I'm painting again!

Ello, ello! ^^

I hope everyone had an amazing Easter with family and friends last week!

I had an amazing time at home with my family, and it was so nice to FINALLY feel the warmth from the sun outside! How the weather is now, here in Norway, is the perfect weather to me.

Not too hot, not too cold.

Look. At. That. Massive. Egg.

Normally my mum would just buy me like a small egg with chocolates, or something, inside it, but not this time!

And I absolutely loved this surprise!

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Anyway. Since we got a week free from school, I had a lot of free time. I was wondering what to do, determined to do something relaxing, when I realised it's been a while since I've painted.

So there I went, looking after my painting stuff, sat down in front of my tripod, and started painting.

I didn't know what it was going to look like when I was finished, or what I wanted to paint on the canvas. I just started painting.

It's kind of like how life is. You never know what is waiting for you in the future. You just go out there, and paint your own story.

(....woah, when did I become so poetic?)(Uhem, anyway...)

This is how it went...

I think a little part of me wanted to paint something sad, or something dark. But another part of me wanted to paint something happy and nice!

Turned out to be a painting of colorful trees, and a couple dark ones. I don't really know what I think about it. What do you guys think?

Well, then, I have to continue my homework now! See y'all very soon!

~ Vee

teephan | Ask.fm

Anonoymous asked me:

What is the best way to deal with stress?

First of all, you have to calm down.
Take a break from working. Listen to your favourite music, take a bath, go out for a walk, play with your dog/cat, watch a movie etc. Do whatever makes you feel happy and de-stressed. Focus on something else for a little while and DON'T WORRY.
Another tip is to write down your problem. Look at what you've written down, and think outside the box. Look at it differently, and you might see that the problem isn't as big as you thought it was.
See, many reasons why we get stressed so easily is because we keep think about it, over and over again. So again, take a deep breath, just relax for a minuite, and then continue.
You can also make a little reward for yourself. Just a little reward after you've finished the job, because you've deserved it. This can also help motivate you during your working process.
However, it's normal to be a little bit stressed and worried from time to time.

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Anonoymous asked me:

What's the worst nightmare you've ever had?

It's more like THE nightmare I get every year...
Just imagine yourself standing in the middle of a toy store. Your sister and parents are upstairs, but as you walk towards the stairs, the door upstairs close. At the front of the door, you see a big smiley face of a clown (Oh yes, this is why I hate clowns...), but as you walk up the stairs, the clown's face turns darker, and suddenly horns, small and black cat eyes, vampire teeth shows up on his face. After that, the stairs you're standning on disappears, and you're either falling down into the dark with ghost voices whispering in your ears OR falling into fire, and then you wake up all sweaty and terrified!
Isn't that lovely?!

The funniest part, is that the clown turns even scarier each time I get this nightmare!
I've had it since I was seven! :D

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Anonoymous asked me:

Do you like scary movies?

I'm one of those who likes to cover my eyes or ears when I know something bad is gonna happen. You know when everything is quiet and it's either the girl or boy who walks sloooowly towards the sound? I hate it when they do that. It always make me jumpscare. Like, just kill the girl already!!!
But yes. I LOVE SCARY MOVIES.

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Speaking of scary movies! Ever since I watched The Conjuring with my classmates, I'm even more terrified of the dark. Idk, is that wierd??? -.-
I LOVED THE MOVIE THO.

Goodnight everyone :)

~ Vee

Almost there!

Hello, and how is it going?

Yeah, it's been quite a while since my last post. See, this is why so many teenagers hate school. It takes up too much time. But of course, I can't really blame school for not posting enough.
...
What am I talking about? SCHOOL IS EXACTLY what has kept me busy the past few weeks, and I just can't wait till it's all over.

Since I've had so much school work to finish, I haven't really been getting the chance to get enough sleep, so I'm feeling really exhausted. BUT I decided to sit down and write a little update for you.

I hope this doesn't bore you to death, ahahahah...

Some of you asked me on my ask.fm profile if I could post a picture of me. At first I didn't want to, but since more of my followers wanted to see who I was, I decided to change my profile picture.

