The Tea and Study Diaries

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08/01/19

This was a picture from a few days ago haha. Today was the first day of lectures of term 2. It was pretty good. I have a few new modules and the one I’m looking forward to the most is Introduction to Astronomy. We also have a new programming module, which is pretty exciting :)

I had an exam yesterday, and it went pretty well, although I did make a few stupid mistakes.

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Term 1 of University Ramble/Rant

20/12/18

Note: This post is really not motivating/inspiring . It’s just me rambling for a while.

The last time I posted was a few days before move in day and now, it’s the second week of term break.

Honestly the welcome/freshers week was amazing. I made really good friends with some people from my accommodation and the accommodation itself is really nice, because its just out of the way of the campus and its surrounded by greenery and squirrels (I have a tree right outside my window and I always see squirrels climbing it in the morning awhhh). I went to a fair, which me and my friend found by chance and I joined some volunteering activities. 

For the first few weeks of classes, I was pretty happy. The work wasn’t too hard and I was getting decent marks on my problem sheets etc. 

The next few weeks, though, were pretty rough. I was regularly getting 30% in my assignments (it’s 40% to pass) and I couldn’t do a lot of the questions and  although I did still find the modules interesting, I just couldn’t follow most of it. It didn’t help that everyone around me seemed to find everything so easy.

The only “big” assignment we had this term was a lab report. Honestly, I couldn’t even understand what the experiment was about and ended up writing it in one day, because I was trying so hard to understand it. 

On the last week, I had a meeting with my personal tutor and she was saying how worried she was about me, because I got 30% on a pretty important assignments. I told her about what was happening and got some pretty pointless advice, to be honest. 

Anyway, sorry this was such a downer, I just needed to rant.

I’m using this holiday to try and catch up with what I don’t understand. Even though I had a pretty crappy first term, I’m looking forward to doing better next term and working harder. 

p.s. I think I will be coming back to tumblr in the new year. I want to use the studyblr community to motivate myself to work harder.

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3 Days Until University Move-in!

20/09/18

Hello!

So a few days ago I got offered a single room, so I no longer have to share! I joined a group chat for the accommodation and everyone seems so nice and supportive of each other.

Really looking forward to moving in...

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12/9/18

So apparently, I’m going to be sharing my university room with someone temporarily, because my college sent in my results a day late. Was quite disappointed, to be honest, but I’m trying to look at the positive side. At least I’ll be forced to socialise and I only have to pay half of what I would normally be paying. Apparently, we share until another room frees up. 

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Here’s proof I actually studied yesterday. Did some Further Maths and I’m using the HegartyMaths videos on youtube to study. This isn’t a very good picture is it haha. I redid a chapter, because the last time I did it was around 3 weeks ago.

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Boring Updates and Stuff

I know, I know. I have been the worst studyblr person ever. My last post was after my last A-Level exam, so it’s been around three and a half months. Some pretty big things have happened since then.

I got into Warwick University, but I don’t know if I will actually be going (for financial reasons). I got an A* in maths and As in physics and chemistry. Thankfully, the entry requirements were A*AA, so I was right on target. 

Also, I moved back from Malaysia to England last week, but I will move back if it turns out I won’t be going to Warwick.

I went to the Warwick campus yesterday (while trying not to get my hopes up) and I really liked it. It was much bigger than I had imagined.

I want to start posting here again, as I will be studying further maths (as it is highly recommended for my subject, but I didn’t take it at A-Levels) and for when I start uni.

So yeah, those are all of my updates.

H

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86/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

Hello!

I had my last ever A-Level exam this morning and it went really well! So now I’ve officially finished with high school, I have so much I want to do!

When I got home from the exam I had a little break then started tidying my room. I had a huuuuge stack of papers to throw out and a pile of books to give to my brother (who’s doing his iGCSE exams right now, so he’ll be starting A-levels in September). My room feels so nice and tidy. I only have my wardrobe to do left and I also want to rearrange some of my furniture, which I’ll do tomorrow.

One of my passions is drawing and I really, really want to learn how to 2D animate, so that it one of the things I’ll be doing during my break.

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85/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

I am officially the worst person ever, I am SO sorry. I’ve been MIA for approximately 1 month now and I don’t know why, but I’ve decided to update you all on the night of MY LAST EVER A-LEVEL EXAM WHOOOOO!

For some reason, I haven’t been stressed at all, especially not like during iGCSE exams where I was breaking down every other night. I kind of feel too relaxed. I think the exams went pretty okay. I definitely could have done better but I’m pretty sure I got at least one A*. 

