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So sorry if these notes have been posted already, my AP Psychology studying has kind of gone haywire

P.S: Happy May!!!!

But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?

Let me tell you a thing.

This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then. 

This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together. 

AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing. 

You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already. 

Here’s her list of kitchen basics. 

Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic. 

Make your own pasta–gluten free. 

She gets it. She really does. This is the article that started it all. It’s called “Hunger Hurts”.

She has vegan recipes.

A carrot, a can of kidney beans, and some cumin will get you a really filling soup…or throw in some flour for binding and you’ve got yourself a burger. 

Don’t have an oven or the stove isn’t available? She covers that in her Microwave Cooking section. 

She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days. 

Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling. 

Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.

I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that. 

Your First Hanja Guide: Learn Essential Chinese Characters Used In Korean: Book by Talk to Me in Korean. Also available on Amazon.

Hanja Units 1 and 2: Free online lessons by How to Study Korean.

The Korean Jigsaw Puzzle: Hanja: Video series by Talk to Me in Korean.

How to expand your Korean vocabulary - 한자어 Korean Vocab Builder Lesson: Video series by Motivate Korean.

Dear appblrs if you want to save some money and not spend hundreds of dollars on prep books these are some nice alternatives. (Both these files belong to me. )

Spread the word! Good luck studying :) 

SAT 

AP

I REPEAT, DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS. 

GUYS. THIS IS LITERALLY A MASTER POST OF SAT & AP BOOKS SCANNED ONTO THE LAPTOP. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE PAGE. AND THE QUALITY IS AMAZING. AND THERE ARE SO MANY. FROM BARRON’S AP BIO TO MCGRAW HILL’S SAT REVIEW. SERIOUSLY CHECK THIS OUT.

Notes - 메모

This one - it’s pretty simple and no long explanations needed. You can use -(으)ㄹ까 하다 when you want to give information about something you are planning to do or you thinking about to do in the future. These plans are not set and can be changed, they are pretty vague. You might come across the pattern -(으)려고 하다 with a similar meaning but -(으)려고 하다 has a stronger intention as -(으)ㄹ까 하다. 

Grammar - 문법

Verb stems ending with a consonant + -을까 하다

Verb stems ending with a vowel + -ㄹ까 하다

Past Tense -(으)ㄹ까 했다

can’t be used with interrogative, imperative or future tense

Sample sentences / 예문

커피대신 차를 마실까 해요. I’m thinking about drinking tea instead of coffee.

그 영화를 볼까 했어요. I thought about watching that movie. (but didn’t)

친구들과 같이 저녁을 먹을까 해요. I’m thinking about eating dinner with a friend.

내년에 서울에 여행할까 해요. I’m thinking about traveling to Seoul next year.

resources: How To Study Korean, different blogs and online resources, youtube, Praktische Grammatik der koreanischen Sprache

Well, MS2.5 ends for me in a couple of days, so I decided to prepare my phone for the coming academic year. This means weeding out the useless apps and clearing out the old files. Well, I thought I’d share the apps I’m definitely keeping (aside from the obvious default apps).

1) A Soft Murmur For when I’m tired of the usual binaural tracks I have for studying. A recent addition I only downloaded last May, it gives a pretty calming ambient BGM you can customize to your preference. And it’s free!

2) Adobe Acrobat I haven’t used any other PDF reader except this. It gives me the essential tools (highlighter, markup), which does its job. Apparently it does desktop syncing now, but I haven’t gotten around to trying it out. Should be quite useful if I can get it to work, though.

3) Akebi For my Japanese dictionary needs. The interface is friendlier (for me) than Aedict and has a great system for looking up unknown words! It also has a list feature that allows you to save previously searched words for review and reference.

4) AnkiDroid My go-to app for cramming and review. I am a die-hard fan that believes in the power of SRS. I use cloze deletion to recall phrase concepts discussed in class. In my free time (I wonder when…), I make cards of MCQs (cough, sample questions) and study them on the go.

5) BYFWM! Short for ‘Burn Your Fat with Me! For Girls’ (otherwise known as Nenshou! For Girls), this is a moetivation exercise app. It makes use of the phone’s proximity sensor in counting your sit-ups. Now it has other exercise modes like squats and push-ups. It’s also been recently released in English (the translation bit I’m proud to have helped with).

6) CamScanner Introduced to me by a classmate. This is extremely helpful for me in making the bootleg pictures of lecture slides more presentable. But the processes take time, so I take pictures first then edit them later, if necessary. Now I just use it as a keeper for important reference slides (like tables, formulas, flowcharts, etc).

7) Chikka A free text-messaging app that uses the internet to send costless SMS to mobile phones. I often use this when my prepaid balance is no longer sufficient.

8) Clinical Sense An amusing interactive visual novel(?) with multiple routes ideal for medical students and practitioners. It’s made by the same creators of the Prognosis series, which will appear later in the list.

9) Clockwork Tomato I cannot stress how important this has been to me. It keeps track of the amount of time I spend on a task, using the Pomodoro method. This has had significant influence on preventing my burn out.

10) Clue The only cycle tracker that does not come in pink! The interface is simplistic and easy to use!

11) Crossy Road -cough- The only recreation app I’ll probably keep.

12) Easy Voice Recorder I use this to record feedback sessions, some high-yield lectures, and my vain singing.

13) ES File Explorer I like this because of the Encrypt feature, and it felt more responsive to me compared to ASTRO. Plus it has its own music player and image viewer.

14) Evernote I have not been using this for a while as it’s been laggy recently and small screens aren’t the best for notes, but I do have a couple of important lists in this app which look more presentable than Keep.

