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| "Rekt." |
Spiders are pretty incredible, don’t you think?
I could talk about how their patience and determination is a
metaphor for life, but that’s just picking at straws and making it
unnecessarily meaningful (my English teacher, Ms S, would be proud). To be
completely honest, I just think they’re pretty awesome.
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| Forgot how difficult it was to take macro photography. |
I dug out my macro lens for the first time in like, a
century, and decided to actually spend some significant time taking photos in
the backyard today. Not only was it fun to get in touch with my creative side
(it was starting to collect dust in the corner of my brain, really), but I was
able to show my brother the awesome
wonderful fantastic amazingness of biology!! And how badass spiders really
are.
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| Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout |
With a lot of technology and increasing influences of
computers and television, a great proportion of my brother’s childhood has
resorted to ‘facing screens’. Although that is not necessarily a bad thing
(there’s immense potential in using technology, and let’s face it, technology
is here to stay and will only continue to grow in the years to come), the act
of ‘watching’ is much different to the act of ‘doing’ and ‘exploring’. One of
the best things about today was almost being able to pin-point the exact moment my brother’s curiosity
exploded. There’s something quite captivating about a young child exclaiming ‘Woah!!
That’s so AWESOME’ and showing such genuine interest in something. It’s a
feeling I miss, but it’s a sensation that resurfaces every now and again, even
in myself (as it did today).
I’m not entirely sure what I’m saying, really.
It was just great to bond and to see my brother be so
interested in something that I’m inherently also super-interested in. Brings
back the memories of the good ol’ times when I would spend hours just looking
at insects.
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| Check out this awesome moth that we found on the underside of a leaf |
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| Ant picking up a sugar crystal! |
Okay, now for the update.
So life suddenly took a turn for the busy and I’ve found
myself starting to feel the pressure and the stress. But I’m determined to try
and not let it get to me.
With the end of the year soon approaching, there are a lot
of responsibilities to tend to, especially with new MedSoc responsibilities on
top of work, exam stress, and trying to sort my life out. Phew, I need all the
help I can get. I’ve been trying to organise a heapful of things and with the
looming exams and pressures of being official ‘photographer’, I’m starting to
second-guess my abilities.
But this isn’t the first time I’ve felt these feelings of
impeding anxiety – they’ve come many times before, especially in the last year,
and in the end I’ve always managed to get through them. I guess that’s how I
reassure myself that things will be okay, because history and the past has
shown me that it has been okay all those other times.
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| Looks like one of my old photos... Hm. |
Recently I’ve also been trying to get back into photography
and rediscover what makes me tick deep down. Today I took some time out of my
schedule to take some ‘stress relief photography’. Though, arguably, it did
mean I heaped more on my plate, I have no regrets. It’s been such a long time
since I’ve felt this way about photography, so like I said, I’m taking the baby-steps
to rediscover a passion.
Things are getting difficult and getting hard, but that’s
alright. Life isn’t made easy, but it means I’ll have to prioritise and find
out what matters to me, so in the next three weeks I may not find the
opportunity to update this blog, but I’ll return.
Busy busy busy, but we gotta deal with it. Will be back soon!
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| Sometimes I feel like that ant |
Have a great next few weeks. Stay hydrated, take care of
yourself, and enjoy.
-- Manj
“Someday somebody’s gonna
make you want to turn around and say goodbye. Till then baby, are you going to
let them hold you down and make you cry? Don’t you know things’ll change,
things’ll go your way if you hold on for one more day” – Wilson Phillips, ‘Hold
On’
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