is it really, though? 

lucky for me, my midterms were all before recess week so i don't have to do too much intense studying this week!! but of course, there's still quite a bit on my plate for this week, including revision (vvv important!!), fyp stuff, online classes and meeting up with people. 

last night, we had our second asian borderless campus devotion!! truly grateful for technology that we get to meet and connect with disciples across the region. the filipino disciples love fellowship and i absolutely adore their energy and enthusiasm so late into the night - my sister's group's fellowship lasted all the way till 2am and i joined them a little bit sometimes!! from playing never have i ever to family style to sharing unpopular opinions and listening to the boyz songs, i had a swollen eye but i stayed up nonetheless and enjoyed my time :-) 

i was gonna go for an open class with weiliang this week but i didn't manage to book the class in time😭😭so we'll see how it goes. hopefully i'll be able to be productive this week in getting some revision done, and preparing for my Korean speech test as well (yikes, i'll need it to pull my grades up). looking forward to some good time of catching up as well! 

it's been raining at night a lot these days but i'm not complaining! it makes the weather cooler and so much more cooler, i love it! here's to a great recess week ahead! 

all the love and till next time x

joween

how you know you're halfway through the semester. lucky for me, i'm taking three mods (other than fyp) this semester so i have three midterms and one of them was last week so i'm currently preparing for the other two this coming week! i don't know how to feel about this - like, i know i have to do well but i don't know if i can do well. it's making me rethink my decision on declaring for a minor in modern languages so that i can su this mod and fully focus on my other two modules. last week's midterm was an online one, it was 25 mcq questions in 30 minutes, plus i also submitted an essay for the same mod on that day as well. this already determined 50% of my grade for that module and i don't even know how i'm faring. for one of the mods which midterm is this week, we previously had a test in week4 and i did not too bad for that, but i'm not too sure what to expect for the test this week and i'm kinda nervous right now. as for korean... well... i'm gonna have to revise what i learnt in the previous three levels plus do some intense memorisation of vocabulary and grammar rules. 

i'm so glad that we have had a bit of progress for fyp this past week though! some brands and experts got back to us which helped us with our findings and research, which was really helpful because sustainable cosmetic is a relatively new topic so we HAD to go and talk to people - as what prof had been telling us for the longest time ever. we're trying our best!!!!! i'm lowkey scared as well but i don't even know what i'm scared of yikes. 

on another note, yesterday was kinda like a break day for me. joined mj saturday class online and mangaged to sweat and exercise a bit - my muscles are aching now yikes. and also watched mulan yesterday! hua mulan is so pretty i'm just,,... some parts of the movie got me teary-eyed but we can have that conversation on another day. just reminds me of the time i watched aladdin with nella during exams season last year while i was on exchange!! 

i am looking forward to meeting up with some secondary school friends and hall friends this week! may this week be a good week. recess week, i'm coming for you (soon)! 

all the love and till next time x 

joween

it has been a long while since i last blogged. since my last post, my internship has ended and i have started my final year of college. not gonna lie, it's pretty overwhelming. it's even more stressful now thinking that every grade for every module that i'm taking, matters. it feels kind of weird knowing that half the group of my hall friends have graduated. and final year project is beginning to take its toll. but somehow, i'm halfway through the semester already. time really is flying past even when i'm not having fun (haha) but i am grateful for the people that i have with me this semester. with ann ying back from exchange and us finally reuniting back in school after our internship periods, i am no longer lonely in school!! and even though our only common class for the semester is fyp, we're meeting up on some other days as well when possible. we really only have each other in school HAHAH. i have also met up with my hall friends a couple of times since phase 2 started. wow, hall friends, the highlight of my university life. i was just browsing through my old photos and seeing hall camp photos really brought back all the nostalgia! from my freshie days to fake freshie days, it feels bittersweet that time is passing so quickly. mj has also started with online classes so i'm back to sweating it out on thursdays!! good for me as the amount of school work has stopped me from being able to do covers. and i'm also looking for a part time job as well. not sure if i will be able to cope but hopefully all will be well! 

on another note, i got to meet and talk to onlyoneof during angel era once and!!!! um hello jisung and taeyeob hello!!!!!!!!! kyubin!!!!! it's insane how fast time flies and how much i've missed these dudes and- ye. i'm just gonna stop here because i need to get back with work. 

if anyone has any contacts from the cosmetic industry pls hmu it will help me a ton for fyp and i will love u for ever!! 

all the love and till next time x 

joween