Beckoning in the New Year

New Year's Eve this year was fun ^^

A gang compromised of Zongxu, Rachel, Jessica, Benjamin, Mariane, Hui Bao, Huei Pei, Hansiang, Ksin, Sin Houng (and her form 5 bunch), combined with meeting friends at Marina Island such as Ivy Har, Fiona etc made it quite memorable.

Dinner was at McD (AGAIN?), and we tried to head towards Marina Cove to take a peek at the bikini party there. Unfortunately, tickets cost RM90 and above, and we could barely see anything inside. I did see some girls dancing on stage in bikinis, and so it was with a heavy heart I had to leave for Marina Island instead (damn all you short friends who cant see over fences!!)

Reaching there, was suprised to find a huge line of cars. Turns out there was another party going on as well, with promise of fireworks and music. Paid the RM3 parking fee, and walked in to check things out.

Walking in, we saw the entrance to the party. Looking like the professional that i was *dress in long sleeves and jeans with a big ass camera around my neck*, the security guard did not question me as i strode in confidently into the party along with Sin Houngs gang of friends *who all look like adults as well*. Turns out, we actually had to pay RM50 at the least to get in. Benjamin and the rest could not get in because of their babyfaces. ^^

Free beer nabbed immediately by Kah Hui and James Low ^^

Soon it became apparent that almost all the performances were the same dancers from the Christmas Eve Dinner the other night. So i guess i would have been effing mad if i had paid that RM50. Phew!

I became bored soon though, and we all headed into Secret Recipe (yes its finally open) to wait for the countdown.

I dont know why they look so weird as well @@

A tip for those who want a drink at Secret Recipe. If you want real value and quantity for your money, please dont order the EXPRESS drinks. They come served in TINY cups that you can finish in a single gulp (bottom pic above). Much better to spend that extra RM1 and get a much more satisfying drink. Thanks to Ksin for suffering for us and finding out the hard way.

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New Year countdown was loud, and I think many different places had different times, becoz fireworks was going on somewhere else while ours havent started. But when it did, it was quite nice (since i have never been so close to fireworks before).


Met Fiona and her family there, as well as Xing Hui from percussion. Also saw Justin (ANOTHER Justin) and Danny, Ivy Har, spotted Sukim and her bf, but couldn't get to talk to them. Thanks to Fiona, my memory of New Year was quite fun (mostly becoz i shot her face full of aerosol snow when she wasn't aware ^^

A rather intimidating batch of 2009 F5 grads >.<""

The highlight of the night was taking couple shots of Zongxu and his Girlfriend though.

Gasp! Hands over shoulders?? Holding hands??Whats is this? So romantic??

Yes yes, i know its very sweet and that i could probably profit alot from selling these photographs to them, but I've chosen to distribute it here freely instead. All I can say is, Happy New Year to you two and may you have many happy awkward moments together.^^

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Something that I have never experienced in Sitiawan.


A massive 1 hour jam from Marina Island/Marina Cove/Lumut heading back towards Sitiawan. And of course, this is all thanks to our local police enforcement. F!!

But overall, a sweet night. I managed to call friends important to me to wish them all the best, and while not everyone's phones managed to get my call, at least i thought to call em. I also summoned the bravery to call a few females, and thankfully they didn't turn me away.

Happy Rabbit New Year! ;)

My Christmas

Wow, 2 formal events with the span of 3 days in small little Sitiawan. Things are feeling a little too high class around here! ;)

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I have not had the pleasure of spending Christmas in Malaysia for the past five years, having been in Australia and USA during those times. Christmas overseas was fun, and memorable, and spent in the company of friends and fancy restaurants.

This year though, Im finally home.

Unfortunately though, i had no plans for Christmas Eve at first. My parents were going out for a buffet dinner *which was deemed boring and not fun for me to attend*, while my kakak also had her own Philiphine Christmas Eve gathering going on as well.

But thanks to Facebook, i managed to have plans, courtesy of Rachel and her mum's invitation to a very fancy Music and Dance Night dinner at Beiking Hall.

This being Sitiawan, "formal" can mean anything from T-shirts and jeans to coats and formal shoes. I saw slippers, singlets, torn jeans and sweat pants in this event, but thankfully, the number of beautiful formal outfits still outnumbered every other kind of clothing there.

I see my bands colors everywhere now @@

Entrance into the hall required a chop on the arm, and the decorations inside were pretty festive, although i wished there were more balloons inside. Sorry if the above pic makes me look like im punching Rachel's mum. Our Minister of Transportation was at this event as well, so as the heads of Sitiawan Haemodialisis Center and numerous other big shots as well.

