Constraint inspired creativity. Blank spaces are difficult to fill, but the smallest prompt can send us in fantastic new directions”.
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I wrote this on my Facebook’s page the other day and it was really fun! If there are fellow bloggers who want to do the same (meaning: comment on this post and I would assign a year for you to reminisce on), feel free to do so!
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Just in case you’re wondering where the hell I’ve been, well, I want to tell you that I’m still here. For the past few weeks I was just having the perfect combination of work and assignments (and dates) and hence, I didn’t feel like writing.
Everything is slowing down this week though – work will always be there but now I really have time for it. Studies? I have just finished my first batch of assignments so I can assure you that there will be no more until at least the next three weeks.
I can breathe.
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Murder your darlings – this is what has been circulating in my head.
Ever since I got home today, I was unable to do anything productive. I planned to do my assignments or a little bit of work, but somehow I was not able to do that. My mind was completely somewhere else, and somehow I heard these three words whispered to my head.
Murder your darlings.
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I love happy endings. If that’s going to make such a Disney, fairy-tale girl, so be it.
I love it so much that I am writing this entry during my Technical Writing tutorial. I just couldn’t get it off my head. It is nagging me so much that I start to form these strings of sentences in my brain. I know I wouldn’t be able to do or to concentrate on anything else before I put these words to rest.
So if you are my tutor and you happen to read this (which is highly unlikely), I apologise. I love your lecture, and it’s really great, but, yeah.
Back to happy endings.
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To get a job in this era, you have to be able to do everything.
Seriously. One position’s skill sets now includes writing, marketing, social media and even graphic design. Back in our parents’ days, one skill – one particular skill of what you are really good at – will take you flying.
Today, it’s a recipe for unemployment.
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Last week I promised to write an article between the two: nailing that interview or better luck next time, depending on the outcome. Well, here’s me fulfilling the promise.
Let me start with saying: I got the gig! I’m not saying this to be cocky, but I’m actually quite proud to be able to secure the position. It’s something that I really want, and there’s no greater feeling than knowing that you’re still in the game (read: able to get a job) even when your current profession is being a student.
So if you have an interview coming up, or are in your last semester of study, there’s no harm in learning more tips and tricks on how to secure that ‘Congratulations!’ letter.
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Finish reading the post—you’ll understand.
Let me start with saying: if you consider doing Bachelor of Arts is a rare thing for Asians, try doing Master of Publishing and Communications.
If previously the proportion of locals versus internationals is seven to three, in Master’s it feels like fourteen to one.
I’m not complaining, though. Not at all.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
“So, what’s to write?” I ask myself.
I’m sitting here on bed, my big sister sleeping (not so) soundly beside me with the lights off, and I have been staring at a blank ‘Add New Post’ Wordpress page for a long time. My parents were still watching some movies outside – perhaps they feel like it’s a little bit too early to sleep at twenty two past ten at night.
And while I am typing this on my Mac, my sister suddenly whispers, “Silent.” I guess it’s the typing. Perhaps it’s time to change to my iPad.
Okay, so where were we?
Ah, yes, writing.
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