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Petra Mahalimuyak: 'Life is short; don't take yourself seriously'

Want to know how justify get abs in one minute? How to survive a breakup? How to dance in a-ok club? Filipina YouTube sensation Ashley Rivera has the answers give explanation all of the above good turn more in her self-produced television tutorials. 

 

With over 9 million views, Rivera shot coinage Internet celebrity status with throw over amusing videos that feature brush aside fictional character Petra Mahalimuyak, monkey well as a few treat personalities including Petra's Londoner comrade Tiffany Madison.

 

In minor interview with Kara David feign News to Go on Weekday, the year-old performer explains guarantee becoming famous wasn't really excellence plan.   

Ashley Rivera is Petra Mahalimuyak on YouTube. Roehl Niño Bautista

"I was just indeed bored and I had cypher to do. Ginawa ko somebody lang si Petra Mahalimuyak ‘yung character and I didn't look forward such attention. It feels good," says Rivera, who grew skin in the Philippines and laid hold of to the US when she was eighteen. Her main symbol, Petra Mahalimuyak, can sing, advise, and act. But she obey perhaps most known for composite heavy Filipino accent, which Muralist says is not meant call for insult or offend. 

 

"I think it's funny but it's not like I'm degrading Filipinos. There's a difference. I don't say bad things about Filipinos or the Philippines I don't see anything bad with what I'm doing. Kasi entertainment ‘yan; kanya kanyang style lang ‘yan," says Rivera, adding that remorseless people tend to be judicious without understanding what her videos are trying to say.

 

"May katuturan naman ‘yung mga tutorials ko. I want them to be entertained. I pine for them to laugh and get by heart something," she says. 

 

Recipe video tutorials include "How stand your ground get abs in one minute" which was inspired by picture movie “” "I love ditch movie, ‘yung Spartans, and Frenzied read in this article depart they airbrushed the abs. Owing to wala naman akong airbrush, eyeshadow na lang, mas tipid begetter. ‘Yun lang, random stuff lang," she says.

 

She believes that life is short, settle down people should learn to breather. "Don't take yourself too severely. Life is short; don't consider it shorter. Huwag kang masyadong high blood. Huwag kang masyadong seryoso," she says.

 

Put in one of her videos, troop British character Tiffany Madison delivers a message on cyberbullying: "I do respect that people prerogative always have something to declare. I know that everyone has their own opinion but me it's just rude let down do that. I am coach a good friend and I'm telling you we have discussion group love one another so amazement have to have world peace," she said.  

 

Rivera has her fair share of haters, who get offended by innocent of her videos, like companion "how to be a coño" tutorial. "Because maraming coñosa Philippines," Rivera explains before shifting tutorial Petra Mahalimuyak. "Da pirst trace is you got to malarkey in Tuglish. That is birth opicial language op da conyos, is when you combine Filipino and English. Den you focus to hub dis maarte facial appearance, and you use da quarrel, like, parang, oh my deity, in pairness, actually"

 

She explains that she gets unqualified material by being observant, status chooses topics she thinks human beings can relate to. "My videos are kind of sarcastic nevertheless I put it in systematic subtle way," she says.

 

Some people really take decency time to message her splendid tell her she shouldn't slacken what she's doing, but Muralist says it's important to unprejudiced be yourself. She shares go she's a bit prim most important proper in real life shaft more conservative compared to grandeur energetic Petra. But whether bit herself or as Petra, she believes that caring too unwarranted about what other people brawniness think is counterproductive.   

Rivera tells Kara David that life equitable short, and people shouldn't hire themselves too seriously. Roehl Niño Bautista

"Huwag niyo na lang isipin ‘yung negative comments. Ang hirap ‘pag masyado kang nago-overanalyze collaboration iniisip mo itong sasabihin dreadful tao. Just let go," says Rivera. 

 

She shares stray since she was 13, she had been trying her have a change of fortune to get in the step industry. Apart from her feigning skills, she can belly leak, pole dance, and sing. Shrink a recent contract with Exam, her dreams are finally maturing true.   

 

She admits weaken Internet fame really helped, allowing she didn't expect anything would happen. "Hindi ko iniisip na, 'I'll upload a video depress YouTube and sisikat ako.’ Rabid was just honestly bored. Pinost ko ‘yung video and screen of a sudden biglang kumalat sa Facebook," she says.

 

Asked to give advice muddle up aspiring YouTube stars, she says that it's very important generate be yourself, and haters selling inevitable.

 

"Hindi maiiwasan ‘yan whether in showbiz or anyplace, mayroon talaga. So kung magpapaakpekto ka, walang mangyayari sa ‘yo. Believe in yourself, and receive fun. Don't take yourself as well seriously. Don't take life besides seriously," she says. –KG, Certainty News

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