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May 31:
It's been a year?

Hey, this site is now one year old! Thanks to all of you keeping this blog alive with comments and guestbook entries.

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And so, with 12 months under my belt, I'd like to share a few things I've learned about having a weblog:

1. You're almost never behind in global events and, care of my Filipino reads, chismis, because maintaining a weblog requires reading a lot of news sites for up-to-the-minute cool bits of info (or if you're lazy like me, Daypop alone does it pretty well) .

2. As impersonal as it may sound, a blog is a good way of letting family and offline friends know that you're still alive and just a mouse click away. Just don't let it take the place of e-mail.

3. Because they read how you think, people tend to find you more approachable. Arnold and I have met a lot of extraordinary, like-minded people online, and have I mentioned that we've gotten a lot of project proposals via this site? (:

4. You become part of a community. Somehow a week isn't complete without knowing what Neva is busy with, what books Indi & co. are reading, who Meggie is crushing on at the moment, and what all these nice folks whose words have reached out to my end of the www are currently up to.

5. And yes, blogging takes quite a big chunk of your time, so if you have an addiction starting, consider yourself warned.

On that note, I'm signing off for now.

13 comments

congrats sis!

we want more, that's for sure...

blog away!

Posted by benboy
Jun 04 | 03:05 AM

one year! wow! that only means you lead such an exciting life! btw, yup, got little lit tucked in my little box of children's books and comics. it's the same copy that luis katigbak reviewed ten thousand years ago in legmanila. i was hyperventilating when i first read about it in time.

Posted by astrid
Jun 03 | 02:00 PM

yay! happy blog anniversary! : D

Posted by ladybug
Jun 03 | 06:12 AM

wow, a year! i'm glad that it's been 12 months of letting us inside your world. happy blog anniversary. :)

Posted by jessel
Jun 02 | 10:44 AM

geneva, happy first!...but hey, you've been loved longer :)

Posted by dindi (samid)
Jun 01 | 01:09 PM

Hi Cyn!

Happy blog anniversary!

Has it only been ONE year? It feels like your blog has been part of my web-life for more than that! :)

Posted by Neva
Jun 01 | 10:00 AM

hi cynthia,

keep on bloggin'!

even though i'm a "newbie" to this blogging thing, i enjoy reading your posts!

Posted by edu
May 31 | 10:50 PM

Hi, Cynthia! Happy "blog-versary" (sabi nga ni Ellen) to "Cynthia, inside"! =)

Have a nice day!

Posted by Willie
May 31 | 10:41 PM

one thing i realised
after reaching a
milestone like this, is
that if you have a
search feature
installed, you can
easily trace back to
things that you did, or
forgot you did :)

congrats!

Posted by drew
May 31 | 10:21 PM

Hi Cynthia, Happy Bloganniversary!

I can't believe that I've been reading this site for almost a year now. Galing mo kasi eh ;-)

Posted by Luis
May 31 | 09:28 PM

Happy na, anniversary pa! =)

What can I say, your website is addictive! It is one of my daily morning stops in between Wash.Post and CNN (maski hindi work-related! uh-oh!) It balances my day. (o diba!)

Regards to Arnold and family.

Warmly,
ron

Posted by Ron
May 31 | 09:01 PM

Yay! Happy blog-aversary! Hehehe. :)

Posted by ellen
May 31 | 01:36 PM

Congrats Chang!
Happy paper
anniversary! (Don't
forget to make a
wish.) Keep
logging on. It
keeps me updated
on what's
happening over
there. Hi to Arnold
too.

Posted by naomi
May 31 | 11:00 AM