In 3 days, September 30, to be exact, I realized that I would be celebrating my 1st anniversary using the WordPress platform.
How fast time flies. My first post last year was about an officemate whose home was ravaged by Super Typhoon Ondoy. The posts before this were imported from my Friendster blog.
I did not prepare anything for my WordPress blog’s first anniversary. No contest, no anything…just a silent celebration of the fact that blogging here afforded me not just a chance to update my blogsite more often, but also more friends, who I have learned to love dearly. I especially thank those I have already met: Fr. Felmar Fiel, who visited Ate Kara and me when Ate Kara was confined at the Asian Hospital, and who I met at another blogsite which we used to frequent. Fr. Felmar, who has become a very dear friend, was also the reason I met other fellow bloggers; Salbe who was the very reason for the existence of this dotcom, and who has proven to be a very good friend…of course, if Salbe is mentioned here, I have to mention two very dear ones, too, Kuhracha and Vajarl whose sunny personalities (yes, that’s true, you heard it from me even if I have to admit that their emo posts sometimes give you the wrong notion of who they really are. ha!) endeared themselves to me; and Duking , Shea and Marvin who I met during our fun videoke session at home; and of course, Labs, a good looking emotero who I met during my last birthday.
There are others, too, who have become good friends, not just because they are the very patient ones who visit this site even though I have nothing really earth-shattering thing to tell, but also because they email from time to time, and these moments gave me the opportunity to see who they really are behind those blog posts I get to read. I am not going to mention them anymore because some of the things we emailed about were sometimes sensitive issues. You know who you are, anyway.
And I thank my husband, Bong, who has been very supportive…to the point that sometimes, especially during those times when I am too busy to answer comments in some of my blog posts, is the one who mans this site. ‘Taumbahay, ‘ika nga.
In all those twelve months, I have come to meet a few bloggers…and in the months to come, I hope to meet some of you too, especially those who are planning to come home in the next few months.
There are those who came and just left a comment so I could visit their sites, too. That’s ok. I visited theirs, sayang naman ang effort nila kung di ko sila bibisitahin. Still, If your blogsite is in my blogroll, that means I genuinely enjoy reading your blogposts, though I don’t always leave a comment.
I did not prepare anything for my WordPress blog’s first anniversary. No contest, no anything…But if you want to greet me, or MAKE ME A FANSIGN, that would be very much appreciated. 
