Once upon a time there
was a little girl who loved reading books. She fell in love with fiction since
as long as she could remember. At the age of nine, while other children asked
for nintendo, tamagochi, or barbie, the little girl simply asked for books. Since
then, her mother bought or rented books for her from time to time.
Time goes by, and the
little girl was not so little anymore. But there was one thing that she always
had: her undying love for books. Even when she couldn’t buy them herself, she
would rent from nearby library or borrow them from her school friends (and
sometimes beg and do additional chores in order to get more pocket money from
her parents—anything for books). Of course by being a nerd, the girl also
suffered from a common side effect for someone who loves books: an ambition in
writing.
This went through several stages:
Stage One à
Paper-based writing. In this atage, the little girl wrote in almost anything
she could find; including diaries, school properties (table or board), and even
friends’ properties (she was actually ashamed to say this).
Stage Two à
Computer-based writing. In her college days, the girl found a new way to write.
She was so thrilled since the internet also allowed her writing to be accessible
by anyone. Here, she made her first blog. But she had a problem: she didn’t
know what to write in it. So her solution was putting everything that came to
her mind in it. Frankly speaking, her blog was not organized at all.
Stage Three à
Organized computer-based writing. The girl wanted to thank her friend and
mentor in blogging, “kakak Lila”, because she played a big role in influencing
her to organize her blog. The girl also realized that since she loved books a
lot, why didn’t she make her blog into something more specific? Since then, her
old blog specified in “about books”.
Not even a day after
the rebirth of her blog, her other friend, “kakak Tezar” recommended her blog
to be a new member of Blogger Buku Indonesia (BBI). The funny thing was she
didn’t even know when her blog officially became a member of BBI (she got the
notification several hours later on the same day), all thanks to kakak Tezar. She
was so grateful to know Bebi and loads of new friends in BBI. And the girl
lived happily ever after.
---The
End---
Ps. And finally, can
you guess what the girl was doing right about now? Yup, the girl was busy
typing in her laptop, writing a story entitled “Once Upon A Time with Bebi” to
celebrate "Blogger Day" by doing #postingbareng, theme: #gabungBBI.
