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Embracing Perfection and Passion: My Story with WayV and Graduate School

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It's been months since I haven't been able to write a blog due to my hectic schedule with both work and my graduate school on weekends. A lot has happened  in those few months.  -First Semester of my MBA journey- The first semester has just finished, and final grades are out. Thankfully, I got 1.25 in all my subjects.  However, I was unsure of what to feel. Out of five individual assignments, I got 7 out of 10 in the final one, while the rest were all 10. In the final team assignment I facilitated, we only scored 19 out of 20, while the rest of our team assignments were perfect marks. Should I be happy about it or disappointed that it wasn't perfect? This perfectionist side may stem from intense academic expectations I faced growing up. The memories of my grades from university, ranging from perfect 1.0s to a failing 5.0, still echo in my mind.  One thing's for sure: when things got overwhelming, I turn to WayV as my safe space to relax and reset as a way to conquer ...

Woes of a K-Pop Fan

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Months ago, a friend convinced me to check out the survival show, Universe League . Wherein a Filipino contestant, JL , has been giving outstanding performances—wowing his fellow trainees and the directors of the show. Eventually, earning the number one spot to debut in the upcoming K-Pop group, AHOF . Through this show, I rediscovered my love for K-Pop music and production, something I had set aside for the past 5 years. Thanks to Universe League, I found myself crawling back to listening to  WayV, where its members Ten and Yang Yang are the directors of JL's Team, Rhythm, and RIIZE , whose song "Siren" was performed excellently by the trainees during the first round. Rediscovering K-Pop Rediscovering K-Pop made me remember the days when no one around you can comprehend how a person can listen to a song in a language they don't understand.  Also, those were the days on how one can easily connect or have a conversation with someone whose also into K-Pop. Therefore,...