*Time skip from summertime to almost Christmas time* I have successfully moved out into a place with wonderful roommates, consume bubble tea every week with friends, and rely on BTS motivational quotes to keep me sane. My first term of university (EVER 0.0) was definitely not how I expected it to be (but we're living in a pandemic right now, so the unexpected is to be expected at this point). Sooo, here's to this term FINALLY ending and Christmas Eve being tomorrow! *CHEERS—but with bubbla tea because I'm still 18... couple more months left until the good one-nine though, WOOHOO!*

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I recently said goodbye to school uniforms as I said hello to my upcoming post-secondary school debt. With my pre-recorded virtual graduation video paused, my worst-weather-ever-diploma-pick-up-day over, and my struggle to find a place to live in this September being a real challenge, I start my new life as an art university student! Psst... I'll be majoring in Creative Writing!

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I've been learning how to speak French for a very long time now, but I'm not fluent yet. Is it a big deal? Nope. If you guys can relate, I hope you know that it's perfectly fine if you struggle as well. Learning languages is easy for some, but not for all. So keep your head held high as you try sounding out those words! Because you definitely aren't alone on this one.

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After watching her performance at Biden's inauguration, I binge-watched several interviews with Amanda Gormon. Here is my take on some of the things she said.

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Belated happy new year! In this podcast recorded on New Year's Eve (right before midnight struck), my older sister and I play the new card game "We're Not Really Strangers". Hear us ramble and talk about if I'm a cat or dog person, her microwave habit, my love for BTS, her dream when I was a baby, how we'd describe each other to strangers, her wisdom, what we were grateful for in 2020, and of course, what we're excited for in 2021.

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Happy holidays! This was supposed to be a conversation about Christmas with my older sister. Instead, it is exactly that — but so much more. Tune in to learn why we 'fail as Canadians' and how we broke our blender. Bonus content: our cute/funny/random dumpling song, which we made in Costco. 

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It's the home stretch. High school’s almost over. I'm overwhelmed but ecstatic... with my heart ready for the journey I'm about to embark on. Writing is a form of art — your thoughts splashed on the canvas.

In this week's podcast, I talk about how confidence plays the lead character in my development as a writer. From having trouble speaking up in my early years of high school, to recognizing and nurturing my strong suits and passions, confidence is the name of the game.

Oh, and I also talk about my experiences as a shy club leader and the movie series I currently (but not surprisingly) love!

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Welcome to my very first podcast! In this episode, I forget the name of this very podcast, talk about why queasy and clumsy me shouldn't be a doctor, and why I'm starting this podcast... and a YouTube channel. And of course, we can't forget about the deep conversations thrown in — just some typical high school stuff.

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