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(pre-year gyg) its hIIIIGHH NOOon (unlike my grades): basil's yr12 gyg

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[scroll]its hiIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOoooonnnn[/scroll]

why howdy there, pardner! :horse:

sorry for yellin' at ya back there!
im sorry, im dropping the southern accent here, i cant--

my name's basil (he/they)! pleasure to meet you *extends an elbow for an elbowbump* (covid, amirite :no:

). im a 17 year old student from thailand going into JC1 (basically what we call year 12 at my school). welcome to my pre-year gyg! this is where im going to record what's left of my summer break before school starts (which should happen in less than two months). at that point, i'll move to a new thread listed under the 2021-2 gygs :biggrin:

(ill be linking this thread on there too!).

~ what you can expect on this thread ~
my study to-do lists, in preparation for the next year :s-smilie:

; my debate-watching journals; random bits about my life hehe; and a bonus question (which no one asked :tongue:

)/song/poem/painting of the day!

~ about me ~

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~ my a level subjects! ~

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~ my goals uwu ~

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~ dreams/goals/aspirations ~

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so uhhh... yeah! i can't think of anything else i have to add right now, but ill add more details when i get into the real gyg if i can think of anything else! :groovy:

that's all for now! gosh i hope this year goes well :crossedf:

and, ofc, goodluck to everyone else as well!!!
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Reply 1

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p.s. omg i completely forgot!!! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!!! :heart:

Reply 2

username5710919

28th - 29th, 6/21, monday - tuesday

to - do:
[ / ] cie psych: ch. 1.1 research methods - experiments
[ ~ ] cie psych: make quizlet flashcards for ch. 1.1.
[ ~ ] cie eng lit: read "a warning to the curious" - m. r. james
[ ] cie eng lit: read "death in the woods" - sherwood anderson
[ ~ ] debate: watch/flow this debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2G1j8ScpJM

debate journal:

Spoiler

question of the day:

"If you were offered the chance to feel happy all of the time, would you take it?"

heck yes! i dont understand this idea that oH bUt iF yOu DoNt fEeL sAd yOu WonT kNoW wHaT hApPiNeSs really fEeLs lIke okay like 1. ive been sad before yeah? im literally 17 dude :boring:

and just because im now going to feel happy all the time does not mean ill forget what it felt like to be rejected by my ex-crush or to be angry all the time because i was super insecure about my looks, but also 2. happiness can exist as a spectrum on its own. even if you buy into the idea that "everything needs to be relative for it to have meaning," relativity can still exist because there are different flavors and shades of happy. so yeah, i would definitely take up that offer! :bl:

- basil.

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Reply 3

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Did you make an account for this? 😁

Reply 4

username5710919

Original post by Oceanwater

Did you make an account for this? 😁

heyaa!! yup! im absolutely new to TSR and i have zero blogging experience, so please bear with my while i learn how to make things pretty haha :absinth:

Reply 5

username5710919

30th - 1st, 6-7/21, wednesday - thursday

update:
heyyyyy! so uh... confession time... I DIDN'T FINISH MY TO-DO LIST :ashamed:

im so sorryyy;-; like i did start doing some of them, but i couldnt finish a lot of the things i started doing, either because there was some family thing i had to go and do instead, or because i got distracted by *in hushed tone* video games :argh:

. i guess tbf the short stories are pretty long... but i feel bad still... *sigh*. my plan for the next two days is to clean up this mess i made and catch up on everything id meant to do... so... yeah :frown:

to - do:
[ / ] cie psych: make quizlet flashcards for ch. 1.1.
[ / ] cie eng lit: read "a warning to the curious" - m. r. james
[ / ] cie eng lit: read "death in the woods" - sherwood anderson
[ / ] debate: watch/flow this debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2G1j8ScpJM

life update:
i do have a little bit of good news though... it being that i have been keeping up with learning french! theres this podcast that i listen to, i think its really helpful, called coffee break french. basically the idea is that the host walks a complete french beginner through each episode, teaching them french, and you essentially learn along with this person! each episode is relatively short (for a podcast) as well, so absolutely perfect for my non-existent attention span :banana:

song of the day:

