Entry #2 - March 13, 2012

Swiggtalk's Estelle K. shares her personal journal with us highlighting her recent trip to Kenya. Each week we will be posting an entry from her journal as she shares her experiences in Kenya.

Imagine writing a school paper that included "lols,” “omgs,” “dudes” and “where you ats.” Your teacher would probably be none to pleased, unless your paper was about texting vernacular or the history of slang. Instead, you would remember that formal language is used for school papers and, since your teacher is going to be reading your finished work once you hand it in, you should be careful to follow that convention.

It’s 9:30 a.m. and my copy editor is behind me scanning over the edits I completed just an hour ago as I feverishly try to get through 200 emails, edit the rest of our content to pass over to her and answer questions from my eager editorial intern, while sharing a few laughs with our photo editor and photo intern. It’s not a typical day at the office, but it’s not at all atypical either.

If someone asked you to finish the statement "if you really knew me, you'd know..." what would you say? If you could be honest with your friends and family about how you were really feeling, would you tell them what you were scared of? What you were sad or worried about?

On July 9, I had the amazing opportunity of going to Warped Tour in Toronto with a media pass on my wrist.

I saw my Dad’s dog tags for the first time today and never expected them to leave me speechless the way they did. There I was sitting in my kitchen having dinner with my parents when my mom turned to me and told me she had found them.

This year I did the last thing I ever expected I would ever do, return to high school for the dreaded victory lap :(

 When it came to applying to university I thought I knew exactly what I wanted. I kept my options open and applied to several universities with similar programs and I was confident that it would all work out in the end.