Survival of the fittest

Welp. A couple of days ago, Muse's song "Survival" was announced as the anthem of this year's Olympics. Definitely no complaints from my end; I've spent hours on end going through their albums. Absolutely love their stuff. It did come as a bit of a surprise though! 

Some other Muse-ic that I particularly enjoy: 

le poop

Currently trying to re-familiarise myself with French as quickly as possible by using old books from year 9/10. This is harder than I expected : (

And we must take the current when it serves,

Hello, hello. A little something something I made. Possibly my favourite quote. Longer version of carpe diem. Shorter versions of proper sentences used in dis post. The first time I read it I had the entire image in my mind, of crashing/swirling waves and spirals of sea foam. I feel that this is a poor understatement of that mental image, but it is late and cold, and I am tired. I feel that an update is in order:

My exams have finally come to an end, time to rejoice yay etc. Although they were only over 6 days, exam period felt like infinity alternating between cramming and sleeping. Needless to say, it was exhausting. The way things stand, I am a bit doubtful of a P for chem, but I am hopeful (There's always plenty of hope on my side). So that's that.

Medsci cruise in 2 days, woot woot! It's been too long since the last time I saw seftoners. I am so excited ~ ~ ~

Good night and gawd bless amercia.

GOAL

I will understand thermodynamics by the end of tonight.

Jan to June tunes

A bit of what the first half of this year sounded like (in a somewhat chronological order):

1. Talking Bird by DCFC
2. I'll Follow You Into the Dark by DCFC
3. Two Birds by Regina Spektor
4. Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky 
5. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You by The Black Kids
6. Nobody Waiting for Me by M. Craft 
7. The Point of No Return from The Phantom Of The Opera 
8. Firefly by Ed Sheeran
9. Towers by Bon Iver 
10. Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
11. Video Games by Lana Del Ray 
12. A Little Fall of Rain from Les Mis
13. Hymne a l'Amour by Edith Piaf 

and now listening to Regina Spektor's album What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (really enjoying Ne Me Quitte Pas, and Oh Marcello). also this: 

At least I'll get a HD in procrastination

Typing this post means the betrayal of my future self, who in a week will be fighting for my life - i.e. Sitting the semester finals. I have extremely low expectations of the outcomes and will be thrilled with just a pass. This comes from a combination of a) not fully understanding all of the content, which is a result of b) having the worst lecturer for organic chem. 

I was very disheartened when I found out that I’d miss the course survey for chemistry; I would’ve given him so much negative feedback. Luckily there was no shortage of people who shared my sentiment. One of the things I loathed about him was the little effort he put into making the course enjoyable. Apart from learning for the sake of graduating and landing a job ASAP, learning content/ the course should be made somewhat ENJOYABLE for the students, shouldn’t it? Otherwise, what would be the point of having somebody to just read their notes off a page? Textbooks can do that nowadays without being as condescending.

Then again there are redeeming lecturers who entertain and are so engaging I’m sure students show up looking forward to both the content and the teachers. They share anecdotes, their own mnemonics. They know how to articulate and actually /speak/ so that information comes out interesting. Those lecturers compel students to learn and are so much more MOTIVATING. Encouraging. TBH he reminds me of FEO. Yuuuck. 

I know it’s up to me to have the intrinsic desire to learn as a student but I also think that teachers have a responsibility that extends beyond relaying information. Especially if they take it upon themselves to demean the class while demanding respect etc. Etc. I hate him/he’s so crap/ apparently in tutorials he just talks on his phone through the lesson/ yep I'm gonna blame the teacher. 

So basically, DIY organic chem woot woot yay

Today feels like a green day

I don't even know what that means but I needed a title for photos of my food. My life decisions become increasingly riveting each day.

First photo is of a vine I took in from outside, hoping for it to sprout roots so that I could plant it in the backyard later. I actually expected it to just wilt and die but it's been a few weeks now and it's still looking pretty good. So that turned out better than expected, yay! but still no roots. The end of the stem where I cut is just starting to look a bit bulbous... which might mean roots??? IDEK.

Anyway,  following that: my breakfast in progress, mochi that I bought for mum, and my breakfast in the process of being eaten.

And now to catch up on 193875684 million lectures. Exams are rolling around the corner. How fast has this semester been!? I swear I'm still on holiday mode from that HSC break, ah...

Looked normal tbh

I was in the bathroom and overheard a conversation between two girls. One looked in the mirror and noticed something...

A: Oh my God, I have some thing in my teeth! I hate it when I find things there, why didn't you tell me?!
B: I don't know, it looked normal.

Wooooops

I overestimated my luck today with that chem quiz. Hopefully this means I'll be more motivated to stick to a stringent study routine. Hopefully. In other news, these are pretty funny: