The Little Princess

It's been a while! If you are still on tumblr wow. I completely forgot about this. I am rebranding this to more of a data portfolio as this is currently I am into.

I deleted my other posts because I was not able to edit them and turned it into drafts instead. That's ok.

Taken by Athaya Putri on March 2017 with an iPhone 6S, edited with VSCO Cam

Taken near the great wall of China. The weather was really nice that day and I thought it was one of the best days of 2017.

There was a communist meeting, but I couldn’t really remember because this photo was taken almost a year ago.

Taken on our way to the great wall of China. I was really mesmerized by the ice caps. I mean it was pretty cold not going to lie.

Busy streets of China

Taken in front of our hotel. This photo was one of my favorite photo that I have taken honestly since there are so many action happening in one single photo.

This place was really cool and really touristy.

Wooo it’s the great wall of China. I got lost here and had to call one of my teacher in Doha. Yikes!

This place serves HALAL noodles (the menu says halal and I think that is really cool yes for diversity), but I ate sushi instead. The sushi was really good though!

Taken near our hotel on our way to find a place to eat.

I did my very first AP exam on May 12, 2016. It was terrifying, but I am really glad I completed the course. I would really recommend anyone to take the course. Why? History is a fun course. You learn about people, how things change over time, and what caused it. This is different than your average world history class. You are not expected to memorize every single detail, like dates, names, but you are asked to understand patterns. For example since this is a world history class, you are not looking at one region specifically. How does an event in a particular place affect the way the people live in other places? This might be hard to answer, but as you are finishing the course, it is something that you should be able to understand. Plus, it is known as a pretty easy AP class compared to other AP classes. If you do decide to take the course, I recommend you to take it during your sophomore year so you can understand the basics of the AP, which can help you make your decision about future AP classes. 

As stated before, I did my exam in 2016. However, CollegeBoard have started making changes to the exam, meaning first examination in 2017 will be slightly different with past examinations. So what’s different? The content that you are learning is still the same, but the way the exam is presented is a little bit different. For example, the exam in 2016 is divided into two sections weighted equally: multiple choice and free-response questions aka FRQ, each weighted as 50%. However, there is a new addition to the new 2017 examination, impacting the way the section are weighted. As a result, the multiple choice is now weighted 40% and the free-response questions are weighted 60%. This may or may not help you, but all you have to learn is the content. Do not try to memorize the content, but understand the content. The exam writers want to “trick” you, meaning they will write the questions in ways not relying on how much detail you know, but in what you know apply to different situations.

So what do you need in order to help you succeed in class?

- a willingness to learn

There are times where I felt like dying. Different schools taught AP World History differently. In my school, we have to read one whole textbook (it’s pretty big, like it’s over 1000 pages long) in one year. Most of the time, it was really self-study. I had moments where I just don’t want to read, and did not care about the exam as long as I am passing the class. But at the end, it was really worth it. I was happy with the grade I got in class and my exam score. In order to be able to succeed you have to be willing to learn, meaning there will be a significant amount of effort you have to put in order to succeed. Easier said than done right? I can’t tell you enough how much effort I put in the class. But it is also because I love the material that we are learning, how much the world have changed over 10,000 years.

Welcome to Athaya’s official blog! I wrote a blog back in seventh grade, but it was really shitty, so I unpublished all the post. Honestly, I’m not a very good writer, so excuse my grammar. English is also not my first language. The reason I’m writing this blog is to actually practice writing. I’m failing English 9. It’s not really failing, but my nature is anything below an A- is considered “failing.”

I’m not Caucasian, as you can tell from the photo, but a south-western Indonesian girl. I’m a third-culture kid, even though I only lived in one other country than my home country. I guess my environment turned me internationally. I lived in Doha, Qatar. It is such an amazing experience, and I really hope I can inspire people, I guess. 

I actually enjoy things outside being on my computer. I enjoy photography, filmmaking, music, reading, learning, and watching.