Greetings, blogosphere!

Hello, people of the world! This is my first piece of writing here.

For starters, let me explain the title of this blog.

iSpeak: portmanteau of two simple words – “I” and “speak”. The former is a pronoun “used to refer to oneself as speaker or writer”. It also means “the self; the ego”. While the latter is a verb defined as “to utter words or articulate sounds with ordinary speech modulation". In other words, “talk.” Combining the two terms, it becomes a statement – my statement.

After many years of procrastination, I finally arrived into a decision to create this blog as a venue to speak out my mind; to talk about any sensible topic under the sun. Moreover, to speak up for people who can’t verbalize their thoughts; for others who can’t express their sentiments; or for those who can’t voice out their opinions in public. And that I believe is the goal I intend to pursue.

Before I end this article, let me share some words of wisdom from the greatest philosopher of all time. 


As Plato once said: 

Wise men speak because they have something to say; 
Fools because they have to say something.

Let this adage be our guiding principle every time we speak.