The Naked and famous

In this fast paced living generation like this, everything is instant. Technology keeps getting better everyday. I remember going to Starbucks just to fill up my sweet tooth that was craving for some coffee jelly frappuccino. There was a kid asking her mother to buy him an Ipad, but I'm not aiming for the needy kid. But the girl across the table that I was looking into. A girl taking some selfies of her face with a frappuccino on her cheeks, posing a duckface, a simple smile, a sad-kid face pose, stick-out tongue. Hummm.. Instagram worthy picture. Tap-tap; my generation. 

As a teenager we sometimes seeks for fun, adventure, love, and sometimes fame. Don't say no, hello.. are you in favor to your new profile picture in Facebook without a single like, Hell NO. Actually being famous or seeking fame is not a bad thing, It think it was labeled on Maslow's Hierarchy of needs; it was stated on the 3rd or 4th line of the pyramid. But what if fame takes too much of ourselves? does it mean we're starting to get naked to? By the word naked, the first thing that is popping in our heads was an undressed human, that's is how teens today would do just to get the right amount of fame to themselves. You can be a famous person in different ways, by your looks, your attitude, the way you act or treat other people, when you're an A+ student, or having a great sense of humor. Mine was the last one. 

Den, 16. Used to be bullied and disrespected  in social media sites because of her lewd and daring pictures giving her a bad review about herself. I asked her once why does she likes to take pictures of herself when she just woke up straight from the bed with her cameo cleavage. "Nothing, I just feel so vain that morning. Ang ganda ko kasi duon parang di-kakagising" despite of her "bitch labeled" self, I asked her prankly if she's aware on how people see's her. "Wala naman akong pakielam sakanila, hayaan mo lang sila ma-ingit".

Maybe it's because of the song "Forever young" or the popular teen word "YOLO" (You only live once) that's why sometimes teens seeks too much finding themselves in different way. Giving them a grand feeling when a lot of people know's you. That'll get to the point when people see's them differently. That being enough and well known is okay. After all, we're all human who needs sometimes a "miss" feeling from our loved ones, friends, and family. And life is journey of life lessons, maybe Young bloods like mine will realize the things we did later in ourlives. Okay, so now let's take a selfie.

*real name witheld

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