This. I Can't Tell Whether Its Bad Or Whether I Hate Myself

one of my best friends got her results today!! she's going to the top uni in the country for her course, I'm so happy for her but I'm also really sad she'll be going so far, it also happens to be the same place I'm aspiring to go. I think reality is starting to hit me in terms of where I am and what I should be doing to get there, the work she put in is no joke

"I'm in Spain, but without the *s*" - old, boring

"I'm in Spain just like Darlington" - new, mysterious, dramatic, gives you an opportunity to talk about Leigh Bardugo's books

26/12/2021

study/diary post

general - motivation is something i’m really lacking, mock exams for sociology and french are in jan starting the week of jan 17th - i’m also expected to prepare myself and write applications and such for mock interviews with real employers. it’s weird because i don’t feel old enough to be doing these things, i’m not sure if that’s because of covid or if it’s due to other reasons. times passing awfully fast but slow at the same time?

english - i need to start going through macbeth which has already proven to be a challenge, shakespeare really isn’t my forte - language is something i’m really struggling on too - when it comes to timing and reading questions properly and not panicking - a christmas carol, lord of the flies and macbeth are the three books that will be covered in the literature exam - i hope i’ll be able to go through macbeth and completely memorise all three by march

wish me luck!

au revoir pour le moment ~Amimi

How to get a 9 in GCSE English literature!

Disclaimer: These tips are specific to AQA GCSE English literature and myself. They might not work for everyone.

Hi! I wanted to provide some advice for Year 11 English literature students on how to revise. I’ve always been quite good at English in general without trying too hard, but it took an extra push at the beginning of the year to bring my grades to a solid grade 9. Here are some tips and ideas on how to revise!

Listen to your teachers! The majority of my analysis came from my teachers. Seriously, they are really helpful. I remember listening to my teacher talking to us about Macbeth quotes and analysis almost a year before we started writing essays, and I could still remember a lot from them much later on.

Reread the books/plays/poetry! You do not have to do this a lot, only about 3-4 times to keep it fresh in your head. When you read it, also read the analysis already annotated there, and try providing your own annotations.

Watch YouTube videos! This probably saved my mocks, since I can’t for the life of me come up with analysis for a christmas carol (I just really hate it and found it too boring to remember later on from classes despite the fact that we worked on it for so long) on my own. It is a good way of finding deeper analysis and new perspectives. My personal favourites are Mr Salles, Mr Bruff and Stacy Reay. You can probably find YouTube videos or lectures online if you look hard enough.

Write practice essays! This post goes into a lot of detail on essay writing, so check that out to figure out how to write a good essay! Start off writing essays for however long you want, and then start writing essays in timed conditions.

Blurt quotes, characters and themes! Write a quote in the middle of a page and write analysis for individual words (here is a quick way of doing that) and how they interact with each other. Scribble down any themes, scenes or other quotes that you can associate with the quote, and remember to ask why and how this links with the wider context of the text.

Talk about the text with people! My friends and I sometimes liked to talk (read: argue) about some of the texts. It can be a really good way of enhancing your understanding of a text and gaining different viewpoints. You don’t have to do this, it is just nice sometimes (though maybe I’m just saying that because I’m a literature nerd).

Make essay plans! Find some past papers online (or just ask your teacher for some essay questions) and create plans. Do this more at the beginning of the study, because at that point, you will probably want to improve your general thought process and analysis before you focus on writing full essays.

Learn your terminology! You can use flashcards for this (like Quizlet or Anki) and try to identify literary techniques (iambic pentameter, modal verbs etc.) in whatever you are reading.

Read and annotate poetry! If you are stuck on how to do that, then just break the task down into smaller bits. Read the poem once and underline any words and phrases that you feel something about, and jot down the connotations of the word. Try to identify the general mood being portrayed and the story being told. Also, think of the connotations of certain motifs (e.g. a train can symbolise the start of a new journey, a path can symbolise a choice etc.). Keep practicing, and eventually it will become easier. You can even try analysing song lyrics if you want (I love analysing Taylor Swift’s lyrics).

Just generally try to read more! It does not have to be anything too fancy (most of what I read was fanfiction), so find something you like and give it a go. You could also listen to podcasts like the magnus archives, that have a very lovely writing style, or an audiobook you found on youtube. It’ll help, trust me!

