Innovation

I've been a quiet on the blog front recently. It wasn't because of any particular reason, I just didn't really feel the inspiration to post anything despite finding a lot of inspiration from day to day life and taking many photos from events during the holidays. Not being blog-active also gave me the chance to put more pen to paper rather than always punching out letters on a keyboard. This leads me to the next thing, i.e I've decided to change a few things around here. I'm setting myself the challenge of posting weekly illustrations, like the ones above, rather than doing monthly favourites. This is because of two reasons: I've noticed that trying to keep up with monthly favourites induced the mentality that I needed to try new products each month (which will only create a dent in my savings in the long run) and it just off-balanced the content of the blog to being more.."materialistic" (for lack of a better word) rather than a space where I could share experiences- which had been my original intention. While I still keep track of trying new and 'favourite' things, I thought I could combine it with weekly illustrations instead.  

Second reason: I've always liked drawing but I never do it enough. It's a medium that is creativity in its purest form and I thought I needed more practice of it which is why I decided to set myself the challenge of weekly illustrations. (The word "weekly" is slightly daunting, but let's hope I can keep my word).

I thought I would kick-start it all with an illustration of last week where I attended several of my friend's graduations, listened to a few of Don Carson's talks, binge watched the 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' on Netflix, ventured around several food places, went putt-putting and topped the week off with a good workout at Urban Climb. It was a good last week of holiday before uni resumed today. 

This semester will be another hectic one; all the content and exams will be crammed into 9 weeks instead of spread over the 13 weeks because of the six week block placement that will come after the mid-semester break. Keeping with the goal of putting pen to paper, I have also reverted to writing notes in class which I hope will prove to be more efficient method of study for me this semester. It's crazy to think that after this semester, there is just one more year left!