Hello 2018! Another year on...

Hello!! Greetings everyone in 2018!! Hahah. It has been yet another few months since I haven't posted anything but, I have been busy adjusting to adult life, like officially. 😶 And omgosh, blogger actually can use emojis already?? Or is it that I just didn't notice.

And yes, like everyone else, it's time for me to reflect on the previous year.

2017 has been a year of challenges and milestones. It has definitely been tough, but rewards don't come without effort right? From completing my PRCP in February, planning and embarking on an overseas trip, graduating in May, becoming jobless and lost in my future, to finally getting a stable job and turning 21st, and to the most recent DC production!! 😆 All these moments gave me a taste of what adulthood is, and what it has in store for me.
(Oh and, it's a story for another day but I finally went on a adventure to an abandoned place!!)

Nothing can prepare us for what lies in adulthood, until you're truly at that stage.  Damn, did I ever mention that I wanted to stop growing at 12? I still wish I could, with every passing year. 

I'd say the 1st half of 2017 has been me finding myself and my future path, while the latter half had me having a clearer vision of my future, though not a certain one. I'm just glad I'm not jobless at 21.
Times are hard, society is harsh, standards of living are high.

Turning 21st was a quiet affair for me. Of course, everyone else are busy settling their adult lives, be it school or work. And I, with mine. 21 isn't that big of a deal afterall. The number doesn't make it special, it's the things you do in that year that make 21st such a big deal.

DANCE. Still an important part of my life till this day and I never regretted joining dance. I must really thank that friend who roped me in primary school chinese dance. Many a time, dance has helped me express my emotions, and people are made aware of them, when I felt like there was no outlet for me. I especially like the feeling of forgetting everything else to have 100% concentration in dance. It just empties my mind of anything and everything. (y'know humans always have issues)
After all these years of dance, I finally had the chance to create a choreography that I could solely call my own. Of course, it wasn't done without guidance. I'll touch more on this in future but for now, it's one of my proudest milestones in life and IS in my dance life.


Growing up, I could never envision my adult life. While others had images of their future, mine was just a blank sheet. I'm really thankful I made it through 21 blessed with important events. Last year prepared me for baby steps into adult life, I guess in 2018, it's for real.

 Now every year, I'd just ride on the fun of creating new year's resolutions. Looking back, those were really silly and I didn't keep to most of them. So what's the point? Therefore, in 2018,  I just want to make a simple resolution. Dear 2018, let's make it a stable and meaningful year.

To everyone else, let's make this year one that we remember fondly. 😊



 

Graduation 2017

Long overdue graduation photos are here!! I was involved in performances for NYP's graduation ceremony this year. It's my last time to do this so might as well go all out haha. Any regrets of participating were forgotten during those 5 days of performances. I did fall sick in between, and it took me real long to recover from it zz but all's good.

So you'll see some behind-the-scenes pictures of graduation performers~ Here goes...

 

 

A worthwhile experience (:

20

The day has finally come when I'd turn 20. Lol, actually the day passed. Thank you to everyone who wished me at midnight and on the day itself as well as the belated messages. (: Much appreciation for you all. My birthday was a rather quiet one this year compared to the last lol. Because it's during attachment period. I almost couldn't believe it was my birthday when the date came, But, not much complaints 'cos I'm still quite satisfied with it haha. On a side note, I feel like I'm starting to minimize my circle of friends.

That's my thought for this year I guess.

Special thanks to these two for surprising me at my house the 2nd time in a row. HAHA. The first was a fail, but I totally got shocked with the second one lol. Thank you :,) Love you two to the moon and back.

Break week update

Hola!! September is really just flying past. Sighs. And it was just 1 month ago when I ended my exams and thought 'there's still a month until results day.'

