Happy New Year!!
The year kicked off to a fantastic start! I was in touch with my best friends, who I tend to see off and on all year and last night I saw them all. I managed to sleep in to 11am this morning waking up to an awesome view of the beach from my best friends place. We then watched the Ellen Degenres show plus other quality mid day tv shows while reading the biography of Mick Fanning (which was actually quite interesting), playing Nintendo DS, and eating Cheese toasties with chips.
Yes... this year has got off to a rocking start. =]
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Love It!
Did you happen to miss some of the most over played songs of 2009?
Well never fear because DJ Earworm has done another United Song of Pop remix, and it is totally awesome!
Highly recommend you listen to it =]
Friday, December 11, 2009
I won! and I'm speechless - which is rare.
Well today along with discovering Blogger's new edit set-up I was also let in on some very very good news. Turns out that the hard work I've put into a certain competition over the past couple of months has paid off!!
I was a competitor amongst an assortment of other talented bloggers in a competition presented by Murdoch to find their official blogger of 2010. The winner would also take home an internship with Sunset Events. It was the internship I had my eyes on, though I will admit the official title of "Murdoch Blogger 2010" was quite enticing. I was with my friend Steff at the time I spotted the Murdoch flyer recruiting bloggers to participate in the competition. We were attracted by the colours and the pictures on the flyer, and despite the prize I just thought it would be an awesome competition to enter judging by the awesomeness of said flyer. "Omg Jess! This is like awesome for you! Win an internship with Sunset Events... That's like you're dream job!!!"
Steff was right... and I basically couldn't refuse an opportunity that may lead to my dream career. I first thought that about 100 students would enter. I didn't understand why someone wouldn't want to enter! So there I am thinking about 100 students have entered this competition and it's going to be a low brow thing and no one will read my blog anyway. Boy was I wrong... Next thing I know there's a web page. And on the web page is photos, including my photo along with about 15 others. It was then I realised that people vote for you to help you win the competition, my heart sunk... How was I going to rally peoples support to vote for me? Firstly, that means finding people and not just people, people that care! Secondly, this website is getting me attention, and I may be a little happy and loud at times but as soon as I realise people are noticing I tend to quieten the hell down. So at this stage I was feeling a little uneasy about the road ahead.
I've never considered myself a particularly creative person, so entering a competition that required me to write blogs was pushing my limits a little too far... or so I thought anyway. Turns out I really enjoyed writing, making videos and taking photos. I placed second in one of the assignments which pushed my confidence up a little after watching the other bloggers do really well. I didn't think I had a chance at winning the competition after reading the blogs of other competitors. The other bloggers were so creative, and their writing was really interesting. I felt like I had to go above and beyond if I was going to have a chance at winning. So in the final assignment I gave it my all. I had no excuse, I had finished uni and I had no exams.
Steff and I went to Murdoch on one of the few hot days, stood in the sun and drew line by line the word practical. "This better be worth it!" We both gasped as we wiped the sweat from our faces. Well turns out... it was. I sit here with a huge smile across my face struggling to find words that explain how happy, excited, and appreciative I am.
It has just been announced that I am Murdoch University's Official Blogger for 2010. I've also one my "dream job" which is an internship at Sunset Events. I know it took a little while to get here, considering the heading states that I'm speechless, but I just needed to describe how I felt three months ago compared to what I feel right now. I am much more confident with my writing and I expect to write some killer essays next year. I'm also in a position where I can no longer say "I can't". Because I did.
So finally, I would like to say thank you to everyone that voted. Thank you to everyone that voted twice. Thank you to everyone that asked their friends and family to vote. Thank you to Stephanie Chong for helping me out with the practical side of blogging. A big thank you to the organisers who gave me the opportunity to win such an amazing prize. And lastly thank you to the other bloggers for being such tough competitors and making this competition a real challenge.
Jess xx
I was a competitor amongst an assortment of other talented bloggers in a competition presented by Murdoch to find their official blogger of 2010. The winner would also take home an internship with Sunset Events. It was the internship I had my eyes on, though I will admit the official title of "Murdoch Blogger 2010" was quite enticing. I was with my friend Steff at the time I spotted the Murdoch flyer recruiting bloggers to participate in the competition. We were attracted by the colours and the pictures on the flyer, and despite the prize I just thought it would be an awesome competition to enter judging by the awesomeness of said flyer. "Omg Jess! This is like awesome for you! Win an internship with Sunset Events... That's like you're dream job!!!"
Steff was right... and I basically couldn't refuse an opportunity that may lead to my dream career. I first thought that about 100 students would enter. I didn't understand why someone wouldn't want to enter! So there I am thinking about 100 students have entered this competition and it's going to be a low brow thing and no one will read my blog anyway. Boy was I wrong... Next thing I know there's a web page. And on the web page is photos, including my photo along with about 15 others. It was then I realised that people vote for you to help you win the competition, my heart sunk... How was I going to rally peoples support to vote for me? Firstly, that means finding people and not just people, people that care! Secondly, this website is getting me attention, and I may be a little happy and loud at times but as soon as I realise people are noticing I tend to quieten the hell down. So at this stage I was feeling a little uneasy about the road ahead.
I've never considered myself a particularly creative person, so entering a competition that required me to write blogs was pushing my limits a little too far... or so I thought anyway. Turns out I really enjoyed writing, making videos and taking photos. I placed second in one of the assignments which pushed my confidence up a little after watching the other bloggers do really well. I didn't think I had a chance at winning the competition after reading the blogs of other competitors. The other bloggers were so creative, and their writing was really interesting. I felt like I had to go above and beyond if I was going to have a chance at winning. So in the final assignment I gave it my all. I had no excuse, I had finished uni and I had no exams.
Steff and I went to Murdoch on one of the few hot days, stood in the sun and drew line by line the word practical. "This better be worth it!" We both gasped as we wiped the sweat from our faces. Well turns out... it was. I sit here with a huge smile across my face struggling to find words that explain how happy, excited, and appreciative I am.
It has just been announced that I am Murdoch University's Official Blogger for 2010. I've also one my "dream job" which is an internship at Sunset Events. I know it took a little while to get here, considering the heading states that I'm speechless, but I just needed to describe how I felt three months ago compared to what I feel right now. I am much more confident with my writing and I expect to write some killer essays next year. I'm also in a position where I can no longer say "I can't". Because I did.
So finally, I would like to say thank you to everyone that voted. Thank you to everyone that voted twice. Thank you to everyone that asked their friends and family to vote. Thank you to Stephanie Chong for helping me out with the practical side of blogging. A big thank you to the organisers who gave me the opportunity to win such an amazing prize. And lastly thank you to the other bloggers for being such tough competitors and making this competition a real challenge.
Jess xx
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