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Saying Thank You

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, which meant school was closed.

It also meant that I got to sleep in past 10 am for the first time in 3 weeks. REJOICE. I got the day off to hang out with my friends downtown and just have genuine fun goofing off as we used to in high school. We also had ramen for lunch, which is always welcome~

Our family never really celebrated Thanksgiving in the sense where we made it a big deal of preparing a turkey dinner and all that, but the sentiment was always there. Instead of turkey dinner we had macaroni and cheese, roast beef and cinnamon rolls. In my family, this combo is super rare and is basically as special as turkey dinner. (my family is weird but I love it)

Coincidentally enough, October the 10th is also Taiwan Day, so having two holidays on one day was kind of cool.

This Thanksgiving is the first one that I spent as a university student. (This year is just full of firsts wow how exciting) Putting all the school-induced angst aside, which I have been accumulating exponentially in the past week, I really do have many many things to be thankful for this year. Continue reading →

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Review on My First Month of Uni

Last week was my first week of midterms. Oh what a hellish ride that was.

I don’t think I was satisfied with how I did on any of the midterms I wrote. I was disappointed and quite angry at myself for not working as hard as I should have. These were MIDTERMS. I really should have done many things differently. Now that I think of it, I am not satisfied with how I faced my first month of uni.

It was not until I finished my Chem 121 midterm last Thursday did I realize that I have gone through a month of being a university student. I never clearly noticed my transition into university mode-it kind of just happened as it did, and that makes me concerned if I’m even getting used to university properly. From navigating Connect to figuring out my schedules to writing my first 10 minute quiz to doing my first lab, I’ve been struggling to some extent.

Thinking about it, I find myself quite pathetic.

Here I am, surrounded by hundreds of my peers at a time, surrounded by so much confidence and purpose, and I myself don’t know what I’m doing. I know that I should be working harder to keep up, but somehow I always fall short from my goals. There’s no one else to blame that disaster on but me, and I’ve learned that the hard way.

For the past few days I’ve been thinking about how my approach to things could have been improved, and I’ve come up with a list of things I should improve as soon as possible. Learning from my mistakes involves addressing those mistakes head on, and here I am attempting to do just that.

Things I’ve learned: Continue reading →

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