Hi, my name is Kari Lau and here's my blog, Writing Galore. I chose the name, "Writing Galore," because I always liked the word "galore" for a long time. I thought the word galore, added a nice ring to the title. Also, the word galore means in abundance and since this is a English class there will be a lot of writing and that is where the title, "Writing Galore," came to be. After, the title was created I started to brainstorm ideas for my overall design. It was a trial and error process because, a lot of the themes that this site provided wasn't exactly my style. Then, after many errors and discoveries I found a template on another website that suited to my tastes. This template was a simple black and white theme accompanied with a menu bar, social media links, and search bar. However, I still wasn't satisfied with my blog because I thought it could use some extra decor. I started to research into things that I could add to my blog like changing cursors, floating things, etc. After, I gathered all my newly collected information I started putting it into use. For instance, I added the bunny cursor because, I think bunnies are adorable also it added a nice touch to my blog. Later on, I decided to add some floating bubbles to my blog so it could provide the audience with something to look at besides my writing. In conclusion, about my blog design/title.

The world I come from, is a different one. The word different is quite a general one but, really it's the only world that represents my life. That's because, the world where I come from is composed of many things that typical people don't have. One of them being, that I celebrate two cultures which is Chinese and Thai. Since, I'm Chinese and Thai throughout the year I celebrate the holidays that come with these cultures. For example, when it is "Songkran" which is the Thai New Year I go to Kapiolani Park and celebrate it along with other people who celebrate it. And, when Chinese New Year comes around I go to Kaimuki to celebrate it Chinese style. Meaning, we would do the traditional Chinese practices such as giving out money, popping fireworks, etc. Moving on, in my world I grew up traveling a lot as a kid. When I was born, I lived in Japan then as a toddler I moved to Hawaii. As a young child I commuted to Thailand to visit my relatives quite often and in my opinion that's not something a lot of young kids do. And until to this day, I still travel to different places. Not only that, I grew up trying a lot of different sports because, my parents wanted me to be an athletic child which failed because I hated exercising except for one sport, figure skating. When I was 7, I took up this sport because, my Dad suggested I should do it and I did it. I grew to love this sport because, I enjoyed doing different tricks such as spins, jumps, etc. I would wake up early, on every Saturday to practice my motor skills and I kept it up until I was about 11 or 12 because, we didn't have the money to keep going into the sport since it required to get additional lessons, traveling, private coach, etc. I sadly gave this sport up and moved on with life doing other things that I liked. Flash forward a couple of years, my interests have changed and so has my personality.

These days, I'm more into photography and video editing which is something that I enjoy doing. That's because, by taking pictures you can capture a memory and always have it with you which piques my interest. As for video editing, it's something I take great pleasure in because, I like to figure out different tricks to make the video more better. In addition, I've grown to love music even more such as k-pop, indie pop, and chill EDM. In terms of K-pop, I like bands such as EXO, SNSD, BTS, SISTAR, etc. I love these bands for their music and personalities. To illustrate, EXO, my ultimate bias group of all time because, of their amazing talent to produce beautiful songs and their adorable personalities. Other K-pop bands besides EXO which are SNSD, BTS, and SISTAR I love just as much EXO for the same reason their beautiful music and personalities. Moving on, I love indie music, such as the 1975, Copeland, The Neighborhood, and recently Oh Wonder. These three band's music is pure ecstasy. Whenever I listen to these bands my mind becomes peaceful because that is the sort of effect this type of music generates. For example, the song "Lose it" is a song that I go to whenever I want to unwind from a day of hard work (ex:school). Then, there is chill EDM which is a genre within EDM. Chill EDM is not like electronic music where it's like boom, boom, chow but more soothing. For example, if you look up the song "We don't have to take our clothes off" whipped cream remix it has a very nice sound to it and not an irritating sound. However, I hate overplayed songs that constantly come up on the radio. Whenever, I hear a song that is constantly overplayed it makes me angry because, I think there are other songs that could be played in the world and not the same 3 trending songs. Talking about dislikes, I also despise doing things under pressure. When I'm dealt with situations under pressure I get flustered easily and my mind doesn't function the way I want it to. For example, if there was an unexpected presentation I tend to do awkward body movement and talk choppy. In general, I just hate being put under pressure. Concluding, my introduction to you. Bye!