My ArtPark Weekly DTIYS entries for March and April 2021 | crimsonowl chatter
Welcome to **crimsonowl chatter** where I reflect or ramble about anime, art and everything in between.
I have realized that while I ramble about making art *religiously*, ironically, I have not uploaded my artworks here on read.cash. I have been so consumed with the fact that my account is flagged as spam but that's a different story.
In today's crimsonowl chatter, I would like to showcase my entries for @ArtPark Weekly Draw it in your style (DTIYS). As the name suggests, it is a weekly recreational art activity at the ArtPark chamber on Noise.cash.
**March 2021 entries**
We launched the Weekly DTIYS around the middle of this month. I was still trying to balance this newfound hobby and (lowkey) responsibility so I skipped Week 2: Eren Yaeger to keep my head cool and sort things out.
Week 1: Uchiha Sasuke
Week 3: Kuchiki Rukia
**April 2021 entries**
After skipping Week 4: Kugisaki Nobara (total of 2 weeks skipped), I tried my hardest and best to submit my entries despite my tight schedule every week. I believe that *one's gotta sharpen their pencil even though their sharpener is dull*. I have mentioned in my previous crimsonowl chatter that I am practically married to art slump so I just have to learn how to deal and live with it, I guess. I especially enjoyed Week 5: Saitama since I made it a crossover with Gojou Satoru. I realized that they are both OP in their respective animes to I decided to make a crossover of them. https://read.cash/@crimsonowl/artpark-more-than-just-a-noisecash-chamber-crimsonowl-chatter-bcf82d44
Week 5: Saitama
Week 6: The Fox Sin of Greed, Ban
Week 7: Bakugou Katsuki
That's it for March and April's art pieces. I'll try to post a summary of my artworks every month whether it's an entry for ArtPark Weekly DTIYS or just a random scribble. Come take a peek at ArtPark on noise.cash and maybe you'll want to join us in our weekly artful fun! https://noise.cash/n/artpark
Creativity is contagious, pass it on - Albert Einstein.
Previous crimsonowl chatter :
ArtPark: more than just a Noise.cash chamber https://read.cash/@crimsonowl/artpark-more-than-just-a-noisecash-chamber-crimsonowl-chatter-bcf82d44
Learn to mint but in Taglish:
A TagLish version of VideoGameDana's article on how to create SLP NFT https://read.cash/@crimsonowl/a-taglish-version-of-videogamedanas-article-on-how-to-create-slp-nft-188c5c95
A TagLish version of VideoGameDana's article on how to create SLP NFT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Huge thanks to...
@VideoGameDana For allowing me to translate your article. I know you said I don't need to give credit but I think it's the right thing to do.
MyHero For giving me the push to write this translated version and for helping me with the minting terms. https://noise.cash/u/MyHero
@Meyzee , @ishanvirtue , @carisdaneym2, @Ruffa For proofreading, suggestions, finding my silly mistakes and moral support.
Ang article na ito ay simplified translation ng article ni @VideoGameDana tungkol sa kung paano mag-mint ng SLP NFT. Ina-assume sa article na ito na ang magmimint ay walang background knowledge, katulad ko noong napagdesisyonan kong magmint ng NFT. ****Ang tutorial na ito ay masusundan lang gamit ang desktop. Sa ngayon ay hindi pa makakapag-mint gamit ang mobile phones.**** https://read.cash/@VideoGameDana/how-to-create-an-slp-nft-that-displays-artwork-properly-on-both-slp-explorer-and-juunglenet-d021c141
Ang inyong mga kakailanganing software ay ang sumusunod:
Electron Cash SLP https://github.com/simpleledger/Electron-Cash-SLP/releases
Github Desktop. Upang masundan mo ang tutorial na ito, kailangan na mayroon kang Github account. Maari mong gamitin ang Github Pages upang mag-host ng artworks mo. **Kung may sariling hosting server ka na, pwede mo ring gamitin iyon**. Upang maverify ang inyong NFT, kakailanganin pa rin ang Github. https://desktop.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/
Ang nakasanayan o paborito mong image editor. (Photoshop, Gimp, Procreate, Clip Paint Studio at iba pa) https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Ito ay hindi software ngunit kakailanganing niyo ng ***mahabang pasensya*** upang masundan ang tutorial na ito. Take a break if you need to.
Step 1. Mint the Parent/Group token for your NFT
Buksan ang ***Electron Cash SLP***
Kung wala ka pang wallet, piliin ang ***File*** ➡***New/Restore*** ➡***Standard wallet*** ➡***Create a new seed***. ***I already have a seed*** ang piliin kung may existing wallet ka at gusto mong i-import ➡ I-type ang 12-word seed phrase.
***Pondohan/Lagyan ng Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ang wallet****.* Kailangan ng kakaunting BCH upang makapagmint ng kahit anong token. I recommend na maglagay ng 1 dollar worth ng BCH sa wallet mo.
I-click ang ***Tokens*** tab ➡ ***Create New Token***
***Name your Parent/Group token.*** Pwedeng kahit anong name ang piliin mo. Ito ang magrerepresent sa buong NFT tokens mo. Halimbawa, ang Parent/Group token ng “Waifu Faucet” ay WGRP, “PHOTOYSHOP” para sa Photoyshop, “Cryptor.at” para sa RAT. Ang Parent/Group token ng NFT ko ay “Korin Kre-at”. Sa Juungle.net, ito ang magiging pangalan ng iyong collection sa Collections page. https://www.juungle.net/#/collections
***Give your Parent/Group token a Ticker Symbol.*** Depende sayo kung anong pangalan ang pipiliin mo pero pwedeng pareho ang pangalan ng iyong Parent/Group token at Ticker Symbol. Ito ang unang lalabas sa SLP explorer kaya choose wisely. Sinimplehan ko lang ang sa akin at ginawang ko ring “KORIN KRE-AT” ang Ticker Symbol.
***Provide a Document URL.*** Nirerecommend na ilagay mo ang link ng nagrerepresent ng iyong artwork, tulad ng Instagram account ng iyong art page, personal web page, gallery o portfolio. Para sa “Korin Kre-at”, link ng Instagram art page ko ang nilagay ko.
***Keep the Decimal Places set to 0.***
***Choose an initial quantity of token to mint.*** Kada magmimint ka ng Child token para sa Parent/Group token, ang minted token will be burned para makagawa ng bagong Child NFT. Wala pa akong masyadong napoproduce na artwork para sa Korin Kre-at kaya 1000 token ang aking na-mint. Sa tingin ko more than enough na ito para sa ngayon.
Do not change the ***Token Receiver Address*** ➡ Uncheck ***Fixed Supply***
***Check “Is NFT Parent?”.*** Importante na macheck ito para malaman na gusto mong magproduce ng Child NFT galing sa Parent/Group token.
***Double-check your work*** ➡ I-click ang ***Create New Token***.
Step 2: Mint your first Child NFT
I-click ang ***Tokens*** tab sa Electron Cash SLP ➡I-***right-click*** ang Parent/Group token ➡I-click ang ***Create New NFT*** ➡ I-click ang ***Prepare Group Parent.***
***Give your new NFT a unique name***. Ito ang magiging mismong pangalan ng iyong NFT. Halimbawa, ang pangalan ng Waifu token ay mismong character name. Ganito rin ang ginawa ko para sa Child NFT ko na “Igarashi Yuuya”.
***Set the Ticker Symbol.*** Katulad sa Ticker Symbol ng Parent/Group token, ito rin ang unang lalabas kung titingnan ang NFT mo sa SLP explorer. Halimbawa, “WAIFU” para sa Waifu, “RAT” para sa Cryptor.at.
***Enter the Document URL.*** Pwede mong ilagay dito ang kung ano ang nilagay mo na Document URL sa Parent/Group token.
Huwag palitan ang ***Token Receiver Address*** ➡ ***Create NFT．***
Step 3: Prepare and host the artwork for your NFT.
***Note:*** Nakabase ang step na ito sa aking experience at maaring hindi direct translation sa article ni VideoGameDana. Wala akong background knowledge sa Github kaya ito ang naisip ko na pinakamabilis na paraan para makaproceed sa Github *without losing my mind.*
Gumawa ng account sa Github kung wala pang account at i-click ang ***New repository***. I-fill up ang **Repository name** with “**[username].github.io**”. Palitan mo lang ang “**username**” ng ***Parent/Group Token name*** for uniformity.
Piliin ang ***Public*** ➡ I-check ang ***Add a README file*** box ➡ I-click ang ***Create repository.***
Pagkatapos mong gumawa ng new repository, I-click ang ***Code*** ➡ ***Open with Github Desktop***. Bubuksan nito ang Github Deskop. I-click ang ***Clone*** ➡ I-click ang ***Show in Explorer***.
Sa local Explorer, magcreate ng New Folders at pangalan according sa sumusunod.
***I-convert to PNG files ang iyong artworks*** gamit ang image editor (Photoshop, Gimp etc) at ang file name ay dapat ang ***Token ID*** ng iyong NFT. Para malaman ang ***Token ID***, i-right click ang Child NFT sa ***Tokens*** tab ng Electron Cash SLP ➡ i-click ang ***View Token Details*** ➡ i-copy ang ***Token ID***.
***I-save ang PNG file*** sa “original” folder.
***Create a square version of your artwork*** gamit ulit ang image editor. I-scale down into sa sumusunod na mga sizes: ***128x128 pixels, 64x64 pixels, 32x32 pixels.*** Ilagay sa kanikanyang folder ang mga scaled down versions. **128x128 ➡ “128” folder, 64x64 ➡ “64”, 32x32 ➡ “32”.** Tandaan din na dapat ang file name ng lahat ng images ay katulad sa original file, which is ang ***Token ID.***
***I-edit ang README.md file*** gamit ang Notepad. Maari mo isulat dito ang description ng iyong NFT collection o kung ano man ang gusto mo isulat.
Dapat may isang PNG file ang bawat folder at may pare-parehong file name.
Pumunta sa ***Github Desktop*** ➡ I-fill up ang header at description ➡ I-click ang ***Commit to master*** ➡ I-click ang ***Push origin***.
May sarili ka ng hosting server！ I-check mo ang site by typing “***https:// [username].github.io***” sa browser. Ang URL na ito ang ilalagay mo sa “***group_icon_repos.json***” file.
★ Take note na kung may existing hosting server ka, pwede mo rin itong gamitin.
Step 4: Verify your tokens
***Buksan ang Github Desktop*** at maglog-in.
***Buksan ang*** ***SLP Explorer Github Page******.*** https://github.com/blockparty-sh/slp-explorer
I-click ang ***Code*** ➡ ***Open with Github Desktop*** ➡ ***Clone the repository.***
Sa local Github folder, buksan ang “***slp-explorer***” folder ➡ buksan ang “***public***” folder. Hanapin ang “***group_icon_repos.json***” and buksan ito gamit ang Notepad.
Ihanda ang ***Token ID ng iyong Parent/Group token***.
Kinakailangan i-add ang iyong ***Token ID*** sa “***group_icon_repos.json***” file. Para gawin to, magdagdag ng comma (,) sa pinakahuling entry sa pinakababa ng file at press Enter to add a new line. Type in ***double quotes*** (“ ”) at sa loob niyan, I-paste ang kinopya mong ***Parent/Group Token ID*** ➡ type in colon ( : ) ➡ Add a space ➡ Type in ulit ng double quotes (“ ”) at I-copy & paste dito ang URL ng hosting server ng iyong artwork. I-save ang file.