Now, I also know a few of my readers on this blog also wanted to see who is the author of this blog. So here you go, my first selfie on this blog ;)

..... yeah, I know I look like I'm twelve in this photo, but that was actually me two weeks ago, haha.. (I'm fifteen :P)

It's not just me, tho. Think it's an asian stereotype, having baby-faces ^^

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It's so nice to FINALLY see sunlight and clear blue sky again! I have to admit I miss the snow and the cold winter days, but it's really nice feeling the warmth outside again ;)
Two weeks ago I went skiing for the last time this year with my classmates.
Yeeeeah.. it was pretty difficult to glide smoothly on the snow but to my surprise it turned out to be one of my favourite short trips, haha!

Lovely... Oh hey, grass!

Anyway! By the time this week ends, I will get 10 days to charge myself up again, and prepare for my very first exam, coming up next, after Easter. And after that, it's time for us teens in Norway to prepare ourselves for  17. Mai (Seventeenth of May), Norway's National Day!

(Hah, Day and May rhymes....uhem, anyway..)

We're almost there, guys! Keep up the good work just a little bit more :D

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Now, before I go I just wanted to share the chocolate sufflés I made for my sister's 22nd birthday!

Hehe, and yes, yes. Ofc I played Taylor Swift's 22 for her birthday instead of singing "Happy Birthday to You" :D

I'm wishing you the best of luck, and I shall talk to you guys very, very soon!

~ Vee

How I'm dealing with my school life (Ask.fm)

Anonoymous asked me:
Do you have any advice? Like, I know you haven't felt depressed before, but how do you do it?? This may sound stupid and you don't have to answer, but it seems like you're dealing with school so great...

I'm not the best person to answer questions like this, to be honest with you... But since you asked, I will try my best.
It was not too long ago that I felt horrible during school. Never in my life, did I feel so unconfident and helpless. My grades went down the street, I started to loose connection with some of my old friends, I couldn't get any of my homework done and I started dreading high school more than ever. I started to compare myself to others and snapping at my parents without any reason at all.
I lost my motivation, just like that.
Guess it's a part of growing up, and sadly that's just something no one can escape from.. T^T
(....ANYWAYS!)
Then I discovered this video on YT:

Bubz is such an inspirational person, and her video put a smile on my face.
I listened to some of her advices and I stopped comparing myself to others. Things really started to change.
By comparing myself to other people and snapping at my parents, a lot of hate spread around me. Not only did it make me look bad, but also feel horrible.

The three things I like to keep in mind:
- Stop comparing myself to other people
- Appreciate more
- Make the best out of anything, no matter how hard it is

Remember you're at school to learn! If you choose to think school is hard, it WILL be hard. BUT! If you want school to be easier, YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Oh, and also another thing I'd like to share:
"So why do we have two ears, but only one mouth? We're supposed to listen more, and say less."

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This is just something I wanted to share with you guys, since I know there's many out there who feels depressed because of school. This was based on my own experiences, so I'm not expecting anyone to "agree" or anything.

If you'd like to read my daily Q&A's, visit my page at: http://ask.fm/teephann

Feel free to ask me questions! ^^

~ Vee

24/7

Hi, there!

HOW ARE YOU ALL!? Gosh, I'm so sorry for my lack of blog posts but I've been REALLY busy doing school work for the past month >.<

It's incredible how fast time flies! I'm now only five months away from kissing middle school "good-bye", and I CAN'T WAIT!
So much is happening! Last week we had to finish two projects and study for our test about the Cold War, and simultaneously write a submission about the Vietnam War (We actually got our test results back, and I was pretty proud of myself... (B+) ;D).

Things are definitely getting tougher at school and all I've been thinking about recently, is to get as good grades as possible and do whatever I can to make every day of my last five months in middle school, as great as possible. But I'm kinda making it even more difficult for myself by procrasinating all the time....

18:14 PM: "Oh sh*t! I should be doing homework now..."

