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Tuesday 2.22.22

Today is 22222 Day!

I have so much work to do this week, I’m kind of avoiding it. I stayed at home all day giving myself a mental break. But the whole day passed and I didn’t do any schoolwork… I did get my Linear Algebra midterm grades though, and I did better than I expected, though quite disappointing. 

My friend came over and we made pork belly and noodles. We also got Fengcha.

Since I got a day of break, the grind starts tomorrow! Until next Wednesday...

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Monday 2.21.22

I have concluded that I can never wake up for my Linear Algebra class. I had to skip class again, and I feel like it has been over 2-3 weeks that I haven’t been to class for lectures. I will pick it up after Spring break after a good mental break. 

I attended Stats class on zoom, but I was busy getting ready for Writing class in person so, I didn’t really hear what was going on in Stats class. After Writing class in-person, I went to the HSEC reserved room and ate japchae. Unfortunately, I could only find one side of chopsticks in my backpack so I ate with one stick.. I was so hungry that eating with one chopstick side was possible!!

Later, I went down to a bigger study room that my friend reserved. We ordered pizza and brownies from Papa Johns and ate it. It was SO good. I wanted to eat the brownie with vanilla ice cream though. I will treat myself with that this weekend!

After our regular student club meeting, I met with my friends and had a deep talk session about some problem. We were able to get it figured out! 

Update: Lately I’ve been trying to treat myself as much as I work hard. This is usually with food or karaoke-ing.

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Sunday 2.20.22

The past two days, I tried my best squeezing in work and studies in between my friend’s birthday celebrations. It seemed like I needed a break from school and work though because I have been drowning in school work. However, a bigger wave was to come. 

This upcoming week is the worst in terms of workload this semester. I just have so much work to do, I’m overwhelmed. I went to HSEC Library to study and do work but I couldn’t get myself to really get started on my work. I ate japchae that I brought and tried to get myself to focus again but I couldn’t. I ended up heading over to SVF where my friend and I talked and worked until I felt the sudden urge to eat pork belly I bought yesterday. I ran and got on the light rail and had pork belly. It was good. 

The rest of the night, I fought with myself trying to get myself to work. I think my brain was in denial of the amount of work I had to do this week though, I was just hungry and sleepy. I did what I could and went to sleep on the couch, hoping I would wake up early before class.

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Saturday 2.19.22

After the birthday party last night I slept over at my friend’s place. I was exhausted and dropped dead asleep on her bed. Then I woke up to my alarm at 12:20. When I could think straight it was 12:24, 6 minutes before my tutor. I ran home and joined the zoom call at 12:30 (phew). 

Then we went to Costco. I’ve always gone to Costco when I lived in California and didn’t think much of it, but going to Costco as a college student was like entering heaven. I went crazy and spent $100 on food I really didn’t need. Their hotdog was also good AGH!

After we came back from Costco, I had about 40 minutes to get ready for our fancy dinner with my 8 people-friend group. We went to Lucrat restaurant. Everyone loved it there but me because I don’t like seafood, and all they had was seafood.. But it was fun, so that’s all that matters.

After the restaurant, we went over to our friend’s house and had yummy snacks. We came back home around 3-4am? But somehow, I dropped my iPad and apple pencil at a parking lot, dropping one of our friends off. I picked up my iPad and we left, not realizing I left my Apple Pencil in the parking lot of Bailey… Luckily, my friend was nice to check if it was there and IT WAS! I need to stop dropping and losing things seriously.

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Friday 2.18.22

I got like 3 hours of sleep and headed to Anderson Hall to take my midterm. When I was taking it, I thought I was a bit f*cked because I left 2 problems empty… 

I had enough work for the week so I skipped my Stats class and met up with my student club members for lunch. We ate at Tea House from 2-4pm, got MuMu boba after and talked at the Wahu lounge for a bit. 

But knowing I had my friend’s party to attend at 8pm, I knew I needed to go home and rest. I got on my bed and went on my phone for 2 hours and fell asleep for the last 20 minutes before I had to get ready..

At the party, we had fun. We showed him posters, our gifts, and ate the cake we bought. We had fun singing and dancing to music.

