Just a short announcement here. The Urban Roamer has a new sub-site called “The Journal.” This would be where my more random writings and stuff that are beyond the scope of the Urban Roamer would be posted. Check it out at journal.theurbanroamer.com

Not many people know this, but I was not a newbie blogger when I first started blogging as the Urban Roamer. In fact, I was already blogging long before that, probably about 5-6 years prior. Admittedly though, my blogging life pre-Urban Roamer days were not that noteworthy as I never got to regularly update my blog. So when I conceived what would become the Urban Roamer, there was this lingering fear that it will fall the same fate as my previous blog. Nevertheless, I was prevailed upon by that need for me to have an outlet of sorts for my interests and passion for the metropolis I grew up in…