Pagkatapos mong na-add ang ***Token ID at hosting server*** sa “***group_icon_repos.json***” file, buksan ang “***verified_tokens.json***” file. **Nasa pinakababa ito “*******public*******” folder**. Again, magdagdag ng comma (,) sa pinakahuling entry sa pinakababa ng file at press Enter ➡ Type in ***double quotes*** (“ ”) at I-copy & paste ulit ang ***Parent/Group Token ID*** ➡ I-save ang file.
Automatic na nadedetect ng Github Desktop ang kahit anong changes na ginawa mo sa file. I-fill up ang header at description ➡ I-click ang ***Commit to master.***
I-click ang ***Branch*** sa top menu ➡ I-click ang ***Create pull request*** ➡ ***Push the commit***.
Dahil wala kang write access, tatanungin ka if you wish to fork the repository. ***Fork the repository*** ➡ Piliin ang “***To contribute to the parent project***” ➡ Continue.
I-click ang ***Branch*** at and ***Create Pull request*** ulit ➡ ***Push***.
Sa browser window, ***I-click ang green button na “Create Pull Request”.***
Again, i-click ang susunod na ***Create pull request*** button.
Ang last step ng verification process ay ***hintayin na i-accept o i-deny ang pull request mo.*** It will take days bago ito maaccept kaya need na i-monitor daily ang page. Anyway, mag-e-email din naman ang owner sayo kung accepted or denied ang request mo.
**Kapag na-accept na ng owner ang pull request mo, lalabas na dapat ang images sa SLP Explorer. Huwag na huwag mong i-send/submit ang NFT mo sa Juungle.net bago ma-accept ang pull request dahil hindi lalabas ang artwork mo sa Juungle.net.**
Last Step: Listing on Juungle.net
Kapag na-accept na ang pull request mo at lumabas na ang image sa SLP Explorer, ready ka nang mag-send/submit ng NFT mo sa Juungle.net marketplace.
Buksan ang ***Electron Cash SLP***.
Buksan ang ***Send*** tab sa Electron Cash SLP.
Ilagay sa ***Pay to*** ang deposit address ng account mo sa Juungle.net
Piliin ang ***Token Type*** na iyong isesend. Ito ang mismong NFT na i-lilist mo sa Juungle.net
I-click and ***Max*** sa ***Token Amount.***
Double-check ➡ Send
I-check ang account mo sa Juungle.net at ready ka na magsell ng NFT!
****IMPORTANT******: Kung ang images mo ay naka-cache sa SLP explorer pero hindi nakikita sa Juungle.net, ibig sabihin ay kailangan i-update ng webmaster ng Juungle ang marketplace. Pwede mo silang i-contact at ipaalam sa kanila ito pero suggest ko na maghintay na lang, be patient, dahil minomonitor nila ang marketplace regularly.**
Congratulations at natapos mo ang article na ito! Ginawa ang article na ito dahil sa malaking demand galing sa mga Filipino artists na nais mag-mint ng kanilang NFT kaya sana ay nakatulong ang simplified translation na ito.
This account @crimsonowl will be inactive forever. If you have questions, please tag me at @crimsonowlkk. I'm still no expect in this but I'll try to answer them.
ArtPark: more than just a Noise.cash chamber | crimsonowl chatter
Welcome to my first of many **crimsonowl chatter**, where I reflect or ramble on anime, art and everything in between.
My bish @ishanvirtue and I created an art-curation chamber at Noise.cash named ArtPark (@ArtPark). Its ultimate goal is to help artists on the platform in any way we can, such as give more exposure to lesser-known artists on the platform, help them fight back reporters, tipping them as hefty as we can. https://noise.cash/n/artpark
Every week, we have a recreational activity called "Draw this in your style" which is a popular challenge on Instagram. We introduced this activity to give the art community at Noise.cash a little nmph. At first, the purpose was to introduce the chamber and invite artists to post their artwork there but it had personally helped me in the most unexpected way.
