a new beginning… again

welcome to my new blog site.  after weeks of customizing the layout and choosing from different types of designs, i finally decided on what you see here.  i actually went through three different layout-drafts and had difficulty deciding on which would be my inaugural template.  all of what you see here is built-in, so there's no third party hook up involved.  please do feel free to post your comments on the site either on the tagboard on the bottom right hand side of the page, or through the usual comments link.

i decided to launch my new blogsite today.  i thought of pushing it back to my anniversary when i started blogging, but it's still at least a month out, so i ruled out on that.  plus, the significance launching it today is that today also marks my first year anniversary at work.  a year ago today, i started to work for a company i have been trying to get into for close to a year while i was with my former center.  and i've been having a blast since then.  i guess another milestone for today is aside from my first year anniversary at work, it also marks one whole year that i have reported to work without any absences or tardiness recorded against me.  i never imagined in my entire professional career that i'll be coming to work every single day for one whole year!  and by heaven's good graces, i accomplished that.  my next target is for me to continue working without any absences or tardiness until the end of this year.  not that i'll go awol after that, but it's something that i thought i'd try to achieve.  i did had my share of days when i got sick, but as long as i can drive or walk around, i'd always come to work.  i guess the difference from my previous work is that i just enjoy the work i have right now compared to the hell i endured the last time.

despite all this blog re-launch, one year anniversary and such, is it really a new beginning for me?  i always asked that to myself during the times that i was going over which template should i use and wondered, "would this be really a start of something new?"  if you would notice my header above, which came from a line of one of my favorite songs, it perfectly describes how things are going for me.  always looking for ways to get it right whenever a personal setback comes my way, but would it be always like that?  we all learn from our mistakes, but why is it that we unconsciously commit new ones after?  or even if we do get it right, why does it, in one way or another tend to not go our way?  i guess these questions will remain unanswered as all of us go through our existence and will tag it as one of the few unsolved mysteries in which our seemingly feeble intellect would able to comprehend.

again, welcome to my new blog.  hopefully this will be my permanent home.  please update your links on your blogs (if you do have a link to my blog).  there are still bugs in the system which i have to sort out, especially on the links section where spaces mysteriously appear whenever i save the links to your blogs, but better have a working link than none at all.  hope you enjoy the new look and here's hoping to more of your visits as well.  and by the way, if you're gonna ask me why i chose the teddy bear with the headphones, it's quite simple:  a teddy bear is like a companion where you can share your secrets with, or air your frustrations to, which signify how i am as a friend; and who loves music, hence the headphones.  =)  enjoy!