HUBIN Magazine No.1 2013 | Page 189

LIN-AY SAN MIGUEL My name is Quosyne Angeline Navarro San Miguel, yes that is one hell of a name but you can call me Lin-ay for short. I was about six years old when I first held a camera. The first picture I ever took was at Cagayan de Oro when my dad asked me to take a picture of him, my mom and my little brother in front of this building. That time, digital cameras were not yet “uso” so we used film. After it was printed, I looked for the picture that I took and when I saw it I was very pleased with it. Of course, little kids are all pleased with everything that they see or do but when my dad saw it he was proud of me. He said that maybe I had a gift for photography. I grew up with art all around the house. I’d find my dad designing buildings and making floor plans, his blueprints were often scattered all over our dining table and I would copy them making these unsymmetrical squares I’d call “buildings” with heartshaped windows. My mom would also do landscape and interior designing so she’d also sketch stuff. My family is a family of artists. I have a lot of relatives that are really good drawers and painters. Some of them also design gowns and stuff. I draw too but I’m not really good at it, pero nag Fine Arts ko ha. Perti ang guts. Hahahaha HUBIN MAGAZINE 184