This is a long due post. I have been busy with work, studies, traveling and enjoying Diwali vacation. 🙂 It is sad that I could not post it on time but then better late than never 🙂
Now first things first…Mahmud awarded me the “International Bloggers Community Award”..thanks Mahmud!
Blogging is such a wonderful platform where there are no barriers, no discrimination, no classes…where one is limited by one own’s choices,tastes and prejudices at times.
The heart of blogging is linking and commenting. Connecting and communicating – the purpose of the Internet. ~ George Siemens
Just with the help of our thoughts, views, opinions, comments and self expressions translated into words we are able to interact and connect with so many people on this planet. Blogging has shrunk the world into a global room with some people sitting on bean bags discussing books, some exchanging recipes in a corner, some discussing sports over at the bar, some just having personal talks by the fireplace..all they need to do for communicating outside their genre is to just go and introduce themselves to another group 🙂
I pass on this award to Sulz from Malaysia, MoR from Italy and Beth from Belize.
“As I have repeatedly written in one form or other, blogging is not about writing posts. Heck, that’s the least of your challenges. No, blogging is about cultivating a mutually beneficial relationships with an ever-growing online readership, and that’s hard work.” (Alister Cameron)
I have done this hard work for three years now. 🙂 I had started the blog on Blogger platform with a post introducing myself, shifted to WordPress for better readership and easier commenting and became an active blogger after that. In my second anniversary post, I had mentioned the bloggers who had inspired me when I started my blogging journey. The circle of bloggers keeps on changing..old bloggers become dormant and new bloggers crop up. My blog roll has expanded further over the past one year. So many of the old bloggers have become dormant. 😦 But I guess that is the way of blogger’s life cycle. I have just shifted the feeds to a separate folder named “Blogs On Break” in the hope they will become active again one day and I will be there to read and comment on them. 🙂 I am a tenacious reader and commenter even if people don’t comment back 😀
It was my blog’s third anniversary on 30th Oct 2010. Now after 3 years “My Random Thoughts” stands at 419,634 hits (and counting ) 258 posts and 223 subscribers.
HAPPY THIRD BLOGOVERSARY “MY RANDOM THOUGHTS”
Happy 3rd B’day to ‘Random Thoughts’ and you’ve been doing a great job Reema !
I love reading your blog and I’m sure I’m not the one who is listed in the dormant old bloggers list 😉
Wishing you many more years of blogging !
Thanks Scribbler 🙂 Oh u r quite active 🙂
Happy Third Blogoversary to you, Reema! I love reading you and wish you would post a little more – please 🙂 Here’s to many more such blogoversaries!
Aww thanks for motivating me!!
“419,634 hits (and counting ) 258 posts and 223 subscribers”
Wow! Congrats!!!
… and Happy 3rd B’day too!
thanks Roshmi!
congrats !!! happy blogoversary !!
thanks Dinu
Congrats ! On hitting the third year.. way to go 🙂
thanks Moonstone
Congrats on the milestone. Here’s to many more years of blogging
thanks Titaxy
Wow !! and at last… You have acknowledged the Award 😀 😀
and yeah “Better late than never”.. Thank you! 🙂
I am glad to see the 3 year anniversary of your ‘My Random Thoughts’ and equally glad to be with your blog since last one and half year 🙂
So many readers, subscribers of your blog right now, and they are inspiring and I’m sure it makes you to feel good 😀 everybody is!
Many blogger has become dormant, I could remember ‘A’, Solilo especially whom I found from the beginning of my blogging life…
Lots of good wishes for you and your blog….
Sorry for the delay bro!! and thanks!
Hey Reema, congrats!!!!
You really have to be regular with ur blog, to reach to such a height. Often ppl give up, but hats off to u!!
I am new to blogging, but still dormant active thing is working!!
take care and be happy always 🙂
RESTLESS
thanks dear..I hope u will be fully active soon and achieve great heights in blogging cuz u have a great blog going!
