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INTRODUCTION TO SOMEONE WHO'S JUST VIBING

HEY!! Look who made it to her second year of college!! Me, Nadine, I did!! Yeah, I'm even more surprised than you are. 

Happy girl illustration by 94MLK_ on Twitter. Saved from Pinterest.

Last year wasn't too bad, but that was up until the whole country went into quarantine and I began to fear for my college career. I was constantly on the verge of giving up on my assignments but I would like to thank my friends for not allowing that to happen. I'm so glad I get to start year two with them and hopefully we'll make it to the end together too! 

Despite the stress, there are a few pieces of work from year one that I'm proud of. I liked the websites that I created for Web Development 1 and 2, the video I edited from Introduction to Digital Media mission 3 and the advertisement poster I made for Digital Photography. I hope to produce better work this year. 

Personal screenshot from the index page of my web development 1 project.

Personal screenshot from the index page of my web development 2 project.

I really think that my personality has grown since the beginning of first year and that is a very good thing. I may still be shy and quiet at times but definitely not as much as before. Meeting and speaking to different people since I've started college has really helped me come out of my shell a little more. However, the self deprecative traits are still here and forever will be! 

Another thing that has changed for the better is the clothes I wear. I'm still working on finding the style that works best for me but quarantine has definitely given me the time to improve it even a little. I think this small change has made me feel more comfortable about the way that I look in my own eyes. I've started to care a little less about what other people think of me, but not entirely!! I still have a long way to go in that department. Oh! I'm also blonde at this moment in time and I look cute as hell, thank you.

I started studying Mandarin this summer and I'm enjoying it a lot. Some parts are a little confusing but that comes with learning a new language. It helps a little that I grew up speaking Cantonese because some words and sentence structures are similar, even if I have lost a lot of my Cantonese.. 没关系 :( [it's okay]

Hmm music is still a big part of my everyday and kpop is, in fact, still my favourite genre. Stream these two music videos please, it would be much appreciated! 

"SF9 - ‘손잡아 줄게 (Shine Together)’ MUSIC VIDEO" at YouTube


"AB6IX (에이비식스) '답을 줘 (THE ANSWER)' M/V" at YouTube

Okay, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!

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  1. Roman Komar10/9/20, 6:37 PM

    Great intro it was very interesting to read about you and find out few more things about your life and your interests. I really like your work from last year and best of look on studying and I’ll see you when we back to college and yeah “Nice informative Blog”.

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  2. Livia Alencar10/10/20, 12:23 AM

    HEY, NADINE!
    Glad you made it to your second year of college hahahaha ~although I’m not surprised <3
    I wanna add here that your websites are too damn cute - and that your blonde hair is so very adorable!
    About the kpop songs, I heard Runaway by Eric Nam and it’s so addiiiicting, can’t stop listening to it (and even before knowing the meaning of the words I was already “singing” along) LISTEN TO RUNAWAY BY ERIC NAM, PEOPLE!!!!!!
    #crapshoot
    Lívia Alencar <3

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  3. JohnGarry12910/11/20, 9:15 PM

    Hi Nadine, Your surprised you made it second year are you serious your one of the most talented people I know!!!! I love your website from last year I was actually a little jealous at how cool it looked compared to mine but I'm not surprised it looked so good. Also your look amazing as a blonde just so you know!!! Oh and thanks for introducing me to Kpop I do in fact still listen to that playlist you made for me hahahah.
    ~John

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  4. Sam OSullivan10/11/20, 10:25 PM

    Hey Nadine. I really enjoyed reading your blog :) I too struggled with the whole college at home stuff but we got there in the end! Your website looks amazing I love the colours and the theme of it, it looks great !! I too tried to find some new hobbies during this quarantine but glad to hear you're trying out something new with your clothes its good to try new things :)

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  5. Eamon10/11/20, 11:10 PM

    Hi Nadine! Really nice blog, it's not easy working from home doing college work when we all miss meeting up with friends. I have to say, your website looks amazing, really nice design and colour choices. I wish mine turned out that good! That's really nice that your trying new thing's and learning new skills, it's definitely the best way to keep yourself busy with how things are now. Never listened to Kpop, might have to give them a listen or maybe not, who knows haha. Anyways, Great blog!

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  6. Rosie Murray10/13/20, 5:10 PM

    Hey Nadine! Definitely feel you on the whole nearly giving up during quarantine. I didn't think I'd survive. But hey, well done! I love the colours from your website. I haven't given kpop a try yet but that's cause I'm stuck in my old playlists. I'll definitely check out the two videos you recommended above!

