today, we got three copies of our final year project report - each 270 pages long - printed. tomorrow, we will be handing in the report for submission. after tomorrow, we are left with our oral presentation next month. it feels so surreal how fyp is coming to an end and we can finally say "panggang!" as we celebrate the end of one chapter and the start of another. 

our project started in june 2020, and the topic on sustainable cosmetics was not even in our ideation stage. we had a few meetings with our prof and many discussions with elimination processes before we finally narrowed down to this rather new topic that not many might be interested in, which also served as one of the obstacles we had to overcome during our campaign period. 

it hasn't been an easy ride - there were many times we couldn't agree on certain views and there was even a point where we felt stagnant. while my team mates were rather optimistic about an expected outcome, i wasn't too enthusiastic about it. but i'm glad we are in the team together to pull through, to plan and execute the various activities throughout our campaign. covid-19 restrictions meant that there were limitations to what we can do offline, which was not very ideal for us, so we had to think of other ways to engage the audience. 

during this period of time, annying had been meticulously leading our group and liaising with many brands and partners at once, isabel had been actively updating our blog and proofreading the report before every submission, and dina had been creating content and visuals for our instagram page. it's hard to believe that our campaign had been live for almost four months now, and we will soon be wrapping it up. 

maybe, just maybe, i'm a little bit emotional that my decade-long educational journey is going to be over soon - and that i will be $32k poorer as well. 

all the love and till next time x 

note to self: minimise the singlish!!!!! 

and somehow, we are already into the third month of the year. 

reality is slowly starting to sink in - that i will soon be graduating after spending four years in college, that i will still have to actively job search and hope for the best, that soon my life will be very different from how it is right now. will i be ready for this drastic change? i don't think so, but life doesn't care. 

i'm grateful for the people i've been keeping in touch with recently. although it's been years, we still reminisce about the good old times. though sometimes i do dwell over lost friendships, its these unexpected long-lost friendships that suddenly welcome themselves back into my life that i am thankful for. 

because of the convocation ceremony that have been ongoing since last week, classes for this week have been shifted online. i have mixed feelings about online classes. pros are that i get to wake up later (hello, sun!), and i get to study in a comfortable environment. on the other hand, learning two foreign languages online might not be the most effective way to absorb new content. some of the grammar i've been learning have been confusing, and i should really be spending my time to revise and study in my final semester. anyway, i won't be able to do this anymore even if i wanted to. 

the semester had been pretty routine for me in the first half - school, fyp, dance practices and work. i do squeeze in time for netflix and disney+ once in a while. or maybe i do binge watch at the end of the week to relief myself off the stressful days. it could just be an excuse, too.

thought of the day: i really wish i had a flair for writing. while i do enjoy writing, typing out whatever that it is in my mind, i realised that i use pretty much, simple english. i type the way i speak which is most of the time, singlish. oh well. 

all the love and till next time x