Good As It Gets - Little Hurt

THIS SONG. is an absolute. bop. and, not that i would know bc im stuck quarantining, IMAGINE STROLLING AT THE MALL WITH THIS SONG ON like in your headphones or sumn. just... just go listen okay? i promise you wont be disappointed :driver:

anyways... this wasn't the second update i imagined id write, but... here we are... ig we can only move forward, right? :cry2:

ill try my best to stay productive! :dancing:

cheers for now!

- basil.

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Reply 6

username5710919

2nd - 4th, 7/21, friday - sunday

update:
I FINISHED EVERYTHING YEEHAWladskjf;laksdj :awesome:

. okay but like seriously, im pretty proud of myself for pushing through with work cuz ive been juggling quite a lot of things these days (mostly because everyone thinks im on holiday so im free and they can just make me help them with whatever they need me to :emo:

). ANYWAYS, right onto my next to-do list uwu

to - do:
[ / ] cie english lit: read "the black ball" - ralph ellison
[ ~ ] just for fun: read "the myth of sisyphus" - albert camus: from "absurdity and su*c*de"
[ / ] enjoy ur weekend :dancing:

literature:
okay legit, i really need to find a way to start focusing more. ive been procrastinating so much this past week to the point where what little free time i had was mostly spent on scrolling through tiktok/instagram or overwatch and... i dont want to get into that kinda habit especially when school is about to start soon. and is it just me or does having a short attention span hurt so much when youre trying to study especially with literature? you know that feel when just read, start thinking about something else after the first sentence, and move your eyes along the paragraph, only to realize youve actually understood nothing? literally me dude :nn:

. and like its just been happening to me so much lately and i dont know why :cry:

i think it probably has something to do with my study environment, cuz ever since summer started ive been staying at my grandparents' and my room's study area is... very much not supposed to be a study area lol. maybe i should try studying in the living room next door (only in the afternoon of course, since i never wake up in the morning and im too scared of this house at night)...

debate:

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painting of the day:

Le Jardin de l'artiste à Giverny (the artist's garden at giverny) by monet

i believe in monet supremacy :excited:

thats it. thanks for coming to my ted talk :biggrin:

- basil.

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5th - 7th, 7/21, monday - wednesday

update:
hey bestieeesss (IM SO SORRY BUT ITS REALLY ADDICTING TO SAY :blush:

)!! so... my weekend was great, i did quite a lot of things (that obviously dont involve being productive but hey, who's keeping track yeah?), some of which include swimming (oh my god i am physically exerting myself. what kind of glitch in the simulation is this), making my own coffee (more on that later), and starting a new project/hobby idea (more later as well).

to - do:
[ / ] cie psych: ch. 1.2 research methods - self-reports
[ / ] cie lit: read "stability" - philip k. d*ck
[ / ] debate: watch/flow this debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd06zM7kNe0

debate:
oo oo oo interesting update! so... that project thing i was talking about, right... im not gonna go into a lot of details (because me and my friends havent completely decided and finalized all the details yet :cool:

), but basically we want to make this kind of debate community/server thing on discord where we have a debate every few weeks or so. the motions will all be fun, qUiRkY :blush:

ones like this one i came up with -> thr the death of authors. okay tbf they are pretty weird :excited:

, but this is kind of like us letting out all our frustration at some aspects of the debate community (like how you cant really make moral/principled arguments bc no one buys them or how you dont really get real art/aesthetic motions bc everyone wants to do something about contemporary culture). its super super fun to talk about and ive spent HOURS today just talking and thinking about what kind of motions/themes we want to debate and how we're gonna organize everything :giggle:

life update:
I NOW HAVE PERMISSIONS TO USE THE ESPRESSO MACHINE!!! its my grandparents', and i never knew how to use it, but my mom and aunt taught me and NOW I CAN MAKE MY OWN COFFEE. as you may now realize, i am a coffee ADDICT :pepsi:

