boulevard-ijab (IJA & ME) - one half completing the other half....

10,000 B.C. (Blog 'Comers') - Of blogs and readers

First of all, NO, I'm not going to talk about the upcoming movie, 10,000 B.C., due to be released in March this year (although I do find the poster above pretty 'cool'). Frankly speaking, I'm not even sure if I'm going to watch it, in view that Roland Emmerich's (the producer) movies tend to be all hyped.

Well, I'm actually referring to the hits counter for this blog which had passed the 10 000-visitor mark, a day after I posted my review on Cloverfield. Glad? Yes, I have to admit that - I consider it my personal 'victory' that the number of visitors are slowly increasing. Proud? Absolutely not... for if you read properly, I did say slowly increasing... :-0

When I started off this whole blog project, I thought of it as more of my personal diary (but for the whole word to see? haha). Then, occasionally I put up stuffs that I got from emails and those things I read from somewhere and I began to comment on them. I had also published some of the things (mainly poems) which I wrote when I was still a member to Toastmasters Club. Then, there are also movie reviews plus my insights on some of the issues out there.

After some time, I found myself eager to write on things I see, stuffs I experience, thoughts I ponder and those feelings inside me. Perhaps, my liking for writing was screaming to come out. After all, I've always loved to write - I started keeping my journal back when I was 10, and became the head editor and contributed articles (Malay and English languages) for my school magazine when I was 12. Not to forget, the monthly magazine Ragam A. Nizar, that I religously 'published' for my own safekeeping.

Despite the eagerness, due to time constraint, I can hardly keep this blog regularly updated, unlike some of the more popular blogs out there which are updated daily. Frankly speaking, I find it amazing there are those who really have the time in doing so; their entries even come complete with photos and drawings every time.

I hardly bothered to actively promoting this blog in the first place other than informing families and friends. Speaking of the latter, honestly, I admit that I don't really have that many friends (which is why I'm so thankful now that I have my wife and kiddo in my life). I guess that was why I flunked out at those network marketing bussiness which I ventured in. Let's just say - I'm sucked at it!!

Whenever there are emails involving those from my previous schools, more often than not, they would be discussing the activities that they used to do together when we were all still studying. In order to avoid feeling a bit sad and left out (since those activities didn't really involve me), I usually tend to NOT read them. After all, as they say, ignorance is a bliss, right?

I am loner by nature. Yes, that's right - that's who I am. In fact, if I recall correctly, I was always (or perhaps am still) excluded from being a part of any group meetings, group discussions or group outings. Usually, that's fine by me - although I have to say, I just hope my son will fair better when it comes to making and having friends.

Who are friends really, and what makes it ok to say they are your friends? Ok, so I've met some new people from those internet networking groups I've joined in, but is it really enough knowing them just from their photos, the messages that they send to you and having their contacts and email addresses? If I were to put it the same way as Dr. Addison Shepherd had said in an episode of Grey's Anatomy, "If I had gone missing, I wonder how long does it take for anyone to notice". Likewise, if I want to be mean, I can also say that I may be hardly affected if some of my contacts are missing from my life..... Heck, I hardly know most of the people whose emails and contact nos. I have anyway. In fact, I doubt it'd make any difference if I delete those 'unknown' contacts from my address book and phone memory.

Back to promoting this blog; I have this as my email signature - http://boulevard-ijab.blogspot.com/ - For those who matter and for things that count. Explore thoughts in my head, opinions I can conceive, experiences I encounter and talents that I possess.

I usually email my contacts whenever I have posted an article worth telling them about, or have a latest video on my son that I wish them to view.

My memberships in those Internet networking groups may have also helped to propel the no. of hits (since I provide a link to this blog in my profile).

Although those who comment on my writings are still pretty much the same people, the statistics have shown the daily hits have doubled and at times, tripled from how it was used to be. Nothing to brag about, since the numbers are still very small, and this is still a 'small' blog compared to some blogs out there, whose loyal readers can be up to a few hundreds (if not thousands) and which have the Netizens raving about.

Despite personal stories cover about 80% of the things I write in this blog, like I said before, I do cover other topics and issues as well. Thanx to that (the somewhat wide range of topics), people have also come across my blog by chance too, after searching certain keywords vide the internet search engines which had lead them to this blog.

Weird enough, sometimes, this blog doesn't really have anything remotely related to those keywords and yet, the search engines point to this blog as one of the results. I have nothing to complain about that. At least they get to know there is a person by the name of Abdun Nizar, whose blog is rather philosophical at times, with witty thoughts here and there; whose best friends and life companions are his families, especially his wife and kid. They (wife and kid) are his life, they are his soul - they give him purpose, they give him hope and they fill the void inside him. Although sometimes his patience, courage and fear are tested and he has to face off his inner demons once in a while, he realises that having and keeping a family is a no laughing matter.... and he's willing to brave them (inner demons) like a warrior facing a monstrous creature (see above poster)!

Labels: Life, My Children, My Families, Of....and....

posted by The Pisces Man @ 1:34 am