Busy week that ended with sad news

Just before I wrote this I found out that my favourite model Miranda Kerr just split from Orlando Bloom, probably the only man I think is worthy of her. WHYYY!!!!

NO MORE??

It always saddens me when couples that you think are fine and would last the distance suddenly break up. It makes me kinda hesitate every time I like someone. Why would feelings change after time, why wouldn't someone sacrifice themselves for the one they love? unless there is no such thing as true love...

Anyway this week was quite a hectic week, lucky I am quitting my addiction, got lots more time now. I had a photoshoot and interview with all 5 Amandas in Tembusu and chiong through the night to get the 3 posters ready. It was quite a adrenaline rush when you have this creative spark that can keep you going and when you get your end product which you are satisfied with and people 'like' it, you just feel so accomplished! Wee!!!

Its not out yet so here is the sneak preview! I really love the rainbow background hehe!

My Design Project also seem to be running well so another YAY! Learning Circle also went well with Prof Catelijne as I felt I could contribute better than the first time that I did it. The Masters Tea with Jim Rogers was kind of interesting in the beginning with his 5yo daughter singing in mandarin and reciting 2 Tang poems. He lives in SG and that shows his belief in SG and the region. I didn't like it so much when everyone was just concern about how should you invest and stuff when there is no concrete answer and the answer is always to work hard but don't conform with the rest of the society. Insights about north korea was interesting no doubt but I was hoping for questions that were more interesting.

My mom's birthday was yesterday and we had dinner at Jamie's Italian where we ordered the meat and fish planks and 2 pasta that I had the other time. It was her 50th birthday and I wish her lots of success in playing candy crush and all the other games she plays on her iPad hehe.

This week seems to say that love never last and I should focus on other stuff...for now!

Another type of journey

It took me 4 years to realise that I have never really liked Mechanical Engineering at all.

In year 1, I identified the sector or specialization with the best opportunity and how it had the best chance of getting me a job, good salary, exchange program. With this plan in mind, I just went along with it blindly and thought that I would like it. Along the way, I just took my modules without much understanding and just using a pass the exam method to get through it. With the way NUS modules are being taught and maybe it is because my peers are not very good either, I was able to get a above average grade. Maybe if I did badly I would have realize this sooner as they say that when you are doing badly and you are passionate about it you will still push through. I definitely won't. Maybe when I was in Aberdeen, I would have been more interested as I did not have as much distractions as in Tembusu which totally turned me away from engineering. In the end, I became someone who is not very good at engineering but is unable to turn away from engineering to do things that I like. I spend long hours procrastinating and doing things that hide from this issues and that just sucks....Where shall I go from here....

Day 1 of quitting my addiction....the withdrawal symptoms are appearing. How did it ever become such a big part of my life?!?

Tembusu Art Festival

Last week was quite a hectic week with 2 meetings with Prof Kim and Prof Rajeev and ukulele practice for the Tembusu Art Festival!

I was really looking forward to that performance as we had not perform for a long time since the previous one during the inaugural dinner many weeks ago. We performed some really fun songs like Pokemon, a pricetag/secrets medley, and Powerpuff girl song! We got to use the new ukuleles but made the mistake of not testing out the amps and setup, so only one uke was amped up. I played really badly too as I just can't get back into the rhythm of the song :( It was probably also the last performance of the semester too...

It kinda feels like the core team is getting more separated and that is kinda sad. I really like the initial group dynamics of the team but well all good things come to an end I guess. It is hard to find motivation I realized and the more talented people will also climb towards greater heights and thus leave you behind :(

But I still love performing on the ukulele and will push on regardless!

Another thing I tried was to be a photographer! I thought since I was in Tstudios and there was an opportunity then why not! Haha its not easy being a photographer! I never realize that the camera was so heavy and it needs so much work to get a picture right... Then there is also post-processing. Haha I became more appreciative of a professional photographer :)

Feels like the upcoming weeks I will be busy as well. With Halliburton's talk coming up, my mom's b'day, more FYP, globetrekker's sharing, HR2002 presentation, sports day, Amanda's photoshoot!, etc...

I need to increase my productivity! and I think I just might have the method to do so....

Why I love anime and manga

Wooo!!!

I finished an entire series of anime in a weekend!

One of the best animes I have seen in a while!!!

Its called Attack on Titan!

It has fantastic fight sequences and quite an intriguing plot!!! I just wished I could have not peek at the plot before watching haha :P

I pretty much spent my entire teenagehood reading manga and sometimes anime. I am a dreamer and the world that the characters in the manga live in are all so full of exciting adventures that I wish I was in. Everytime I finish reading a series, it would take a while for me to pull myself out of the manga world and get back into reality. Yupz thats how much of a dreamer I am.

With the ending of my favourite mangas(bleach and naruto) looming, it seems that I am slowly leaving this world behind. But everytime I discover a new excellent manga, all the excitement come rushing back to me!

Nowadays, most people just read online but I remember the days when me and my best friend in Secondary school would go to the bookstore weekly to check for the newly published mangas and I would be so happy when the newest book come out! Those were the days.....