#empiricalknowledge

2. What’s the t-shirt you wear the most?

I don’t really wear t-shirts as such but my favourite polo shirt to wear at the yard is one I got from Olympia Horse Show in 2010. Its so comfy, I love it!

5. What’s your study routine?

Basically if I’m not in lectures or teaching, I’m studying. I don’t have a routine as such, I normally just grab my notebook, laptop and pencil case and just get on with it. I have a to-do list everyday so whatever tasks of the assignments I need to complete, I just work on them. 

6. One sound you can’t stand?

When cutlery scrapes across a plate!

9. What age were you given “the talk?”

I don’t think I was ever really given ‘the talk’ as such? We had sex ed lessons in year 5 / 6 (age 9-10) at school and then again when I started secondary school. I don’t remember my mum sitting down and talking to me about things though, only after my first period to ask what towels / tampons I wanted. 

12. Blue jeans, skinny jeans, leggings, shorts, or no pants at all?

Skinny jeans! Or jodhpurs…

18. What’s the first app you check when you wake up?

11. Do you prefer to study at home or somewhere else, like a café or library? Home or university library. Because I commute almost everyday, I like to study on the train too.

15. Do you have any favorite pieces of stationery, writing utensils, or other studying materials?Not really. Stationery is cute but not really indispensable to study. I don’t even use that many colored pens and a normal black/blue pen is enough for me.

21. Are your friends as studious as you are?Some of them, yes. It’s nice to share study tips, notes and pre-exam anxiety with them!

2. What’s your goal for when you finish school?

I’d like to be a biomedical engineer. =) I’m currently studying Chemical Engineering with an emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, so I’m hoping to get at least a Master’s in Biomed E and then go from there.

3. What activities do you manage besides your school life?

Currently, none, haha. I used to be in Orchestra, but I took my first year of college off from any real extracurriculars. I’m hoping to get a tutoring job next semester and to finish my hospital volunteer hours over the summer.

11. What influence do your parents have on what you are studying and how hard you work in school?

Both of my parents are engineers, actually. My dad taught Mechanical Engineering for almost thirty years. I like to joke that my parents brainwashed me into becoming an engineering major, but to be perfectly honest, I probably would have come to this conclusion even if my parents weren’t in the field. My parents are both immigrants to the U.S., so I like to think that I study hard in order to validate their move here and hard work raising me.

16. Something you miss about elementary school?

Recess. Sometimes I still want to run to a swing set and just sit for an hour.

19. Did you ever want to be home schooled?