Of a Writer and Her Wish

I was flipping through my crisp, new-print smelling, fresh-out-of-the-plastic (umm-hmm, you like that, huh?) favorite magazine while waiting for a meet-up in a coffee shop in Ortigas. Apart from the feature articles on restaurants and people, I absolutely love reading The Contributors page, where guest contributors (writer, photographer, etc.) are to write about themselves. After finishing the eight--and the last--self-written profile, I said to myself, "I want oooone!" With much gusto!

Those kind of write-ups make you wanna become like those people. I even have my share of comments on each of the bit-profiler that I liked (but my comments aren't really nice, sorry!):

• Of a film and TV writer/director and blogger: "No guts, no glory", this one wants attention by being hated. Even his profiler spells "jalapeno".
• Of an award-winning film writer/director: Simple. TOO simple. Not what I thought he would write about himself, especially for an award-winning writer.
• Of an entertainment writer: Philippine Showbiz History writer, indeed. He can make himself sound like he's an authority in Show business.
• Of a photographer: The. Best. Of. All. Much told in just two sentences. Even the display photo is owzum!

In my preoccupation and excitement of this latest addition to my wish list, I was about to tweet it when I unconsciously sent it to the person I was going to meet, instead. Labo.


Anyway, I was reviewing my old blog (do visit, if you have time) when I apparently have already written a bit-profiler for my self. Heehee. It was two years ago when we were given the assignment to write our very own profiler for the year book. I suffered two sleepless nights for it, in attempts of producing the most memorable write-up that people will read again and again when people read my profile. Talk about conceit. Hah! After reading it again today, I'm still happy about it (naks) except for one word, that I will strike out later.

Now, all that for the hardest seven-sentence article I ever had to write. I wish they didn't edit it upon publishing the Year Book!

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Independence. Individualism. Feminism. Idealism. Nonconformism; These are the ideologies which Allyssa stands for. Outside, she seems bold and proud, but deep within, her one and only stronghold is God. She, known as Lai by the people closest to her heart, finds joy in spending quality time with family and closest friends - but most especially when she is with herself. A surprise, flat one, a rare find, the color orange and/or her crush make her scream. She says that she is a "speaker by heart, a writer by soul." Lai aspires to ask God how and why He invented coffee, and probe Jesus if it would have been better if He broke cheesecake on the night of the passover, so that everytime we redo it in communion, we'll all have wines and cheesecakes.

Imeldific. I know.

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I'll definitely write a new one, one of these days. College is a year and a half long over, and I'm now doing new things--new job, discovery of skills, reinvention. Who knows? Maybe I will be an artist / writer and it will be published in an art magazine as I wish, for real. So watch out.

For now, let me be guilty of repeat offense and article recycle. After all, I still can't get over those seven sentences.