Yesterday was a success and I am adequately glad! Things went wrong along the way. We ran out of tape almost 3 times. We trusted a group of people to help us in a job we had to have done in order to meet the deadline but they did a careless job so we had to patch things up ourselves. And yet after all of that, my team and I received little to no help plus zero appreciation. *pats myself and my team on the back* But all I try to think about is that we did this to let a cause's voice be heard. We didn't do this for ourselves, not for any personal glory but for the awareness about a disease that is terrorizing thousands of people's lives. We've recently lost a dear friend to Breast Cancer specifically but she will continue to be an inspiration. She is now up in heaven with God, and I hope she is finally free of pain. :) P.S. I'm currently in the process of writing my reflection and it should soon be available on the Reflections page. I might attach a copy below this as well ^_^ I have two ideas for my TIME story and I'm very excited about them both! I've also written the first draft already, but I haven't really thought of the story structure yet. It's now 12:48 AM but my mind is on hyper-drive. My hands are itching to put my ideas into written form. I hope I do this story well. I'm so happy because I haven't had great story ideas for some time, probably because I'm just really so stressed about everything.
I'm not really going to tell what my stories are going to be about, but I do tell you that they will be depressing. What? This is my forte. I am the queen of emotional trainwrecks! And I make it my business to rampage over people's feels, just how my favourite types of books and shows make me feel so many feels. Anyways, I'm starting to not make sense so I better end it here. Good night! (As if I'm sleeping yet, I"ll probably not) As you may or may have not noticed, certain parts of the website (Gallery & Reflections) do not have anything on them yet. But please be patient, I am working on them despite my tight schedule because quite honestly, I do like working on this site. It's almost like an online diary for me where I can voice out my feelings. It's great! Awesome, in fact!
I've been entering the annual Oxford University Press Short Story Writing Competition for 2 years but I haven't won. But that won't stop me!!! This year I'm entering again! And I hope to reach the finals this time because the topic this year is TIME! It is one of m personal favourites and I've tackled it before in some of the short stories I've written before, including ones in my book "Awry".
Up until recently (yesterday), I've been thinking about not entering because of the sheer amount of work that I have yet to finish. But then again, I thought that there'd be no harm in trying. So now here I am, racking my brain for any story ideas. Whether I win or not, I'll be keeping the story and possibly improving it later on and adding it to a new short story collection I'll soon be working on. Yesterday was the 4th meeting I attended for St. Joseph's Youth Choir. I am so happy and proud to be a member of it because our choir director Mariya Flynn is such a great teacher, and she's barely older than me too! My friend, Kim, also became an official member just yesterday and I'm glad that with her there I wouldn't feel so lonely anymore. Finally, I'm not the only Filipina in the group! Haha anyways, I don't really have a picture to share now but I will get one next time.
We had some basic vocal training yesterday, followed by an hour session of singing as a choir. Mariya told us about the importance of singing with the pitch of the other members since choir singing is different from solo. The songs we practiced yesterday included Fish With Me and We Fall Down (one of my personal favourites!) |
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