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Hello and welcome to my blog!
I'm a 4th year Medical Laboratory Science (MLS)/Medical Technology student waiting for graduation.
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‼️Helping me means helping 5 members of my family..‼️
🥶We're freezing🥶
Hello, I'm Wasim from Gaza, in Al-Mawasi specifically... My family and I were displaced from Rafah after hardship, bombing, displacement, and hunger.😭😔
Now we have been away from our city and our beautiful home for 9 months. We have lost our house that my father built stone by stone and he worked 24/7 to build this house. But the occupation destroyed it, and no house remained in my beautiful city remained intact.😭💔💔
We are now living in a tent or semi-tent, which does not protect us from the cold of winter or the rain. Our lives are very difficult.😔😭
Thanks to your donations, we have been able to buy food and flour, and now I am asking you for help to buy a tent that will protect us from the cold of winter. We do not know what it means to sleep because of the extreme cold.🥶
This is our tent made of fabric and some nylon, not closed on one side. We are freezing from the cold. Help us to buy a new tent. You are our last hope.😭🥶🥶🙏
I also want to ask for help for my mother, who is the most precious thing in my life. Without her, I am nothing...
She has a back cartilage disease and is in great pain. She needs physical therapy, medicine, and vitamins, and I am unable to provide them. Help my mother receive treatment.🙏🙏😭
Campaign Link⬇️⬇️⬇️
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a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.
- care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.
- connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims
- gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme
- glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.
- ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme
- life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure
- taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies
- the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care
- islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support
- baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies
- gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.
- hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste
- anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care
- palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon
- dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram
certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn't include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.
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🚨 We Need Your Kindness to Survive 🚨
Hello, My name is Mosab Elderawi, and I live in Gaza with my family. Life here has become harder than I ever imagined, and I’m writing this with hope in my heart that you might hear our story.
The ongoing war has devastated my family. We’ve lost 25 family members—each one a beloved part of our lives, taken too soon. I miss them deeply—their laughter, their presence, their love. Every day is a reminder of this unimaginable loss.
We are now facing daily challenges to survive—things that most people take for granted, like food, clean water, and a safe place to sleep. The harsh realities of life here have replaced our dreams with the constant fight for survival.
Our Current Situation:
💔 Lost Stability: The war has left us without work or a stable source of income. 🍞 Basic Needs: Food and water are becoming harder to afford with rising prices and scarce resources. 📚 Dreams on Hold: Like so many here, my family’s dreams have been replaced by the need to simply survive. 😢 Unimaginable Loss: Losing 25 loved ones has left a void that can never be filled.
How You Can Help:
I’m sharing our story with the hope that someone out there might care. Even $5 can make a big difference for us, and if you’re unable to donate, just reblogging this post can help spread the word.
Your kindness, no matter how small, is something we’ll never forget.
What This Means to Us:
Your support is not about changing our entire situation—it’s about giving us a little relief, a little hope, and a way to keep going. We are not asking for much, and we understand if you can’t donate. Sharing our story is just as valuable to us as a donation.
Thank you for reading this far. It means the world to us to know that someone is listening. Your kindness gives us strength and helps us believe in a better tomorrow.
With all our gratitude, Mosab Elderawi and Family ❤️
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🌟 We’re getting closer to our goal! 🌟 With your incredible support, we’ve already raised $1,673 out of our goal of $20,000! ❤️
Every contribution or reblog helps bring us closer to a brighter future. Thank you for standing with us in this journey.
Even $5 can make a huge difference! 🙏
Today's vetted fundraisers
I am Nevin Al-Sir, I live in Gaza, I am 27 years old, I used to work as an accountant in an accounting firm, I am married and have a child, I was also pregnant during the war, the war on Gaza, and when the evacuation order came from our area in Gaza, we fled through the corridor that the occupation lied to us about and the safe corridor was a disaster. We walked on foot, the longest distance I have ever walked in my life. I was displaced to a tent with the rest of my family, and it was very difficult, tiring and exhausting. Every time there was an evacuation in the southern areas, I was forced to evacuate again to a worse tent. Then I gave birth to my child in a field hospital because the hospitals were out of service. I gave birth to my son in the winter, the cold and the war together, which did not destroy my house and my tent. Now we live in a tent, me, my mother, my father, my husband, my brothers, my sisters and their children, and I need your support to try to survive.
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Your Kindness Can Bring Us Back to Life and Family🙏
🔴🔴This campaign has been vetted by: @el-shab-hussein @moayesh @nabulsi @gaza-evacuation-funds
Hello beloved community ✋
🔴 I am Noura Ayman, a medical lab specialist, and I am desperately seeking your help. 🥺 In July 2023, I left Gaza for urgent medical treatment in Egypt, where we finally welcomed our miracle baby, Hanan, after four IVF attempts.
Our joy turned to despair in October 2023 when war broke out in Gaza. Stranded in Egypt without income, our home was bombed, and we lost everything. My husband, Ibrahim, is here with me, along with his parents. His father, battling cancer, requires expensive treatments.
We urgently need $50,000 to establish a medical lab and $24,000 to complete our master’s degrees, ensuring a stable future for Hanan. Additionally, we need $15,000 to help my family escape the dangers in Gaza.
We are receiving very few donations, and without your immediate help, we won’t be able to survive this crisis. Please, we need your support now more than ever.🇵🇸🍉
Thank you from the depths of my heart. ❤️🇵🇸
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We are receiving very few donations, and without your immediate help, we won’t be able to survive this crisis. Please, we need your support now more than ever.🙏🇵🇸💔🍉
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My family in Gaza desperately needs your help 😭
🔴🔴Please please please
We are racing against time to raise 2,000 euros by the end of this week. My family, trapped in Gaza, is suffering in the freezing cold and urgently needs a tent to shelter them and warm clothes for their children. Every contribution, no matter how small, can save lives and give them hope in facing this harsh winter🫂💔
Together🫂, we can make a difference. Hand in hand, let’s reach them in their time of need.❤️🍉
#SaveMyFamily #HelpGaza
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who donates or spreads the word about my campaign. Your support means more than just help – it brings hope and a lifeline to those who need it most 🙏❤️
Giving a review to the note taking app I used during the pandemic: REMNOTE
During the pandemic, I came across this note taking app/ software: Remnote.
I tried it because the two features I've been looking for (for note taking and flashcards) is there all in one.
I was using the free version so there are features that are limited which was a bummer. I think I only used it for a year because I could not take more notes during my final year.
Pros: Minimalistic, kind of easy to navigate, flashcards, help support is real active, you can now use other people's documents online, good for offline too as long as your work is up to date.
Cons: Note taking is time consuming, limited features (for free version), some functions can be confusing when note taking/ you may be looking for a specific function and you don't know how to apply it.
Things I did when I was studying for the boards:
- Removed distractions. My phone has a mode where I can choose which apps to use for the time being without uninstalling all of them.
- Isolated myself.
I went to places where no one can order me around. I also concentrate more if it's a bit quiet. So, if not in my room, I went to the school library
(I don't want to waste money on cafe foods). - Watched tips on how to study effectively cause I was apparently lacking at that. I tend to day dream whenever I can and nothing retains even if it has been taught before. Pag dating sa mga exams, palagi akong "Ay familiar".
The "schedule"
- From the very beginning I actually did NOT wake up very early just to start studying. Before starting though, I freshen up and eat breakfast to have the energy to start.
- I set my timer for 4 hours for the 1st subject and started reading (YES, reading.
I don't really memorize because my brain just can't???). I DON'T read for 4 hours straight. I take 5-10(max) mins breaks every 20-30 mins of studying. Pomodoro technique is that you 🍅 During those breaks, I stretch, drink some water, or just day dream, sometimes I watch yt shorts but got to have some discipline not to. - Then during the ACTUAL break - lunch and dinner - which is an hour, I don't take a lot of time eating. So, during the free time left, sometimes I do flashcards on quizlet and knowt and organize my study materials. Sometimes I do the blurting method just to recall what I've read so far.
- In the schedule, from 7pm - 12 midnight it is allotted for Practice / Summarize. What I do here is flashcards and mind maps by learning in layers (video link on previous post) for summarization. I used the app Concepts: Sketch, Note, Draw because I don't have an ipad, it has a semi-infinite canvas so you can add so much information! For the flashcards, I used knowt because it has spaced repetition, i guess quizlet has it too but you have to pay premium or smthing 👎🏾.
My take
Interleaving actually helped because instead of reading only one subject for days, I have read most of the subjects even if I was not able to finish them all I have covered a lot of the topics.
The mind maps saves a lot of time because it's already a summary of the subjects. If you are a visual learner, I think mind mapping is a good way for you to actually recall because you made it yourself. Like I said, I was not able to finish reading all the subjects, so I also didn't finish mind mapping. I also unfortunately deleted my mind maps ): if only I could share it.
Sharing my "ideal" study schedule weeks before the MTLE March 2024 (Board Exam)
Of course this didn't happen/ there were some adjustments made 😅
Also I'm not sure what I was doing. I might go on a little bit of more detail about the schedule on the NEXT POST.
What I did basically:
SCHEDULING
- I've allotted Sunday as my rest day and scheduled my breaks.
- Each subject, supposedly covers 4 hours (but I miscalculated the other times of the day and only became about 3 hrs, hence the adjustments)
INTERLEAVING
- Since I had a lot of subjects to cover I've tried to incorporate this method instead of blocking.
