Hey guys!
So yes I am fully aware that it is 2AM and yes, I do have to get up 7:30 to get to work tomorrow. But I can't sleep and I think it' a good excuse to blog? Right?
I did my supplemental today, to be honest I think I could ave done better. I blanked on the exam (not fun) and I'm sure I doubted myself and messed up a bunch of things... It's done though and like ST keeps saying I can't do anything about it anymore. I just have to wait for the mark, I'll wait like a sitting duck (quack!). Right after my exam I met up with ST and LN for supper, but not before bumping into BD and get this we shopped for a bit and it was actually pretty fun. After supper I hung out with ST and a few of our coworkers and it was actually really fun and relaxing. It was a nice way to calm down from all the stress from the exam.
Since I'm going to be free for about a week before all hell breaks loose and school starts, I'm going to do as much as I can next week, since I'm off from work too. I already have plans set out for the rest of this week (mostly work) and the week after.
Friday night a bunch of us (most of us) from work are going to go to a bar after work. It should be fun cause the last few times I went out to a bar we had a lot of fun (but it seems that it always ends up with stories about me). It should be fun. Half of us are going from work and the other (lucky) half are coming from home so there will be a huge difference in appearance and smells between the two groups. I'll keep you guy posted if anything happens that night that is blog worthy, or you know, I'll blog anyways just for the fun of it.
Next week, I have Botanical Gardens with ST and W, Brunch with W, O, and maybe BB and then probably lunch or supper with AK. I would like to get a few more things going there and get the most of what I can get from my 'summer'. When life gives you lemons...
I also earned today that this is WL's last week. How did I not know that!? I'll miss his adorableness and smile and our harmless flirting. I know a lot of you are thinking that I should just do something about it, but I don't know, I just don't want to. I get it, I'll never know until I do something and what if he has the same doubts as you and blah blah, but we don't go to the same school and I don't think I'll have time for school, work, a relationship, a social life and whatever else is going to be thrown my way. If you love something set it free and if it comes back it was meant to be. And I know guys don't have to do everything, girl can do it too. But like, that doesn't mean I have to do something, I'm perfectly fine with my guys being assertive and doing something for themselves. I am assertive enough at work, I don't have to be off the clock.
So yup, I've basically updated you guys enough for a 2AM post. And I should really be getting to bed cause I am going to be butt tired tomorrow morning. Hope you guys are up to be served by a zombie!
XOXO Gossi... opps wrong blog :P
-J
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Studying Tips
So EXAMS are finished! Yes they finally are! Celebrate!! Yes, I am aware that this would make a lot more sense it it were a vlog, but it isn't so use your imagination!
So yes, exams are over and like I promised, I'll mention some studying techniques I've developed. Remember thought that this is from my experience and not everyone studies the same way.
TIP #1
So what I found helpful was to study on your own first. So review everything on your own then review it all with a friend or in a group. This helps because you know your stuff, but discussing it either helps you know for sure that you understand something cause you can explain it or it help you understand things that you didn't before. and let's all admit, friends generally explain stuff a lot simpler than your teacher. I don't know why teachers like to over complicate everything for nothing! They spend half and hour on one topic, but it takes you five minutes to re-explain it! Why do you have to make everything so complicated?!
TIP #2
Take a few breaks when you study, plan the breaks out. So tell yourself. I'm going to study for an hour then I can check my FB or Twitter or text so and so. This gives you some motivations and taking a break is always a nice way to relax and decompress even if it's only for fifteen minutes. But don't just sit in your room all day! Change the environment up a little! Changing your environment can give you a little extra motivation.
TIP #3
Listen to music, well this one I find it depends on what you're studying. So for understanding concepts I like to have upbeat songs. Ones that get you pumped up and moving around. Hopefully not dancing around cause then no dancing get's done. But if you're memorizing something, I find it better to study in silence cause you can hear yourself repeating the facts over and over again. Earplugs may help, but I don't have any :P
TIP #4
Keep a stash of food with you when you study, we all get hungry and having the food there saves the times it would have taken you to go to the kitchen and find the food and at the same time get distracted. I also find it helpful to have food cause I get hungry when I study.
