Building Friendships on Steemit - Tell Me Something About Yourself and Have a Chance to Win 10 SBD!
Hello Steemians!
I ran my first giveaway a few weeks ago and it was SO much fun that I’ve decided to do another one! In my first giveaway, I asked people to give their best advice to new Steemians. Over 100 people responded and I was absolutely BLOWN away by how wonderful and helpful you all were! There were so many thoughtful and meaningful tips given to their fellow Steemians.
What I Loved from my First Giveaway
It felt good to give back
I am beyond grateful to the many people who support me here on Steemit. I feel so honored that you guys take the time to read/watch my content and then engage in a meaningful way. I’ve gotten to know so many of you better by the thoughtful comments you leave on my posts. Often really fun conversations and new friendships come from that.
I Met some New Faces!
I was pretty excited by how many people I met that I had somehow never run across their blog before. Many of which, I am now avid followers of theirs! For example, I met @goldmatters through my last giveaway, and we have totally become friends! He actually just sent me a GoldMoney t-shirt... how cool is that!
We did something awesome for the community
By having people leave advice, we were able to create a bank of helpful and inspirational information for new users. I often have newer users leave questions for me on my posts and it’s really great to not only give them my two cents – but share the advice from over 100 Steemians as well! If that doesn’t get you stoked to be here, I don’t know what will!
Here’s What I Learned…
1.People love contests.
2.People love contributing to the community.
In the spirit of continuing to grow the community… I have a new giveaway that I think will both be fun and help us get to know each other better.
The Contest Rules
I want to get to know you guys even better and I want to encourage others to do the same!
Step 1. Comment on this post with some fact about yourself. If you are feeling stuck - here are a few examples of things you might talk about:
-What do you do outside of Steemit? Do you have a business or do you work at a job?
-What is a moment in your life that you are really proud of?
-What kind of hobbies and passions do you have?
-What about a fun fact? (For example… I won a sand castle building contest when I was 13)
Step 2. Reply to at least one other person’s comment! The whole point is to foster community building, and so what good is it if you just leave a comment to enter the contest and don’t read anyone else’s?
Step 3. That’s it!! You are entered! This contest is SUPER simple. You are not required to follow me, or vote this post, or re-steem, or create a separate post. Simply comment with something about yourself, and engage with at least one other person.
Choosing the Winner
I don’t think it’s fair to judge who left the “best comment” because we all have unique and interesting facts about ourselves. I will simply be doing a random draw! If you leave a comment telling us something about yourself and engage with at least one other person – your name will go in the bucket.
This contest will run all week and I will announce the winner after 7 days.
If you have any questions at all – please don’t hesitate to ask!
Xo, Lea
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Mo ideea i just want in the contest ;) because why not !
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haha! Yes, why not!?
What a great idea @coruscate! I love the idea of making people comment on each other’s comment. Thats genius!!!..... Okay Step 1: Proudest moment: winning the 6th grade hoola hoop championship. 2nd proudest moment..... Meeting Ned Scott CEO and founder of Steemit!! (This ones not a wax figure)
Cool that you won a hoola hoop championship.
This is pretty much what'd I'd look like trying to hoola hoop....
Hahahaha!!! Me too probably now. I retired after peaking in 6th grade....
Always a good idea to go out on top! :)
It all went downhill after that. My life just kept getting weirder until I ended up with my own bobble head??
cute bobble head!
Thank you! Its supposed to look like me :)
Wow...
Winning hoola hoop championship...i wonder how flexibel is your body at 6th grade :)
Lol definitely more so than now
We should have a new challenge and see how we do now
I am super impressed by the hula hoop championship. I can't hula hoop at ALL.
We should have a new challenge and see how we do now
G8 !! I have a friend who also love hoola hoop, we use to call her the hoola girl, is always with thousand of hoolas (like 5) she likes the tricks and that haha is fun.
Sounds great! I guarentee she’s better than me!
I loved the t shirt you sent Lea!! (same shirt you are wearing in the picture ) . and i love how your first proudest moment is winning a sixth grade contest. You seem like a cool guy.. and how cool is it that you met @ned! .. where was that? at a steem fest ? btw, i am so following you now!! (i bet Lea got you a couple new followers) .
Keep being awesome!
Thank you! That shirt has been with me many places :) in the ocean, the top of a volcano.... I met Ned at a Steemit meet up in San Francisco. Super nice guy! Thank you so much for the follow
How cool! You are very welcome!
I hope someday I'd meet @coruscate too
She’s pretty awesome!
Oh stop you guys! 😜
Wow,be committed with your goals in life and keep steeming.
wear a dress and title is goldmoney, and also earned gold money. that's awesome dear.
