i got tagged

ehh? say what?!

i literally recoiled in surprise when i spotted my name in daisy's entry on 5 random things that happened in her life since she started blogging. i had to read the whole thing twice to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. 

after i settled down somewhat, i got bogged down by a bunch of trivial details. wait a minute. that can't be right. how did my name get in there? i've only been blogging regularly for about a month. what in the word am i going to write about?

that's what you get for being so nosy, i finally told myself. i had been pestering daisy about PRs, problogging, etc. this past week and despite her busy schedule she found the time to answer my queries (to her dismay, her answers only brought on more questions). i guess this is her way of stopping me in my tracks heheh.. okay, i'll take that as a hint and start cracking.

so what has changed for me since i started blogging? there's no way for me to quantify those things, so i guess i'll go with the obvious ones.

1. my online activities increased by 2 to 3 folds, which really messes up my schedule something fierce. in fact, last week our supervisor felt compelled to read me the riot act "increase your production output, or else…" seriously, though, i'd been compulsively going online ever since i signed up at i.Ph. my day isn't complete without me logging in 2 or 3 times a day just to check out what's going on.

2. at odd moments, when i see/hear/read something that strikes me as odd, funny, poignant, clever, ingenious, etc., i find myself murmuring "that'll make a nice blog topic."

3. i became more interested in other people's blogs (design, content, links, etc)

4. i gained a collection of online pals (well, sort of). in some weird way, the anonymity and convenience of online communication has emboldened some bloggers to reveal various emotions that they would normally find difficult to admit or express personally. and it has been a source of pleasant surprise for me to get in touch with bloggers who are so ready to help even when they barely know me. thanks a bunch guys.

5. i began to realize i'm not so 'out of touch' after all (har-de-har-har). since i don't go out much these days, reading about other people's raves, rants, comments, reviews, etc. has basically opened a new window for me — it's a way of keeping in touch with the rest of the world without having to go out. as the say, with the Internet, the rest of the world is just a mouseclick away.