Excited...

It's really simple and silly, really, but it's flattering nonetheless.

I found out that at least one blogger put fafafoom into her blogroll.

I also got a new very warm, uplifting comment from a student designer's mom (whose son's garment I quickly reviewed during a fashion show) on one of my fafafoom fashion show review posts. It's rather funny actually, since she's mainly commenting based on my other fafafoom post that had nothing to do with fashion show at all, but mainly about my annual April notes (that I mainly post on Facebook). So it was really nice of someone I didn't know, spreading some love like that. I'm very humbled and happy.

Plus, I just got invited as a guest to Les Runway fashion show that's going to be held in Lower East Side NYC in September. Very flattered. I really want to go especially since NYC is THE place for fashion, but I'm still unsure if I can make the trip.

Nevertheless, I'm in such good mood today :)
M

About Us

Every writer, no matter if she's a blogger, newsletter/magazine editors, or even YouTube user, know that there's a section they (kind of) need to fill in: the "About me" section.


I've been struggling to what I need to put into fafafoom's About Us page. This is an excerpt of what it says now:


" Fafafoom is about being comfortably fabulous in your own skin, discovering your artistic talents, continuously absorbing design / fashion inspirations and create your own DIY projects, and posting great fashionable finds in the Bay Area.

I share my fabulous finds or cool places all over the Bay Area, cover fashion runway shows of San Francisco’s art institutes whenever I can, share my own take on accessory designs and sewing projects, and take documentations of my personal styles and stylish inspirations gathered from friends, chic street fashion, Reality TV shows, and beautiful things scattered on the internet."

For me, it looks OK for a while. But thanks to my boss who shares this great Ted Talk video of Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action. And it naturally got me start thinking of fafafoom. The text above solves the question of the "what" of this blog, but not the "how" or even most importantly, the "why".

Now, you might be thinking I'm silly. It's just a stupid blog that still has less than 20K clicks (as of July 18, 2011). Yes my friend, you're absolutely right. But I plan bigger things for fafafoom. New design, multimedia features, crisper purpose. And I plan to do it myself. If anything, this is not a waste of time since doing all these will further down my marketing analysis, web design / interface and writing skills, as well as project management, to name a few. So why not?

So here's a draft of the new About Us page:

"I started fafafoom on June 2010 because I know there are people like me who are hungry for fashionable inspirations to feed in their daily life activities.

People who are working their ass off in their day job to pay the bills, and then never stop researching, learning, writing, reading, and finding new things they're into. Who have no time for TV and instead looking for new hobbies and gaining new skills such as photography and sewing. Who enjoys fabulous brand names such as Marc Jacob, Alexander Wang, or Joseph Altuzarra, but also enjoys thrifting at Goodwill or their local community thrift stores for treasures and finding pieces to deconstruct and alter themselves. Who create their own accessory pieces. Who are narcisstic enough to do a nice photo shoot with their own creations. Who enjoy gifting others their own reconstructed creations. Who enjoy local Bay Area boutiques and community centers that promote art and design. Who love fashion shows and support their local established and emerging designers.

I am one of those people, and fafafoom is my medium of sharing my inspirations.

Enjoy your time here,
Musank"

Wordy, yes. But it's getting closer to something more than just a boring About Me statement. In a process of refining this page this week. 

Have a great one,
M

After Two Years...

...Thanks to Google+, I'm ready to start Naruhodo-Ne in a whole new way.
Last year, I debuted fafafoom on WordPress and it's doing quite awesome. Seeing that blog grow little by little is very exciting for me.

So from now on, personal stories will be kept minimal (I realized that looking back, some of my stories are pretty dark; I'm not in that kind of place anymore). I'll probably still do it, but no promises.

But what's new is that there are some things I cannot share on fafafoom: my thought process. What needs to be there and what-not. The evolving design process. Some things I consider when doing certain updates. Things like that that don't fit with what fafafoom is all about. That's why now the description of Naruhodo-Ne is "my inner adventures and behind-the-scenes".

Looking forward to move forward,
Musank