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Thursday 2.17.22

I went to class 3351 and printed the posters I made for my friend’s birthday. I made my document 42”x16” on purpose to save paper and money (the max length of the printing poster is 42 inches) but I didn’t know that the bleed made the poster 42.5” so I printed the long side. But the posters turned out fine so I was satisfied.

I got Starbucks and headed to HSEC's quiet study room. I joined this class through zoom and then studied until around 2am there. Before the Gopher Chauffeur ended at 2:30, I called the gopher chauffeur and took it home. I went to my apartment’s study lounge and studied until 5:30am. I went to sleep at 6am on Friday.

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Wednesday 2.16.22

I packed myself lunch again! 

I skipped Linear Algebra class AGAIN bc I woke up late but I got myself up before Stats class because of questions on the homework. I went to my writing class and met up with my friend at HSEC Library. I joined office hours for Stats class and then got 90% of my homework done!

My friend and I headed over to another friend’s place and ate curry. It was good. Then we all headed over to our Korean rapping club. We had to perform in front of each other, and I was worried because I didn’t practice enough to perform well, but I ended up doing really well :D

I finished my homework 30 minutes before it was due and headed home. Although I finished one big assignment, I have a linear algebra midterm coming FRIDAY! I sat down to study, but instead I did a lighter workload. I made adjustments to business card designs and printed them out for class tomorrow. Then, I designed a birthday poster for my friend’s birthday Friday. It didn’t take me long but I was satisfied with the product.

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Tuesday 2.15.22

Yesterday was such an unproductive day, now that I think about it. I started out the day determined to get a lot of work done. I went to GDES 3351 class in person for the first time in a long while. After class, instead of heading back to East bank like I normally would, I stayed in St. Paul. I was going to study at Magrath Library, in a lounging area that I’ve been to once. However, maybe I took the wrong turn or got lost, but I ended up somewhere I’ve never been before. But it was super nice so I stayed there (took pictures for 20 minutes). I joined Stats office hours and got quite a lot of work done. I think the problem when I study at HSEC is that there is always someone I know there. 

After I did some work, I headed to this class (2239W). After class, I took the campus connector back to East Bank. I was contemplating whether to go home or not, but I was super hungry (basically starved all day) so I ordered a Starbucks sandwich online. I was expecting the connector to stop at one of the bus stops that’s 3 minutes away from Starbucks, but I forgot I need to push the stop button at nights (when there are less people on the bus), SO THE BUS SKIPPED THE STOP THAT I WAS PLANNING TO GET OFF ON. I was starving and I dragged myself from another stop to Starbucks and ate my Sandwich. 

I sat down and got to work at HSEC quiet study lounge and worked hard on my Stats homework. I got a decent amount of work done. I got a collage of my face from my friend that cheered me on.

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Monday 2.14.22

I woke up for my morning class. I wanted a good and fresh start to the day and week so I packed myself a fulfilling lunch (bibimbap again, but with more bulgogi).

After I packed my lunch, I took a little rest, BUT I ENDED UP FALLING ASLEEP. I missed my morning linear algebra class, but I woke up in time to join my Stats class on zoom. As soon as my stats class was over, I ran to the light rail to catch the train for my next class.

After my classes were over, I went to the Health Sciences room on the 5th floor that my friends had accidentally reserved for 4 hours. I got in an ultra focus mode because I have so much work to do this week. However, less than an hour in, I got a call from my friend looking for me and she ended up joining me in the study room. After a while, she went out and came back with caramel cone ice-cream and we ate hehe. 

My focus mindset was already disturbed so I didn’t fill 4 hours in the reserved room and instead went downstairs to where my other friends were. I did chill work while chatting with them and then we headed over to our student club. 

After the student club, I was determined to focus on my work and get a lot of it out of the way. I headed to the quiet study room without my usual study group friends and got started on work right away. 

Then, after about 2 hours, my friend came and asked if I wanted to get food at the Pioneer dining hall. I never turn down food opportunities… So I said yes and went. But!!! The dining hall was closed. We checked out Burger King and Canes, but they were closed as well (it was past 11pm). So we settled on Dominos. I had a lot of work, but I also had a lot of fun chatting with my friend waiting for Dominos.

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Sunday 2.13.22

I had no alarms so when I woke up it was past 1. I felt like I got some good sleep. 

