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The Art of Blogging May 27, 2008

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Blogging is very common though but still irrelevant to lots of people especially in south Asian countries. For instance, in my university batch out of 120 students only 3 owns a blog though we are students of technology. The major reason isn’t they don’t like to write or they don’t an art to write but it is they have never enjoy writing. Even I don’t consider myself as a writer but I love and enjoy writing. I love to express as every human does but every person has different way of expressing himself. When I started blogging, I remember, it was hot sunny day; I was thinking why should I write? In technical terms, why should I blog? Truly speaking, I didn’t have any answer because I didn’t have any reason actually. My first blog “No Theory in LOVE” Theory was more or less like a joke from writing perspective.

Before moving on, I want you to know basically what is blogging?

Merriam Webster:A Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.”

Wikipedia: ‘Is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.”

In today’s world, blogging has become trend of expression. Expression of freedom and I don’t mind saying that blog has been the best product of web 2.0 so far. It actually fulfills the promise web 2.0. People have started expressing their political views, technical gossips, health mania, religious dilemmas and much more. Not only do those, but even governments don’t ignore them. Take the case a Saudi blogger who was put behind the bars last year only because he wrote on US-Saudi relations which US didn’t like much. Big corporate giants and small fishes, both using the blogs as new way of marketing. Take the example of vista team, they own a blog where they put updates frequently and answer the questions of people as well. So blog is not a one-way communication only.

The best about blogging is, it is something which you can show your grand children, funny haan!!! It is, I know. But it is true as well. For instance it has been almost a year now since I started my blog and sometimes I go back and read to previous articles, something’s really make me laugh. I mean, Wow. But it still feels good. I am wondering how about reading this same article or blog in age of 60. Isn’t it exciting?

Coming to point, some one asked me recently “what you get from blogging?” I replied ‘start blogging first’. Really, there is no answer to a question when it comes to expressing your emotions and feelings. I love blogging especially when I feel stressed. It makes me feel relax. Sometimes I reply to this question, ‘I don’t want a girl friend that’s why I blog’…Sounds strange haan – An stupid answer to an stupid question.

There are lots of advantages of blogging; prominently it inspires you to read. When I started blogging, I not only start thinking about my next article but I also started visiting many blogs and I really read a lot after that. Secondly, it improves your writing skills exponentially and the best thing is even you don’t notice it. In the first few months of blogging, there were few visitors on my blog even some harsh days makes the counter zero. I feel disappointed but now my blog has enough visitors which really push me to write more and more. Thank you all. After this journey of a year, I noticed there is a good way to raise blog readers that is “Tags”. The better your tags are the better the trap is and yeah pictures as well. Understanding the Google’s image searching algorithm, which functions mostly on text even when you are looking for a picture, this thing helps you as well because I tried it and I become quite successful in it. For instance, the header picture of eyes present on my blog, I renamed it to beautiful picture believe me alone on this I used to get on average 30 visitors daily using Google’s image searching.

So blogging is bit a tough nut to crack in the beginning same as like opening any new business. It teaches you to be patient. And yeah last but not least it grows your friendship circle.
Happy blogging.

 

God saved me… May 26, 2008

Filed under: Life — RL @ 8:17 am
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It was last week only when I was going to my friend Neeraj on smooth road driving at speed of 60 Km/H where I couldn’t see any car or traffic thus my mood was accelerating. Suddenly I saw a bike coming in opthis city life would have eaten meposite direction and there was more than enough space for it but actually It was block taxi whose 2nd head light was off thus in darkness I assumed that it is bike or something. But at distance of micrometer and I really don’t know how I realized that it is a car and we are about to collide and most importantly my feet was on accelerator and I had crossed 80 Km/H. At that spark, I closed my eyes turned my steering robustly to other side and how on earth, I am wondering, I am still alive.

I wouldn’t say it was taxi driver’s fault but it wasn’t mine as well. This incident made me realize something which I never experienced before. It was more adrenaline than love, it was more painful than a break-up and it is memorable than your first girl friend.

I stopped the car on side way but taxi flew away. I don’t know did he even realize what happened or what was about to happen to both of us. It seems on that spark something happened, some unknown force came into me and did this. I don’t think so otherwise I would have been here doing blogging. What ever that something was, it must have been with will of my Lord. I thanked God on next moment I realized that I am still alive otherwise that collision would have torn us apart. And I am still thanking him. That pain-taking scene is still in my mind, those horrifying moments still terrorizes me sometimes and actually this terrible incident of my life where I was ready to leave the life has taught me the lesson that we are here to die but before that we have a life to live. I called my family and said “I Love You” though I haven’t told them yet about this incident because they will never allow me to drive again which I can’t afford. Sorry mom, Sorry papa.

And thank you God for giving me another life.