...I started this personal blog to share some of my traveling and
other experiences with friends and relatives, and this was done simply for
practical reasons. It was less time
consuming than individual emails and it allowed easy insertions of pictures. To
my great surprise, over time, I saw my postings being accessed by a variety of
people all over the world, whose countries now amount to 115, and I am glad to have peaked such curiosity
for my country of origin, still considered mysterious by some!
Although a comment feature was rarely used, privately, I did
receive many commentaries from the people I know and, interestingly, also a few
requests from strangers for information specifically related to Albania and their
interest in this country. I was happy to
have been able to oblige them.
During the decade that preceded this anniversary I had
embarked in new projects that would take me back to Albania, which I was forced to leave when I
was just 5 ½ years old. I always dreamed
of returning to it, to contribute something
that would be helpful to the younger generations of this small nation, besieged
for centuries by wars, foreign occupations, and oppressing dictatorships.
My dream, slowly, but surely is becoming reality, and, I now
spend quite a bit of time blogging elsewhere on behalf of my efforts. Thus, I believe that now is a good time to
bow out of this personal diary, although I have decided to keep still open for
a while, my entries in it, archived since September 2004.
The people I know that care about what I am involved in, also
know where to find me, as well as more updated and fresh news about my work
development. Online facilities have
progressed and evolved greatly since I began this blog and any and every type
of information is available with just a few clicks on the keyboard.
Thus, while I bid goodbye, mirupafshim, au revoir, arrivederci…I
thank all my followers, to whom I wish other continuously enjoyable online experiences.
We are living very interesting and
challenging times in this great world of ours where everyone has the chance to
aid for the better, its transformation.
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