18:15 PM: *reading the first sentence of the chapter* *sighs* *taking a look at the watch*

19:16 PM: *procrasinating*

19:38 PM: *still procrasinating*

20:01 PM: "What the hell am I doing? The submission's for tomorrow!"

20:11 PM: *taking my laptop out* *writing two-three sentences*

20:28 PM: *watching Once Upon a Time*

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21:30 PM: "I hate myself." *facepalm*

Literally my life two months ago -.-

😔📝

Et bilde publisert av •Kn◎w◎ne• (@its2vi) onsdag 28. Jan.. 2015 PST

Well, this was me not long ago. I've been trying to motivate myself with study tips from this tumblr post, and it really seem to work! My favourite app from the post is actually 30/30 aswell ;D
It's such a great way to get organized:

See? It's not just helping you getting organized and productive, but it also makes time pass quicker.

I almost forgot to tell you about my newest obsession, hahah! :P

So, if you don't already know, I'm a HUGE fan of japanese cartoons aka. Anime. It's just a shame I don't know how to read, write or speak japanese.... SO I decided to give Hirigana writing a try!

（＾∇＾） pic.twitter.com/cuanMKGAtz
— tuvi☆phan.n (@its2vi) January 28, 2015

Know it's not perfect, but hey! I'm a newbeginner ;)

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Whoops! Time's up! I made a task for blogging so I wouldn't forget it, hahah ;) But now it's time for break, and homework after that!

Don't forget to follow me on Twitter and Instagram for more daily updates! (Links in this blog post)

Feel free to reply and comment below if you want to read more blog posts about school (probably not :P) or other stuff you want me to talk about!

I'd love to interact with you guys more ^^

~ Vee

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Norway, everyone!! ^^

Gosh... It's been FOREVER since last time I wrote to you guys, so today I decided to do a little catch-up!

A lot happened in the month of December, actually. I never thought Christmas last year would be so special. We would normally invite friends and family over to our house, celebrating an Asian version of Christmas including karaoke, eating loads of food (My mother likes to cook either traditional Vietnamese/Chinese food, or Norwegian food on Christmas Eve), playing different types of games, and last but not least, packing up Christmas gifts at midnight! Memories...

Et bilde publisert av •Kn◎w◎ne• (@its2vi) Des. 12, 2014 at 6:02 PST

We didn't do any of these things on Christmas Eve. Instead of celebrating Christmas at home here up in the north, we decided to celebrate with uncles, aunties and cousins in Belgium!
So then we went! All four of us, all packed up and ready to hit the road and drive all the way from Gjøvik to Liège, Belgium!

♪ "We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy NewYear!" ♪ ❄️ #drawing #myart 😁

Et bilde publisert av •Kn◎w◎ne• (@its2vi) Des. 12, 2014 at 7:06 PST

❄️❄️ To wish you were someone else, is to waste the person you are. ❄️❄️

Et bilde publisert av •Kn◎w◎ne• (@its2vi) Des. 12, 2014 at 2:31 PST

I must say, even though it was a looong and exhausting trip, we had a lot of fun. Dad decided to take a shortcut by taking the cruise ship from Oslo to Kiel. We actually left from Norway four days before Christmas, but since my parents had some errands to do before Christmas in Belgium, we didn’t have enough time to take the much longer way through Sweden.
And since we took the crusie skip for 20 hours, with waves that just wouldn't stop cradle the skip, I threw up a couple times.
But it was well worth it (I think ;P). I finally got to meet the rest of my family (from dad’s side of the family) after all these years! Even though some of us had never met before, we still had a lovely Christmas together ^^

And, well... With my wierd but awesome Asian family, we decided to go on a All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet at a Chinese Restaurant instead of cooking Christmas dinner at home :D

Anyway! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and that 2014 had been a great year for y'all ;* Let's just hope 2015 will turn out just as great, or maybe even better!

But before I go, I wanna wish all students out there who had worked their asses of last year GOOD LUCK on the next chapter of their life!

#notmyart

Et bilde publisert av •Kn◎w◎ne• (@its2vi) Jan. 1, 2015 at 6:50 PST

*Cheers!*

~ Vee