So you wanna be a Vlogger?

Assalamualaikum and good day to you peeps :D

It's been like what? ages since I wrote, and my last post was me all emo, and really, I am always emo.

But that's besides the point.

How's your Ramadhan by the way?
Mine's just great.

Except I have an idea on my mind that's driving me crazy.

I want to be a vlogger.



There I said it. I needed to get this out of my system and there's no way I'm going to attempt at making a video in this holy month since it will take so much time and I really want to focus on my ibadah. tehee~

But I needed to talk about it, to tell someone about it, and I need to channel this need somewhere. So I decided to blog about it. (kinda hmm...ironic?)

This need started when Aiman Azlan gave a talk through online streaming. It was about self confidence I think, and then someone raised a question about vlogging and I was like "hey! That sounds kinda fun /derp/"

But then it was just that. A thought. Rather, it was an afterthought, something that just whizzed in my mind but never really had a foundation.

Until the first day of Ramadhan. Out of all months, why did I have to have such an energetic need to make a vlog on Ramadhan?

And like everything I do, I can't get the idea to skip my mind. It first came because I watched Aiman Azlan's video in collaboration with Iproduksi, and then I started watching almost all of his videos and then I watched his first video (which I think was still good even for his very first time)

And then I'm like, "I REALLY WANT TO BE A VLOGGER."

Why shouldn't I right?

I had doubts that I voiced in twitter, and surprisingly there were people who supported. HAHA what are the odds of that?

Since I'm a muslimah, I wanted to be demure, blending in, and then I realized, just because I am a muslimah, doesn't mean I have to silence my opinions, be unknown, be pendiam.

I like to talk, I like to write, I talk and I tweet so much my friends probably think it's annoying.

but whatever. I realized that my talent in speech, should really probably have the right channel to express it. Instead of talking to people who might not even be interested in what I'm saying, I should talk in front of a camera by myself and if people like it, they can watch, if they don't, then that's okay!

I even tweeted Aiman Azlan and he said "Go for it!"

and really, what more encouragement do I need right?

then I started watching Maria Elena's vlog, as she is probably the most prominent(?) muslimah vlogger and I really could learn stuff from her. She wears long hijabs, long sleeved blouses and she is always improving herself as a muslimah, that doesn't mean she has to compromise her identity, her laugh, her smile, her general wackiness.

Why should I compromise my ability to talk well and my opinions just because society expects me to be pendiam? (what's pendiam in English by the way, it kinda frustrates me)

A good friend (?) said to me, as long as you don't go over the boundaries, and is appropriate for a muslimah, then why not? Go ahead!

So there, I'm gonna be a vlogger, but after Ramadhan.

First, focus on my ibadah.

eheh~ Assalamualaikum and later y'all~