(imagine that the glass of pepsi is coffee) (which is also mostly why my sleep schedule is... non-existent (yes my body hates me for it i know :frown:

)). anyways, it is SO SATISFYING. like everything about making coffee is so fun like watching the grinder grind your coffee beans or watching ur coffee drip from the espresso machine or THE SMELL OF IT like everything, the coffee grounds, the espresso, the finished coffee (i dont drink my coffee straight and i refuse to do so (maybe unless its cold outside but its never cold outside here so) (also... not straight like someone else i know oop-)). man i kinda wanna work as a barista now :crown:

question of the day:

"What's your favorite coffee drink?"

i like my coffee with milk and matcha. i got this from starbucks (unfortunately and hypocritically, i like starbucks IM SORRY I JUST DO I KNOW ITS NOT VERY EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION OF ME BUT I JUST DO ;^ ; ) cuz they have like this drink called a "Matcha Espresso Fusion" and i tried it once and have liked it ever since. so yeah, thats my favorite coffee drink (as of now. who knows what weird coffee amalgamation ill discover in the future).

- basil.

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Reply 8

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8th - 9th, 7/21, thursday - friday

update:
SOOOO. im pretty proud of myself for keeping on top of work (which i now realize was assigned by myself for myself like what kind of self-sabota--) AND to reward myself, i was thinking i'd add a little more lay back and chill to this to-do list update :rofl3:

.

to - do list:
[ / ] just for fun: properly read "the myth of sisyphus" - albert camus AGAIN bc. last time i. did. not. comprehend. words.
[ / ] just for fun: listen to 2 (two) podcast episodes

debate:
the debate i watched this time was an absolute CLOWN FEST. the motion was The House Believes That states should allow all non-citizen migrant workers to vote in local and national elections. it was basically a right to vote debate and oh my god i swear i dont believe these teams made it onto canada and bangladesh national debate team, both of which have amazing reputations btw, unlike team thailand lmao. the arguments were classic (which tbf didnt bother me too much), but the way they presented them... oh boy. i very much cringed. a lot. holy :argh:

. okay so examples. one of the speakers legit said that they would be presenting a non-consequentialist argument, proceeded to explain to everyone what a non-consequentialist argument was, and said the words, going into their first sub-argument, "the state benefits from these migrant workers." i very much want to cry. as someone who is interested in running principled arguments and have the most respect for people who can run them properly... i-- i audibly cringed :eyebrow:

. some of the arguments opp came up with were also kinda weird... like this one argument they had right, they basically said that migrants would be worse off because 1. they wouldnt be able to swing elections and create legislation that would protect them bc. they spread out within the country (completely ignoring first gov's characterization about how many migrant populations often form ethnic enclaves which was pretty smart of them tbh) and that 2. right-wing populist groups would have more ammunition against them bc. white people with fragile egos will feel as if their voices aren't being heard which are just contradictory??? to one another????? like??????? :no:

i couldnt even stay until the third speakers lol i got THAT annoyed. anyways, at least everything else i did wasnt a complete waste of time :llama:

honestly there's not much worth updating on anything else right now so... im just gonna leave you with that rant for now hehe :backstab:

song of the day:

James Dean - The Wrecks

this song is literally the perfect amount of Edgy(TM) for me. i love everything about it. the music, the lyrics. show stopping, immaculate, never been done before, etc., etc. you HAVE to listen to it i promise it wont let you down :colondollar:

- basil.

