March has been quite an interesting month, with unexpected surprises. Looking back, I also realize I worked on a lot of projects and ate a lot of good food, which I'm definitely thankful for. ๐
books ๐
365 Days With Self-Discipline — I was not that great at keeping with my morning routine this month either (long story, being stranded and my schedule out of wack), but still picked up a few tips from this book
Make Time — hit the 75% mark! I hope to finally finish this in April, then start another book (haven't decided which one yet)
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case by Donald J. Sobol — rereading a childhood favorite character hehe
The Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine
games played ๐ฎ
Starsand Island — maybe played a little too much of this one hmm...๐คฃ๐ณ
Hatch Dragons — tbh I wish the dragons were cuter lol
food pics ๐ธ
honey-flavored potato fries chips...was weird lol
pastry cakes yum yum ๐
make-your-own noodles
fruit popsicle
lantern festival goodies
beef noodles
quail eggs
someone made homemade strawberry cake
beef and potato noodles
้ ธๅฅถ (suan nai) in a bag
beef-flavored Lays on sale
yummy grape popsicle ice cream thingy
้ ธๅฅถ (suan nai) in a jar
more ice cream
red bean mochi egg pastry
ๅ ปไนๅค (yang le duo, Yakult) — another childhood favorite
matcha ice cream
durian ice cream bar
chocolate-covered honeydew melon ice cream
lemon berry something ice cream
ๅท้ข (leng mian) — one of my fav street foods
taro chickpea ice cream
one of my favs, not too creamy and very refreshing
shaved ice from Meetfresh
beef noodles with tomatoes and cheese, so good ๐คค
็ง้น (roast goose)
someone made cake with 12 layers ๐คฏ
apple-flavored gummies (QQ candy)
peach ice cream
vanilla mochi ice cream
activities and fun stuff I did
look at all these flavorsssss
snow ๐ณ
watching the younger ones play with firecrackers
I made a lantern for the Lantern festival
first time to Forbidden City
project updates ๐ ๏ธ
Small Girl Abroad
Had an idea to do a travel blog:
- settled on the name + got the domain
- started brainstorming colors and fonts and branding
- did some UI sketches
Personal Hub
- made some overall UI updates
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made some updates to the calendar
- added more task info to the calendar events themselves
- updated task-clicking to show information in a side tray
Stamp Collector App
- finished basic UI designs
- implemented code for designs
- integrated Clerk for authentication
- integrated Neon and Prisma for data
- attempted to code functionality for focus sessions
Misc
- brainstormed online educational platform idea
- brainstorming a unique project with a friend...hehe iykyk ๐๐
achievements & accomplishments โจ
learning ๐
โ finished Design Fundamentals with AI course (cert)
โ finished Generative AI Content Creation course (cert)
โ finished Brand Identity: How Branding Works and Building Your Personal Brand course (cert)
โ finished Level 1 (HIG Principles & Philosophy) and Level 2 (Apple's Visual Language) of Apple Human Interface Guidelines course
other ๐
โญ took the Uxcel Pulse assessment
โญ picking up my morning routine and stretches again
experiments ๐งช
Willow & Fern Brand Guidelines
Had a little fun with this.
things I'm thankful for ๐
- Got to catch up with a lot of old friends and saw some kids grow up, which was super fun! ๐ค
- Ate long dinners with my family this month. ๐ฝ๏ธ
- Met new friends at an English corner. ๐ซ
- Gave a short talk on career and personal development to a group of high school-aged kids. ๐ผ
- Lots of time for family, friends, and myself due to delay of the start of the semester and two-week Pesach break. ๐๏ธ
~Catherine ๐