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  7. Sims Guru Meg10/13/20, 9:34 PM

    Hi Nadine!! Really enjoyed your blog! I definitely felt the whole giving up during quarantine, I was the exact same! Felt like I was living in a loop! Both your websites are really cool, I love the colours and how minimalistic they look! Ohh I wish I developed a sense of style during this.. All I've worn is sweatpants and hoodies.. I'm a disaster lol. I saw your hair on your instagram, it really suits you :) Hopefully soon we can go back to having random games of cards against humanity in the canteen! -Megan
    P.S I streamed the music videos :)

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  8. Aoibhe Conway10/22/20, 9:21 AM

    Hi Nadine! It's Aoibhe. What a lovely introduction blog post. I know exactly how you felt during quarantine with assignments too! But I am glad you had good friends that helped you out! I luckily had the same. I love fashion and can agree with you on how hard it is to try and find a style that suits you best. I think we have a lot in common, over lockdown I too started to care less about what others think! Best feeling every. Great blog post & amazing Blog layout. - Aoibhe

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  9. AarondCDM11/8/20, 9:35 PM

    Hey Nadine! Wow, I really enjoyed reading your introduction post. It is very well written and you covered so many important topics in a way that was easy to read and digest. The layout of your blog is great, I love the colour code and I had no problems navigating through you page. The animations throughout your blog are really cool as well! All the best for this year!

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  10. I.dont.understand.blogging11/8/20, 10:02 PM

    Hello Nadine, I'm so glad you made it through Year 1. It's so nice that you had your friends to help you get through the harder times, hopefully I can meet them sometime. You seem really cool and nice and I didn't really see you much in Year 1 but that's besides the point 0w0. Your website looks really good and I bet the rest of your Year 1 work did too. It's super nice to hear how you've grown in College and I really hope you continue to grow in the ways you want too, even though that may be a little more difficult this year... In terms of clothing and fashion I've also been messing around with it a lot during quarantine and trying to work on my own confidence too! My hair's a lot longer now but I guess that wouldn't mean much without a reference oWo. Learning languages is really fun and interesting but it's DIFFICULT. I've also kinda lost quite a bit of my native language too over the years but I guess that's too be expected if you're not surrounded by it anymore. In my time learning the 4-ish languages that I speak I've found the best way is probably to actually speak it as much as possible, especially with someone else that speaks it if possible, even colloquially. #StanAB6IX

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  11. Zoe’s Blog11/16/20, 10:03 AM

    Hey Nadine! I really enjoyed reading this blog post! I know exactly how you felt during quarantine!! I am so happy you had your friends to help you out. Heres a funny story for you.... me and my best friend actually have matching tattoos but it turned out they were actually Kpop symbols.... neither of us have ever listened to Kpop! but anyways I am loving the layout and colour scheme of your blog. Goodluck with everything!

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  12. Aaron Mulholland11/22/20, 6:34 PM

    Hey Nadine, I really enjoyed reading your blog, like yourself I didn't like the lockdown but I'm gald to be back working in college at least doing something. I've never once listened to Kpop but I hear it is very well known especially on Tik-Tok I'd say. I also really liked Web Development too especially making our own websites and the end result of them. Wish you the best of luck in everything that is too come.

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  13. Conor Burke CDM Blog11/25/20, 3:33 PM

    Hi Nadine,
    good to hear that your friends kept pushing you to get everything sorted last year, it was very difficult for all of us unfortunately, hopefully we will all be back on campus soon and things will get back to normal.
    its great hearing stories about people becoming less shy and being more comfortable in their own skin, just keep being yourself!

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  14. Anna Zurawska12/3/20, 1:45 PM

    Hi Nadine! It's really nice to hear that you've opened up more since college and have grown to love yourself a little more. It makes my day when people write about that stuff and I hope you realise how special you are! Your websites look amazing and very professionally done so I can't wait to see what you're going to create in terms of Nia Ireland! - Anna Zurawska

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  15. Cian O'Dwyer12/6/20, 9:09 PM

    Hey Nadine,
    its Cian here. I’m glad you made it to 2nd year and also have grown in college. I can also relate to that. I also relate to losing motivation last semester. I still feel like that sometimes now Wirth the online learning. Yeah, also I don't know why you're surprised you passed because comparing both your websites to both of mine, you can clearly that you are very talented. I have never actually listened to k pop but as you said change is good.
    - Cian

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