Milestone Achieved...

And I have to thank you!

I began writing for therapeutic purposes; it was a way for me to share my personal thoughts and experiences with my family, friends and colleagues. I find peace in sitting in front of my computer and collecting my thoughts, reflecting on my days past and typing away.

I think we all reach a point in our lives where we want to share and teach. I think most of us want to let others know that they are not alone. We contribute to each others’ experiences across the globe without ever setting foot in each others’ houses, neighbourhoods, villages, cities or countries.

It’s an amazing world we live in and we have each other to thank for it, good or bad.

So what milestone am I thanking you for? It is the 1000+ readers celebration, some of whom I’ve never met before nor have I visited their countries in the past.

Here’re some stats to share with you:

• First blog entry: 9:30 PM – Pacific Standard Time, on November 24, 2010, titled Not Another Blogger
• Number of readers to date: 1,027
• Most read blog entry: Rest in Peace My Friend, dated January 1, 2011
• Least read blog entry: You’re purple; want to be friends, dated February 6, 2011
• Top three “referring sites” in order: Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (in case you’re wondering, Google was number 4 on the list)
• Funny Stat: One of the reasons why my blog showed up on Google so many times was because of people searching for the following keywords: “big mac delicious”, which took them to my blog J
• “Page views by countries” in order of highest to lowest (are you ready for this – drum rolls please): Canada, United States, Denmark, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Philippines, Slovenia, and France; the best part is that I haven’t even been to those countries that are marked in “red”
• Just for fun, I thank the following “browsers” (top three only as the list is too long): Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox
• Also, I’d like to thank the following top three operating systems for allowing readers to access my blog: Windows, Macintosh and iPhone.

Once again, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to read my blogs... it means a lot to me.

Good bye, farvel, 再见, Abschied, mabuti bye, nasvidenje, au revoir, and …

وداعا

Armin