Thursday, May 15, 2008

Party 101!


Hey, folks, there's a party in my Middle of Nowhere!

No, not because it's my birthday (that's still a few days away and another celebration altogether). It's because my blog has passed its 100th post mark - this is my 101st post. Welcome to Party Central 101!

I can't mark my blog's existence in years because you can see from the archive list that it's been around since 2005 - so technically it's over 3 years old. But I wanted a blog milestone to celebrate since I really just started blogging 6 months ago. Hence this big hullabaloo for reaching post number 100.

I initially started this blog to be a repository of random thoughts and gripes - and also as a means to practice my rusty writing skills. However, since I really got into blogging, this blog has evolved into a place to meet people of differing opinions and a place where I have learned much over these past few months. I've been having so much fun! Even if I've been confined to my very little corner of the blogosphere, it's been a really great place to be.

It's pretty obvious to regular visitors - (wowee, I still can't wrap my head around the concept of regular visitors I've never actually met!) - that this blog is still suffering from serious blogizophrenia. Personal diary one moment, travel blog the next - my thoughts bounce off the walls of this pinball mind of mine and posts come from all over the place. I am, as one of my new on-line friends, Linc, puts it - blogging in the "me niche."

However, despite my blog's needing a serious dose of direction, there are still people who come - and stay! So I'd like to thank everyone who reads my posts and engages me in a conversation every now and then. It's great to know that I'm not all alone my middle of nowhere in the blogosphere! I'm even more amazed to realize that while I started doing this to keep in touch with my friends, I've actually ended up making new ones through this blog - and that's really double the blessing.

So I'd like to give some (link) love to the people who have taken the time to regularly read and comment on my posts, to tag and be tagged back, to link and react, and who have become an informal circle of friends for me on-line - Manggy, Em Dy, Ris, Woobie, Panaderos, Mari, Ness, Joey, Marj, Megamom, Vanessa, all my fellow doctors from The Blog Rounds, and everyone who has ever made a comment that I haven't enumerated here. Thank you so much for your visits - and I look forward to having you guys around for the next 100 posts!

Oh, yeah... I'm not really sure what this means since I haven't really thought seriously about monetizing this site, but there is one additional thing to celebrate about aside from this being party 101 central.


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Would you believe it? For a blog that started out as a means to find my way out of my quarter-life conundrum, that's not so bad at all. :)

So pull a chair, have a slice of cake, and blow out the candles with your hopelessly lost but happy hostess. The champagne is free flowing, and so is the beer - and whatever poison you may want to overload on. It's time to party!

19 comments:

Manggy said...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, Dr. Claire :) It really helped me along in my decision-making. Ah, pilgrims we all are! :)
My poison? Uh... Cider or kriek is probably the best I can do. I'm lame!! Hahaha.

Panaderos said...

Congratulations on reaching such a milestone! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and lessons learned with us, your readers.

Thanks for a great blog! Take care. :)

Anonymous said...

happy 100th post, dr claire!

Vanessa said...

Happy 100th~!

Anonymous said...

happy 100th :)
i'll be reading your previous post so i could get to know you more :)

i like your site btw, and i wanna ask some help how you did this :) (shy face) *wink*

Anonymous said...

"For a blog that started out as a means to find my way out of my quarter-life conundrum, that's not so bad at all. :)"

Indeed, not bad at all. Congratulations Dr. Claire.

docemdy said...

Congratulations Claire! Here's to more!

Anonymous said...

Truly a reason to celebrate! Congratulations, Claire, and more power! :)

Anonymous said...

yehey congrats doc! :) pa-cheeseburger naman diyan!

Ruby said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

congratulations to you!

enjoy! keep the nice posts coming!

Anonymous said...

Congrats!!!

dr_clairebear said...

to everyone who left a greeting: thank you so, so much for the great wishes! :))) there are no words.

Abaniko said...

You won't notice it, one day you'll be celebrating for your 1000th post. Blog on!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!
Your blog has become a recent favorite of mine. I can always expect an intelligent and engaging entry in these parts. :)

dr_clairebear said...

@abaniko: i hope i can keep it up for that long! :))

@ann: thanks so much! and thanks so much for coming by again and again. i also like reading your posts, and i hope that as you grow as a doctor, you'll be able to blog about it in the way i would have wanted to if i made the time. i think that you'd be able to chronicle the journey quite well! :))

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on passing your 100th post, and advanced happy birthday as well.

dr_clairebear said...

thank you! :))

dr_clairebear said...

thank you!