Merry Christmas!

I had a great week :)

Last Friday there was a gift exchange event at my office, and it was pretty fun! I got a beautiful Lamy Scribble mechanical pencil! Woots! It looks and feels great, and people were clamouring to exchange their gifts with me. But it's sitting comfortably in my room now hehe!

I have managed to complete 2 drawings on Friday alone! My speed is increasing, and I'm aiming for higher. Heehee~

Latest happenings

Woots, September baby! :) 

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I'm doing an internship at an architectural/interior design firm at KL. It's my second week and 7th day there as of today! I'm getting in a lot of exercise and life's great, seriously. Taking the LRT to and fro from work is doing wonders for my stamina (and in due time, my legs, I hope!) and I hope to be fit and trim in no time! I can't wait to bid goodbye to my flabby thighs...maybe I should always take the stairs from now onwards. Hmm.

The best part of working life is you don't bring home any work! As soon as I step foot into my house, a wave of relief, contentment, relaxation and joy envelopes me all at once. It's amazing, really. When I was in college coming home meant little to me. Thoughts like "Shucks. No time for a nap." or "Crap! Submission is in a couple of days and I've only gotten THIS far?!" flash through my mind and they are immediately followed by resentment and anxiety, which almost always makes me bad tempered.

To cope with my internship, I sacrificed my part time tuition teaching job. I would miss it, but the experience I'm getting right now is to kill for. How many first semester students are as lucky as me (or as self motivated as I am -- and no matter how conceited that sounds, it is true to a certain extent) to actually find and get an internship? Not many. My classmates are either busy enjoying life or working to earn extra pocket money. But not me. I am "wise and humble", "industrious", "knowledgeable beyond my years" and "inspiring" after all! There goes my carefully concocted humility.

I'm getting PAID to learn AutoCAD, can you believe that? How awesome is it? But the work I do is tiring and extremely time consuming. I took 2 days average to complete an A1 plan at first, but now I'm getting my speed to around 1 day per drawing! I feel so pleased with my accomplishment. 

Nevertheless, I know I could achieve more if I put my heart to it. I dawdle a lot in office, aimlessly browsing through my mobile Facebook app and checking my emails every hour or so. Haha I need to buck up man. I'm determined to make working life agree with me. We'll wait and see :)

Things on Facebook that irk me

Incessant ad postings on my feed.

What are friends for? To help you click advertorials so you can earn more money, apparently. It's so good to exist for a purpose. I'm touched :')

Gruesome photos of exposed internal organs.

Save it. I don't see the point of sharing photos of accident victims. I log onto Facebook to relax and get a good laugh now and then, not to get grossed out by your gory photo postings. And there is no prove that by sharing such photos, you are helping those poor souls get donations for surgeries. Don't be such gullible fools. If you really have the heart to help, you'd volunteer at a shelter or organise fundraisers instead. These pathetic, misguided attempts at lending assistance to others ARE NOT WORKING. Again, save it.

Creepy photos of ghastly creatures that exist purely to give you nightmares.

Don't be so inconsiderate. You might give people heart attacks. I'm sure you do not want to be held accountable for their deaths.

My Birthday Calendar

What a blatant way to express how little you care for your friends. If it takes a calendar reminder for you to wish me happy birthday, I'd rather you didn't wish me at all. What happened to the traditional you're-so-special-that-I-made-the-effort-to-remember-your-birthday practice? Gone with the wind, apparently.

I may seem like a cynic here but I am in fact very, very annoyed and am merely seeking an outlet to vent my frustration. Do pardon me. And if you happen to have committed the aforementioned crimes in your lifetime, it is not too late to feel remorseful and promise to not do it again. Just saying.

My Holiday Goals

1. Get an internship (already landed! Ta-da!)
2. Master Czardas (almost there but I need to work on the fingering for one section)
3. Learn to play Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 (which I will be playing on a B flat clarinet with the A clarinet score lol...major fail right? But playing it in B major will be so tiresome)
4. Gain more knowledge about my academic related subjects
5. Regrow my hair
6. Get rid of those pimples!
7. Earn some money
8. Do something worthwhile (My stint at Petrosains was pretty good xD)
9. Read books
10. Play a game (Sims Social! Nyahaha!)
11. Follow more I.T. news (not a problem hehe...I'm practically addicted to it)
12. Listen to new songs
13. Do some drawing? (I suspect I will not though)
14. To not waste time
15. Land a good paying job (again, who wants to learn piano? :D)
16. Go on a shopping spree! (Must.Buy.Those.Pink.Shoes!)
17. Practice what I learned in my makeup class (so far, fail fail fail...I totally suck at makeup despite being armed with Photoshop skills)

...to be continued.

My new blog header

It's been a while since I did anything with my blog, so I thought, why not?

My blog now showcases a new header that is both symbolic and meaningful to me. I have come a long way since high school graduation. This is a journey that I have made by my own choice; though how it turned out to be a never-ending uphill climb that I had never anticipated (not even in my wildest dreams!), I couldn't possibly know. Who would know what surprises life has in store for us?

Difficult as it may be, tough as it seems, it has been a major life lesson for me.

I learned that things are only gonna get harder, more challenging. That if events are to take a turn for the worse, they will.

I learned that no matter how hard I try, it is never gonna be enough.

I learned that one can only do so much.

And I learned that perseverance and diligence does get you somewhere. That if you push ahead and not give up, it is not a wasted effort.

And I survive by clinging on to the thread of hope that someday, when I cross the mountain, things will get better.

I'm trudging up, and however slow it appears to be, the knowledge that I'm moving forward and getting somewhere is still somewhat comforting to me. Here's to the end of the most demanding semester I've been through, and another league of my journey!