HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA!
It's a wonderful beautiful 63rd Birthday of Malaysia.
I was up all night attending my first meeting of the month on the last day of the month.
We have also got a lot of things planned for the day.
Today, we are making dumplings and Merdeka Day Cake. As soon as I get the call that she is up, I am heading home!
I'm hoping to visit the gym too. I have 42km of running or walking to do as I am in the Star Wars run.
I don't know what I get after I finish that 42km but I will let you know once I get my rewards. I need to finish that 42km before 31st of September.
31 days to walk or run 42km. That's far toooooo easy.
I was working in the pantry from 3 AM to 9 AM last night. It's a breath of fresh air as I am always in my room. Today is a public holiday.
Even the cleaners are not here today. It's just me. I was telling Tim that it's just me in the co-working space. He said isn't that always the case at this time of the day.
I had to giggle.
I also wrote my first Official ML Message. Here it is:
Dear fellow Malaysians,
First and foremost and I probably need to be less formal, Happy Merdeka Day. We are surely keeping our social distancing and masks on. For that, I am proud to call myself Malaysian.
You might want to know that our contingent of Malaysia is 1,629 members strong. That’s quite a big number of people that is going to receive this email, if your email is still active.
Last year, we started to open Discord servers and from what I know, there were less than 100 people that signed up.
Maybe it is due to technical know-how or something like that. Yet, our Malaysian forum had 0 participants last year. Ok. There were 1 or 2. That includes me, which I shouldn’t count really.I hope that last year, you were just taking a break. Or that you didn’t know how to use the new website, forum, or Discord.
This year is a whole different kind of NanoWrimo, as everything is going virtual due to COVID19.
All weekly write-ins will be online. As well as the Kick Off Party and TGIO.
This is a first.
We all have firsts and I’m here to guide you to properly get yourself properly prepped for this coming NanoWrimo of 2020.
Everything will be proper proper.Whether you have forgotten your novel or plain taking a long hiatus, it is time to come back to the fold.
NanoWrimo is not just for winning by writing a 50,000 word novel. It is a journey of writing that will not only give you a chance to write your heart out, learn new things about writing, put in some time to put your novel idea to work, or just plain hang out with cool people. If you do it right, you can get in touch with your inner self, heal yourself spiritually, mentally and physically or alleviate depression.
Your mental state of being will be so much better once this NanoWrimo 2020 is over.This NanoWrimo 2020, we are going to have many different resources for you to journal better, write better, make your bestselling novel a reality or just plain have fun writing once again. These are BIG promises and I wish that I will be able to get everything done for you. BUT I AM A TALKER and please forgive me if I am not doing things right, as this is my very 1st year as ML.
Nevertheless, I plead that you will find that love for writing once again this coming November. As a 1,629 strong group of Malaysians, we should show the world that we don’t just write for fun and the love of it, we are going to WIN THIS YEAR. ALL OF US!That’s another big dream.
But hey! Didn’t Steve Jobs say that dreamers will save the world or something?
Anyway…NANOWRIMO 2020 forums are open Here is the link! https://forums.nanowrimo.org/c/regions/asia-malaysia/132
Please come and populate the Malaysian forums once again.All that contribute will get the NanoWrimo 2020 stickers, free of charge.
I’ll make sure it gets to you no matter what.
Love and peace from your new ML,
Victor aka dreamkid
p.s. We have 61 days to NanoWrimo 2020. Here is a countdown for you.
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/2154529/nanowrimo-2020It's been a good productive morning. Happy Merdeka Day everyone!