failure and success

Lol. Don't worry, I don't think this is an emo post. I just really like how deep-ish the title sounds. Also, I had no idea what else to write–so there's that.

Alrighty! Two months since my last post. I should win an award for inconsistency. Oh, and for procrastination. A lot of things have happened, as usual. The good news? Most of these things are good things and have almost got nothing to do with sadness and loneliness and all that. Hurrah.

But just because, let's start out with the less-than-happy news. So, I haven't told you guys, but during the March holidays, I discovered a Malaysian publisher through research for my I-Search paper for Edison. I found out that they were actually calling for entries for a new collection of short stories they want to publish in October. Now, there was a theme they wanted and a word limit but I won't go into that because of my utter laziness. So I thought, Oh, well, why not? and I came up with this whole story which was both happy and sad but mostly sad. I was happy with my work, and I–with crossed fingers and a heart full of hope–submitted it a week before the deadline. And then the wait came.

About 24 days passed when they finally posted a status update saying they'd read through all the entries and emailed the writers whose stories they'd chosen. With fear and excitement, I quickly went to check my inbox. No email. Nothing. I could feel my heart just shatter into shards of disappointment. I kind of expected this, judging by the fact that I was up against experienced writers and people much older than I was, nevertheless, I felt really let down.

No, I won't be sharing the story here. I may or may not want to edit it a little bit more and use it somewhere else. So that was the bad news.

Good news! Yay. So first things first, and I think this really is a real accomplishment: I finally, finally got over a crush I had on someone for a really long time. It was hard, not gonna lie. Because I really liked him; he was smart and funny at times and kind at times. But yes I'm glad that's over. Wew.

Sigh. I'm happy. A lot of things are looking up for me. School's pretty great (I topped the class in our Bio exam!), my friends are awesome and I love them so much, I'm eating healthier and working out when I can. So yes. I think that's all you need to know about me and my life. Hurrah. Bye. I think I've got to study and start working on my business project AHHAAHHHA.

xx.