Hope The School Year Has Been Treating Everyone Well :-) Stay Safe Friends!

hiii ! i'm a big fan of your blog i've found it vv inspiring re. my studies :) just wondering what sort of DA things you do outside of your studies / academic things you do in your spare time that aren't necessary to your grades ??

hey! here’s a list of academic things i do outside of university.

if your question was about my non-academic activities that are reminiscent of the dark academia genre, lmk and i’ll make another post!

i read a lot of literary fiction and poetry

i write poetry and am always on the lookout for lit magazines and journals/independent presses to submit my work to. i’ve been published a few times, i don’t really talk to my friends or family about it because i worry they would think i’m arrogant for mentioning it

before the quarantine, i went to art galleries and museums several times a month (i have a free annual pass) and learned a lot from each visit

i do freelance journalism; i interned at a news outlet last summer

i watch international and experimental cinema on criterion collection. i also sometimes go to an independent theatre that airs niche documentaries. i think it’s really important to expose yourself to thought-provoking films

ive been to a few book awards ceremonies + literary events with my mom and her friends before. i’d like to do that more often, especially since many of the events are free

i spend a lot of time in secondhand bookstores looking for old crumbling hardcovers. my friends and i often buy the same book, read it separately, and then report back to each other with impromptu reviews

↳ 05.20.19.

i always make my new weekly spread monday mornings, look how blissfully empty :’) currently annotating chinese textbook readings while watching “love is a bonus book” on netflix, i loooooove it so far ✨

hii i wanted to ask if there's a change in pronouncing the letters ㅈ,ㅅ,ㅊ when they're in the bottom like in 도넛 will it be doneos or doneot? i think these letters are pronounced as 't' when they're in the bottom. Could you clear the confusion please? Thanks!

Hi! Yes, that's correct! So when you have ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅉ, or ㅊ at the end of a syllable, it just makes a "t" sound. The word for donut, as you mentioned, is 도넛, and is pronounced do-neot, not do-neos.

If, however, a syllable ending in one of those is followed by a syllable that starts with ㅇ, then it makes the sound that it is supposed to. So if you have 도넛은, for example, that would be pronounced do-neo-seun. Think of that final consonant (known as 받침 in Korean) as "carrying over" to the ㅇ, which is silent in this case. Thanks for the great question and I hope this is helpful! 화이팅!

student reset routine - how to get back on track ⛅

hello everyone. in today’s blog post i’ll be sharing with you tips to reset and prepare yourself for a new week! 

planning and productivity

catch up on any incomplete homework 

declutter old papers from your folders

plan and schedule for the week

write your notes and do your worksheets

empty out the trash in your bag

finish up all your tasks

digital declutter

unsubscribe from pesky newletters

delete useless photos

clear your inbox

delete unused social media accounts

turn off unnecessary notifications

turn on ‘do not disturb’ mode

uninstall miscellaneous apps, if possible

personal wellbeing

do some stretching or light yoga

drink water

turn on the diffuser and put some lavender essential oil

go for a walk

take a shower

wash your face

i hope you enjoyed this post - and have a great week ahead! 💖

p.s let me know what you think of my new content! how can i improve? let me know in the comments section below, thank you! 

spring quarter is staring off with an unusual start. through all of the uncertainty, it’s key for me to stay in a healthy routine in order to feel sane right now. grateful for a safe place to call my second home, water, electricity, and technology now more than ever before!

now listening: 

wish you were sober- conan gray

%%% hello everyone! i finally posted again after a. while. took me around a year to get back but i’ve learnt lots through that time. i’m finally getting back on track. 🎐

ig : etloie

社会・歴史・世界・地理・公民　のディジタル教科書！JP TEXTBOOKS

As promised, there are the Japanese textbooks in my dropbox. I hope they are useful to you! They’re individual links, some are big.  Included is: Society (from 4th to 6th grade), History, World/Geography and Civics. I’m sorry I don’t have the time to fully recheck everything, so I think I put one pdf in more than one folder. Please forgive me for the inconvenience ;~;! If there’s a problem with one of them please tell me so I can replace it. 

社会

４年：X, X, X, X

５年：X, X, X, X, X

６年：X, X, X, X, X

歴史 : X, X, X

地理・世界 : X, X, X, X, X, X, X

公民: X, X, X, X, X

If you want MORE resources for a subject hmu. I can recommend you resources, lectures and videos for the following subjects: politics, international relations, geography, history. I can also help you find jp textbooks on amazon if you want to buy something on these subjects.

喜んで読んでみてください！♥

23/100 days of productivity ❇️ this week’s bujo spread, with a budget tracker because I spend WAY too much! Was doing physics again today (wow, what a surprise), but also went to a java class and numerical analysis lecture. 

notes to myself

- write down a list of goals and habits you want to implement in your life. 

- meditate. lay down, alone with your thoughts, left to truly think and have time with your conscious mind unoccupied by distraction. take the time to actually listen to yourself with undivided attention

- engage in yoga. stretch.

- write down what you're grateful for

- take a shower. put on freshly-scented lotion. refresh and restart.

- do laundry. clean out and organize your clothes, donate some

- refresh and restart your phone, laptop, desktop, etc. clean out and organize your files, applications, layout, etc. filter out your social media from youtube to instagram to twitter to contain content towards your betterment

- call your family and friends. have a discussion, talk to them, laugh with them

- hang out with your friends. have a study session or just be together as you all sketch, paint, journal, eat

- listen to podcasts for personal growth and development. humor, health, productivity, any kind of podcast.

- clean and reorganize your home. clean out the kitchen, living room, bedrooms, etc. rearrange and design them. let your home reflect you. give it a breath of fresh air with change, whether small or big

- plan out your week // bullet journal

- learn. learn a new language, take out a notebook, write notes, listen to audios, practice. learn another programming language. learn about the history of islam. learn cryptography and encryption. learn anything that excites you, that betters you

- get a blanket and go out and lie in nature

- read. read a book on personal development, read a book in a foreign language, read a book about history, read articles about the most random things or articles catered to your interests, to self growth, to the present world today. read to learn.

- go out and volunteer. contribute to and for good. help out at a homeless shelter, help with a sustainability project or beach clean up, aid and provide comfort and ease to the elderly, sick, and young

- sit down. read the quran. reflect and understand.

- go on a bike ride. take in the air that hits you, the side conversations that leave your hearing just as quickly as they enter, take in the moment.

one could see this just as a list of stuff to do, and it basically is. but for me, it's a multitude of opportunities to grow, to better, to breath, to live. I'd like to spend my time actually living, doing good, growing, being conscious and present, so here are some notes to myself, and hopefully you.

If you've ever wondered if you could buy ebooks on Korean websites like Kyobo, the answer is yes: