 I'm probably gonna get the first vlog, bro, so I'm just gonna editing it today. And then I was editing that video and I mentioned a project that I need to work on for a presentation that I have Thursday, and I literally still haven't done that. So I'm work done, but I'm really happy to see you. My name is Stika. Oh wait, let's get our drink first. Cheers and welcome to day two, day three. I honestly don't remember what day it is, of Vlogmas. My name is Stika. I'm a 29 year old graduate student studying clinical psychology at Columbia University Teachers College. I'm also interning at the United Nations right now and I am a part 10 yoga instructor. So if you're into health, wellness, all that fun stuff, make sure you subscribe. I live in New York City and I live in this beautiful apartment by myself. In today's video, I actually feel super blessed because on Tuesdays I usually go into the UNFPA but my boss said that I can work from home today. So we're gonna have a nice chill morning at home. I need to make something to take with me for lunch for school because I actually have a pretty long day at campus. I am going to audit an evening class. Let's get this day started. But because it's actually December 5th and I think I left you guys on December 2nd, let's catch up on some of the advent calendars that we have for Christmas. So I actually got quite a few advent calendars for Christmas. The first one we'll open up is this tea advent calendar I have. So the last box we opened was day two. So let's open up day three, four and we'll say five, four later in the evening. So you gotta watch to the end to see the tea calendar. But yeah, let's get this on. Opened up, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. Being on YouTube guys, like sometimes you just get a little tongue-tied and twisted. Hi, shock. You know it's advent calendar time. You want your snack? Your little cap treat. Say hi. French garden. French garden. It's a blend of pear, apple, blackberry leaves that evoke a stroll. Ooh, they're refined garden and radiant bloom. And green tea and roasted rice. Cool. These are so fancy. All right, and then this one, a traditional Japanese blend with green tea and roasted brown rice and with vegetal. Don't know what that word means. And toasty notes, like maybe leaves of vegetables or vegetals. But I'm gonna just throw these into our jar here. I'm already drinking my tea, so I'm not gonna make another one, but this would be good to have for a feature date. Now, the piece de la ressistance. Do you like my French? We're gonna open up our anthropology and encounter. I'm really excited for this one. This is the one I like look forward to, honestly the most. Okay, so we're gonna open it up and then we need three, do do do here. Luxury. I love anything that says real luxury. All right, so lavender, jasmine and sandalwood, magnesium body butter. Magnesium is really good when you wanna go to sleep. So I guess this is like a nighttime cream that you can use. I'm really excited about that. I'll put this box back in there. Oh my God, guys, these smell divine. Like, oh, this smells so good. I can't wait to use this. And with the magnesium, it's supposed to like de-stress you. So I think this is gonna be like a little nighttime lotion that I keep next to my bed at night. Wow, I'm really excited to try this. I've never heard of this brand before, but it's London based and it's organic. So why not? Here it is, this is. Wow, teeny tiny. Oh, Sunday Riley. I have heard of this brand, heard really good things, but again, it's kind of expensive. So I've never actually tried it, but it is their after-glow CEO. Oh, brightening vitamin C cream. I love that. Oh, and it is very vitamin C, very yellow. All right, cool. That'll be fun to try out. And then Sunday Riley, I really wanted to try some of their stuff, but they are a very luxurious brand. So their price points are a little out there. This smells interesting. It definitely smells like something you should use in the morning. It smells like it's gonna wake you up, but I love just like the little packaging and how tiny it is. I think it's a really nice sample size and you do get like a pretty good amount of product. So I'm excited to try this. Yay. I'm really, really happy with the advent calendar so far and I feel like it's only gonna get better. Can't wait to open day five tonight. She's on the third floor. Community, I have a perinatal mental health lab and a professor that teaches the mother. I'm gonna be on campus for quite some time. I am so tired. I want to just go to sleep tonight and wake up in 2024. But unfortunately, I cannot do that. So tonight I'm probably gonna have to pull like a semi all-nighter, probably not an all-nighter for real because I'm just a little tired. But I do need to stay up quite late to work on a project that I have like a presentation on Thursday that I have not truly started in earnest, but I'm hoping tonight I can just put something together. So then tomorrow I'm just practicing it and then on Thursday I am presenting. I also found out today that our UN retreat that I thought was like just gonna be in the office is actually cool location. Then I actually will show you guys tomorrow. So you gotta stay tuned, you gotta keep watching. But right now, because I'm probably gonna stop vlogging for tonight because all I'm gonna do is study for the rest of the night, let's open up our advent calendars. Okay, so I'm really excited. Let's open up the tea one first. You guys know the drill here. Oh gosh, I hate when I do that. Lover's tea, black tea, apple and spices. Wow, I'm gonna use this to manifest the love of my life. All right, and then up next we have Jacques's advent calendar. So day five. He's like literally right here and like ready. He's like, I see you're opening up the boxes girl. I already know what that means. His little sardine treats. He loves them. All right, and then last but not least our favorite, the anthropology calendar. I'm like what does salt smell like? It's rice with Paris? Like, I don't know. Like sophisticated, let's see what the notes are. My loves. I cannot even begin to pronounce the name of these. It's a profile. So it's liang, lang, tahatin, tar, terrier, tar, tar. And then amber greets. The cure for anything is saltwater. Tears, sweat or the sea. How cute is that? And it's supposed to be like soul healing, sensual, complex. Ah, I'm really excited. And I really like the way this one smells. It smells really good. Wow, I really love that. I'm surprised. Well, I guess I'm not surprised I don't know the notes because I've never smelled anything like this before but it is absolutely delicious. Let me go to their website and see if they have more information. Cause I just looked at Sephora. Okay, so top yanking, violet leaves. Okay, we're getting florals. I love florals. Mid tahini, tahini, tahini, terrier and then magnolia, dianca. Again, flowers. I love flowers. Okay, mugs, amber greets, vegan, sourced from nature print and then sandalwood. Okay, yeah, it tracks why I like this. It's like subtly flowery. And that's, I like to smell like flowers. So, yes, I am going to catch up with you guys in the morning. I'm honestly just boiling some rice and having some masala from Trio Joe's to frozen guy kind. Cause I cannot be bothered to cook right now. I need to finish my project presentation. I honestly, like my goal for tonight is to just have something on like a PowerPoint so I can have something to like kind of read off of and jog my memory because honestly, I need to read like 15, 20 articles tonight to be able to be an expert on this topic to then present a class. And not sure if that's gonna happen, but I will try my best. And yeah, I will see you guys tomorrow morning. Night.