Birth of this blog

Why did I start this blog?

I've been thinking of doing one for months now, initially to air out my opinions on the political and socio-economic goings-on in my country, the Philippines (for those who don't know where my country is, it is at the eastern edge of Asia, right on the Pacific Ocean, or if looking at a map, it is the first significantly-sized collection of islands to the left of the US, at the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean from California). Lately, or more like since I turned 40 last year, I had all these other thoughts about my personal life which are all jumbled in my head. So I thought that blogging might be a good exercise for me to vent, with the tiny hope that others will have some words of wisdom to share. After all, as the title of this blog says, I may be unhapppy but I'm still an optimist, so I'm still hoping that with a little push, I'll get out of the rut I'm in now. Or it is highly possible that I'm in a rut 'cause I'm experiencing my own midlife crisis.