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13 march 2025

pretty boring day cus i’ll have to do like 15 chapters of hindi (syllabus is huge) so yeah. i spent half my morning looking for my textbook (🤡🤡) but later realised its with a friend so yay

also i made the best coffee i’ve had ever and im so happy eeeeeeek- ok so i made regular iced coffee but substituted the sugar with honey and used cinnamon infused milk (added too much cinnamon but it tastes super yum so no regrets) also used vanilla coffee so its a bit different from the regular coffee i’d make - anyways, amazing combination of flavours 🌸

todo list :

hindi.

that’s literally it for today, might do some revision and questions from physics or biology for neet

anyways-

have an amazing day my loves

💌

12 march 2025

CHEMISTRY DONE YAYYYYYY (lowk fucked up but it’s over)

i messed up a few mcq’s and proly one FIB but the rest went well. i also got confused rosenmund with etard and lost a mark there (so mad at myself omfg)

but at least it’s over. i’ve got english in two days but ill be studying hindi tmr cus ive got 20 chapters in hindi and only one day to prep (do they make these schedules on crack???) but yeah 😭

i got 40 mins of sleep before my exam (maybe that’s why i messed up basic name reactions???) so i’m gonna sleep (finally)

have a nice day my loves 🎀

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11 march 2025

alr so i woke up earlier than i normally do cuz i couldn’t sleep (it’s like a cocktail of insomnia, anxiety and stress) 😭 idk i don’t trust myself to remember all this content

anyways, today’s agenda is to just revise the entire syllabus. currently done with half. 🌸

also the paper got leaked like five times and they’re all the wrong leaks (wtaf is happening) but yeah 😭 i don’t trust these leaks so id rather just study the entire syllabus.

welp i just gotta revise all of this and go through mcq’s for all chapters cus that’s where i lose marks a lot, it’s gonna be another long night (when is it not) but i just gotta get this over with now.

anyways, have a nice day my loves <3

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alsooo the moon looked pretty last night <3

10 march 2025

i’ve been pretty burnt out since my physics exam so i couldn’t study that well the previous two days but i managed to complete my todo list. i still don’t know how well i know the concepts i studied until now so im just going to revise it all again (yay?)

to do list :

solutions

electrochemistry

chemicals kinetics

revise the rest of the syllabus

alsooooo i made vanilla coffee and it’s so goooood, ive found my new comfort / hyperfixation drink hehehe im so happy eeeeeeeek 🌝

anyway,

have a lovely day

💌

8 march 2025

super late start to studying cuz im sick again, i fainted once too 😭 i think its cuz of the amount of caffeine i had yesterday + i couldn’t sleep at all at night (no idea why) so ive been super tired and dehydrated. i’m gonna have a late night tonight cuz exams aren’t gonna wait for me to get better 😭😭

well anyway, i’ve got my chemistry final in 4 days so i plan to have one day each for organic, inorganic and physical and one last day for revision

to do list :

haloalkanes and haloarenes

alcohols phenols and ethers

aldehydes ketones and carboxylic acids

amines

biomolecules

anyways i had some yummy breakfast of ice cream, brownie and strawberriessssss 🍓 along with some ors cuz your girl cannot go one day without her powerbank

have a nice day loves <3 and please take care of yourselves 🌸

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also a very random dump of pictures 😭😭

7 march 2025

PHYSICS DONEEEEE YAYYYYY

paper went well hehe, it was a good idea to skip dual nature, there was barely one question 😭😭 but yay paper went well

i think i messed up a mcq but it’s okay (gonna bawl over it) now im gonna go home and sleep my day away

i got only one hour of sleep last night 😭 i felt over prepared for the exam but at least it’s over

i don’t think my brain can comprehend any more thoughts, therefore, goodnight

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update -got a good nap, (i can finally see colour), i don’t plan to study today cus i have four days for chem so ill probably just clean up my desk and plan out stuff and try to do some biology, if not i’ll just read a few books ive been wanting to and write a bit hehehhehe

6 march 2025

hihiiii <3

very basic day, i gotta revise all 14 chapters of physics cuz tmr’s my final 🥲 but yay, i started at 12 and finished revising 4 chapters (questions + derivations and notes) so pretty happy about how much i got done, it’s gonna be a long night again (when is it not) but i really hope my exam goes well tmr (cbse physics paper reactions scared me)

there’s also a rumour that i could have my math board re exam cuz the paper got leaked (😭😭😭) i might actually cry if that happens cuz math is genuinely my weakest subject, tho it’s fun, i really can’t bring myself to study that subject again.

anyways -

todo list 🎀

i still need to learn ray optics cus i skipped it all year

revise :

magnetism and matter

electromagnetic induction

alternating current

electromagnetic waves

wave optics

atoms, nuclei

dual nature (might skip)

semi conductors

i think i’ll be done with revising by around mid night and then i’ll go through the numericals and formulas again

also i did plan to finish reading ncert by the time my exams end but i really doubt ill do that 😭 boards is already a load of work, trying to fit in 11th bio is a real task so maybe i’ll just finish 11th biology by the end of march. i’ll already be reading 12th bio for boards so only 11th would be manageable after exams.

anyways,

have a nice day loves <3

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the moon got shy?