Woooah you met Ned! (your wax figurine comment cracked me up 😆) Also, a hula hoop championship? I think that re-defines the term fun fact!
Thank you so much for supporting this post and leaving such a fun response. I am beyond thrilled to see how many great conversations have started up here! It is exactly what I was hoping for. 😊
I’m glad you had such a successful post! Lol this is going to take a long time to respond to all these comments, which I just unfortunately added to and made it even longer !
Haha all good my friend! Sure, it will take a while to respond to everyone... but that’s a small price to pay for all of this great interaction. 😉
Awesome, a bit jealous as well that you got to meet @ned! Where did you meet him / what is the background?
I got to meet Ned and present him with the #steemsilveround he s holding only hours after receiving it in the mail. This at a Steemit meet up in SF! Read the details : https://steemit.com/ned/@goldmatters/ned-scott-ceo-and-founder-of-steemit-meets-silversteemcoin-goldmatters
Thank you! That shirt has been with me many places :) in the ocean, the top of a volcano.... I met Ned at a Steemit meet up in San Francisco. Super nice guy! Thank you so much for the follow
Jajajj really? Particularly I never learned to use it .. You have my vote. Greetings from Venezuela.
Greetings!
Hey please vote for me https://steemit.com/amorplatonico/@nomardice/mi-amor-platonico-en-steemit-cronica-de-un-amor-equivocado
Alrighty guys,
I'm Annabel! I'm a CNA which is a certified nursing assistant. I love taking care of the elderly, and I plan to do so for as long as I'm able. In the US we sadly have a lot of issues with patient neglect and abuse which breaks my heart. That's why I plan to go back to school (when I can afford it) for an RN degree. I want to change the system and create a much brighter future for our grandparents and loved ones. That's just one thing about me, but I feel like that is a major role in my life. (:
P.S: If you have loved ones in a care facility I beg you to get to know the people taking care them. It's a major help for both the patient, the nurse, and the families peace of mind.
That is awesome that you love taking care of people, I bet they have some great stories, I remember when I was about 10 and our church went to a nursing home, a gentleman told me the greatests stories of how he helped install railroad tracks in Las Vegas when he was young.
We can make the world a better place, we are the change we want to see!
I help the poor people here in Venezuela teaching them English for free (not everybody but a few people who I see the desire and passion to learn) and I also work in a High School where most of the Teachers have quit due to the low payment (low salary). I love Teaching and inspiring, your post is similar, but in another field (of course your work is greater and harder than mine!)
I wouldn't say it's any greater or harder. The desire to make the world a better place is a noble task. I'm so glad to hear you're teaching others. The greatest gift anyone can give in this world is knowledge. You're helping ensure this world has a better tomorrow. I thank you for it!
Nice nice work keep the spirit flowing
I love to see the spirit of care and affection in people esp towards the elderly because it kind of tells the level of understanding that people posses about life. Cuz someday we are gonna be old too, so how would we take care of people @80-90yrs is a function of how we would want to be taken care of.
So hospitality is my thing and when I see it in others I encourage it.
I agree completely! How we treat others is a good reflection of our personalities. I was always taught to live by 'the golden rule' "treat others how you would want to be treated" So hopefully when I get too old to take care of myself I will have made a difference and get the treatment we all deserve. I wish you the best in all you do friend. (:
Love this message :) and not just because it has the word “gold” in it this time !
We do need to pay attention to our sick better in the US. It's all about the money. Glad to see you trying to make a difference!
JGV
i would be very happy to pay back people like you with good. People whose job is to take care of other people. Especially those who do it with a good sense of humanity. Thanks for your job. Let me drop off one of my most lovely quote. It concerns YOU. Here it is - CARE GIVERS NEED CARE!
The best way to pay back kindness is to pay it forward.
Being kind is something that we can all do which costs nothing, and that is a beautiful thing. (:
Good thing you have that kind of initiative, there are many grandparents needing love that sometimes their relatives can not give, the same happens here in other countries. In my country, Venezuela, I am a volunteer in the oncology hospital for children in the city where I live, I have learned that sometimes more than medicines, many people just need a hug from God. Greetings @aisforannabel
I hope that one day I'll be able to afford to do pro-bono work down there. (for both the charity and the fact I've heard it's beautiful there. )
I respect and appreciate the work you do! God bless you! Thank you so much for it, a caring heart goes a long way in this world! @tibyjimenez
We hope so. God bless you
Thank you so much for sharing with us @aisforannabel. It is people like you that give me hope. Paatient neglect among elderly patients is such a huge issue in the United States, and I so appreciate that you are on the front lines of that trying to make a difference.
Thank you for also giving some tips to those who have family in a care facility. Getting to know the nurses and people who take care of them is a great idea.
It is my pleasure to do this work. It's hard, back-breaking, and mostly hard on your heartstrings. But the emotional connection you get from your patients makes it all worth it.
Plus the elderly have the best stories! They've told me things that I will cherish for a lifetime, plus they give damn good advice because they've seen a lot more than we have. I just want to help our system become a little less broken in any way I can. Kindness is key(:
Once again, thank you for the lovely idea, I've found some amazing people through this post! @coruscate
Being a medico,I can say that this is a big issue not only in the US but all over the world.Irrespective of the age,gender,religion or colour all patients have to be taken care of and need to be treated as proper human beings by all medical personnel and all other people.
@ameet77804 I agree completely! It's a serious issue that we need to make more clear to the public, a lot of people don't realize where we are all headed if we don't take action to care of our elders now.
Beautiful and inspiring, I love to see that people help when they can !!
It is really admirable how dedicated you are in taking care of elderly. I believe you will get the reward you deserve because you have the kindest heart. Not all people have a heart like yours. I mean some have a bad and short temper understanding and taking care of the elders. I used to live and grew up having my great grandmother beside me, she took care of us in every way she can. She cooks for us and we, her grand childrens feels the love she have for us. Then one day she got sick and got hospitalized. That's the time that we returned the care she has given us. We took care of her and attend to her needs to the best way we can. But sadly she passed away almost 7 years ago at the age of 88. I remember she told me this "I am sorry I became a burden to all of you." I told her that It was our turn now to take care of her. I was teary eyed that time but I am glad that I've been able to tell her how thankful we are for taking good care of us when she was still strong.
Beautiful girl with a big big heart, we need more people like you
Almost 8 years ago at the age of 50, I lost "half my size" with natural methods. I was the fat kid from the age of four, and had never lost weight before then. I was near death when I finally started to turn it around. My life since then has been healthy and dedicated to helping other obese people get here with me.
I have written books, made videos, done photos shoots, and posted on many platforms to get my message out. That is why I came to steemit and I have had very good interest and result since I got here.
This is inspiring especially to those who are thinking that they cant be physically fit anymore. It’s just a matter of determination and belief to oneselef that you can do change yor ways and have a healthier lifestyle :)
Exactly! :)
Same here @fitinfun I was also a fat boy in my early highschool life. Now I am thin. Still confused if whats really good for me. I was being bullied before because of my fat face and body but some adore me of my cuteness. Now I was being bullied because of my thin body but some adore me because of my big change. I dont understand tho .
Bullies are bullies no matter what you do! I stay mostly with unprocessed food as "clean" as I can get it. And I try to make sure any food I eat has a good amount of nutrition. So where I used to eat toxic, processed chips for a snack, now I will eat healthy seeds or nuts instead. This is just one example of hundreds of food changes I made over time.
That early high school weight was possibly related to going through puberty. If you keep on a healthy path now, it is unlikely to return.
Thank you for good advice my felow steemian @fitinfun I understand bullies are everywhere. I wont mind them😉
Haha! Great comment and so honest!
Congratulations! :) Good job!
that's very sweet of you @fitinfun ! We need more people like you as obesity is turning in to one of the biggest problems of the 21st century and is getting day by day :-( Also it's good to resort to natural ways to loose weight rather than surgical methods as they are turning out to be very expensive and also fatal in some rare cases !
Now that my birthday has passed, and I just finished the last piece of birthday cake, I can start a new life style. Diets are for losers. I have the change my eating habits. I'm at my highest weight ever, and I'm not getting any younger.
Keep up the great work.
You can do it! I agree with your theory of diets. I changed my lifestyle completely. There is no such thing as a cheat day in my life. I just eat delicious and nutritious food each day. If I wanted some cake and it was not made of poisonous ingredients, I would eat it without regret. If it was cake from somewhere unknown with blue frosting on it - I would not even be interested now.
I watched my highest weight ever just get larger each year. It is so discouraging; I know. I have lots of information to help if you ever want to contact me, and there is always some sort of link to my weight loss work my post footers here - no matter what the topic of the post.
Hey Sharon! I have learned to appreciate the small things in life. I love pizza and other stuff and i don't know how to say..don't want to ban it from my life?! I think that describes it..so i try hard to balance my greed for chips and try to eat just 2 slices or whatever. What a hard task this is..
I really like your comment. I have similar feelings regarding my body and i don't think it is a matter of weight. It is all about balancing. Let's try a train of thoughts: You have the feeling that your body needs food. We want to compare it to a car who's about to run out of gas. You are standing at the gas station -> how much do you fill in?
Exactly. You probably have no idea. You are trying out and...blop..the tank is full. If the gas is running out..you have a mess.
