1) Sexuality?
2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
3) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
4) What do you think about most?
5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?
6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
7) What’s your strangest talent?
8) Girls…. (finish the sentence); Boys…. (finish the sentence)
9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?
11) Do you have any strange phobias?
12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
13) What’s your religion?
14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
17) What was the last lie you told?
18) Do you believe in karma?
19) What does your URL mean?
20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
21) Who is your celebrity crush?
22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
23) How do you vent your anger?
24) Do you have a collection of anything?
25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
26) Are you happy with the person you’ve become?
27) What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
28) What’s your biggest “what if”?
29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
31) Smell the air. What do you smell?
32) What’s the worst place you have ever been to?
33) Choose East Coast or West Coast?
34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
35) To you, what is the meaning of life?
36) Define Art.
37) Do you believe in luck?
38) What’s the weather like right now?
39) What time is it?
40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
41) What was the last book you read?
42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?
43) Do you have any nicknames?
44) What was the last movie you saw?
45) What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?
47) Do you have any obsessions right now?
48) What’s your sexual orientation?
49) Ever had a rumor spread about you?
50) Do you believe in magic?
51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
52) What is your astrological sign?
53) Do you save money or spend it?
54) What’s the last thing you purchased?
55) Love or lust?
56) In a relationship?
57) How many relationships have you had?
58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
59) Where were you yesterday?
60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
61) Are you wearing socks right now?
62) What’s your favorite animal?
63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
64) Where is your best friend?
65) Spit or swallow?(;
66) What is your heritage?
67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?
68) What do you think is Satan’s last name?
69) Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?
70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
73) You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
74) What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
77) How can I win your heart?
78) Can insanity bring on more creativity?
79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
80) What size shoes do you wear?
81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
82) What is your favorite word?
83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
84) What is a saying you say a lot?
85) What’s the last song you listened to?
86) Basic question; what’s your favorite color/colors?
87) What is your current desktop picture?
88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
89) What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
96) Do you have any relatives in jail?
97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?
98) Ever been on a plane?
99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?
So. This is a super-long post on my note-making process & tips!
1. Before the lecture
Read the lecture material before the lecture: our lecturers provide us with the syllabus plan for the semester so I have a general idea of what would be covered in the following lectures. I scan through the corresponding section in the textbook before the lecture so I have a general idea of what’s what. Some of the lecturers even put up the lecture slides beforehand- if so, I skim through them. If I have neither textbook nor slides, I do brief research on the internet.
I jot down key points and questions (around 5) onto a post-it as I skim through the material. I expand on these when I take notes in lectures.
This way I can have a general idea of what I can expect in the lectures.
2. During the lecture
NEVER MISS LECTURES! This is a temptation that is REALLY hard to resist, since they don’t take registers at lectures in our university. But even so, I always try to go to lectures because I know that if I don’t, I’ll probably have to spend double the amount of time to catch up with what was taught in the lecture.
The Cornell note-taking system. I’m sure a lot of you know about this system already. (template found here) I divide the pages in my notes into 3 sections per the template, like:
The note itself is taken in the RHS column. The LHS column is for questions and annotations later. The bottom rows are used for summarising.
Keeping the post-it from pre-reading in mind, I take notes. How are the points being expanded? How are the questions being answered?
I try to reword what the lecturer says or what the slides say before I write them down. I need to concentrate very hard to not miss what the lecturer is saying.
In some lectures, I record the lecture using the Recordium app. (I record all my philosophy lectures, since the discussions tend to be chaotic and I miss important points quite often)
I summarise the content of the page into 2-3 points at the end of the lecture, and write them down in the bottom block.
I don’t use rulers or correction pens during note-taking at this stage. It’s not imperative that these notes are perfect, as long as they are legible. I’d rather spend my time writing down as much of what my lecturer has to say as possible.
3. After the lecture
I take a seat somewhere and open up my notes, and my textbook. I begin annotating on the LHS column using a different coloured pen.
On the LHS, I jot down 1. the points or questions from pre-reading that has been expanded or answered by the contents to the right, 2. questions or what I need to clarify on, 3. thoughts or comments.
I then read through the textbook and add in extra information into my notes – information that the lecturer brushed over too vaguely or too quickly, or something extra to help me understand the material better.
If the lecturer did not mention it, chances are that it isn’t too important – so I tend to leave those materials out.
If there is something that I did not understand during the lecture, I try to understand it now. I read the part again, then read the textbook, then do some research on the internet. If I still don’t get it then, I go ask the professor or a tutor. Once I get it I write down why I didn’t get it before and how it makes sense now.
I read thru the notes once I am done annotating. I should have a full understanding of the material now!
The above process takes about 20 minutes for me.
4. Back from campus
Once I am back from campus, I find example problems related to the material taught in the lectures. Often these problems would be from the week’s tutorial problems. And then I try to solve them for practice.
If I can’t get the answer, I go through my notes and try again. If I can’t get it eventually, I take it to a lecturer or tutor later.
5. Weekends
On weekends, I make my summary notes!
Now is the time for neatness and perfection. So I do a brief plan of my summary.
On a scrap piece of paper, I scribble the main headings and main concepts from the week’s lecture notes. This is the backbone of my summary. (excuse the terrible handwriting)
Now I move onto my summary book.
(I unfortunately forgot to take, and therefore don’t have, step-by-step photos of my summary… I will try to remember next weekend.)
So the general structure of my summary is:
1. Heading: I write down the chapter heading, or I just make up a heading that seems appropriate. Sometimes I skip this part.
2. Subheading: This serves as a header for the section, and also as a divider to separate the section from the rest. I sometimes use blocks and lines to separate the sections too.
3. Diagrams (and graphs): Graphs and diagrams often appear in engineering courses; I have to consider how to scale them so that they will fit onto the page appropriately.
4. Post-its: When I need to add in additional information or I’ve run out of space, I write the info on a post-it. It’s a great space-saver 🙂
The summary making process itself can be slow, and requires quite a bit of thinking.
I consider how much info I need to fit onto this one page. Sometimes the week’s material may take up half a page, or might need two pages. I put this into consideration as well.
Then I consider the size of the subsections relative to the whole. How much space will this section need on this page?
I write down the subheading and summarise the contents using the bullets below:
I use the same bullets for my lecture notes too.
I reword the sentences so that I can think about them as I write. I also tend to use a lot of abbreviations in the summary (eg. diff. for different).
Continue filling the page, section by section. Make sure the placing of the sections isn’t too monotonous, and also that sections are clearly separated from each other.
When I think I am going to run out of space, I choose what size post-it I will use and where I want to place it before I write on it.
Once done, I fill in blank spots by drawing in little decorations.
I use the STAEDLER triplus fineliners (20 col.) for the summary making.
If you have any questions regarding this post please inbox me!
How I made scale mail out of faux leather, in case anyone finds this useful. I used the same method for Morrigan’s camisole except that one I sewed instead of stapled.
Instructions are in the captions.
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oh my god…cosplay game too strong.
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WHY DIDN’T I HAVE THIS THREE YEARS AGO?!?!?!?!
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