I was on my phone for some time and then I screamed F and got up because I have a big assignment due Wed and a midterm Fri (along with several minor assignments). I made myself Gyeran-jjim again because that feels like the easiest and the most legit meal I know how to make. I had it for breakfast and packed myself a bibimbap for later. 

On my way to HSEC library, I grabbed a venti caramel macchiato from Starbucks and went to the quiet study area. I was in a real focus mindset. But that only lasted so long, because I ate my packed dinner and was craving caramel cone ice-cream. I went out and grabbed it from CVS and finished it on the spot the moment we came back. 

However, I already got my study flow interrupted. I tried to focus more and ended up just talking with my friends. When it passed 12am, I got home and cleaned my room until 3AM. I haven’t had a clean room since I came back from winter break vacation, so it was the moment my roommate had been waiting for (except she wasn’t home to watch it happen).

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Saturday 2.12.22

I woke up and tutored from 12:30-2. 

Then, my friend and I cooked some spicy spaghetti. It was so good, I’m probably going to cook it again sometime. I’ve been noticing my success rate in cooking has increased and I’m so happy!

I packed my bluetooth microphones and headed to the Graduates Lounge at 4pm. I got Starbucks (my go-to Peach Green Tea Lemonade) with no ice this time. 

Since it’s Saturday, I didn’t feel the big rush to get work done ( although I have a lot more work coming next week) so we talked at Graduates until we moved to HSEC and karaoke and talked there. We talked about this and that for hours as I snacked on rice krispies and chex mix.

Then, when it was 12:20am, I gopher chauffeured home. I slept at 3 watching youtube and scrolling through the phone.

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Friday 2.11.22

Got a little more sleep than usual.

Attended class and worked at home. I was feeling home-day. I joined Stats class on zoom for 15 minutes and decided to leave, because I’ve had enough with school this week. 

I chilled around until my friend came and we cooked Tteokbokki, a Korean spicy rice cake dish. It was so good, probably the best I’ve made.

We headed to Eric Nam (a Korean singer)’s concert. When he came up on stage, I was in shock at how good-looking he was. His dance was funny though.

On the way back home, I realized I had to submit a small assignment for writing class and started writing my answers on a notes app. I submitted my homework on my phone, on the way to our next destination: Buffalo Wild Wings.

 The cheese curds were amazing! So so so good.

My friend came home with me and slept over.

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Thursday 2.10.22

Still a lot of work to do today. I’m drowning in work. 

Weather: Cold AF

I stayed home until 2pm and went to eat lunch at West Bank with my friends. I had Flammin’ Thai for the first time. The first few bites were really good, but I soon got sick of it and left around half. 

I had Group presentation (reading presentation for this class) to work on, so I ended up skipping my lab and working at a cafe on West Bank. I think the name was 7 corners. I usually don’t drink coffee, but I ordered a latte. It was actually so good (I think because it was a caramel latte). 

Then, we headed to HSEC Library. I finished the presentation, and my friends were having a soccer game I almost went to, but I had so much work that I couldn't. Instead my friend and I stayed in the quiet study room and did some work. I craved caramel cone ice-cream. I checked the clock and it was 9:52, 8 minutes before Walgreens closes. I took my friends and told them to get ready in 10 seconds. We ran to Walgreens (my mbti is P for sure). Unfortunately, they didn’t have my favorite ice-cream flavor of caramel cone! End of the world. We decided to try other flavors.

We got spoons, came back, ate ice-cream, did karaoke, and gopher chauffeured home.

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Wednesday 2.9.22

I decided to add a change to my journaling style! Instead of dividing information by sleep, location, food, etc. (which sometimes gets redundant), I’m going to just talk about my day! 

Sleep:

Today’s fit: The weather was surprisingly nice so I wore this! But, it was cold because I was underdressed for the weather.

My friend drove us to West Bank for our morning classes. I took my Linear Algebra quiz at Anderson Hall. Then, my friend and I went to an Ethiopian restaurant for lunch. It was basically my first time trying food at West Bank, especially on a weekday. It was pretty good.

Then I went to Stats class at Blegan, and Writing class at Kolthoff Hall. I thought I wasn’t going to make it to class because the campus connector arrived late and there were so many people. The bus was packed. But I made it to class in time! In class, we had group work time. Then, like always, I grabbed Starbucks and went to study. 

