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(To Post or Not to Post?)

Viganon Online was created for us!

And it keeps on improving such that other non-Viganons who have friends from our place like to be a member of or visit this site. But for it to be dynamic, relevant & enjoyable, it is incumbent upon us to do our share of contributing to it. We should join and chat with our fellow Viganons whether they are bagets, yuppies, oldies but goodies or young once. More importantly we should also share & post interesting articles and photos.

Being not good in writing, I could only appeal to all the more literary-inclined among the Viganons to post. Two things that confront my friends whom I share this appeal to post are – what to post and the fear they may not be good in writing.

Surely, there could be plenty of topics that could be written & posted here. There are issues, events, personalities etc. related to our barangay, our town, our province and our country that could be worth sharing. (How about your thoughts, ideas & photos on the recent fiesta – ang iyong pag binanog, pantomina buda bakayaw.)

Maybe a poll on "Dapat i-ban na ba (forever) ang kuartahan sa pagpili ng Miss Viga or any other Beauty Queen?".

How about a post of - Unique experiences of a Viganon in London, Alemanya, Benelux or Lion City or the land of Kiwis, Hudyo, Saud, or Mahathir or Sultan Bolk…etc. It could be in form of prose or poetry like a Tula para sa iyong dakilang minamahal…na pamuad na magayon…na nasa ibang nasyon. To my friends naka abot na yata ng debut sa bansa ng kamelyo, disierto & kurudo – how about your fishing, snorkeling & diving sa Red Sea (pula ba ang dagat? alimango ba doon ay kulay pula pero buhay pa? nakaka L daw ang gatas na kamelyo?); inano man ang Judas Cave o kaya ang lugar na sinasabing ang Noah’s Ark ay sumadsad noong humupa ang dakilang baha; bawal ba talaga tumingin sa babae? (boring naman!); Inano ang buhay noong 1st Gulf War? Totoo bang noon ang panindang ginto & alahas ay nasa bilao lang dahil wala pang eskaparate noon.

The topics seem endless if only we would let our imagination fly and SHARE!.

I also thought that readers will criticize me if I post an article here being not good in grammar & literature, balarila & panitikan. But I also remember what a former colleague told me that "criticizing is easier than composing". Besides, I read in a recent article by Max Soliven in Phil. Star that even Ninoy Aquino, our National Hero was removed by him from the staff of the official organ of Ateneo where he was the Managing Editor then because of bad grammar. Ninoy would later prove to be a great journalist by submitting articles written from the heart.

To post or not to post? This is not the only question.

Relatively, it is also – To share or not to share? To be active or to be passive? To be a reader only or to be a reader & a writer? Makichika sana or maging makata? Maging miron or mag-ambag? To keep my views to myself and not risk criticism or let my views be known and let it be criticized, discussed and the best ideas come out. To be a bystander or to be involved in an emerging online community?

The answer for me then, as I hope it will be for most of us, and I hope too it will start sooner than later is in the label of the yellow small stick on notes – Post it!

Ok,Ok, naghambog yata ako doon. My humble answer then is – The least I could do is to TRY!

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