I haven’t had much time to customize this week’s spread, but I still like it a lot. I haven’t been able to update it w/ some things like crossing out some stuff in my tasks or putting stuff down for Happy Thoughts, but I will do that tonight while winding down. I bought myself these Sudio earphones as a Christmas and late birthday present, and I’ve been loving them so much, esp because I didn’t need to fork over $100+ for them T^T . I’ve also made it a habit to screenshot and use pictures from my favorite webtoons to make myself laugh, and honestly, its giving me so much life. The webtoon image is from My Giant Nerd Boyfriend and this story always brightens my day. Hope your week hasn’t been too hectic for you ^^’
I have reappeared after a month ! I kinda had to disappear since a lot was going on in March and they required more of my attention. Things got so chaotic that I was only really able to decorate the spread for the first week of March. The rest of the weeks are essentially blank except for my schedule and the class blocks assigned for each day. My attention was pulled towards finals week T^T, my brain hurts just remembering what happened in the first half of March. I enjoyed spring break (though it was just a week) and I played a lot of Stardew Valley and laying around the house. The new quarter started March 29th, and so far my classes aren’t so bad which is nice. (I hope it stays like that throughout the quarter.) I will upload my April spread soon! I’m still setting up the class blocks and everything for the month. Please look forward to it :D Also, DPR IAN’s MITO album came out and I got so obsessed with it.
How’ve you guys been? How did you feel about March?
Currently listening to: ‘The Unknown Guest’ - DEAN
I kept it relatively simple because I was so busy but I was able to write down a lot of good things that happened that week. The second half of midterms part one was a bit rough. Honestly on Tuesday, I kinda lost it and just stared at my monitor while listening to the Mii Lounge Music for about 2 hours. I was so overwhelmed with stress that I couldn't function for a little bit. When I so stressed that I gave up on working on my essays and went for a nice walk. Luckily, I am now free from midterms for just a week and now I’m being thrown into midterms pt 2. yayyyyy we love the quarter system.... Hopefully I am able to survive the quarter. I mean.. I got this far, right ? How’ve you been ? Hope you’ve been taking care of yourselves !
Currently listening to: Tonight - love-sadKID, Garrett., Kill Bill: The Rapper
Hi! It’s Kopi here and I think it’s about time that I did a reintroduction ^^’. I’ve had this account for about three years, and I think I’ve changed a bit during this time period.
Some personal info:
I am 18 years old
I use they/them pronouns
I am a first year in college
My major right now is undeclared, but I am working on switching to business economics
If you are curious, I am 5ft 2.5″ (~159 cm)
My home base is in California, USA
I was born in the Philippines and immigrated here when I was young.
Experience/Hobbies:
I have been studying French for four years. I started in 9th grade.
I have been studying Korean on/off for four years, I also started in 9th grade but am finally able to put my focus towards it this year.
No, I was not taught how to speak Tagalog because my parents wanted me to have perfect English (no, my English is not perfect, I think it’s pretty bad) I do know some Tagalog where I can listen to a conversation but I can only respond in English.
I really like coffee for its taste, not the caffeine
I enjoy listening to Kpop, khip-hop, krnb, pop, etc.
I have some experience subtitling videos on youtube (but stopped doing so because youtube removed the option for community captions :<)
I also enjoy anime. Some notable ones for me are One Piece (currently watching), Haikyuu, I hate being in pain so I maxed out my defense build, and kaguya-sama: love is war.
I hope you enjoyed reading this updated introduction! I apologize for not being as active lately :< college exams and projects have all my attention at the moment. I am so thankful to those who’ve stuck around since the first year of this account, and I am also thankful to those who chose to join me along the way on my journey of being a langblr/studyblr. I plan to write up some updates about how quarantine college life is like for me and how I go about it, so please bear with me.
Hello hello ! How’ve you been this summer ? I hope you are all doing well . Today, I’d like to talk about how I’ve been maintaining my French level this summer.
Context:
I’ve been studying French for 4 years, since 2016, at my high school and I have graduated and passed AP French as of May 2020.
Note: The AP exams this year were altered due to COVID-19, so my experience may differ from the past couple years.
Now:
Since May, I have taken a break from studying French and just let myself ... exist . Ya know ? But, this is also the first summer since I started studying French where I don’t have any French summer homework assigned to me, and that I would be responsible in making myself maintain my French. In June and July, I have been practicing my French, but in a passive way, such as listening to music and reading posts in French. It was only recently where I felt the need to take a more active approach to studying to maintain it and to keep learning.
