Sabado, Enero 24, 2015

Beyond Fabulous Lifestyle
by: Rona Guevara

Selfie here! Selfie there! Selfie everywhere!
Thumbs up if you are one of the selfie lords. Do you have photos with different kinds of selfie techniques? Such as #duckface, #tinginsakawalan, #mirrorselfie, #sexyselfie, #OOTD, #mysterious, or #lookupselfie?
Juan Miguel taking photo in the street.
              Teenagers nowadays always hold their phones, cameras, tablets or other gadgets that might be used in what they called “SELFIE-CTURE”. Just one click and ready to upload. That is the common thing in life of most of the teenager nowadays. They used it as a way of expressing their fabulous life style. Meet Juan Miguel Jabongga Guevara, a 16 years old student and dancer, who is one of the selfie lords in the Philippines. He expressed his fashion through taking photos of himself. He take a photos with his new clothes, shoes and everything in him that he thinks beautiful and amazing to share to everyone via social media. According to him, every human that exist in this world have their own fashion, styles, guts, life style and other things that can avoid from being bored. It only depends on your chosen way of living. But, what are the reasons why people in today’s generation love that kind of life style? According to a survey, people nowadays love that kind of life style simply because:
1. They want to express their fashion through taking photos of themselves.
2. They can express their feelings or different emotions through photos.
3. They want to keep out from being bored.
Selfie of Juan Miguel
          There are lots of gadgets that are introduced all over the world, it is because we are now in modern world where we can find the different kinds of technology. The latest and trending today is the crazy pad comes after the monopod. It is applicable for group picture with your friends, barkada, classmates, beshes, family and other people that you want to be with. Also, there are new cellular phones that are available in malls or cellphone shops that are offered in a cheap price but with quality and with more applications. There are also places that are considered in almost perfect selfie such as tourist spots like Boracay, Palawan, and all beautiful places here in the Philippines even just on the plant box with beautiful flowers as a background of people who love the “SELFIE-CTURE” mode and even in the comfort room with mirrors. Sometimes, they stay inside the comfort room not for emergency use but to take photos. Well, that is the reality.
       It is true that most Filipinos love photographs. They capture the looks of the foods that they eat, their cute pets, their new apparel, almost all angles of the way they live their lives. They love it because they want to capture every moment in their lives. Other people felt irritated when they see a hundreds of pictures in their newsfeed with the same faces, you know what it means and admit it that you are one of them. But, what makes them felt irritated when taking pictures are ways of expressing yourself and your fashion? As Juan Miguel Jabongga Guevara says “Do what you want, it does not matter if they appreciate it or not the important is you express yourself through fashion of your chosen life style. You do not need to expect from others instead expect the love and respect from yourself that no one can change because that’s you.”
Hot looks is what he got.
       Technologies are helpful in our everyday lives especially for students but the most important thing to remember is to know your limitations from being free. There are many lives that changed in just one click of the camera. There are some that are already a photographer, model, and artist because they practiced the way of life through photographs. The “The Selfie Song” of Davey Langit also hits in year 2014 because of the content of the song that is really true and maybe it is dedicated to those people who love the “SELFIE-CTURE”. The song stated that:
“di mo kailanganng approval ng iba upang malaman mong ika’y maganda ang mahalaga ay komportable ka sa kung anong meron ka.”

That is the most remarkable line in his song that refers to the freedom of the listener. Why? Because, Every mankind has the rights in expressing themselves. Fashion depends on people who appreciate the unique style and their way of living. Click here! Click there! Let us do the SELFIE-CTURE.

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