HELLO EVERYONE :D

I've just been inspired for this blog through a conversation I've just had about 30 minutes ago with one of my best friends (thanks Shamima) and thought hey, why not share this with everone else too!

These blogs are to share your personal PMGF experience so far and that is exactly what I am going to do.

Ok, let's be honest, I really didn't think that i would get through. When I was filling out the application form I was thinking "all of those amazing people out there are going to apply and I don't stand a chance." Well as you might have noticed already... I was WRONG! It just so happens that all of these years lots of people were able to see how amazing I am except me. I am telling this story because so far the PMGF experience has unleashed a completely new way at looking at life for me and I would like other people to feel like they can definately change the way that they see life too.

I was on the verge of giving up and then an extremely wise person said to me (*cough my mum) "How will you ever know if you haven't even tried." After that I was determined. It occured to me that my life is in my own hands and that I can't just wait and hope good things will happen to me, I need to make them happen!

I tried really hard to fill in the application form to the best possible standard I could and sent it off on the deadline date. The next thing I know i'm selected and I get through to the selection day. Boy did that felt good. :)

The selection day was also a great experience. I met so many different people that I could openly talk to about lots of different things and things that mattered to me too! I was thinking about how amazing everyone was and then realised that I was pretty much the same. This day showed me that as you widen your horizens you will meet so many interesting people in your life so if you have a few bad experiences in the past it's not the end of the world because you can always learn from them. I definitely made the most of the selection day and had sooo much fun and then all of a sudden I'M GOING TO CHINA!!

Isn't it funny how that happened?

So basically, what i'm trying to get at is, the PMGF experience has showed me how to appreciate the person that I am. In order to get through life it is very important to have faith in who you are and when you have done that everything else gets much easier. I always used to tell myself that "I can be anyone and I can do anything" as long as I take action. Your future is in your own hands. If there is an opportunity available and you really want to do it then GO FOR IT! You will never know unless you try!

Thank you so much for reading My First Blog! Hope you got as much out of reading this as i did writing it :)

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." Christian D. Larson