Uniblr - Blog Posts
not me forgetting to update my dop after 1 day, can u tell im alrdy struggling
01.26.2022
dop ~ 2/100
went to uni early to get my lab manual and equipment
went to class, almost fell asleep
had my first ochem lab and it went pretty smoothly!
saw a very cute bunny on my way home
01.27.2022
dop ~ 3/100
cleaned !! my !! room !!
finished a whole unit for my microbial diseases class about innate immunity
started making anki flashcards
reviewed more ochem 1
enjoy this beautiful picture of my little sisters orangutan stuffy
01.28.2022
dop ~ 4/100
went to lecture
more ochem 1 review, literally forgot i had notes from 2 sems ago
worked a closing shift
until tmrw ~~~~~╰(*´︶`*)╯♡
01.25.2022
100 days of productivity: 1/100
looked through all my syllabuses
planned and reorganized my calendars/agendas
started reviewing ochem 1 for ochem 2
went to work
not a lot done today, but I’m very proud that I least got out of bed and attend class !!
Getting back into things! - Realistic study update.
I created this blog after applying to nursing school, which was due to start in March. My plan was to start posting my own content once school started. Unfortunately, I didn't get in.
After some moping around I decided to apply to the pre-health prerequisite course which is 19 weeks long and starts at the end of July. It's not necessary, since I meet the academic requirements for nursing, but I may as well do something before next year's nursing degree starts. I've heard it will help my chances of getting in.
I bought some nursing textbooks last year from a recent graduate, so I'm going to study from those in the meantime. I'll be posting study updates as often as I can remember to, mostly as a way to track my progress and hold myself accountable. I also have an Anki deck on the way for the textbook I'm starting with. Stay tuned for when the link goes live!
Another campus sessions from uni. They are not new and are from my archieve because I graduated and there are still some photos I haven't shared yet.
{Çınar}
Welcome to a post I've written and deleted over and over again!
I've been feeling withdrawn from everything lately, and I guess it's not an illusion because I've also received feedback that supports that. I am going through a period where my desire (perhaps my need) for solitude is intensifying. In times like these, I don't feel like talking. I say yes or no to everything that is said. Because I can't hear what's being said.
I agree with myself that a little seclusion would be good. Of course by studying :))
{Ladin}
Hello from the academic side :)
Unlike everyone else, as someone who has not yet taken a vacation, I am at least entering my last week before the finals. But the endings are often harder…
After a coding war.. 🥲
For music: Çok Yorgunum
{Ladin}
This was from my first psychology exam studying.
The date: March 2020
The time things were about to change :')
{Çınar}
Welcome to a post I've written and deleted over and over again!
I've been feeling withdrawn from everything lately, and I guess it's not an illusion because I've also received feedback that supports that. I am going through a period where my desire (perhaps my need) for solitude is intensifying. In times like these, I don't feel like talking. I say yes or no to everything that is said. Because I can't hear what's being said.
I agree with myself that a little seclusion would be good. Of course by studying :))
{Ladin}
Statistics, my last final... I newly finished a devastating term :') Now I feel more alive lol
{Çınar}
Did you know that flies can see their surroundings at 330 degrees thanks to the lenses in their eyes? I am more surprised when I see the fly hitting everywhere in the house.
The day before the Behavioral Neurobiology exam..
{Ladin}
Did I say that I {Çınar} have a minor from studies in administration?
It's from a studying session for the final exam of one of my administration class.
just before the psychopathology final study sessions started...
The exam was relatively good by the way.
{Çınar}
stuDYING for social psychology, day and night...
{Çınar}
So excited to share the first post!
Today:
-attended to online class
-made myself breakfast
-cleaned my room
-read the notes about an article that I prepared before
-wrote and upload the the last reaction paper of developmental psychology
-continued to Le Rêve by Émile Zola
-fought with hot weather
-visited my grandma
now it's time to sleep
{Çınar}
a little coffee so I don't fall asleep in class, midterms are coming up, how terrifying.
My zoology class was entertaining, although I have to read a lot to get a good grade on the midterm exam next week. The professor already told us how he'll take the exams, so that makes me feel a little more at ease.
It was a rainy day... I love days like this. I only had a 50 minute class but I stayed a little longer finishing my pending tasks... I returned home and now I'm moving forward, I hope to finish everything on time.
I have a little math test tomorrow, it will only be two questions.
I have to finish my lab reports.
I started university a few weeks ago, it was a great experience. I am adapting to this change. Next week the practical exams for all the courses begin. I feel terrified and at the same time I have a strange feeling.
Winter holidays have begun🪽☃️
Time goes by so fast.
Self maintenance ✅️
Task 1- 4 hours(assignment)
Task 2- 4 hours(assignment)
Task 3- 2 hours (research)
sleep- 6 hrs
Learning to give my best because I'm alive🪼
DAY 1/100
This semester is packed so..here is to staying accountable. Hopefully.
Overwhelming but aiming to take it 1 at a time.