Congrats dear!! I miss being around here… but its not enough motivation to come back 😐
Cheers to my most favorite blogger of the world 🙂
Hmm so what will motivate you? thankooooo!
Congratulations Reema and eh, this is a fabulous world indeed 🙂
thanks Swaram
congrats Reema!!! that is a huge milestone you have achieved 🙂
thanks Avada
Yay !! congrats for completing 3 years … .. lets celebrate 🙂
Yayy! thanks!
Happy Third Anniversary!! 🙂 And here’s to many more years to come! And many more comments, visits and subscribers… 😀
thanks Psych Babbler!
Oh and by the way, looks like we started our blogs around the same time…mine was a week or so before yours…
Blogging continuously for three years is cool! Especially with so many (hopeless) real world commitments! Your first post was also good, I think cats are clever – they have an attitude and are not always behind humans wagging their tails. I like that attitude! Some day, I want to write a post on cats vs dogs and make cats win!! 😉
Destination Infinity
Ooohhh write that post soon!!
Congratulations, dear. I made a cake for you to celebrate- please pick it up and add it to the post!!!
thanks 😀
Congrats Reema. And congrats and kudos to your random thoughts, for giving us much to read, ponder and comment on!
Yours has been one blog I’ve always Loved reading, and even though I’m scared of you, like Mahak, I always look forward to your posts.
I’m one of those bloggers who took one too many breaks, and have come back to stay! 🙂 Thanks to people like you who welcomed me back and read and commented like I’d never gone!
You rock girl! Blog on 🙂
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LOL why on earth are you two SCARED of me??? Thank you so much for the wonderful praise!!
Congratulations and 3 years .. wowow i have only managed to complete one in october toooo.. hats offf
got a long way to go for me
Bikram’s
thanks Bikram!!
Happy third anniversary Reema !!! Im glad to be a part of this journey of yours ! I know lately, I havent been in touch with you. and I know you have been missing me a lot too (ahem ahem) 😀 😀 😀 😀
thankoooo dear!! I am truly missing u!! 😀
Awesome!
Congrats Reema jee 🙂
thanks Magesh!
Congratulationssssssss …………. and celebrationsssssssssss …….. 😀 😀 😀
thanks Harsh
Oh Congratulations for completing 3 years in the big, bad world of blogging. May the celebrations continue 🙂
Its a wonderful world!! 🙂 Thanks!!
Hey Congrats on your great 3 years of blogging. I am sorry I missed the party. You have always been helpful and in my mind as I develop my blog. It is great to be connected!
hey u got an award..did u see that?? plz accept it. thanks!
Congrats Reema!
May more blogoversaries be bestowed upon your blog.
🙂
thanks Dev
Happy 3rd birthday “My Random Thoughts”, and cheers to celebrations in the future 🙂
Congrats on the milestones Reema 🙂
thanks Kiran!
Happy Blogoversary dear..!!!
…back here aftr a loooooooooooong time…luved the looks of te blog..! 🙂
heyyyyyy how have u been??? welcome back! hope u will stay now. thanks!
Happy third blogoversary Reema 🙂 🙂 I know how difficult it is to be writing continously for 3 years.. cheers to you.. 🙂 I wish you write on those serious topics again 🙂 🙂
thanks Kanagu. Oh I feel lazy to write on serious topics now 🙂 but I will once I complete what I am busy doing.
3rd anniversary? wow! Congrats and may your blog celebrate many more such anniversaries!
thanks Smita!!
Best congrats Reema!! So sorry I had missed this. Since June 2008 you received a great number of hits! And thank you very much for the award. I think opening up to other cultures is the most important thing today and it is what I tried to teach to my daughters. And of course, blogging has added a new flavour to my life I hardly could live without it.
Thanks MoR 🙂 It is ok..I m glad u read it. yes blogging changes one as a person!
Congrats Reema!! Keep blogging!
thanks Shilpa!
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