I have been "married" to art block and been stuck with each other for several years. I tried different ways to recover, start an art blog at a different crypto-blogging platform, watch art videos on Youtube, watch anime more, but I failed to achieve my goal of making art *religiously.* If I'm not making art, I don't know what would have become of me. So, all these years of art block, I sort of lost myself, too. I won't get into details so as not to upset you, who are reading this, but I felt like a thirsty, unwatered plant. Before joining Noise.cash, I did a few to no artwork at all and my art gadgets were just rotting in their corner.
One fine January day, I finally decided to join the platform after my bish mentioned it months ago. I guess I made the right decision and even more so when we decided to make the ArtPark chamber, a month later, and do the Weekly DTIYS. I was very skeptical and very anxious whether the activity would continue or just be a one-time gig. I thought that if we had no feedback, @ishanvirtue and I would be the only participants and it would still be a fun activity since we get to *kick our lazy asses to draw again*, at least.
Unexpectedly, we had good responses since more and more artists join our activity each week. Personally, I haven't put too much thought and just a little effort into making my artworks since I thought, I would only be administering the activity and summarize it at the end. Also, I work full time on the weekdays so I wouldn't be able to participate much, or so I thought. Thinking about it now, I was practically putting up a wall and making excuses to myself, for myself.
Juggling my work, personal life and online *gigs* is quite a lot for me but it turns out, I was enjoying the DTIYS. I am excited to do it every week because I had a reference to draw and a "deadline" to follow. I won't have to think too deeply about what I should draw. One day, @ishanvirtue told me suddenly...
@ishanvirtue : Bish. I'm proud of you. We're less lazy (in making art). I remember when we started ArtPark so you can draw weekly, if not daily.
me : LOL. I know right. I realized I'm so pumped to draw lately.
What he said caught me off guard. It's only been exactly 2 months since we started the DTIYS activity but when I checked my gallery in Procreate, I have a few artworks that I'm sure would take months to finish when I was just mopping around, making love with art block. My gadgets are now being used as intended. My iPad even broke down once, maybe due to the shock of being frequently used again.
It goes without saying that ArtPark has become more than just a Noise.cash chamber for me. It helped me find a community of artists, although we only communicate through our art and never really had a conversation but are willing to join us and celebrate art with us through what we thought, at first, was a light-hearted activity. While each week is a surprise on how many participants we will have or whether people will be interested in the week's reference, when Presentation Day arrives, those little worries are washed away with the willingness to participate by our fellow artists. Again, with my hectic schedule, I always tend to draw on Presentation Day and submit it at some point in the night. But I would almost always feel like enter a zone and be sharp-focus on drawing, I would forget to eat or go to the bathroom. You might think that's just normal for an artist but I didn't know I forgot this feeling until I'm doing it for ArtPark.
*ArtParks aims "to encourage artists to create to their fullest potential".* While writing this article, I took a peek at ArtPark's introduction article, and this line *gave me feelings*. At least for me, it has encouraged me to the core to grab that damn pencil and draw.
I am thankful, grateful to the people at ArtPark, our fellow artists, the audience/reader who have supported us, and to my bish, my yesman, my do-man, my do-it-man, my i-will-do-it man ( ´∀｀ ).
I am still light years away from my goal of *drawing religiously* but one step, one stroke at a time, I'm getting there.
Creativity is contagious, pass it on - Albert Einstein.
Check out the @ArtPark chamber. https://noise.cash/n/artpark
The Art of Fanfiction
I've always loved the idea of reading. Grabbing a thick book of your favorite genre, taking you away from the present world and pulling you into the universe of your imagination. You're so absorbed into your reading yet to the world outside, you look so at peace and so calm, with the occasional giggles. But sometimes, there are situations or events in your favorite story which you would like to have happened a different way, or perhaps, you would have wanted your beloved character to end up with a different lover. The possibilities are endless, don't you agree? It doesn't only apply to your favorite books but also to your favorite drama shows, anime, heck even games. It's literally free real estate!
