Collage Essay Number 5

88. Write a brief essay about your activities, interests, achievements and talents.

            “Anime” is THE word that describes me. People just know that I love anime because I try my hardest to look like one too. I get crazy haircuts, I color my hair in rainbow order, I dress up like one by collecting rags and anything that might work. I accessorize as much as possible and so weird make-ups when I can. Yes,  “Anime” is the word that describes me the most.

            Anime is something I found out when I was in Grade 6. I just loved anime and would watch it for hours even when I had exams, which was like 100 percent of my grade. Yes, that was stupid of me but I was really addicted to it. Thank god that this addiction did not go to waste because it slowly turned into my dream. My dream to become a Mangaka (comic artist) came to me when I actually started to take my art serious. I realized I was good at drawing manga and I also loved doing it because it was an escape for me to another world. I used to stay in my room for hours and kept drawing one art after another. I realized that I had this had become a part of me after drawing for so many years. This was like my stress reliever, my escape, my concentration and the list goes one. I was just so into my drawings. I really started to see the change in my art when I went to Japan and copied other people’s style. I had always been original but when I copied, I felt guilty. To remove this guilt, I added my own twist to it and this way I started combining my own style with the copied one. This move made me able to explore and create my own style. So, my motivation to become a Mangaka was because of my interest to Japanese animation.                        

            Well that was one of my most important talent but other things I’m talented in is dancing, making friends, singing, taking care of animals and sports. In my school we always have this opportunity where we can dance for almost any event. Be it after a sport game, or a weekly activity or even during assembly. We just love to dance! I got invited to join the dance club when I first joined my school. I know for sure that they must have seen me dance during the “Come Back Dance” party for all the students. I was a new kid that time so I didn't really care whom I was dancing with, so I just danced randomly. And I’m one of those people who can dance in the moment, I am very bad with making moves for like a show but in dance parties I can dance better because it feels more natural. So, when I was invited to the dance club, I was pretty unsure but I still joined because I was a bit curious. I must say that it was a pretty good decision I made because I learned that I could make moves, it was just that I never had that kind of practice and this was a learning experience for me. Dancing is one of the things that I love and one I’m pretty good at.

            I am also interested in reading books. I just love books but I have a specific type of genre that I read. Which are romance, fantasy and fiction mixed together. When I find a book that I really like be it 600 to 200 pages, I make it by target to finish it in a day, which I’m successful most of the time. But to reach that goal, I have to have a free day to read the whole book. But when I have to achieve a goal I go for it all out and when I’m done reading the book I feel great. So, these are my interest, talent, activity and achievement.

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