a story of a blog

Once upon a time, long, long, ago, a young princess discovered the magical world of Internet. It was truly a wonderland. She discovered tons of stuff in the wondrous world wide web (wwww? hehe.) - games, music, movies, videos, social networks and all kinds of information. And then, there was that thing they called... 'BLOGS'. Strange word really, but whatever it means, it was good. So the beautiful princess who loved to write and who was really vain enough to assume that the rest of the world wanted to know what she thinks, started to explore this wonderful world of blogging. In those ancient times, the kingdom of Friendster was the reigning land, and so there started our heroine's journey to blogging. In the following years, as the young princess journey through the perilous path into being a lady, the blog that was called "Life in the Making" stood witness to some unforgettable events and what she liked to call "blog-worthy" moments, which was pretty much whatever she can think of. So there she wrote about her adventures and her misadventures, and into that blog she poured her thoughts, her sentiments, and her dreams and hopes. It was a good blog. But, alas, the ruler of Friendster turned into an evil, blog-losing tyrant, and to our damsel's distress, her beloved blog was suddenly lost. She searched cyberspace high and low, asked for the help of Fairy Search Engines, entreated the king of Friendster, but to no avail. All was lost. This saddened the princess very much, but there was nothing she can do... Except (pause), maybe (longer pause), begin again...It was hard at first, since the princess was still very sad about the vanished posts that are now forever lost in cyber-heaven. But with the inspiration of her Wizard friend, and her Non-evil-not-ugly-not-step Sister, she finally decided to embark on a new journey to blogdom. She looked for a worthy site, endeavored to think of a good blog title, labored long and hard for the first post... And now, at last, we are here: at the beginning of a new blog... a novel pursuit of greatness (and vanity, of course)... and the continuation of the story of a life of a princess, because the way it unfolds is yet to be told...

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Oookay... enough silliness. The point is, I have a new blog!!! And after all the disasters, I'm just now excited about it! Yey!!! Wee!!! =) OK, too much excitement. Anyway, welcome people! if people, other than my sister (Hi Ate!), actually read this. hehe. So this is it. Fille des étoiles (read as "fee-dizet-wal"). Girl of the Stars. This was inspired by Jerry Spinelli's 'Stargirl' books, which I loved so much. Stargirl is a girl who is just so amazing. She is bright and shiny as her name is; generous, selfless, extraordinary and beautiful inside and out. I want to be like her. I recommend you read the book and get to know her, too. And so I named this blog as such. And why in French, you may ask? Well, just because I like it. Actually, I started to try learning French, more than a year ago, I think. Now, I just know more or less five sentences. Still, it's my dream to be fluent in le Français someday. And for me, everything sounds prettier in French. hehe.

There are other reasons for my 'Star' theme. "There was a star danced, and under that I was born." (Shakespeare). I'm a dreamer and I am reaching for the stars, because, and I quote Shakespeare once again, "I have immortal longings in me." And there's a timelessness when we talk of stars, don't you think? Because they linger long after they are gone. What we actually see in our night sky might be the light of stars already lost long ago. And what mortal doesn't dream of not being forgotten, of leaving a mark once our fleeting lives are past? "Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity, and so we ask ourselves, will our actions echo across the centuries?" (Odysseus in Troy). So these words in my blog, silly as they might be, is my hope of leaving a light behind. I don't dream of inspiring people to great feats of passion and wondrous insights to the secrets of the universe. (Though I admit that I dream of being quoted someday. hehe.) In my own way, I just want to share my little world of thoughts and sentiments to anyone who'd like to hear. Who knows, I just might be able to cast a gleam, a twinkle, in the path you're on in this ever-changing road of life.

"You are the light of the world... Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do, and will praise your Father in Heaven." -Matthew 5: 14 & 16

So, read on... ;)