TIP #5
Start studying in advance! If you have a bunch of finals all mushed up, make a schedule and plan out when to study for what. I didn't break it down to the minutes, but I was like "Okay, this in the morning and hopefully I'll get through half the material, then this at night and get to this lecture." And obviously I didn't always stick to the plan, but it helped to have a general guideline.
TIP #6
Don't get discouraged when you don't understand something. Try to move on to something else then come back to it. and if it still doesn't work, ask a friend, Google, ask a TA or even the prof.
Those are my tips for now. And remember! We all have different studying styles. Some of us study best in silence, while others need background noise. Some people study best in a comfortable position and others in a chair with their back straight. I know mine have changed over the years.
So what are some of your studying tricks?
-J
So yes, exams are over and like I promised, I'll mention some studying techniques I've developed. Remember thought that this is from my experience and not everyone studies the same way.
TIP #1
So what I found helpful was to study on your own first. So review everything on your own then review it all with a friend or in a group. This helps because you know your stuff, but discussing it either helps you know for sure that you understand something cause you can explain it or it help you understand things that you didn't before. and let's all admit, friends generally explain stuff a lot simpler than your teacher. I don't know why teachers like to over complicate everything for nothing! They spend half and hour on one topic, but it takes you five minutes to re-explain it! Why do you have to make everything so complicated?!
TIP #2
Take a few breaks when you study, plan the breaks out. So tell yourself. I'm going to study for an hour then I can check my FB or Twitter or text so and so. This gives you some motivations and taking a break is always a nice way to relax and decompress even if it's only for fifteen minutes. But don't just sit in your room all day! Change the environment up a little! Changing your environment can give you a little extra motivation.
TIP #3
Listen to music, well this one I find it depends on what you're studying. So for understanding concepts I like to have upbeat songs. Ones that get you pumped up and moving around. Hopefully not dancing around cause then no dancing get's done. But if you're memorizing something, I find it better to study in silence cause you can hear yourself repeating the facts over and over again. Earplugs may help, but I don't have any :P
TIP #4
Keep a stash of food with you when you study, we all get hungry and having the food there saves the times it would have taken you to go to the kitchen and find the food and at the same time get distracted. I also find it helpful to have food cause I get hungry when I study.
TIP #5
Start studying in advance! If you have a bunch of finals all mushed up, make a schedule and plan out when to study for what. I didn't break it down to the minutes, but I was like "Okay, this in the morning and hopefully I'll get through half the material, then this at night and get to this lecture." And obviously I didn't always stick to the plan, but it helped to have a general guideline.
TIP #6
Don't get discouraged when you don't understand something. Try to move on to something else then come back to it. and if it still doesn't work, ask a friend, Google, ask a TA or even the prof.
Those are my tips for now. And remember! We all have different studying styles. Some of us study best in silence, while others need background noise. Some people study best in a comfortable position and others in a chair with their back straight. I know mine have changed over the years.
So what are some of your studying tricks?
-J
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Last Shift... Ever?
So yesterday was my last shift! I am so excited because this means that I can finally have time to myself, like time to read and sleep! I miss sleep pretty badly :P So yup. I am free and after tomorrow night, I will be free for about a month before I have to worry about finals. I have a feeling I'll just slack off like crazy now that I don't have work. But I guess we'll just have to see. But I am glad that 3 hours of my days won't be spent getting to and from work. It was tiring and it took me two hours to get to work yesterday TWO! My brother left before I did like an hour later and got in before I did (for those of you wondering, it's because he took a different route from what we usually take and there was no traffic his way).
Yesterday at work, I got pretty annoyed at a co-worker. I'll call get BD, she started arguing with my brother and I didn't speak out because she was arguing with my brother, but what happened was that she was arguing with him in front of customers when we were rushing. I found it unprofessional so I told them to stop arguing cause we had customers. So of course she gets pissed at me. I guess for telling her what to do, or maybe for protecting my brother, although I would have said it if she was arguing with anyone else. But ya, then she just leaves the store for an hour when we were mid rush and doesn't send anyone over. And then she shows up an hour and a half later an just gives me attitude. People sometimes... Well at least I probably won't ever work with her ever again... Hopefully.
