Every netizen must have already heard of an online literary website, "wattpad". It is a place where the dream of becoming a writer can be an instant reality.
One of the stories that hit wattpad was "Diary ng Panget"(Diary of an Ugly) which is a romantic comedy about an ugly girl, Eya Rodriguez, who had a love story full of twists with a rich, handsome and snobbish guy, Cross Sandford.
The story of an ugly girl being in love with a handsome boy might be a cliche, but it never lessened the fun and excitement of the story. It was published into four volumes by PSICOM Publishing, and the cliffhanger at the end of every book really left me wanting to grab on the next one.
I encourage everyone who might read this blog to also read Diary ng Panget, that is, if you can understand Filipino. But I say that I can relate very well with the life of Eya Rodriguez, I am like his male version. We are not same in every aspect, though, especially when it comes to the fact that Eya can speak up her mind when she's irritated while I tend to please people or walk away in the same situation. Well, I suffer from confidence issues.
And when Eya's Diary contents her love story with Cross, my own diary reads my dreams of becoming that rich, handsome, cool guy.
If you just read wattpad, you can hardly make up the appearance of Cross Sandford. You'd just know he has all those physical features which turn the head of girls and gays. But its film adaptation starred James Reid to be Cross, and I guess no one could be a better choice than him.
Now, whenever low self-esteem will gloom my day and incapacitate me to be my happiest(I sometimes think I have Avoidant Personality Disorder, which I will blog about soon), I fantasize that in a near future I will look like James Reid with the cool, bad-boy demeanor of Cross Sandford.
I hope I can tell HaveYouSeenThisGirl, the author of Diary ng Panget, "Thank you, for writing a story which actually inspired a reader."
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