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A beginning after an end

Sometimes, losing something means getting a better and more fulfilling alternative. I just lost my weblog. I started my first blog in June 2005 and ended its life in December. It was my personal decision to delete my entire blog. It was infected not by virus but by people who don’t have any idea what my first blog meant to me.

What is a blog for me?

My blog is my outlet. I don’t talk too much in public. I reserve the right to keep quiet especially if I am not comfortable talking with the people in front of me. My blog is the place where I am able to freely express what I feel and share how things are going on in my life. There is just no substitute for a blog like this. Not even a face-to-face communication can be more fulfilling than blogging.


My first blog…

…became my witness in almost all my struggles for the second half of the year.
…contained the most inspiring reflection papers I wrote for my Philosophy courses.
… knew how hardly I worked for the institution I am a part of.
… encouraged me to write interesting and personal articles on-the-spot.
…knew what made me happy and what made me cry.
… allowed me to be present in the virtual world.
…was where I put my heart as a writer.
… taught me to appreciate and evaluate unusual and everyday experiences.
…made me feel that I was a part of the virtual world.

WHAT MY FIRST BLOG CONTAINED:

  • My thoughts on the philosopher Jacques Derrida (my classmate’s report in my Philo class)

  • My feelings on my husband’s birthday

  • My feelings for my precious son and daughter

  • My comments on my work as a language teacher

  • My thoughts on my best students during the first semester

  • My article about myself, being a writer and a teacher

  • My reflection paper on THE EMPEROR’S CLUB, one of my favorite films

  • My reflection on one of the best novels of all time: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, written by Mitch Albom who also wrote another good novel titled FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN

  • My opinion on what make me lucky and what made me feel sorry for.

  • My thoughts on being at a fancy bar for the first time

  • Some photos taken during my mother’s birthday at an elegant restaurant in Balibago

  • Photo of the very first card I received from my angels – Cha & Stef

  • My thoughts on my teacher-adviser’s death at the age of 43.

  • My thoughts on being the first faculty to arrive at a meeting place – first time in 6 years (

  • My thoughts on an incident that made me really mad at someone whose name does not deserve any space here – this blog entry made me decide to forget about all this blogging thing.

But of course, never will I stop this because of that silly incident. I just decided to get a new blog spot for myself. And here it is!!


WELCOME TO THE NEW AND MORE CHALLENGING WORLD THIS 2006!
WELCOME TO THIS BLOG!

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