@joodlely

It goes that one fine day, I received this instagram follow request from an illustration account and I have got a really strong feeling the account's created by a poly friend of mine (she's a mutual friend of a few of those in the following list even tho her own personal account's nowhere to be seen) and I dropped her a text to ask if the account's hers and it really is!! She was like HOW YOU KNOWWW LOL well, I guess it's the seasoned private investigator in me at work

In all honesty, her drawings are defo cute and I wish I can draw like her!! She now draws portraits at a fee (whether you are very single or as a sweet couple she charges the same fee) and I jumped at it right away!! I think it's nice to support a friend this way, especially when Im into anything creative myself, and Im also just really excited to see how the portrait will turn out in the end (:

Im glad that my friend's receptive to my feedback and suggestions, cause I really love the end product!! She got my smile right the first time, but I was like can make my eyebrows thicker and my eyes shinier ????? Not so droopy too, pretty please and see what we have got here!! — a pretty 2D Zhi Bing HAHAHA I seriously think her flowers wreath can be her account's USP (unique selling point) when it comes to the self-portraits, whatcha think ????? Im only posting my own portrait here, but you can check her illustration account out on instagram @joodlely

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When they don that mortarboard

Everyone's saying how the value of degrees have dropped in recent years coz there are just TOO MANY graduates out there on the streets, and how even our own government's actually NOT encouraging people to further their studies, it suddenly feels like spending a longer time studying in a local public university is a brave thing to do when a different route (say a considerably shorter time in a private institution, why not right) will most probably yield the same results i.e. starting salary. Then again, it boils down to the field of study and this is not what I wanna talk about. What Im saying is, those are not reasons to erase anyone's efforts, no matter which route we chose. We all know how fucked up this system is, so please take a moment to celebrate this milestone.

ADELINE

YAIHUI

ZIXIN

JOANNE

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This year, it's a record of three trips to NUS university cultural centre for the commencement of two secondary school friends and two polytechnic friends. It's funny how my friends who entered local university are all in NUS and Im the only one who joined my Sis at NTU!!! And how Zx mentioned she hasn't even been to UCC before this, when I think I had been there FOUR times hahaha (plus Xy's commencement back in 2013). I believe I have said before graduation ceremonies are so so beautiful and I take back my words now. It is graduation itself that is beautiful. I think generally the ceremonies are plain boring. Soo looking forward to Pq's later in the year which means more pictures to come!! 

And with that, cheers to education and learning, forevermore (: