First of September, first day of college and my first ever blog post. *squeals*
I am officially a Fashion Stylist student in Istituto di Moda Burgo, Jakarta. I didn’t say Fashion Design because i don’t only design/draw outfits but i also make them. Thus this course I’m taking is like a 2 in 1 course (Fashion Design+ Pattern Making). My course is approximately 2 years long and I’m supposedly having half of my course in Milan. Long story short, i’m a freaking fashion student!! No more maths, physics or history.
Anyways, let me tell you about my first day. I wasn’t really nervous because it took me one and a half hour to my college and so my nerves died down a little bit in the midst of traffic, for the first time ever I’m thankful of the traffic. On the way there, I thought to myself today is the day that I will find out if fashion is really what I should be doing (even though it's too late because I paid my college fee already) because if today I struggle with my tasks and have the mindset of “ I have to draw this” instead of “I want to draw this” and its going to be one long boring day for me then I would have my life as a one long boring hell. I was late for 15 mins but the teacher greeted me with a smile. The place is very cozy and everyone seemed to be busy with their own tasks so they didn’t really pay attention to the last one-stranded blondie and that made me feel comfortable with the college in an instant. I sat at a roundtable and faced the window. The view showed the metropolitan side of Jakarta, even though it was all buildings no greeneries, I didn’t mind it at all. They stuck a few of the seniors’ designs near the window and so I got to look at it for the whole day. Those drawings served as an inspiration for me. Once I settled down, my teacher told me to bring out the book the college provided exclusively for their students. Then she told me to try to copy/draw the human anatomy just like in the book. Honestly, I thought that was the hardest thing she could tell a first timer to do, especially a first timer like me. I SUCK at drawing human figures … and you might think why then did i pick fashion design. Yes at first I hesitated to take this path because of this but surprisingly, it was not that hard. Although it took me well and hour and a half to finish (three human anatomies from different angles), the teacher nodded once she looked at my work as if saying “not bad”, she only did a few corrections and told me to continue and copy the next drawing. So it went on like that. There was a break between 12 to 1 pm and since my college is in a mall, it was not a problem to find lunch. There were a few restaurants but my fave perk of having my college in mall was that there was a supermarket in it!! I can simply buy fruits or snacks at anytime of the day *woot woot*. I came back early from lunch as I was so eager to finish my task. Overall, I spent around 6 hours to draw 8 human figures *pats myself in the back*. Despite my aching neck, I enjoyed my first day and I don’t think it could’ve been any better.
So, that was my first article on the blog. to be honest, I don’t intend to be a professional fashion blogger in the future. Not because I’m against it or anything. This blog simply serves as a space for me to one day in the future, maybe 5 years later, i get to go through and see my whole journey since day one. Thus, “for her future’s reminiscence"
