September Solace - Blog Posts
🍂September Solace: III (Epilogue)
These are the least bad pictures I could take to end this gnarly month.
A typhoon named Karding just made landfall here in our country and our mayor finally suspended our classes on Monday. I am not being ungrateful, but for the past few days that had rained so heavily, I just felt pity and embarrassment for the students who still went on face-to-face classes and for our mayor who was the only one (amongst the cities prone to flood) that we did not hear anything of, except a lovely prayer—which I certainly appreciate still. I pray for everyone's safety and health. 🙏🏻💛
I just found out from my best friend that I am the 7th top student last year in my section. I didn't know we had this arrangement on the virtual ceremony for the top 10 students of every section. Knowing it, I was somehow disappointed as I realized that I am not doing well as how I was in elementary. Even this year, I cannot keep up with everyone. I try to follow those tips on Pinterest, listen to Marina's infamous song for the 'burned out gifted kid' and 'overachiever anthem', and watch study vlogs on YouTube to spark my fuel, yet I didn't even sense a tiny bit of success from doing those. I haven't even taken notes from math and science subjects—I did but I tore them out of impulse. What have I been doing for the past 2 years?
Get up and take off the loafers! I have said these to myself many times, but I need a mark to put my starting point of success. I have a game plan for the next month that I'd call, Operation October: Mid-Autumn Missions. I have come to realize that Rory Gilmore is not my ideal model, but her best friend, the most competent, Paris Geller. I realized that I hated her because of how similar we were—her Chilton Era was my elementary student persona and I regret it so much. Nonetheless, I have come out of my grave and started digging my way out of this torpid trap house. It's time to rev up the gunships and retaliate before the next strike. 🎯🔫
🏆 This is mine to work, mine to win. I want to win and I am going to win.
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🎧 : Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters
📖: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (paused) I have no time for recreational reading until December.
🍂September Solace: II (Fat Favors)
Last week made me merrily cry so hard. 10+ tasks accomplished, another to do for this week. Some were done hastily, few of them assiduously. Despite such episodes of mania, I managed to finish all of them on time!
We had a summative test on Chemistry and I was really burning paper because of how the time felt so fast. I assume I will have a few mistakes but I will try my best to study more about Introduction to Chemistry.
The most enjoyable task I did was my worksheets in Arts. I made a paper cartouche and a mosaic which both earned perfect scores. Making efforts in these kinds of tasks is the least I can do to make up for the subject.
Still, I am never fit for architecture. I had back pain for several days since I finished my drafting task in TLE. I admire my classmates' work because of how polished and clean they look while here I am, failing for over 4 hours and still passing crappy work. Nonetheless, I will always try my best to pass properly and punctually.
I'm above the top of the world today because I just learned piano on a tablet yesterday! What's more unbelievable is that I was able to teach my mom too! Like goodness gracious, we just sang the oldies while she was clicking the keys on the tablet's screen. I already knew about musical notes when I was in elementary school and chords as I play the guitar. Still, I cannot comprehend how fast it was. Man, oh man, God can really just give favors to the peculiar ones.
I hope to properly finish these 10 tasks this week and can't wait to learn new things!
By the way, stream BLACKPINK's new album, BORN PINK. My favorite among all of the songs is The Happiest Girl and gladly I can play it on the guitar and piano!
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🎧 : The Happiest Girl - BLACKPINK
📖: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (paused)
🍂September Solace: I (On The Trot)
Last week was a very hectic one! We had 5 synchronous classes — one in the early morning and four in the afternoon, consecutively 🤧.
Fortunately, I did not cram my research title proposal. However, I feel really keyed up for I will be the only one to propose a topic ✨individually✨! #girlboss it is 💅. Therefore, I will be the first person in the class to present on Wednesday 🤡.
Though I was 4 hours late, I spent 4 hours in the morning and 10 hours in the evening last Friday till Saturday finishing my short story as our output in Filipino. I did not mind submitting it late as long as I did my best and ✨yes, I did! yes, I did!✨ To share a few points, my inspiration for my short story was my family, Greek mythology, and some of my current reads which are Little Women and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Yesterday, I woke up very late 😃. I wasn't able to revise my notes in all my subjects in the morning but I made up for it last night by reviewing Trig and Math (the subjects I'm weak at) accompanied by a great amount of motivation from my best friend/my math master who's working on her task in TLE at that time. Considering that I'm inclined toward Science and she is in Math, I believe that opposites really do attract and I can't wait to study with her in face-to-face classes 👥.
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🎧 : I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - Sixpence None The Richer (Originally by Beach Boys)
📖: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (paused)
