I’m in front of a notebook with 20 over comrades liked via wifi. No, we are not killing each other in Red Alert. We are blogging.
Participants from 11 countries were brought together by CALD and DPP in this 5 days workshop starting 5 Sep 2006 which entitled “Political Communication in the Digital Age“, is the 4th CALD Communication Workshop, an annual event.
What is blogging? That’s the first question we discuss here starting yesterday. Our guru walked us through blogger.com, wordpress.com, feedburner.com etc just to make sure one thing: We can talk. No talking to ourselves, but talk to the world.
Why border?
Are these people so free and have nothing better to do? Well quite the contrary, these people have earned my respect for their bravery and resilient in fighting for freedom in their country.
I had dinner with excile that could not go back to his own country, had tea with a man that gave up good live and children abroad to live under threat everyday.
Suddenly, it struck me that blogging have a greater meaning to these people, and to me as well. In my mind, it’s just amazing to learn that there are persecution going on in places just beside our region. And blogging is the bridge that bring me to their reality.
So, have I created the blog? or the blog created a new me? We’ll see.