A funny opening ceremony as well. The MC shouted "On the count of 3, i want you all to press the button on the platform, and we shall see fireworks! Okay? ONE! TWO! THREE!!! PRESS THE BUTTON!!!"

*Bunch of old dudes pressed the button down. Nothing happens. Silence. Transportation Datuk continues to stare at the platform, then presses the button a few more times. A burning smell of melted plastic wafts into the room. *

"Anddddddd.... ladies and gentleman that was the fantastic opening ceremony by our VVIPS!! Thank you very much and u may step off the stage!!!" *and off the stage the VVIP shuffle off*

The musical performances were surprisingly entertaining and good. Truly enjoyed myself. The food was decent, and Suyin was a guest artiste there as well.

I appreciated how this event was so generous in its lucky draws as well. If im not wrong, they gave out around 50 different hampers, 2 RM400 badminton rackets, 2 Mountain Bikes, and 1 RM1000++ water filter away. Liau liau got the badminton racket i wanted so much!!! Arghh! I only manage to get a small hamper on Rachel's family's behalf :(

And oh, the MC missed the Christmas countdown. Due to bad timing of lucky draw.

"Ladies and gentleman, it is now 12:01AM. We have missed the countdown. Okay, next lucky draw number! XXXX!!!!"

Really epic job dude.

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My female juniors were there, and they really dressed beautifully. Not overkill with the makeup, and simple but elegant/sexy dresses. ^^

Pic courtesy of Pingyen

Christmas Day itself was of course spent in the company of my own family members. I dont know what most youths are expecting, but to me, Christmas Day has always been about STAYING AT HOME and just enjoying a good meal/relaxing with your family. Perhaps watch a movie, play games etc.

Of course, i would like to thank Daphne and Timothy for coming back from KL despite their working life to meet up on Christmas day to gossip and talk.

Christmas Night was spent at a party at Tim's home. Saw Christine, Pearly and her other friends there. Kicked everyone's ass at Virtua Tennis, and lost at Texas Hold Em.

All in all, a good Christmas Eve, and an acceptable Christmas Day this year.


Merry Christmas!

Aged Out

It's been quite tiring ever since I've come back from KLMWBC 2010. Really late nights, pretty early mornings has made me lethargic and dazed.

Photo by Swen Yin ^^

Last night was Nan Hwa's 2010 Passing Out. I was given the honor of conducting the junior band, but i messed up my first ever performance courtesy of an idiot tuba player who shall remain nameless but his name starts with Lu and ends with Jia Seng.

It was fast, it was short. I'm sure plenty of the aged out graduates can write a better recap of the night. All I can say is that its nice to finally be able to perform together with the band after being apart for 5 years.

Trumpeters had their mandatory "Hide Behind The School Hall Curtain Gathering Session"

As usual, the graduates were provided with the annual gifts from juniors.


No idea what Shin Yun got, but Swee Kai got a model motorbike, Jiaxun got a pair of EDWIN underwear, and Haiteng got a very nice gay pink hawaian floral shirt. Qin wei got a bottle of hair wax =.=""" and i got a Rubiks cube =.=" I DONT KNOW HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIKS CUBE DAMNIT! >.<""

I didnt have my camera, only my Iphone, so I dont have the pics taken with most of the members. But i do have the pics taken with my juniors ;)

The post-passing out meal gathering at McD saw around 25-30 members being there. McD had very good business considering it would have otherwise been a slow Tuesday night. Even Mr Tan, his wife, his daughter and son came along, accompanied as well by Josephine, a part of the first batch to ever graduate from NH band. Mr Chang also came along, apparently it being his last time he spends time with us as a teacher advisor to the band :(

Percussion section had very challenging gifts for the seniors to open.

Zongxu was on a high, while Xiao Wa was very close to punching out Huiming while struggling to open her gift. I have to say, i admire how insanely well wrapped the juniors packed the gifts =.=""

But looks like it was worth the effort getting to the gifts in the end. Xiao Wa (i was told to call her M head, cause her hair is shaped like the letter M) got a DOMO thingy and a cute plush dog toy, and Huiming (im personally going to call her Stapler head, also because of her hair) got a Hello Kitty phone that actually works. Zongxu after battling hard to get to his gift, only found a sweet at first, but was given his real gift (a hoodie) later.

