FANFICTION: Fiction about Fiction and Non-fiction

        Nowadays, many people are into a type of fiction that is very mainstream, especially to teenagers or bookworms, and it's called.........

  F A N F I C T I O N.

         Fan-fictions are fiction stories about characters or settings written by fans of an original work, creator or of a real person. For example, when you go on Wattpad or Fanfiction.net, you may see stories about Harry Potter getting pregnant, Edward Cullen singing on Glee, or Harry Styles turning into a boxer. It might seem weird, but they are still fanfics. 

        Did you know that one of the first fanfics ever written was created in the 1830's? It was made by the famous Bronte (BRAHN-tee) sisters. They wrote novels detailing the fantasy adventures of the 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley and his sons, Arthur and Charles. They later focused on Arthur who became a super-heroic figure in the story.

        Since the advent of the World Wide Web, fan-fictions became widespread. According to a survey, fan-fictions comprise one-third of all the contents about books on the Web.

         In my opinion, fan-fictions allow anyone to share the world/s he has created in his/her mind to other people who share the same interests as him/her and it lets us discover more exceptional amateur writers and how unique our imaginations are.

PS. Speaking of fanfics, try reading this romance fanfic on Wattpad. It's the best one I've read so far :)

It Started With A Tweet by messedupbun

Mainstream Hipsterism

HIPSTER [ˈhɪpstə]
noun.
- an individual who rejects "mainstream" culture and embraces and contributes to independent culture and prides himself/herself on this

       A hipster is someone who rejects the established culture and advocates extreme liberalism in lifestyle. Nowadays, when we (especially teenagers) hear the word "hipster", we would associate it to those who wear flower crowns, high-waisted shorts, maxi skirts, John Lennon sunglasses, combat boots, wearing vintage jewelry, and bringing vintage cameras, basically, the people bringing back the fashion of the "hip" people in the 80's.

       I was scrolling through photos on the site WeHeartIt when I realized the irony in "hipsterism" these days, especially in fashion. Let's say one girl started to liberate herself from the mainstream clothes and chose to go vintage and became "hipster", then another girl thinks her hipster style isn't bad so she followed it, and another girl likes it too and follows it too and it goes on and on and on....... and today, most of the teenagers are now going hipster. Here's the irony part; Today, Hipster Culture, which is the reject-the-mainstream-culture culture, became the mainstream culture itself.

        I'm not saying this is a bad thing though. To be honest, I actually like some of the styles the Hipster Culture came up with and I don't know when Mainstream Hipsterism will turn back to Reject-The-Mainstream Hipsterism again. Anyways, through hipsterism, I learned that it's okay to be unique, in a good way of course, because sometimes being unique can influence others to be unique too or just be themselves and do anything that makes them happy and comfortable.

Summer Playlist 2013

          Music has been a huge part of my summer this year. I spent most of my time learning songs on the piano, searching for new songs on YouTube and listening to my favorite artists' songs while reading or drawing. I also downloaded and bought some really good albums which I would love to recommend to you!

Here are the Top 5 albums on my summer playlist:

1. #3 by THE SCRIPT

2. + by ED SHEERAN

3. RED by TAYLOR SWIFT

4. DNA by LITTLE MIX

5. TAKE ME HOME by ONE DIRECTION