Desideratum

Study, travel and language focussed sideblog. Currently studying International business with Japanese as elective and sales and marketing consultancy as minor.

[japanesewords]

願い＊ねがい＊ねがい

[thedailyzen]

You can’t grow unless you are willing to take calculated risks and expose yourself to new things. Remain open. What you know right now is only the tip of the iceberg.

[hakuteeth]

Not to offer advice nobody asked for but fixing ur sleep schedule is life changing

[hakuteeth]

Things that actually work if u try at them:

Drinking water

No longer making self deprecating jokes

Making sure to take time out of the day to relax and take a breather

Lighting candles

Counting ur breaths in and out if ur having a panic attack

Getting up and trying to do one thing even if u can’t do everything maybe brushing ur teeth but not having the energy to shower

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

Lovely moments in life ✨

walking on the sand beside the ocean during dusk and hearing the waves lapping the shore

taking a train to somewhere far away for a day

lying in freshly fallen snow in a big fluffy coat

having someone who you can talk to about anything and tells you their favourite songs

indulging in a tub of ice cream in one sitting and not letting yourself be guilty afterwards

climbing into a warm bed at a reasonable time after a tiring but satisfying day

doing something cozy and comforting like fruit-picking, painting a beautiful scenery or having a picnic in a flower field

waking up to the warm morning light through your curtains and hearing the birds chirping

getting lost in a book for hours on end

taking the afternoon off to make chocolate chip cookies and then eating them fresh out of the oven

seeing the good side in every situation and being kind to yourself

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

if no one has told you this

it may not feel like it but you’re making progress

keep going, you’re doing so well

[japanesewords]

別腹＊べつばら＊having room for dessert even if one is full

[de-sid-er-a-tum]

So,

I have been away for quite a while. At one point school and extra classes just got so busy, I completely forgot about this blog. However, school has started again, I have submitted all my summer assignments and essays, I visited Japan and I finally started my minor. There are so many exciting things on my path including lots of travelling and the possibility of exchange, and it seems like school is going to be a lot less hectic and chaotic than it was the last two years. I plan to update this blog more often, and I will be posting some of the pictures I took in Japan soon. For now, have a gif of the view I saw while traveling with the shinkansen

[defunctmainaccplsdont]

Japanese Space Vocabulary

english - japanese

space/universe -  宇宙 (うちゅう - uchū)

alien -  宇宙人 (うちゅうじん -  uchūjin)

astronaut -  宇宙飛行士 (うちゅう ひこうし - uchūhikōshi)

spaceship -  宇宙船 (うちゅうせん - uchūsen)

spacesuit -  宇宙服 (うちゅう ふく-  uchūfuku)

star -  星 (ほし - hoshi)

planet -  惑星 (わくせい - wakusei)

comet -  彗星 (すいせい - suisei)

asteroid - 小惑星 (しょう わくせい - shō wakusei)

meteor - 流星 (りゅうせい - ryūsei)

meteor shower -  流星群 (りゅうせい ぐん- ryūseigun)

galaxy -  銀河˙’系’ ( ぎんが’けい’ - ginga’kei’)

nebula - 星雲 (せいうん - seiun)

sun -  太陽 (たいよう - taiyō)

solar system -  太陽系 (たいようけい - taiyōkei)

moon -  月 (つき - tsuki)

eclipse -  食 (っしょく - shoku)

solar eclipse -  日食 (にっしょく - nisshoku)

lunar eclipse - 月食  (げっしょく - gesshoku)

constellation -  星座 (せいざ- seiza)

a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe  -  幽玄  (ゆうげん -yuugen)

we are not alone - 私たちは一人じない ( わたし-たち は ひとり じ ない - watashitachi wa hitori jinai)

[pippistudies]

can we stop romanticising pushing ourselves to the limit cause I want to stop feeling like I have to not sleep and not eat to be truly productive. pls and thank u

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

a gentle reminder to not compare your chapter one to someone’s chapter twenty.

[beifongkendo]

Wisteria at Kawachi Fuji garden, Kitakyushu (instagram)

[angelicxi]

          IMAO KEINEN           kacho gafu, 1891

[japanesewords]

一人っ子＊ひとりっこ⁂ an only child

[uyamt]

雪柳（ゆきやなぎ） Thunberg’s meadowsweet (Spiraea thunbergii)

[6i]

in your 20’s find a balance between hustle & rest. you don’t need to have a love life or a soulmate figured out. go travel the world. battle your demons. set up a business, find people who value your heart & yours will attract. don’t live in the past, you have so much more to see

[kidrat]

brain: u gotta be… The Best™

me: ok so we’ll work hard then?

brain: no work… only Best.

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

you don’t need to know who you are yet. nothing is perfect and nothing is linear. it’s ok to start over and over again and it’s ok to have days when you want to give up. the most important thing is to do your best and take care of yourself so you can have more energy to have fun and grow in the process.