yes i can say that i was a (little) less complacent when studying for exams this semester. Though I could have revised one of the topics a little more. And it was the easier topic too, so I proablby could have gotten some more marks if i had spent a little more time revising it. Having said that though, I think I was generally pretty thorough in my study this sem cos I realised you need to memorise slides even though the lecturer has skipped them. I’m not sure if I’ve been non-complacent enough to be able to tick off this goal but I’ll do that as soon as I get the results (and if they are to my satisfaction, of course).
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1. carpe diem
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2. spend more quality time with my grandpa
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3. graduate
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4. be more respectful towards my parents
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5. not be complacent when studying for exams
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6. be more proficient at my mother tongue
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7. speak japanese like a native
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8. learn to reverse park into a car park spot
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9. play chopin's nocturne #2 fluently
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10. write with my left hand (aiming for Year 3 level neatness)
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11. sit GAMSAT
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12. actually go and buy the violin bow!
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13. read Wuthering Heights
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14. drink 1 L of water a day for 30 days
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15. run the city to surf
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16. finish skills part of Duke of Ed
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17. learn to do cryptic crosswords
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18. put lawn over the garden bed and grow plants in pots elsewhere
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19. not have my monthly expenditure exceed my monthly income for all 12 months this year
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20. restring the guitar
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21. learn to drive a manual
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22. whistle better
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23. Learn an Irish accent
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24. take a photo on abbey road, like the beatles
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25. get braids
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26. write my own melody to a beatles lyric
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27. do a language exchange
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28. make an advent calendar
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29. learn to surf
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30. learn to recognise a scouse accent
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31. become a teacher
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32. pass 8th grade piano
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33. give blood again
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How I did it: Grabbed a guitar, and got a busking permit from the city council. Cost ten bucks. Convinced my friend to come along, we rehearsed for a day at home with about 10 songs. Then, just set up in the park, opened my guitar case, threw in a few dummy coins and started playing! We made forty bucks between us, minus twenty for the permits, that leaves ten each. We spent it all on lunch and ice cream anyway :D. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Picked up the book off my shelf and made myself read for around one hour per day.Yadda yud and I'm just typing nonsense now because 43 things is making me write more for this section. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Went to the RTA, waited in line after stupidly been so polite as to let a gentleman go in front of me, ended up waiting 20min for his forms to be filled out and another 5min for a girl to finish up. Then pressed a screen, basically. Read how I did it…
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I’m very happy to have gotten a new job, it’s at this fantastic shop that I have always walked past and thought “wouldnt it be great to work in there?”, and now I’m actually working there, it’s fantastic.
I’ve learnt heaps about doing transactions and credit cards, and what not. I’ll keep you updated! (whoever that reads this…. I go on 43things so infrequently that anyone who’s reading this must have found it by chance as I probably have no ‘subscribers’ at all lol :)
I’m going to take the easy way and get my piano teacher to sign this off. I was originally doing piano for my skills section, but my plans were foiled when i failed my exam. i thought it would seem awkward to ask my teacher to sign me off after i failed, but now, it doesn’t seem so bad, particularly since it would take me ages to commit to another skill. so this summer holis, i’m gonna get it signed off!