5 march 2025

hihiiii

okay so i finished revising today, im doing questions for each chapter and hopefully i’ll be able to do at least half the portions by tonight. i’ve been trying to get in more productivity hours so i think ill have to start waking up earlier (ironic considering the insomnia) but yeah

to do list :

revise first seven chapters of physics with questions and derivations

plant kingdom reading ncert

welp that’s more or less it for today

have a lovely day <33

💌

4 march 2025

i’ve got three days for my physics boards so the plan is to finish revising in two days and have my last day for the final revision. i do have a question bank for chapter wise revision so ill be doing that along with revising it all too. 14 chapters in two days and i plan to do 11th biology on the side

to do list :

electric charges and fields

electric potential and capacitance

current electricity

moving charges and magnetism

magnetism and matter

electromagnetic induction

alternating current

read biological classification

re-do breathing and exchange of gases

i plan to do at least two chapters of biology everyday until my exams end and hopefully finish most of what’s left for biology.

anyways have a nice day loves <33

currently logged 3 hours of studying (i started late), i think it’s gonna be a long night so im preparing for probably another all nighter (i really need to fix my schedule)

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' - Muhammad Ali

It's funny how most of us would rather read study and productivity tips/quotes than actually studying or doing work.

EXAM UPDATE

Just gave my first exam and damn. I feel alright, mostly because now I only have 5 more exams. I think we got this. I just wanna sleep because fasting plus studying and travelling is equal to draining. I just hope the examiners have some mercy.

Arabic

English (6/03/2025)

Business Studies (11/03/2025)

Computers (13/03/2025)

Accountancy (21/03/2025)

Economics (25/03/2025)

This is it guys, highschool is almost over. Just 5 more days. More like almost a month to prepare but let's ignore that.

6 Days Left

Gosh, i can't believe how fast this is going but it's alright. For the past few days, my mantra has been "You'll be fine. This is gonna pass." I don't know if it's working or not though...

Today was alright, I did... Enough I guess.

Did Accounts 4 hrs 40 mins (Solved a question paper plus revision)

Went through Computers for around 1 hr

Business Studies for 3 hrs

Revised some English Grammar 1 hr

Not bad but could be better. Honestly, I'm kinda scared alright. I'm gonna go over economics, accounts and computers tomorrow so yeah.

Romanticize Studying?

An honest study tip is don't try to romanticize studying. Like, it's good but it works for around a week and then you're back to your lazy couch potato because you can't even sit and study and now you have added extra things that need to be done to actually study. You've added more steps.... Which makes it an even harder task.

Try actually being.... Let's say scared? Recently, I've got this interesting tip, I actually think about the worst possible result I could get and the reactions I'd get and that always gets me going. Because fear is always a better motivator.

Tips for before, during and after exams

Before (Night before and in the morning)

Pack your bag. Materials, supplies, everything etc.

Always take extra pens. If it's only an MCQ type, just take one extra pen but if it's a written theory exam. Take 2. (I always keep 4 pens with me and two in my bag just in case)

Sleep before 10:30 or max 12

I always recommend not to wake up too early during exams. Get a good 8-9 hours sleep.

Eat breakfast.

Don't drink/eat anything that will cause you have stomach upset or something. Cause you're already anxious, you need to be mindful of what you eat. I especially avoid coffee and tea.

Try to reach school an hour before the exam.

Revise things that you already know very well. DO NOT LEARN ANYTHING NEW.

Before (I'm talking about like 1 hour)

Take your water bottle. If your examiner doesn't allow it take 3 short sips before entering. If you are taking it, don't keep it on the table because there's a chance of spilling it.

Personally, I never ever revise before 30 mins of the exam. I just calm myself down repeating affirmations and duas.

Go to the bathroom and as much as possible try to avoid it during the exam.

Before entering, again make sure you have the supplies needed. Pencils, rulers, pens, erasers etc.

After taking your seat, just close your eyes and calm your breathing until you get the question papers.

