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(2.27.21) Snap Dude Pt.3

We talked a lot since we had met! He was super nice and interesting!

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Then I got ghosted...was it my fault? It probably was. I was just being an idiot...I don’t know why I’m like this...

-AJ

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(2.27.21) Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Since I could remember, I always knew that when my race was belittled and made fun of, it was showed as funny and even normal. In the beginning of the Pandemic, people I knew had their houses spray-painted and egged. People I knew had others scream hateful comments and slurs. I’ve had personal experiences where children in my elementary school and even middle school would walk up to me and pull their eyelids back, resembling monolids, an eye shape which is common in some Asian countries. I won’t say that when they did that, it didn’t affect me, because it really did, along with many other people who share my race. 

2021 has just begun, yet there are over 20 reports of Asian-Americans being harassed, beaten, or even killed on the streets of New York City. A lady had a caustic chemical thrown on her, leaving her with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on her face, hands, and neck and despite the hundreds of New Yorkers marching in protest, this act was not classified as a hate crime.

People who have a big platform in media would say hurtful and racist things about Asia, for example, people big in a political standpoint would call Covid-19 the “Chinese” Virus in public and barely anyone would question it. Big social media platforms like instagram and twitter are also used to spread hate and discrimination towards Asian-Americans. Thankfully, some people on social media platforms like Tik-Tok have been spreading awareness and keeping people mindful, cautious, and updated. The Korean artist and poet Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, who made the powerful illustrations of the hardships of discrimination. Even if she was adopted into a white family at a young age, she kept her culture alive and later on would make it apart of her career.

For most of my life, I would be given weird looks, I would be ridiculed and made fun of, I would be so impacted by others that I became ashamed of myself. When I started to mature, though, I learned to be proud of who I was, I learned to embrace my culture as much as I could. In this world, people have to be born into the “normal” of society, whether it be skin color, beauty, smarts, and health, if they weren’t, they would be put down and wouldn’t feel their potential worth. I won’t say that racism everywhere would one day just go away, but with the help and support of others, little by little, I keep my head up that one day, I and others would be seen as equal, seen as the person on the inside and not out.

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(2.23.21) Elisa Lam

I just found something out. So during class I was watching Netflix because I was bored and what I saw on Netflix’s Top Charts was the Elisa Lam case. I watched it and turns out, she wrote little diary entrees on tumblr as well...until she disappeared.

-Curious and Ominous AJ 

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(2.23.21) Snap Dude Pt.2

I don’t want to be led on...please don’t lead me on...please don’t be a dick...please

-Anxious and Nervous AJ

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(2.22.21) Procrastination Pt.1

every time I procrastinate, i’ll add a part to this. Part One!

-Lazy and Tired AJ

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(2.22.21) Snap Dude Pt.1

Wow, at first I thought Omegle would be weird and full of guys jerking off but I found someone. His name I won’t say (for secretive reasons) but he was...wow. He was polite, good-looking, funny, and my man had one of my guilty pleasures...a jawline. He asked me for my snap actually, and I gave it to him...AND HE WASN’T A CATFISH!!!!! I feel like the main character wow

-Warm and Fuzzy AJ

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About Me

Hi! Here’s some things about me! I am a teenager that would like to go as “AJ” on here. My pronouns are they/them, I like fashion, and I am extremely fascinated in Asian Culture. I am a full Filipino with a middle class life. My zodiac sign is a Leo, I’m a Libra Rising, and a Aquarius Moon! I am apart of the LGBTQ and support BLM, MLM, Asian Lives Matter and more!

-New and Excited AJ

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Hi

I was never good at writing in a diary, so why not try on here? If im being honest, typing is much more easier than writing. My life isn’t as spontaneous as others but I hope I can get through to some of you :)

-AJ