Random Ramblings

Everything we do in life affects us in some way or the other. So does blogging. I’ve read a post What Has Blogging Taught You? By Loli and I would like to share my own learnings with you just like Jill who blogs at Musings from Me.

I’ve been blogging for a while now, on My Opera blog and here too, and let me tell you very frankly, Blogging has indeed really changed me. Honestly I’m not the same person I used to be back in the days before I started my blog on My Opera.

I’ve always been a very shy and introvert person. I almost never spoke up in groups. In discussions the leader would literally have to force me to get some inputs or feedback from me. I wasn’t dumb but I wasn’t very comfortable sharing my thoughts and opinions in public.

So how has blogging helped in changing me?

Blogging is a means of self expression. It enables you to voice you opinion. By blogging I’ve been able to connect with people. I read other’s blogs, comment on them, post articles on my own blogs that people comment on. Its much like having an online conversation with on measure of time.

With this experience that I’ve gained I find it a little less akward. Mind you, I haven’t changed completely and turned into a very extrovert person. But I’m less likely to keep to myself in social situations. I often share my ideas in group discussions now and they are well received and appreciated.

Blogging has helped me learn to express myself and connect with people. A truly marvelous gift.

I’d really like to know what have you learn’t from blogging?

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Do you really care about fashion? I’m referring to following the latest style and trends set by the fashion world. You’ve probably seen models strutting the latest fads and garments designed by famous fashion designers on television. Do you really keep yourself and your wardrobe upto date with the latest trends?

Well, personally I’m not really into fashion. All I really care about is that I feel comfortable wearing something and if it suits the occassion. I wouldn’t wear a suit every day to work. Wouldn’t just work for me as the weather here is too hot for most part me the year. Mostly I prefer wearing T-Shirts and jeans but I have to wear Collared Shirts to work during the weekdays. On the weekends casuals are allowed.

Its interesting to see what women wear. Seriously most of the women I know have an eye for detail when it comes to dressing up even if it is just a trip to the market or a visit to a friends place.

What’s your fashion quotient? Are you an extremely fashion conscious person or just the opposite a person who ignores fashion and creates his/her own trends?

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Wow! Another month has passed by so quickly. Its been nearly 4 months now that I’m hosting this blog and so far it has been a fairly good ride. The stats are looking fairly nice. The Google PR is 3, Alexa rank is 540,046. But off late I’ve been feeling a little lost. I read a post about setting a mission for your blog by Christie Kissinger. That got of me thinking, what is the mission of this blog? Thanks to this post by Tabitha I’ve been able to find the answer.

I had started this blog because I wanted to have my own domain. And also because I wanted to have complete control over my blog. Blogging here has taught me a lot about domains, wordpress, plug ins, themes, css, blog promotion etc.

The mission for this blog is to share my experiences with the world, to help people with my knowledge.

I like to share my knowledge with the world. I’ll tell you why, if I have one apple and we share it we both will have half an apple, but if I have one idea and we share it we both will still have one idea each. So although they say knowledge is power, this power increases when it is shared.

So I’ll try to focus on my mission and learn new thing that I can share with the world. Wish me luck.

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Warning: Do not try this yourself.




Would you dare to do this with your new expensive handse?t

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I’ve always been reaching work just in time or a bit late recently. Well I haven’t been too late luckily, but reaching just in time or even a few minutes late is frowned upon at my place of work.

Travelling to work is quite a chore for me. It takes me more than an hour to reach work. No kidding! I have to walk to the train station which takes about 20 minutes. And then another 30 minutes by train and about 15-20 minutes from the train station to my office by an auto rickshaw.

The final leg of the journey is the most annoying. Its really hard to convince the rickshaw drivers to agree to go to where you want to go. They’re always scouting for a long distance passenger so they can get a higher fare and don’t want to take on any short distance fares. Its really annoying. I try to be good and ask people going my way if they’d like to hop in with me, if I can spot someone I know, even if they’re standing there like they haven’t noticed me.

Yesterday was yet another day when I was fairly late and if I had to spend time scouting for a rickshaw, I would surely be late. But luckily a colleague spotted me and I shared the ride with him. We split the fare. So it was really a win-win situation for both of us. It really nice that this habit is catching on.

I guess the saying “What you give, is what you get” is really true. Have you had any similar experience?

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