Hello. My name is Estella (initials E.T.) and I’ve been creating web sites since 1996 and started blogging since 2004. I feel that the purpose of blogging is to keep a record of some of my memories and thoughts, and also to share my experiences with dear friends online. I blog about anything interesting that I come across…

The main language used throughout is Chinese - to practice my Chinese language and typing skills. English is sometimes used depending on the topic. Whichever language flows better that day, I’ll use that language. I even attempt Japanese sometimes, though it’s not very good… I try to use more Chinese though, as I do not use it very often anymore in my daily life.

My interests and hobbies include web design (though I’ve become slightly lazier the past few years :S), pets, puzzles, cooking (working on it), some sports (ice skating, tennis, badminton, bowling), anime, games, reading and thinking.

Prior to setting up this blog, I had a few personal home pages, in which a few received awards and was recommended in a Hungarian magazine (the Internet Kalauz 1997 or 1998 - still have a copy at home). My GeoCities site back then won a web page competition with for St. Patrick’s Day, the prize was 5MB of web space, and trust me, that was A LOT at the time.

My all time favourite anime character is Doraemon~~ he’s the best!!

Blog history:
2008 - made a difficult decision to switch to the popular WordPress
2005 - switched to a Korean blog software Tatter Tools
2004 - private blog using pMachine

Web site history:
2006 - new layout for estella.com and left it there
2004 - started blogging on estella.com
2002 - officially stopped updating my old web site; brainstorming for new ideas
1997 - registered estella.com and moved my site to there
1996 - first ever web site hosted at BlueSky