The next time you are remembering that you should listen to the "blop" and you let it pass...Are you a step further now? Yeah, probably. But what if you take a book where someone explained his thoughts and knowledge and read about the part where the amount is written up? "Ahh..a 80l tank. Easy, next time i know how much to fill in"
If we want to change our habits, we might look behind the scenes and go on our path to find out what's inside and how much "food" our body needs.
I do have the strong feeling that the author of that book just wanted to share his knowledge in order to help other people out. And how knows...maybe next time we are the guy at the gas station and we see someone in help and doesn't know how much to fill in his tank. We show some brave and go a step ahead and just talk to this person to help out with our new knowledge.
wonderwop, i wish you all the best with your change and i hope that the picture i have tried to drawn is somehow helpful.
Greetings from Germany!
Thank you @jesuisgai that painted the perfect picture. I think I need to start running on empty. 🤔 But seriously, it didn't happen overnight and it's not going to be easy, but I have to do something or I won't be here long enough to spend my Steem.
I have the theory that we are "stuffed yet starving." Our bodies are crying out for nutrition and when we only eat garbage, the body is still hungry even though our stomach is full.
Once I started making healthy meals for myself, I was shocked at how good I felt after eating. I used to feel sick after my 6 slices of pizza. Now I eat a bowl of soup jam-packed with nutrition, and have energy instead. I even look at my food sometimes before I eat it and think I won't like it because it looks too healthy! Luckily, I am always wrong about that.
So much love! I have the same thoughts every time my girl prepares a vegan meal for us.
Then i try it..get to know it better...and like it and appreciate her work and love to care about my health that i too often forget about...
wonderwop, we are a community and are here to help. My english is more..hmm..amateur-level so i don't know if i get you correct. If you want, we can talk in private and i can try to show you some ways that helped me a lot. If you want to talk about it in public, we can extend our room and can discuss it here in steemit. Your choice :)
Are you on Steemit.chat?
Not yet.
Belated happy birthday!! :D
@wonderwop
When was your birthday, Feb. 14?
you should have invited us for the birthday bash
Life got different stroke for different folks
while you might wish to cut down on your weight
I would Have wish to wear some more weight on.
but notwithstanding since you have taken steps to resolve the issues
before long you will count the reduction in large numbers
February 8th. We can only hope. 😉
oh I see jt has come and gone...... though you still a beneficiary of the month of love I thought you struck the 14th day
I hope you have been up and doing with your procedures to drop some weight off
Awesome. In 2015, both the wife and I started--I lost just over 50, and she lost like 35. But then...with a 7-year gap, we were surprised by another little one, which came with some medical concerns, so between that and the related stress (and in her case, the pregnancy itself), she gained back, and I gained just over half of it back.
Our schedules are packed with medical-related appointments now, but we're easing back into the groove.
I lived my life with doctors when I was obese, so I know how that goes. It must be more difficult going there for your child. Best of luck to you all for healing.
Thanks much!
I love people who struggle to get out of their bad situations.. KUDOS to you
Thank you. Persistence is the key.
@davidsiedoma, one positive quality that I admire in people the most is resilience.
I have a one life story here that you might want to read. We had a lot of bad situations but I'm thankful for all the help that we received to bounce back from those troubled times.
I have read about people who commited suicide because of this kind of challenge, but am motivated by your desire to turn your situation around and your success so far. Never give up my dear
I too know of that happening. It is very tragic and unnecessary.
Sure. Its inspiring to know you overcame all these and succeeded. Thanks to your unwavering spirit
@fitinfun you're such a role model! congrats for what you achieved
Thank you very much. If I can inspire anyone to lose weight, I will have done my job :)
That's fantastic @fitinfun!!! My wife is actually in the process of losing weight, we've been trying to get pregnant with our 2nd child since April and no luck so far....the doc says that losing a few pounds might be beneficial. Do you have any tips? I followed you as well, I hope one of us wins the contest LOL. Have a great night!
I have tips galore! The main things I did were:
All of my posts link out to my various sites. A recent post I did here for the danceweekend tag can give you an idea of my exercise habits.
Overarching all of this was getting over my excuses and taking action instead. That is the subject of my weight loss book and "excuses" info is free on my fitinfun website. I have had many people tell me over the years was that reading that book was all they needed to get on the path to success.
I was:
to lose weight for many years. Once I realized those were only excuses, I really did not have trouble losing weight and now keeping it off.
Thank you for the follow - I got you back :) Best of luck to your wife. I know from sad experience that only one person can turn it around for her. I tried to do this for my son and could not.
He has ptsd from the results of my not losing weight earlier. Finding your obese mom screaming on the ground is traumatic to a little kid and he would try to pick me up. I was fat, sick and nearly dead until he was 17 and had many terrible medical crises during his young life. He bears the brunt of it and his ptsd is my most horrible result from obesity.
This is why I do what I do - to help other parents and children escape this awful fate.
Hello ma'am! Your insipirational words are like beautiful footprints that have been etched my head and mind. I'll definetly follow your instructions you gave above as I want to reduce some weight, If you can do it at the age of 50 then why shouldn't me at 25. Wish me all the best!
Yes you can do it. I wish I had done it at 25! Good luck :)
Thankyou ma'am! but still you look not more then 30. Hope to interact in future as well.
Aw! Thank you. Now that I lost weight, all I can see is wrinkles, but many people have told me I look much younger now.
Thats the best compliment for women that she still looks younger then her age. Well for wrinkles i would suggest to apply a homemade mask with natural ingredients so it would b very helpful.
Take half ripped banana, one teaspoon honey and a teaspoon of olive oil. Peel and mash banana so that no lumps remain. Now add honey and olive oil. Mix well and here it is. Leave it on for 15 mins now rinse with luke warm water. Final rinse with cool water to close pores.
You can use it once or twice a week.
Banana improves skin elasticity and controls saggy skin. Honey and olive oil also have antioxidants that will helps to repaire dead skin cells.
Hopefully it will be helpful as my mom experienced it.
Thanks for stopping by @fitinfun!! I have actually been a followers of yours for a while because I thought your story was so compelling! It’s so amazing to hear about how you were able to come back from a place of being close to death and have since brought so much joy and light into the world. It’s really inspiring that you have devoted so much of your time to helping others get to a better place as well.
Love and light to you. ❤️
Thank you so much @coruscate. I am so glad to have a chance to tell my story. I am not the only one to succeed at this feat. This is one of the things that drives me. I still cannot got over how easy the weight was to lose once I had the right mindset and took action.
Currently 7 out of 10 Americans are obese and overweight, so I often feel like a big failure. I really appreciate your idea and a place to post where I can find new people to talk to.
This is Awesome. Good Lesson. It's never too late to do anything.
Thank you. So true. I know many know how have done this when they were older than I was.
A very inspiring story.
Thank you!
Your story @fitinfun is very inspiring, I hope your testimony continues to motivate others.
Thanks for the initiative @coruscate, I am new here and what I like about steemit is the fact of being able to read and know other stories and new people.
I am 26 years old and I am from Venezuela, at some point in my life I was also overweight, product of an eating disorder, since I was 15 I have a normal weight according to God. I am also a journalist and an acting student, I love reading, that is why I am hooked to this network.
But I can still enjoy many stories. I apologize if I have a problem with my English.
Good for you to keep your health and weight in line with a healthy path. I wish I has done so as early as you did. Your English is very understandable :)
@fitfun congratulations on your success. That is impressive. Obesity is a difficult thing to combat, I’m sure. Your mission to help others is admirable as well
Thank you. I am very glad to have this new lease on life :)
It is great for the both of you @fitinfun and @carlitojoshua that you have cope up with solutions as your self measures. I hate bullies. Let us not be bullied again. No to bullies. stop bullying !!!!
You can't stop bullies most of the time, but you can have strategies to avoid and reduce their effect.
Yes, I also believe that a proper guidance from parents and a good reflection/insights of the children will mean a lot to minimize bullying. Thats the very important precautionary measures for me.
Wow, that's amazing. I too am very much into natural and alternative methods, especially for healing. I have CPTSD and I'm allergic to medication. That allergy has saved me from addictive drugs that would cure symptoms without healing the source of my illness. I've already healed depression, so I figure I can take care of the rest, CPTSD, anxiety and burnout ;)
It's so awesome that you're sharing your journey and ti's inspiring to know that someone else who turned to natural remedies is sharing. It encourages me to share without fear of judgement.
Thank you. I have been doing this work for about 7 years now. I used to get a lot of argument when I promoted natural methods. But now if seems the tide has turned and people are seeking this information instead.
I'm very sensitive to medications and have avoided many over the years. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis now and know many people having problems with some very toxic and addictive Rx meds. At this point, I would rather be in pain that take them.
I understand. There is a stigma on natural remeedies that mainstream media keeps reinforcing, sadly. When I was young it was very difficult but my mother took a homeopathy course and went on a retreat with Amerindians. When I say I'm like a witch because, like my mother, I have jars of herbs and I make brews and "potions". There was no internet back then, so it was tough to get a hand on this information. Now it's easier and more and more people are getting informed of the benefits of natural remedies and of the bad effects of medication.
I don't know what remedies are good for what you have, but I'm pretty sure there is a homeopathic granule that could help you or a combination of herbs and such.
Most of what I have is for mental things and colds and flus, BUT, I found this in what I do have:
Nettles: good for sore joints, weakness, fatigue, stabalises blood sugar.