This is how fanfictions (fanfics) are born. Random authors on the internet squeeze their little creative juices and make delicious drinks to quench us readers' thirst, feed our imagination. Of course, fanfic authors aren't legally allowed to publish their works so they alternatively release them on places they can and websites that allow them, such as Deviantart, Archive of your own, Wattpad, and others.
My first encounter with fanfic was with Fifty Shades of Grey. If you haven't known, the author E. L. James was a huge fan of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Mayer. She used to write erotic fanfics about Edward and Bella and publish them on Twilight fans forums. It was told that these fanfics eventually became the famous erotica novels.
Furthermore, my obsession with Sasuke x Sakura was too much yet their interaction in the anime was not enough so I started to search for fanfics about them. In fact, I would search for fanfics of the pairings I like from the anime shows on my watchlist. For some time, I continued enjoying my hetero-pair fanfics (mostly of Sasuke x Sakura and Grey x Lucy) until Free! Iwatobi Swim Club anime came into the picture. Boys and water should not be in the same setting and should be illegal but Free! made it happen. One teenage girl drooling on teenage swimming anime boys is too much to bear and so, I discovered a new domain in the fanfic world - **x Reader** fanfics
x Reader fanfic is basically a fanfic about your favorite character being paired to the reader, to you. Upon the rise of All-boy and all-girl characters in an anime comes the rise of x Reader fanfics. It didn't stop there and continue to spread all over the anime universe. You know what they say, if you can't find it, make it yourself. I literally did so due to my love for Makoto Tachibana and Rin Matsuoka of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club. What triggered me to write my x Reader fanfics with Makoto and Rin (which I have published here) was I dreamt of them because I was excessively reading fanfics about them. I wrote them a long time ago but only had the courage to publish them till now. Dreaming about not one but two anime characters was new to me at that time and dreaming about anime characters still continued even until now (*cough*Gojou*cough*). It would give me inspiration for plots for future fanfics. Currently, I'm stirring the pot for inspiration to write about Gojou Satoru, Getou Suguru, and Nanami Kento. https://read.cash/@crimsonowl/im-a-girl-i-can-change-my-mind-1-free-iwatobi-swim-club-fanfic-16d0ed16
Fanfic authors write fanfics as their hobby. Sometimes they would be unappreciated for shipping certain characters and worst, be told harsh words. I have always wondered if there would be a way to compensate them for their, essentially, free labor of love. When I started blogging on crypto-platforms, it was always in the back of my head but I wasn't able to publish fanfics since I was just uninspired. Now that I am back in the blogging-verse and finally have the courage to post my fanfics, it doesn't hurt to receive some sort of reward for writing things you love, right? At the same time, I have also created a Fanfiction community so fanfic authors and fanfics readers can come together and celebrate! (Everyone is welcome to post there as long as it's their original fanfics) https://read.cash/c/fanfiction-b4b6
Somewhere in the middle of my obsession with fanfics, I realized I would have missed a whole different world if I had not known what fanfic is. The sense of liberation in writing fanfics and the sense of fulfillment in reading those fanfics were like gifts from a higher power. It wouldn't be a complete loss if I have never known fanfic but I am thankful I did. It has given me an outlet to express my love for my beloved anime characters other than drawing them and allowed me a chance to share with others the inspiration they have given through the handful of fanfics I have written myself.
Do you read fanfics? If you have just known fanfic from this article, why not start searching the internet for some fanfics of your favorite characters?
*Crossposted on read.cash, Steemit (@korinkrafting) and Hive (@korinkrafting)*
I learned about the world when I left the Philippines
... well, technically, I became more aware of the world when I left.
Let’s start with a little disclaimer.