Videos that helped me in Scheduling and Interleaving:
- How to study MANY SUBJECTS without crying from stress & regret 😭 by fayefilms
- A Science based System for Learning ANYTHING quickly by Python Programmer
- How to study multiple subjects by Koi Academy
Videos that help me to understand revision and other study methods:
- Lecture #9: How to Read so that you *Retain* Information by Jeffrey Kaplan
- Spend 1 Hour Studying to Save 20 Hrs Later by Justin Sung
- Study With Me (Live) - Guided Technique Walkthrough by Justin Sung
- How to Revise EFFICIENTLY | STUDY CLINIC by Justin Sung
- The Ultimate Speed Learning Tutorial (Learning in Layers) by Koi Academy
- How Do You Revise for an Exam? (Live Coaching | JUST-IN-CASE) by Justin Sung
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Wait are we called mammals after mammary glands? Are mammals named after tits???
ARE WE THE BOOBS CLASS?
We are. And we also named our galaxy after boob juice. Twice.
"milky way" is obviously milk, but the hidden part is that "galaxy" comes from the Greek γάλα (gála), meaning "milk".
It's the tit-goo path tit-goo-thing. We are very, very breast focused as a species.
Eukaryote (good-kernels) as opposed to prokaryotes(before-kernels). We are the Domain of Fortunate Cellular Nuclei.
Animalia (of the anima.) we are in the Kingdom of the Breathing, or the Air-Souled.
Of the Phylum (tribe or clan) Chordata (having a string). We are the Clan of the String, referencing the spinal cord.
Class Mammalia, of course. the division of the titties.
Order Primate, which is a bit stuck-up, but I suppose the people doing the naming get to pick. Primate is of course primary, or First/Highest. Interestingly, this is in the sense of it being a job; a primate is a bishop of Christianity. This is reflected in the medieval Scala Naturae, where “primate” is an office held by the “natural” or divinely appointed top being in each tier of existence. Seraphim are the primate angels; humans are the primate people; lions are the primate animals; oak trees are the primate plants; and diamonds are the primate minerals. Translating the intent here, we are the Order of Ordained Authority, which we share with other natural bosses such as lemurs.
Depending how you want to do this, we are also suborder Haplorhini, the dry-nosed. This is separated from wet-nosed apes.
After this we land in the repetition of Homina-homina-homina-homina where there are several classes that drill down ever further, all of them rooted in “hominid.” Everyone knows homo is “man, human” but the root of why it’s “man” is because it is first “earth”. Human means “earthling”, and is rooted in “not-divine.” We are the family, subfamily, tribe and genus of earthlings.
By the time you get to species we are very lonely indeed, with only one species in our genus. This is actually a terrifically lonely place, and in this we are “sapiens.” This doesn’t mean just “wise” but “being wise,” which is more of a duty than a descriptor.
When you put it in context: Domain of Fortunate Nuclei, Kingdom of the Air-Souled, Clan of the String, Class of Milky Boobs, Order of the Bosses, Family of Earthlings, Tribe of Earthlings, People of Earth, Earthlings, Thinking Earthlings.
The point of taxonomy does seem to be making oneself a box that excludes all others in order to feel properly lonely and alone in it; one’s place in the world defined until one is alone. however, zooming out a bit, it does make for some stirring company.
me seeing "clan of the string" and feeling suddenly Very Extremely Connected to everything with vertebrae:
PRECIOUS EXTROVERT ADOPTED ME DESPITE HAVING THEIR OWN FRIEND GROUP.
Had a Thanksgiving Mass and Luncheon event from my review center.
My usual group of acquaintances didn't come! I thought that they would because we were talking about it last time. I asked one of them if they were already at the designated place and they said, "I thought no one would come so, I didn't go. It's a shame I didn't ask you earlier! I thought I'd be alone."
I understand the situation and left it at that. I still attended the event accepting that I'll be with people I'm not fully acquainted.
I went in and people are still at the lounge area. There's another group of acquaintances I saw that i'm not really close with BUT the most extroverted of them all saw me, waved, got me a chair and let me sit beside them!
I know most of the extrovert's friend group, they were my classmates from previous years/ internship.
When we were able to sit inside the venue, of course I let the extrovert's friend group first. The extrovert walked beside me and told me to join them. I don't want to break their friend group so, I asked if, "Is it ok for me to join you?." The extrovert of course, happily agreed.
The extrovert has a lot of friends/acquaintances but more closely to 2 friends within the group. I'm acquainted to the other one because of internship and i was introduced to the other one by the extrovert at the beginning of the review.
Since they were a lot, we had to use 2 different tables. I'm glad the 3 of them (extrovert and their close friends) sat with me. So, the 4 of us were on a different table while the rest is at the table behind us.
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The 3 were talking about visiting the place of extrovert after the event because they had nothing better to do.
The extrovert also invited me to go but I declined a lot of times. My excuse is that I don't have the money to travel but the extrovert said it's no problem cause we will only be staying at their house.
Well, I actually wanted to go but I feel kind of out of place because we all are not that close after all even if they were friendly enough to have me included. I think I'll make the atmosphere awkward if I went.
The other friend even offered to drop me off the terminal nearest to my house when we'll be heading back. I politely declined since I won't be going.
After the event, I thanked the extrovert for inviting me but I wouldn't be going. I bid them bye-bye and to have a safe trip.
