Eve, the Bubble Tea Boss Lady: From English Major to Business School

Updated 2026/10/16

Interviewee: Eve, the Bubble Tea Boss Lady (珍奶闆娘) (IG: light_english666)

• Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, English Department honors class (89.3/100, IELTS 8.0)
• Admitted: University of Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Marketing
• Final choice: University of Bristol Msc Management (Marketing)

Eve’s Introduction and Brand Philosophy

I double-majored in English and German in college and have tutored for more than seven years. I’m now doing a master’s at Bristol in the UK to learn about business.

Most people probably know me from the tips I share on preparing for the TOEIC and IELTS.

What I’ve always hoped, though, is that sharing culture and study techniques will get people to enjoy learning languages and bring English into their daily lives, so it feels less intimidating!

Why Did Eve Start Her Business?

It started on the test-prep board of Dcard, where I shared tips on getting a perfect TOEIC score and on German proficiency exams. Students in the comments kept asking me to sell my notes. I had always taught with published textbooks plus my own supplementary handouts, and those comments gave me an idea: if I could organize what I know into a book, that would be a great thing to do!

Around the same time, classes went remote because of the pandemic and I was studying from home, so I started two fan pages: Bubble Tea Boss Lady (珍奶闆娘) English and Bubble Tea Boss Lady German.

Why Study Abroad?

I teach English, but I had never been to an English-speaking country, and I wanted to experience the culture and talk with people there. I also spent much of college in the pandemic and in internships, so before starting my career I wanted to study abroad and learn skills beyond languages.

Switching from Languages to Business: What Was Hard About Applying?

Applying in the UK went fairly smoothly, because many UK master’s programs accept students from other fields.

The harder part is studying business theory in English after you start. Luckily I took quite a few business school courses in college, so I had some foundation. But I hadn’t taken enough business credits to meet the requirements for master’s programs in Germany, so I chose to study in the UK.

How Did Running a Business and Social Media Help Your Application?

When writing my application résumé, my startup experience let me quantify a lot of my marketing work (sales volume, fan page growth rate, and so on). Because I wrote about social media marketing and running a business, I later received a master’s scholarship.

Besides that, I think the University of Bristol also valued my experience promoting the SDGs and doing service activities. I later talked with several other scholarship recipients, and all of them had mentioned this too!

IELTS Prep: How to Raise Your Score Quickly and Hit Your Target on a Retake

If your overall score falls short, reading and listening are the quickest sections to pull up. I recommend going straight to the Cambridge practice tests, which come closest to the real exam’s format and difficulty. Review each one properly: understand the logic of the questions and find where each question matches its answer in the text. Doing fewer questions well beats doing lots of them!

For speaking and writing, get feedback from someone with a lot of IELTS experience, or better still a teacher who has worked as an examiner. IELTS has its own way of scoring, and once you understand that logic it’s easier to score high. Some people speak well but don’t answer in the direction IELTS is looking for.

If you’re going to take the test, learn the rules of the game first.