Hello Hello

January 25, 2010

Hello hello, how are you today? I am in a good mood, for a Monday. I’m wearing a great pair of Levi’s, a polo from Uniqlo, and some 3.5 inch heels. I also have some new makeup on. Speaking of makeup, I haven’t been wearing foundation lately. I finally have nice skin, I guess.

This day would have been perfect if only I wasn’t so hungry right now. I just had green tea this morning. This routine (among other things) has helped me lose a lot of weight but, sigh, it’s hard to have self-control, you know? I’ll be having a sandwich from Earle’s later. I’ve been binging on chocolates, candies, and rice last weekend. The more people tell me how much weight I lost, the more inclined I am to gain it back. How annoying.

Anyway. I hope that this would be my last regular day at work. I just quit my day job recently, you see. I like the place where I work but I don’t like what I’m doing - marketing. If you know me, then you know that’s not me. So I figured, I should just focus on my writing and my business. These are things that I enjoy, things I want to make a career out of. I’m happy - no, ecstatic - that I now have time to pursue them.

In any case, I appreciate that my bosses offered me a part-time position. I basically just need to go to work once a week, doing ads and blog posts. I don’t mind because I love advertisements! I love looking at them, deconstructing them, twisting my head in loops making them. You can call it a hobby for me. It’s one of the little things I enjoy doing.

Aside from this, I’ll be taking on an editorial position for an online magazine, to be launched this March (it’s up now but the content hasn’t been completed). I don’t want to jinx this as I haven’t signed the contract yet, but I’m really super duper excited! I’ll be writing about fashion and beauty, my favorite topics.

There are a couple more projects down the pipeline which I am also excited about.

So yeah, I’m in a good mood today.

 

Disclaimer: I am usually in a good mood, actually. I’m the sort of person who doesn’t like sweating the small stuff. Even the major stuff, come to think of it.

The year that was and will be

January 4, 2010

Last year was nice. Not awesome, or terrible, or even remotely surprising - just nice. It was a walk in the park. As walks in the park go though, my 2009 has been straightforward and uneventful. The decisions I had to make and the things I had to do were neatly littered in a meticulously paved path in a park where hardly anything goes wrong. 

So what happened this year? I got my Political Science degree. I got a marketing job. I moved out of my parents’ house. I have my own online store which earns pretty decently. I write freelance, which earns decently as well. I’ve developed my other blog into something that people value, something I can be proud of.

All in all, it was a year of small triumphs, a year of stepping out of my comfort zone and trying - completely on my own - to make something of myself. I don’t honestly think that I’ve succeeded; I’m not delusional. It’s too early for things like that. I do think, however, that I’ve moved an inch closer to where I want to be and what I want to do. For that I’m glad.

 

With that said, I feel that the new year will not be a walk in the park. I know that I will have to make tough, unpredictable decisions regarding my career and personal life. This year will make or brake me, and you know what?

I’m looking forward to being made.