Hey everyone, I'm finally back! It's been a hectic period these past couple of weeks with finals and birthday celebrations, which have left me no time for blogging. :( Finals aren't over yet, but since I miss blogging and I made a resolution to blog regularly, I shall dedicate some of my time to updating this space! 

Since so much has happened these past couple of weeks, I've decided to first blog about my last week of being twenteen. Will be putting up some pictures too! 

April 23, Thursday

Went to watch Avengers II: Age of Ultron with E today. Reading Week date oh yeah! ;) I've never watched a movie on its opening day before so it was pretty cool to be one of the first to do so! (Since I'm either slow to jump on the bandwagon or I don't watch it at all...) I've only watched about half an hour of Avengers, but based on that I'd say that this movie's even better. The movie was - as expected - action-packed, well-paced, with just the right amount of wit and humour. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It didn't even feel like two-and-a-half hours, to be frank. I really love my superheroes, and Marvel sure doesn't fail to disappoint. Think it's time to start reading some comics! 

April 24, Friday
Today was our 9th monthsary, and on this day I had an internship interview for Perfect Weddings Media Pte. Ltd. E was supposed to come over to my place to study once it ended. As it turned out, the interview was followed by an on-the-spot 3h writing test. Given my total lack of experience in writing editorials, not to mention my completely irrelevant major, I was stunned for a moment and a little stressed when I saw the assigned topic: Top 5 Must-Do Tips for Singapore Brides in Preparing For Your Wedding. It's been years since I last attended a wedding, and the only time I ever helped at a wedding was to emcee for my aunt's wedding banquet way back in 2004. From this, I'm sure you can tell that my knowledge of the wedding industry and weddings in general is far from extensive. 

Fortunately, I had a nice interviewer, and the chief editor, too, dropped by to check on me a couple of times, offering useful tips and advice. Planning the article wasn't easy, I'll admit, particularly since the editor was looking for some creative element in my writing. In addition, I had to constantly be mindful of the local context and the Singaporean bride for whom I was writing, and thus pitch my article accordingly. 

After a wee bit of research, I managed to come up with a 'listicle' that included advice from my dad which I adapted to suit this context, a few pointers that were already known but re-presented and repackaged through my writing, as well as well as a unique point or two of my own. I mean, there's only so many must-do things for brides in the wedding preparation process, so the ideas weren't entirely novel. The key here (in my opinion) was to put a new spin on old ideas, and present them as fresh, which I attempted to do. 

So after I finished writing the article, I had to source for appropriate images and credit them, as well as do something known as 'keyword tagging.' Now, I've not come across this word before so I'm not entirely sure what it means, but it seems to have something to do with SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). Apparently the idea was for the editor to have an idea of our thought processes as we wrote. 

Finished the article on time, and left the place past 2pm after being informed that I would be notified if I got the internship within 24 hours. Poor E waited for me for several hours, when I promised him that we would have lunch together. :( Made our way to my place after that, then studied together after lunch. Even though we didn't do anything special or romantic, I was happy all the same. I guess when you're with the right person, you can find joy even in the most mundane of activities. (: 

At 5.30pm, I got a call. And...

I got the internship! My very first internship! I was absolutely thrilled, because when I was scouring InternSG and various other similar websites in the searching process, this was the first post that caught my eye. I really wanted to join a wedding planning company since I was interested in the industry, and since I love to write, this internship seemed to be an ideal marriage (hehe) of interest. I actually gave up hope that this company would call me for an interview since (1) the InternSG website screwed up the format of my resume after I reformatted the text-only submission and (2) they didn't get back to me for over two months, which led me to believe that I was not even being considered. Amazingly, I got called for interview and successfully secured the internship just three hours after my interview. Looking forward to beginning my internship! 

April 25, Saturday

Keppel Bay at sunset

Keppel Bay at night

Ordered a snapper pie, which ended up tasting strange - too fishy. Don't know about you, but from personal experience, fish - with the exception of tuna/sardines - and pie do not mix well. Are there no good fish pies out there? :( Bel's beef pie was SO MUCH nicer... Dang. And at $24, it wasn't cheap either. :/

That being said, Privé Café seems to be more of a breakfast place, so I'll probably head there for breakfast one day. It's really far away though.

Picture with the birthday boy!

Another shot with the birthday boy (:

Thank you for inviting me to your birthday dinner Nic! Catch up soon. (:

April 26, Sunday-April 28, Tuesday