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Reply 9

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10th - 11th, 7/21, saturday - sunday

update:
hey... so i didn't update yesterday like i was supposed to, but thats cuz i had to wake up early today for a debate tournament thing my and my debate team are hosting (more on that later. so much tea to spill eugh). its still going on tmr so ill try to keep this one short and save everything for tmr :frown:

to - do:
[ / ] debate: just focus on managing/wrapping up the tournament tmr

debate:
today was SO TIRING. this was the first time ive adjed (judged) debates in a really long time as well. i went to a tournament as an adj once, DID NOT LIKE IT. they made me single chair (the one on top of the adj hierarchy) THE FIRST ROUND. I WAS A CHILD WITH 0 ADJ EXPERIENCE LIKE. what do you expect me to do ;--;. anyways, i got bumped immediately after that round down to trainee (the lowest role) lol, so at least i didnt suffer too much in that tournament. not today tho. i had to chair TWO ROUNDS. at least the second round i chaired was a silent round (you dont get adj feedback after silent rounds). let me tell you OA IS SO TIRING. you basically have to give a verdict (which in itself is already stressful enough) AS WELL AS JUSTIFICATION AND WALK THE DEBATERS THROUGH THE DEBATE (which is SUPER tiring bc youre constantly anxious and feel like you have to justify yourself to be a good adj). but also, oa itself is such a long discussion when youre done with it youre practically dehydrated. tl;dr im so tired :nothing:

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painting of the day:

A Wheat Field with Cypresses by van gogh

okay this painting is such an underrated van gogh picture. like starry night is pretty and all, but he painted so many other great things :puppyeyes:

AND LOOK AT THE COLOR FOR THIS ONE. granted i generally like brighter colors, but it still has that (post) impressionist vibe to it that i like.

- basil.

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Reply 10

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12th - 14th, 7/21, monday - wednesday

to - do:
[ / ] cie eng lit: read "the tower" - marghanita laski
[ / ] cie psych: review flashcards for ch. 1.1 - 1.2

debate:
the tournament is over... and i am so tired :shot:

. i was working my butt off today, and honestly, made a few mistakes :emo:

. so first i... dissented. in a round. as a chair. basically i was judging this debate with two other ppl and i was like the leader of the judges and when we all were deciding who won, the other two judges went with opposition, i went with proposition. the worst part is that theyre both super experienced and are so much more qualified than i am lol. tbf it was a pretty close debate, but i swear my life was flashing before my eyes when i heard their verdicts. another stupid thing i did was during closing remarks. basically i was supposed to be thanking ppl for being there and i... forgot to say a name. of someone very relevant in the debate circuit. LOL. luckily, everyone just decided to turn it into a good laugh, (I THINK, I HOPE, he didnt take any offense ;-; cuz he seems like a really cool guy :cry2:

). so yeah. im tired and tired. i guess it was worth an entire weekend, but idk... its a tough call.

thoughts:
you know that feeling of "sh*t everyone probably thinks im an a-hole and annoying or sumn"? thats kinda... what im going through with my friends rn. idk its just felt weird lately. maybe its cuz we're all stressed and tired, but thats the general vibe im getting. ill wait and see it through before making any conclusions tho. on a happier note, im super excited summer school is starting soon :excited:

. apparently its only 3 days??? (its on the 2nd-4th of aug). i dont really know what to make of it tbh; i have absolutely no idea what to expect.

question of the day:
q: "what are your favorite fictional characters?"
a: mccree (overwatch, and... i mean obviously lol), mysterio (spiderman far from home, i have a huge crush on jake gyllenhaal and i just like mysterio's mad/petty scientist vibes idkw), and peter walsh (mrs. dalloway, HE HAS A POCKET KNIFE AND JUST STARTS FIDGETING WITH IT WHEN HE'S BORED. thats peak immaculate vibes right there bestie). honorable mentions are arthur from what if its us and BOTH lilo and stitch (from... lilo & stitch). no i will not choose between them :ahee:

- basil.

