I'm a "Snalien"; Plz Send Help :(

Snalien = Snail + Alien
"snail" because I genuinely feel so slow and behind on everything rn.
"alien" because I was listening to Whalien 52 by BTS and I wanted to reference it (unsuccessfully, no doubt).
*Please excuse the title and this first post omg, it's currently 03:39am and I've never done this before T-T.
I'm not normally this snalien-like haha-

Think of me as um... a wannabe Turbo (that super-speedy snail from the movie)~
Welcome to my blog where I hope to find a speed I'm comfortable with and pursue my dreams :smile:

Here's to a long journey~

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 1

enhaluvr

2 days in, and I've kinda forgotten about this thread-
(It wasn't even really a thread, to begin with).
Cringing at the title now. Um...
Oh well, I've committed. :'D.
Maybe I should attempt to salvage this by introducing myself?

I'm an S5 (Year 12) currently doing my Highers!
My ambitious un-snalien-like dream is to become a doctor/dentist :smile:

!!
I'm predicted all As for Higher Bio, Chem, English, Maths and Music this year. Don't know if I'm capable of that but we'll try :').
I like listening to music, watching TV, reading books, socialising and overall, pretending that I've got everything under control.
We gunna fake it till we make it yeah :>

Speaking of fake, I just finished "The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood?
And it's officially my fav little fake-dating novel. It was so funny?? And so sweet :frown:

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Aspiring to be as slay at STEM as Olive is ;D.

Reply 2

enhaluvr

Daily Snalien Update :wtf:

The teachers went on strike today, so we got the day off school.
Why they chose to strike on a random Thursday, I'll never understand... But I'm not complaining.
It feels like the weekend already- :'0 Was scrolling thru Instagram earlier on and binge-watching Saiki-K :P.
Oh yeah... I was supposed to be taking down my bio notes for Key Areas 2 and 3 (for Unit 2). But no.... I procrastinated aghghg.
I need to hand in my jotter tomorrow to my bio teacher... Contemplating staying up and writing the notes now. But... I feel sleepier than usual today. What do I do?

WWAit... I have a piano lesson first thing tomorrow-
Guess what's also first thing tomorrow? Biology.
Do I go straight to bio, hand in the stuff I've done, and risk my teacher berating me? Or... do I follow my newfound destiny and go straight to my piano lesson? :angelblush:

Ah... whatever. That's chicken behaviour and not at all snalien-Turbo-like of me.
However slow I am at taking notes, I'll power through it and write them all tonight.
Then I'll hand in my bio work tomorrow morning, and then pour all my feelings into playing that piano, inevitably wowing my piano teacher (i wish).

"Like mate stop procrastinating" - A wise man once said.
Okay, yk what? I'll try. Gunna record every time I procrastinate now... That might motivate me to actually do my work.
Okay, here goes... My Procrastination Count: 1 :colonhash:

Reply 3

enhaluvr

Update:
It's been 2 hours and my notes have not budged.
Procrastination Count: 2 :colonhash:

I've been on YouTube listening to a song called ME= (NEUN) by Just B. It's been on repeat this whole time and I think I've learned a bit of the choreography to it because of the number of times I've watched the music video.
Did I just use this opportunity to promote their new song? No.....

Spoiler

Okay, yeah ahaha, I'll stop procrastinating now and go write those notes. T-T Wish me luck!

Reply 4

enhaluvr

It's currently 03:30 am.
And I've just completed my Biology KA1-4 workbook?! I think this is worth taking off 0.5 procrastination points...
Procrastination Count: 1.5 :eek:

Still haven't started on my notes yet.
But it's just Cellular Respiration... How difficult can it be to just copy down the notes from a Powerpoint Presentation? Not that difficult right? Probably takes about 15 minutes.
But no... obviously I woke up and chose violence and decided to be the only one in the class that summarised the notes and made them into cute mindmaps and digital flashcards- What's funny is that I bet I'm still going to fail Biology at the end of the year.
Wait no, we're not putting those thoughts out into the universe. We are manifesting better things than that!

Anyways...
It takes me about 2 hours to make up a good-looking, satisfying mindmap of essential information :frown:

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What am I supposed to do... ugh. The deadline is looming ever closer.
I really want to sleep tbh. But NO! We gotta fake this till we make this.
Yk what I need? A cheerleader. Yk Turbo's pitcrew? I need that.

