Happy birthday blog o’ mine! If you were a child you’d be in third grade by now. Wow. Imagine that.
I wish I could throw a birthday party and invite you guys, but a lot of you are too far away to attend, so, I decided to just have my cake and eat it too, with my roomie. It tasted good, by the way! 😉
I can’t just leave it at that, this is kind of a milestone for me! So I decided to list 9 things that have changed from when I wrote that first blog post.
(1) My blog name was “My Side Comments” and my domain was mysidecomments.blogspot.com.
(2) I was still living in the Philippines, working in Makati City as an auditor. I had never set foot outside the Philippines and had been to very few places within my own country, actually.
(3) I wrote that first blog post on my company laptop, and I didn’t own one myself.
(4) We had no internet connection in our apartment and I had to blog either at work (I would draft my posts at home then publish them when I got to work) or rent a PC in a neighbourhood internet cafe which charged 30-50 pesos an hour.
(5) I was in my twenties.
(6) I didn’t own a digital camera or even a phone with a camera, for that matter. So most of my first posts didn’t have any pictures at all.
(7) Blogger didn’t have a built in function to upload photos, so I had to use external websites like Flickr and Dotphoto. It was a lot harder to blog, in general, as some functionalities were yet to be invented.
(8) I had only two readers, my friends Flisha and Chu. (Thanks guys for still continuing to read after all these years! Wait… you are still reading, right? Guys?)
(9) I believed that “maturity is a boring state of mind,” meaning, that being a working adult was more boring than being a student.
Wow, my blog and I have been through a lot of changes, huh?
Speaking of, I decided to do something new today – my first solo giveaway! I am rewarding one reader with a personalised mystery gift which includes an autographed picture of me. Just kidding about the last part. LOL. This giveaway is open worldwide, so enter below! 🙂
For some reason it's not showing up on Bloglovin! Argh. Thanks! xx
Happy blog birthday! 9 years is great! (This just showed up on bloglovin' now for me) x
PS- I like your sense of humour 😉
Happy 9th blog birthday. Wow you have gone through lots of changes. I am glad that I met you through your blog. I have been blogging since 2007 so my blog is going to be 7 years old in May. I may not make it to 9 years. I don't have near as many readers as I used to and only get a few comments. I started blogging as a way to stay in touch with my kids and grandkids who live out of state but
Happy 9th Blog Birthday! The 3rd grade comment totally cracked me up!! Haha! I love reading your blog because you have such a great personality and sense of humor and I like seeing what life is like there in Singapore!
Happy blogiversary!! 9 years is awesome!!! Congratulations 😉
Happy bloggy birthday! 😀 I recently found your blog and I love it! I´ve been reading all your A to Z challenge posts and I´m obssesed! 🙂 Have a great day!
Happy blog birthday Dee:)
Happy blog birthday!!! I'm impressed that you've been blogging for so long! <br />I love that you're blog is so personal. It feels like a real peek into your life, and when I comment I know I'm going to get a response.
Happy Blog Birthday!! 9 years, wow! You're so close to the double figures! I am so glad I found your blog, it's such an interesting one to read becasue you write in such a friendly and funny way 🙂
Happy Blog Birthday!!!
I enjoy reading about how full your life is!
Congrats!
Happy blogiversary!!! As for what I love most about A Deecoded Life, I think it's that you are honest in your posts. Thanks for not sugarcoating everything, and I always love seeing what you've been up to!
Happy blog Birthday! 9 years, wow!
Thanks, Elizabeth! xx
Of course! 😛 Happy birthday, blog! 🙂
Happy blog birthday!
Bwahaha whew! Thanks! 😛
Wow your blog is old too! The sad thing is that blogging is becoming a dying art, thanks to all the new social media out there.
Haha thanks! xx
Thanks! xx
Thanks, Mal! xx
Thanks, Sarah! 🙂
Yeah, just one more year! Hope I make it. Thank you so much, Anna! xx
Oh wow, I'm so flattered! Are you joining the challenge?
Thanks, Macy! xx
Aww thank you, Liene! xx
Thanks, Regina! xx
Thanks, Sammy! xx
Thanks, Elizabeth! xx
Thank goodness it finally showed up! I was having problems with that when I first posted it. Thanks!<br />P.S. I like your sense of humour too! 🙂
I love reading your unique point of view and that you open up so many new ideas and things to me! Happy blogging birthday!
Congratulations!!!! Happy blog birthday! Mine will be 5 years old in May. I am sorry I've been away for so long, was taking time off from reading blogs to get used to my new job. Looking forward to reading your a-z posts, yours were my fave 🙂
Congratulations!!!! Happy blog birthday! Mine will be 5 years old in May. I am sorry I've been away for so long, was taking time off from reading blogs to get used to my new job. Looking forward to reading your a-z posts, yours were my fave 🙂
Ha, I didn't realize I had a unique point of view! Thanks for pointing that out. 🙂
Aww thanks! I loved yours too and I was happy to see your blog on the list again this year. Looking forward to your posts!
