UPDATE #2
Hello everyone! It has been some time since I last updated, so here I am! The holidays have been a good time to relax, I have been staying up until 2am and sleeping in 'til 12! It is severely annoying my parents; however, I am enjoying myself!
JAPANESE:I have finally garnered the motivation necessary to do some Japanese study! You know that feeling when you're finally at home? When you're so focused in on what you're doing because it feels right? That's what finally doing Japanese study in a new notebook felt like for me. I was so burnt out, for so long, then... I wasn't. I had taken my long break, it was enough. I am saddened to have lost some knowledge, I do admit. However, it wasn't as much as I thought it would be. Studying once more was a thrill, it was exciting. It felt like home, oddly enough, though I don't think it should have been able to affect me in that way. I love the sound the pencil makes when I practice kanji, I always try to make a beat whilst doing it (I used to do percussion and I practice each kanji 10 times so doing this again and again is extremely satisfying). I plan on studying more and more in the holidays, I hope to have brief coverage of Year 11. I want a good idea of what I'll be doing for my SACs, etc. Hopefully I can get high marks.
I do not have a huge cohort for Japanese, there are less than 10 kids in my class (myself, Year 11s and Year 12s included). This subject is probably one of the smallest, if not the smallest in my school. Japanese is not a popular subject at all, it's almost ridiculous. And I am not exactly excited about my teacher either, I haven't had him before but people I know have and he isn't looking too good... let's hope he teaches this subject well.
My study score aim for VCE Japanese... above a 40 would be nice. I'm aiming for that. I need to get onto the honour roll on this subject. I have people in my family (and perhaps some of my friends too) who are expecting me to achieve a raw 50. It's a lot of pressure, I hope I can make it through. Internally, I yearn for a 50, though it is not a realistic goal. I want to work as hard as possible in order to get high marks, ones I have the potential to achieve. Everyone has high expectations for me in Japanese, people were telling me last year that if I failed in the exam, they were fucked. When I got a 99% on said exam, my friend and perhaps a couple of others asked me where the 1% was. It's a lot to handle. But I'll try my best, I am trying my best.
OTHER: I've been reading more lately, which is great! It's a good way to spend time, I've found, to immerse oneself in the pages. A way to escape reality for a little while. I've borrowed some books from the library, so I hope to do lots of reading in the final week of the holidays.
Tonight, I plan on doing the second powerpoint for my self-study of VCE History. I love History, it is such a great topic, and I hope this bit of studying can give me a push to ease myself into the apparently quite difficult subject next year.
I also plan on searching up about VCE English, another subject I want to do really good in!
I just want to have some relaxation this holidays, some fun~ I hope everyone is having some good ol' fun on their holidays! Enjoy yourselves everyone! <3