'92

Okay this is silly and weird but I just realized (after a long term research) that……there are so many appealing male celebrities born in 1992. Don't believe me? well here are a few names : Alexander Ludwig, Freddie Highmore, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Nathan Kress, Logan Lerman, Taylor Lautner and Nick Jonas. See? well not everybody born in 1992 is handsome or cute. Many of my local celebrities and relatives is not as appealing as Taylor Lautner hahaha #sorrynotsorry but seriously it is a weird yet amazing phenomenon right? . Well okay, honestly this post really sucks but I have a reason why I post it anyways. It is because I have this thought since forever and need to share this to you guys because I know you didn't realize this not-so-important-but-you-gotta-know fact. So your welcome.

Long live tortoises!

Galapagos islands is a bunch of island in the Pacific Ocean which is known for the place where Charles Darwin visited in his voyage on the HMS Beagle. I am sure that you already know this but what you probably don't know is the fact that Galapagos island is also known for their giant tortoises.

Galapagos giant tortoises is the largest living species of tortoises. These species have many subspecies, one of them is Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii which is called Pinta Giant Tortoises that live in Pinta / Abingdon island. 

Galapagos tortoises is a rare species that live long before us. It is poached and slaughter because of the fact that these guys can live without water or food for a year so people start to take them from the islands. Black rats (which introduced by humans to the Galapagos islands) is also a cause for the extinction as a predator of the egg and baby tortoises. So the Pinta tortoises was assumed extinct until they discovered that there is one male species left in 1971. 

He is called Lonesome George. Yes that is his name alright and it is true he is all alone. Many biologist had tried to save the species but George never reproduce or find a mate suitable until he died in 2012. Now we still can see the preserved Lonesome George in the American Museum of Natural History as a reminder for us, humans, to do something to save other species of tortoises. Over the years, tortoises has become more and more endangered and can extinct any moment.

But thanks to the Galapagos conservationist, who terminated most of the black rats since 2012 on a on going project of rat eradication, biologist had found baby tortoises hatching in the Island of Pinzon for the first time in a 100 years! They found six baby tortoises which is not much but actually good enough because baby tortoises is rarely found. So if we found six that means there are more out there. I really think this is a good news for everybody because nature just gave us a second chance to conserve these tortoises so long live tortoises! And kudos to you guys in the Galapagos Conservancy!

Get Motivated

Hello! It's been a while since my last post hasn't it?

For you guys who has been following my posts probably know by now that I was having my exam week which ended yesterday! Yeay!

But I still won't post much because I still have my national examination on April! So I need to study as always #studentlife. Well I must say that I study super hard for my school exam because I pretty much failed the previous exam (It is the final semester exam week which ended five days before the actual school examination started LOL). 

Guys listen up, I always think that multiple choice test and exams (which is the type that I get for my finals and exam) are stupid because we actually know more beyond our answers BUT I also think that this is not an excuse when you have a bad score. So I actually reflect on how I study when I had my semester finals and I concluded that I'm not motivated enough. I didn't try hard and give my best. I know it is hard to give your best while studying something you hate or studying in general, but I think from now on we all should get motivated because you know what? at the end you will be much happier compared to the time when you failed your test.

Studying hard doesn't mean studying 24/7 but more like giving more time for studying than spending our time with our gadgets. So I just wanted to give you some study tricks that I used in my exam weeks

✿ Love what you are studying

I think before we study, we should love them first. I know it is really hard to love math, physics, etc but if you enjoy what you are doing you'll study much faster. I know this because when I study my favorite subjects, I tend to finish it faster because I enjoy them so never hate and at least try to like them first before you study.

✿ Change your mindset

You got to change your mindset! don't put something negative in your head about studying that subject you absolutely loathe. if it is too hard to love them as I said before, well think of it this way : the faster you started the faster you'll be finished.

✿ Enjoy it

Why stress when you can enjoy your time studying? There are so many ways to enjoy your time studying. Some people like having snack, playing music or just simply have a cup of starbucks. Every body have their own ways so do you! but if you like snacking, I suggest choosing a healthier snack. I mean you don't want to gain weight just because of studying right?