Then, I went to HSEC quiet study for a bit and then met my friends back at a big study room on the 2nd floor. I microwaved the Chipotle left from yesterday and since that wasn’t enough I had microwaved Pad Thai that my friend gave me.

We headed together to SVF for our rap club meeting. Then, we went over to our friend’s house and she cooked us food! We talked and talked until at 11:50pm, I realized I had an assignment due in less than 10 minutes and I rushed through it (so did my friend). Then, when it got late my friend and I walked home and I slept over at her place.

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Tuesday 2.8.22

SLEEP

I keep forgetting to charge my apple watch, so I wasn’t able to track my sleep again. I haven’t been able to keep one of my 2022’s resolutions, which was to keep track of my sleep habits, and sleep an average of 8 hours daily.

WEATHER

It was 39º. HOLY!!! It was so warm, I didn’t need to wear a puffer jacket for the first time in MONTHS. I wore a t-shirt under a sweatshirt and wore an oversized leather jacket. I even wore one layer of pants. I wore a scarf just in case it was cold, but I was basically sweating on the way to the East Bank, I was surprised.

LOCATION

Home: I woke up and got working on a homework assignment until my zoom class and did work before my 2pm meeting. After the meeting, I got ready for a fun day, because I was going to do tennis today (FINALLY)! I dressed comfortably, grabbed my tennis rackets, and headed to East bank.

HSEC: I dropped off my backpack and rackets at the 5th floor quiet study lounge and headed out to grab food.

Starbucks: I pre-ordered the Venti Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino and met up with my friend at Starbucks. After my order was out, we headed to Chipotle.

Chipotle: I ordered a Chipotle bowl. I wasn’t feeling Chipotle too much but I had to support my friend’s student organization KID, because they were holding a fundraiser.

HSEC Library (Study): I brought my frap and chipotle back. I ate for a bit and got studying. I was going to listen to music on my airpods, but I realized I lost them. I had my case, but the pods were gone. I searched in my backpack and jacket, but I couldn’t find them. I just assumed I left it at home and got working until I had zoom class. I had to move out to the lounge area because I couldn’t play sound inside the quiet area. When I ended class, it was around 8pm, and I was excited for tennis because we planned on playing at 8:30. Before we went to play tennis, I just had to drop by my product design friend’s showcase.

CMU: I went to the Product Design showcase and said hi to my friend. I took a real quick look around and was amazed by all the amazing products the students have come up with. For a second I wished my major was product design. It looked fun, especially the idea of creating a product and companies coming in and talking about the product you created. But, my passion lies in UX design, so I scratched that thought real quick, took a picture with my friend and headed back to play tennis!

Field House: Me and four others headed to the FieldHouse to play tennis. It was around 8:50 when we arrived. However, the tennis courts were taken because of a game and they said to wait until around 10pm. So we played on the side. I was so excited that I decided to show my friends Triple Jump (I used to do track in high school). I ran super fast, and jumped! But instead of making it in the pit… I fell. It hurt so much it hurt when I walked. I put a bandaid on it and played volleyball and tennis, just to realize I forgot to bring my glasses with me (I can’t see well without my glasses). I played tennis for 5 minutes and gave up because the tennis balls were too small to see from afar :( It was an unsuccessful tennis day and I was sad.

Home: We came back to HSEC but headed home soon on gopher chauffeur. When I came home, I searched for my airpods, but they were nowhere to be found. I finally checked the Find My Device app to track my phone, and found out the last location of my airpods were at Moos Tower yesterday night. I probably lost it in the room I karaoke in. I need to go back and search for it tomorrow. Also, my friend came to pick something up. I was a little hungry and he was hungry as well, so I had to show off my improved cooking skills. I made us Gyeran-jjim (Korean Steamed Eggs) and omelette. It was GOOD.

FOOD

Venti Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino (Starbucks): I couldn’t finish it before it melted. I better order a grande next time.

Chipotle Bowl (Chipotle)

Gyeran-jjim (Korean Steamed Eggs) and Omelette 

OVERALL

My knee hurts

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Monday 2.7.22

SLEEP

I went to sleep at 2AM, according to my apple watch. Midway through sleep, it ran out of battery (so it did not record my full sleep), but I woke up a little before 12AM, which makes it almost 10 hours of sleep! I ended up missing my morning class, which I really shouldn’t have missed because I have a quiz in that class on Wednesday. I also didn’t get good sleep because I had alarms going off from 6AM… But I’d like to think I got some sleep that I’ve been needing for a while.

