isteacher is one year old

Well it's been a year since I started to document my life here in a blog. After a year I can say I'm fairly happy with it. I seem to have a small but steady group that read it but as I said in my very first post, it's as much for myself as for anyone else. A sort of journal of my life here that friends and family can share in. Though given that I don't advertise it on blogging sites, link it to any blogs unless I personally know the people writing them or advertise it at all I have a decent number of page hits.

My most popular blog was "Taiwan, Day 2" It is about Geoff and I going up to Maokong tea fields just south of Taipei for the day during our trip there last May. I'm not sure why this Taiwan one was so popular (the others aren't even in the top ten). After that a blog I did on the Japan earthquake, one I did on the changes to the monarchy and one on my job situation at SEI are on there. I average about 15-20 unique hits a blog though some are much higher and a few lower. I average between 13-16 posts a month on months when I am blogging (June and July this year saw a combined 3). The most popular topics are travelling and Korean current events while the least popular seem to be ones that start with 'a quiet weekend' ...... that really makes sense in most ways.

As to sources. Not surprisingly South Korea gives me the most page hits, followed by the US and Canada (they swap for 2nd and 3rd regularly). I imagine both of them encompass family and friends, though I think the US must give me a few unknowns. Fourth is Australia, which is probably because a few bloggers in Korea and China base their sites out of Australia. I also have a few friends who live there. Fifth is Malaysia. I'm not sure who reads it in Malaysia there but I'd love to know. Most viewers are linked through Facebook or google, which is really not surprising. I also notice that virtually all the people commenting do it on facebook.

Overall my biggest regret is that I didn't start this earlier. It's such a great way to keep in touch with people who live in other countries or on other continents or even people who live right near you. It keeps family and friends informed on what I am up to and hopefully gives information to people travelling and hanging out in Korea/Asia. Most important for me though, it documents a time in my life that is very unique and will never come again.