“Every girl dreams of finding her Prince. But Prince is for Princess only, so I stopped dreaming at the age of 17.” - Hao Nguyen.

I haven’t been blogging so much lately, and this time is not because I’m lazy, I’m busy or I don’t know what to blog about; it’s all because of my cowardliness.

Sometimes I’m not as confident as I pretend to be, and I can be easily affected by others. As my blog got more popular, even just a little bit popular in a small community, **some people** started to talk about my age, my experience, and even my being a girl!!! So lame! Someone said that I was not a geek, I was non-tech, I was just a talker or my writing had no value at all, blah blah. It did upset me a lot, and it took me back to my stupid turtle shell.

But just several days ago, I talked about my problem with a respected friend of mine, and his words have definitely cheered me up a lot.

“You know. I always faced the same issue, but now I am older it is different. Some people see others with passion, ambition and ability as a threat…you don’t need to listen to them! Do you need to know how to grow a coffee plant to set-up a coffee chain, do you need to know SQL to be able to talk about websites. Don’t worry about what you don’t know, it’s not important. I have been in digital for 10 years and I really don’t know it all - who does.

What you do know is what’s good and bad on the web, what services have potential and what don’t, how social networks work, give value…etc,etc.

So don’t hide that knowledge. Sure, being a girl in this space may get the tech boys to pick holes in your thoughts, but know one is interested in what they say, we’re more interested in your view.

If you keep your blog as both commentary on tech in VN, plus your own experiences, events and views, I think it can build into a destination site.”

I just realized that I was such a cowardly idiot! I started my blog b/c I want to share my personal thoughts of ICT & Social Media scence in Vietnam, and I will continue it! Sharing personal thoughts on a personal blog has no fault at all! If you think my blog is worth-reading, I appriciate your time & your feedbacks for my blog. But if it is not, please don’t be too mean I’d love to know your opinions about how to make my blog a better destination, not like “your blog sux”.

Again, thanks a lot for reading this post. And again, I’m not gonna be affected by any negative comments. I’ve recieved a lot of good feedbacks about my blog, then who cares about a small black dot in a white sheet of paper? Stay tuned for my upcoming blog posts

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