Bringing Up To Date

It has been a very stressful quarter for me and I know I am way behind in updating my blog.

A few tidbits for those lurking (of course, I know who you are!) for what is happening in my bittersweet life.

• Yaya Laisa had to go back home.
• I spent a weekend with 26 persons and most of the time with my five best buds.
• Yaya Helen had her first stamps in her passport.
• A wedding preparation is already in the works.
• Took a day off and had fun with HSFs.
• Brunch with a lovely couple has become a semi-routine.
• Again, I cried buckets when a girlfriend left for another country.
• Started a new project and will take a year to finish.
• Booked flights, hotels and was able to get directions.
• Received a new gadget and need to read the manual ASAP.
• Typhoone Ondoy/Ketsena flooded my house.
  

Despite the busy-ness of the past few months, I still have time to (what else?!) tend my farms in Facebook.

I am exhausted! Until my next time off.

On Being Remissed

I missed blogging. I have a valid excuse. I am still extremely busy at work, from school and just came from a short trip.

Too busy to blog for a while but I have lots of stories and pictures to share. Will post tons of entries soon!

So better check the blog regularly for my can’t-wait-to-read-and-look entries and pictures.

Bloggers to Register?!

I was browsing through the breaking news section and this one caught my fancy.

China's Internet Bloggers Must Register -- Xinhua

Beijing (XFN-ASIA) - China intends to require its 17 million Internet bloggers to register under their real names, state press reported. Under the system, bloggers would be allowed to continue using their online pseudonyms, but must register with authorities under their real names, the Xinhua news agency said.

The real name requirement is an ''unavoidable choice'' if China wants to properly develop its blogging community, Xinhua quoted the head of the Internet Society of China Huang Chengqing as saying.

The society is the state-controlled organization in charge of developing the new system.

Xinhua said some bloggers used their anonymity to disseminate ''irresponsible and untrue'' information, and called them a ''bad influence''. However, the agency also recognised there could be privacy and free-speech concerns.

Huang acknowledged the concerns over free expression, but said there needed to be a balance between freedom and responsible Web use. Huang gave no firm timetable for implementing the system.

China has 123 million Internet users, according to reports.

Will this ever happen in the Philippines? Hmm… I wonder if this will create chaos among Filipino bloggers?

12 Step Program of Recovery for Web Addicts

I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my PAPER newspaper like I used to, before the Web.

I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.

I will get dressed before noon.

I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.

I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.

I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.

I will read a book...if I still remember how.

I will listen to those around me and their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.

I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.

I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.

I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.

Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime... and the Web will always be there tomorrow!