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The trip to Marina Bay at 1am that night was fun.

Mainly because there was plenty to gossip about with so many people around, and also because there was so much things we could make fun of. People lying in the sand, people rolling down hills. It was just nice ^^

Haven't been home this late in a while (around 4am by the time i got home). But i look forward to the next time this happens again. :)

How to explain a Formation Show

I'm attending the KLWMBC Preliminaries on the 16th and 17th of December 2010. While in Kuala Lumpur, I will try and invite a few more friends who are new to this event to come and watch.

But first, how do you convince them to come? How do you describe a World Marching Band Competition to them? Is it a show? A musical performance? A sport?

Most people, and i dont think i'm very wrong, when they think of a marching band, they think of us marchers in colorful, loud costumes, big geeky spectacles, marching and swaying in a parade.


Or they may think of us wearing military styled uniforms, stiff, unyielding, blowing national anthems and military pieces.



More often than not, we cannot blame most people for thinking this way. It IS a fact that most marching bands are like that. It reinforces this idea into the public everytime they perform. But when you tell people that marching bands can perform shows that combine elements of formations and music, they just cannot understand how it works.

And so I've been struggling on how to explain to my friends regarding marching band shows. How these shows are a huge source of entertainment to me. To explain the pleasure i get from seeing the performers push their physical limits to perform incredible musical pieces. To feel the audience roar in appreciation of a show by giving a standing ovation.

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I decided to show a link to my friend in order to explain what a formation show is. The first question out of her mouth was "Erm....are they....creating....symbols or something?"

I didn't know how to answer. To me, exposed to so many years of formation shows, i never thought to question how these formation shapes just made sense to me. How an aggressive musical piece usually came with squares and blocks, a romantic and slow tune came with curves and lines.

So after giving it some thought, I chose to explain it this way to my friend,

"These formations, think of it as an abstract expression of the musical piece. If i asked you to sing a jazz song and to move your fingers, you would twirl it in circles and short movements. If i asked you to think of a romantic song, you would sway your arms in wide arcs. If its a fast and loud song, you would be jerking your arms rapidly and so forth."

This is what formations are I think. An expression of a musical piece. There is no one DEFINITE way to know what is good or bad. Its something you feel by listening, and visually appreciating.


In the end, though my friend did not still fully understood what formation competitions were about, she was entertained enough to compliment that the show was "superb and a HUGE departure than what she usually thought of marching bands", and she would definitely consider coming to watch the event.

And of course, I smiled.


KLWMBC 2010, here I come.



*to those wondering what vid i chose to share, obviously it was my own schools show, Nan Hwa 2010* ;)

p.s the location of the event will be at Stadium Bola Sepak Cheras, starting at 8:30-11pm

Ranting over the Dead

I need to rant.

If you have been on Facebook recently, or have read the newspapers the past 3-4 days ago, you may have seen the article and news feed regarding a teenager named Alvis Kong.

The story goes that Alvis Kong is a 22 year old student from Kuala Lumpur that after being together with his girlfriend of 4 months, was dumped by her. Unable to handle the breakup, he then commited suicide by jumping off his apartment building.

What has made this news particularly sensational among our local citizens and youngsters is that pior to his jump, he had been on Facebook leaving vague statuses stating his love for his family members, writing notes about his girlfriend, and, 45 minutes before his jump, stating "only 45 minutes left to go. What else should I do?"

After his death, people also found that he had taken a photograph of himself in tears.

Now, a death is always a sad thing. It means the loss of a family member that is precious to the parents who raised them, to the siblings who loved them. And ordinarily, a news like this i would just choose to ignore and not comment on this Alvis's choice of life.

But what irritates me to no end is the amount of attention his death is getting especially from teenagers all around Malaysia.

Alvis Kong "IN MEMORY OF" pages have been popping up all over Facebook, and within a short week, achieved a fan count of 32ooo people or more. And the other fan pages are achieving fans of 18000 and above.

Youtube has had videos of Alvis and his EX being photographed together, apparently to showcase how loving they were. This is generally accompanied by touching music and cheesy subtitles about love.

Now im going to say what i think is obvious.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY JOIN THESE PAGES ARE SHALLOW PEOPLE WITH SAPPY IDEAS OF LOVE.

If you have read the comments left on the pages, a majority of them come from females. And you know what the most COMMON thing they all say first?

"Awww he so HANDSOME, such a pity he died. I adore your dedication to love, and hope you find peace in the afterlife with an angel more suitable for you"

These are the comments generally left by the females, with one variation or another.

