This is our victory :: PYKtures stories

Yesterday at midnight, I got home after a long day of post processing and a tasty unusual Vietnamese meal among good friends. I then opened my email and there is it was: a message with the subject “Concordia Admissions” arrives after nearly a MONTH of wait. The letter goes as follows.

Dear Mr. Khong,

I am pleased to advise you that you have been granted admission to the Faculty of Fine Arts of Concordia University. Your program choices have been carefully considered and you have been admitted to:

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major Photography


Oh my god!
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
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Seriously, I believe this is a victory, not only for myself but also for everybody.

Regardless of your implications in my life or the pursuit of my dream, you all were part of my life. As you might have known on my last article, I never went to school for photography. I learned everything by living and documenting life itself. Sad or happy, my life experiences are what shape what I shoot.

THIS IS OUR VICTORY for all of you who were part of my life: enemies, rivals, friends, teammates, partners, employers, mentors, models, photographers, and all passionate amazing people I had the pleasure to meet, talk and see and all of you that had to endure my never-ending speeches about photography and life etc… TAKE CREDIT! I cannot emphasize this enough.

I am a very lucky and happy human being. So far, ever since I said goodbye to engineering, AMAZING things have started to happen to me. I know some may envy me and I wonder how that streak of amazingness will last but so far, I’m pushing myself to enjoy every gifts I have so that I make sure that I don’t waste any.

I promise you that I will continue to stay this photography ambassador that I always saw myself to be by:
- Writing helpful blog articles
- Helping out my photography friends
- Getting people to shoot in many occasions and conditions etc…

Nelson Mandela once said:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

I am shining with great passion and I realized that those words hold true today! I am with you amazing people today!

YES! THIS IS OUR VICTORY! HIGH FIVE PEOPLE!