Introducing Tinapay

Maybe you're wondering who's "Tinapay"? Is that right? Tinapay, as in the Filipino word for bread? Yes, that's right! And that's me, Tinapay.

        Hello there! I am Christine, a 19-year-old college student. And I know you're wondering why I am called Tinapay. It came from my name, Christine. While picking a username for COD mobile, I got the Tin there because it is my nickname and said, "You know what? I'll just make it Tinapay". Then, suddenly, it became my name on all of my game profiles and some social media accounts. I remember laughing at this one person I was talking to because he was asking for my name in CODm, and I said, "It's Tinapay." He didn't believe me because he was eating "tinapay" at that time, so he asked for my Instagram instead. But I still said, "It's Tinapay." He asked for my Facebook, and again, it's still, "Tinapay.". "You know what? You're just fooling me.", he said. It's funny that he thinks I'm lying when I'm not. So, ever since that day, if somebody asks who I am, my answer is, "I'm Tinapay."

But really? Who is Tinapay?

       I'm just a 19-year-old adult who still feels like I'm still a kid who is a 15-year-old. When I was a kid, I imagined that I was already doing something when I became an adult. But here I am, still being a kid who is still figuring things out in their life. And I think that's okay. They said that in your 20s, you're still young and don't know what you want in your life yet. Right now, I am someone who is confused. What should I do in my life? Should I take this path or that path? Should I be bad or good? I don't know. I am still learning about what life is all about. How do people overcome hardships in life? I am at the point where I realize that life is not as easy as I think. I am Tinapay, someone who wants to know how to be happy in a sad and messed-up world. And someone who wants to see if I can make that tinapay stand alone.