A collage of memories |
When I first started writing in 2004 (not really about travel but mundane stuff), the world seems a tad different. Nokia was king of the mobile phone heap (it would take another three years before the iPhone arrived). The 4th generation iPod, the first with the iconic click wheel, boasted of a then-impressive 40Gig hard drive. The Macbook of the day, the iBook, topped out at 1.33GHz processing power and 60GB storage. The 6 megapixel Nikon D70 got introduced that year but it was expensive and at the at time, I had no inkling I will be going into photography at all. Blogging was sort of, a newfangled thing to do. Wi-fi, touchscreen phones, tablets were nowhere in the public consciousness. Air travel wasn't as affordable then.
Fastforward nine years later, after a change of career, a religious epiphany, thousand of miles traveled, hundreds of places visited, a good number of enduring friendships made. These days, I'm not traveling as much owing to work and other commitments but that's life. That also makes every trip special. Circumstances also give me a more mature perspective as a traveler: I travel on my own terms, not to compete with regards to seeing so-and-so number of places in my lifetime and attempting to make each trip a destination smorgasbord replication of "The Amazing Race".
I would've loved to have a much bigger reader base but on hindsight, having the readers and viewers I have now and having come as far as I have, I have come to terms with how things are. Along the way, I've met friends, made acquaintances that I treasure. From time to time, I get encouraging words from people I've only met online and in all sincerity, I admit those kept me going especially when times were tough. Only Yahweh God knows what's in store for the future so I pray that He will favor me so I can keep writing, traveling and sharing. Thank You so much Lord. Thank you friends for keeping me company. And I thank you, dear reader, for being a part of nine years of blogging.
8 comments:
...and thank you Oggie for nine years of continuous inspiration. you are one of the best writer/traveler/photographer/blogger/friend that i have known.
here is to nine, make it ninety, more years of blogging.
Bai, it's been a pleasure knowing you as a friend foremost, and fellow lagalag, second. I wish you more travels, and of course, blessings in your new endeavor.
Congrats Oggie! I have been a fan for 9 years na pala! Wishing you more blogging years to come.
Lori,
Parang kailan lang ano? Salamat sa walang sawang pagtangkilik. You've been a very loyal reader and more than that, a very good friend. God bless you and regards to Patit and Franco.
Oggie
congratulations on your 9th year and for keeping it up.
thank you for inspiring me to be a better photographer/photoblogger
congratulations. more power.
Congrats for the 9 years! While the landscape of blogging has changed it's always great to go back to the ones where quality remains the same.
More blogging years ahead!
Just a great collage.
Greetings,
Filip
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