A rekindling, of sorts.

Great, I knew this was gonna happen. It's been 2 YEARS between the last blog post ahahaha. So much has changed, where do I even begin? Well, I always wanted to maintain this blog because I know it's going to serve as an archive of sorts. If it lasts, the future me would revisit these posts and reminisce the memories.

To bring you up to speed, here are some major updates in my life. I graduated from NID - my design university, last year. With a bachelor's in design, I am so proud to call myself a designer! Especially one who is capable of inventing extraordinary worlds, characters, and crafting some of the most reveling stories.

I'm pretty sure you may have noticed something else too ^_^ Just from reading so far. If you guessed writing, then bingo! I'm so full of glee even as I am writing this because over these two years, I spent A LOT of time writing especially, editing. Through studying other writers and their unique styles, I immersed myself with their knowledge and depth in writing. I observed how to write tone, theme, pacing, and what not. I learnt how to write natural dialogue unique to each character, and most importantly, I learnt how to show, not tell. I may still make a mistake or two in the use of words, but I'm grateful that I am able to precisely deliver exactly the message I want. All of this is thanks to the time I spent working on my graduation project. Do check it out if you haven't already! It's under the writing page of my website.

Let's talk about art! I've improved significantly and it makes my toes tingle with joy whenever I think about it. Gone are the days of drawing unrecognizable strangers and out of proportion things. I'm still nowhere close to my desired skill, but it feels like I've jumped up a level or two. My eye for detail, and quality of line has improved noticeably. I've started to make smarter decisions with color and uniting them in a harmonious melody. My understanding of human anatomy has also levelled up. What's crazy to me is that I am able to visualize the entire skeletal frame and the complex muscles layered together to move this absolute masterpiece of nature. There's still much to perfect and learn, but today me feels like leaps away from my past self. It feels like I've finally taken flight and all this cool air feels so refreshing. There's just so many things that I've kinda unlocked how to do.

OfCourse, I've matured too. I turned 25 this month. It's an incredible feeling when you take time to reflect on your life so far. All the things we've learnt, seen, experienced. The mistakes we've made, the heartaches, anger, pain, joy, EVERY LITTLE BIT. Everything comes together to encompass who we are today, and whenever I look back, I wouldn't ever change a thing. I'm optimistic that my future looks bright, but even if it isn't. I'm confident that I know what to do in order to make it shine. Oh! I've even begin working out almost 5-6 days a week, and boy has there been change. I never thought it would happen because of my insanely-annoyingly-extraordinaire-metabolism, hah. I feel stronger and look better too - that's cause people are noticing it too. Anyway, there's one last HUUUUUUUUUGE update I wish to share before I think about concluding this post.

I'm traveling to Chicago to pursue my master's in Animation at DePaul University this Fall! Incredible right? I've been killing time lately, solely because I don't know how to - emotions haha. This is going to be a grand new chapter of my life, as well as my professional one. It's that huge step closer towards achieving my dreams of enchanting the world with my stories and thoughts. It's a grand venture for sure, filled with several life lessons, good and bad. Thinking about it right now already makes me a little worried but happy, uncomfortable yet excited. It's a sudden and massive change of environment, activities, lifestyle and much more. It's a new phase of my life where I will meet TONS of new people, make new friends, and so much more. I'm going to have to get used to getting out of my comfort zone often, a little scary, but I'm looking forward to it.

Inshallah, it will be life changing. I'm sure of it.

There's so much more that I haven't been able to share with whoever is reading so far. Thank you for your time though, in getting to know me and my endeavors a teensy bit more. I'm hoping that I've broken this silly cycle of procrastination and melody of awkwardness that has kept me from writing any blog posts since two damn years. Kinda pissed at myself for being this lazy, but at the end of the day, we're all human. And acknowledging our flaws and successes is surefire way towards being an empathetic, effective, and amazing human being. I know that not all have had the fortune of having amazing parents, but I'm incredibly grateful to mine for nurturing, educating, and loving me. Everything I am today, is thanks to their values, insight, and efforts. I'm looking forward to rekindling this blog of mine with all the adventures and stories of my life.

P.S. My music tastes have grown too, but surely, I've gotta save that for another blog post - Maybe if you're lucky :P

Cya! :)