Arundhati Roy, The End Of Imagination

friendly reminders:

you don't have to be productive every day

you are worthy even if all you did today was get out of bed

there are people out there who care about you

your existence makes a difference

if something bothers you, then it bothers you. no one has the right to tell you otherwise

you are allowed to take up space

there is no 'right way' to grieve

you cannot put a time limit on emotions

your likes and interests are valid and they matter

it's okay to take your time in doing things. not everyone can do everything at the same pace

We're almost at the end of three straight months of genocide, 30k deaths, nearly two million displaced and starving. If you're still calling the situation "nuanced" and "complicated" I'm going to beat you to death with a shovel.

It was such a warm afternoon, sun beating on my skin. So far, progress of my paper (noty thesis, one I have to publish first) were its introduction, and relearning how to systematic literature review along with data extraction.

Good quote of the day by one of my lecturers is "Everything is possible, if you are willing to accept change and reiterate along your way".

Become so good at your chosen field that people start thinking you're the Devil's prodigy

10.04.2023

— As if I don't have any paper due in 3 days and presentation on the 11th and 13th. Coffee and movie date with bestie.

31.03.2023 I confessed I did something reckless to my health (mentally and physically), need to remind myself and you (my fellow reader who work so hard for themselves) to not let yourself be too exhausted doing your academic. :( I spend from 8 pm till 4 am managing individual paper and groupwork paper, and it wasn't healthy to do so. I skipped my suhoor and the morning, I felt so drained mentally that I wanted to cry but your girl had online presentation in the afternoon 2 pm. It wasn't rewarding feeling. Won't do it again.

After the class, I just laid down in bed and read. The reading calms me down a bit and yay, to slowly reaching my book goal.

(MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, READER, OR ELSE I WOULD MAKE YOUR ICED COFFEE MELTS FASTER OR YOUR HOT DRINKS BECOME COLD FAST. Maybe worse, it spills) 💕

Well well well. How the wheels on the bus have gone round and round

17 March 2023

Neverending analytical chem notes and Newton's rings from yesterday's physics lab ✨