
    "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky,
    "The Choice" by Edith Eger,
    "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
    "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir (audio),
    "Bear Town" by Fredrik Backman,
    "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai,
    "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout,
    "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" by Haruki Murakami,
    "Woe from Wit" and other comedies by Alexander Griboedov

    Spain: Barcelona
    UK: Coventry, London, Oxford, Sommerset
    Italy: Florence, Pisa, Milan, countryside
    USA: Berkley

    Haskell - 1 term course at University
    Guitar - twice a week since July
    Singing - 6 hours of private lessons
    Typescript - 3 months-long internship

    Throwing a birthday party for the first time in 8 years,
    Finding and renting a house,
    Dealing with taxes for the first time in my life,
    Attending WARP 25',
    Playing a witch in a real-life maze,
    Building said maze with a group of friends,
    Going to Noize MC's concert

    Tutoring A-Level Computer Science,
    Maintaining the website and organising events for Warwick Maths Society,
    Being an ambassador for Warwick and going to university fairs,
    FTTP at Jane Street and Trading Insight at Maven,
    SWE Internship at Bending Spoons,
    Being a Junior Counselor at ESPR,
    Tutoring IB Biology

    Mountain Goats (the band),
    Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (the picture),
    Dima Rebus (the artists),
    Crumpets (the food)