BONJOUR!

I stumbled upon the term "quaintrelle" when my college best friend told me that if I were to be described using a single word, it would be this string of letters. And just like all good best friends, she was right. 

So here I am, your modern-day quaintrelle starting her own blog in the vast domain of the Internet. 

But before everything else, before that becoming that girl who's comfortable with having her pictures taken, before becoming that girl who dares to wear short skirts and wedges, before becoming that girl who goes on random adventures and does crazy, stupid stuff to live in the moment, I was a girl who preferred the company of books and over people. I was an insecure four-eyed (still am) weirdo (still am too!) who told herself countless times that she was unattractive and never good at anything. I was a "nobody". I got laughed at for being larger than other girls. I always thought of myself as a nerd, as a girl who's impossible to take interest in because she was plain Jane only made ten times uglier. The only thing I took pride in was that I was smart. That, and I knew a lot of words because I read a lot. 

But upon entering college and starting from scratch, I decided that I've had enough of being that pathetic insecure girl. I decided not to care what other people thought of me and acted the way I really really wanted to regardless of how I look, how good I am at a certain field or how it would affect others. I decided to fight my demons even if defeating them was an excruciating process. They haven't left though. Sometimes they come visit me at night or when some fair, pretty girl walks by, but I guess that's part of the struggle. 

So to me, this blog is more than just regular lookbook or a form of self-expression. 

It's a shoutout to all the underdogs—the "unpopular" ones, the nerds and geeks, the weird and awkward adolescents, the nobodies, the insecure people who deem themselves unattractive. It's a shoutout telling them to be brave, telling them to be beautiful. (or handsome!) 

This blog is a middle finger to the society that treated us like trash and put our imperfections on the spotlight, forcing us to fit their standards. 

It's for us who are fighting their demons and who are surviving the battle day by day. 

Again, bonjour and welcome to The Quaintrelle Philosophy!