Envy the Selfie

Mona Lisa knows how to selfie more than I do.  See more on Know Your Meme

A couple of months ago, the Philippines made it to the top spot of Time's Selfiest Cities of the World.  Specifically, Makati and Pasig did.

I'd just like to point out:  It is a testament to the lack of foresight of our previous governments that the Makati-Pasig-Manila map looks like the hot mess compared to the neat looking grids of other cities.  It looks like a depiction of the zombie outbreak in a Resident Evil movie.

How in the world do they do it?  I don't even like myself enough to take my own photo, let alone to upload one.

When we went to EK last March, I kept taking photos of surroundings.  It seemed weird but I figured I might actually be able to use one of these random photos later on.  And if I don't do this I'm more likely to go home without a single picture taken with me wondering why I even bothered to bring a camera in the first place.

I must have looked weird or something because my friends started offering to take my photos.  I think I have about three photos of myself from the whole trip on my phone and two dozen photos of the view from the top of the ferris wheel.  Plus about a couple dozen more of other random things that also didn't have my face on them.  The thing is, every time they offered to take a photo of me I had to restrain myself from actually saying "No" so I wouldn't seem weirder than I already am. I probably look like an idiot taking photos of random things instead of taking selfies like everyone else.

Not having photos of myself is not a problem or anything.  That is, until I look back and realize that I literally would have nothing to show for some years of my life.  This year Facebook launched a neat feature where you could see a slideshow of your Timeline.  It was interesting and I had thought of trying it, except that I have nothing on my timeline.

On one hand, I don't mind.  I hardly use my Facebook, I hardly have anyone there, nor do I post anything other than game posts and a couple of things that weren't even related to me.  On the other hand, I want to look back to this time in my life when I'm older and think about what I'm doing at this time.  My mind will forget so I would want something to help me remember.

While hundreds of selfies sometimes weird me out, I'm partly amazed and partly envious at their ability to look at themselves and accept what they see.