Plantain: uninary infections, anti-inflamatory, anti-allergenic, good for bites, blood purifier.
Burdock Root: arthritis and rheumatism, sciatica dn lumbago, tonic, blood purifier, has minerals, especially iron.
Might be a good combination. You'd need to brew the root first in boiling water, turn it down to 3, for 20 minutes. Then add leafy herbs, turn off the pot and let steap for 20 minutes. I'd add to that Hibiscus and Rose Hips for flavour and vitamin C. Because that combination of herbs is not going to taste good :p Nothing's as bad as comfrey though, that was the worst tasting brew I had ever drunk.
Alternately, you can make a compress with Burdock Root, using a face cloth and putting the boiled roots into a cheese cloth. But it won't be as effective as drinking it.
Thank you for this information. I copied it to my files. I'm in Bangkok now and it's hard for me to find some of these things, but I will be on the lookout. I'm not too worried about taste :)
That's good, if you can handle the taste, then you're good to go for almost any kind of brew. I'm glad I could help :)
Very well done, is never late, I used to be the fat girl when I was a kid, now I'm 21 and I just took the initiative at my 20 to make a change, I have lost almost 20 kg and feeling proud of myself, I encourage my mom and she trains with me too, since when we have healthy life and we support each other. :) !!
Hello Lea, I've been enjoying your posts, vids, and songs! I don't usually comment on them but wanted to play along with this one, great idea. I'm a professional photographer who loves to shoot landscapes. It's hard to make a decent living selling prints and licensing images so I also have a boring "bread and butter" side of my business that I don't usually talk about on steemit. I shoot tons of real estate photography... Homes for sale and rent. It's not very glamorous but it's nice to be using my camera and good practice for the landscape shots. Cheers!
Very cool, can I buy one of your pictures... Just something you pick, maybe of a beach scene and I will pay you 1 SBD:-)
Haha! Thank you @jaquith! Comp. low res downloads are available from my website, whatever image you want. Feel free to use them for personal use (no SBD needed) but contact me if you want to use them for commercial purposes. Have a great day!
Sorry, I almost missed your reply, thank you... I was just thinking about printing out a cool beach scene for my 9 year old daughter for her room, will check out your website:-)
Thanks for sharing a but about yourself @scottshots. I’m so excited that you decided to comment on this post! 😊 Pretty brilliant that you have found a niche for yourself with real estate photography so that you can pay the bills and still pursue your passion for photography!
Thakn you @coruscate. Just watched your latest "steem" song, now that was brilliant! Had me laughing, nicely done!
Thanks @scottshots!! I’m glad you got a kick out of it! 😉
God Lea!! you are the sweetest steemian ever!! and you have such nice ideas to bring people together! you are becoming an influencer! good for you!! i am so proud!
A little about me:
I was born in Colombia, however, I've spent the last 17 years of my life in Costa Rica. I have a kind of split identity . I mean, i totally identify as Colombian, however, whenever i visit, i feel out of place, because much the Costa Rican culture got rubbed in me. But when in Costa Rica, i also don't completely fit in either. I am kind of half and half haha! .
Costa Rica is one of the most visited countries by Hollywood stars every year. I've been lucky to get to meet a couple of them.
I've met Sean Paul (the singer) , I also met a Playboy Bunny (Kendra). I met Jonathan Kite (from 2 Broke Girls ) and got to have a couple conversations with him (saw him 2 different times) and last year i met pro Skater Ryan Sheckler . He stayed at the hotel i work at.
Woah, that’s an awesome picture! Sorry that I am just responding now, but thank you so much for joining in on the contest! It was great to learn a little bit more about you. :-) I think I knew you were Colombian, but I wasn’t sure because I thought you lived in Costa Rica. Now it makes sense!
Cool that you’ve been able to meet so many celebrities. I would love to visit Costa Rica one day. Maybe I’ll run into someone famous on the beach or something. :-) P.s... if I ever visit, you know I’m going to hit you up to hang out while I’m there! Maybe I could bring my ukulele and we could jam!
Haha yes... i am Colombian.
Haha yes.. many people come al year long.. of course it’s not as easy to run into them.. but you might.. who knows!
It would be awesome if you came! I think you would like it here!! And i would be your personal tour guide! Haha.. and translator too haha, even though many people speak English.. at least a little.
So a little about me (this is big, I've tried to stay anonymous on here)... Well half anonymous.
I play volleyball, have done so for about 17years now.
I am the Treasurer of my Volleyball club
I have in the past played soccer, basketball, karate, judo and for about 2 terms at school trumpet and the flute.So I know I have no musical talent.
But I've always been good at being the class clown.
I just started a comedy competition. I won't post a link because I don't want to divert your followers. I would however like to talk to you about participating. You have a great voice that somehow works with you ukulele. Here I spent most of my life thinking only Elvis and that big hawaiian guy could have a ukulele cool then you popped up.
Anyway I would like to invite you to sing a funny song and post in my competition. And If I happen to win you competition, pick someone else's name. I've read your followers comments below, they are far more deserving.
Hi @idikuci!! You’ve been so kind to be a consistent supporter of my posts, so it’s great to talk with you and get to know you a little better!!
So cool that you are still playing volleyball after all those years. You know you have a true passion when it is still fun 17 years later. Unlike the flute and trumpet... sounds like you determined you didn't like those pretty quickly. 😆 Still, it’s really cool that you have it a shot. Learning an instrument is no easy task and you tried with two!
Thank you for thinking of me for your contest! I just read through all of the rules, and it is such a great idea. :-) I can’t wait to go check that tag and just listen to some of the funny entries!
Quick question on the contest... I see that it says original work only, which makes sense. My only dilemma is that I’m not very good at writing songs! It is something I am actively working on, but most of the time I just end up staring at a blank wall. Maybe this will be just the push I need to finally get something completed!
On a similar strain of thought, does the entry need to be 100% original work, or would “spoofs” be considered eligible? I was just thinking it might be fun to take a popular song and change the words to make it funny. Let me know your thoughts on that!
Ps... if you want to put a link to your contest here... I don’t mind at all! Up to you, but I think this sounds like an awesome contest and I’m sure lots of people would enjoy hearing about it. 😘
Spoofs are original!. Well I think so. Sorry no musical talent so I don't look at it like a musician.
So by original content I mean I don't want things that I can get elsewhere on the internet by googling or going to reddit or facebook or whereever. So a spoof of a song absolutely counts. As an aside, back in high school my friend and I (now this will show my age a bit) wrote a spoof to "I'm bringing sexy back" called "I'm shaving hairy back". Unfortunately the words are lost to the ages, but I absolutely encourage you to do a song spoof, would be awesome.
Mmmm okay now my brain is turning!! I’ll start working on making a fun spoof video!
Now that I know “I’m shaving sexy back” is taken... I’ll have to go to plan B. lol
Also, that song came out when I was in high school too... so I’m pretty sure you just called us both old. 😆
Wow you must have been smart to start high school at the age of 7.
Awesome, I look forward to your entry :)
Funny. Let's try an other train of thoughts:
You are watching at a cover in a music store that arises your attention. You are looking around and you discover a poster for a great party the next day. You are stepping ahead the poster to remember the exact date and location.
A few days later you are listening to a song on youtube that you really like. The voice is in your ear and you want to know more about the artist. You are using a search engine and find out that the cover from the music store matches perfectly to the song and you laugh about yourself that you got sooo much attracted by a simple poster in a store that you ignored the beautiful picture that attracted you at first.
Find your own cover. Kind Regards.
'I see and I forget.
I hear and I remember.
I do and I understand.
I like karate and judo too!
But I haven't played any of them^^
I don't have any talents in music too. But there is a saying that everybody has a talent. So I'm going to enter your competition believing that!
Awesome news. :-)
wow i think i should come to you for tutorials on Karate
this little about your history means a lot to many like me who have tried our hands on big things but have not gotten the recognition we deserve, I just found out from you that being anonymous would even mean you won half the prize.
and maybe wen you win the competition forward you prize to me...... you will be deeply appreciated.
If @coruscate does include me in her draw and pulls my name out. You may have the prize instead.
haha
that is so interesting.......
thank you
thank you
your far too kind
but you deserve it and more @idikuci
we all should not afraid of the spot light
i will stand up for you if you turn out to be the champion
thank you
Oooh! Another fun one. Count me in 😁
Fun facts about me:
Hope that's enough?
Thank you for this ❤️
Hehe, I get mistaken for a guy too. I'm thinking of changing my icon image to one of my face. I wanted to use my logo, but when I see "bro" in the comments, I'm like "did you read my post at all? because there's a picture of me right there!" :p lol Those are usually bots though.
I love baking, but I'd never be able to do it full time. I'd like to make making cordials more something I can live on, but here in Quebec, it requires several hundred dollars just to ask for a liscence to be allowed to sell an alcohol made thing, and then they'd have to inspect my place every year. Though making cordials for bars and clubs would be fun, though they'd have to make their order 3 months in advance, because it's a long waiting process with those. So instead I make bath bombs on the side, which are a nice little extra.
Dang I hear you @binkyprod. I make homemade liquor infusions (ginger vodka, jalapeño lime tequila, strawberry rosemary vodka...things like that) I’ve thought about trying to brand it and sell it, but the hoops, laws and taxes are ridiculous!! I live in the states, but it sounds like you have similar issues up north.
