Final post of the amazing street food scavenger hunt.

It has been more than 4 months since I started it. In it, I exhausted my creative reserves for the better. At the time, I had been considering changing my career path because there was a need inside me for “pure creation”. I couldn’t find a way to get it fulfilled. Yet with the challenges of the scavenger hunt, I was able to exercised the pent-up creative energy. Like a monster, it was released.

There have been things that the entire thing has taught me. Despite my usual quiet demeanor and incredible social anxiety, I do love performance. I love being the center of attention for better or worse. I seek for it, perhaps for this drive to be noticed and remembered.

Yet when I am aware of this sudden moment, I am unfortunately very self-conscious. I want to immediately dive for the closest dark corner and not bear witness to what I often believe (though logically not) is an embarrassment of myself. If only I could separate those two parts of me.

In the fourth grade, there was a class presentation about some historical topic. I decided that acting it out—a monologue would be the best idea. I had rehearsed and it was fine when I was alone in my room. But suddenly in front of the class, I was in panic as I walked to the front. I don’t remember doing the presentation, but I could only remember the many many many eyes on me. But I really wanted to do it—I really wanted to be a performer, being able to influence people in ways I could quietly sitting at my desk.

I am thankful that technology has allowed us to somewhat time-shift performance so that we don’t have to endure the performance and viewing at the same time.

And thus finally a trailer that I created using the new iMovie! This sums up everything that went on in the month of August!