Pray. I always pray. We need to be in our halls before 20-30 mins itself, so I just sit in my place for 30 mins and just pray and recite some duas. During this time, I also retain some important keywords and other things in my head

5 mins before, I take all my materials out and place it beside me with my watch.

During exam:

At the start, when I receive my question paper. I just look through the questions, I don't start writing immediately. I give a solid 5-7 mins for recalling the answers in short.

Then, start writing! Just write. Whatever you know. Puke it all out!

Always follow the question sequence.

If you don't know the question. Go to the next one and start from there. Otherwise you'll waste time. Come back to the question after you complete the paper.

Try your best to complete the paper before 20 mins till the exam ends. For 2 main things, presentation and cross checking.

I always underline my headings, subheadings, keywords etc etc and underline between each question so it looks neat. It looks good and it kinda covers for bad handwriting.

Cross check your answer sheet with the question paper. Are all the questions there? Have I accidentally written the wrong question number for the answer? Spelling mistakes? Grammar mistakes? Wrong answer? Just cross check and count the questions and see if you've written everything.

When you don't remember something or don't know something. Do not panic. Don't. Just take a breath and go to the next. After completing everything, write anything related to the word. Just anything. Try to remember if it is familiar and if it is, write the thing related to that topic. You will get a point for attending the question.

NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION. Just write something, it must be relevant but you'll get a point.

Set a time limit for each sections. Example: I have 4 sections in my exams, I always complete the first three in 1 hour 15-30 mins so I can have time for the last one which carries the highest points.

Stick to the time limit. Keep checking your watch in between and see if you're going according to plan. (It helps if you know how much time you take for each question.)

If you are writing an answer and you're kinda remembering another answer, write keywords in pencil on the margin so you won't forget it but don't forget to erase it before submitting the paper.

When you've completed. Just take a breath.

After:

Don't discuss answers with your friends. It's a waste of time, energy and causes panic.

Hydrate yourself. Drink water.

Get a small reward. Chocolate or any snack.

Be glad that you finished the exam.

If the exam didn't go well, just take some rest. Try not to think about it. Rant to someone because you'll feel better. No body is going to be asking you from years down the line about why you scored less in your highschool exams.

Watch your favourite tv show or something funny.

Take a walk.

Enjoy that it's over.

Hope it helps :)

28.06.2024

Did the English test, it was alright, not too bad i guess... Arabic test was cancelled, more like forgotten by the teacher, yes, we didn't remind xD

Today was uneventful but I guess it's good...

Did some accountancy sums

Studied economics lesson 2 (Part 2)

Yeah, that's it.

27.06.2024

I'm tired. Gosh. I've been waking up at 6:45 am and then returning home at 5:00 in the evening, it's so exhausting... Anyway, today I:

Completed one lesson in economics

Did some accounts sums and revised concepts

Did my computer homework (50%)

Got an English and Arabic test tomorrow. Yay T-T

I'm in my "I don't know how but i will" era

26.06.2024

Well, no idea how to describe today. Kinda boring and tiring... I'm struggling with English alittle, no it's not the stories or poetry or prose or assignments... It's freaking grammar. I mean, I'm fluent in English, I don't have that many mistakes in it either thankfully but if our teacher teaches us grammar using tabular columns and grammar rule formulae type stuff, I'll obviously struggle because I can't freaking comprehend how you use that in this T-T

Anyways, today I:

Completed English assignment

Did some accounts

Completed 1 lesson in Business Studies

Completed Computer homework

I guess that's it...

25.06.2024

Today was alright, I guess. My project finally got accepted by our computer teacher, like after suffering for a week or two we finally completed.

Nothing much to update here so....

Did some accounts sums

Completed 40% of English assignment

Completed 20% of Arabic assignment

I've been meaning to wake up at 5:30 from tomorrow to start studying. Let's see... O-O

24.06.2024

Well, I'm freaking exhausted! Like, i literally woke up at 6:30 in the morning and it's now 11:30 at night, I didn't even rest even for 10 mins. Gosh, it's starting frustrate me so damn much...

Anyway, the seminar went better than expected, some how i managed the computer test and the business studies teacher believes so much in me that she never picks me to answer a question xD and the economics test is postponed to tomorrow, I'm gonna study that in the morning. And we submitted our computer project today and the teacher liked it and she said that she was impressed with our team's report and even used it as a reference to show the others, I was jumping inside xD

And today i:

Practiced 10 Accountancy sums

Did some computer writing assignment

Reviewed some concepts in business studies

Not alot but still something...

