Monday, June 29, 2015

Milestone #1

This is the very first Milestone post! Basically, in this post, I will give you updates on what's going on with WeForWildlife, as well as notifications about upcoming posts. I will also ask you to give me feedback on your feelings and "constructive criticism" on how well I did (only if you want to!)

Hooray! We have finished the very first WeForWildlife theme, the Australian Outback. I think it's time for a mini celebration, don't you think?

Peer Review
Since this was my very first theme, I'm sure not everything was perfect and there definitely are places I could improve on. I know a few of them myself (getting some of my posts up in time, for example!), but you, as my audience, could find even more than I can! That is why I'm asking you, if you don't mind, to do me a small favor. If you would like to, it would be wonderful if you could leave a comment below suggesting anything you want me to change, or your comments and feedback on how well I did for the first theme. Thank you for being supportive!

Updates/Notifications
As I said, I will try my best to post more often during the summer, since I have more time now. Hopefully that will get better as the summer progresses.

  • My family & I will be on vacation from 7/1~7/13. Since we'll be gone so long, I will take my computer with me to continue blogging while we're away. However, since I'll be on a train most of the time, the poor internet connection quality will probably affect my blogging (so I may have to split the posts into parts again...and hopefully that doesn't mean delays!)
  • I will stand by my promise and try to upload one animal post per week. In addition, though, I may post "Travel Specials"where I'll share photos and videos of endangered or cool animals I see on my trip. Be sure to check those out as well!

Acknowledgements & Last Words
There are so many people I want to thank since this blog first started! My first post received 0 views until I finally shared it with some friends and family. Since then the visits to this blog have risen up so much, and I'm glad I'm telling more people about the significance of animals on this planet!

I'd first like to thank everyone who has viewed this blog--you guys are an amazing audience. Don't think I'm a stalker, but I know how truly dedicated you guys are. I occasionally check the number of views my blog gets on certain days, and the page views always spike on Wednesdays, when my posts are supposed to be finally published. It makes me feel so good to know that there are people who actually follow and take interest in my blog, especially since the world we live in now has so many people who think so lowly of animals. Thank you, and I encourage you to keep reading, because my posts will only get better as my experience builds!

Next, I'd like to thank the people who have chosen to "join" my blog and become members. I know you don't get candy or cookies for joining, but I still am extremely grateful for your support and not giving up on me when some of my posts are published a bit late.

Third, I would like to thank and honor my amazing and fantastic friend from more than 400 miles away who helped me set this whole blog up and gave it its name! (Her name shall remain anonymous until I receive her permission). We were originally supposed to work on this blog together, but since her school year has been extremely busy, I did not want to place more stress on her and let her focus on her schoolwork for the past year. If her school life is not as busy next year and she would still like to collaborate, she might help me edit posts, and even write a couple posts of her own as well!

Finally, I would like my parents. They have been such wonderful supporters and helped me manage my time when I was fighting between the busy school days, extracurriculars and finding time to blog. They were the first ones to read my first post, and always give me helpful resources and comments for my posts. I fully understand that since they've been so busy with work, it is rare for them to continue reading my blog, but I thank them for the support they've shown me since the beginning and even now! (only just behind the scenes)
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Sorry the next milestone post will not have such a long acknowledgements (I probably won't need one at all!) Have a great rest of the day, and since I was told some viewers love videos in my posts:
Video taken from Youtube, BBC

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