Marielle’s Blog: †www.laramarielle.wordpress.com
Johan’s Blog: †www.josephhaniel.wordpress.com
A PROUD DAD, I certainly am. †About two years ago, while in between jobs, I created a blog for each of my two kids, Marielle (now 5-1/2) and Johan (now 3-3/4). †I did it on Blogspot/Blogger then. †I just heard about blogging at the time and I created my kids’ blogs to “get my hands dirty” on the then new but already-much-talked-about Internet trend.
For two months I did a lot of blogging experimentations with my kids’ blogs as my guinea pigs. †And then I got preoccupied with other things, including my imminent MBA Comprehensive Exam in UP Diliman and my soon-to-be new employment. My blogging, together with my kids’ blogs, took a back seat — indefinitely.
A year later I renewed my interest on blogging. †This time I decided to more seriously explore both its full potential, including potential business applications that I can utilize for my present employer and benefactor, Delbros, Inc.
After a botched attempt to launch an online magazine (e-zine) in collaboration with some friends I decided to launch my own personal blog which initially went online under a domain name I already own at the time, bongsac.com. †When I secured the new domain name, awonderfulblog.com, I promptly transferred my blog to its now permanent Web address.
Now I am in too deep into blogging… and loving it.
Last month I remembered about my kids’ blogs. †It is a fact that I’ve started their blogs just as experiments. †But it is also a fact that my own personal blog draws a lot of inspiration from them. †And it is certainly a fact that blogging is a great way to brag about my beautiful kids to the world. †Instead of writing about them in my blog (which I still intend to do a lot of), why don’t I re-launch their own respective blogs.
And that’s what I did a few weeks back. †First I migrated their blogs from Blogspot to WordPress. †Blogspot if a very good blogging platform and tool. †So is WordPress. †It just so happens that I am now much more familiar and adept at using WordPress because it is the engine I chose for my own personal blog.
All that I need to do now is to remember to regularly post new materials on Marielle’s and Johan’s blogs. †If you haven’t visited their blogs lately I invite you to visit them now. †I just posted some new materials that will surely make you smile. (Double-click on the images above to launch Marielle’s and Johan’s blogs).
When Marielle and Johan are grown up enough to write and manage their own blogs they can choose to continue what I started. I simply can’t wait that long to let the world know about my wonderful kids so I am now taking matters into my own hands. Besides, it shouldn’t hurt to give them a headstart, should it? †Who knows they may even appreciate it. 
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