How shallow are most of you girls huh????

Its a pity he's HANDSOME, and u admire his dedication? Omg! Dedication to love is not only loving someone, its also being able to handle the pain of losing the one you love if it means she gets to be happy. Killing yourself is selfish, not only because you think it wipes the pain of breaking up, but also because you do not care for the pain of your family members. ALSO, killing yourself leaves a SCAR on the girl you so called love.

You get tens of thousands of fans going gaga over this "couple"s supposed great love, when really all i see is a couple of teenagers *no different that the millions in this world* self posing in front of mirrors in fashionable clothes just so that they can look good. Real touching pictures are those with a genuine smile, a proper embrace, a fun moment together. Not a photograph of posing in front of your cellphone camera.

If this was some ugly guy who did the same thing, im sure that he wouldnt get the same amount of hype and publicity as Alvis did. And you know what? Im sure that they will be an equal amount of people saying the ugly guy was stupid, that he got played by a girl, and that he should have just moved on. But nooooo, you dont see that with Alvis yea? Why? Because he is HANDSOME.

A person is DEAD. Move on you stupid legion of fawning hormonal fans. You want to wish people good luck or give advice, give it to the living. Quit with the sappy shit youtube vids, the stupid fan pages that will be irrelevant in another weeks time.

Sheesh.

To M

Before you start reading this post, let me warn you that it discusses a topic that not everybody will be comfortable about, which is about masturbation, also known as Da Fei Ji, or literally, Beat Air Plane. If you do NOT know these words/descriptions already, i would suggest clicking the X button on the top right corner. If you DO know the word, proceed with caution ^^.

I was inspired to do this post after a yamcha session with a group of friends which shall remain nameless because they might be too embarrassed after this.

I have no idea how we were lead to this topic, but we eventually reached the topic of masturbation. I guess it was when someone mentioned that they knew someone who masturbated in locations where we were familiar with. This probably explains why our instruments are so well lubricated, or have a shiny bright coating to them. ANYWAY....

First, i applaud this dudes honesty. Its not often you hear someone admit they do it, WHERE they do it, and WHEN they do it. As someone has said before, this topic is practically taboo. Something to shun away from, and yet its a fact of life, men DO masturbate. (Okay, not liking the amount of times I'm repeating the word. Gonna use M from now on).

But im curious. WHY do it in a public area? Are you not afraid of getting caught? And dont worry, im not judging you. Im just wondering..why take the risk? Safest place is normally the bathroom, or at the very least, your bedroom. Unless... its part of the excitement? The idea of getting caught somehow makes it easier to M?

Somehow i imagine someone in a lonely corner of a library, hands in his pants, sweat on his face, when someone walks in on him. What do you do? Yank out your hands? Raise both your hands up as if caught in the headlights of a truck? American Pie style? Even if you pull your hands out in time, manage to zip your pants, and pretend to read a book, wouldn't the person who walked in notice the huge LUMP in your pants? Unless, the shock of ALMOST getting caught shocks the little bro to sleep and he just drops down?

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We also discussed how LONG it took for the guy to M. Apparently it ranged from 5-15 minutes. My first reaction to this was... "WTF??? 5-15?, seriously?" Thats an ENORMOUS risk. 5-15 minutes of M is a loooong time to do it in a public area. One would think if someone resorted to M in public, it would be for a quick fix, kinda like...smoking. You know, just light one up, puff a bit, burn it out, and chuck it away. Under 5 minutes.

You know those situations where you see a guy and a girl suddenly run in to a bathroom together, then 5 minutes later they reappear, clothes messed up, hair disheveled. THATs the max time it should take! Not 5-15 minutes!!

Then another friend had to amaze me further that he thought 5-15 minutes was normal. He said he occasionally did his for an hour. First thought in my mind : "OMG, you can be a professional porn star actor already!"

But then again, I'm assuming its done in the comfort of his own room, where there is no danger of anyone walking in. If that's the case i can understand it. Even though it still sounds a little long to me. 15 minutes would be the normal time required I would think it takes.

So my conclusion is this. Do you think its normal to M in public areas? At places where people potentially may catch you in the act? Or should it be just kept solely in your private places? Or perhaps, some of you think that to M is wrong, and that men shouldn't even do it?

And 2nd question. How long is normal? 30 seconds? 5 minutes? 10? An hour? Or more?

Hmmm...

And yeah, i know i have a yellow mind.