*Disclaimer: I was privileged to pursue my dreams but my following opinion and statements do not mean to insult anybody.*
I may sound full of myself saying this but even at a young age, I noticed I was more mature in mindset than the kids my age. Or maybe it’s just my quiet personality, wanting to be a foot away just enough not to be in the center of the circle yet not too far to be in the shadows. But, however “mature” I pride myself to be, I was still a kid even at the age of 20. A college student in the Philippines who still lives with their parents. Nothing wrong with that; it’s the norm. Unless you are a working student, which I wasn’t, some of us still relied on our parents for food, clothing, and shelter despite being beyond the age society views as an adult.
I wasn’t raised in an affluent family. We lived paycheck to paycheck upon sideline jobs to sideline jobs but my parents did their best to provide us with the best they could. However, when I moved up to college, they were practically against me taking up International Studies. I was only able to push on taking the course when I found someone to financially support my studies. For most of my college life, I lived at a ladies dormitory. At that time, I didn’t realize the weight of the responsibility of living practically on my own as I still go home on the weekends.
Some exams, research papers, and theses later, I graduated with a degree in my hand. The one specification I thought I needed to survive in the world. Oh, how naive I was.
One fated day, an opportunity knocked so I gladly opened that door and flew to Japan to further study the Japanese language. I’ve always wanted to leave, not just because I was obsessed with Anime and Japan, but because I did not see my future in the Philippines. Maybe I was too invested in my Japanese studies that the culture I learned through the textbook engraved into me and that became my culture, too. Regardless, being in the Philippines was all against the culture I have embraced so *I gladly left.*
Again, boy, how naive I was. I was again slapped with the reality and weight of the responsibility of living, now properly, on my own. Soon after I arrived, I found the very first (part-time) work of my life - at a fast-food chain. I wasn't very fond of the work so I was doing it half-assed. I struggled to balance my economy because I just don't know how. Apparently, "income" minus "bills" was just the surface of the iceberg.
I landed a full-time job as a hotel personnel after finishing my language studies. This time, I felt I have again stepped on uncharted territory - taxes. Income taxes, Community taxes, Health taxes, Year-end tax adjustments, and more. Japan is pretty famous for its many taxes that everyone dreads here. So, I was forced to learn how to earn effectively to cover bills, taxes, and takes some for myself.
So where am I going with this?
Well, I guess I speak for most when I say, the education you get from school is very impractical when you finally step into the real world. I'm not saying that elementary students should know how to compute taxes (well, some kids learn programming at a young age so why not? tbh). In my experience, my education in the Philippines was just a series of toxic competition. Every student was so desperate to be on the honor's list/dean's list or who gets to have the most medals and certificates. I was part of the problem for kind of participating but burning the midnight oil to master Japanese and graduate with flying colors was a tool to survive and get to where I am today. What we should be effectively learning from school is how to be a *flexible* person. Each stage in education should effectively prepare us to be able to survive on to the next stage, just how we are taught by our parents how to at least read the alphabet even before entering elementary school. We should be scratching the basics of the real world as we get closer to it. Learn the essence of working, how to rent a room, get official documents by ourselves, learn how to do banking - basically, things we need to stand on our own foot. Furthermore, taxes should have been integrated into higher education. We should have known at least what are these taxes for before we start to be part of the workforce.
Now being married, I practically do the taxes for my husband since he, too, doesn't know how to do them. Thanks to the internet, I was able to educate myself further. I even do my own visa renewal, which I tell you is a huge pain in the butt. I still hate phoning the dentist to make appointments but I regularly go to the city hall to run errands related to healthcare, taxes, and official documents. I'm not perfect, I will never be but I take things a step at a time. Still learning on the way.
I learned of the practical world when I left the Philippines. I didn't need to be mature to be an adult. I didn't need the medals, trophies, and certificates. Heck, they are just rotting in god knows where I left them. What helps you prosper and thrive in the real world is *flexibility*. Learn to bend but don't break. Ride into the waves but learn to jump into the ocean when needed. Live smart, live practical.