Thank you for reading this post! I hope it was somewhat helpful.

winter wakeup (ill rambles about studies n clothes)

imo winter only starts when it's december - i heard that some people count november as winter aswell? like nooo?? november is its own season. nightmare before christmas kinda season. it's currently half 3 in the afternoon and i'm still in bed because i'm sick, i had a ton of sociology work that was due today so i think i'm going to be slaughtered by an angry mike wazowski (my sociology teacher) next friday. i think there's a stomach bug going around school or something. i ordered stuff from shein (ear muffs, a scarf and leg warmers) and i'm praying it comes early because according to the website it'll come literally the afternoon of my trip and if it does i'm going to cry bc i'm going to be halfway to london by the time it arrives if that's the case. coming up with winter outfits is so hard? like the outfit almost always consists of your coat, shoes and bottoms from the knee down. idk abt you but i don't have a coat or shoe collection. that brings me to actually cute winter trends though. EAR MUFFS??!! I'm soooo glad those are coming back because they are v cute!!. puffer jackets are always cool, idk how to feel about long puffer jackets bc imo they're never very puffery, just a sad deflated blanket. it's like if santa was victoria secret model kinda thin vibes. just doesn't look right. i LOVEE flares with all my heart!!! they give me bratz doll vibes. super super cute!! i helped someone w work yesterday (it wasn't much effort i was just copy and pasting and typing stuff) and he paid me :DD i think i'll buy some new gold chokers bc two of my other ones snapped :(. I also need some new dangly earrings because i lost my fav ones D: rn, jewellery, claw clips,makeup and movies is the only thing keeping me alive. i really need to catchup on a level media homeworkwand pull a folder worth of work together this weekend. what do i even put in it?? pls help ok i'm gonna go back to sleep bc i feel gross but there's a giant spider in the bathtub so i have to wait for it to disappear. until later probably lol Amimi

a lil introduction

Hi! So I’m Amimi  I’m live in the UK and am from the Midlands I am bengaliI’m in Year 9/ 8th Grade (as of starting this blog)

ISFP-T  I’m a female and proud of it I currently study Art and French  Likes - Books  yay Gryfindor - Anime - Kpop  - Music and love anything aesthetically pleasing  About this blog  A small thing i did on a whim and hope to keep up with.  I aim to post a mixture of different things according to my own interests such as bts themed posts, stuff to do with astronomy, dark academia themed posts aswell as requests for prompts and such.

“in-ear headphones are bad for your hearing” actually they’re perfect because the music is inside of you

thoughts while watching euphoria (pt 2)

23:22 - 22 Jan 2022

SPOILERS

- kats a shitty friend, like come on girl, you can literally hear maddy crying and you blow her off so you can give snakebite guy (who you’ve met like once before) head?

-fuck

nate

jacobs

(further explanation isn’t necessary)

- also another thing i noticed is in nates little monologue about traits he likes in women, he strays away from anything masculine - forcing himself away from anything that could pertain to his sexuality

- the parallels between nate and his dad are disturbing as fuckk

, the scene where he met jules as tyler gave me chills, like when he stuck his finger in her mouth??LITERALLY the same words and tone. meeting maddy at the motel too.chills.

- zendaya is amazing, like so so amazing

- to clarify about the unrealistic portrayal of teenagers, i am not referring to the drug culture, i mean the way they talk, dress in school, kat is a fucking camgirl and in highschool. yes, drug culture is prevalent among teenagers almost everywhere and euphoria puts it centre stage, if i had one thing to comment about it though, fez is a bit too caring to be rue’s dealer, letting her into his house, paying for the fentanyl..so on so on. -  want to see more of lexi, her position as cassies sister and rues childhood friend makes her very interesting. we’ve just started ep 5 bitchhhh, its almost midnight though, so post tmrw. ~Amimi

7 days 7 movies

a series of posts i'd like to do where i watch a movie and write it about it the same day, every day for one week (starting Monday June 26th because I've got exams rn). send me recommendations either via my inbox or even the comments of this post and i'll get back to you soon! know that any and all recommendations will be appreciated!

my god. i dug through the jungle in my room and found reminders of all the trips and memories from the past and now i wanna scream and laugh and cry and smile all at the same fucking time and its overwhelming