November 27, 2016

Au revoir




Like all good things, this blog has come to its end. As the end of my first semester in college approaches, I will have to say goodbye to this blog too. I won’t lie, at first I never thought that I would like writing in this blog. However, this blog started to occupy a big time of my life, so I decided to give it a chance. I started to check my blog daily, look at my classmate’s blogs and eventually I fell in love with the idea of being a writer. I know I’m not the best and I still have a long way to go, but this experience made me improve my writing skills. I found myself looking at other fashion or food blogs and comparing them to mine. Looking at other blogs made me more attentive at the things that I could improve in my blog. Also, by reading other blogs I started to catch the “blog language”, which at times wasn’t even formal. In fact, something that I had to struggle with was getting out of my comfort zone. I was accustomed to writing formal and serious essays. On the other hand, in a blog you can write however you want, you can be funny or sarcastic. This freedom in writing was what made my blog experience extremely exciting, but difficult at the same time. It was hard for me to lose the serious and formal tone I was so used to. Nevertheless, I knew that people would enjoy my blog more if I was more flexible with my writing, so I tried. However, I think I could have still improved a lot more. On the bright side, my typing skills are now ON FIRE.

Additionally, it was fun for me to see how my classmates and I had the same topics to discuss in our blogs, but we still had totally different perspectives in our reflections. Therefore, another thing that I learned with the blog was how much diversity exists in the world. Additionally, I loved that we could add interactive media, such as images, videos or gifs.
 With this, I was more creative and made my blog more interesting.  Many people prefer visuals to comprehend situations, so through my blog I tried to catch the attention of both, the book worms and the persons who don’t like to read at all. Furthermore, I loved how I could customize each entry with a different type of font or letter size. This way, I could make each entry special and different.
All in all, I gained a lot from the blog, from letting lose to accepting another person’s opinion. Definitely a great interdisciplinary activity.
Happy Holidays!

Au revoir (goodbye)  

5 comments:

  1. The semester is almost done. I enjoyed everyone of your entries. You definitely catched my attention while reading. Same as you, I learned a lot from the blog and I will certainly put to use all that I learned. It is true what you say, some people are visual and other are more of readers type. Great post!

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  2. I really like your entries, Sila. Most of them had humorous punchlines. Also, I agree with what you mentioned regarding the creative skill that one develops by creating and maintaining a blog. Writing in a blog requires constant innovation. Have a happy christmas vacation!

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  3. I also enjoyed the fact that, speaking about the same topic, we had very different perspectives. I'm glad your typing skills are on fire, hahaha. I had a great experience with this blog activity! It's been fascinating reading each of your entries. You've been very creative! Happy Holidays to you too.

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  4. Yes, we shall bring another one to the writing side!

    Sila, your skills in writing have improved significantly from the beginning of this project. And you have begun to develop a less formal way of writing through this blog, it shows. Just like you, I will kind of miss writing down my thoughts on different topics. But I'm also happy because it's just another new beginning.

    I wish you all the best in the future! And if ever you need to pick up a pen and paper to write something, do it. Writing isn't an exact science like Chemistry. You can't do right or wrong when you're expressing yourself.

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