In terms of productivity, I’m still not where I want to be, to be honest. I’m really bad with spending hours on Youtube. Hopefully, I will be able to improve that.

Also, Ramadhan (a holy month for Muslims, in which we fast from dawn till dusk every day and try to make ourselves better people) has started and I am really looking forward to it!

I can’t wait to get this exam over with (it’s the pure maths exam, by the way) and I have so much I want to do, which I will probably make another post about.

Yes, I will still be studying after my exams, so technically, this blog will still be a studyblr. Basically, I didn’t take further maths for A-Level, but it’s very highly recommended to study physics in university, so I’ll be studying it on my own.

Anyway, I’ll see you soon!

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60/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

28/04/18

So, last night I had a sudden burst of productivity and thankfully it carried on to today too! Today was probably the most productive day I’ve had in months and I’m so buzzed about it hehe.

I did a total of 6 past year papers and my marks are actually improving. 

Tomorrow I’m going to visit a book fair, which I am super duper excited about.

See you tomorrow!

H x

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59/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

27/04/18

Hello!

(I’m actually writing this the next day hehe, let’s pretend it’s today)

So today I didn’t start my work until around 5pm and I finished at 1pm (with breaks, of course) I did 3 chemistry papers! Right now my average is around 85, but I need to raise it to 90.

Feeling super motivated at the moment! 

Have a great day!

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51/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

Hello!

I had one class today and it went okay. Better than I thought it would go.

When I got home I finished a chemistry paper from yesterday and started to revise my physics Cornell notes with a whiteboard. I didn’t realise how much there was!

Bye!

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50/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

18/04/18

(This picture was from a few days ago bye)

Okay. So I’ve been MIA the past week due to health problems and I tried to study but I couldn’t. I’ve been missing classes too ugh.

Today the most productive day I’ve had in a while. I did some maths and physics papers.

Exams are less than three weeks away, I’m starting to stress.

Byeeee

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42/100 -100 Days of Productivity

10/04/18

Hello!

Today did not start productive at all. It was really hot and my palms were sweaty and I could not concentrate at all. I started my work at about 8. I only have one chapter of physics to do left!

Good night

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41/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

09/04/18

Hello!

Ok, so I’m back whoo!

I decided to take a break, because I was really stressed from my mock exams and was on the verge of a breakdown. I’ve been laying in bed watching Gilmore Girls (which I have quickly become obsessed with) and trying to drink a lot of water.

But today I decided to finally do some work, although I was having a lot of trouble concentrating, so I ended up putting my phone away. I also deleted tumblr from my phone apps, because I get too obsessed with scrolling aimlessly.

I did a chapter on physics (I only have one left) and did a chemistry paper, on which I got 80/100. For a change, I decided to study in my living room today and although it was nice and peaceful, my back is not aching haha.

Not really looking forward to college tomorrow. I have three classes :O

Good bye!

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37/100 - 100 days of productivity 5/04/18 Hello! Today i had my maths papers and they didn't go as bad as I had hoped although the pure maths paper was harder than any other past year paper I had done. Tomorrow i have physics and I haven't properly studied but its okay because I'm really stressed right now and I don't want to stress myself it even more. They're only mocks right? Good night!

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36/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

04/04/18

Okay, so yesterday was officially the first day that I didn’t post anything for the 100dop challenge and ughhhh I feel so bad. I didn’t do anything at all except watch a TVseries and I didn’t want to lie and said I did work, because I didn’t. At least I’m keeping it realistic?

Oh yeah, today I got a new bag, because my other one broke. Maybe I should do a ‘What’s in my Bag’ post or something? I love those haha.

So this week is mock exam week and I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I can’t get myself to be motivated. A year ago, I would have been freaking out about exams. Tomorrow/today I have two maths papers and for the past two days I haven’t studied at ALL until 11:45pm this night (it’s almost 3am now).

I’m going to scroll the studyblr tag first thing tomorrow (well today). Hopefully that motivates me.

Sorry for the negativity in this post :(

Tomorrow WILL be better

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34/100 - 100 Days of Productivity

Hello!

I am soooo sorry this is late. I had my chem trial exams yesterday and I completely blacked out as soon as I got home. It was pretty good actually! There a few one mark questions where I had no clue what the answer was, so I just made an educated guess.

After the test I went to the mall and brought myself a Parmesan cheese pretzel as a treat and went to sit in the park to read.

My next papers are in two days. Hopefully they go well :)