2015, OK!

How was your year? If you really think about it, it's a really difficult question. A lot could happen in a year, and you can either sum it up to something positive or the other way around. You could either get lucky or really unlucky, or both.

So me? I just am thankful. Thankful that I am alive. My family may have problems from time to time, but we get by somehow. Money, which will always be a problem for both the rich and the poor, may not be raining from the sky but at least I can eat and live by day by day. All the people I have met and to some I may never meet again has also taught me so much.

So this 2015, I may not have all my future planned ahead of me ,but I will be OK just like how I was in 2014.

So its another year for bad decisions and misdirections. Failures and disappointments. Stress and sickness. Pain and heartaches. But most importantly, its another year to prove that you will be O K! Bring it on 2015!!!!!

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I got FAT for Christmas

Christmas is not only the season for giving but also it is the season for over excessive eating. Literally, our fridge is overflowing with food. I don't even know what I will eat first. And worst, I can't even stop myself from eating! Fruit salads, lechon baboy, cheese sticks, cakes, carbonara, spaghetti, chocolates, I can't even name them all.

My grandma, who prepared the food, complained that we didn't eat her fruit salad. I just told her that there was too much to eat that I don't know what to eat. So I told her that I haven't eaten the salad "yet".

Has anyone else gotten fat for Christmas? I guess most of us did ^^

Merry Christmas to you all

-V-

Ends today

April 1st of the year 2011, I applied as an English as a second language (ESL) teacher even though I had no idea how to teach English (or anything). I didn't expect that I will get accepted considering my lack of experience and no knowledge of the teaching field. But to my surprise, I was hired on the spot. I thought it was a joke because it was April 1st. But it wasn't. I started reading my old grammar books in fear of incompetence.

I applied for that job because I wanted to be exposed to Japanese and Koreans more and hoped to learn and speak their language. I'm proud to say that I did learn. I'm not fluent, but I learned. I learned quite a lot =] I'm so proud of myself hehe

I didnt only learn these new languages but I learned most importantly how important it is to communicate with people. How important it is to meet different people. I learned a lot. From young teenagers to big time CEOs. It was as if I have traveled around different countries just by talking to them.

Imagining that I have taught and influenced managers and future businessmen makes me really proud to be able to do so. Knowing I was part of their journey to their success brings much satisfaction.

But today, December 24, 2014, is the last day I would be working as an ESL teacher. Approximately 4 years of working on a field very far from what I studied in college. Did I regret? No. I am much much more thankful that I did work there. I may not have earned much, but I have learned so much more than I could. And not even money could buy that.

-V-

Instagram posts

Here are some Mini Van posts on Instagram which doesn't need much of explanation.


Pepero day


Playing with our old Landline.


Eating a bar of chocolate makes me feel heavier almost instantly.

-V-

I hate to see your heart break

I was trying to make a video for a friend so I was busy looking for an appropriate song. Luckily I found this song by Paramore. Though I had to listen to it over and over again just so I could make a good concept, I never got tired of listening to the song.

And honestly speaking, I am much happier with this drawing than that of the video I have done.

-V-

Hello there I am Van

My name is Vanessa. You can call me Van. I was born on the 18th of October 1989 and is a humble citizen of the Philippines.

I took BSIT in college thinking I would learn how to animate and become part of Pixar someday. But all I have learned in college was C, C++, Java binary codes, flow charts, etc... so basically I graduated not being able to learn anything that would help me reach Pixar TT

But, after I graduated, I continued doing graphic designs and made my own logo with the slogan "Creative Daydreaming". Soon after, I taught myself how to make music videos. I started with the basic Windows Movie Maker to Pinnacle and now I am using Sony Vegas. I always put my logo in every beginning of my videos as a sign of my work.



One day, one Korean friend of mine was about to return to her own country. She wanted to bring me along. So I drew her a mini version of me. The moment she arrived in her home, she showed me a picture of the drawing I made in her own room.
This gave me the idea to give my friends who will travel around the world a copy of my mini character and take photos of it to make it seem like I was somehow there with them. Friend after friend wanted a "Mini Van" which grew some popularity amongst my friends.

Then I joined Instagram. I started as a typical user, but I don't really take photos of myself and share to the public of the stuff I am doing. So then again, I got the idea of using my mini me as a proxy, and gradually gained recognition.



And now I am making this blog, dedicated to write more of what my miniself is doing.

-V-