Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

I’ve being doing it for a bit more than 7 (wow… seven) years and doing it has become a good part of who I am.

I am a blogger and in a way that defines who I am in the same way that it defines WHAT I am. Yes… of course the reasons I used to have for blogging and the ones I have today have nothing to do one with the other.

When I started I intended my blog to be a space where I could simply throw everything that dared to cross my mind… a place where I could get rid of the things that were killing me inside. And tell the world of my new discoveries and adventures in the old world (which was totally new to me. I had just moved to the UK).

I didn’t care what or how a wrote and I didn’t care about the grammar mistakes (still don;t really… I rarrely review what I write before I publish). I was confused and was in search for answers, even if I was to find them in myself later. And still somehow I had the gift of faith, and all I did, every movement I took I took IN faith.

Then I met Vic… through HER blog. And then you can imagine what I would spend my time writing about. Well that and my new old world. That is until we moved in together because we didn’t have internet in our flat in Fratton.

We got married and moved to Brazil and everything I wrote then was filled with hopes for the new beginning, projects and my 200million plans to rule the world. I wrote about leaving the company I had worked for the past 4 years to open a beach bar with a friend and 2 other people we knew and how that was honestly a huge mistake (I don’t remember exactly how it ended but it ended in disaster… and in my losing touch with a friend I had since we were little kids).

We didn’t have enough money after that to have internet in our ant-infested flat, but whenever possible we would go to our local Internet cafe to catch up with the world and from there I have blogged  the happiness of having my first child and our bold move from Brasilia To Sao Paulo where I would go back to work with my dad in his Building & Plaster decoration company. I didn’t blog much from our tiny room in the back of dad’s shop. I was either too tired from a hard day at work or busy tending to TB and Vic who was then suffering from a severe Post Natal Depression.

We returned to the UK and my posts went back to be more frequent. By then most of my posts were about job hunting and how I was to “High Profile” for most of the jobs I’ve applied for. I blogged about our (my) day to day personal challenges living at my in-laws and then at my mum’s and dealing with PND and a newborn baby.

Time went by and we moved into our first flat in London (a split floor in Elephant & Castle at the famous Metro Central Heights) I went to work for Brazilian News (I was a MKT account manager but also wrote a Geek Culture / tecnology column). I’ve blogged the London Bombings, and photographed the aftermath and that opened doors for a new column covering the night life of the Brazilian Community in London which also became a website in which I’ve again applied my blogger skills. And the pictures in this website opened doors for me to become a professional photographer.

I’ve bloged my decision to leave Express Media and become a freelance Photographer / Designer and when my Tech Column moved to Agora Magazine.

In one of my posts you will probably find the sudden realization that I am a SAHD… or a SAHWAHD really… and the rise and fall of the MetaNoia Cafe.

Being a blogger has defined who I am for the best part of a decade through ups and downs.

I’ve been considering the idea of quitting (like I’ve sonsidered so many times… hehehe)… Twitter and VLogging are so more practical than taking your time to write a whole blog post. The magic of micro-blogging…

But can I bring myself to end the one constant thing in my life??? I Think not…

I am an Open book.

How about you? How long have you been blogging for? How does it relate with who you are?

zya!

(in favor fairness and equality (Some people complained they can’t open YouTube at work) this post is also available in print… lol… Enjoy!!!)

I know the plan was to Video log every Friday but the circumstances didn’t allow it, I am hard at work to finish Crossing Wires, my first serious web series which alas now has a Pilot Script (yay). But I’ve been trying to keep least twitter updated, so bare with me… I’ll try not to disappear for too long next time.

So… have I been up for the last week?

hummm nothing much really… it took me about 2 days to catch up and rest from the Survival of the fittest and then the rest of the week to get the script for the pilot ready (BTW… I hope you don’t mind but I am using some of you, my beloved readers and expectators as role models for some of the characters. And after you see the first episode you will be able to identify who’s some of them and stay tuned to urbanvox.net for more info on that! Ah… and if you have any interesting stories about your blogging life with a humpf in the LOL factor, LET ME KNOW and we might use it (working on some sort of prize for those who get chosen… )

Oh.. Here goes a spoiler… the plot revolves around blogging friends and their blogs… hehehe… hope u like it!

I know not everyone has access to YouTube from the office for example… so… Responding to the comments from the past week.

