Happy Birthday Karizma :-)

Yo! I started this blog on the 9th of August 2004, and made my first entry here .. so it's a whole year old, Happy Birthday Karizma! This rant space has served as my place to vent my frustrations, share my happiness, randomly rant and whine and of course, open up as much as i want about silly crushes, petty tiffs and feelings i'd probably never be able to share with anyone else! When I started Karizma, I thought it would be one more of my failed attempts to sustain the blogger in me .. and the blog would end up in ruins, like some of the other pieces of writing I had started. Today, a year from then, I'm proud I could keep it going, albeit irregular and scattered. The purpose of this blog was definitely not to become the world's best blog or get a million ppl to read it. All it was, was a channel to pour my heart out .. pen down those endless thoughts and admitting, to myself, many-a-thing i'd probably never admit otherwise .. and I'm glad how well it's served its purpose :)

As a child, I had this habit of collecting small trinkets, be it old school diaries or chocolate wrappers I had it all nicely filed and wouldn't let a soul touch it .. now, considering the number of times I have had to move around and discard my 'material possessions', I was quite forced to give up the habit .. though i still treasure my diary of grade 9 or that gift wrapping paper that came with my high school academic book prize .. all locked away nicely in a treasure box back at home .. today, thinking about it, I guess it's that child in me that is keeping Karizma alive .. I still like to file away things for posterity, albeit in black and white on the internet .. and of course, I am not one of those people who advertises her blog much, in fact, this is my private journal .. and i really like it to be as private as can be :)

Days when I have little else to do, is my time to sit down sifting through my filed memoirs, and I believe Karizma will be something so close to me and so dear! I do write on my other journal spaces, but never like what I write here .. Karizma has seen me when I was sooo down in the dumps, times when I could not stop those tears from trickling down, times I have bawled like a baby and times when I couldn't get a wink of sleep. Karizma has helped me survive, and come out happier. Everytime I went through a heart breaking, extremely crushing time, Karizma saw me through until I was fine and back to being bouncy and alive :) It's weird how, I blog everywhere else when I'm all-so-happy, but come back here to share my deepest feelings and darkest secrets. wonder, what would I be without this outlet for my emotions .. Thank you Karizma .. and Happy Birthday, once again :) Here's to many more years, more memories to be made and happier times!