I’ve always been a believer in doing what you’re passionate about,
expressing yourself how it bubbles out of you best,
dressing how you feel for the day,
and brave from being a typical stereotype.
If you hate your job and want to be a DJ, why not?
If you feel like you want to dye your hair blue, why not?
The thing is… a lot of people don’t realise that nothing is really holding them back.
Except fear.
Fear of what?
Failure?
Best you could do then is shrug it off and go, “Well, at least i tried!” and move on to trying something else!
People said a kiddy-themed party like Cat Got Your Tongue may be too childish
But we said, ‘Screw you!’ and did it anyway
Now we do it once every two months at Zouk.
Some people said it’s too hard being a DJ and takes a lot of practice
Sarah Chan and i agreed,
But who said you had to be a real DJ to play the music you adore at a party?
We ended up starting SalahWrong for fun and have since played at Palate Palette, Cloth & Clef, Zouk and even Johore (haha)
Someone told me girls shouldn’t be bald when i did so last December
I got all sorts of comments and stares from people when i walked around
But i never regretted it
Not even for a second
Some people thought a local fashion blog would be a great idea
And some said it would take money, too much work, bla bla bla
Nothing comes free
Luckily Adrian Yap of Freeform believed in the idea the moment he heard it
And took me in to the Freeform family to start Tongue in Chic up
In the span of less than a year we’ve garnered clients like
LG, Rimmel, Levi’s, Bulgari, adidas, and Dior, to name a few
Many are afraid of being labeled as ‘different’, ‘weird’ or ‘strange’ when they want to try new things
So what?
If anything, i think you should never be afraid of standing out
Because when you are rid of that fear, the potential to do things you’re capable of is greater.
Nuffnang and Tiger have come together to create a moment where everyone is encouraged to standout in life at the Standout ยญ With Tiger & Nuffnang Party, where everyone is outstanding in their own way.
STAND OUT!
WITH TIGER AND NUFFNANG
Date of Event : 6th of June 2009 (Saturday)
Time : 7pm till late
Venue : HQnine, TTDI Plaza, KL
Dress Code : Standout
This is your chance to be a standoutย
Some really cool prizes will be given out that night – a HP Notebook, Coach bag, 5x Nintendo DS Lite, an XBOX 360 – to those that really stand out that night!
This exclusive party will only be open to invited bloggers only.
To get a pair of invites, blog on what a standout you are in life,
whether it’s being able to recite the alphabet from back to front easily,
to making up your own formula to count the distance between planets in the solar system.
Nobody will laugh and nothing is too strange!
Read more details at nuffnang.com.my/standout
For once (because i don’t think i have before), I will be attending this bloggers’ party.
1 clue to what’s part of my dress theme: colour, and lots of it!
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Whoa… what an inspiring post! Got me thinking!! ๐
inspirational piece ๐
wow u coming also!
see u there!!!
very inspiring !
Saw ur interviews on Men’s health Magazine
It is part of standout too~ ;p
Loved the post… and some points you made really hit notes.
I’ll be graduating soon… which means career choices and whatnot!
Will probably end up going down the conventional path though- fear of failure, fear of disappointing the parents, fear of the unknown or just fear that grass always seems greener on the other side… I really don’t know. :S
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