I Gained a Friend

I posted yesterday about my fair weather friend and how I was dismissed from his/her life in just a click of "delete button" feature in Facebook. Well, so much for that. Like the old adage goes, when a door closes, a window opens and same goes with friendship.

I happened to stroll along blogosphere road and did my usual check on new and old friends alike. I was surprised to see a post from a new "blogging sis" in her blog thanking acknowledging me as a new friend. My heart melts and I am honored and really touched.

Her name is Mel. She is the fine author of Mel Cole's Life Experiences blog. Please visit her site and read more of her life stories.

Here is a big thanks Mel. I may have lost one but I truly gained another.

And the Award Goes to...drumroll pls.

Blogger pals make my blogging life so much happy and worth all the time and effort because we all share the same passion of blogging, we foster great camaraderie by supporting each other, we share personal thoughts and feelings, some I have met and have been grateful, some have been my close blogger pals and some I can actually call my kindred sisters in the blogosphere.

Thank you so much Bingkee for the great friendship and for recognizing me.

So it is my honor to present this award to all my blogger pals. You all deserve this.

Blog...Blog...Blog some more!

I never thought I'd be so hooked on this blogging thing. It's like a major hunger pang I have to satisfy. I have been blogging for more than 2 years but never really took it seriously until my 2 uncles (thanks Uncles Boy and Onting!) prodded me to join a blog service to meet new people, interact with them, get new ideas and simply put your passion to where it belong - the blog world.

I love to write. It has always been a penchant for me to jot down notes even when I am at work. I am known to be the "one" who will take down notes on everything. My friends often tease that I should be writing report for the police as I give everything in detail. I often volunteer doing research and collecting data for my report. This is what I want.

Writing has made a big mark in my life even when I was young. I jotted down my emotions of happiness and sadness. I wrote down unsaid feelings. I wrote down special occasions. I scribbled plate numbers of people who cut me on the road (hehehe...). I noted names of cab drivers when I take public transport. I regularly write to family and friends. I just write everything that is important in my life. I have notebooks here and there. My pen holders are bursting at the seams! I write anywhere I can write to, bubblegum wrappers, back of used papers, tissues, sides of newspapers and even the palm of my hand! These just show how writing has been a part of my colorful life from childhood to the present.

Since I started this blog site, all I did was to sit down and tinker on the laptop. I am practically glued on the chair from work to home! My family has to pry my behind just to get me to do other stuff. If I have a choice, I will not sleep and just write, write and write some more! I look forward to long weekends where I can ponder and blast away writing my blogs. This blogging activity has really taken so much of my time. I am very thankful to my husband and daughter who are very supportive of me because they know I enjoy doing this. Same goes to my family who encourages me to pursue my dream to write. I have a feeling that my hubby is more than happy to see me at home blogging than drive to the mall and engage in retail therapy. Everybody will agree to him on that one! Friends are asking what I get out of this blog thing. My reply - it feeds my soul.

I am blogging more often now than I was before but I still know what my duties are as a parent, wife, daughter, sister and a friend. I still allocate time to do the usual things that I do like hearing mass, shopping (once in a while), chatting and meeting friends over a cup of coffee. I guess I am still a regular Jane in that sense. However, blogging has now become one of my "natural" activity just like brushing teeth. =)

I will be in the blogging scene for as long as I can and while my brain juices rev up my thinking machine; I'll be blogging, blogging, and blogging some more!