Getting my new tattoo.

Some say tattoo's a form or art, some call it an expression - I call it remembrance. 

Sorry I took so long before I came up with this post guys. At this point in time, I'm not exactly sure if there's still a single soul reading my blog because of my inefficiency and lack of updates - Have been putting so much focus on my school work that I neglected this space of mine that I took years to build.

Sometimes I ask myself if it's worth it; Is it worth it to actually forsake my (pretty) well-paying job for my studies? After all, my passion is still in writing and will school help me realise my goals? What if I don't get the job I want? What if my job doesn't pay as well in future? WHAT IF I CAN'T EVEN GET A JOB? What's a starting pay of $3000 (If I'm lucky enough to hold a degree) today? Will that be enough? At the rate of how everything is increasing significantly in price, can we even afford to buy ourselves a filling meal with $2, 50 years down the road?

I've so many thoughts in mind. What should I do? Should I drop out of school now? But if I do, what if my career goes down? What am I gonna depend on? Should I at least get a cert first? But school is adding so much weight to my shoulders. How am I supposed to maintain a 3.8 GPA while I sustain my position in both my blogging and vlogging career? There's only so much one can do isn't it?

Work wise, I need minimally 3 days to take photos, blog, come up with a script, scout for locations and do up a video. School wise, I spend at least 4 hours a day on my school work. Not to mention, my school starts at 9 everyday and the latest it ends is at 6/8 in the evening. Above all of these that I've to commit, I need time to do my regular activities and spend adequate time with my loved ones too... So what now?

It's crazy! I've accumulated up to 158 chats on whatsapp 280 & texts messages and everyday I get people cursing me for not replying their messages lol. Hahahahaha #sorrynotsorry

It all boils down to perseverance doesn't it? How much I want it. How much time and effort I'm willing to invest just for the life I long for.

I love challenges, I love it when I have so many things to do because I feel driven this way. I feel like I'm living everyday with a purpose. I want to be not only good, but the best at everything I'm doing. It's pressurising, but I WANT IT SO BAD.

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With that said, I got this tattoo to remind myself the obstacles I've faced throughout my life; represented by the mountains.

The wolf in this case, signifies me as a person. How wolves are strong by nature and always excited for challenges. My designer put a lot into the sizes as well, ensuring that the mountains (obstacles) are not too big so that they don't overpower the wolf (me).

Like they say, it's not about the destination but the climb right? The heights are worth the climb because I believe it's gonna be beautiful when I finally reach the summit.

The last 6 years of being exposed to the social media scene wasn't the easiest thing that has ever occurred to me, in fact it was one of the hardest. Can you imagine receiving up to 50 comments a day telling you that you're ugly and all sorts of other nasty comments 6 years ago, at age 13? Hahaha. It was crazy. Sometimes I've no idea how I survived till today.

Which is why I wanted to remember these moments in my life. Struggle, pain, happiness - All the sweet and bitter moments made me who I am today. All in this tattoo. :)

It's amazing how all these were explained in words and translated into an image with the help of my designer.

Done at Primitive Art // Designed by Aeriel // Artist Douglas

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Nineteenth Birthday

In all honesty, I never enjoyed my birthdays when I was younger.

Not sure how it works these days, but I remember how a couple of years back getting flooded on your Facebook timeline was da shittt and yeah that was pretty much just it for me.

You can have 5000 virtual friends who would remember your birthday because of Facebook's reminder but it's nothing compared to receiving phone calls or surprises at 12 midnight from the people you love.

I never had that privilege.

Wasn't until this and last year when I celebrated my birthday with the best people on the planet; Jianhao, Ridhwan, Danial, Julian, Yahya, Charis and Vincent - And it's been nearly 3 years since I first met most of them,

We were close previously but never that close. However, 2014 was the year that changed everything. Jianhao became a big part of my life and the rest followed subsequently.

I became a much happier person, I learnt to be a lot more optimistic about things, I certainly opened my eyes to a whole new world and broadened my horizons; experiencing things I never did for the last 16 years of my life. In two words, 2014 was life-changing.

This year, never would I have expected my birthday to top last year's (since it was already one of the best) but it did. The lineup for the entire week and how the "mysteries" (no one breathed a single word on what was happening) slowly unfolded; all painstakingly planned by this group of people.

Of course it wouldn't have been such an ingenious plan in the first place without the mastermind (JH). :p

Walking into a room filled with 40 over letters from all my fellow media friends and watching the video Hao made for me were probably the highlights of my birthday. (Watch the vid below)

Do you want to be happy? Be around the people who make you feel happy. Actually... HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAOMI NEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moving on, here's an overview of what happened on my birthday eve... 

Was told to make my way to W Hotel the night before but turns out, I received a last min call when I was on my way to Sentosa to go to the golf club instead. Dumbfounded. Really clueless on what was going on. 

Was then picked up by Hao himself from a buggy and (wow) we ended up at one of the Villas of Sentosa Resorts and Spa instead, which was where my next surprise awaited me. Greeting me the moment I opened the doors were the usuals decked up in customised hoodies specially made for my bday lmao.

Here's a pic of how cute it was.

Next, spent the rest of the evening hanging around Resorts world before we headed back in the night when I was given my second cake by the same group of people hahaha. What's funny was that I told them last year that my fav cake was tiramisu, and this year I received a total of 4 tiramisu cakes - Officially tiramisu-sick.

We then proceeded to some games and drinks, my parents and NOC also dropped by later in the night.

Unwrapping presents, tearing from all the love; it was really heartwarming and I never felt this happy for a long time. Felt like my jaw was cramping up.

It was definitely a night to remember.

Thank you Haohao and friends and not forgetting my parents!

Also, for each and everyone of you who wished me, including my classmates who surprised me, I hope you know that I appreciate every single bit of it from the bottom of my heart. I love you guys!!!

This birthday, my only wish is that I would have the ability to continue inspiring and helping the people around me, hoping that in 2015 I would be able to change lives and be an even better person. :D 

Stay tuned to my next post which I will talk more on the reason behind getting my new ink.

Hanoi #3 MERRY X'MAS!

First X'mas away from my family and I won't deny I'm a little homesick.

I miss how Christmas was as a child in my younger days, back then all that could ever bother me was whether my parents got me my favourite toy or not. Christmas lights in town... Remember when they displayed really beautiful decos at Centre point? The huge gingerbread man and also, the snow foam at Tanglin mall? Wish they still had those.

Guess the sentimental side of me becomes extremely prominent whenever it's X'mas. Walking down memory lane and reminiscing these childhood memories just gets me teary and WHOOO, can't believe I'm turning a year older in an exact month's time.

Alright, enjoy the rest of the day wonderful people and have a blessed Christmas xo