But aside from problems with BD I had a pretty good shift, I was working with people liked in my store, yes that includes my brother :P We were mostly all dressed up, so we were a team of two normal looking employees, a scientist, an Asian mobster/PSY and a convict. I was the convict, dressed in a orange jumpsuit, with my arms chained and Prisoner #255 on the back of my jumpsuit (for those of you who work with me or know what 255 at work is, it is my sense retarded sense of humor at work). A little kid actually asked it I was a real prisoner :P. It was fun but the suit got annoying after a while. My boss kept telling me he found the outfit funny, he also chained me to the sink... He was dragging me around the store and was like "We have to chain you to something!"
I'm kind of sad that the season is over, but I'm happy too. I'm going to miss my co-workers... a lot more than I would like to admit. and my boss, and even working... but I need the sleep and the extra time to study. I don't know if I will be back next year... I probably will but not full time, just for special occasions. I just posted that last night was my last shift and someone was like "Last shift of the season right? RIGHT??" and to be honest I'm just not sure, I know she wants me to go back and be her manager and I am flattered at she would want to work under me (well she already does) but it's nice to know that she would like me as her manager. One of my current managers also told me that I would make a good manager and that means a lot to be because I respect her a lot.
And this is a side note and has nothing to do with my last shift, but I figure it's somewhat work related, but G and L from work know I have a blog, I forgot how the conversation cam up. But L keeps asking me if I talk about him on my blog and what I call him on it... is that kind of weird?
Tell me what you guys I should do for next year and if the whole L thing is weird...
-J
Yesterday at work, I got pretty annoyed at a co-worker. I'll call get BD, she started arguing with my brother and I didn't speak out because she was arguing with my brother, but what happened was that she was arguing with him in front of customers when we were rushing. I found it unprofessional so I told them to stop arguing cause we had customers. So of course she gets pissed at me. I guess for telling her what to do, or maybe for protecting my brother, although I would have said it if she was arguing with anyone else. But ya, then she just leaves the store for an hour when we were mid rush and doesn't send anyone over. And then she shows up an hour and a half later an just gives me attitude. People sometimes... Well at least I probably won't ever work with her ever again... Hopefully.
But aside from problems with BD I had a pretty good shift, I was working with people liked in my store, yes that includes my brother :P We were mostly all dressed up, so we were a team of two normal looking employees, a scientist, an Asian mobster/PSY and a convict. I was the convict, dressed in a orange jumpsuit, with my arms chained and Prisoner #255 on the back of my jumpsuit (for those of you who work with me or know what 255 at work is, it is my sense retarded sense of humor at work). A little kid actually asked it I was a real prisoner :P. It was fun but the suit got annoying after a while. My boss kept telling me he found the outfit funny, he also chained me to the sink... He was dragging me around the store and was like "We have to chain you to something!"
I'm kind of sad that the season is over, but I'm happy too. I'm going to miss my co-workers... a lot more than I would like to admit. and my boss, and even working... but I need the sleep and the extra time to study. I don't know if I will be back next year... I probably will but not full time, just for special occasions. I just posted that last night was my last shift and someone was like "Last shift of the season right? RIGHT??" and to be honest I'm just not sure, I know she wants me to go back and be her manager and I am flattered at she would want to work under me (well she already does) but it's nice to know that she would like me as her manager. One of my current managers also told me that I would make a good manager and that means a lot to be because I respect her a lot.
And this is a side note and has nothing to do with my last shift, but I figure it's somewhat work related, but G and L from work know I have a blog, I forgot how the conversation cam up. But L keeps asking me if I talk about him on my blog and what I call him on it... is that kind of weird?
Tell me what you guys I should do for next year and if the whole L thing is weird...
-J
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