Comments on: How Personal should a Personal blog be?

By: arlene

arlene — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:18:53 +0000

this post hits a home in me because one time a comment came my way that my blog sounds too personal compared to hers which is not. well, at least with this post, I am asssured that what i’ve done is not really wrong.

you write so well, Neomi. I admire your writing. Marami kayo sa Pinoy Moms magaling magsulat kaya di na ako bumalik dun kasi parang far out ako magsulat. hehehe. bt even then, i still love to blog.

More power to you!

By: Danni

Danni — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:29:24 +0000

I think anything will do as long as it’s meant for the readers of the post under its topic it and not for things that might cause misunderstanding.

By: julie

julie — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:27:01 +0000

Noemi, to me blogging is a way of letting people know about the different issues about special education, not just as a special ed teacher but as a mother as well. I do not claim to be an expert that’s why I put links to different sites so the readers can read more about these topics and not just my points of view. When I was starting my blog (when I got my account from you) I was torn between writing about my family and my thoughts VS writing just about my so-called specialization. But then I thought, my life is not all about being a teacher. And these things are also the stuff that help me make a better person and a better teacher so I decided to share these aspects of my life too. It is just important to know the boundaries to how much one is willing to share to the world. To us bloggers, may we inspire others with our posts and thoughts.

By: Zsolt72

Zsolt72 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:42:56 +0000

to me blogging is a modern version of writing a book/novel/article. I even dont like this expressions (blog, bloggers, blogging) because it makes us to think its something new which never existed before. People wrote down their thoughts 200 years ago, too… Some of them wrote very personal by their choice. Their friends probably read their writings. Maybe some of them said to to Hemingway or to Bohumil Hrabal…”you shouldnt be so personal”..or…”pls. write only good thinks about me”:) But I guess we wouldnt love them so much if they keep themselves back from being personal. And yes..to write something is a risk. Even just typing one single character and publishing it is like stepping out onto the stage..eyes are on you…its a performance. And its up to you how personal this performance will be:)

By: Noemi

Noemi — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:38:18 +0000

@Riz- I can see my 2 girls are proud of me. hehe . In fact, M with another son of a problogger mom is starting out a blog organization in UP.

@manilamom- yes it’s our choice not to read certain blogging styles. So if we don’t like nasty entries, just move on to the next blog

@jane- the expansion of friendship is one of the wonderful gifts of blogging. I treasure these friendships.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:30:56 +0000

I always write the way I feel. As it’s my blog, I want it to reflect my emotions, personal experiences and thoughts. However, unlike my other family blog, I review my public blog and try to steer clear of what would be considered “unbloggables”.

There are times when I express myself in Filipino and I prefer to leave it that way. In earlier posts, I would try to put the English translation in parentheses for the international community but reading them later, they look “plastic”. So I figured, what the heck. I will just write as I would express myself and let those curious about their meanings look them up themselves.

My kids’ friends think I am pretty cool, having opened 4 blogs to-date (haha!). But bottom line is….I just love to write and I want my kids to have something of myself when the time comes for me to leave them. The idea of expanding my friends through cyberspace is also very exciting.

By: Manila Mom

Manila Mom — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:46:27 +0000

Choice of words and tone make a big difference in writing for personal blogs. It’s okay to express and analyze one’s emotions and reactions to others. Some bloggers out there get outright nasty, though. Well, it’s their blog and their right, I guess. It’s also our right to refuse to read them any further. I like your take on potentially sensitive topics, though.

By: Riz

Riz — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:12:18 +0000

A blog is personal, definitely. I’ve been blogging 5 years already, and 90% of the time, I blog to let out what I’m thinking and what I feel. My blog has always been a channel for me to release whatever’s in my mind. (And then, of course, later on, Internet Marketing came about, and Blog Monetization, but that’s a whole different story.)

It must be fun for M and L to have a Problogger Mom. I’d love it if my Mom would start to blog, pero she always says she’s not as articulate as me and my dad, and she’s not really a writer. (Between them, my Dad was the one who loved to write. He wrote poetry and he used to be the schoolpaper’s editor too.) Hence, she always leaves the writing to errr, me. She loves reading my blog, though. Hehe. I can imagine myself someday, blogging about my kids too. That would be SOOO. COOOL.

Thanks for this post. I couldn’t agree more.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:52:28 +0000

Different people have different standards. I believe that culture has something to do with it. But I think personal blogs should avoid sensitive issues that can be destructive results.

By: dexie

dexie — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:26:06 +0000

cool. am looking forward to reading it