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Social media. Like one of my classmates, Sarah, I didn’t really know too much about the wonderful world of Twitter, Digg, Delicious and Stumble Upon it until I entered Centennial College’s Corporate Communications and Public Relations program in September 2008—a program that focuses largely on social media.

Four months later, I’m going social media crazy—swimming in a sea of Tweets, Facebook status updates, blogging and being somewhat antisocial. In fact, I was joking with one of my classmates that I’ll be chained to my computer until I graduate in May. I guess that’s what social media has done to us, eh?

My latest social media experiment is to create a blog. It’s one of the requirements for my online public relations course taught by Jessica McLaughlin.

Blogging isn’t entirely new to me. Last year I was living and working in Japan and thought blogging would be a brilliant way to keep my friends and family back home up-to-date about my latest escapades. Although I was a newbie, I was apparently doing the right things, according to what I’ve learned from Jessica so far. I made regular posts, uploaded pictures and made it as interactive as possible. However, there was one blogging act of sin that I committed. I suddenly neglected it.

Although that blog is still floating around in cyberspace, I haven’t made a new post in months—and I don’t plan to. The last post sadly reads: April 13, 2008. My Japanese adventures are a past chapter in my life. I’ve moved on. I have many great memories and the blog documents it all in a perfect package, much like an online scrapbook. I contemplated hitting "delete" many times but decided against it. With one click of a button it could vanish, but I just can’t do it. I invested so much time tapping away on my keyboard last year creating stories that I’ll remember for years to come.

Traveling has always been one of my greatest passions and in the past year, I’ve explored more ground than I have in my entire life. This blog is going to be dedicated to my passion for travel and PR. Social media experiment number two? With lots of trips under my belt and many more planned this year, I say: bring on the blogging!