*Crossposted on read.cash, Steemit (@korinkrafting) and Hive (@korinkrafting).*
Welcome to my mess | crimsonowl Introduction
I’ve been putting off writing an introduction since I absolutely have no idea what to write. On the internet, it’s basically free real estate. You can take any persona, you can project how you want people to see you, for the good or the bad. Also with the abundance of crypto-blogging platforms (yes, I made up that term), many of us may have written a lot of introduction blogs.
*I can blab about this for the next 300 words or so but I digress. Let’s follow the norm.*
Hey! My name IRL is **Korin**. @crimsonowl is the little voice in my head and is very opinionated. Also, this is my username in read.cash and noise.cash. The meaning behind my username is simple; I love the color red and I’m obsessed with owls. I draw in anime-style and currently, trying to make it a living. I am currently based in Japan; an anime otaku living her dream. I am new to read.cash but I've been around crypto-blogging platforms such as Steemit.com and Hive.blog. As for content, I usually post about **anime, art, and everything in between**. I occasionally make arts and crafty posts, fanfictions and at times, just pure self-indulgent blogs. I just like to make that little voice in my head talk.
***Anime Otaku.*** I've been watching anime for as long as I can remember. Well, that sounded cliche but that's a fact. What triggered for me to dig a deeper hole into the otaku-world is Naruto. Yes, Sasuke is my favorite character. As a matter of fact, all-time favorite character (Even Gojo can't beat that). I am not the most versed when it comes to anime titles, theories, and such, and definitely don't have a whole room and lifestyle dedicated to anime but I like to collect *mangas* and novels of my favorite shows and titles. As I am currently living in Japan, I make an effort to go to places that have been mentioned in an anime and go to live performances (of course, pre-COVID). As for my current obsession, well, if you take a peek at my noise.cash, you will definitely know that my current poison is Jujutsu Kaisen. I've been trying to save my earnings to buy the volumes available and the fanbook. Anime inspires me more than anything in this world. My bish @ishanvirtue is witness to that. I am pretty normal as a human being; another face in the crowd but when it comes to anime, I've been told that I shine the brightest ever since they've known me.
***Life in Japan.*** It was a long path to get to where I am today. My earlier journey into anime led me to learn the Japanese language. When the Naruto episodes on TV are on repeat, I started to search the internet for new episodes and discovered the Japanese dubs are way better than the local dubs. This might be the norm now but in my time, reading the subs while watching anime was a skill. However, I grew irritated and tired so I decided to learn the language itself. I have a total of 10 years of extensive learning under my belt and I could say, I didn’t have difficulty living here, language-wise. As a girl who grew up in the suburbs, the convenience of Tokyo was exceptional but boy, oh boy, was it the most stressful years of my life. Now, I moved to the suburbs hours away from Tokyo and I’m living the life.
***Life goals.*** For years, I’ve been denying this but now, I consider myself to be an artist. My artist username is Korin Krē-āt (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). I have a passion project surrounding art and it’s been a long-hanging dream I like to hopefully come true. I am also administering an art-curation chamber called “@ArtPark” at noise.cash with @ishanvirtue . As I have mentioned in the beginning, it is my ultimate life goal to make a living through art. I am hopeful for this platform to be a stepping stone to that goal.
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*Lastly,* I would like to end with my all-time favorite quote I learned from *Inuyasha* Anime, "**Always follow your dreams with everything you've got**". As cliche as it sounds, the road to your goals will never always be smooth. The rougher the road, the tighter you should cling on to that dream but efforts you have exerted to reach that goal will always be rewarded, in some form, in some way.
*There you have it!* Are you already rolling your eyes back from the cliches and *otaku*-ness? I bet you are. Let's be nice to each other and be good internet citizens. See yah around.
@crimsonowl
