The Nomad’s Journey Continues

I began my journey in blogging mid-July this year. Within a month my journey took bizarre twists and turns. I began by writing about personal stuff and about trivial things as I learned to ropes of blogging. Like a child who has just learned to walk, I began to venture into political issues and articulated my stand on the different issues of the day in my blog NOMADIC THOUGHTS.

 

Last August 8, I wrote about the Mahaderang Matapobre sa mga OFWs, a post that unexpectedly catapulted my blog into the middle of a brewing controversy about an article written by Malu Fernandez that many people found insulting to Filipino OFW’s. That issue went into a high gear that I found myself lost in the strong current of fever-pitch traffic and angry comments. For a while the Mahaderang Matapobre swallowed my blog in a real one-post-wonder fashion. For almost 2 months my blog became a forum of sorts, mostly for OFWs wanting to express their anger and disgust over the article.

 

Like all issues, no matter how HOT!, the Mahaderang Matapobre gradually died down. And the Nomad continued by writing about other controversial issues as well – the Erap Estrada conviction, the ZTE Deal. In between these political commentaries, I also made it a point to make time and space for my blog friends – writing about them, joining in their tag-games.

 

Today, I found my Nomadic Thoughts blog suspended for reasons that escape me. I can speculate but I won’t dwell on that. I almost gave up in exasperation and disappointment if it were not for two angels – MARU and JOJITAH. Sabi ni Maru – people like me do not surrender; talak ni Jojitah – ang mga tulad natin ay parang damo, kapag binubunot mas lalong tumutubo. Salamat sa inyong dalawa, mga binibining ubod ng bait, talino at ganda.

 

So the Nomad’s Journey goes on and as a tribute to my suspended blog the NOMADIC THOUGHTS I am posting some of its stats. Dapat sana ang mga stats na ito ay gagamitin ko para sa ipopost ko today sa blog na yun – a revisit to the Mahaderang Matapobre. Pero since wala na nga sya it is but fitting that I pay tribute to it. Here is an inside look at the Nomadic Thoughts dashboard: