Youstreamskype Family

So I was reading Garbo’s latest blog on ‘iFriends’ and it made me realize something that got me blogging about it.

I first thought that talking to people from the internet whom I’ve never met may seem to be a weird thing. But my perspective on that obviously changed over the course of months that went by. When I started my account on Kevjumba.com, I was looking around, adding people, talking to them and that was pretty much my daily rounds. Then I wondered ’how long am I going to keep doing this?’

I wasn’t sure myself so all I did was going with the flow and see what else happens. I went from Kevjumba.com to Ustream, which was basically the heart of how my friendship with certain people started. Both Kevjumba & Shimmy chats brought out the people I would never expect of keeping in touch with to this day. Not going to lie. After just a few days talking to them, I wanted to end from that point simply because I had no idea how I was going to keep up with so many people. Of course, many people left when the chats were dying and some of us went on Skype to continue with our conversations.

Whenever I was upset or angry, they did what they could to make sure I was alright and same goes for me if they were going through the same thing. I don’t know, I didn’t expect this to affect me in a way, but I’m glad it did. From that point, these people became important and made a huge part of my life. I mean, talking to them over the past year really does mean something.

I’ve learned quite a lot from every single person I’ve talked to. From late night conversations to inside jokes, it all adds up to make our bond stronger each time. I may not show this a lot, but I truly am glad that I met them. I couldn’t ask for more than having such great people. They’ve helped me open my eyes over certain things and gave me a boost on confidence just like how my real life friends have done. From Kevjumba to BlogTV, it's been such an adventure meeting different variety of people.

Although we can't have any physical contact like others, I don't really care. But the friendship is what matters the most. I’m definitely looking forward to summer ‘09. I hope to meet some of them or maybe all if it works out well. Either way, we’ll eventually meet soon. But I’d like to say thank you for being who you are and I hope you don’t change. I really want to make sure I’ll be keeping in touch with you guys for a long time.

The 'internet friends' label is dead from this point. I consider you guys more than just my 'youstreamskype' family. I love you all and I mean it.

2008 was a great year, but ‘09 will be even better and the upcoming years.