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Those who know me well will know that I am one who isn’t comfortable with any form of lime light.

Sure I am privileged but I prefer to have to low profile life than the glamorous lifestyle where one is featured in magazines etc.

Now some of you may say “bah humbug” and roll your eyes but I ain’t kidding.

I am one who’s more comfortable taking pictures with friends when we are out on trips but the minute someone tells me to “pose for the camera now”…. I go “eek”. I tried to avoid having my pictures taken recently for some media but at last, I did not succeed. However, I am thankful that it wasn’t my face on the paper recently but one of my girls.

If you were to ask why wouldn’t I want any form of publicity, why wouldn’t I want to have my face on some magazine, well honestly, I don’t hate it but I feel extremely exposed. Recently an offer was made and sure I was dumbfounded, pleasantly surprised, but that “eek” came out too. It would be silly to turn it down and say no especially since the business will need the exposure so I agreed to it. Whether it would materialise is now another matter. If anything, what sunk it after that offer was that I would have more of “these” coming my way.

Ever since that day, I asked myself if I will ever be ready for that sort of attention, exposure, the camera, the talks, the interviews…..I really don’t know. I don’t think I’ll ever be ready but when the time comes for me to cross that bridge, I will have to cross it, preparing myself for a surprised attack by trolls just in case.

 

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