Sorry

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I cannot be the man you want me to be.

I'm sorry I'm incapable of matching up to your standards.

I'm sorry that I'm under confident in my ability to always be there for you.

I'm sorry I can't always say the right things in the right situations.

I'm sorry I'm not rich enough for your spendings.

I'm sorry that despite how i wish distance would not be a factor, you think it does.

I'm sorry that I'm too naive, that I still believe in romantic Love.

I'm sorry if I think I'm special, that I wont do what others have done to you. That was conceited of me.

I'm sorry that I never do more than text you, or occasionally call you.

I'm sorry I'm not the man that would break out and dance in the middle of a dance floor for you.

I'm sorry that I don't do publicly embarrassing things for you.

I'm sorry I looked at you, smiled at you, but never said those important words to you till it was too late.

I'm sorry I'm not crazy enough for you, not wild enough, not gangster enough.

I'm sorry I'm too bookish, too nerdy, too involved in seemingly uninteresting matters to you.

I'm sorry my lack of mastery in languages other than English is a problem for you.

I'm sorry I judged you when you didn't pick me.

I'm sorry that I thought we could work things out.

I'm sorry that I do not know how to hold you, how to kiss you, nor even how to hold you in comfort.

I'm sorry if you thought I was something else.


But if there is something I'm not sorry about, it's this.


I'm not sorry for being ME.

Unofficial "End" of SPM

After a long month, by Wednesday tomorrow, many students around Malaysia will have counted it as being "unofficially" the last day of their exams, which would be Biology. I admit that though this normally does not concern me at all, I'm especially pleased as well since this means that the F5 students are finally free to come out/hang out once more. And yes, I'm 22 and that sounds pathetic, but hey, Sitiawan la, not like many people my age are here still.

This also means i can finally start planning my "sexy" shoot photography session. And when i say sexy i mean in dresses, scarves, posing for the camera etc. Not just standing straight at the camera in a tshirt and a pair of shorts. I want sexy eyes, pouty lips, curves and elegance. And of course, men are allowed to try out, providing they fulfill above mentioned requirements.

Im debating should i name names here... Ohwell, im just going to do it. If i omit anyone, im dreadfully sorry and will re-edit this post to include your name as well. Or if you want your name off this it's fine as well >.<

So here goes!
1. Huiming (will tell me "see first la" if i ask)
2. Hui Si? (Xiao Wa) (will say "Har?" if i ask)
3. Pei Teng (will say "im too short la" if i ask)
4. Jessica Oon (will say "i dont have any dresses" if i ask)
5. Shin Yun (will say "i want to wear bikini" if i ask)
6. ErnXi? (will say "erm........" if i ask)
7. Huei Pei (will say "can ah, when and where?" if i ask)
8. Poey Chin (no idea what she will say, unfamiliar with her)
9. Ping Yen (will say "i no shen chai le" if i ask)
10. Siew Wei (will say "harrr...." if i ask)
11. Mariane (will say "treat me ice cream then i take" if i ask)
12. Siew Hui (will say "Bu yao la im not familiar with the rest" if i ask)
13. Shirley (will say "you kidnap me first le =.=" if i ask)
14. Zongxu (will say "I dont have a dress le" if i ask)

Did i leave anyone out that should be mentioned?

Third Steps

Today was a slow Sunday.

The clouds looked like it was gonna rain any moment, so I quickly made my dad play tennis with me from 12pm - 2pm. Quite cooling actually. ^^ Haha, sorry to Liang Jian la, promised to play badminton with him if it looked like rain... but he didn't call anyway, so it was fine :P

Anyway, mana tahu, sampai pukul 6 pun takde hujan =.=" Infact, the sun come out some more =.=""" Stupid Mother Nature...

I wanted to get a new profile picture that was visually interesting. Wanted to do unique shots of MYSELF lifting MYSELF up, or punching myself in the face. But decided my photoshop skills aint THAT good to edit it realistically. I settled for climbing a ladder and posing like im flying.

Turned out okay okay la... But it made me wish i was in a costume.. I miss my Superman costume T.T And i wish i had a taller ladder to fly higher..

My dad took the photos for me (he's awesome for listening to my insane demands!), but while wobbling dangerously on the ladder, i told my dad "make sure the doggies not in the background ah!" and he replied "Yala yala i know what im doing, there's no doggies in the background la!"

He took 2 shots. So what are these??



