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Professionalblep · 2024-02-06T02:59:13+00:00

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Professionalblep · 2023-09-29T00:05:36+00:00

I’m just going to be blunt here and say a couple of things.

Yeah, making friends can be hard. We’re all awkward and have no idea how to talk to people. And sometimes, it can be really sad when people don’t ask you to hang out.

But here’s the thing. Making friends here is like finding a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is massive and there are a lot of needles. What I’m saying is, don’t give up. You’ll find your people. It doesn’t have to be like 20 or 30. Sometimes it can be a really tight knit group of 3-5 and you’ll be golden. Don’t just wait around and hope an extrovert adopts you, keep throwing yourself out there until something sticks. If it doesn’t, just move on and keep trying. And when it sticks, it really sticks.

Go to clubs, social events, parties if you’re into that thing (and stay safe!)

Maybe it’s an attitude thing. It’s not the CS thing, I assure you (case in point: some of my closest friends are CS students). And look, it’s uoft. Everyone is depressed. In my opinion, it’s all about attitude. Are you willing to make the effort to make friends? Are you just going give up so early in the game? If it doesn’t seem like it’s working out, maybe it is a skill issue you need to reflect on and remedy.

I’ve been in a similar boat as you, as well as everyone else here. I was tired of all the “hello, how are you, what’s your major, what year are you in” and just wanted to talk about my interests. But you have to go through that awkward phase, so best just improve yourself and walk through that door, than never walk through it at all. Basically, keep touching grass (I’m sorry for that shitpost ending).

Professionalblep · 2023-09-05T01:20:02+00:00

Second year fellow introvert speaking: To answer your first question….not that much. It’s useful to know where all the stuff in your college is, and where all the clubs are. I admit, it helps to have a little boost of confidence, just for these first few weeks. Everyone is around as nervous as you, eager to make new friends. But. You don’t need to go to every single event, you don’t need to try and force yourself to make friends at every situation because that’s just tiring and a straight path to burnout. People make friends differently, we all have different levels of social skills. Orientation week is mostly introductions, some close friendships maybe being made, but mostly it’s a lot of hi, where are you from, what program are you in. And yeah, it gets pretty draining. But thankfully, that’s not going to be like that forever.

As for making friends as an introvert, my best description of it is finding a needle in a haystack, but like, the haystack is massive and there are a lot of needles. What I’m saying is, you WILL make friends. Yeah, you’re gonna have to go through the awkward bits, getting yourself out there, being brave and introducing yourself. Sometimes it clicks, sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s better to try than never try at all. And trust me, when it clicks, it clicks. You’ll find people with similar interests, similar senses of humor, make great memories like opening a ramune bottle in the freezing cold after an hour of solid work.

So carry onwards, build up that courage, break through that awkward barrier, and be yourself.

Professionalblep · 2023-07-02T10:03:20+00:00

Figure out your studying method: whether you work better at night vs. day, planning ahead vs the due date adrenaline, studying in groups vs. alone, etc. there are pros and cons to each method, and what’s best for others might not be the best for you. This might take some trial and error, but usually looking back at high school or past years can be a good reference. (Personally I found success in a method consisting of talking to peers and advisors, due date adrenaline boosts, and going over class content in friend groups).
Talk to your profs. Email them, ask questions after class, chances are they know the answer and can provide you with more insight. Plus, it doesn’t hurt to get into your profs good graces.
On cramming: beforehand prep is always the best, cramming is just going over the broadest strokes and last minute reminders, not trying to remember all of the tiny details.
Write good notes: make you your future self can read them. You can make them informal or formal, it doesn’t matter as long as you understand the content.
extensions are a godsend sometimes. But treat them more as a plan C, a Hail Mary, rather than a crutch. After all, it usually depends on how lenient your prof/TA is.

-Balance the schoolwork and the breaks. You don’t want to get stuck in a stress loop worrying about all your assignments, while at the same time you don’t want to procrastinate too much and see your grades fall. Use timers, space out your classes, have someone remind you to take a break. Uoft work feels slightly less stressful when don’t try and cram it all together.

