ABOUT ME (UPDATING

Me in 2022 (G9):

Hey, I'm Jimmy, currently in the first year of high school right now. In simple words, I would consider myself as a non-enthusiastic adolescent who doesn't really have a clear goal in life yet, still working on finding an obvious one to motivate me. I came to Wells at the end of the semesters in grade 4, meaning it's been over 4 years of me studying in this school now. 

Despite not having a big dream to pursue, I do have some interests, not sure if it will be long-lasting but it's better than not telling. For the majority of my life, my clearest hobby is to draw which later on became people's impressions of me. Wouldn't really say I mastered it but I somehow wrecked if not most, all of the other students' art since kindergarten, still grinding right now, not hard but steady. I recently started to make music on my iPad just for fun and began doing more literature than before. Although I'm quite uncertain if the skill is actually what I need, I keep it as one. In addition, I also do animation, since I moved to Thailand I animate occasionally during my free time. This is probably the hobby that I'm the most skillful at.  

I'm not a good socializer, I always have a hard time talking to my classmates, even my friends. It resulted in me being unwilling to participate and communicate with others. Right now, I think I should worry about it but I'm not exactly sure what to do. I'm absolutely the worst on the aspect of emotional managing. Sometimes I go outraged, sometimes I break down, sometimes I'm exaggeratedly hyped on something. My extraordinary habit of being a constant talker does not help me in situations like this at all. 

In the taste of music, I'm pretty unique compared to others. I hate pop genre music, especially hip-pop music in this genre, I'm always in an immeasurable amount of pain whenever I listen to them. One exception is the Weeknd, I do enjoy some of his songs in the album After Hours. In contrast, I listen to disco and funk style music the most often, people considered it obsolete but I just don't care. My absolute favorite music producer will be Daft Punk. A duo musician with a strange but stylish reflective robot helmet on them. Some of my favorite songs composed by Daft Punk will be: Around the World, Derezzed, Get Lucky, Giorgio by Moroder, Human After All, Instant Crush, Robot Rock, Touch, The Game of Love, Veridis Quo, etc. 

I do not know what to do for CAS, neither I am excited about this 4 school year project. However I do believe that doing CAS can help me on socializing with others, and throughout this project, it will maybe help me to learn something new and be more productive than before. Not looking forwards to it but I'm intrigued by what changes it will have on me. 

Me in 2023 (Grade 10):

Hey, I’m Jimmy, this is my sixth year studying in Wells International School. This is my second year in high school, meaning I’m currently in grade 10. I would consider myself as a non-enthusiastic adolescent who doesn't really have a clear goal in life yet, still working on finding an obvious one to motivate me. 

I’m a reasonably fine student in some aspects based on my final grades in grade 9. I excel in some aspects of the subjects like history and language art. I’m not a productive person so I struggled in last year’s pre-AP Bio, and I received a bad grade compared to other subjects. Most of the teachers had some impression on me of being loud, emotional, and sensitive, probably. Which is true because I like to open myself in an environment which I’m comfortable in. 

Most of my interests remained the same, but I’m less productive toward doing them compared to last year. I’m trying to do more activities I like to do so I won’t lose the skills I have but at the same time I don’t want to pressure myself too much as it might get even less motivated. My interests include: art (mostly digital, both drawing and animating), making music, writing (very small amount). From what I observed, I’m still better at doing animation and doodling. Throughout the year I didn’t improve a lot on art because I don’t tend to work on it a lot. 

My music taste is relatively unusual compared to my classmates, still. I barely listen to Daft Punk now and I got into another genre of music known as psychedelic rock, specifically and only, Pink Floyd. Some of their songs I really like are: Hey You, Time, Wish You Were Here, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond. 

My personality seems to be a lot more open and enlightened compared to last year. I talked a lot more than last year, resulting in me getting mad easier and more sensitive from other people's words. I seem to be a bit more social to girls in class and I have more conversations with others but I’m still an extreme introvert. I found myself more used to living in a lonely zone and I’m horrendous at having conversations with people, whenever I’m talking to people I feel awkward and uncomfortable, and the fact that my interests are very unique, I don’t understand nor can I appreciate what other people like. Basically, it’s getting better, but still a long way to go. 

Now that I've understood the basic structure of CAS, Although I’m still lost on what I should do exactly, I have a bit more clues and more experiences for the portfolio. Still Not looking forward to it but I'm intrigued by what changes it will have on me.

Me in 2024 (Grade 11):

I’m Jimmy. I’ve been in Wells for enough years that I nearly lost count. I’m currently in grade 11 and I’ve joined the IB diploma program. 

I did fine in my academic learning last year in grade 10. I don’t know what is going to happen this year so time will tell everything. 

I am still an “art-attracted” person, my interests have focused mainly on creating artwork, due to the HL art program. And it is clear that this is my strong field and passion(Most likely). Despite that, my future goal is still vague, I still need to figure out what college or university I would like to join, maybe even consider my future job. 

Other than interests in art, my connection with music, although it weakens, still remains. Pink Floyd is still my favorite band, but I’ve gotten into other musicians’ work as well. Such as Arctic Monkeys, Sleep Token, etc. 

Out of all the subjects, I am most delighted and excited in visual art. I hope this course can help me improve and continue my interest in art in this two year IB program.