"Consistency beats intensity every time"
tuesday, feb 11th
i survived! today was exciting but really stretched my brain. this week is really big for my research- i'm doing my first self-designed experiment tomorrow and i'm excited/scared/uncertain. i'm trying to remind myself that fear and excitement feel the same to our body, it's just how we think about those physical feelings that changes the mental feelings.
i’ve also been grappling with…why i do what i do. like, ultimately we’re all little specs of matter and energy that are so small in the grand scheme of things. and it’s been hard lately to not just give up and let god take the wheel.
but we’re all here for some purpose. ultimately god (whoever they are) has HAD the wheel for a while and we’re all just…going along for the ride. we’re lucky to have the resources, opportunities, and people that we have, and should always work for more.
while it doesn’t seem like it, it’s a blessing to be stressed about school. it’s a blessing to worry about grades. because at least we CAN worry about grades. at least we CAN worry about school.
education is a human right—but right now it feels like a gift.
to do:
finalize experiment for tomorrow
start working through data analysis for instrumentation lab
modeling homework
🎧: mendelssohn string octet
friday, feb 8th
i was truly in circuit jail today. instrumentation lab was so bad that i have to go in tomorrow to get the correct data 😭😭
although the lab in golden hour is unfortunately quite aesthetic. so do with that what you will.
also also also pizza at lab meeting today! i made nanoparticles after ages and spent some time relearning how to do it. my particles were a tiny bit small (they should be around 200 nm).
now i'm just watching my cdrama after eating a delishos dinner. no studying tonight.
thursday, feb 6th
hi friends. i survived today! i had my instrumentation exam and a modeling quiz B2B and...it was rough. but thankfully, the hardest part of my week is mostly over and i'm happy that finished both assessments.
today wasn't a complete crashout –– the instrumentation exam was difficult but i did my best. i high key resented studying for the exam so i'm happy it's over.
i do have things due tomorrow though. but no expectations.
today i won a sunset lamp thingy! it makes my room look really nice. i did go to lab for a little bit of time but then came home as i was too tired.
to do:
instrumentation lab spreadsheet
build circuit for instrumentation lab
🎧: 2000's telugu romantic songs 🥹
tuesday, feb 4
long day today. although very productive. the grind resumes.
today was my first day making nanoparticles on my own! i only made the solution today, and i'm going to do the freeze-thaw and extrusion steps on…friday. i also desperately need to write my proposal but i don't think i can get to it before thursday.
i also need this week to get over soon because i was genuinely tweaking today. like, someone sedate me. please.
like, let me listen to my bach and pretend i'm an alchemist. that's all i want. or turn me into a frog and put me in a warm little pond. that's also an option.
today's work is much like yesterday's-
to do:
finish polymer chemistry homework
finish tissue engineering reading
redo instrumentation quiz 2
correct instrumentation homework
🎧: bach violin concertos (bach is bae, prove me wrong)
monday, feb 3
i'm really stressed/scared for this week. i have my first instrumentation exam on thursday, an instrumentation quiz tomorrow, and a modeling quiz on thursday 😬. but nothing some mint tea and a mug cake w/ vanilla ice cream can't fix
i also have something due almost every day this week. which is scary because everything is huge as fuck. but i'm going to make sure to take care of myself. good grades are nice, but i have to be there to enjoy them :)
today i had polymer chem and tissue engineering. loving both. we're learning about polymer mixing and my professor's slides about equilibrium were so pookarina.
i also went into lab today, and had my weekly research seminar as well. i'm having so much fun now making scientific decisions, and i'm really excited for next week because i have a lot of experiments planned.
i think i ate with today's fit and i wanted to share.
to dos:
finish modeling homework ✅
study for instrumentation quiz
finish modeling lab to get checked off tomorrow
instrumentation lab spreadsheet
(god this is a lot) finish tissue engineering journal club paper + figure
🎧: idyll for string orchestra – janacek😩
friday, jan 31
happy friday!!!
highkey died in instrumentation lab today. so i actually don't know how to make a circuit and kinda died. i think the TA hates me and it's only lab 1. BUT they seem so chill and i hope they grade easy as fuck.
although free pizza at lab meeting! i actually just kinda sat there and nodded while i ate my pizza.
here's a cute picture from last year that i took at another cafe just for shits
today is the weekly friendgroup hangout, but still-
todo:
do SOMETHING for the instrumentation homework (with friends) (ok so this is actually being done at study group tomorrow because brain tired)
thursday, jan 30th
guys lookit this salad i made. normalize unaesthetic food pictures. i lowkey also ate so much deep fried food today. my lunch (is it still lunch if i ate at 3pm) was onion rings+fries with queso and ranch (so basically an oil rig) and my salad had some more of that breaded tofu i made yesterday but cut up.
not that it's wrong/bad to eat deep fried food. life is too short to regret.
i also am so cooked for my instrumentation class right now. we begged and pleaded to get an extension and prof gave us 1 DAY. not even the weekend. it's not like he's going to grade it before next week's exam...so why the rush.
me in circuit jail:
modeling quiz was ok. i finished it! so therefore i successfully served cunt.
n e ways. i'm going to crank out as much as i can before i need to switch gears and do stuff for my instrumentation lab tomorrow.
tasks:
instrumentation homework. just do it. ✅ (big slay 4/6 problems done 2 days before the due date)
instrumentation pre-lab lecture. ✅ (guys this was so much shorter than what i'd thought it'd be)
optional: research proposal (fook dat im going to bed)
🍵: osmanthus tea.
🎧: Brahms Symphony 4, Beethoven Symphony 7 🤤
wednesday, jan 29th
salutations, legumes.
today was good. i did science. i synthesized a polymer last week, and i wanted to see what it looks like...so i stuck it in some big beige boxes and zapped it with some lazers.
I also made this fried tofu bowl after work. the salsa and the pico de gallo are both from an event that one of my roommates stole leftover food from. the tofu is breaded + fried, and i ate it with some rice and cucumber.
today's classes were tissue engineering and pchem. also good classes.
i do in fact have work :(
continue research proposal
study for modeling quiz ✅
instrumentation homework (what the fuck is this)
edit: todo list too long. bed calls.