Wow. I went to watch Crazy Rich Asian movie with my friends recently and it was my early birthday gift. I was actually very reluctant to watch because I usually don't watch chick-lit movies in the cinema because they don't worth my money. Haha. That's how I feel unless I go watch at the promo price during the day but still I was reluctant.

Until my girlfriends were insisting and that was the only movie that was available in our free time. So what the heck, my friend decided to buy it as my early birthday gift because she wanted to see me in the movie.

Yes. That was another reason I didn't want to watch. Because I was afraid to see myself in the movie. It will be either blurred or not at all. I was lucky that I was able to spot myself but my partner was clearly seen in one scene.

I was actually given 4 other shooting dates but I could not make it due to my work commitment. I was indeed sad and disappointed but to be in the screen all I needed was just one shoot. And somehow god did answer my prayer. It's like one item can be crossed in my bucket list: To be in a Hollywood movie.

But maybe I should aim higher that is to have a role in an international movie. But acting is hard. I could not fully immerse myself in a role and I somewhat know it's not my cup of tea. I don't want to be a one-expression-only actor. I want to be versatile but I know I can't lose myself in the role. I am very logical in a way that I know what I am doing... and I am usually in a way improv acting. I act best without a script. All I need is background information of the character. Memorising script and saying them on cue is too robotic for me. I am still trying to put myself in that box.

There are other series, movies and advertisements that you can spot me but I won't be sharing much about them because I am scared to see my own performance. HAHA.

I don't even tell many of my friends and family members because they are not supportive of me and they have hurt me with words.

Sometimes keeping your dreams closer to you will do so much better for ourselves. I don't see the point of proving that I can. It's not necessary. If you are hungry for it, you know you will excel. Even if you don't, the knowledge you gain won't go to waste. It would be knowledge added to our brain department. No loss at all because if we don't make a mistake we won't know what we want right?

Acting may not be my cup of tea but that doesn't mean I won't keep trying because who knows I will get a role that I am really suited for.

So aim for the sun and hope to get burn with passion in return. HAHA.

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To date, I have been hearing things that are totally not pleasant to the ears and I have been writing about it endlessly. A few days ago I got another one which I don't really like at all. Maybe it was meant well but I just don't want to see that part because I am fed up of listening to others. Nothing comes out well for me if I do so.

So what was said?

My friend and I were talking about instagramming, the followers number, how to increase bla. And suddenly my creativity style was being judged. If you are instagrammer, you would know that the prerequisite to get more followers is to have a theme and stick to one filter. If you see mine, I have no such thing. Mine is so random; from traveling picture to minimalist posts. I just thought life on instagram would be a waste for just being one dimension. And sometimes each picture has different filter because no one filter suits all. So, I got irritated when I was being told that I should not try to follow the trend or some photography effect I saw on IG. The justification was all those popular IG tend to have only one style. So why am I experimenting this and that? Why can't I?

Yea. Why cannot? I don't see why not. There are so many effects out there I would like to try.

I don't know why this episode stuck in my head for days. But I can feel this is forming a cage around me. It took me so long to trust my judgment when comes to editing my pictures. At the beginning, I could hear this friend's words (it's not nice) in my head whenever I took picture on my own or editing. It was a nightmare. I felt crippled and I have to tell myself Nike motto all the time.

As time passes, I learnt on my own to edit by watching youtube or just playing around with Lightroom. I now able to edit the pictures nicely until I have too many versions of the same picture. Haha.

I told another friend about this. Her opinion is this person thinks his advise is the best. Well my conclusion is he has found his style and he forgot that I am still exploring. AND I am not a boring person who settles for the same old thing.

Why am I bothered to begin with? Because I cannot understand why would a person says such thing. Don't they realise they are limiting others? I am sure they don't because they have been conditioned like that too so they are just doing the same thing to others. Pay it forward, unappreciated.

So what's forward for me? A training for me to defend myself from such people. Maybe I need this because maybe I would meet more such people like this.

I think I am just being too nice to this people for not slashing them.

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I don't feel like waking up for a long time. If only I have a remote control to decide when I can get up.

I know my mind was just screaming fOr help just now and yet I could nOt tell anyone about it. My family would only tell me to die.

Why do I allow myself to suffer so many years mentally under my mother? I think it's time for another cord cutting with my mother. I don't wake up the next day and other days. I want rest.

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Recently I have been looking up for tutorials in making certain filers for instagram. Seriously it can be a full time job. It takes me hours to decide what filter to use while my other friends did it so fast.

Haha. I am just a pain in the ass perfectionist.

Here's a tutorial that I want to know how to whiten a picture.



Do you have Instagram?

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I see choices.

I see hope.

I see that the choices that I make will bring me closer to a better reality be it for myself, people surrounding me and even nation.

My left inked finger shows a choice I made for my nation more than 30 days ago. I chose not to surrender to a reality that I am not aligned with.

My role as participant of change is far from over. It's just being changed to audience role.

I will still be observing...

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So what are the words that being said to me which I did great injustice to myself?

1. "So I didn't know you have been busy sleeping around."

What did I say before that? "Yea, yesterday I went yumcha with my girl and boy friends.

We were just instagramming and catching up. Right.

2. "You are being so rude."

What did I say before that? Just poking your radio. Ok my fault. But you said so many mean words like "Oh she has no talent at all" to you group of friends after introducing me. Another famous one is "I don't like your confidence."

Of course, mind you. I was just providing snippets of the conversations.

3. "Oh you are just being picky"

What did I say after that instead of slapping you? Well, everyone wants to have a happy ending including me. Don't you agree?

You just can't simply get your friend to marry someone for the sake of having a relationship for God sake. If you are happily married, I am very happy for you but why pressure others?

If you are concerned about my welfare, why not say it like you really mean it instead of a patronising tone?

I am picky, so? If the guy who is tackling me is violent, abusive and a narcissist, should I still say YES to them? I should say yes even though I know they will ABUSE me physically, mentally and emotionally during marriage? Yes? Just for the sake of 'getting married'? If you were me, would you do it?

Whose fucking brilliant idea is that?

So tell me, how should I handle such friends?

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