I mean... I could just copy the notes down on separate paper... And then it would be easier to just staple paper in my jotter? Oh idk. I'll try make this Cellular Respiration mindmap first. :')

Reply 5

enhaluvr

So I turned into a snalien. T-T.
I maybe already am a snalien, but I snailed too hard this time...
Procrastination Count: 2.5 :erm:

It's 05:14 am and I've only added a word to this Cellular Respiration mindmap attempt.
Instead of doing bio, I decided to work on my House Captain Assembly presentation instead? I've to present it to my house this Wednesday with my co-captain.
We've never held a house assembly before... Hope that goes well.
That felt like productive procrastinating...
But I didn't do what I actually set out to do tonight (yesterday night), and that was this bio mindmap ughghg.
Disappointment Count: 1 :I
It's fine, Ik it's unfinished... I'll just um... Run to my piano lesson first thing tomorrow then and hopefully my piano teacher keeps me there for a while and I don't need to go to Bio... :frown:

I swear, I care about Biology but I've been having trouble doing any tasks lately... But dear gentle readers, I'll definitely finish these mindmaps on the weekend! Wish me luck~

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Reply 6

hat25

Good luck with your presentation, you've got this.(و •̀ ᴗ•́ )و

Reply 7

enhaluvr

Original post by hat25

Good luck with your presentation, you've got this.(و •̀ ᴗ•́ )و

Ahh!! Thank youuu~
My House Assembly presentation actually got moved to today; I girlboss-presented it in a very un-snalien-like manner this morning ahah!
It went very well! I really enjoyed speaking, to my surprise...
I made little flashcards to remind me of the points I was meant to cover and with that, it went really smoothly. :h:

Working on my presentation instead of my bio notes was actually a good idea and for that, I'm going to lower my disappointment count to a 0. :u:

Reply 8

hat25

Original post by enhaluvr

Working on my presentation instead of my bio notes was actually a good idea and for that, I'm going to lower my disappointment count to a 0. :u:

Well done ☆d(°∀°d)☆

Reply 9

enhaluvr

Daily Snalien Update :boring:

Kinda realised that these updates aren't daily but oh well...

Anyways, it's the end of another week and happy new month?!
But oh noo, prelims (mock exams) are coming really soon now ew omg.
I don't think I'm going to survive.
Honestly sobbing.
I feel like I'm constantly snailing too much and trailing behind everything.
Or maybe that's just all in my head.

I've technically finished all my Biology notes on Unit 2!
I should be proud of that aha~
But the sad thing is I'll literally just forget everything that I learned and then I'll be screwed for prelims. T-T
How do people consistently study?

Aghh, damn me and my procrastination to make and study flashcards. :frown:

UGH.

Okay, snalien. Get it together dude.
I'll list down everything I gotta do for my subjects (extracurriculars are a different story - we'll focus on them later.)

So...

Spoiler

yeah... might not get any of what I've written down done.
NO. We're going to do it, right? I got this. Breathe in, breathe out.
We'll be fine! Right? :unsure:

I just gotta do them. Even if I don't want to.
Failing is not an option. We gunna pass.
We got this! :-)))

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Reply 10

enhaluvr

Random Update
I was scrolling through Instagram just now (unproductive ikr, i need to stop)... :frown:

I saw a reel about still-life paintings at museums, and it taught me that if you see snails in paintings, it could mean death. :-O
Hm... If we apply that same theory to my snalien persona... Could it mean the death of my productivity? Or unproductivity?
Not very sure... It could go either way-

Anyways~ Prelims are in a month. Scary!
Kinda wanna hide in a shell and just not think about it.
I'm so unprepared.
YAH. WHATEVER. We got this. We should get back to work.
Should I pull an all-nighter and revise for those prelims?
AGH. I love sleeping though... Oh, whatever. Let's analyse some English poems...

Reply 11

enhaluvr

Random Update
I have survived prelims yayyy :h:

*I actually have one this Friday but that's a Music Performance prelim and I'm trying not to stress; Hopefully, it'll slay anyway... :nopity:

Study leave ended a few days ago so now I have my results back for most of my subjects :'))
It was a very humbling experience...

