Partly out of procrastination..

After giving it quite a bit of thought.. I've decided to create a new blog..

I don't think I'm ready to give up blogging entirely yet but at the same time I think it's time to shut this blog down..

So if you're still reading this blog (though I doubt anyone is :p) and would like to continue reading my random thoughts head over to http://ellenczy.wordpress.com :)

I thought I'd give wordpress a try but after posting my first post there I realise I don't really like their emoticons ..and it isn't as customisable as I thought it'd be but maybe I haven't explored all the functions yet so perhaps when I have more time I'll tweak it a bit more to suit my taste..

But yea.. 6 years is quite a long time, maintaining a blog (though I haven't been actually maintaining it properly.....)
This blog is filled with so many memories..the pain, the joy..
But I think it's time to move on..

I won't be deleting this blog but this shall be my last post here..

A new beginning..

-llen- 

joys of being sentimental..

I usually think of being sentimental as a form of..weakness? It doesn't really come with a neutral feeling but somehow it feels kinda mushy and gives off the vibe of being unable to move forward and get on with life..

I admit to being quite sentimental. I think about the past a lot but even then I still find myself forgetting so much stuff..

I was going through some folders on my desktop and I found the personal statement I wrote when I applied to transfer to UoE .. I guess it reminded me of why I chose to pursue this subject and it's such a shame that I forgot all about it along the way coz I think it's the biggest reason why I didn't do so well in the past two years.. I lost my motivation, my focus, my drive. Studying Economics felt kind of meaningless for a while because it didn't really seem applicable..

This year I "realised" that I was drawn to the policy side of Economics..but looking at my personal statement, I seem to have been that way all along! (I actually wrote that I was interested in learning about the policies that different countries adopt to tackle the financial crisis).. so I didn't really realise it but I was just reminded of it... (I don't think words can convey the amazement I felt when I read that part, that the 19 year old already felt that way..)

It's all coming to an end soon, just when I was starting to enjoy it..Now I wish I'd read that personal statement everytime I felt demotivated.. but it's time to move on..

But going back to being sentimental... I guess it doesn't have to be a bad thing, it might give you a pleasant surprise :) 

-llen-  

inspired..

Exams in less than a month but.. I still watch videos now and again :p

BUT! the video that I watched might be somewhat related to my course so it's not a total waste of time I suppose..
Anyways, the point of this post is not about my procrastination but it's about the video itself..
This semester I took Development Economics and just fell in love with Economics all over again.. there was a point in my education where I just felt like I was studying something quite pointless because theory and reality seldom match up.. while it's not that different in Development Econ but it felt more meaningful, trying to understand the behaviours of the poor and trying to understand what could help to eradicate poverty..

So the lecturer mentioned a particular video from the Why Poverty series on Africa but I thought all the videos in the series were pretty interesting.. but the one I just watched was the Solar Mamas video

It's about giving a few women from rural areas around the world (for example Jordan, Colombia, Burkina Faso) education so that they can bring solar technology to their villages.. with their education they can then teach the other women in their villages and that will give them a way to get a source of income and perhaps a way out of poverty..
I guess what I felt from watching the video was that, we take so many things for granted.. In many places around the world today men are still the dominant one in the household even if they may not make the best decisions... We're given so many opportunities and so much comfort in life and yet we complain it isn't enough..
I'm grateful for everything I have but I also wish that someday, I'll be able to do something that can contribute to poverty eradication in some way...

someday..

-llen- 

musings on the magic of maroon 5..

when maroon 5 started becoming popular (which felt like such a long time ago!! probably sometime in primary school..) i was one of their fans.. i still am a fan but i don't listen to all of their songs...

so as i was learning the uke i was interested in learning their songs..and i noticed that most of their songs only have 3-4 chords, following the same progression over and over again.. and yet they're really catchy and fun to play, fun to sing..

i guess this is just me being amazed, maybe coz i don't do much research into music composition and all..but i just found it amazing that 3-chord songs can sound so nice and catchy :3


-llen-