I am supposed to redo my portfolio now or apply for a few internships… (Happy to receive the updated list and find three more options in NYC. I mean NYC!) But I am here to work on the “blog project” was already due and done. True, my blog “Shanghai Spell — Nelly Liu’s Blog” originated for a project, but now I am totally in love with it and will go on blogging! I remember doodling on my dairies when I was a kid. I painted, wrote down nonsense words, and crazily expressed my crush on some neighborhood boys. LOL… I have always been a girl with strong emotions. It hurted me sometimes but also made me such a genuine being. I used to believe that people should “love what I love, hate what I hate, and keep walking”. Maybe I still believe in it. I felt repulsive to fake myself or even just to spin myself. More accurately speaking, I have never tried hard to do so. Some people might not like me initially but I don’t feel like to pretend whoever I am just to please others, or even by doing so can gain me huge benefits. LOL. But I guess I have changed some and am no longer such a straightforward “silly” girl although I miss being whoever I am. The older you are, the less freedom you have.
Today, we had an excellent guest speaker Ron Rhody, the award winner of PRSA 2008 David Ferguson, CEO of Rhody Consultancy and former VP of corporate communication of Bank of America, thanks to one of my classmate. He talked about the importance of public relations practitioners to have responsibility. He highlighted PRO needs to be an insider and an outside at the same time and to tell the CEOS what they need to hear while informing the public involving their interests. “Be prepared to walk out of the door at every end of the day.” he quoted one VPCC in a large corporation. If there is one thing that all the professors at College of Communication, Boston University, taught us, that was PROs are the conscience of any organization. To do the right thing rather than the easy thing. As someone who looked at her parents building their family business brick by brick since five years old, I have always believed in profit determines everything. Maybe I was DEAD wrong… Maybe… Growing up means responsibility, I know. What I don’t know is whether I am ready to take everything upon my own shoulders, and further for a large corporation… Will I? Can I?
I enjoy recording my puzzlement for life here. When I becomes a grandma one day, I will laugh at this Nelly for sure. But, who cares? LOL. My life, I am making it an Expressionism painting, to love and live it up!
True, this is me…
Prof. Quigley, I think you probably haven’t had a chance to review my blog, and please don’t be mad at this post… I know it is not tailored to any buyer I target. But, here is my manifesto: my blog will still provide exclusive Shanghai Information and Culture Exchange, but it will also be a platform for me to be who I am… This is Nelly Liu. 刘楠
At last, a video I am in love with. He @iamchrismann has such a soft and sexy voice… Reminds me of someone I loved… I just can’t resist a musician with a sad and soft voice. LOL…
