Inspiring Visit from Kent Corbell

So, I'm back after 3 months of neglecting my blog.

Yesterday, a guy named Kent Corbell came to LASALLE. He is the architect-engineer-designer-electrical guy that helped make Universal Studios Singapore. Interested, me and my friends came to his...seminar. Which turned out to be inspiring.

Basically, he motivates us to expand our knowledge, as in to be curious about everything that happens around us. And he also likes to position himself in the Gap, which is the Gap between Theory and Practice. He encourages us to put ourselves in uncomfortable position as often as possible, be it a mere action of asking WHY, or working with people you don't usually work with, plunge in an area that is totally unfamiliar and working with the impossibles.

He asked a question of "Where is you gap NOW?"
I was sitting in the first row and had an answer, but too cowardly to actually put my hands up and share my thoughts. Especially because more than half of my lecturers are there. For my answer is this, "I actually don't know why I'm here. Because unlike you, i don't know what my real talents are. I mean, you've been 'the mechanical guy' since you were little.

I play the piano, I can solve math calculations, I read Raymond Chang and understand chemistry, I love Biology and can explain about mitosis and meiosis, I also love the arts and that pretty much explained why I applied here, I understand technology, I can relate well to different kinds of people, I also LOVE fashion...

Basically if, and only IF, my parents say..." YOU HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR" or "YOU HAVE TO BE A BUSINESS WOMAN", I can just study whatever Science, or Business, or Computer Engineering or whatever, and actually pass with a Bachelor's degree, BUT never with a summa cum laude. It's like, I don't know where I'm REALLY good at. But, where do I ACTUALLY belong??"

Reasons for me to not say that out loud:
- i don't wanna be seen as this "cocky Level 1 student"
- my lecturers are there. what IF they think that "wow, this girl isn't really serious about studying Interior Design"
- i just made some FRIENDS. and i'm pretty sure they'd flee from me after they listen to THAT.

And, in positioning myself in the uncomfortables, does that mean I can break the norms? Does that mean that I should express my ideas freely and not care about people around me?

I don't know. Maybe I just think too far and all that. But those are questions from the deep abyss of my heart. And yes, I would really like to have the answers to those.