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Reply 11

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15th - 16th, 7/21, thursday - friday

update:
not much going on right now... mostly trying to recover from last weekend's debate trauma :getmecoat:

and focusing on doing research for the next debate tournament :argh:

livin' that corona highschool life rn (even though school hasnt started yet. im dramatic like that :smile:

). this one should be relatively short :colondollar:

to - do:
[ / ] cie psych: ch. 1.3 research methods - case studies
[ / ] cie eng lit: read "the axe" - penelope fitzgerald

literature:
okay, "the tower" was hecka weird :creep:

. i dont know but i feel like its two different stories connected into one. the first part would be about this lady named caroline and her husband neville exploring italy's artefacts and paintings and culture and everything before coming across this weird family portrait gallery. the next part then becomes about caroline's adventure into an abandoned, super tall tower in the middle of nowhere. she starts experiencing vertigo, almost dies, bla bla bla, smth psychological drama smth. idk, i just dont see how the two parts are linked? tbf that first part was a flashback, so maybe it has something to do with memory recollection and how when you start going down memory lane its really easy to get off track? maybe? i dont know. ill look more into it tmr :flute:

.

song of the day:

"Grand Romantic Life" - Mom Rock

the name just says it all doesnt it. please dont judge me :s-smilie:

- basil.

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Reply 12

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17th - 18th, 7/21, saturday - sunday

update:
another debate tournament tomorrow!! very excited for it, i have absolutely no idea what will happen :excited:

, but i definitely have to go to sleep early, so maybe count this one as a mini-update. also, i dont have another painting of the day yet, so... sorry :puppyeyes:

.

to - do:
[ / ] debate: just focus on the tournament :biggrin:

literature:
okay i just read the axe and i am ... scared :ashamed:

. i mean i usually dont mind ghost stories that much, but i always read this a level stuff at night, and my room looks pretty scary at night tbh. i think it also has to do with the fact that im at my grandparents', cuz my room here is all alone on the first floor. come to think of it, there are so many ghost stories in the syllabus?????? thanks, cambridge :mad:

thoughts:

Spoiler

- basil.

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Reply 13

username5710919

20th - 23rd, 7/21, tuesday - friday

update:
soooo... i fell asleep early last night, which was why i didnt update on sunday, but hey, all good, right? :colondollar:

ANYwho...

to - do:
[ / ] debate: practice tracking 12 WSDC debates (3 per day)

debate:
okay okay okay i am PANICKING right now, idek if im making the right choice to assign myself so much work for the rest of the week, but I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO? okay so context: last weekend (17-18th) was that tournament thing i was writing about right? well on the third round i went up against this really cute guy from a new zealand team and i lost to him and i spent the next day feeling so embarrassed, wallowing in my own self-pity. i mean, I JUST WANTED TO IMPRESS HIM AND NOW I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT. thats not even the worst part... TODAY I JUST FOUND OUT THAT HES ALSO GOING TO WSDC REPRESENTING NZ :blushing:

. while its not guaranteed that we'll go up against each other AT wsdc, I MUST. BE. PREPARED. i cannot risk losing to him and going through that whole thing again. honestly i dont even care if i ask for his contacts or anything at this point i just want to impress him :cry:

in terms of the debating itself, (lol) the tournament i went to was... fine. i mean we broke into double octos and everything but then we immediately lost, so... couldve been better. i also ended up getting really low speaker scores compared to my teammates so... definitely need to work on my debating more. i feel like ive been going through a slump lately and... it doesnt feel great :confused:

, esp since im part of national team and i feel a lot of pressure (mostly from myself, cuz the environment in the team is definitely very accepting). i hope the practice im assigning myself is enough to get me out of it and maybe learn a thing or two :pika:

song of the day:

"Can You Can Can (Can Can, Offenbach)" - Beethoven's Wig, Robert Perlmutter

a debater friend of mine introduced me to this song/album and so many others yesterday while we were doing some research AND ITS SO DUMB AND EUPHEMISMY LIKE ASJDKLASGK;LASL;KASDK;L. its basically like classical music (in this case, can can), but they added lyrics to it and the lyrics are just. immACULATE. i swear, go listen to this one. honorable mentions: "It's the Same Every Verse (In The Hall of The Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite, Grieg)" and "Please Don't Play Your Violin at Night (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart)"

- basil.

