LIKE ICED BEER: SUBZERO ON THE OUTSIDE, WARM ON THE INSIDE.
ALSO, EXTRA STRONG.
I finally grew the balls (or ovaries?) to give Steemit a try, so tada! Shoutout, to my friends @louielowa and @venicethemenace who grew them faster than I did, naa nako diri!
Hello, Steemians! My name is Chaya. In Hebrew, it means life. In Japanese, a resting place. Really though, it’s just my ma and pa’s names combined. Around high school, my friends started calling me a new nickname, Saiya. But now it kind of developed into someone both separate and connected from my being at the same time - kind of like an alter ego. Hence, @saiyanide, a portmanteau of Saiya and cyanide. But the good kind. Perhaps, something essential to create.
About the HeARTist
Neptune's Daughter
I am a bachelor’s degree holder of Fisheries and a licensed Fisheries Technologist (yes, we do have a board examination for that!). A lot of people would often wonder what Fisheries is and why it has to be studied. Although it’s complex, my usual answer is ocean awareness, resource management, sustainable development, and most importantly, food for the people. I am running two years into Fisheries research and venting out stress through art (painting and graphic art), the cause being constant. I guess The Script could be wrong because I was able to find faith and hope down the telescope (or should I say the microscope?). Currently, I am taking up my Master’s Degree in Genetics, learning things down to the molecular level all for the love of what comprises at least 70% of the earth.
Film Shooter
I shoot film. Two years ago I bought an old and used Minolta SRT 101, a 35-mm manual focus SLR camera that first came to life in 1966, and started taking pictures with expired rolls of Fujifilm YKL 100. Nowadays in the Philippines, it’s quite a challenge to be able to maintain such a hobby since film rolls and developing centers have become rather rare to find and processing costs have become rather expensive, unlike in other countries where film photography is very much more alive. I share my photos on my social media platforms to support the campaign on keeping this craft alive. Because many of us believe that as long as there is one film photographer alive, #filmisnotdead.
Prose-titute
I love writing prose. They make good captions to photos. And I think it's pretty genius coming up with that header (lol give this one to me, will ya?). It makes sense since I'm apparently going to get credits from writing prose. So expect to see my film outputs with these stuff.
So that's it. There are other things but they're too random to be worthy of lengthy paragraphs. Just watch out for them when my creative juices come oozing out.
Also, here is a validation photo of me. Made in the PH, 100% Authentic!
Dont hate, appreciate!
Saiyanide \m/
