Ganda-Ganda 3.0

Ganda-Ganda v1.0

I can't believe that I've been consistently blogging since 2010. Looking back, I wish that I started on Blogger and not Tumblr, but it's okay. Tumblr was good to me, it just didn't fit my needs. I've been on Blogger for a year and it's been a wonderful one at that. So much has happened in the past 12 months. We finished our final year in Korea, we traveled to Cambodia and Japan and we finally moved back to the States. It's been a crazy year, but I wouldn't have changed a thing. 

Markus and I have decided that we wouldn't move back to Florida and instead we'll start the next chapter of our lives in Chicago. I wanted to commemorate all the changes in my life. So, I decided to completely re-design Ganda-Ganda. When I created Ganda-Ganda 2.0 and launched it on Blogger, I always had the intention of re-designing, but life took over. It happens, but I'm surprised that I found the time to do this in the past few months. It only proves that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything!

For this new site design, I created all the graphics on my own. Everything was written, sketched and inked by me. By no means am I an artist, but my dear and talented hubby is and he helped me a great deal. He encouraged all of my ideas and steered me in all the right directions. I'm actually quite proud of what I produced and I hope you do too! I hope to keep this new design for quite some time and look forward to creating more personalized graphics for future posts. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of the new layout!

Ganda-Ganda v2.0

Ganda-Ganda v2.0 buttons

On Holiday

The time has come for Markus and I to leave South Korea. It's kind of overwhelming and a bit sad. I can't believe that two years has already passed. Now, we're headed to Japan for an 18 day holiday. After that, we'll be heading back to the States to try and re-assimilate. As much as I would like to continue blogging during this time, I think I should take a break. You can still follow my adventures in Japan and Chicago on Twitter and Instagram.

Although, when I do come back, there will be some changes to Ganda-Ganda! I've been working on a site re-design and I'm really excited to finally share it. So dear readers, please bear with me and please look forward to reading about my new adventures and the new Ganda-Ganda!

Time to move on: moving from Tumblr to Blogger

Thanks for the memories Tumblr, 2010-2012

For the past two years, I've been actively blogging on Tumblr. While it's been quite good to me, I've begun to feel the limitations. I think that Tumblr is a great blogging website, but for a specific audience. I do feel that it can be limited in terms of blog design. I'm not keen on feeling like there are restraints on the look of my blog. I want to be able to spread out a bit more. 

I want to be able to write long blog posts and not be overlooked. I know that a lot of my followers read my longer posts, but I feel that the Tumblr crowd tends to lean more toward the visual. I am neither a photographer nor an illustrator, so I always felt a little lost in the mix.

I enjoy posting about all sorts of things. I like to write posts that are closer to articles. I love that Blogger is customizable and I can make it look exactly how I want and not have limitations. I'm free to do anything I want. I enjoy the freedom that Blogger provides. The possibilities are literally endless. So, I felt like it was time to move on to a platform that suited all my blogging needs. 

Now that I've switched over to Blogger, I'm excited to explore all the possibilities that I didn't have before. I've already spent heaps of time watching tutorials, re-learning Photoshop and HTML and creating this new version of Ganda-Ganda. Feel free to look around and see all the changes that I've made.  Also, I hope you join me on this new blogging adventure!

Thank you dear readers for sticking with me so far. I don't feel like I could do this if it weren't for you and I appreciate you so much. xoxo