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Reply 14

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23th, 8/21, monday

update:
heyyyy, really sorry i havent updated this thread in such a long time. thing is, after that last post, which was before i went off to wsdc, i felt really burnt out and my school announced this letter basically saying that school is going to be postponed for like an entire month. good news though, summer school is starting tomorrow for me! actual school starts towards the end of next month, which is probably when ill be moving to another thread for the actual thing. anyways, i should quickly wrap this up so i get some proper sleep for tmr :ashamed2:

to - do:
[ / ] general: survive summer school + debate

summer school:
so basically the thing is from 8:30 IN THE AM (traumatizing for me, since ive been waking up at like noon lately) until 1 pm and i have to do it for every subject im taking (bio, math, psych, and lit). its from tmr (24th) until next friday (3rd). unfortunately the thing is gonna be online (cuz our government STILL CANT CONTROL THE WHOLE RONA SITUATION OVER HERE UGH) so instead of doing highschool properly, i have to do it from home instead which is just great :smile:

. i should have some homework, so the rest of this thread is probably going to be me complaining about that (youre welcome!)

debate:
in addition to waking up super early, i also have debate training right after summer school (1:30 pm - 4) for this local tournament im going to (4th-5th, 10th aug). the team im going with (not the IDEAL team, but a decent team regardless (ig :cry:

)) are pretty confident we'll do well, so theres that. my goal for training/this tournament is to just work on weighing. i feel like i do it implicitly, but its not fleshed out enough for the adjs to see it the same way i do usually.

as a final thing before i wrap this thing up, i just wanted to say that im getting rid of some of the text formatting bc i feel like it can be a little bit much. also, this saves me a bit more time, so... yeah! im sure it wont be a huge deal :biggrin:

song of the day:

"Think of Me" - Andrew Lloyd Webber, from The Phantom of the Opera musical

i swear, and i know this is probably expected from anyone who calls themselves a musical nerd, but THIS SONG IS JUST?????????? like this is sounds so nostalgic even though ive only heard it a few days ago (im so sorry lmao). its just so calming and bittersweet and nostalgic and everything and i just. yeah. watching live performances of this song also makes me BEYOND happy.

- basil.

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Reply 15

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25th - 27th, 8/21, wednesday - friday

mini - update:
heyyy, just wanted to give a quick update on my first day (24th) at school! it was – and i never thought id describe it this way – so funny :rofl3:

like i spent so much time trying as hard as i could to keep a straight face. tbh, and i think this is the worst part, i dont even know exactly why i thought everything was so funny. i feel like the fact that the teachers werent being intentionally funny made it even funnier too lol. they just have this very specific way of talking thats super funny and maybe the fact that everything was online, so theres constant dead air, magnified whatever comedy was in their lectures. tbf today wasnt mostly lectures, it was mostly introductions to the class and stuff. horrifyingly, my maths teacher had me introduce myself to the class but i feel like the fact that everything was online mightve helped? idk i just feel like it wasnt exactly... bad??? :colondollar:

literature was pretty fun though. we started reading All My Sons (Arthur Miller) and my teacher (mr. terrence) assigned us characters to read. i had quite a lot of fun tbh, which is great cuz i was kinda worried i would end up not liking the class. tmr will also be my first psych class (today's psych class was replaced with homeroom), so thats pretty exciting. the teacher (mr. cillian) does want me to do a short introduction of myself to the class though, but it shouldnt be too bad cuz the class is only five people.

overall, today was pretty great, aside from my immature a*s brain finding stupid jokes every other ten seconds. also pretty hyped for debate tmr; im pretty excited about that upcoming tournament now, honestly. i guess i started thinking we could do well? :ahee:

(since there isnt homework yet, and probably wont be any for quite some time, i decided id set general vibes i wanted to kind of pursue instead hehe.)

vibes:
[ / ] school: stay on top of stuff; try to start reviewing A.M.S.
[ / ] debate: weighing ~

nothing 'of the day' today yet, sry heheheh :colondollar:

- basil.