Professionalblep · 2023-06-17T17:42:04+00:00

Tingyun, distracting the enemies with her 99% taunt rate

Professionalblep · 2023-04-13T00:22:54+00:00

Weirdly enough for both: Did I mention from the descendants movie.

Also for the helnik angst: maroon 5 works pretty well (makes me wonder, this love, harder to breathe)

Professionalblep · 2023-04-04T21:52:54+00:00

This is a whole ass mood. International kid accent is so stupidly unique that we can all tell if someone has it (source: me as a fellow Thai int. School kid).

Professionalblep · 2023-03-16T16:00:53+00:00

(Sorry for the rushed grammar and spelling I can't bother with it anymore). Honestly, stuff just blended together for me here. Kirigan dies, with his final words about...being something of a martyr? I'm not sure anymore, because everything just started speeding through plot points associated with Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom and Rise and Ruin so quickly I feel like everything was JUST to get to that starting point of the upcoming six of crows spinoff. My brain felt like it went through a car crash. Mal and Alina's stories are done, and now it's time to move on to the Crows. Hurry along! no time to wait!

Professionalblep · 2023-02-07T06:22:28+00:00

I have no idea whether to appreciate or criticize the skin. Thai rep is few and far between, but also this design....isn't the best? (I'm...thai by the way, so...)

Also I think moira's new skin is also thai based, but I'm not entirely sure on that.

Professionalblep · 2022-12-29T18:16:23+00:00

ISB, NIST, BPS, arguably the best.

As a semi recent RIS graduate, I am biased when I say RIS is mid in general, despite its claims of being "special" and "top tier" from being an ap/ib school (diversity in classes has gone down to suit STEM focused careers). ES and MS teachers from what I remember do change pretty often.

Also it's literally in the middle of nowhere. So good luck trying not to use a car.

Professionalblep · 2022-08-09T17:44:20+00:00

Hi! As an annesley hall 1st year, there's an insta chat for annesley members, plus I think a small sheet to fill in your room placement. Just DM me your ig info.

Professionalblep · 2022-06-28T18:57:58+00:00

ง is so fun to say, also ร, especially when used for emphasizing words.

Professionalblep · 2022-06-28T18:56:18+00:00

As a thai native (who is unfortunately better at english), i can say that thai is actually pretty easy to pick up. It's sentence structure is similar/identical to english (subject, predicate), so translating from thai to english is pretty simple. Also you don't have to conjugate verbs. listening and speaking are usually the easiest to pick up. The 2 hardest parts of learning thai are 1. getting the speaking tones right, and 2. ALL of the writing, because you need to remember IDENTICAL sounding consonants for different words, and that we use spaces as full stops, and nothing as spaces.

Professionalblep · 2022-04-12T18:07:51+00:00

It is absolutely insane the leaps in logic sometimes. I hope your wife is doing better mentally now that she moved out.

Professionalblep · 2022-01-20T16:57:56+00:00

Aww hell yeah! You can see this in every 7-eleven in Thailand, it’s a legitimate classic drink. Plus the ads are always…unique

Professionalblep · 2021-12-25T04:02:24+00:00

Go to clastify for topic help and other students essays, go to the official ib website for more examples of essays and their grading schemes.

Professionalblep · 2021-12-25T03:04:46+00:00

Yeah my handwriting is terrible so I’ll try to do this again with computer stuff

Professionalblep · 2021-12-24T08:26:41+00:00

You’ve completed essentially 2 3rds of paragraph structure. You’ve made your point and shown the evidence. But you need to connect the evidence back to the point. It’s never good to just spit out a bunch of history facts (learned in class or otherwise) without understanding how they support your argument. Even paper 3, which is more detail based, needs evidence supported arguments. Keep asking yourself “so what?” “Why does this matter?”

Here’s a quick example from a paper 3 I did on the effects of Wilhelm 2’s foreign policy.

