After blogging full-time for two days I am beginning to wonder how professional bloggers like Xiaxue cope with having to come up with topics and soundbites witty and eye-catching enough for the fickle internet community.
thought i might find the internship a breeze because all i had to do was to create blog entries by translating material from existing staff blogs and adding in stuff of my own, but this is a lot tougher than i imagined. then there this imminent fear of not generating enough reads or hits. my younger-than-me senior at work politely suggested that i search for some singapore-based blog rankings, which promptly sent me scuttling to heed his instructions.
tried ping.com and it actually helps to pull in the readers, although i didnt register this blog on the ranking site. serious bloggers might want to give it a shot though.
another thing i realised was how allergic i've become of working in an office (read: DESKBOUND JOB). initially i actually thought half a year of battling the books might start to make office work appear attractive again, but after my first day i was ready to reconsider my options for the future. more grad school perhaps? or maybe i should get married and have kids? or why not be adventurous and start a business?
on the bright side, at least they arent strict about surfing the internet (because everything can be explained in the name of work, even this). and i'm thankful that i dont have to bow all the time or pick up phonecalls and take messages in high-pitched business japanese.
maybe after a few more days i might start feeling like xiaxue does?
thought i might find the internship a breeze because all i had to do was to create blog entries by translating material from existing staff blogs and adding in stuff of my own, but this is a lot tougher than i imagined. then there this imminent fear of not generating enough reads or hits. my younger-than-me senior at work politely suggested that i search for some singapore-based blog rankings, which promptly sent me scuttling to heed his instructions.
tried ping.com and it actually helps to pull in the readers, although i didnt register this blog on the ranking site. serious bloggers might want to give it a shot though.
another thing i realised was how allergic i've become of working in an office (read: DESKBOUND JOB). initially i actually thought half a year of battling the books might start to make office work appear attractive again, but after my first day i was ready to reconsider my options for the future. more grad school perhaps? or maybe i should get married and have kids? or why not be adventurous and start a business?
on the bright side, at least they arent strict about surfing the internet (because everything can be explained in the name of work, even this). and i'm thankful that i dont have to bow all the time or pick up phonecalls and take messages in high-pitched business japanese.
maybe after a few more days i might start feeling like xiaxue does?
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