Who's Elle? (A biography of an aspiring writer)

Building My Foundation

2015 is the current year and we're in the month of September. Almost at the mid cycle of my life. Born and raised in an urban city. I came from a big family, 7 siblings including myself. A daughter of a half Chinese man and a full blooded Filipina. Our family observes a lot of Chinese traditions but very Pinoy at heart. A former student of an all girl's school during elementary and an established engineering institute undergraduate. If you will ask about the reason why I didn't finished schooling is because of a lot of factors and honestly I really don't know who's to blame, one thing that I'm certain is that I always wanted to finish my studies. 

From a Bookworm to an Amateur Writer

Fact. I learned to read when I was four, and I can remember that it was my aunt who taught me how to read simple words. The first phrase that I was able to read was " see oh see " a line from a nursery poem. The school that I spent my fundamental years believes in global competition that's why they strongly encourage students to speak and write in English which is the universal language as much as possible. To tell the truth Language and Reading subjects are actually the last on my favorites list maybe because I'm having difficulties speaking a different language. Until I bumped into a shelf in our school library and found a novel series for kids. Francine Pascal was the author and the book's series was Sweet Valley Kids. And I realized that reading will be a good way for me to kill time and boredom (since I grew up in my grandma's house that has 8 adults including my aunts and uncles and I was the only kid) I don't usually have someone to play with because they are all engaged with their own tasks. So I developed the hobby of reading during my idle time and guess what my library card every end of school days was always full sometimes a card is not enough to record all the books and novels that I borrowed for the whole school year. And I was never aware that reading has become my interest, a hobby that I can't live without. I just thought that I will just do what I want (I guess that is from a kid's perspective). Until I learned to write short stories and exchange works with my friends who has the same hobby. I also write just about anything that I can think of. One memorable experience was when I wrote a letter for my brother's teacher (he's from a different school) and the letter was about how I admire the guy. He (the teacher) was actually surprised and told my friend that he was impressed that he didn't believe that it was me who wrote it. Then I began to compete for extemporaneous speech and essay writing contests. 

Elle in The Realistic and Practical World.

I set aside my interest in reading and writing when I began to have my own family, I became a full-time mother and dedicated all the time that I'm conscious taking care of my kids. And when I got the chance to do what I wanted I prefer to do something that is productive, I took an English Proficiency and Advanced Call Center Training and worked in a Business Process Outsourcing company for a sum of almost 5 years. It was never easy working in a GY (graveyard) shift while being a mother at the same time. I realized that no matter how hard I dedicated myself to be a good employee and a responsible mother you will still go through a situation that you need to make a decision whether to continue with your career path that gives you the sense of growth and productivity and  financial stability and let the time for your family or kids suffer or you will choose otherwise. After almost five years of trying to find ways to balance career life and motherhood I gave up my work and decided to stay at home and take care of my children. I don't have any regrets about that decision because just like any other mother our priority should always be the best for our children. So now I have time to read articles in the internet. And I realized that I want to continue what I started couple of years back anyway writing will always have a soft spot in my heart. 

Never Felt as Inspired as Ever.

One weird fact about me is that although I grew up reading children's books, fantasy stories and novels, I'm really bad at writing a fictional story probably because I'm a left-brainer and I'm not creative or at least I tried to but it never worked. I'm currently working on a blog to practice my writing skills. This blog is actually my first. I'm in the process of learning the basics of writing (blogging to be exact).My readers can expect a lot of blogs about my favorite topics like wellness, general information and current events. My expectation right now is that not everyone will have the interest to read what I write, there will be learning curves and I will be happy to embrace and accept criticisms and I will take every opportunity that can help me to be a successful person that I wanted to be. I'm beginning to see the bigger picture now on being a freelancer and my goal is to be better in the coming months or if not I can wait for years. I will not complain if ever I wouldn't have the chance to conquer the world of being a professional journalist at least I know that I will always have a heart of a writer no matter where life will take me to.