mishie takes on the world

lots of life to live.

So while I've been away from all of this, I have been living life. Obviously, as implied by my last entry, my mum has come home. You won't see her in any of these pictures because she's camera shy and even if I know she might not ever find out about it, I want to respect her. : ) I will post some decent looking family pictures though. I hope she finds that okay.

Basically, there's been too much life to live for me to blog about everyday--that and I have been doing something else--vlogging my life. In many ways, I think vlogging achieves something that type-written blogs can't: it captures the exact expressions and feelings you had from that day and editing videos/footage together helps you capture and remember it even better. 

Since my mum has come home there have been a lot of changes around here: all of them I like. For other members of the family, it's still taking some getting used to, especially all the cleaning that's been going around here. But on a whole, I think this is for the better. 

I've also graduated since then. The march itself wasn't that big of a deal as compared to the feeling of family I felt for the rest of the day. That was incredible. Looking back on that day, I don't remember the ceremony almost. I remember our meal and the events that followed more vividly. 

This is our first family picture since my mum came home and I'm very happy with this; especially so since I then convinced my family to do a series of wacky shots, this being the best one: 

I don't look my wackiest here, myself but I don't care. Everyone else is happy-looking. That's what matters.

In other news, I've been vlogging. I've already mentioned that. Instead of bombarding you with the videos that I've made in the past month (I'm doing this thing called Vlogtober wherein I make a video blog everyday for the entire month of October), I'll just show you the latest one, one that I'm actually very happy with amongst all my other Vlogtober videos:

 

 

VidCon is an annual video convention created by the Vlogbrothers, Hank and John Green. They created the convention as a way to bring the YouTube community together, whether or not these people are part of this sub-community called Nerdfighters. I'm a Nerdfighter myself which means that being able to go to VidCon will mean something tremendous for me. 

That and also because now more than ever I feel myself as part of this community. Small my own circle may be compared to the YouTubers and those that have are bigger and have been actively vlogging longer, I feel like going there will make me really happy and will bring me amongst people that are more like me than people I've come to know in person. 

On that note (a side note, at that) I think lines have now completely blurred with regard to the Friends, Real Life Friends and Internet Friends. I don't know how to term things anymore because these things have become so real to me, these people so real that I'm not sure how I go about talking about them to other people. More on that later, I guess.

Going back, here's for what happened today. Great lunch at my Tita Nena's house. She's not actually my aunt, but she's the aunt of my mum. That makes her the sister of my grandmother. But since everyone calls her that, that's the way I've come to call her too. 

Long story short we had an amazing, Filipino-themed lunch today. I was properly stuffed! I have Filipino food almost everyday at home but these were the ones that I hardly ate anymore. So I'm pretty happy to have eaten them today. All but the Brownie Ala Mode, that one's not Filipino. 

Enough talk, here are pictures to get your mouth watering!

As my mum says "YUM-MEH!"

 

Love, Mishie

Dovingly Yours.

Going back a bit to the topic of Thesis. Althroughout the experience I had my digicam with me. Whether it was because I was going to put up a video for YouTube or because I just felt more secure having it with me, I had it.

Luckily I was always able to take some footage of us working, mundane as it might have seemed at the time (or odd to my thesismates). But lo and behold: the experience that was thesis (rehashed in 3minutes or so).

Music "Okey" by Marching Band, they're pretty awesome. : )

 

 

Cheers, Mishie

I'd Like to Live a Vlogger's Life

I guess not reallly just any vlogger's life because, in essence, if I consider myself a vlogger (which I do) then I already do lead a vloggers life.

But I'm talking about an active vlogger's life. I guess if you take that in to context that simply means a vlogger that puts up a lot of videos. Yes, true. But also, videos with actual content that start discussions. And I don't want to be a trendsetter or anything on YouTube, but it seems to me that people on YouTube get to lead a very contentful YouTube career (usually Partners but contentful equals Partner and Partner equals contentful is not always the case).

I like watching people that actually have something to say that make me oh, "Oh yes that's right." If you look at it in essence though, video logging is about logging your own life. It was only when the YouTube community started did talking and engaging viewers become so important. But I guess that's exactly what I'm trying to do: be more engaging.

I like seeing vloggers be elsewhere also, outdoors, conventions, with other YouTubers, in another country, what have you. I like the thought of YouTubers actually getting together and becoming real friends.

I, myself, have gained some people that I like to call my friends as well, not just YouTube friends. Actually, something that EmilyTheBrave said in one of her videos made sense to me, that people that become famous because of YouTube were put on a pedestal by the people who watch them. So in a symbiosis of sorts (and I can't believe I just used a Biological term) Makers and Watchers cannot have longevity without each other. Without good makers, watchers may die away, and without constant watchers makers get discouraged and never develop.

