Author: jan anne

Taking things one step at a time

feelings, university

Midterms for AY17/18 Year 1 Sem 2:

✅ CM1401— pretty manageable but very careless and poor on my part for not revising how to draw resonance structures, other than that it was alright.

✅ LSM1102— Very straight forward! Similar to short answer questions done during lectures. Probably hit a very steep bell curve.

✅ LSM1106— This was where I started to hit the road bump in my week. I was so tired at this point I barely had the strength to revise anything. And poof went out most of what I had studied the previous week. What I was revising the night before the paper, I knew wasn’t going in. A pity because the paper was pretty easy— calculations wise, we were tested on very obvious and easy to practice for topics (of which I did not practice. Ugh.)

✅ GER1000— Tricky paper but other wise straightforward. Hoping for 14/14 but I’ll be okay with 12/14.

✅ PL1101E— The bane of my night. Easy mid term but truly hard to regurgitate all the info. Gotta change up the way I study for the finals. This was my biggest worry for midterms actually because it has the largest percentage. And even though I started studying earlier, I did not put in the revision I needed to in order to strengthen those connections. There was a lot I was not able to cover too. Going to make sure I cover the text book and senior notes more in depth this time. No more shortcuts. I’ll be lucky to score a B+ for this mod with this bad midterm.

In other news, at least the night ended well. I was with good company and my new personal assistant! (jk but doesn’t that bag look great on him) There is so much to think about for tomorrow and a lot of things to prepare for in the coming few days. I don’t have much time to breath but I’ll take it as it comes. Every second of air time helps to keep me afloat a little longer. But seeing the horizon ahead keeps me kicking and swimming. Once this week 9 is done, I’ll feel a LITTLE better but so many things are still going on it’s hard to tell if it will be.

Time to rest, tomorrow is a new day.

Pick-me-up lunch

feelings, food

 

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  • Sriracha Chicken Burger $13.90 (with gst) 8/10

Today’s LSM1106 midterm wasn’t so good. I think it’s been really very difficult trying to study late at night and still expect to absorb everything. My head has been hurting, I’ve been feeling more giddy. Easy mistakes were made, and I think I can’t afford any more.We came to SciPark for lunch and ohman lunch was great. The burger was very tender and covered with cheddar cheese and just the right amount of spice! What a great way to feel better.

Snackeroonies: 2nd ice cream of the day

food

  • Nestle KitKat drumlet ice cream $0 6.5/10

Free from the dining hall!!!!!!?! How could you say no? To be honest, I don’t like cones, but the cheapo and craving side of me just had to take it. But it was my second free cone of the day 😅. At least I can say that I have fully satisfied my ice cream craving from the previous day. Never liked ice cream with bits of chocolate in it other than cookies and cream (which isn’t exactly chocolate either), so this was nice but not that great. These Nestle drummers always melt so fast it’s never the right temperature.

P.S. — As I write this post I’m starving, so I’ll quickly finish up my work and go to sleep.

Snackeroonies: Munchmuch

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  • Camel Natural Baked Pistachios $? 8/10

Jing Ying came over the other day and brought these pistachios! I’ve only eaten/seen the green kind before so I was really amazed to find that there were red(?) ones too. It’s probably just red because of the baking. But boy do they taste good. Works as a good snack to curb hunger pangs. One serving is quite a lot of calories thoooo 297 🤔kcal…oh interesting fact I’ve learnt is that pistachios=开心果!

How to Love?

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How does one even begin to know how to Love? How to love another human when we sometimes don’t even love ourselves? Well, Romans 12:9-13 has always been one of my favourite passages for the simplicity that it offers as a solution to this problem.

Love in Action

9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

UTown Living: Week 6 Dinner, 110318

feelings, food

  • Blueberry lime $1.30
  • Aston’s teriyaki chicken with Mac & Cheese and potato wedges $6.90
  • Bedok popiah $2.50
  • Mom’s caldareta $0 (priceless)

Blueberry lime is now one of my favourite drinks. It is beautifully aesthetic and strangely refreshing on the palette. If I could describe it to you, it tastes like slightly sour gummy bears depending on how much lime there is. I like it sour so I prefer mine with more lime.

Note to self: do all the Aston’s chicken dishes use the same sized chickens?

The teriyaki sauce is really sweet and together with the fried wedges, chicken skin and processed Mac & Cheese, is a recipe for a sinful meal on a Sunday night.

Bedok popiah is always good, but it isn’t as nice after you’ve travelled for almost 2 hours.

And I really miss mom’s cooking. Gonna have the rest for lunch.

A sign?

feelings

So I shared with Yvonne my concerns the other day. And she gave me good advice and an interesting perspective.

… but I think whether a person is Catholic or not, that’s a label…So if he is pursuing truth and is open to listening, I think that is ok. Afterall if Jesus is The Truth, then anyone who seeks The Truth will eventually find him 🙂

Right now I acknowledge that I’m in a very different point in my life, a point where I’ve come to know how important God is for me. So I couldn’t imagine not having a church wedding, or having to go to mass without my husband by my side. I think it really crushes me. But then I realized that, with all these assumptions, I shouldn’t be looking too far ahead into all these possibilities, when I should be clinging on to the reality that is God’s plan for me. So even if it’s not what I want right now, I know that eventually all things will be okay through Him.

Dear Jesus,

Help me to see you in my every day. Help me to love myself and the people around me the way you do. I humbly ask that in my times of struggle, I remember the sacrifice on the cross you made for me.

Amen.