✿ Have breaks

Having breaks can change your study life. Seriously. A break doesn't have to be that long and I suggest not too long. I usually take a 15 minute break every two hours of studying. But when I have to study something like civics education which needs you to memorize, I take breaks per section or pages. I found it easier to memorize per 20 pages rather than 100 pages all at once. I used to spend my time watching youtube videos which is hard to stop so recently I spent them by making myself a snack, eat a snack, water my plants, or feeding my pets. But again, do what works for you if you like watching youtube videos try to limit yourself.

✿ Have enough rest

I must admit that sometimes I stayed up late to study and I know that some of my friends are turning nocturnal and having the worst dark circles. It is very hard not to but actually you can try to start earlier so you can have more time for your rest. I don't know but staying up late is not good for your health and your concentration while doing your test. I have experienced it and it made me sick on time. So don't push yourself too hard, your body have their own limit.

Finally I just wanted to say that every body is different so the tricks I used may not suits everyone and I know some of you do better studying at night but you must remember to enjoy yourself and stay healthy! Good luck J

Tchaikovsky

Classical music has been a big part of my ballet days and the most frequently played are those composed by Tchaikovsky, a Russian composer known world wide. So yesterday, I tried to be that smart girl who study with classical music hahaha (which didn't make me smarter apparently) and I played Tchaikovsky's compositions. I always love his ballets because it is full of emotions also beautiful story.

I started with the most popular song which is The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy then continued with The Nutcracker and Swan Lake that I used to danced along with when I am in my ballet classes. Those three are the only ones that I knew but because I spent so much time on studying, I listened to some composition that I never know before. So I listened for another couple of hours and finally concluded that his work is amazing! 

I rarely listen to classical music because I never thought of them being this interesting and made me wanted to know a little bit more about each famous composers. So from this day on, I am determine to listen more classical music and hopefully I can tell each of the famous composers' style. Okay enough for today. This is only a random thought inside my head but it is worth sharing because I just wanted to say that classical music is not as bad or boring as you think.

The famous Four Little Swans in Swan Lake

mochi ring donuts

So yesterday, my mother bought a box of dunkin' donuts and I was all excited to eat them and when I opened it I saw something that I never tried before. It is a uniquely shaped donut, the ones that I used to see in my Japanese comic book (it's Kocchi Muite! Miiko by Ono Eriko if you're wondering).

At first I only thought that it is just an ordinary donut with a unconventional shape just like in my comic books but when I touched them...it's squishy not like an ordinary donut! And best of all I can torn them apart into small balls of squishy donut hahaha. The texture of it is different from the ordinary dunkin' donut, it is less airy I guess. I love them and I can't believe that it was the first time for me to eat that.

Because of my curiosity, I search the name of them in the internet and it is called mochi ring donut which is available in Dunkin' Donut located in Asia and another place called Mister Donut. First of all for those of you who don't know what mochi is, you are gotta try them ASAP (can't you tell that I love them?). It is a Japanese glutinous rice cake which is usually filled with nuts, chocolate, etc. But mochi ring donuts are not made of mochi, it is made of chewier donut's dough which is very interesting and made my day.




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Hey!

Hey! It's been a while. Well like I said before I didn't know wether continue this blog or not because the purpose of this blog is nothing more than an school assignment due a few days ago, but now I decided that I want to stay blogging! Yeay hahaha

BUT. I still have many things going on since I am still in my senior year in high school (I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about this, I'm happy and sad at the same time) so I won't post as frequent as I used to especially because I will have my school's exam week soon. And by soon I meant next Monday. Great.

Because it's been a while, I actually have a lot of thoughts to post about but I forget most of them hehehe. I am planning to post most of them before Monday and have a gap like the last time. FYI I have that gap the last time because I had my exam try outs (today is the last day) which is why I wanted to use this "free" time to do something I love which include blogging surprisingly. Okay then I have more posts soon!