A few months back, I'd never have thought that tomorrow will come true.

La Novella Studio is finally, finally going to expand. A lot happened in the last 6 months or so... But long story cut short: we opened a studio with close to zero faith, met some awesome people who helped out so so much, met some terrible people who just took advantage of what we had and we are finally expanding to a space that is a lot larger than what we expected.

6 months ago, we opened the studio with the thought of making 1-2k a month to fund our future projects. Who knew that we could manage to bring the studio up to what we have today? Who knew?

Who knew that it would become a joyous affair to see smiles from people coming out of the studio? Who knew that it would make me smile to know that they had fun? Who knew that I was going to step into the studio business at all? Who knew?

In less than 2 months time, I would be turning 21. Isn't it fast? Just a few years ago, I was a nerdy girl with tied up fringe, untidy hair and of course untidy clothes. Just a few years ago, I was 16 and had big dreams that I didn't know how to fulfill. And now, 5 years later, I am working on a project that I would have never imagined myself doing.

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A lot of people asked me the reason behind La Novella Studio. There was no reason. Honestly.

The truth is that we were working on Thursday Tales then. There were very few studios to choose from that were reasonably priced and had vacancies for us. We also didn't really like travelling too much from where we lived. (In the east) We, then, thought that it would be nice to start up a studio for blogshop owners like us who couldn't find an affordable studio in the East. But we didn't act on it because we didn't know how well it would do. We were afraid that it just wouldn't work out.

At that point, we were working on a funding project by YES! Startups. And since we had to write a report on our future plans, we started doing research on how much it would cost to rent down a space to do up a studio. We started looking around for units and started doing adult-ish things like going for viewings (haha). We never intended to follow through with our plan.

But as we went on, we started discussing the possibility of actually just doing it. We started thinking that it would be great if we could just step in and start doing something instead of being so afraid all the time. At that point, we chanced upon the unit at Hola Centre, #05-10. It was one of the very very first units we viewed. After 3 viewings with the boyfriend, the father and the best friend, we decided to take down the unit. (I will have to say at this point that there was a very huge part of me who rented down that unit because of the unit number. It just so happened that 05-10 also represents my birthday, hahaha) 


And so, this was how La Novella Studio was founded. Because we were extremely tight on cash then, you will realize that the studio is really bare on renovation.

But I am glad we followed through with our plans. I am glad we didn't give up. I am glad that even though the first 2 months seemed bleak, we just decided to continue doing it.


And I don't know who reads this blog anymore but I would really really really love to thank all the people who have played a part in bringing La Novella Studio to where it is today. We might not be a very large thing yet. But we are definitely growing. And thank you to all of you for your support.

Thank you Beth, thank you Elaine, thank you Jalyn, thank you to all my dear friends who have forked out time and effort to help me with the studio. Thank you guys. Thank you.