Hey?

It's really been a long time since I have checked this account... I finally got the motivation to thank all the people who faved my deviations in my absence. At the end of December, my family and I took a trip to Hong Kong… It has been a long ten years since I last visited (or even a rode a plane). Everything was awesome, and the expensive airplane ticket paid off in a way. Hong Kong can be called a shopping heaven. The transportation there is very efficient as well.

Anyways, back to my absence… There are several reasons. Just like many people on dA, I got quite busy with school. It’s really hard to try your hardest at something that has continued for ten years. The curriculum gets increasingly difficult (I’m enrolling into the International Baccalaureate program). Beside the typical excuse of school, I can also say that I’m going through a “lack of motivation” time period… I don’t feel any confidence in what I draw (not that I had much self-esteem in the beginning anyway)… There are other things going around in my mind, and nothing I draw comes out right. It’s one of those times when you feel like standing out there in front of the ocean and yelling everything out. Maybe it sounds like I’m being one of those overly-pessimistic people trying to grab peoples’ attention with angsty statements. But hey, I’m sorry, that’s what I feel sometimes. I fear people who are happy all the time.

I’m not sure if I’ll ever find time to add more deviations here, but I have a few ready that I’m submitting. One of them was done for a school assignment, but I’m proud of it. And I’m just going to try my best.

Thank you to everyone who has continued watching me (or just didn’t feel like deleting people off their watch list) and I hope everyone is enjoying their day ^^

~Hope-and-Fate

PS I'm attending Anime Evolution @SFU, British Columbia, Canada this summer (= My first time attending a convention~