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Reply 16

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30th - 31st, 9/21, monday - tuesday

update:
summer school is still going as expected, i.e. not too stressful, pretty chill. the teachers are pretty aware of the fact that we are all very much dreading homework and do a pretty good job of keeping work to a minimum, so thats pretty cool for me :awesome:

i havent gotten to socialize a lot tho, mostly cuz we're still doing online learning. at least i know some people there so i can still socialize, but it really could be better. i really miss going to school (except the wake up early in the morning part :nope:

).

i also just got out of another debate tournament! this time it was outside of school and in a new format for me – british parli (bp). most tourneys in thailand do ap (asian parli), so me and my partner went as novices. we ended up in first place and both got really high top speaker awards!! that was the highlight of my weekend haha (i still cant believe i gave up my weekend for that but at least it wasnt a complete waste). our next tournament is next weekend, so again im expecting to remain tired for the rest of the week lol.

to - do:
[ / ] lit: finish AMS worksheet by tuesday lunch (preferably monday)
[ / ] psych: finish presentation and kahoot on Types of Self-reports by monday

painting of the day:

Montagne Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cézanne

- basil.

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Reply 17

username5710919

1st - 3rd, 9/21, wednesday - friday

update:
okay so things are... not bad rn. ive woken up late like two days this week so DEFINITELY need to find some way to work on that (probably by getting enough ahem sleep ahem) but aside from that school itself isnt horrible. the homework ive done for psych and lit didnt get absolutely shredded with criticism, so im pretty happy about that hehe. come to think of it, that mightve been my first ever literature assignment and tbh, i kinda like it. i also did my first a level bio class assignment (not hw) today and tbh it reminded me so much of self-studying for the as level (i took that before transferring here bc my original goal was to just self study for them, but obviously that changed haha. might tell yall more abt that on another day :tongue:

). just that vibe of staying up alone at night or at a starbucks with my music blasting... *sigh* sweet memories... :cookie:

THAT REMINDS ME i had a cookie from subway today!!! my mom got like a whole pack and she went outside to get even more after dinner and they are MINDBLOWING I SWEAR. yall need to try it i swear you wont regret it. OH also, last thing, my school started opening sign ups for a moderna vaccine for students today and ive signed up!! they said the vax should be available sometime around oct-dec, so im super excited for that hehe :excited:

to - do:
[ / ] math: finish up mindmap by thursday

ive decided that i'll do a homework pic upload as part of a mini-update tmr for the first time ever on here too! (once im done with the assignment, that is).

song of the day:

"Whiskey In Hell" - Anarbor

i have such a specific memory attached to this song. i remember working on a paper for my previous school while vibing to this, and the feel is just so... nostalgic? :yeah:

- basil.

(edited 3 years ago)

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username5710919

4th - 5th, 9/21, saturday - sunday

update:
i dont really have anything planned for this weekend except a local thai circuit competition. tbh, bc i got too lazy to upload yesterday, im already one day into it, and its... fine?? :s-smilie:

there was just this one round today that my team lost on an ethical obligation debate and its just... frustrating cuz with 3v3 debate styles, theres this tendency for adjs to accept/believe in premises that i just cant wrap my head around :confused:

. like with today's debate, the motion was that rich people in developing countries have an ethical obligation to not immigrate and i was on opp. the adj said my team couldnt win just by disproving their ethical framework... which is weird right bc the burden lies on someone with an ethical belief to justify and establish their beliefs... anyways. i dont really have any major homework homework i want to do on the weekend (altho i did get some lit homework due next thursday), so ill just tell you guys whats assigned and update my progress tmr. hw: look into the word 'peripety'; prepare a short presentation discussing (1) how the plot of 'all my sons' breaks down to fit Freytag's Pyramid (which from my understanding is kind of like a more professional version of the plot diagram) and (2) three themes in the play.

also!! pretty big thing thats happening with school is that term has been rescheduled to start next week (6th), so I'm definitely gonna struggle with adjusting my sleep schedule in time :weary: im thinking of moving to an actual gyg thread then, so check that out if u wanna :flowers: