Hello there!
My name is Salma. I just recently joined steemit, after a teacher recommended me to join the community. After lurking for a while, I decided it was very worth a shot!
To post this on introduceyourself without actually introducing myself would be a waste, so here it is. Enjoy
As I said, my name is Salma (If someone wants to make some Salma Hayek joke, I understand it, I have been hearing them my whole life). I am 16 years old, soon to be 17, and I am a senior student. I only have three months left of school and that kinds of makes me nervous! I want to study medicine, but my options are still open for as long as I have time left to think.
I am from Venezuela, currently living here. If you haven't been fed biased news and propaganda, most probably you know that we venezuelans are currently having the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in basically, our whole history. Sadly, every day is a battle, because of the food and meds shortake, rampant crime and decaying services. It's kind of depressing to know that nobody has a real future as long as we stay in this decaying country, but I try to stay optimistic. As I told my mom recently, one has to have a positive outlook on life no matter how hard are the circumstances, otherwise you'll miss out whatever happiness you can have! My personal philosphy is to appreciate all joy and happiness you can have, be it little or a lot.
Since Venezuela's ongoing crisis is such a big thing on my life and I read so much on the subject, plus obviously my day-to-day experiences, I am planning on writing about it here. I've found that foreign people usually have either misconceptions on what's happening here or a very short insight, so I would love to educate people on it.
One of my biggest interests is reading — Both books and manga. I've been reading books since I am five or six (I learnt to read at three, something that most people have a hard time believing!) but recently I have enjoyed them more than when I was a child. My all time favorite book is The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder, followed by No Longer Human, by Osamu Dazai, and recently, the A Song of Ice and Fire series. About manga, my hands down favorite is Dokuhime. I am not too sure, but I think that maybe I'll also write about the books I have read. Not sure though!
Recently I have been taking an interest in photography, even taking some pictures myself that kind of make me proud (humble braging here!). I got kind of excited about it so I am working on taking better pictures.
VERY important, meet Manchitas!
Her name means little dots ( bet you don't know why I named her like that) and she is VERY photogenic! She loves/hates the camera but she always looks pretty on it. She is also a meme queen (long story) and maybe some of her memes will make their debut here.
Isn't she cute?
In short, I am happy and excited to be here. I know the start will be slow and I am still figuring out many things, but practice made the master as they say. I am wishing to read other people's posts, too, and whatever this community has to offer.
Again, thanks to the moderators to confirm my account so quickly! And have a good day or good night.
Welcome to Steemit world. Well taken pictures and looks nice. Hope your successful journey in Steemit. Upvoted your introduction post.
Es bueno ver como día a día crece nuestra comunidad, Saludos desde Venezuela.
Gracias, igual saludos!
Dogs can count up to five and can perform simple mathematical calculations.
I know, sometimes Manchitas plays dumb to get whatever she wants still!
Hi salma
Hello!
Hi Salma, thank you for your introduction. I am following you.
Please follow me @btc2me
Thank you!
Hi @salma! It's so nice to have you here in the community. I wish that you discover a lot of possibilities. Your dog, Manchitas, is so cute!😍 Welcome and enjoy your steemit journey!😉
Hello, Salma, and Welcome to Steemit.
Best of luck during your final 3 months of school. I hope you can find time for both your studies and your new "career" on Steemit.
As an English teacher / writer, I must say, your written English is excellent. And since Steemit is essentially a blogging / publishing site, that means that you will most likely do very well on this platform.
Among other subjects, it would be very interesting to read any posts you make on the current situation in Venezuela. You're right, most of the news we get is filtered through various "propaganda machines," so there's very little news that we can trust at face value. It would be great to read some on-the-ground reporting from a citizen who is living thru it.
Below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!
¡Bienvenida!
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Hi @salma-01, welcome to Steemit. Thanks for your detailed self-intro. I am here to support a newcomer with a little upvote. Hope you will enjoy your time here! I recently added a new post with some tips for new comers like you. Do give it a read and I hope it will benefit you.
Welcome @salma-01. I have been to Central and South America before, I enjoyed the people and the culture.
Hard times for Venezuela these days, but I hope things get better soon. Good luck for you!
esto si fue un introduceyourself me encantó tu post... sigue así.
Te doy la bienvenida a Steemit, @salma-01
Para ayudarte en la plataforma, he votado en este post y te estoy siguiendo 🙂.
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¡Te deseamos mucho éxito y que disfrutes estar por aquí!
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Hi Thank you for #introducingyourself. Im myself quite new in steemit community but I realized that there are few things you could do to have a better start:
Mostly I invested a little bit in STEEM in order to purchase STEEM POWER and STEEM DOLLARS. Why? Its simply important. Without initial investment it will be very hard for you to build reach here and be noticed.
Im not sure if you ever heard about this site:
http://steemd.com/@your_username
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Perhaps you know it already :)
If you will reply to this message (that would allow me to believe that we may develop mutual engagement and help each other) then I will follow you and upvote some of your future posts.
Cheers and good luck.
Welcome to Steemit @salma-01!
I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings from @introbot & @bycoleman
Welcome. I'm glad to see you. Let's be friends.
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Thank you!
Hello! Welcome here on steemit!
Hello, thank you!
Bienvenida a steemit, saludos y éxito!
Aquí te dejo el enlace de una guía que tal vez te resulte de mucha ayuda a la hora de hacer tus publicaciones, para que sigas avanzando en esta comunidad tan hermosa.
Solo tienes que dar clic en la imagen y listo.
nice to know you.
welcome
Welcome, my dear friend. I wish you all the best and successful journey here at Steemit. If you have any question or need some help, feel free to ask @tirke.
Hey girl, I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold, and you are beautiful and love your dog.
I fell in love with the last picture of Manchitas (:
Thank you so much! Manchitas is so charming, isn't she?
Una de dos: esta jugando al muertito o quiere que le hagan caricias, so charmy (: