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Semester break and back again
The year is chugging along, and semester break has come and gone. Here are a few things I do to stay relaxed and feel recharged for the second half of semester.
I need to read more
Do you ever find it hard to find the time to sink your teeth into a great book instead of an academic essay?
Group work woes
Urgh! Group work! As always there is at least one group assignment during the semester. This is how I am taking it on.
Ph.D. students: they call us dreamers, but we鈥檙e the ones who don鈥檛 sleep
Trouble sleeping? Maybe we鈥檝e procrastinated for too long and it鈥檚 catching up with us and so we have to burn the midnight oil and make a sprint of our writing. Maybe we鈥檝e been going through some emotional hurdles during lockdown and have been finding it difficult to sleep. Maybe you鈥檝e taken some time out of your usual writing schedule to help a friend out. Maybe the imposter syndrome has gotten a strong grip on us and we鈥檙e feeling stuck with our writing.
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Presentations via zoom
It鈥檚 hard enough to make a presentation engaging in person, what about on zoom?
Turning 21
I just turned 21 a few weeks ago. In the聽couple of weeks leading up to it, I kept forgetting it was coming up, seriously just went right over my head. I can鈥檛 tell if it was my subconscious trying to block out the fact that I鈥檓 getting older, that its time to be an adult, be more responsible, that soon my parents will kick me out.聽Or that life is so fleeting, passing by so, so quickly like how dare she!... Seriously what鈥檚 the deal?!聽I鈥檝e realized recently that I haven鈥檛 been making the most of my life. A lot of you may feel the same way, so what can we do to feel like we're actually living?聽Writing it down in this blog has actually helped me to self reflect, to realise that I actually have done a lot and have a lot going for myself. Hope this inspires you as a reader.聽
Drawing to relax
It has been a long time since I pulled out some colouring in pencils and drew. I forgot how therapeutic and relaxing it can be.
Oscars 2021: The Trial of the Chicago 7 review
Aaron Sorkin's聽Oscar-nominated film聽The Trial of the Chicago 7聽might skirt the edge of silliness, but it's not a聽film聽that can be easily shaken off.
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Easter picnic and carrot cake adventures
I鈥檓 already missing the long weekend, what about you? It was glorious autumn weather and we truly had a lovely time with family and friends. I also now have enough chocolate to get me through winter (and my thesis writing)!聽
Diverging friendships
University is a great time to make new friendships and form bonds. However, it is also a very formative and rapid period of life and as quickly as friendships arrive, they also diverge.