Day 01: MY FAVORITE MAGAZINE JUST RE-TWEETED ME.

THIRTY-DAY BLOG CHALLENGE

Day 1: Introduce, recent picture of yourself, 15 interesting facts.

See fact number three for explanation on my title.

Hi, I'm Elora! I just turned 17 yesterday (Mar. 31, 2011) and I'm an incoming second-year Mass Communication student. I'm a hundred per cent Filipino and I love to write and take photos!

Here's my moooost recent photo:

Photo taken yesterday: March 31, 2011

I took it when we got home from my birthday dinner

My first successful self-portrait ever by me with the dSLR.

15 interesting facts (about me):

1. I've always wanted to take up Mass Communication. My sister was already in college when I was only around ten or nine-years-old. That was the first time I understood what college was really about. My family told me about "courses" and when my parents told me about Mass Communication, I knew right then it was the course for me.
2. When I was a kid, I took my mom's photo with my aunt and I told her I wanted to be a photographer. You know how us kids were, right? We always said we wanted to be everything. I remember thinking that it was just something that my mouth wanted to say. I never thought I'd push through with it. I just remembered the memory and realized the connection last Wednesday. Awesome.
3. I want to work for STATUS Magazine. I find their magazine the most artistic magazine ever. The stores, bands, models, photographers, cinematographers they feature are so freaking awesome. I usually buy the magazine, read a little, look at the photos, then read the entire thing. I love that magazine. I will so work my ass off to get a job there as a photographer and/or writer someday. (P.S. I just found out their birthday is the day after mine. How awesome is that? We're so meant to be.)
4. I can take photos but can never model in them. Hahaha! This is so uninteresting but I'm running out of interesting things to say. I've noticed these past few days that more and more photographers are now their own models, or they model for other photographers. I've tried doing a one-WOman photo shoot but it was an absolute failure. I was so excited last night when I took a pretty okay self-portrait by myself.
5. I go gaga over some girls. Celebrities and models. The number one girl I fan over is Emma Watson! Then there's Kaya Scodelario, Katy Perry, Vanessa Hudgens and some others I see on Lookbook, Flickr and Tumblr!
6. The British amaze me. Who don't they amaze, though? I love watching TV series and one of my all time favorites is Skins. It's so awesome and realistic, I love it. By the way, Luke Pasqualino's mine. Thank you. Kidding. Sort of. No, really. Okay. Of course Harry Potter is my favorite British movie (So far. I haven't watched a lot yet.) and hello, Tom Felton is mine, too.
7. I want to get a tattoo someday. Not those trashy and corny ones. I want to get something that would mean a lot to me. Something that could say a lot about me. I want it on my wrist, if not on my wrist, somewhere hidden. I don't know where yet and I don't want those tattoos that just scream for attention. I've seen some of those and they annoy me. I don't even know if I'll ever get it. By the way, I just want one that's super simple, I love my body, I don't want to trash it out. If I wanted that much ink on me, I'd rather turn into a car with stickers.
8. I don't like the thought of "business". I think it makes people evil sometimes. I mean, I want to put up a photo business and all but I want to start it up for my talent, not really much for the money. I want to start my own magazine someday or be the head of one but I'm not really in it for the money. I'm for these things for enhancing my talent. It would be totally awesome to get paid for the stuff I do like photography and writing (and singing!) of course, but I really just want to share what I love to do with the people around me. I really want to get a job for summer, though. I need the cash for idle seasons!
9. I love mentioning this to people: I DON'T LIKE SUPER FRIED LUMPIA. I don't like Lumpiang Shanghai, as in reaaally. I like it when they're soggy. Hahaha! My sister hates it when I'm like this. She finds it as the weirdest thing about me. Why don't I like them, you ask? 'cause they're oily and thin and I don't really know how to explain this. I just feel like throwing up sometimes when I eat super fried lumpia. Any kind. Except Turon, though. I love Turon.
10. I may not do it so much anymore (except here at home and in the car) but singing is something that I can never, ever let go. I've been singing my entire life - I took voice lessons before and I've joined glee clubs. I don't really perform anymore and I haven't had voice training for a really long time now, but it will always be a part of me. I love singing 'cause it's so special and real. It's like saying something in an artsy way with a beautiful tune. I still want to continue it professionally someday, and it would be a dream come true to be discovered. Hahahaha! Although for now, I really want to be discovered for my photography first.
11. I'm seriously thinking of taking up law someday. I feel like we're losing so much justice in this world! And originality has now turned into just a beautiful memory from before. I want to take it up after Mass Communication, though. I can never tear myself away from Mass Communication. Anyway, I want to take up law for the following reasons: 1, I really get angry or sad when people don't get the justice they deserve. 2, I like being right. 3, I want to know that what I'm saying is right. I think law can help me cope up with the world. I want to understand why certain things are what they are. Why certain things are happening. I'm one of those WHY people.
12. I was part of three clubs in my high school. I was part of the volleyball varsity, I was part of the school chorale and I was part of the debate varsity. Different years though, sometimes I would be both debate and volleyball, debate and chorale, chorale and volleyball. I loved all three and I still do. I miss the people who I hung-out with and learned so much with!
13. I want to be a part of the media but I get mad at them sometimes. When Influenza AH1N1 was going on, I got sick. I got really, really high fever and my parents rushed me to the hospital for a check-up. Dengue was also a big thing that time but for some reason I was afraid of the Influenza more. So after the nurse checked for spots and all, my mom asked if it was possible if I had the circulating sickness. The nurse mentioned that it was really nothing to worry about 'cause it's just your ordinary sickness. They sort of blamed the media for getting people so worked up and jumpy about it, and they were more worried for Dengue than the Influenza. I got a little pissed at the media that time 'cause I realized how much they affect our minds with bad thoughts.
14. I got into girly things just lately. Lately is like, two years ago or maybe last year. I don't remember. I used to not really care so much how I look like. I wasn't into shopping, I never liked being touched, I didn't care about make-up, I thought it was so ridiculous. All I really cared about was to control my hair. Now though, I am addicted to shopping. My mom's actually annoyed that I've discovered the magic of online shopping. My favorite stores (in the mall) are Forever 21, Terranova, Artwork, Payless and Face Shop. I've never been to H&M but it's one of my favorite stores. I used to like buying books and CDs more than clothes so I always loved (and still really do) Fully Booked, Powerbooks, National Bookstore (haha!) and AstroVision. I used to hate being touched, I didn't like getting massages 'cause I found them so weird and I used to be really scared of getting a manicure pedicure because I always heard my sister or mom in pain because of them. Now though, I love getting them and I crave for them sometimes. Make-up. I love eyeliners. They're the only ones that really help me feel even just a little prettier. I don't like lipsticks or blush that much. They don't really... Help. I hate girls who over do it, though. As in, whut the frick. God gave you a beautiful face. Why go overboard with the make-up and hide the face you were blessed with?
15. I'm very happy that I ended this blog post. Sorry, I've run out of things to say.

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