The Start of the Year!

Hello everyone!

Just a brief intro, the name's Raymond from Malaysia. I'm currently studying in Sunway University as a psychology student. Some of you may know that prior to this blog, I have another one called 'Sequential Life of a Geek'. Yes, I am a geek and I'm proud of it. Anyhow, this point of this new blog is to start anew and this time 'round, I have decided to focus on Lego bricks as my theme.

Now since young, I simply adore Lego. Nothing puts a big smile on my face than the mere sight of Lego. Hence, a few days ago, I thought to myself, "why not restart my blog with a Lego theme". What I meant here is that I will still write about my life and et cetera but I will use Lego minifigures or bricks to represent them. Of course, there will be times when I will post non-Lego related pictures or events (it's still my personal blog). Moreover, I will also introduce new Lego sets to avid fans just to keep them in the loop (not that they won't know about it before I do).

Well, as it's first day of 2013, what better way to start off the blog than building a Lego-themed new year.

It begins with a 2. It looks like an amalgamation of mechanical-look-a-like bricks put together. Indeed, it is. Personally, this symbol reflects on all the constructs, both figuratively and physically, I'm going to build in the future. Of course, no tasks are effortless. Constructs that we build are products of our desires and wants and what we want to bring to life.

Now the second Lego pieces that I put together is this. From the looks, it's a no-brainer that it symbolizes growth. Again, it's the new year. Everything should start anew. Even with old problems that we might have encountered in 2012, we should look forward to 2013 and restart our life. By beginning anew, who knows, your future may be more fruitful and prosperous than before.

Now, this may seem simplistic in design but it has huge meaning behind it. As you can see, these two minifigures are striving to reach to the top - their finish line.With the new year at our doorsteps, it is inevitable that we have new goals to set or we might even have old goals that we haven't yet achieved. However, the goals that we set are, of course, not achieved without effort. The journey ahead will always be arduous and just like these minifigures, we need to push on if we truly want to reach the top. Otherwise, it's long fall.

Lastly...to be honest, before I built this, I seriously couldn't think of anything else to build. After fidgeting with my superheroes minifigures, I came to a conclusion that, "what the heck, let's build something about superheroes". And this is the product. In life, there are supervillains and superheroes and I can't say that those two titles are independent. They do indeed overlaps most of the times. In other words, sometimes a superhero will behave similar to that of a supervillain and vice versa. With regards to the new year, I guess our choices influences our paths as well. We often make the wrong choices even though we may start out as a superhero at first but that doesn't mean that there is no turning back. There is still a chance for you to make the right choices again. As such, our inner selves are a constant battle between good and bad but your choices in life influences who you will become later on (of course, this will keep changing so it's a perpetual battle).

Wow, such a wordy post for a first post. Nevertheless, these 4 aspects of my symbols above represent what myself and the targets that I should focus this year or the years after this. Anyhow, that's all for now. Without further ado, HAPPY NEW YEAR!