I Wanted To Share Some Thoughts On ‘온유하게 해요 (shine On You)’. Everybody Is Already Aware

how to self teach a new language 

have contact with this language by hearing it on movies, tv shows and music. this will help you with your pronunciation skills and with your vocabulary

learn vocabulary and grammar at the same time

read kids books and translate what you don’t know. it might be hard at the beginning, but keep trying 

speak to yourself will help you like crazy. I like to pretend that I’m acting or that someone is interviewing me hahah see the magic happens 

READ AND WRITE. this is as important as speaking. It used to be so hard for me to write in English and I felt awful because I could actually speak very well. But my writing skills were just a lower level than my speaking level. Thankfully it’s getting better with practice. 

try to study a little everyday. if you don’t have time to do so, watch a movie or something, but have this contact with the new language at least once a day

be persistent because the processes of learning a new language can really piss you off. sometimes you will understand nothing and that will drag you down. the difference is to keep pushing until it doesn’t bother you anymore! 

Yeah sex is great but have you ever listened to a song in your target language and suddenly understood a new line for the first time

When Writer’s Block Meets Imposter Syndrome

So I am at that point in my apps where I have to write a personal statement and I am S T U C K. I can talk and talk about language and how much it means to me, when I put pen to paper, suddenly I feel less valid and like my ideas and interests aren’t all that interesting.

I know that I shouldn’t be as nervous as I am. I know that I am a good scholar and that I worked really hard to even be able to consider going to grad school. I know that I can do this.

I think I just need some more perspective. 

Phrasal verbs › alphabetical list : C.

Call for › demander/réclamer.

Call in › faire appel à quelqu’un/obliger quelqu’un à rembourser sa dette.

Call off › annuler.

Call on someone › rendre visite à/faire appel à quelqu’un.

Call out › crier/appeler.

Call up (a file) › appeler/ouvrir (un fichier).

Care for › s’occuper de.

Carry on › continuer.

Carry out › réaliser. 

Get carried away by › s’emballer pour quelque chose.

Carry forward › reporter.

Carry off (an award) › remporter (un prix).

Carry through › mener à bonne fin/aider à réussir.

Cash in › se faire rembourser.

Cash up › faire la caisse.

Catch up › rattraper.

Catch on › devenir populaire/prendre.

Catch out › prendre en défaut/démasquer.

Cave in › s’effondrer/céder.

Change over (to) › passer à.

Check up on/check out › vérifier.

Check in (airport) › se présenter à l’enregistrement.

Check out (hotel) › payer sa note et partir.

Clean up › nettoyer/faire fortune/faire son beurre.

Clean (someone) out › nettoyer à fond/mettre quelqu’un à sec/dévaliser. 

Close down › fermer définitivement. 

Close in on › cerner. 

Too many phrasal verbs with To come, find it special post here. 

Conjure up › évoquer.

Cut across › toucher (pas au sens physique).

Cut back › réduire/diminuer.

Cut down (on) › réduire.

Cut off › couper/déshériter.

(feel) cut off › se sentir isoler.

(be) cut out for › avoir des dispositions pour quelque chose. 

To (be) cut up › être très affecté.

how can i help?

here you can find donation links, petitions, how to educate yourself, etc.

if you can afford to donate: official george floyd memorial fund here minnesota freedom fund here stephen lawrence charitable trust here the NAACP legal defense fund here black lives matter here

petitions you can sign: justice for george floyd here, here & here get the officers charged here reclaim the block — minneapolis here justice for breonna taylor here, here & here justice for ahmaud arbery here, here & here pass the georgia hate crime bill here **if you are international and aren’t able to sign, here are some zip codes to use: 90015 — los angeles, california  10001 — new york city, new york  75001 — dallas, texas 

text or call: text “JUSTICE” 688366 text “FLOYD” to 55156

get in contact with the district attorney and minneapolis mayor. leave a message demanding that 4 officers including derek chauvin (badge #1087) and tou thao (badge #7162) be arrested for the murder of george floyd.  minneapolis mayor’s office, jacob frey: (612) 673-2100 minneapolis district attorney, mike freeman: (612) 348-5550 OR citizeninfo@hennepin.us minneapolis PD emails: police@minneapolismn.gov minneapolis311@minneapolismn.gov policereview@minneapolismn.gov you can find the email template here

breonna taylor was murdered in her sleep by policemen (jonathan mattingly, brett hankison and myles cosgrove) who raided the wrong house and shot her 8 times. call the louisville mayor’s office and police department to demand that the police be fired and charged. louisville mayor’s office, greg fischer: (502) 574-2003 louisville metro police department: (502) 574-7111

undercover cop, jacob pedersen of the st. paul PD was seen smashing windows as the catalyst to many of the riots that occurred in minneapolis. email the st. paul PD and report his actions. st. paul PD email: policeinfo@ci.stpaul.mn.us proof of smashing windows here proof it was pedersen here

want to learn more? i strongly recommend the book “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by reni eddo-lodge. you can find an extract here.

list of resources: black lives matter google doc here black lives matter carrd here elle osili-wood on twitter here

It’s okay to romanticise the small things about your day-to-day life. It’s okay to romanticise sleeping in, waking up to the sun tickling your skin. It’s okay to romanticise the texture of fingers against a page. Sometimes to save your day you need to romanticise sitting at a desk and working, or romanticise studying hyped up on coffee. It’s okay to picture yourself as if you were the mc in a movie. Watch yourself go through shit and know that it’s just the climax of your own story, and that while you sit in your room sobbing to sad songs, good things are just around the corner.

Sometimes to be okay or get through the day you need to romanticise the simple things.

Estoy en el coche de mi mamá,

escoba escoba,

conseguir fuera me coche

♡ ♡ ♡

“You are the love of my life,

without you,

I am incomplete” 

If you should be doing your work rn think about Elle Woods and how far she got. Study now.