Dear mouse,
I should have written this in our blogkadahan
but I chose to present something else, a humurous
one.
If May is the month of festivities in the Philippines,
June is the month to celebrate the greatness of
Filipinos, not necessarily the national heroes.
A blog, as many agree is a journal or a diary
on line, whether it is about oneself or about
the current events. As people, we make history
and now we write history from our journal.
More than a century before blogs became
popular, we have already a blogger, a diarist--
someone who took notes of his travels, his
observations and maybe if he were alive today,
he would be blogging too.
Read some of his "blogs" ermm diary entries.
1. blog about what he ate:
I have eaten luncheon for one mark, tip and beer
included.
2. blog about the sunrise
Today I see clearly the sunrise. One can look
at the red disk without hurting the eyes. It rises
little by little in the horizon.
3. about one of his travels
At 7:15 we left Dinynnau. The Merkens is an
old steamer with two chimneys. In front of the
national monument is a sunken ship.
4. about his observations
Many German women and above all English
women wear their hair short like men. There
was with us a young woman with short hair
and without holes in her ears.
5. blog about his feeling
I took refuge at the University from the
shower and there on the bulletin board I read
a sad thing: A very severe decision against a
student announcing to the public that the young
Frederick Wensel is forever expelled from all
universities because his conduct makes him
unworthy to attend classes.
6. blog to inform and warn
Notice to Girls, etc.
In German newspapers it is usual to find
announcements for housekeepers, companions,
maids, servants, etc. The interested parties
are requested to present themselves at certain
stations in Holland, France, or England. The
Rotterdam Association, in order to abolish
prostitution, warns women and girls to be very
careful with such advertisements. I return to
Leipzig in an express train.
Meet the first Filipino "blogger",
Jose Rizal.
For more of his diaries, visit
this.
The Ca t