GOING BACK TO THE TIME when I planned and wrote my first blog, that was in June this year only to appear another post in November as you can notice on the gap on my archive here at the side bar of my blog. I was really worried as I imagined myself publishing my own blog could just be a disappointment as my own creation could be read or seen by anybody given the thought that I am an unremarkable writer. I am an ordinary person myself praising the works of others and trying to create one unknowingly if it is a boon to my credibility. Call it an intellectual curiosity, I find reading these posts of some bloggers to be remarkable and worth reading. The works are polished and well crafted. This self consciousness and reservation in my capacity dissuaded me to the point of stopping my interest. Eventually, I stopped publishing my first post but just saved it in a draft with the hope of reviving again in the future. However, when my impulse seized me, seeing a personal place in this "world wide web" is really fascinating. It takes a lot of courage to publish your own personal journal. With no rules or barriers however, compositions, good or bad to the visitors, is your own way of presenting to the best that you can. But looking at some blogs myself, I found some to be simple, candid and straight by adding pictures and designs. With beautiful images it can enhance our imagination. On top of that, the designs of the blog through templates can be fulfilling despite the simplicity of the creation.
I KEPT ON BROWSING A LOT IN THE WEB. I found some blogs accidentally on some links at Google entries in its pages. Sometimes I see some familiar names or blogs that were recommended by some friends. With the Internet, anything is possible as voluminous informations update continuously as you can see on the pages of information as you enter your search. In fact, by adding a source of information like creating your blog can be searched at the web by searching a name or a link that would open your site. This excited me as I could open a site of a friend living somewhere in California or a town mate who publishes his activities in New Jersey. I was so interested of these sites that I regularly visited them. The thought of making a blog site myself was still in my head but still, with great reservation. Until a friend challenged me to make my own site. I said to myself, if anybody could make one, why can't I? I suppose, depending on any format of your blog, whether it be a social one, a diary, an art gig, a scrap book, hobby, travels, creative writing or any craft. Designing the site with a preset of templates, selecting fonts or size of your letter, merging images with text. All these takes a snap once you are onto it.
FINALLY, I PUBLISHED MY FIRST ENTRY with an experience in my youth. It was actually my first creation in June that was stalled in a draft. "On the road to manhood" is a very short anecdote of less than 400 words in 2 paragraphs. Of course, there are many experiences that you can share but for me it was centered only on two things I practically liked and feared when I was young: our farm and my fear of snakes. I realized that writing can be fun and easy for the purpose of conveying your story. With your creativity your two paragraphs could add more and it becomes a masterpiece as you progressed in your writing. Adding some pictures in our place like, how our town got its name, the Dankalan beach, our school and Rizal beach. Adding some narrative on these pictures can result to a resourcefulness of the story. For now, I create my post on anything that I find worth interesting. Fr. Eric Castro, a graduate of San Jose Seminary from Ateneo, our Parish Priest was a great help. Through his suggestion, I added a chatterbox and a visitor counter in my site to be more interesting and functional for the viewers. You can visit his site at http://mmjparish.blogspot.com/. His blogs are very inspirational. My inhibition and self consciousness is just a thing of the past now. Learn to be bold and creative if you plan on making a blog spot yourself and don't be damn to be shy or intimidate you! Who knows? creating blogs can make a talent out of your creativity.
