It is super hot and humid today. I sat inside the cafe and made sure that the AC was directly fanning my entire torso. It’s a good thing that the owner of the cafe happen to know me and most of the crew have seen me frequent the establishment more times in a week than normal people. What? I love their Puto Bumbong (A Filipino delicacy made out of sticky rice, coconut milk, cheese, shaved coconut and a whole lot of sinfulness…)

Anyway, new blog. Okay, I thought that would sound more exciting but perhaps I overestimated the enthusiasm.

What is this blog about? Don’t check that tab because I have not gotten around to filling that space with extra thick mumbo jumbo. But, given the blog name, you would understand that this is going to be home to random thoughts dumped in the corner of the internet where it may or may not be read. (Makes me wonder why I even explain these stuff if I’m the only one who will be perusing…)

So there, I’m dreading the walk towards my office since the sun is pretty extra angry today. I dunno, maybe it has had enough mumbo jumbo for today.

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Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

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