Chapter 86 : All This Time

I figured out there was no better time than this to work on this blogpost than now...

My time spent in NP's Mass Comm may have seem to have just started but it's been awhile since I settled down here and from the day I set foot here was the day my life changed tremendously. See that photo up there? That's my awesome class, T106. Everyone has just been so great that I can't even put it to words. Every single one of us are so different but when we come together as a class I finally understand what it means to feel like a part of something. I love these people, I genuinely do.

At some point I may have felt a little disconnected and thought that I had made the wrong decision to come here but after thinking about it, everything happens for a reason, and I guess it's true. I've learnt so much about the media than I previously did, I'm able to maximise my opportunities here, I have met so many people who have inspiring stories and different backgrounds that really opens up my mind about what I thought life was really about.

"I'm feeling better ever since you know me I was a lonely soul but that's the old me."

Most importantly my time here has taught me to live in the now, which was something I had been struggling before, I was always looking back at the past thinking that things would never change and I wasn't even gonna give it a try to let things change. It was only now I realised that I had wasted so much time clinging onto the past and accept change if I wanted to be a happier person.

I have so much to look forward to in the upcoming months and I can't be more excited for what's in store! Till my next post.

Chapter 85 : Over The Years

"It's the bitterness that lasts."

I would like to dedicate this post to my recently deceased pet dog that was with me for almost 12 years. That's right, 12 long years just went by like that from the day I had him till his very last days.

Along with trying to dedicate this post to him, I would also like to use this opportunity to blog about the way things turned out the past 12 years for me ever since Spikey came into my life.

Flashback to 12 years ago: 30 September 2001. I was just an innocent primary 1 kiddo facing the world and having mainstream needs like games and toys, but as an only child it gets lonely even if you have like a box full of toys, you always feel lonely somehow and that was when I asked my mom for a dog. She agreed and this little fellow was like a complete and fearful stranger to me because I had never really interacted with a dog before. I was afraid at first but after awhile I got over that fear and we eventually clicked somehow. A few years later (Age 11), I decided that I was old enough to stay home by myself with the dog

Fast forward 7 years later, where I graduated from primary school and moving onto secondary school and I looked a little like this.

                                      

That whole primary to secondary school shift was kinda a huge blow to me because of my results and everything but it was fine because I had my dog with me so I didn't feel that lonely and he was like a real person to me because he would just sit with me and just be himself, I really found it hard to be angry at him, apart from the fact when he pees or poos in the wrong parts of the house. What I would never forget would be the walks that I used to bring him out and when I used to pamper him with like premium dog food and showering him. I admit there were times that I was just too busy with my own activities, school and CCAs that I neglected him by spending my time outside and having like super little or almost no time with him by the time I get back but he would always never fail to wait by the door for me to return home and get all excited to see me.

Sadly his journey ends here, it was sad to see him go just like that, wished I could have spent more time with him though, but life's too short for regrets and full of gives and take. Wonder what's gonna happen next.

Chapter 84 : Emotionless

I don't know what to feel anymore, after hearing the news about Cory Monteith's death. It's just way too sudden. I always felt that he was compatible with Lea Michele, it was watching them on Glee that would always make my day after a long hectic week of school and now it's just over just like that. It just proves one point, life is short. No matter how much of it you live, life is still short. He had his entire life ahead of him, his marriage to Lea, starting a family, his acting career. It just sucks to know that things can be taken away from you so easily. I'm just gonna watch Glee all over again. It's gonna be Glee memorial week for me.

Chapter 83 : Singapore Blog Awards

Over the weekend, Omy.sg hosted the annual Singapore Blog Awards and I got the chance to attend the event and watch the nominees get their respective awards for the different categories. This is the first time I have ever attended the Singapore Blog Awards and I was just astounded by how huge the blogger’s community was, there were just so many bloggers from all walks of life blogging about different content and I wasn’t expecting the blogger’s community to be that huge but I guess this means one thing, blogging is still alive and kicking.

It was a really hyped-up event, with the 60s retro themed dress code and a swanky venue at Shanghai Dolly, it really built up the retro atmosphere and I ended up wearing my retro day outfit for NP50 cause I didn't really have any other retro clothing. Even local director, Jack Neo was there to grace the event and maybe even hunt for talents to star in his upcoming new movie. The event ended off with a bang with a best dressed competition to the retro 60s theme and lucky draw.

Chapter 82 : Deep Thoughts

I won't apologize for my absence from blogging, I've just been really piled up with all my assignments and group project that I realise I haven't been blogging lately and decided to use this free time that I have when I'm actually doing absolutely nothing now.

A lot of things have changed since the last time I've blogged, it's kinda funny that so much can change in such a short period of time. I guess the whole polytechnic environment really changed the way I view life, it kinda tilted my angle that instead of being conservative all the time, why not let loose a little and just live life cause you only have one life to live, I remember I used to just say #YOLO but not actually do anything about it, but I guess it was when I started polytechnic where I really lived up to it. There was a point where I completely lost myself and the way I used to be and I just had a moment where I really sat down and had a deep thought about the life decisions that I'm making. I had completely forgotten the reason why I was in school the first place, to get good grades and move on with life, but a lot of distractions came along the way and it really diverted my attention and focus elsewhere but I guess it was only after term break that I realised how much I had really drifted from the way I was and I knew that I had to focus on my priorities.

Life's what you make it, so make it right.

Chapter 81 : The Big Spell

Last Saturday I attended the National Spelling Championship Finals for the Primary School students also known as The Big Spell. There were a total of 10 rounds before the winner of the Big Spell was announced!

I can't really tell you how intense the competition was, you really had to be there to understand! I honestly wished that there was such a competition when I was in primary school, it'd definitely motivate me to improve on my English and spelling. Some of the words that were given to the contestants even I have never heard of, which is just incredible that primary school students were able to spell them, kudos to them.

Some of the pictures I took during the event.

The Final Three, who will emerge as champion?

They also had a segment for the digital challenge where three contestants were required to compete against each other in a spelling game on a tablet.

Looks like we have a winner!

The 31 Finalists! Congrats to all of them and the top 3 winners!