On Sudden realization:

OHmommy – I would like to copyright that… but it is a variation of VERY old say in my country, “Quem ta na chuva eh pra se molhar”… We’re bound to get wet if we go out in the rain don’t we? Wish I had thought of that earlier! Enough Biting around the bush!

VeryBadCat – You can boycott it as much as you want! us till gonna be left curious till the whole thing is out there! I left you a lil spoil today tho… as PART of the whole scheme… Happy now?

On what have I found?!?!?!

Betty poo… my beloved sister in law… straight back at ya!

On survival of the fittest

Vic – baby… yes we almost flew away!! It was REALLY that bad… Imagine me rolling around in that tent! sniff sniff!

And… You’re just jealous cuz they responded to me in the same day… hell in the same morning and it is taking THAT long for them to respond to you… yup… I am that Good! (Lol) Just kidding… I do think u write A LOT better than I do… so stop being jealous! Green is not your colour! Hehehe

PessimisticRedHead – Thank you! And hope to see you round here more often!!

Vered-MomGrind – I’ll have to agree with you 100%!! Did you know that the general public relies on blogs MORE than they rely in newspapers for news and articles? So yes, I am a blogwhore and proud of it!

It is Tuesday… so I can tell you what to expect in urbanvox.net for this week:

Today (in an hour actually) I’ll be taking a driving test… yayyy… my theory test has expired and I’ll have to do it again… Sooo exciting… no not really… I hate those!!! Can’t they just give me a driving license based on the fact that I have a full 10 year experience one from Brazil? And believe me when I say that I drive a hell of a lot better than many brits I know!

Between Wednesday and Friday I’ll be conducting Screen-tests for Crossing Wires. Interested in participating? Gi’me a shout…

The project is about to expand! LOOOADS of ideas! Hehehe

Friday we embark for our most excellent adventure to Scotland! And we (Vic+TB+Me) are preparing something soooo cool for ya! I’ll be talking about that some more as the week goes on and I suspect Vic’ll do the same.

Right… As always I am late…

So… As always… Keep an eye on my Twitter!!! And stay tuned on Urbanvox.net!

Zya!

PS: I am looking for a cool name for the weekly video webcast thing… any ideas????

I’d normally respond to comments with comments but I’ve now left it too long and have too many comments to respond to, (specially because of my friend Emmie huahuahua…) soooo… here are the responses…

Emmie – Yup… will go with my gut feeling… I always end up doing it anyways… some time that works some times I get into soooo much trouble… but hey… lol!

I also looove Legos and the fact that the TB does as well makes me sooooo happy! hehehehe

“M”s “W”s… all the same… can’t blame her!!!! lol!!!

Barbara – Don’t worry about the typos… I do them all the time.. hehehehe… I think I’ve inherited the posting without proofreading thing from my wife’s old blogs…

I’ve got only one kiddo so far… but he’s worth for 10… lol… too bad I don’t really spend much time home with him anymore… I work most of my time from home, but he spends the whole day out between School and the After School Club… I only get to spend time with him after I pick him up at 6pm… and even so not enough… but hey!

Cindy – Nooo … thank YOU for stopping by! Feel at home! And don;t forget to Video comment… lol… I’m loving that stuff!

Hawt?!?!?! yayy.. I’m daddy cool! lol BTW… I am now following you on twitter!

Vered – Thanks for the support! And Welcome to my blog!

I think I’ve responded to everything that was unresponded… BTW… I am installing a video commenting thingie… so video me away! yayyyyyyy!!!

What else???? 2:10am… should really try to get some Zsssss uh????

Keep an eye on my twitter!!!!

Weekend starts tomorrow!!!! HAVE FUN!

zya!

• Tb had to go inside all by himself today!!! It kinda broke my heart to see hialmost crying for the 1st time to stay in school!! #
• They didn’t allowed parents to go past the second gate. He had to queue up with his friends and go inside alone. Big pout on and all! #
• why is gettin started with the day soooo difficult???? #
• 10 min late… But so far so good… And I wasn’t even as hard as I could on her… Hey i’m wearing glasses for the 1st time in ages!!! Lol! #
• The TB needs a pencil case! #

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• ‘Dad, daad! Wait a second’ so I look at him. ‘now you can go and do some work’ heads back inside his class. What can I say? ‘yes Boss!!’ #

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