15) Facebook Because our class announcements are posted in our Facebook group. …among all other reasons. I personally don’t like posting things on my FB…aside from drawings and other nonverbal forms of expression.

16) Financius It’s the best expense and income manager I’ve had so far. Been using this app the longest, and it only fails when I’m too lazy to update my expenses.

17) Fit Google’s default fitness app. Well, it’s only good for counting my steps right now since I don’t have any fitness accessories (a Jawbone would be nice…), but I like how it graphs out my activities throughout the day.

18) Forest Kind of like Clockwork Tomato, it’s a time management app. It looks really cute, so I kept it.

19) Godville It’s a zero-person game, so I don’t need to play it frequently. I’m keeping it cause my hero’s at a pretty good level and age now. And the diary entries are amusing.

20) HabitRPG My best friend for the longest. My only fault is that I sometimes fall asleep forgetting to check the task I accomplished.

21) Heart Sounds & Murmurs A very helpful reference, especially during the Cardiology module.

22) Inbox My go-to email app after they phased out GMail.

23) Instagram For times when I wish I were on vacation. Vicarious living it is.

24) InstaMag For when I want to post a single image instead of several. I like this collage maker cause it doesn’t watermark.

25) JLPT PRACTICE N1-N5 Just to test my proficiency though I have no intention of taking the JLPT any time soon.

26) JLPT Words For Japanese reading and vocabulary practice.

27) Keep My favorite app for keeping lists and jotting down quick reminders. I like how light and responsive it is compared to Evernote.

28) LayerPaint Zero The lightest drawing/doodling application I’ve since encountered. It supports lots of layers, custom brushes, crop and select and mirror…basically a really, really beautiful and wonderful thing.

29) LINE Tools I’m keeping this for the QR reader and other tools it comes with. But otherwise, I don’t use it much.

30) Medscape For SGD and pimping reference. Plus it’s offline.

31) Merriam-Webster Dictionary My dictionary app of choice.

32) Messenger So I can chat with people on FB without disturbing my YouTube buffering.

33) My Boy! For when I’m traveling and need something to amuse myself with.

34) Notes My favorite “word processor”. Has a password-protect feature which keeps my writing from prying eyes. …not that I’m hiding anything.

35) Now for Reddit Until someone recommends a better Reddit viewer app, I’m sticking with this.

36) OnExam A med student’s OSCE wet dream. I think. It’s a very, very handy reference for performing physical exams.

37) Osmosis I have yet to avail of the paid features, but it’s a very promising app which tackles vital topics in med school.

38) Perfect Ear 2 In preparation for chorale practices this November-December.

39) Perfect Piano Same reason as above.

40) Pinterest Cause the app is more convenient than online.

41) Pocket For offline reading and bookmarking.

42) PokeInfo In case I need to look up type matchups and Pokemon types on the go.

43) Popup Japanese Dictionary Akebi is one useful tool, but this is very helpful for when I’m reading a Japanese article on Chrome and don’t want to switch screens as much.

44) Prognosis (and all its specialties apps) No better learning than handling a patient’s case. This teaches me ideal diagnostic modalities and treatment plans, and discusses the DDx rationale. At 450+ cases, there’s a lot of diseases to explore!

45) Quick LabRef A quick reference of normal lab values. Though, they tend to differ from the values we’re taught.

46) Randomizer I keep this because my friends and I have a hard time deciding where to eat, among other things. A random draw seals the deal…most of the time.

47) REBUS An ice breaker and is great for taking your mind off a droning lecture. But I’ve solved all the ones released for now, so it’s now only for reference.

48) RescueTime I downloaded it based on a studyblr recommendation. Goes to show how careless I am with spending my time on my phone. Oh, well.

49) SharpMindMap A free mind mapper I use for organizing concepts, sometimes. I prefer LucidChart on the desktop, but this app does a good enough job on mobile.

50) Skype I don’t use it a lot, but it’s there for when family wants to cam and such.

51) Speedtest For checking whether internet intends to be cooperative.

52) Translate Has a couple of languages for translation offline. I find this handy.

53) True Color A mind-twister good for waking me up in the morning.

54) Tumblr What can I say?

55) Twitter My favorite feature is the multiple account capability, so I can tweet using my personal account, my public account, and the college publication’s account, without having to log in and out.

56) WordPress For updating my personal blog.

57) Youtube For videos, obviously.

58) Tae Kim’s Japanese Grammar Guide For a quick grammar reference.

hi!!

you can call me mel! i’ve been following studyblrs for a while and hv always wanted to be part of the studyblr community! so here I am, looking forward to becoming a part of this lovely community & getting to know all of you inspiring people ~~

ABOUT ME:

im turning 16 (on 24th of nov!! vv soon c: )

based in malaysia!

will be taking a national examination next year (SPM!) before finishing high school

INTERESTS:

books!!

art ~

high quality ++ cute stationery

documentaries !!!!

Goals:

to be part of a supportive community

to inspire others and be inspired to work hard

become more disciplined/organized

become more positive hopefully ~~~~

ps: im on instagram too!!

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Dictionary.com - dictionary & thesaurus

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Wikipedia

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Lumosity

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Memorado

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Headspace* - meditation

Human - makes you move at least 30 min. every day

Coffitivity - coffee shop sounds

Rain Sounds

Just Rain

8tracks - playlists

Spotify

iDrated ($0.99) - tracks how much water you drink

waterin - tracks how much water you drink

Sleep Cycle - tracks your sleeping habits & wakes you up

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Pocket* - saves articles and web pages to read later

Overcast - podcasts

iBooks

WeTransfer - sends big files