First of all, I would like to Wish A Happy and Prosperous New Year -2008 to all my visitors and supporters. Another year has just gone by and I must say, this year was more than hectic for me as its not always easy to hold a regular full-time job and be a webmaster at the same time.

I started my “webmastering” – as a hobby on 7^th January 2007 – exactly one year ago by acquiring two web directories – www.dbestdir.com and www.pagerankluck.com . Later on I tried my hand on blogging ( www.amazingindiaexperience.info , www.searchenginematrix.org ) – but I was always short of time that is required to write high quality posts on a regular basis. So, I had to abandon it and concentrated on developing few more directories which do not demand a lot of time. I must say that, it has been a mixed year – with lots of experience – both bad and good.

Going into 2008, I am much more confident and experienced as a pure web directory owner and I feel that I will develop ¾ more directories which will be based on specific Niche topics. I have already developed a Shopping Directory ( www.onlineshoppingindex.org ) and a Gambling Directory ( www.onlinegamblingindex.org ) and by second half of 2008, I have plans to develop 3 more directories on Business, Health and Real Estate. I reckon that will be the completion of my web directory network.

Being in academics, its there is always an urge inside me to share my knowledge with anyone who is interested. So, once my directory network is completed, and the sites are established, I have plans to start blogging again on those two blogs and I won’t make them commercial – I’ll blog to share my experience, life and knowledge.

There goes a rough sketch of my 2008 online road-map.

Now let me talk a little bit about my personal life.

On Friday (the 4^th January), my colleagues proposed for a new year picnic at a tea-garden nearby ( 20 KM away). I am always looking out for such type of programs to go out and enjoy some good times. So we went to picnic yesterday (Sunday) and had some real free-wheeling time outdoor. It was fun to go around the tea-plats, climbing some slopes and enjoying some good whisky sitting on the grass in between tea-plats and playing some games of chess.

The Picnic

Tea Garden

Tea-Leafs

The Factory -usable tea-leafs can be made from fresh leafs in 2 hrs!

I am also resuming my Bachelor of Education ( B.Ed) course that I left mid-way in 2004 due to my father’s serious illness (hearth-attack). To tell the truth, although I have been a teacher for more than 7 years, I am not yet professionally trained for it. It’s a real shame on me. But, I don’t want that shame to be there for long. So, I’ll have my first year final examination starting from 14^th January. If I get through it, I’ll have to attend lectures for 3 weeks in May and 2 weeks in October. Then again the final examination in January, 2009. Hopefully, I could claim to be a trained teacher by May-2009.

Hope, you enjoyed reading the post.

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