From Diaries to Blogging

Hello blogger! Long time no visit. It's been a year since my registration. But attempts to blog remains a problem. What will I write? What will I blog? Who will read my blog? Will someone read my blog? Will I attract readers?





Blogging is nothing new to me. I have an existing friendster blog, but I failed to update it because I have nothing to blog about. My efforts was put into waste because I was never satisfied with the finished product.





I've been visiting a couple of blogs and envious at those people who were able to come up with interesting blogs. It's just my insecurities creeping into me. Or maybe I was thinking that my blog will never be good enough to attract readers...so I stopped myself from creating a blog...




Until today, when I visited some blogs (again), I was inspired to write anything or everything. I want my opinions be heard...thru this simple blog. I can start from a few paragraphs or create a daily journal of my life for the world to see.




Blogging is a reflection of the change of times.




Before, there was the diary. My parents gave me a Hello Kitty diary with key and lock as a graduation gift. I try to write down whatever moments or experiences that I cherish. I attempted to write a story after reading a Sweet Dreams or Sweet Valley High romance novel...just for fun.



Time came when I was loaded with assignments and other activities, and I fail to update my diary. I kept it inside a box together with other memorabilias of my high school years.




After the diary, comes the journal. In high school, my Filipino and English teacher required us to submit a reflection journal. Aside from enhancing our writing skills, it serves a venue to express our opinions, viewpoints, feelings, memories or any other significant human experiences that we want to capture in an instant.




I kept a journal until the time dad passed away. After that, I never wrote an entry again. I was consumed with pain and agony. I started surfing the net...making friends thru messageboards, hiding in an anonymous identity, unknown, except a few people who share the same interest that I have.




There was friendster and facebook. It is a social network where you can search for your long-lost friends. I never took time to actively participate in such because I was busy with pinoyexchange and ezboard where I was able to gain friends abroad, even in anonymity.





Three years after dad's passing I was diagnosed with stage 1a cancer. I was underwent majoy surgery and took a leave from work for 2 months. With nothing to do but surf the internet, I revisited my friendster account and became an active participant. Old friendships were rekindled and most importantly, I was able to blog.




I also activated my facebook account since my high school friends are into that application. I found out that it is also user-friendly with a wide variety of applications to choose from. From then on, I was able to gain friends around the globe, thanks to the games that facebook sponsors.




And now, I'm blogging. This is the tekkie way to write a significant human experience. This is a powerful tool in self-expression because we can attract readers and they can voice out their opinions by leaving some comments.



I think I should be an active participant in blogging. I have nothing to lose but definitely, more to gain. To my blogger, give me a nice welcome hug!