2018 Review

Here is another year.

This year (2019) I become more aware of who I am. I tried to look back and assess myself. I realized for the past four years I was so scared to take a leap or face my fears. I didn’t fully believed in myself and recognized my achievements. Now, I’m open (again) and braver. It feels so good to deeply understand and connect to myself through journaling. It feels like I…

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Creative: Beginner’s Guide to Photography If you’re a hobbyist or wanted to build a business around photography. Here are some helpful guide in starting photography.

Alexis, 2018

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Aira and Kyla

Kyla

Kyla

Aira

Aira

Late afternoon walks

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BIRTHDAY TRIP

This year’s birthday is quit different. I’m not found of throwing parties unless it’s a double celebration (like birthday and graduation). I like to keep things simple. I spent my birthday doing a quick hike at the peak in my hometown together with my loved ones. The cute thing about my birthday was I was surprised by my boyfriend. He traveled for hours to my hometown.

EXPERIMENTS

I’m a fan of playing around art mediums just for fun. I started it with charcoal pencil way back in high school as the editorial cartoonist and then moving to watercolor after I graduated college. I really like the magic that happens with the color and water mixed together and quit terrified for the result (sometimes haha). Then my interest to other art medium is endless. I started purchasing them in random (acrylic and oil paint) and started playing around with it.

i requested my Facebook friends to ask me any questions and I’ll answer it as genuine as possible. These two questions are very close to my heart. Here are the following:

Q & A

How to know if you’re on the right career path? or what career path should you take? – Edthone Koh

You couldn’t say that you’re in the right path unless you work towards that path. To be honest I’m not feeling yet that I’m on the right path but I’m still working towards it. You’ll never know what you want for your life if you stop doing the things that push you to your best self.

You’ve been posting a lot of artworks and it’s actually good. Do you have plans in pursuing a career which involves art? – James Darrel Aroma Alcain

Big yes. For the past years, I’ve been denying that I couldn’t make a life in art. The more I hide it inside the more it flourish. It becomes my therapy in most stressful moments in my life. I would fell in love if I see contemporary and/or modern art. It requires time to understand the world of art. I’m proud to say I’m working in progress.

I WILL KEEP MOVING AND MOVING AND MOVING FORWARD.

23 Years: Highlights and Q&A BIRTHDAY TRIP This year's birthday is quit different. I'm not found of throwing parties unless it's a double celebration (like birthday and graduation).

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2018 Moodboard

This year is a different year. I challenged myself A LOT. I allow myself to do the possibilities while taking good care of myself. When I felt that I’m already tired I allow myself to rest. Now, I value more myself.

Highlights:

I opened BELA, a small business that provides BEAUTIFUL THINGS. And in the process to make it grow. Starting BELA was just a random idea. I really dreamt of…

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Less I know in Art

Less I know in Art

A memory that imprinted my mind was that “Art is perfection”. The artist is skilled to create an art according to the art medium he chose. All of my understanding from the earlier years of my life were one-sided and superficial. Art isn’t most of the time carved to perfection but created to connect human emotions. It is not just pain that demands to be felt but art too.

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Tourist in 55 days: Dubai x Sharjah

Tourist in 55 days: Dubai x Sharjah

  When you’re given a chance to try something new, you go for it without hesitations. I come to the point in my life that I wanted to try a thing I never did. It was a trembling experience. I tried to move to another state, Sharjah. It was like full of rides in a circus town.

V’s of Life UAE. Learned and earned during my journey:

Be Vulnerable. It’s not anymore a weakness. It’s a great…

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LET’S TALK: A MOVEMENT AGAINST DEPRESSION Today is April 7, 2017, WORLD HEALTH DAY! Yes! I’m Shaira Belamia, a Cebuana Psychology, Psychometrician and an art enthusiast. As a Mental Health Advocate… YES! MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE! I would like to share facts about Depression together with my art. (I love art as much as I love Psychology.)

It’s fine to be SAD. It is NORMAL but the EXTREME IS DANGEROUS TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS. Nowadays, SOME of us associate sadness towards depression which leads to misconception. IT IS OUR DUTY AS A PSYCHOLOGY INDIVIDUAL TO INFORM YOU WHAT DEPRESSION IS ALL ABOUT! Depression affects people of all ages, in all countries. Unfortunately, our Mental Health Awareness for the past year in the Philippines is not yet that strong to BREAK THE STIGMA of misconceptions of Mental Disorders including Depression. SOME of us associate Mental Disorders like “BOANG” (insane). NO! It is more than a state of insanity that you refer to. I ADMIT! AT YOUNG AGE I WAS ONCE IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT MENTAL DISORDERS ALL ABOUT. WHEN I GOT THE CHANCE TO CHOSE A DEGREE, I CHOSE PSYCHOLOGY. YES! NOT ART RELATED DEGREE. I have been doing arts since I was a kid and compete for different art related competitions (Journalist, Poster Making etc.). Thanking my Tita Stephanie for introducing me to Psychology! :) I AM NO ARTIST but I’M AN ART OF VOICE. LET’S TALK: A MOVEMENT AGAINST DEPRESSION DEPRESSION CAN BE PREVENTED AND TREATED! YESSSSS! :) It is important to understand what depression is, in order to REDUCE THE STIGMA and will LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE SEEKING HELP. What is DEPRESSION? It is an illness characterized by PERSISTENT SADNESS and LOSS OF INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES THAT YOU NORMALLY ENJOY, ACCOMPANIED BY INABILITY TO CARRY OUT DAILY ACTIVITIES, for AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. SYMPTOMS: LOSS OF ENERGY CHANGE IN APPETITE (overeating or eat less) SLEEP MORE OR LESS ANXIETY REDUCED CONCENTRATION INDECISIVENESS RESTLESSNESS FEELINGS OF WORTHLESSNESS GUILT OR HOPELESSNESS THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM OR SUICIDE THE CORE OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS TALKING ABOUT DEPRESSION AS A VITAL COMPONENT OF RECOVERY. THE STIGMA FOR MENTAL ILLNESS CAUSE THE BARRIER TO PEOPLE TO SEEK HELP. LET’S TALK! SHARE your depression, whether to A FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL (IN YOUR SCHOOL OR WORKPLACE). IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK IT OUT! :) TOGETHER LET’S BREAK THE BARRIER! LET’S BREAK THE STIGMA! :) SHARE, LIKE OR COMMENT! THANK YOU FOR READING THIS POST! (It’s actually around 4 AM here (and I’m sleepy, woke up 2:30 AM just for this post which is 6:30, PH time). I’m not currently in the Philippines but as a Mental Health Advocate my distance won’t bother, I shall make a voice. :) Sign up here if you wanted to be an advocate like me: bit.ly/mentalhealthph #MentalHealthPH #WorldHealthDay2017 #LetsTalk

DEPRESSION: LET’S TALK LET'S TALK: A MOVEMENT AGAINST DEPRESSION Today is April 7, 2017, WORLD HEALTH DAY! Yes! I'm Shaira Belamia, a Cebuana Psychology, Psychometrician and an art enthusiast.

Depression 2017

Depression Series

MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2017 😁 Mental Health Advocate in action. Check the link and read my post. LET'S BREAK THE STIGMA! LET'S TALK 😄

Depression 2017

Watercolor artwork

I guess she's caffaine men drinks coffee but she's more of sunflower she knows where she shines amidst the field of wilderness

Sunflower by Shaira Belamia