I have been introduced to this site since a zillion years ago (to exaggerate it a little bit 
) yet, I just had a chance about few seconds ago to create my account. This writing will be my first debut in this space. Despite too many things that are running around inside my brain, I don’t have any interesting ideas to share at this moment, to be honest with you all. So, please spare me if the writing of my FIRST DEBUT bores the h*** out of you 
When the idea of blogging became first popular back then, I thought: “Why in the world would anyone share his/her own private matters to unidentified foreign objects in the virtual space???” I encountered to various types of blogs, randomly ranging from political matters to teenagers’ diary. In my opinion at that moment, it’s like we’re letting strangers easily dig into our personal life, thoughts and feelings. It’s like we deliberately exposing ourselves to all strangers out there while the worst case is, we don’t know who else out there, what their intentions are, are they good guys or bad guys, and so on. Blogging inherited a bit of exhibitionism character, so to speak.
Then, after some more encounters with blogs, I realized that it’s not what it seems. It is all up to us how open we are to let others “see and learn” ourselves. The control is in our hand. Yes, blogging is about marketing. As with any other marketing actions, the control of aggressiveness lies in the marketer’s part. Of course, the more aggressive you are, the more widely recognized you are, with all of its consequences as it all comes in one package. But blogging apparently (duh??) brings a lot of new things to learn. It opens a new world to those who haven’t found the key to the world before. You suddenly become the most knowledgeable person among your friends. Not only that, your friends base is wider than before; you get to meet people that bring you new stuff, even new businesses.
In short, I see a great deal of advantage of blogging and for that reason, I’m starting to blog myself. I hope you gain something beneficial from my blogs later on. Enjoy..
February 10, 2008 at 3:49 am
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February 11, 2008 at 12:50 am
Now, I am glad that I will be the first person (well, after Mr WordPress, of course) to comment to your blog. Welcome aboard to this unseen-but-exists world. You are free to tell whatever in your mind, especially your experiences, since it could help other people who is probably facing the same problem, but they don’t have to spend longer time to overcome the similar problem that you have.
After all, you are not alone in this universe. If people surround you couldn’t help, probably the other netters, or, bloggers, might give you their hands. So, once again, join us, and visit my blog, too
Have a nice blog!
February 11, 2008 at 12:55 am
Oops, let me share another idea. I was appointed as one of Edo’s school comittee member. Since the school (SD Negeri Ungaran I Yogyakarta) does not have any website address yet (are there any elementary school managing their web activities?), I voluntarily create a blog for them. The address is http://sdnungaran1yogya.wordpress.com (aha….!). So, you can do the same thing by creating a blog address for Fara’s school. At least, you can share what are being discussed by all those kids’ parents. Again, it’s free and lasts long
February 26, 2008 at 3:11 am
Mbak? Ya Allah… apa kabarnya sih? akhirnya ketemu juga kita. Mulai sekarang aku mau sering2 ngintip blog-nya mbak Miranda.