I decided that when I went into full-time freelance writing/editing earlier this year, I had to overcome the fear of revealing my own voice. As such, I begun to write more of my "own things" and just forced on some shameless skin about showing these words to other people. I did this because I didn't want to forget why I love words so much, and I wanted to be bolder about self-expression and receiving criticism and/or rejection in order to grow. And I'm grateful for this little perk of … [Read more...]
Wednesday
The Politics of Work
October 12th, 2011
Last weekend marked the completion of one of the projects I've been working on these past couple of months. It was the opening of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (SYSNMH), and I helped with the media content of this revamped heritage site. I love history, I love interesting characters and I love dramatic stories. This job scope had all these things, and gave me new insights on how to approach writing for different media platforms (my best friend's name is Succinct). I think the idea of … [Read more...]
Saturday
Strangers in the Park
October 1st, 2011
This was a challenging article. For one, my husband and I embarked on this trip to Taman Negara knowing that we weren't really of the National Geographic calibre. There wasn't going to be scaling of tumultuous mountains or cuddling of orang utans. The only possible story angle based on our limitations was to truthfully position us as urban wussies. The editor found this "entertaining" and played it up. Despite all my dramatic scenic descriptions (see next point) of Taman Negara, he chose to … [Read more...]