English = 58% (which is a C here. 2 PERCENT OFF A B. IM SO SAD. IF I HAD GOTTEN JUST ONE MORE MARK I WOULD BE SO HAPPY. PLEASE ENGLISH STOP THIS SUFFERING. I snailed too hard.)
Chemistry = 68% (which is a B here. 2 per cent more and I would've gotten an A :ashamed:

).
Biology = 90% (which is an A YAYYY!!)
Music = I haven't gotten my grade back yet because I still need to sit all of its prelims first...
Maths = 77% (which is another A YAYY)...

*WAIT, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MATHS TEACHERS APPARENTLY SCREWED UP THE PAPER THAT WE SAT, SO IT'S NOT A VALID PRELIM ANYMORE :dumbells:

(We can't use an invalid prelim grade to appeal our final grades after the exams). AGHGH SO LIKE NOW I'VE GOT TO SIT ANOTHER MATHS PRELIM AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. my snalien soul can't take this anymore.

Anyways... enough ranting!!
To summarise, I got...
Bio - A
Maths - A (subject to change)
Chemistry - B
English - C
Music - unknown

It could be better obviously.
But I'm trying not to take myself too seriously. (Let's not address how I sobbed when I saw my results at first haahha)
I can always improve!

I will absolutely slay the final exams.
It's me against me.
I can do this. yeah.

We got this!
Time to study. Let's gooo.

Okay, but on a more serious note, I've just started learning some new content for Higher Chemistry-
Does anyone have any tips on how to study chemistry? Oh, and tips for English would be immensely helpful too...

Haha yeahh~ Anyways. This snalien is out! I'm gunna go try make sense of this new Chem topic!
See you in the next update :bubbles:

Reply 12

1582

Volunteer Team

Well done on surviving your prelims. 🥳

Although needing to resit the Higher Math prelim through no fault of your own is terrible luck. You did so well! Fingers-crossed you'll ace it again.

What sort of things are you struggling with in English and Chemistry? If you can be more specific then I may be able to provide some tips for these subject areas.

Reply 13

enhaluvr

Original post by 1582

Oh my, thank you for replying! I totally forgot this blog existed for a bit. Sorry for the wait!!

I sat my maths prelim in early March! It's crazy how fast time flies. My actual maths exam is on the 4th of May!!
It's scarily soon. I'm just plodding through revision for now. Fingers crossed I'll ace this maths exam!! :smile:

Chemistry has been a bit nicer to me now. I think my problem was I wasn't familiar with the techniques you had to use to answer calculation questions! Months back, I would have baulked at the sight of anything from the calculations unit in Higher Chemistry, but now I don't think it's that painful anymore! Thank you for offering your help nonetheless~

Ooh... For English, my problem at that time was definitely the fact that I wrote too much for my analysis!
My answers back then always happened to be very long. They're a bit shorter now...
I'm still trying to work on shortening answers but it's proving quite challenging because I'm scared that I'll end up not hitting the mark. :'))

AHH! My English exam is on the 9th of May.
I'm still so so nervous about analysing quotes and writing my critical essay in 45 minutes. I'm meant to analyse the Death of a Salesman drama/play by Arthur Miller, but oh my... every time I try to write a practice essay for DOAS, I struggle with remembering quotes and structuring my essays to answer the question. Plus, since I write so much analysis, I end up never finishing the essay before the time is up.

I think it's quite concerning how close the exam is and the stage I'm at right now with this essay. I definitely just don't enjoy the piece of text but oh well...
I'm hoping I can get at least 12 marks out of the 20 available.
It's not much... but I'm banking on RUAE, my portfolio and my Scottish set text answers to boost my grade for this exam.

I do care about the essay, I promise! Any tips on how to memorise quotes (dialogue) would be helpful (It would be life-saving) and most appreciated! Thanks anyway!! :smile:

Reply 14

enhaluvr

I'm feeling a bit iffy about this thread. I think it's the title that's putting me off. And the amount of late-night thoughts I've posted on here...
Well! Serves me right for creating a thread during the witching hour.

So... I'm thinking of starting a different thread?
One that isn't very extra or crazy.
Hmm... I'm going to sit and think about this for a little while longer but yeah, I think I'll most likely start over again. That does mean the death of my snalien persona. :frown:

But some things in life just aren't meant to be. :ashamed2:

I've just finished my exams, so right now, I'm in the process of winding down and tying up all the loose ends~ :h:

In the meantime, we'll see where my thoughts lead me. Does anyone know whether I can change the title of a thread? That might change the fate of this thread...