From Yours Truly : December 2014

NEW YEAR | COUNTDOWN | I

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

It almost here!!! Few more hours and we will be entering a whole new year. A fresh start, for endless possibilities. So to end my countdown, I would like to dedicate this post on love.

Love comes in all shape and sizes. Sometimes unexpectedly but still such an amazing feeling when you have it. Whether its love from your family and friends or love from your bf/gf or even food (I do get a lot of love out of eating food, is that weird to say?). Anyway my point is everybody deserves love and I think we can all use and give a little more loving around.

Some of you might have seen this face appear in some of my post now and then. (insert picture below).

St Pancras, our meeting place | At Saatchi Gallery one of my faves

Well he is my Mr. We met in early Jan and now he holds a large if not all of my heart. (soppy I know >.<) It has been an amazing journey so far and I am constantly learning something new, weather its about myself or him or just about life.

He has taught me to relax, this is a hard one for those who knows me, and to enjoy the time we have together and that it's okay to be a little selfish to take time for myself. It has been hard at times as we had to spend three months apart in the summer. But he is my constant source for laughter, care and love. We have grown together and only hope we continue to grow and I'm excited to continue this journey with him.

The second type of Love I want to dedicate to my family The Chan's!
Each year we continue to grow stronger as a family but also our love for each other grows more each day, if thats even possible! We have so many happy memories together especially this year where Mr. is now apart of our family.
Tim (my brother) is still in HK but was lovely to see him come home in October and to have the complete family in the same room again. It was sad not to have him here at Christmas but hopefully he will be here next Christmas.

And of course I can't finish off this post without featuring my fur ball of love, my cat Yummy Bear.
She is silly, funny, diva of a cat and all too cute for her own good. Thats why I love her.

I want to thank God for blessing me with my family and to have love all around me. For blessing us with health and always providing us with so much more than we need.

I want to say thank you to all those who are in my life, and continue to be. I always believe everything happens for a reason and whatever is meant to be will find its way in, we just have to have a sprinkle of hope and a whole lot more faith.
And of course I can't finish off this post without featuring my fur ball of love, my cat Yummy Bear.
She is silly, funny, diva of a cat and all too cute for her own good.

I wish you all a very Happy New Year and that all of you are blessed with health, success and love!

As always,

Love from yours truly

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NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN | 2

Monday, December 29, 2014

Looking back this year I have to thank God for all his blessings upon me and for given experiences that I am so thankful for. This year I have learnt a lot about myself and who I am shaping out to be.

Earlier this year I entered a competition held by Do the Green Thing by Pentagram and WWF Earth hour and I was shortlisted. I then got to experience a day at London Pentagram's office and got invited to a private party for Earth Hour 2014 and saw the London Eye switch off for the hour.

The whole experience was quite overwhelming as I have never been confident in my graphic work.
I tend to put a brave face on and to appear that everything is well (with my design work) but deep down I was lost. In the process of going through uni I was at a time where I didn't know where I fitted in within the design world, and always had this feeling of not being good enough as my peers were all excelling in their work. It was an inspiration to see all their work blossom but still I was at a place where I was unhappy with my own direction as I felt I can just never get it right no matter how much effort I put in.

However, entering the WWF competition had given the confident boost that I needed at the time but it also made me rethink the type of career I wanted or didn't want.
It was an incredible experience to work with designers and meet fellow graphic designers and illustrators who entered the competition as well, and be able to talk to people in a real brief situation. My work appeared on WWF Earth Hour websites and was promoted as the public voted for the winner.
Even though I did not win, the whole experience itself was more than I could ever ask for.
The project allowed me to design something I was passionate about and the work I made had a voice.

Some of you might remember a post from late last year about my planning for my Dad's 60th Birthday Party. At that point I had never considered party planner as a possible career path or realised party planner was an actual job. But after the whole bash with so many compliments and really enjoying the whole process of making Dad's Birthday party come together, I was craving to explore the industry further. I had a strong sense of my style and what I like, and gravitated to Bespoke Party Planning and found two possible internship in the summer.
I applied for both but was only really interested in the one I found in HK. I got the internship in Hong kong and it was also a great excuse to go back and see all my family as well.
After the whole experience, I fell in love with the industry and loved every minute of it. I knew this was right for me and it's what I wanted to do.

The part I love the most was being able to create a special day for someone and try to make it an unforgettable day for them to remember for a long time to come.

Coming back from Hong Kong, I've been emerging myself into a project that I can't say too much of now but I'm really excited for when I can share with you all.
I have also been focusing more on the things I love doing along side Uni work which is this Blog.
The blog has given me creative freedom and have been able to share my crafty side with you all which I have loved doing and definitely want to do more of in 2015!
The kind words on instagram, comments on the blog and also private messages has been so encouraging for me to work hard and keep on creating what I love. So I want to say a BIG THANK YOU! To all my readers.

To sum it all up. Through out this year it made me realise and confirm where I want to be after University. It is an exciting time and I know 2015 will be a VERY busy year for me but I am sure it will also me an enjoyable one. Work hard and PARTY even harder! :)