It's been quite a while since I've last posted anything. I do have a very reasonable and valid explanation.  Reason being, fashion design, regardless of whether it is a first year course, takes up your entire life, social lie, everything from cutting your dinner down to a 20 minute munch to a 6 hour sleep cycle every night. But anyway, friday marked the last day of my first year at university. And saturday was the start of my 4 month summer vacation! Well, not exactly a vacation but nonetheless, a much better 4 months than what I have been having the past 8 months. 

There is work assigned for summer, of course. Why would there not be? Research for the next tailoring project for the first project of second year. And on top of that, probably some job if I can find any work in Hong Kong. All the spendings on shopping the last few months have been quite shocking. To ease that guilt, I think I should start earning some extra money over the 4 month break. 

But yes, this pretty much marks the end of my first year at university and boy did it fly by quick. It's odd because as much as I am excited to go home, it does not feel like I had been living here for a year but rather just a few months. Here I am now, the room pretty much bare with everything packed into the new house for next year. I will be hopping onto the plane on monday afternoon and on tuesday afternoon, I will be home. With my Seven. 

It's scary how quick a year has flown by. What's even scarier on top of that is actually how much I have done (each project and in total) as well as how much I have learnt. How much that has all changed me. I started off the year with the typical tank tops, sneakers, skinnies or shorts type of thing but here I am now, a year from then, buying fancy trousers, dresses, interesting draped tops, it's odd. What's even funnier is when I look back at what I used to wear, or what I brought with me from home, here I am sitting here thinking, "what on earth was I thinking wearing all these things?!" They aren't god awful, they are just so normal compared to everything else I've recently bought. Already, the course is changing my outlook on my dress sense and style each day. One thing I am hoping that has stayed the same, is my ego. I do not intend to allow fashion to turn me into one of the typical, shallow, egotistical people. I do judge some individuals on what their wearing, as my roomie and I would call it, people watching. But that is as far as I will allow myself to go, whatever that I wish to say can stay inside my head, especially if it's not exactly the nicest thing in the world to say. 

So yeah, I would say this year's been a blast. Despite all the pain, stress, lack of sleep and whatever else you can fit in here because the list is endless, I am glad I have survived it. I have successfully finished the first year with grades that I am very pleased and to be honest, shocked about. Considering everyone took an extra year before the degree, I thought I was going to end up a snail playing catch up. But the end results are, I am at a lost for words. 

And a little extra on top of it all, some work ended up on display and my Warehouse garment was featured in the first/second year fashion show. I am pleased with my results, especially considering the amount of effort that was put in. All the blood (literally, from all the pinning and sewing), sweat and tears. Times when I actually was about to mentally crack which of course happened with this last project where I just walked out of that sewing room and took the entire afternoon off and never came back. Or that other morning where I was so close to breaking every machine in that room and storming out. 

Perseverance. Patience. The other two important things I have picked up from this year. I'll admit, I'm still a shit sewer, I can't sew to save my life but at least I am trying and still hanging in there, by a thread. I wouldn't say I've gotten any more patient but I think at least now I have found a way to deal with times when I am about to snap. Step away from the machine and mannequin, deep breaths for a few minutes, and then go back to it. We'll see how it goes with next year's added workload and stress. I might just have to take even more desperate and serious measures. For those out thinking fashion's easy, I won't lie it is a lot of hard work but the results will show if you genuinely work hard for it. 

So that's it for my little rant for now because it's 1:04 in the morning and I would like to snuggle into bed and have a good night's sleep.

And with that, I end this post with a goodnight to you all. Expect to see another rant again, in a couple months time when I finally am in the mood or have the time to get to it.


Something I nearly forgot, I've recently uploaded all my work onto my tumblr so if you haven't already or if you're feeling a little bored and wish to do something nice, do drop by the blog.

Now seriously, goodnight.