Day 121 How this blog was born

Well, in case you forgot, I still have two more exams to go, Corporate risk management and Advanced Corporate Finance. The one coming next is Corporate risk Management, so time to study!

Looking at my schedule, I only have 4 weeks left in Europe, and about 3 weeks left in Helsinki. Time really flies!

This blog has gone THIS FAR. No kidding, I wrote all 121 days of entries, this is the blog that I stick to the most.

This idea of writing a blog entry everyday started when in December of 2009, I asked myself how I could make the most out of this exchange, and make the memories from this exchange last longer. I knew before I come to Helsinki that this exchange (no matter good or bad) will be the most memorable thing in my entire university life, so I had to grasp every moment of it, and write everything down, document everything.

I thought of doing video-blogging, but all the video-cutting and uploading are too much work, and it is too much to take a video of everything. So I decided that is a no, then I thought of writing a journal, like in private. But, I also wanted to share my experience with my parents and friends and let them know what's going on in Helsinki, and that I am having a great time in Helsinki. So I decided that I should go for blogging.

But the thing about blogging is, you write the first few entries, and then you leave your blog untouched, so I had to find a way to get myself motivated at all times to write it. And I thought, I would write a blog everyday, so eventually it would be a habit!

The first 10 entries were easy, because I had nothing to do in the first few days, so in the evening I would just update my blog. But from the 6th entries onward, you get a bit tired, and a bit lazy, but I told myself that I had to keep this blog going (by imagining that a lot of people are reading my blog). After enduring the first 20 entries, updating became a habit, and slowly, I accumulated 30 entries, 50 entries, 60 entries, 80 entries... and I was more and more motivated to keep it going, because I have gone this far.

So this is how this blog was born. I hope everyone of you enjoy reading it!

Day 98 Should I blog for HKUST?

I got an e-mail (probably the rest of the undergraduates in HKUST got it as well) about the HKUST admissions office recruiting student bloggers. They say if you want to become a student blogger, you need to write about 3 blog entries for them per month, and preferably talk about your life as a student in HKUST.

I suppose this is a good thing for HKUST admissions. The potential students get a glimpse of what it is like being a student here, the school might want their expectations to go inline with what they offer. But I don't know if I should blog for the school.

One thing about blogging is, you can write almost everything, and that's for yourself, not for anyone. Your blog represents yourself, and yourself only, you don't speak on behalf of someone or some institutions. I love writing this blog, because it is about me, and it is about how I feel towards my exchange.

What if I am blogging for HKUST, and I want to say something honest? Should I proceed with it? Should I compromise the integrity of my writing (blog)?



But looking at the bright side, they say if I become a blogger for them, they will give me a camera and teach me some professional blogging techniques. To be honest, I don't care about the camera, my camera is new and I don't need another new one, but I would certainly be better off with some kick-ass professional blogging layout and html stuff!

okay, yea, I will apply to become a HKUST student blogger.