I want to be a person of substance

May 5th, 2008 | By Jeric Peña | Category: Blogging, News, Random Thoughts

Attending the iBlog4, I was exposed to a lot of political bloggers. There is Manolo, Arbet, Ria and many others.

And I want to become one of them. I have zero knowledge about politics. I just want to blog about current events and my opinions about them. But I don’t have the guts to do it.

Maybe I’m just scared to be criticized.

I may not have that perfect grammar, but I want to become a person of substance.

I hate to be stereotyped as a blogger who just rant and rave. Yes, I do rant sometimes but my blog isn’t full of rant and raves. I do blog about Pinoy Idol, American Idol and other things but not just rants.

I’m turning 17 this year and as early I now, I want to become more socially conscious. I think it will be very beneficial on my part to become more socially conscious this early as I would be a voter by 2009 – hopefully I’ll vote by 2010.

I once submitted a report to ABS-CBN’s BOTO MO, IPATROL MO. And luckily, they featured it on TVPatrol a few days after. And I must say this citizen journalism is cool and I’m loving it.



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    1. Jon Limjap May 5th, 2008 6:59 am :

      I’m sure, with due diligence (e.g., doing your studies, reading and reading and reading, and always practicing by posting your opinions — and learning to accept criticism), you’ll become just as prolific and readership-worthy as Manolo, Arbet and Ria.

      Heck, the mere fact that you want to be a “person of substance” makes you a person of substance!

      Goodluck :)

      P.S. Substance is not achieved through political blogging alone. You can blog about your pet cat and if you are a “person of substance”, it will show. ;)

    2. Jeric Peña May 5th, 2008 11:44 am :

      @Jon Limjap: Thanks to your comments. I just read my blog’s archive and I was surprised that I’ve been blogging about current events (specifically on Elections) since last year. :)

    3. Micamyx May 6th, 2008 3:11 am :

      My advise for you is to concentrate on the field that you love most. I noticed that you have this passion for philippine entertainment. Don’t worry Jeric, bata ka pa. Just do you best and put your heart into your works. Kaya mo yan! :)

    4. Antipolo Properties May 6th, 2008 9:44 am :

      Just keep on reading, learning, writing, sharing, and being yourself, Jeric. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about blogging, it’s having the strength not to overly mind the put-downs of other people.

      Eventually, you’ll reach the point when you will confidently not mind what others think of you. And believe it or not, you already are a person of substance, Jeric. :-)

    5. Jeric Peña May 6th, 2008 2:02 pm :

      @Micamyx and Antipolo Properties:

      Thank you for your heartwarming comments. :)

    6. Janette Toral May 18th, 2008 7:54 am :

      Hi Jeric. For me, you are a person of substance and hope more young folks will be inspired by your blogging pursuits.

    7. Jeric Peña May 18th, 2008 9:24 am :

      @Janette – Thanks, Janette. I just don’t want to be stereotyped as a “rant and rave” blogger. :)


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