MY NAME IS AQILA. YES.. I'M A QUEEN
Hay Good People
My name is Queen Aqila. I really like my full name, but to keep it simple, you can call me Aqila. I'm the same as any other woman in general, the difference might be in just the way I think and look at a life. How can that bet? Well, maybe by reading my writings, you might be able to understand how I think and view about this life.
This is not my first blog, this is my third blog. Why did I switch blogs? I guess, I can't explain it at the moment. But I promise you, someday you will know who I am. Obviously I switched blog not because of anything negative. But one of them (of the many reasons), I just wanted to know if people like me for the way that I think or how I look at life l, or it's simply because they know who I am. It's a different things right?
I like everything that had something to do with the creative world and imagination like creating something or writing. There is one time where one of my best friends asked "Why don't you make a YouTube channel (aka being a vlogger)? You can enter your activities or maybe your writings on a YouTube video form." Honestly I don't really like watching (only certain films that I like to watch, especially for Indonesian soap operas or serial dramas ... I'm the one that's the most resistant in watching them. Hahahah ...) or to be in front of the camera. Not that I lack of confidence, even though that I used to be photographed and I once attend a modeling school, but getting closer to today, I am getting to know my true identity better. It is a fact that I don't really like to be in front of the camera or getting to known by many people physically (I mean through photos or videos, because I prefer people to know me through my real work and personality). I like the world that is not too hustle and bustle, so I prefer to sit alone in a quiet cafe and open my Mac Book and create something.
Another reason of why I prefer writing than making a video? Because I want to open the eyes of the world through my writing and tell everyone that reading something is better than watching something. I mean this, when we read something, our mind automatically imagining things. By reading, we train our brain to be able to understand well or rather learn to understand a writing well and correctly. Learning to understand every word and sentence also learns to analyze what a person thinks through his/her writing.
However, if we watch videos, we automatically see firsthand what happens visually without needing to achieve what kind of character A or how it is and so on. I think it's less fun than reading.
I also want the reading culture to re-boom as it was when times of television programs were still very rare. What makes me enjoy reading and writing? I looked back at "my childhood". When I was a child, my father and grandmother often read me a fairy tale book before my sister and me goes to sleep. And we (me and my sister) are only allowed to watch TV on Sundays, that is only for a few hours. So maybe that what makes us both more happy to read than watching television.
I remember back then, my sister and I were given enough books when we went everywhere, we both would sit quietly alone. Enough with our book to persuade both of us. Even though finally my parents were worried because we were both like autistic children, especially me. Ha ha ha ha....
For your information, It's been like the past 6 years that I rarely watch television. Honestly, television, especially in Indonesia, had more uneducating content. You must know what I meant. And later when I have a child, I will educate them from reading more than watching. I want my child to have a strong imagination that will makes them more creative. The only thing I watch now is YouTube content and that's just about anything that had to do with the creative world. I don't really care about things like artist gossip. For me that is just another person's disgrace which is not my business.
Even in social media, I use Facebook more to write, write whatever I think. But I'm getting bored with social media, especially Instagram. Regarding social media, I will discuss it later in my post.
The proverb of "By reading we can see the world" is true. And for me, by writing we will help make a little window for people to see the world. People who can't see (sorry: blind) they still want to read using braille letters. They learn to read braille be able to read, to be able to see the world, then why do we who are still have good eyes don't use them maximally?
Just Try To Be A Real Me
Why do I write this blog in English and not Indonesian? It is not because of that I do not love my country (Indonesia), that is not it. I can't explain everything here thoroughly. But I can simply put it this way, I still have a dream for an overseas graduate school in Fashion Designer. Whether it's a direct school in the country (and living there) or an online school from Indonesia in the school that I want (only at graduation we will go there).
Well ... Of course I a go to a school abroad, I must use English, right? Even the textbooks are definitely in English. So now, I still and will continue to study English and by writing also reading it will help me better in using it. Not just to look cool. I also speak English every day, but my daily language is still Indonesian. But no need to worry, if I have enough time, I will write everything in two languages (English and Indonesian). :)
Well ... Of course I a go to a school abroad, I must use English, right? Even the textbooks are definitely in English. So now, I still and will continue to study English and by writing also reading it will help me better in using it. Not just to look cool. I also speak English every day, but my daily language is still Indonesian. But no need to worry, if I have enough time, I will write everything in two languages (English and Indonesian). :)
Okay ... I guess my initial introduction is enough. Gradually, you will know what I was like. Especially by reading the "Queen Aqila's Diary" section, including why I always use Queen. If all I explained here, it would be too long. Just wait, ok :)
0 comments