WEATHER

Because I woke up late, I was in a bit of a rush to get to campus and get working. I put on whatever I thought was appropriate when I woke up. I checked the weather after I got dressed in layers of clothes, I checked the weather and it was 16º.

LOCATION

Blegan Hall (Statistics Computing Class): I arrived for class around 15 minutes early. I usually study in Wilson Library and head to class 5 minutes before it starts so it was interesting to see how the class fills up for the first time. 

Kolthoff Hall (Writing Class): I thought about what to eat for lunch like always. I really wanted to eat Kimbap from Kimchi Tofu House before class, but after class I was too lazy to walk all the way to get Kimbap. I settled on my second choice of Orange Chicken from Panda Express. Plus, I pay for it with Flexdine, so it’s basically free food!

CMU Panda Express: Last week I ordered orange chicken in a bowl and it wasn’t enough to fulfill my hunger. This time I ordered 2 orange chicken options on a plate. However, they packed so little, it didn’t look like double the amount of the one orange chicken option. I was sad.

HSEC Library (Study): I got my food from Panda Express and headed straight to HSEC Library. I found the room that my friends were in and joined them. I ate my orange chicken right away and got working. But for the most part I was just chatting rather than getting work done… Afterwards, we all headed over to a student club that we’re all part of. I am part of the Activities department and we had to stay another 20 minutes to discuss our upcoming events. So after the Activities department discussed the event, my two friends in the same department and I headed to the 5th floor’s quiet study area and studied for a bit. But we headed downstairs soon for karaoke. We found an empty room and did karaoke for a while, until around 12:20 before the gopher chauffeur ended.

FOOD

Orange Chicken (Panda Express): The amount of orange chicken is disappointing.

Snacks

OVERALL

Not sure if this is a good, productive start of the week, but at least I’m having fun right?

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Sunday 2.6.22

SLEEP

7H 36M of sleep. I slept over at my friend’s house at Link again because I was too lazy to walk home. I was so tired I fell asleep on her couch in my jeans and woke up around 12:30 PM. When I woke up, we made lunch plans for 2:30 and I headed to Fresh Thyme, did groceries, and headed home to make garlic bread!

WEATHER

It was 19º when I woke up. The weather was nice on the way back home and to Legendary Spice (the restaurant). However, after lunch, we were all freezing!! You never know with Minnesota weather.

LOCATION

Link Apartment: I woke up at my friend's house.

Home: Hurriedly made Garlic Bread for class project. When I finished making it, it was 2:10. Perfect timing because I had lunch plans at 2:30. I packed 9 garlic bread and left for lunch.

Legendary Spice: I met up with 3 of my friends and had hotpot.

Kung Fu Tea: Getting boba after a meal is a must. Since Kung Fu Tea is on the way from Legendary Spice to HSEC Library, we stopped by and grabbed our drinks. My friend was working and he made me Wintermelon Milk, different from how they usually make it, and it was so good.

HSEC Library: We sat down and got working. However, after 20 minutes, we ended up talking about things that happened at the party and talked for 2+ hours… Then, we finally got back to work. Around 10 PM, my friend realized her homework that was due at 11:59 asked her to take a selfie in front of 3 kinds of eggs at a grocery store. We hurriedly called the gopher chauffeur to get her to Fresh Thyme before it closes at 11, just for her to realize there was an alternative online option. Already distracted from studying, my friend and I went to an empty room and did karaoke.

FOOD

2 Pizza Slices: When I came back home, my roommate made pizza and offered me a few slices. I took two and ate as I made garlic bread.

Hot Pot (legendary spice): I usually don’t do well with hotpot because I don’t like the taste and it makes my stomach hurt. The hotpot from here though, was super good! 8.7/10.

Wintermelon Milk (Kung Fu Tea)

Few garlic bread slices. The rest, I shared with my friends!

OVERALL

Not a successful study day, but I’ve been having fun these days, which is good. Just last week, I really wasn’t feeling the best and did not have fun even hanging out with my friends, but it’s been getting better and chill.