Update - 01/09/2020 - 86 Days Till I'm FreeHey Everyone! I thought it was time for me to make another update. I find it funny when looking back at my earlier year 11 updates how they were mainly on the shorter side, and I use to post always on Friday.... now look at me. Anyway, in not so shocking news, i'm still tired unfortunately and there's not much I can do about it, but I'm trying to keep pushing through knowing that there is only 86 days till I finish my VCE! Wow it has gone quickly! There is only 70 days till my english exam too which is quite frightening to say the least. I may do a bit more of a deep dive into some of my feelings on part 2 of 2020 later on, but for now I'd give it a solid 4/10.
I attending the monash open day on the weekend, and while I thought it was okay, i'm still left feeling at a loss over not doing it in person. I could feel the bias so strongly it was hilarious! However, I was able to speak to some family friends, we're one goes to uniMelb and the other monash and they were able to give me a little less bias than some of the pre written speeches the monash open day students did. So for right now, i'm leaning more towards BSci at unimelb.... because it has a food science major
. However, Monash is closer being 50 mins away, compared to Melb which is 1:30 mins away. I like both unis for what they offer, but the only thing the i'm still not sure of, is the Melbourne model.... I don't know how I feel on having to do a masters after my bacholer, i'd be scared of being over educated with no job experience :/. So I still have to sort some things out when it comes to uni, but after the UniMelb open day this weekend, i'll be putting in my VTAC applications!
EnglishKeeping it simple... i'm 20% through the book, have half an idea of whats going on, very bored, and want to read the long way to a small angry planet instead. Also, i'm a week behind because I haven't finished the book, but that's for future me to worry about!
ChemistryI managed to catch up and do weeks 5 and 6 last week which was great, and so I need to find time to get weeks 7 and 8 done this week to make sure i'm back up to date. I'm looking forward to getting analytical chem out of the way so I get to my love of food chem ahhh!!! So excited! I must admit I feel as if my school is a little behind with chem, as we will be finishing content mid October... So I will need to finish content on my own in the holidays to make sure I have time to do practice SACs.
MethodsSome advice, Fatigue + numbers = not a good time/idea. Seriously, it just doesn't compute into my brain when i'm tired. I have my SAC this week and it's not looking great as i'm still a week behind and my brain doesn't work. Anyway on a side note, I don't like probability and it doesn't like me. Also the SAC is on theme parks.... which is a better theme than a wedding!
Foods Studies To end this update on a high note, my written report mark came back in this morning, and wow did I not expect that. What I thought I wrote, was absolute garbage. I thought it was essentially a fluffy english essay disguised as a science report. But somehow, and I don't know how, I ended up with 60/60. I was lost for words when I saw that one. My mouth reached the floor, was essentially how shocked I was. Anyway, part 2 of the SAC was last week, but due to my health i'm doing it this week! Meat free monday is the theme, and I need to go start looking at recipes.
Oh, I love local chocolate shops! Too bad I can't find any near me...
what chocolates did you buy?
All the best with your methods sac!!
They are a rare find nowadays! I love passion fruit chocolates so much, especially when done right. They can be a hint of passion fruit with most ones i've tried, but my local chocolate store does them so strong, so you actually get flavour out of them which is amazing. I also love a good hazelnut, berry, freckle and pistachio. What chocolate do you enjoy?