Back in April of 2009, the original Pinapaitan was setup as an experiment, an outlet for whatever it was that was jammed in my head that needed flushing out. The old version of the site archived all my Tweets, Lastfm, Facebook and other social network activity, for back then, it was somehow in my view that I had to keep my own archive for all this activity.

Then about a year ago, a new career path presented itself and with it came the need to distance one’s self from blogging as the demands of this new job made it clear that I be extra careful at how I interact online. It was not as if I was blogging as much anyway, but I had to be extra-careful. Long gone were the days of recklessly engaging people in debate on comment threads of blogs, cursing and ranting about whatever that is that you dislike about politics, society and everything around you in general.

This time it wasn’t about me, it was no longer just about me.

The nature of the project that I started to be involved with would benefit a lot of people. Once complete it will be more that just a resource, it will be a tool that can educate the masses, give them their right to information, the right to make informed choices and all the while provide them with a sense of depth and history, something to be proud of, something Filipino.

To accomplish this the best way possible, I had to be anonymous, but not because I was told to, but because I’ve chosen to be anonymous and lay low. The last thing I wanted was to be some rockstar who would come and go the moment some sort of recognition trickles in.

It would be stupid of me to lie to all of you and to myself and say that I do not seek any glory in this, in fact I do, and I believe it will definitely come, but not until my mission is complete. So for now, we keep it steady and work our way towards that goal.

And so, a year and a few months have passed and here I am blogging again as time permits. My head is still a little blurry but definitely much clearer from where I was 18 months ago. The past year seemed to me like five years of experience all squeezed into one hell of a ride. I made a lot of friends and a few not so good acquaintances along the way, which is normal in any given setting. My family situation seems to be falling into place, I do hope it stays that way. A few hitches here and there, but nothing worth complaining about.

Life can be good, I am almost convinced that it is.