So, here’s a list of things I’ve been doing:
Reading a couple pages of a book each day (trying)
Watching French shows every other day (trying)
Taking vocabulary notes from my book
Speech practice
Active thinking
Review
Taking notes in French
A lot of what I have been doing are intertwined together now that I think about it. However, I believe that’s a good thing because multiple skills are being used together, and are not being neglected. The book I’ve been reading is Percy Jackson, Le Voleur de Foudre . I bought this book at my local library for $.75 ! ( I recommend checking out the books for sale at your library, because you can purchase books in great condition for a very low price. I found the book at the language books for sale section. )
I will not lie, my “stamina” or the amount of brain power that goes towards reading or watching shows in French is a lot more than when I read/watch in English (of course). But like exercising, you build up a lot more stamina as you keep doing a little more each day. So I try to read one or two pages more of my book before I get a massive headache ^^’ . As I read, I often read aloud, which helps with my practicing my speech as well as actively thinking and processing the words in my mind. One may think that this is a bit childish, and I understand, but ... since I don’t have many friends that I can speak French with, this helps me a lot.
As for watching French shows, I will be honest, I do this the least ^^’. Why ? Simply because there aren’t a lot of shows that I watch in French. (Same with English ^^’) I watch a lot of vlogs that are in Korean but when they are available, I watch them in French, which does help in the reading speed department. I will try to do better and watch more French shows.
For notes, I am trying to be more active when I write as well. It helps me retain my vocabulary while processing more information. Since I have been studying Korean this summer, I have noticed that I was taking my notes in English while missing an opportunity to practice my French ! *face palm* So starting last week, I’ve been taking my notes in French instead. (tbh they’ve been a lot faster for me because of object pronouns) This really helps a lot and aids me in practicing my writing since I don’t have much to write about in my journals.
So, that's what I’ve been doing to maintain my French this summer. I am contemplating on enrolling on an online course, but that is for another time. What have you been up to ? How’s your language studying going ? Lemme know ! I’m curious as to what you all have been up to during this quarantine.
Now that 2021 has begun, my winter quarter has begun as well ^^’
I just wanted to talk about my goals for how I am planning to go about the following 2-3 quarters of uni since I will be remaining at home until the Fall quarter.
My Goals are:
- Sleep more : This is because I kind of wrecked my sleeping schedule during winter break and towards the end of the Fall quarter. I ended up being super exhausted and had me groggy whenever I studied.
- Do my readings ^^’ : Last time I didn’t do my readings for my Sociology class, and it had a great negative impact on me and my understanding of the material. So hopefully this quarter, I won’t slack off and that I will do all my readings for all my classes.
- Let myself have some fun : I kept myself on the grind during Fall quarter, and I was constantly working if not working then sleeping. I didn’t let myself enjoy watching shows, or working on hobbies unrelated to class. This resulted in me getting burnt out 2 weeks before the quarter ended. So now I am trying to incorporate more fun into my daily routine.
- Stretch !!! : Since I’m sitting in a chair all day for classes and everything, I haven’t been as active and now I get shoulder and back aches from sitting up straight in my chair all the time. I’m thinking about incorporating stretching at the beginning, middle, and end of the day.
- Go on more walks : I didn’t go on walks outside except for once a month last quarter. That is really unhealthy when I think about it. So now I might try to incorporate walks once a week. This will help me take my mind off classes and help me collect my thoughts alone.
These goals are more oriented towards fixing some of the bad habits I have gained from quarantine and my general studying habits. I wanna make sure that my mental health is good and solid during this quarter and the next. I do not want to wreck myself every quarter by studying until I get burnt out. That is very unhealthy and not good for myself in the long run. What are your goals for this year? Are you tackling some bad habits or improving on others?
This was my schedule for the first week back at school !
Honestly, it’s hard to get back into school after a 2 week winter break. It’s been a struggle, but luckily, I was kinda able to find my groove again. I am aiming to survive this quarter and the next. We’ll see about summer classes ^^’ I included some pictures to motivate me and give myself a chuckle during the first week. Oh! By the way, I made my own planner template this year! It was a fun project I took on in winter break. I suited it to my school needs and to remind myself of some good things that happened in the week. All positive stuff. Have y’all been adjusting back to school well? We got this!
