Dolce Vita ♥

I just read someone's blog regarding their "experience" with depression. Now I have absolutely no right to judge whether or not someone is having depression or not but by seeing that blog post even a blind man can tell that THAT isn't depression. It hurts to see how many people taking depression ever so lightly. What is depression exactly? I don't know for sure but I definitely know depression isn't a one-off thing that happens once or twice. It actually happens throughout. I wonder how most people perceive depression as nowadays. It's definitely not something to joke around with. Most people say they have depression just because of that one incident that happened. I was unhappy with that blog post because that particular person wrote as if doing something that will distract you will cure depression. It won't. Curing depression takes time. Depression doesn't happen in a day and it doesn't get cured in a day as well. People who have real d...

This is not a post on how to design, but rather what to expect when you start doing design work for people rather than yourself. For example, a University club. So yes. This is basically what I've learnt so far from joining TEDxSunwayUniversity and maybe SAC too...? When I first saw the promotion poster, I merely joined just for fun. They asked me to design something and after countless changes I gave up. I said no, I'm not joining the club anymore because it's too draining, but that was because at that time I was busy with other priorities as well. The president persuaded me so I stayed. Here are the things I learnt:  1. No one is going to be satisfied with your first draft.  Yep. No matter how satisfied you are with your own design, once it's handed in, there is bound to be comments. LOTS of comments. Simple things from "Oh make it centralized thanks" to harsh comments like "Why is there a brain there? Remove it." It can be very daunting a...