Adoi =.=""" Lucky my photoshop skills still decent enough to remove them =.="

Im also considering taking another picture of myself playing UNOSTACK agaisnt myself vs myself. Should be fun ^^

Oh and just a quick mention. Doon asan, if you're reading this *fat chance la*, i really like your blog posts. Loving the single pictures that you post up. So emo yet so nice :)

Second Step

I've thought hard about what i want to say in this blog.

My online presence is almost exclusively based on Facebook. Without Facebook, i dont exist in this virtual world. We stalk people there, we post up our pretty pictures, we comment on other people's stuffs, we inform the world via our statuses, we share links and videos, and we observe new couples and broken relationships.

I feel that statuses in Facebook also should not be changed too often. Once a day perhaps, or every 12 hours, but not every 10 minutes. Thats Twitter's job. There's a difference between posting interesting, meaningful status updates that contributes to good discussion than just posting stuff like "eating spaghetti now".

So what can i do in a blog?

Well, there are issues that i care about occasionally, usually after just reading the news, that I would like to share my thoughts with other people, and Facebook statuses are just too short.

Sometimes i want to make fun of things i see IN Facebook, but they slip my mind because its too insignificant to warrant a status change. So, too short, and too long statuses are a problem.

So, if you've read this far, please note that i probably wont put up too many pretty pictures, and my post can be as varied as I please. It may seem random, but hey, that's the freedom of blogging right? ;)

The first issue that i've been frequently checking up on CNN.com has been the recent shelling of artillery fire from North Korea on the South Korean border village.

I have never been a follower of politics, nor do I know much about World Wars and other countries histories. Heck, i barely know Malaysia's own histories =.="" But any intelligent being reading up on the many different news feeds will realize that North Korea's actions are just unacceptable. No matter who aggravates who, the taking of human lives *in my eyes* is the biggest sin possible. And anything else North Korea says just serves to dig its grave further. I'm in fact, awaiting a possible WW3 in Korea anytime now.

Since im on politics, I would like to just say something about Perkasa, a local political group in Malaysia. We all already know how the they flame racial tension in our country, although i doubt many of the youngsters are aware of what they actually say. Not going to say anything else about this hot issue, but if you know this person...

He just has a face you want to punch dont ya?

Hmm.. what else mattered today. Ohyea, band practices.

Please for god's sake. DO SECTIONALS. No one in the band now is professional enough to just expect to waltz in to the band room twice a week and perform beautiful music.

Im looking at YOU Woodwinds!


Oh and one more thing...

Please stop reading all those sappy lame romance article thingies and posting it on Facebook. Their unrealistic stories meant to raise ur idealism on how relationships should be. Just go out and experience those things yourselves la!

That was pretty long. Okay. Full stop. Now.

First Steps

I'm gonna blog!

Again!

I think.

No idea how long this one will last, or how frequent it will be updated.

I cannot remember how many blogs i've opened. I would guess around.. 7-8?

First few were the times i experimented with blogspot. Learnt about HTML. Learnt to place pics. Learnt to adjust formats. At that time, blogspot was not as easy as now.

Creating a new blog, im pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to set up a pleasant looking blow now. Im bombarded with fancy fonts, pretty colors, pretty pictures and layouts.

In the end, i chose white. Arial Font. Plain abstract background. My desire to decorate my blog is not burning yet. Maybe later?

My first few blogs were about... life? In general? Posting pictures, writing down daily happenings. Nothing too fancy or exciting. More like a journal really. Which are what blogs are SUPPOSED to be.

Then i tried to open an anonymous blog. It was fun. I could rant, i could swear, i could target anyone i liked, with no fear of repercussions.

But then it got...boring? Or perhaps lonely. And i ran out of things to rant at. I chose to be a more peaceful guy. THAT blog closed down. Died without anyone knowing it lived.

The last blog i opened was fun. :)

It was a great idea *at least, at the time it did*. Open a blog, share the account with 6 college friends who could provide different content, different pics, different languages.

It started well. Was very lively, very interesting. But then we stopped publishing. Transfers to university kept us busy. No one updated anything anymore. It was such a beautiful blog. But still, it withered..slowly...day by day.

Last update was February 2010. I officially deleted it yesterday before i opened this one.

I feel like i have relationships with Blogspot. They feel like my girlfriends.

You experiment with the first few, you breakup. You get a new one, you're more confident, you play around more, but you break up.

Then you get serious, more dedicated, but due to being too busy or having too much distance, you STILL breakup.

So... I Bloog.

How long will you last?

=)