I should belong to the Amish community here in the States because I love to be in the olden times.
According to Mr. Wikepedia , Amish people generally has a heavy emphasis on church and family relationships. They have rules that include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, telephones and automobiles, as well as regulations on clothing.
What I like about the olden times is that women and men have definite roles that they play in the community, their church and their family. And like them ( with what I have heard ), they are not into technology. Imagine having no computer , no mobile phone , nothing of what modern people in our time enjoy... and get a headache of. No bills to pay for. Less stress. Nothing to think about except doing their roles and responsibilities for their church and family. Simple living. Rural area. That's what I like.
Albeit unlike them , I have a few modern gadgets on hand that I enjoy but didn't want to make a full use of as I do not want to get addicted nor do I want to spend too much time on any of them. I only have two gadgets that I think are very useful to me - my laptop and my cellphone (having purchased the former only last year because of the need).
Just doing household chores and running errands keep me busy not to mention my part-time work. So I would like to spend my free time just relaxing. Looking at the beautiful scenery ( not the screen of my laptop ) that we are surrounded with here in our marina environment and spending time with my patient hubby and my supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ( coined from Mary Poppins ) doggy . So why add something else that would take my time ?
When I went to see my friends and relatives back in my loving home country , the sunny and humid Philippines, people asked me if I have a facebook . I looked at them and jokingly said , " I have a face and lots of books , but I do not have a facebook". On several occasions , my sister kept on sharing and telling me about her blog which I never got to read except during the time she showed me how to do blogs . Another friend told me twice to have one. I'm like, "what's that?".
Another thing that I do not like about facebook and blogging is that one's private life becomes public . I am one of those private persons who only like to share with my small group of friends whom I can really trust. My family is also one of the rare species that I can truly divulge all my secrets to and will always remain a secret til death do we part. What remains a secret will always remain a secret within the family.
However, this year I have outgrown my fear of being known ( at least a little bit ) as there are things that I would like to share that I think people can learn from. I think this is one of the reasons why my friend , Kaye, was trying to do so she was convincing me to blog. Not to mention the fact that she can see what I have been doing and up to. ( Love you, girl! ). If I stay in my shell, nobody will ever learn from my experiences. So now that my fear isn't as bad as before , I will start blogging. Well, only the things that I think will be helpful to other people.
One of the things that I have learned in writing online is that I have the power to control what the public can see. Hey, I only learned that a couple of hours ago. It is all in my hands . I just have to make sure that I press the correct key. Can anyone please help me find the delete button here on blogger?
So why be on facebook and be a blogger? Because of my need to connect with people .
Some of my relatives and friends do not read their email but they are often into facebook , ano ba yan ? So finally, I decided to go on facebook after a lot of nudgings from relatives and friends only to find out that I have opened up an account that I haven't used . Because of my long absence , like some people do , I have forgotten my password . I could not retrieve nor can I change it through my 9th email address because I have forgotten its password too . Yes, I know what you are thinking. See, I told you, I am not into technology that's the reason why I should belong to the Amish community. I would rather spend time with real people and not the screen. But what can I do ? Being on my last resort , I decided to make another one - one more name on facebook. Taran! I finally got connected easily. Wow! the power of technology.
Before that , I went to blogger.com to sign-up (thinking that I do not have an account) only to find out (again) that I have opened one long before my sister did who taught me about blogging . ( Thanks, sis. for going through it with me ) . But guess what? I think you guessed it right . I haven't written a thing . Why? I think I just opened up an account because people have asked me to do it but I am not really interested into it until now because I feel the need to connect .
To my friends and family who will be following my blog, this is for you . To my future readers and followers , please be patient with me as this is the first time that I am blogging . For the next few weeks ( or even months or years ) , I will be doing a lot of reminiscing . Blogging my experiences here and everywhere I find that may be relevant to those people who may learn from what I have to share or just want to see what I am up to . You can post your comments but please be nice even when you have something to critique . Otherwise , do not say or write anything at all.
Graci!
Gracias!
Mahalo!
Salamat!
Arigato!
Merci!
Thank you!
Danke schon!