I´m not sure, I feel like I won´t be able to make it. I will think about it 🙂
Happy Blog Birthday! I love reading your food and travel posts!
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!<br />I don't even know when my one year is. I wrote a post in January but then didn't start blogging properly until April and I really want to say it's in April because i totally didn't pay enough attention to January which means i missed out on the opportunity for cake, which simply wouldn't do! But yay! Pleasure having you in the blogopshere darling xx
Thank you, Alex! Love your name, by the way! It's my mac's name. 😀
Thank you, Alex! Love your name, by the way! It's my mac's name. 😀
It's definitely April, then! Go buy that cake! 😀 <br />(You can always go and delete that January post, no one will be the wiser.)
Love you for saying that and love any excuse for cake.<br />(i debated it but the post was about my mum/sister and i loved reading it when i was away and missing them and couldn't bring myself to do it!)
Heartiest congrats on your anniversary Dee 🙂 I dont remember the exact date I started but looking at urs I feel like celebrating 🙂 !<br />cool idea of posting that cake pic. entered the give away 😉 ! KEEP BLOGGING
You can take a look at your archives. It's a great reason to eat cake! 🙂
I love reading about your travels!!
Thank you! 🙂
Happy blog birthday Dee:)
Happy blogiversary!! 9 years is awesome!!! Congratulations 😉
Happy blog birthday! 9 years is great! (This just showed up on bloglovin' now for me) x
PS- I like your sense of humour 😉
For some reason it's not showing up on Bloglovin! Argh. Thanks! xx
Happy 9th blog birthday. Wow you have gone through lots of changes. I am glad that I met you through your blog. I have been blogging since 2007 so my blog is going to be 7 years old in May. I may not make it to 9 years. I don't have near as many readers as I used to and only get a few comments. I started blogging as a way to stay in touch with my kids and grandkids who live out of state but
Happy blog birthday!!! I'm impressed that you've been blogging for so long! <br />I love that you're blog is so personal. It feels like a real peek into your life, and when I comment I know I'm going to get a response.
Happy Blog Birthday!! 9 years, wow! You're so close to the double figures! I am so glad I found your blog, it's such an interesting one to read becasue you write in such a friendly and funny way 🙂
Happy bloggy birthday! 😀 I recently found your blog and I love it! I´ve been reading all your A to Z challenge posts and I´m obssesed! 🙂 Have a great day!
I enjoy reading about how full your life is!
Happy 9th Blog Birthday! The 3rd grade comment totally cracked me up!! Haha! I love reading your blog because you have such a great personality and sense of humor and I like seeing what life is like there in Singapore!
Congrats!
Happy blog Birthday! 9 years, wow!
Happy Blog Birthday!!!
Happy blogiversary!!! As for what I love most about A Deecoded Life, I think it's that you are honest in your posts. Thanks for not sugarcoating everything, and I always love seeing what you've been up to!
Of course! 😛 Happy birthday, blog! 🙂
Bwahaha whew! Thanks! 😛
Happy blog birthday!
Haha thanks! xx
Wow your blog is old too! The sad thing is that blogging is becoming a dying art, thanks to all the new social media out there.
Yeah, just one more year! Hope I make it. Thank you so much, Anna! xx
Thanks, Mal! xx
Thanks, Sarah! 🙂
Oh wow, I'm so flattered! Are you joining the challenge?
Thanks, Macy! xx
Thanks! xx
Thanks, Sammy! xx
Aww thank you, Liene! xx
Thanks, Regina! xx
Aww thanks! I loved yours too and I was happy to see your blog on the list again this year. Looking forward to your posts!
I love reading your unique point of view and that you open up so many new ideas and things to me! Happy blogging birthday!
Thank goodness it finally showed up! I was having problems with that when I first posted it. Thanks!<br />P.S. I like your sense of humour too! 🙂
Ha, I didn't realize I had a unique point of view! Thanks for pointing that out. 🙂
It's definitely April, then! Go buy that cake! 😀 <br />(You can always go and delete that January post, no one will be the wiser.)
HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!!<br />I don't even know when my one year is. I wrote a post in January but then didn't start blogging properly until April and I really want to say it's in April because i totally didn't pay enough attention to January which means i missed out on the opportunity for cake, which simply wouldn't do! But yay! Pleasure having you in the blogopshere darling xx
I´m not sure, I feel like I won´t be able to make it. I will think about it 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
Happy Blog Birthday! I love reading your food and travel posts!
Love you for saying that and love any excuse for cake.<br />(i debated it but the post was about my mum/sister and i loved reading it when i was away and missing them and couldn't bring myself to do it!)
You can take a look at your archives. It's a great reason to eat cake! 🙂
I love reading about your travels!!
Heartiest congrats on your anniversary Dee 🙂 I dont remember the exact date I started but looking at urs I feel like celebrating 🙂 !<br />cool idea of posting that cake pic. entered the give away 😉 ! KEEP BLOGGING