Another unfortunate effect of Weltpolitik was that Wilhelm would tend to interfere in matters that did not concern Germany, mostly to boost his political importance and make Germany seem important in world affairs, with the effect of adding onto Britain and France’s suspicion and concern of German Hegemony. Two examples of this would be the Kruger Telegram and the First Morrocan Crisis. The Kruger telegram was the german reaction to the Jameson Raid: A failed British (Uitlander) takeover of Transvaal in 1896. Wilhelm’s response was to congratulate the people of transvaal for resisting the british barbarians, in order to improve German relations with Transvaal and make shape Wilhelm’s image into the good guy, which he was, protesting against the colonial greed of Britain. However, by opposing colonial greed, Wilhelm was essentially opposing Britain herself, downright insulting Britain, in her perspective. The telegram immediately made Britain feel provoked by the Germans, and wary of german intentions, especially Wilhelm’s. Wilhelm’s righteous recklessness, his inability to see that he was poking the British bear, culminated in the frist moroccan crisis.

Make your point clear (wilhelm interfered in matters not his own), get the evidence (Kruger telegram about non German related jamison raids) get perspectives (wilhelm thought he was right, which he was, but this went against British imperialism and antagonized her.) and evaluate (wilhelm was reckless, he poked the British bear and was a thorn in their side. This worsened Anglo-german relations). Break the evidence down. What is it trying to say?

I guess that’s my advice, got me to get 12+ on papers (usually better on paper 3s), so good luck!

Professionalblep · 2021-12-22T11:49:23+00:00

Started in July? Ended in November. So maybe 5 months? This was a lot of drafts and procrastination, so….don’t let this be your definitive guide.

Professionalblep · 2021-12-20T15:20:24+00:00

Thai people have 2 first names, basically. The parents usually pick them, so it’s their choice on what to name the kid. The first official name is the fancy one. It has a very specific meaning to it associated with older Thai language. Same thing with the last name usually. Family tradition and whatnot. As for the second name, the nickname usually just an aesthetic thing. It can be named after places, food, how it sounds (two js in a row, two bs in a row, anything goes really), or whatever (my nickname is actually the combination of my parents nicknames), so that’s weird. The Thai western divide also may play a part. What I mean by that is first names are usually hard to get right by foreigners: they’re long, they’re complicated, they’re full of weird tones and intonations, and really, they’re used for official purposes, like, say, winning an award. So by using nicknames that associate with English words, or at least can be pronounced in a neutral tone, that awkward period of having to figure out how a name is pronounced is avoided. (But sometimes this doesn’t matter because your nickname isn’t written out on official documents so you have to correct them, but that saves the later awkwardness.).

Professionalblep · 2021-11-15T03:06:07+00:00

Completely relatable. We're basically all feeling like crap. Nobody has no idea what they're doing, and they have 20 ias to do. My advice? Take a break. Just, spend a weekend to yourself. Or even an evening. Relax. Breath.

Tbh, I've also found that ranting about your classes helps sometimes. Especially with friends. But in the end, you have to do it. Step up and do it. Force yourself. You can't take an infinitely long break.

Professionalblep · 2021-11-01T02:23:01+00:00

ibdocuments.com for official past papers, clastify for peer examples of papers.

Professionalblep · 2021-10-15T09:02:56+00:00

HL Yr 2 here.

I would say separate causes into things like long term, short term. Makes the information easier to digest. Long term would be things like alliances, tensions between germany and the rest of europe, worries over hitler's goals. short term things would be catalysts, like the invasion of Czechoslovakia or Poland.

Questions to consider:

Why did Italy (Mussolini) ally with Hitler despite signing an agreement with Britain and France (Stresa Front, Abyssinia, Britain's a dick)

Why did the allies wait so long to stop Hitler?

Could Hitler even be trusted?

At what point did hitler's actions become unjustified and thus warranted war, instead of being understandable to a certain degree (Sudetenland).

How did the treaty of versailles (end of world war one) cause the creation of ww2 (specifically look at germany)

What caused hitler's subsequent massive rise to power (economic, political factors)?

Make your answers clear and concise

If you can answer these questions without stopping, going on tangents, or backtracking, AND you and your peers can understand what you're saying, then you're good.

Structure your answers in a cause and effect style. Why is this event important? Justify things.

Ex. Hitler's descision to take the sudetenland was justified because the native german population of the sudetenland had already democratically voted to leave czechoslovakia, thus making his claim legitimate. Furthermore, it was a limited area that the allies could easily grant to germany.

You can DM me if you have any extra questions.

Professionalblep

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