I hope that I do develop though, with or without watchers. I won't like though that I haven't thought about what it would be like to be one of The Makers, but I'm quite amazed by itself that I have a somewhat small viewership. I'd like to keep them and get to know them more. : )

 

 

Coming to an End.

This July, a few things are coming to and end. 

This Friday will be our last day here at our on the job training. That means, thesis is officially underway and we start our trek into graduation. In my own way, I'll miss this place. While truth be told, things could have been different, there is still a fondness that I've grown to this place. Unlike in my previous intern experience where I interacted mostly with my fellow interns, I got to interact with more practicioners. We didn't get to do the things that I did last summer but at the same time, this was still an, altogether different experience. 

I met another great friend at least. 

This is Jackie! : ) She's my new friend from my internship. Apart from being bubbly and all, she's super friendly and super nice. I sometimes wonder to myself how a shy person like me is able to make friends with these types of people. 

Also, here is a photo of me, my thesismates and Jackie. We have very few group pictures so this is a treasure of sorts. 

Funnily what I'll miss the most is this iMac. I know its a bit silly a while doing things on my laptop still feels more at home, this iMac experience has got me drooling for a new iMac of my very own. It's gone down in my Things I Plan To Buy With My Own Money list along with a Macbook Pro 15" and video editing software (I could always just download or something but I think buying it would eliminate a lot of problems). 

I enjoyed this time with my thesis mates and I'm sure we've only just begun down this road. 

Number two: Harry Potter is a little over a week away. Needless to say I'm rolling over and jumping off the roof of this 26-floor building about it. I haven't bought tickets at this point but I'm hoping to solve that lack-of-ticket problem within today. 

I said my Thank You's to J.K. Rowling via this video I've put up on my YouTube channel:

 

Thank you for a wonderous and whimsical childhood, J.K. Rowling. :)

 

I don't want to talk more about the end of this second thing just yet. It hasn't quite sunk in yet. Hopefully one day I'll be able to talk about it. I think most of what I've wanted to say is already in this video since it is 6:06 minutes long (not as long as I thought it would be, to be honest--but I'm glad it got down to this size). But I'm sure there is loads more I want to say about my experience with the fandom. That was, after all, eleven years of my life. 

That's all for now. I'm sure I owe a lot of pictures of the things I've been doing recently that I have yet to upload. I'll be sure to work on that soon! I miss posting here! :D

 

Love, Mishie

and this post is so random.

I haven't blogged in a while and that somewhat upsets me. While I've now come up with 7, I'd like to think content-full videos, and around 4 videos on my collab channel I still think that blogging should become more second-nature to me than video-making. 

Before anything else though, SHOE POST!---UGH okay no, it's not loading. Maybe I can just load it later.

Anyway, I've been lurking around Apple.com recently. I'm convinced to buy the MacBookPro 15" when the OS X Lion comes out. I also now want to update my iPod Touch with the new iOS5. I just need to get my butt up and do it.

Speaking of getting my butt up and doing stuff, I've been on a Mishiellaneous hiatus recently. I seriously want to keep it going but I just don't know what I'm doing anymore. I'm shaming my mom, I'm sure things'll pick up once she gets home. I want to branch out more so I'll see how I can do that. I think these new Keep Calm bagtags I'm thinking of will do the trick but I have to do them. Hhnnggh.

I think I'm starting to get used to churning out videos every week. Thing is, my laptop's old so editing is a pain. I have to borrow my brother's laptop every week just to render. I dislike being such an inconvenience.

Oh, my fish passed away recently and now my doggie is ill. I'm scared. I will have to call the vet soon.

Two other things: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Pottermore.

One. I reread the book (save for the epilogue) and I can't wait to get my hands on the tickets for the July14 showing! And Pottermore, whatever it is, it better be epic for getting us fans in a frenzy. 

It's the rainy season again. I'm not thrilled, but at least I can layer up! :)

One last thing (and this post is so random): I sort of fancy someone in the office right now. HAHAHA. I sound like a spazz saying it. Let's just call him Rupert. :))

 

 

am i really starting to think about this vlogging seriously?

A resounding YES.

More than thinking about my business (which I really should get around to doing) and studying more art (which I am doing daily) I have started to become increasingly interested in and intrigued by vlogging. I am quite familiar with how I have already expressed this but recently I've also begun to study other people's vlogs as well. I've been noticing what they're talking about and how they're doing it because there is just something abot vlogs that highly appeal to me. 

To be honest, I am also very conscious about how I hope to get recognized through these vlogs but I have to keep in mind that why I really want to create these is to be able to a. express myself and b. to connect with others (which, come to think of it, should be my "a" because I want that more). 

So I have been going around looking at the things that might be interesting to other people. I've come up with a new channel on YouTube with a twist which would hopefully get me to stand out somehow. And while I highly doubt it at the moment, I hope that I can just start to make more and more videos and then figure out how to get better along the way. :)