In Perspective
Tuesday, 13. October 2009, 06:43:08
Took a few pointers from the BlogCon we had at work. Actually, this is just another rant or a short description of mine. Sure I don't blog for the same purpose as the guys who did the talk at the installment conference but I blog just because. No reason. I just love ranting, as some of my friends have said, I am a whiner. However chopsuey or coherent any of my blog entries go, I blog just because I enjoy writing.
So the thing is, I blog. A lot. Like EVERYDAY. For the past several months, I've kinda grown into this habit of speaking my mind. Well, fine, not all of it because if I did, there would be a lot of swear words, and raw emotion in it. I try to toss in an entry on a daily basis because I love backreading my own work. I see how my voice changes throughout the days and the months and even the years. Vanity being a favorite sin.. blah blah blah.
I've been maintaining this one for almost 4 years now.
Yeah, it has developed into somewhat of a habit on my part however mundane or significant the day had to offer to me. Even if I get to have that writer's block, I try to replace it with a song or a picture or a quote or whatever and work around that. It doesn't have to have all those flowery words and all the grammar fixes but I am a bit of an OC when it comes to that. It's an online diary. If i could transfer my writings on moleskine, i would have a pile in my room. But that's a waste of paper considering we're on a shortage of resources, why not use electronic paper to write down my thoughts. At least it wouldn't get eaten by termites, burned by fire or taken by the flood. I tried googling it once and it says that once you die in this day and age, you leave a lot electronic trail behind. It doesn't go away. You have your own piece of the web. They don't take it down when you're dead. It just stays there for all to see. Unless of course you give rights to another person to take it down after. Maybe this should be included in your last will, 'When I pass away, I bequeath <person's name here> with my Blogger blog account for him/her to maintain in my memory.' Cool right? Might as well make a mental note to do that just in case.
Going back to the point. What was my point? None. So I'm introducing you to how this blog came to be. Before, I post an entry whenever I'm overseas. I'd just say 'hi, bye, Blog. I'm at <location here> right now and weather is blahblahblah. I'll be off to explore the area. See you when I go to another country.' -type-of-thing. It was my Messenger-status like Where's Wally now since Facebook was undiscovered territory back then. It took huge amounts of effort to write in it everyday because my life was exciting as it is. NOT. hahahaha. I let my pictures do the talking as to what was my geolocation at the moment. It was the lazy thing to do. Pictures are for Flickr as Writing Compositions are for Blogs. So I got converted. Even If I skipped a day or a week, I'd recall what I did and do a macro-blog of things that ensued. (Take note that this was still limited to blogging overseas.) But just recently, I think it was my last Tokyo trip, I began to write on this one on an everyday basis. Even if it was a one-liner thing, I never failed to skip a day. So it was a force of habit that made me do this.
Imagine when I went to China and discovered that myOpera, among other social networking sites and Youtube, was blocked in their Great Big Firewall. Uncool. I tried starting a WordPress blog since it was not tagged as a social networking site (I really don't know what they have against these.. so might as well live with it.) but it was quite painful not to write in my diary. It's like my person now. I talk to it when I just need to vent. And most of the times I really really needed to vent in China. So I did remote blogging. Hallelujah. Pure Bliss.
So up to this point, I'm still writing stuff about life, lists that I need to do, reflect on whatever role I have in this grand scheme of things or just plain ranting. It's a sort of obligation I put on myself to do this. Just so I could look back on things I did in the past however dark or twisty or happy they turned out. That's the plan. No other ulterior motives in mind as I write this one. (hyprocrite much? hahahahahaha.)
So the thing is, I blog. A lot. Like EVERYDAY. For the past several months, I've kinda grown into this habit of speaking my mind. Well, fine, not all of it because if I did, there would be a lot of swear words, and raw emotion in it. I try to toss in an entry on a daily basis because I love backreading my own work. I see how my voice changes throughout the days and the months and even the years. Vanity being a favorite sin.. blah blah blah.
I've been maintaining this one for almost 4 years now.
Yeah, it has developed into somewhat of a habit on my part however mundane or significant the day had to offer to me. Even if I get to have that writer's block, I try to replace it with a song or a picture or a quote or whatever and work around that. It doesn't have to have all those flowery words and all the grammar fixes but I am a bit of an OC when it comes to that. It's an online diary. If i could transfer my writings on moleskine, i would have a pile in my room. But that's a waste of paper considering we're on a shortage of resources, why not use electronic paper to write down my thoughts. At least it wouldn't get eaten by termites, burned by fire or taken by the flood. I tried googling it once and it says that once you die in this day and age, you leave a lot electronic trail behind. It doesn't go away. You have your own piece of the web. They don't take it down when you're dead. It just stays there for all to see. Unless of course you give rights to another person to take it down after. Maybe this should be included in your last will, 'When I pass away, I bequeath <person's name here> with my Blogger blog account for him/her to maintain in my memory.' Cool right? Might as well make a mental note to do that just in case.
Going back to the point. What was my point? None. So I'm introducing you to how this blog came to be. Before, I post an entry whenever I'm overseas. I'd just say 'hi, bye, Blog. I'm at <location here> right now and weather is blahblahblah. I'll be off to explore the area. See you when I go to another country.' -type-of-thing. It was my Messenger-status like Where's Wally now since Facebook was undiscovered territory back then. It took huge amounts of effort to write in it everyday because my life was exciting as it is. NOT. hahahaha. I let my pictures do the talking as to what was my geolocation at the moment. It was the lazy thing to do. Pictures are for Flickr as Writing Compositions are for Blogs. So I got converted. Even If I skipped a day or a week, I'd recall what I did and do a macro-blog of things that ensued. (Take note that this was still limited to blogging overseas.) But just recently, I think it was my last Tokyo trip, I began to write on this one on an everyday basis. Even if it was a one-liner thing, I never failed to skip a day. So it was a force of habit that made me do this.
Imagine when I went to China and discovered that myOpera, among other social networking sites and Youtube, was blocked in their Great Big Firewall. Uncool. I tried starting a WordPress blog since it was not tagged as a social networking site (I really don't know what they have against these.. so might as well live with it.) but it was quite painful not to write in my diary. It's like my person now. I talk to it when I just need to vent. And most of the times I really really needed to vent in China. So I did remote blogging. Hallelujah. Pure Bliss.
So up to this point, I'm still writing stuff about life, lists that I need to do, reflect on whatever role I have in this grand scheme of things or just plain ranting. It's a sort of obligation I put on myself to do this. Just so I could look back on things I did in the past however dark or twisty or happy they turned out. That's the plan. No other ulterior motives in mind as I write this one. (hyprocrite much? hahahahahaha.)
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