Anyway, your cordials sound lovely!! Maybe one day it will work out for you to sell it. 😊
One can only hope. The goal is to make enough money that the $300 that it will cost just to fill out the form and ask if I am "allowed" to sell, won't be an issue. Right now I have other priorities on my expenses list, but hopefully this can become a reality. For now, I drink them, I gift them, and my friends and family drink some when they come over.
Oh and that strawberry rosemary vodka infusion sounds delicious :p
Well your friends are lucky to get sips of your yummy cordials! I hope it all works out eventually for you to start selling it! 😊
Yeah it would be fun. Perhaps selling it to the SAQ store and having the cordials be part of their rare stock section.
I think most guys just assume other people are guys. Though with baking and having a name like "thekitchenfairy" I now can't help but imagine you in a pink apron in a white kitchen covered in flour...
You know what, I actually don't have any pink aprons! A black, an orange, and the rest are cream color 😂
See, that's what I meant. Which guy would call themselves as fairy..I haven't met any!
A gay one.
You gay one?
not everyday.
I like the response "not every day" :p I need to use that response at some point.
Wow..super talented you are.....i wish i could bake a cake some day ...keep it up :)
Weird... I totally thought you were a guy. KIDDING! lol That’s weird that you’ve had people think that.
Man I never thought about how nerve wracking it would be to DELIVER the cake! Yikes ... I would be so nervous the whole drive too!
I like your spin on Netflix and chill... hahah. Con Carne sounds pretty damn good right now!
Thanks for participating @thekitchenfairy!! It was so fun to learn a few new things about you!
Hello @thekitchenfairy I do not know why people are mistaking you for a guy!!
what I found most interesting about you is that you are a cake decorator! I am not a big cake lover..but somehow I find it really very satisfying to bake and decorate cakes. I would be willing to get great cake decorating ideas and would look forward to see your work!!
We're at the same ground though, during dance contests? they keep on asking if I'm a boy since "we" are all boys. Well, perks of being one of the boys. -_-" guess you're pretty! :) All girls I know with your hobby are gorgeous. Yeee! <3
Facts about me
I want to add that coruscate is absolutely amazing. Since I've joined steemit she has been an inspiration. She is incredibly supportive and has built herself a lovely community. While you don't have to follow or upvote to participate in this giveaway, I highly suggest it - she's awesome.
I was the winner of her last giveaway. If she somehow pulls my name out of the bowl again then I'm literally running to buy a lottery ticket.
Ha ha.. a belly button thats original. About that lottery ticket, better don't buy it. Even with your luck that you have thats waste of money and time. Better invest in steemit to help others like @coruscate does it. And I totally agree about her, she is one of a kind. Good luck to you too.
Aww thank you for the kind words @samaritanfriend!
Your welcome @coruscate, by the way great response from all steemians in this contest, you have done it my dear. I know you are busy women,but have you seen my 2. weeks honorable steemian. If you have some free time you could check him out. He has started a great project in his country. God bless
Waooh. Another Coursemate. This is great. Goodday friend, how are you doing. You are second guy that studied Computer Science am meeting on this platform. Hope you are doing fine. I specialized in Wordpress webdesgn and blogging. .Here is my tech blog. . Thanks for revealing your course of study. This platform is greatly helping people in various places to connect. Especially people who are pursuing the same career. Thanks for being here
Aww @chasegapo your comment made my day!! I am so glad that you ended up being the one to win last time, because you are seriously awesome! You always leave such thoughtful responses on my posts, and that means so much to me! You are definitely an up and coming steemian, and I am so excited to be part of your journey!
If I pull your name again, you should definitely go get that lottery ticket! 😆
I know you have mentioned being in school before, and now I know what you’re studying! How smart of you to study computer science. If it is something you’re passionate about, you will never have a hard time finding work! With the changing technological landscape, you are definitely setting yourself up for plenty a future success.
Thanks again for participating and sharing some of your story!
Aw, thank you so much for the kind words. :) Computer science is a great field to study, we are moving into a digital/computer world and work should be pretty abundant. The response you have gotten from this post has been amazing! So many people getting involved and engaging.
Oh man it has totally blown name away and I am beyond thrilled to see so many people having great interactions! Thanks for being part of it! 😊
Hey, I have a belly button too XD What do you know! lol
I quite enjoy inspiring, and spreading positivity too. I was depressed for so long that now that I've healed, even if I still have other illnesses, I want to share and help others going through things that I went through. Spreading the happiness :)
Fun fact... I started the Butler program at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, over 15 years ago and still randomly get mentioned on The Howard Stern show:-)
Whaaa that’s awesome @jaquith!!