Moeside.net Second Anniversary
“It ain’t MOE if it’s EMO!”
And it’s the second year already! Time has sure passed very quickly during the whole of last year. It’s amazing how much changes have been made and the number of new visitors that have arrived. A big thank you to all!
I started off with registering a domain back in 2006, wanting to set up a blog but had no direction back then. Started off with a lot of personal writings and emotional stuff, deciding only to change to an anime/otaku blog exactly one year ago.
Of course, I have regretted not setting any goals for myself and this site when I first started. The latest alexa ranking for moeside.net is 205,393, which has dropped from the near 130,000 back in January.
For this year however, I have decided to set a couple of goals in order not to lose track of myself and also the direction of which the blog is headed. Some goals include
- New Theme
- News Articles by the sidebar
- User information sharing and participation
- Dynamic Content
- Additional Features (Am still thinking of them)
These few goals are probably going to keep me as busy as I can be. I’ll also be looking at some of the changes to be brought about for the direction of the site as well.
And also, hope that Moeside.net will have many more anniversaries to come by. I would like to look at a 5 or 10 years anniversary thing :p
Now, would like to ask each of you guys what do you like and what would you like to see or read about on moeside.net.
Other posts that might interest you
2006 April & September – Melbourne, Australia
VERY PICTURE INTENSIVE POST
Yes, I was in Melbourne a few days back. I was there 5 months back as well.
2006 September – Melbourne Trip
20th Sept – Flight to Melbourne
21st Sept – Rest and adjust to weather conditions
22nd – 24th Sept – Manifest <Link>
25th – 30th Sept – Tour around the city
No Itinerary was planned at all. Why?
- No time to plan for it
- Given I was in melb 5 months ago, I figured not much has changed
Deciding that staying at home watching House MD wasn’t really a good idea, I took a walk and a couple of photos. My photography flow wasn’t there, it was probably the weather that’s affecting me as well.
A trip to Chinatown
疲れた！
(I’m tired!)
みんなーさん、こんばんは。
(Good Evening Everyone)
きょうの遠足は楽しいです。(笑)
(Today’s outing was fun!) (Haha)
多い面白い物事見えました。
(I saw alot of interesting things)
Ok, I don’t know what to write anymore haha.
Today, we had to be tour guides for the 3 Japanese students from Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
The 3 students are Yusuke (裕介) , Hiroko (弘子) and Yukiko (有樹子).
We met up in school, before leaving for Chinatown via the bus and followed by the train.
Haha, I did the “Chinatown によこうぞ” thing as well.
Upon reaching Chinatown, we had lunch over at the local food court (Hawker Centre). The students tried Ban Mee (Noodles) , Popiah with chilli (nfi what it is called in english) , Carrot Cake (Not in a literal sense) and Soy Bean Milk. (All local delicacies)
It was funny when Hiroko tried the carrot cake. She was asking where the carrot was. It was actually in the cake itself.
^ Carrot Cake
Source: Eatbma <Link>
The white squarish-yet-cube-like thing is contains the carrot. It’s fried with eggs. Delicious.
Popiah was rather not to their liking as it was spicy. I guess they eat lots of sweet things over there. :/
Afterwhich, we headed towards Chinatown Heritage Centre. On the way there, we took some pictures.
^ The not so busy street (since it’s a weekday)
^ Pagoda Street (Chinatown Heritage Centre is located along this street)
They tried Bar Kwa (Barbeque pork) and bought Durian sweets for their friends in Japan.
There were T-shirts with the “No smoking fine, No littering fine etc” sign available as well. It was rather funny. There was the fine of $1000 if you do not flush after using the toliet. I wonder how true is that :)
I saw alot of interesting things in the heritage centre. It’s $4 per admission for students, and $5 for them. The heritage centre showcased on the people who saw in Chinatown in the past. Rather nostalgic.
We also visited Sri Mariamman temple. And thereafter, a trip to Vivocity, the largest retail and lifestyle destination at the Harborfront pecinct. We went up to the Sky Garden, where one could have a 180 degrees view of Sentosa.
^ Crappy shot of Sentosa :/
We had drinks at Starbucks and afterwhich, we bought them to Suntec City where they were to meet up with my japanese teacher.
^ (From left to right) Hiroko (弘子), Yukiko (有樹子), Me, Yusuke (裕介)
While having drinks in starbucks, my friends decided to ‘give’ the students english name.
Hiroko is known as Susan. Yukiko as Emily and Yusuke as Henry :p
In exchange, they translated our names into Japanese :)
Mine’s Takeshi (Hiragana – たけし) (Kanji – 武).
Nice name haha. What’s interesting is that the middle word in my chinese name “引” means “To pull” or something like that. In Chinese, it could either be “吸引” (Attract) or “引导” (To lead). They are somewhat similar :)
In summary, I had a fun day today. Although there were times we had a bit of communication breakdown, we somewhat managed to overcome it :)
Congrats on two years. The site needs more moé!
Wow 2 years old loh! congrats and yes more MOE please!
I would like ultra sweet pics pls!
2 years? That’s older than my site. Then again, u started only later ya? xD
Moar Pr0n!!!
Nah,just kidding. Regular updates will do ^^ One thing I’m amazed about Moeside is how you can link so many posts to real life.
2 years!!! That’s one big milestone!!! I had a couple of sites back then. Well, they were graphic sites. Max lasted for less then 2 years. I hope Koi will be a site that will last a long time.
I say, regular updates will do for me. Also, would love to see lots more pictures!!!
Congrats on your 2nd yr anniv.
Just a simple feature… post a figure review/gallery page/section.
Congrats on your 2nd yr anniv.
Just a simple feature… post a figure review/gallery page/section.
…Eh sorry for this 2nd post.
Changed the url address…
congrats for 2 years~
Congratulations on getting by two years. You’re bound to go through peaks and spikes in traffic so don’t sweat it. I think the content is fine as it is, just reality coming crashing in that often results in having less time being devoted to the blog (even more so now that you have NS coming up).
Grats on two years! As for what we would like to see more here…of course it’s more MOE! But more things about Photography would be nice as well, but first MOE.
Congrats on 2 years Windbell. Hope to see yet more good stuff from you for time to come. :)
Congrats! I’ve been reading moeside for around a year now, and I’ve never been disappointed. Looking forward to more great wrting! What would I like to see?… The news items seem good. Maybe live chat?
Happy 2 years, Windbell! I like Moeside for its strange otaku/Japanese articles, as well as the Byousoku 5 Centimeter articles (which is how I discovered your blog). I also like reading your posts about life in Singapore and anything about photography. =D
Congrats!
Hmm… I don’t think I have any particular suggestions in mind. Most everything you post is pretty cool. ^^
Congrats windbell, I usually lurk here, never posting, anonymously, but congratulations on a 2 year milestone.
Hope to see even more quirky and fun stuff from moeside in the future ^^
Congratulations ^^, perhaps one day I’ll reach two years of blogging as well, currently only have one year. Keep it coming.