Anyways, just thought I'd share some good news. Hehe. Results were released and I got a little surprise. My GPA finally exceeded 3 omg. /Edit/:Sure, getting a GPA 3.0 was my goal but I kind of gave up when my results dipped around the middle of my poly life and got influenced by other matters. So guess what? The important thing to do is work hard and believe in yourself!! //

I honestly didn't expect it lol. Some grades for my modules were unexpectedly good. I honestly thought I'd just get so-so, average grades for my modules this sem. Because when I was doing those exam papers, omg, they were tricky man. The MCQs were like telling you to choose the best out of the best. And I was constantly regretting while doing the exams like ' I should have read through that chapter better' or 'I should have memorized these'. But can't be helped right? Already in the exam hall, just whack lol. I tried my utmost best not to leave any blanks even if I don't know shit or my brain just can't think of other possibilities. Always back to the 'use common sense' method as my friends and I would say haha.

So glad my hard work for studying paid off. I actually started studying end-july?? Haven't studied for exams so early since PSLE. But I did slack off in between lol. I feel like the older I grow, the lesser interest I have for studying. My attention time span this time round was the shortest T.T

Four hours of studying would be my max for 24 hours in a day. Minus sleeping time, okay let's say 12 hours of awake time. Out of that I'd only study for four hours lol. Was quite disappointed and frustrated with myself.

I think this is becoming a late complaining post.

Okay, enough with negative stuff. About my life, I have recently just ended my Operating theatre (OT) and Emergency Department (EMD) attachment to the hospital. Two very fulfilling and interesting attachments I'd say! Such that I'm considering ED as my future workplace(?).

I'm currently just trying to make the best out of my 2 weeks of break right now. Because I felt like I took my previous holiday after exams for granted with pokemon hunting and dance practices. Oh my. Time for some meet-up sessions with friends. Okay! Going off to dance hehe. Especially excited since I missed 1 week of dance due to attachment and my serious cough. And yep, my cough finally got better after 1 week. Still in the process of recovering but I'll be fine soon! Okay, hoping that my excitement doesn't die off once I class starts later on. See y'all!

Hair updates!

Hello! So here's me squeezing in a post between schoolwork. Trust me, I have lots of undone work now. I got like too surprised when I returned to school this Monday. I wasn't exactly shocked because I knew I had all these work to complete but the memory of it was left to rot during the holiday hahaha. So, now I'm suffering. Oh well. 

I also had my hair dyed for the FIRST TIME IN MY 19 YEARS OF LIFE in mid-October, dip-dyed actually. Therefore, it's something worth blogging about. Also taking into consideration that my mother didn't allow it for those 19 years. Dyeing hair isn't cheap also okay. I have been meaning to blog about it ever since but uhhhh. Circumstances - and let's just leave it at that. It has been nearly 3 months since then. The colour has faded A LOT.:( But I can't expect too much since it was only $90 and done at a home salon. Plus, I wasn't the one paying haha.  But not totally, so here are my hair updates from then till recently!

I showed her this photo I found on google.

I asked for a dark blue, like navy blue colour because it's not so striking in school in case any lecturers are displeased because of my course. It's also my favourite colour. ^^ And I could just cut the whole chunk off before my next attachment starts if the colour is still strong by then. My hair should still be long enough to be bunned up too. So I didn't dye quite a lot.  And...

Just dyed in mid-Oct

 Well, I'll admit my phone's camera quality like decreased overtime somehow? But you can see that one side already had less colour than the other :( I didn't know if it's because she didn't do it properly or the dye or what other reason... BUT, I sat a total of 4 hours for this. Including bleaching x2 and her mixing of colours and then setting the colour. Received many compliments about the hair colour from the people around me. :D

Over the span of the next few weeks

With flash.

Just last month in mid-Dec

The colour was really not obvious so it doesn't show up easily on camera or natural light and somehow it appears purple on camera sometimes. It's even more easily concealed now since the colour faded. Just a little sad about it haha. Considering dip-dyeing again but doing it myself this time since it's already bleached. Should I?

P.s, my scalp's still a virgin okay. Haha.

~

Sayonara