以寫blog為志業 Blogging as Vocation

選舉前有不少候選人都寫blog，選後大多數很少或根本不再update。不少朋友問我值不值得每天花時間這樣寫下去，而且還中英對照著寫。

坦白說，我也曾猶豫甚至動搖，因為：

一，寫blog確會花上我半小時或更多時間；

二，我的"潛在對手"將知悉我的一舉一動，不費功夫即可知地區事務，對我極為不利；

三，每天只有約30-40人瀏覽我的網誌，花時間寫並不合符成本效益。

但我決定堅持寫下去，也有三個原因：

一，寫blog本身已是自我挑戰或"修練"，可鍛鍊我的意志和毅力，迂腐一點講，就像是古人如曾國藩所提倡的堅持寫日記一樣；中英對照既方便不懂中文的居民了解我的工作，而且也有助提高我的英文寫作水平呢；

二，我的"潛在對手"固然會知悉我的工作，但更重要的是，我這個blog是開放給所有人，使我的地區工作更加公開、透明，也有利於居民直接與我反映意見(例如早些日有居民提出的明渠加上蓋，流浪狗噪音及十五間道路清潔等問題)；

三，瀏覽我網誌的人數並不多，這說明我的blog寫得不夠吸引，我還需努力改善才是。在這個網絡時代，我堅信，網絡是越來越重要的溝通平台。

希望各位能繼續支持我的blog!

PS:有心人當會知道"以寫blog作為志業"這個標題取自Max Weber的著名演講論文。

I borrow the topic from Max Weber's speech "Politics as Vocation", to express my determination of keep on writing this blog .

I was questioned by friends and colleagues and myself too, that whether it is worth keep writing the blog. Especially there are so many candidates give up updating their blog after my election.

There are 3 reasons are mentioned:

a.  it's quite time consuming, coz I basically write every working day, and I write bilingually;

b.  my potential opponent can update their information of WCH, so they know almost every issues conveniently.  Politically, it's certainly not good to my work.

c. Not many people(around 30-40 each day) browse my blog.

But I decide keep on writing, because it's apparent that the internet will be more and more important communication platform. And there are also 3 other reasons too:

a.  it's a way to train my willpower and patience, and I believe the belief of "Not give up easily", and it helps my personal-growth as a whole; the bilingual information not only make non-Chinese residents know what's going on in our community, and also helps to improve my English writing skills.

b.  though my potential opponent know my community work conveniently, but the important thing is that the resident also can communicate with my easily. Because it enables my community work more transparent to residents.

c.  if the number of browser is a problem, it should be a problem of mine, because I can't make it attractive and I should improve it rather that giving up.

Hope you will appreciate my effort.