23.06.2024

So i kinda missed a day yesterday, I was busy with my project and i got a cold... i literally didn't study anything, i have no idea what I'll write in tomorrow's 3 tests. Praying they'll get cancelled T-T

Anyways, today I:

Finished off the computer project

Completed 20% of the English assignment

Practiced for tomorrow's English seminar

Okay, i hope I'll do good tomorrow but I have faith. So yeah.

If I had to give one advice, and only one advice, to everyone going through highschool (although it also works for uni), it would be this:

Do as much past papers as you can. Lessons are not enough, practice is the key. There is generally a pattern in the exercises. That's what you should learn to identify. Learn to see, from the first glance, what they ask you in a question, even if you don't know the answer to it yet. That is more than helpful. That makes you learn your lessons better and you'll be confident in front of any exercise even if you don't really know the answers, you know the steps. You know what is asked from you. You know what to do. So practice, practice, practice.

Based on experience.

Hey dear Anon! :)

I know what you're saying because I literally passed sophomore and junior year with this method. I agree it's very beneficial and it definitely gives you more confidence in the actual exam!

Thanks for sharing :)

21.06.2024

Well, today was uneventful and boring as always. The English period ended before i could present my seminar so now I have to wait till Monday (kinda bad if you ask me). Completely did something else on the economics test today, boring old accounts got me crying like always and don't get me started on computers... T-T

Completed 65% of the computer project (Took me 3 hours)

I did absolutely nothing else... gosh...

20.06.2024

Today was tiring. And I'm pretty sure tomorrow is gonna be exhausting as well. Wrote 2 class tests today, no idea what I wrote xD I have a seminar, a test and an assignment submission tomorrow... A project submission on Monday and another test on Saturday, in simple words, I'm gonna have a busy weekend T-T

Learnt a new accounts concept and wrote some notes

Learnt lesson 1 in business studies

Prepared for English seminar

Worked on the computer project (10% done)

Did I study for tomorrow's test? Nope, just have to wing it I guess T-T

19.06.2024

First day of school after Eid holidays and gosh, I'm tired but it was an overall alright day. Postponed the tests they were supposed to keep today (about 3 tests) and kept 2 other suprise tests... I don't think teachers know the meaning of "informing in advance" and "actually following their schedule" T-T

No one even asked for the assignments, I was annoyed because i literally wasted my time doing them and they didn't even ask ://

Anyways, I got done atleast somethings...

Did half of the new economics assignment

Completed Arabic homework

Completed English homework

Economics lecture (YouTube) 50 mins

Discussed computer assignment (we've barely started and we have so much to do)

Tomorrow, we have tests in economics, business studies, a seminar in English and probably my computer teacher's wrath... For some reason, despite starting so early this year, i feel way less confident than last year when i only touched my books during exams... life is so weird... And mid terms start in July (don't ask me how it's mid term already when it's only like the 2nd week of school and they haven't even completed half the portions for it T-T)

16.06.2024

Did absolutely nothing today because one, I was fasting and two, I'm a lazy ass potato. So, nothing to update though I did do some Computer project with my classmates. So... Kinda did something? And tomorrow is Eid so I guess i wouldn't do anything tomorrow either so... :")

15.06.24

I slept till 9 today and wow that helped but I'm still sleepy xD Nevertheless, I did alot...

Assignments:

Economics (another one, yes T-T)

Computer (40% done)

Arabic (90% done)

English seminar

Tests:

Economics 2 lessons

English 1 lesson

Homework:

Accounts

Islamic studies (memorizing 1 Ayn of Dhukhan- 5% done)

Still have a lot to do. It doesn't help that my computer group isn't really helping that much, like a few girls are participating but the other two, like she's missing :")

Besides that, tomorrow i'm gonna start studying so... T-T

14.06.2024

Today was exhausting but atleast we get a 4 day break till Tuesday because of Eid-ul-adha and gosh am i dreading the coming Wednesday, we have so much due then.

I didn't do much today, just completed my business studies assignment. Now, I'm gonna make a list of my assignments and tests due on Wednesday...

Assignments:

Economics (another one, yes T-T)

Computer (the hardest one)

Arabic (kinda easy)

English seminar

Tests:

Economics 2 lessons

English 1 lesson

Homework:

Accounts

Islamic studies (memorizing 1 Ayn of Dhukhan)

Right and I have to do my own studying... looks like it's gonna be toooo productive and my plans of reading a novel just went out the window T-T

13.06.2024

4th day of school and I'm more exhausted, for some reason I feel like senior year is going more slowly than junior year. Like, last year, I blinked and bamn, end of the week and right now I feel like I'm processing every minute T-T

Write some Accounts notes

Read an English lesson

Completed eco assignment