Basketball with the class, hilarious jokes aplenty, breaking fast together with Abang, welcomed home with fresh bedsheets... My week ended with a nota perfetta!
I was never, ever, ever fond of basketball but for some reason I suddenly felt the drive to take it up when Zoe, Nich and Aaron asked me along to play a match with them. And I enjoyed myself thoroughly, even though I was ultra, ultra, ultra noob at it haha!
Everyone was being really nice to me, taking time off to teach me the correct techniques, postures and rules of the games and cheered for me when I scored. The jokes cracked were really formidable, if it wasn't too embarrassing to rofl I would have literally done so. I felt extremely loved. And when we had dinner at Macs, (Ikr, of all places) I laughed my entire diaphragm out again. It's too damn hard to remain serious with Zach and Nich around!!! Looking forward to the next game with them ;)
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I've always had this affection for lifestyle bloggers and writers. Partly because that's what my ambition is - to become a lifestyle/fashion editor/journalist and that's why I can feel and relate to these writers/bloggers relatively well.
For me, reading lifestyles blogs (I patronise magazines less frequently) makes me feel more human. I know, sounds weird huh. Here's a rather rough idea of what I mean, honestly speaking I don't exactly get the reason behind this feeling of mine.. Okay maybe I'm just weird.
I can attend school and return home feeling indifferent about the events that happened and I go to bed and wake up the next day feeling extremely uninspired. Does that ever happened to any of you people??? I dislike that feeling. I prefer to wake up each day looking forward to my agenda of the day (which is almost always the same because I'm schooling so let us all just refer to weekends). That's why I enjoy reading blogs, because a blog is a platform whereby people share how their days went by, be it exciting, delightful, emotional, enraged or annoyed. As I read, I'm able to share their feelings - I can feel their merriness, sympathetic when they're upset, try out their diy tutorials/ good food places that they recommend and think about issues that aren't usually brought up in daily conversations.
I can feel alongside with them, and these feelings remind me that life isn't really that mundane afterall.
Taking a peek into the life of others also encourages me to not be such a lazy ass like I am, because sometimes I read about a particular activity that a blogger does and I'd think, "If she/he can do it, why can't I?" I have come to the harsh realisation that for the past seventeen years and eighteen days of my life I've not done anything that I'm extremely proud to mention of, except for being in Swiss Winds and perhaps learning how to kayak. Reading about other bloggers' feats and journeys through a particular activity gets me motivated and inspired, it makes me want to try out that activity for myself. Perhaps travelling around the world for food/fashion? Bungee-jumping? Living in a countryside for a month? There are so many things in life that I've yet to accomplish!!
Naturally I would want people who share the same sentiments as me (hopefully there are some) to have one extra blog or *ahem**bashfully* daily avenue to look forward to, so I blog. I blog because I'd want to share with the world my opinions on issues and share the joy I feel. Feelings can travel through a computer screen y'know!
My friends have often spotted me "stalking" my own blog because I like to browse through my blog archive. DON'T JUDGE!! I don't see any wrong in that. What's so weird about wanting to have a second good laugh over joyous events that you were involved in? I'm narcissistic and I definitely don't deny it, but imho there is really nothing weird with me "stalking" myself. I sometimes go back in years and I'd randomly pick blog entries and go like "LOL I actually did that ohgodwhy.jpg" and laugh over it all over again. Especially my travelogue entries!!! I put in tons of effort to compile the entire overseas trip into various blog entries okay!! But I enjoyed the process - I feel like I'm in Japan/HongKong for a second time, and I hope you guys enjoy it when you read the entries too! That's the biggest benefit about blogging, you get to participate the events that you enjoyed for a second time... And you'll feel all tingly and excited inside over again.
Of course blogging's like a double-edged sword; you'll feel the unhappy/disagreeable stuffs too when you blog about it, but I guess that's what life is all about - it can't just be filled with happiness, that way people won't learn how to cherish it.
Someone once told me "What, you still blog? Blogging's kinda out of style now." when I told him that I have a blog and I'm still updating it *ahem* faithfully. Is blogging really out of style??? Does no one blog anymore? I don't think so. Blogging's not easy - creativity, inspiration, good command of language, commitment... You name it, we need it. But I'm sure people enjoy the process of blogging! Of all the bloggers that I know and asked them about their feelings of blogging, they gave me answers along the line of "It's tiring, but I enjoy it". It's true, bloggers need to stay interesting and relevant... And that's not easily achievable with just a snap of your fingers.
Personally I enjoy blogging because 1. My blog is an extremely personal space which I could design to my liking and call it my own 2. It's a platform for me to upload my pictures and it also encourages me to take better shots in the future (self-absorbed freak lolol) 3. The more I'm into an entry, the more excited about how is it going to end because more and more ideas keep popping out.
I don't plan endings for my entries because I just like to go with the flow of my ideas as they come to me whilst I'm through the entry. It's fun!! I might end up with an ending that's totally unexpected, something that I would have never thought I'd end with. And that delights me to no end!!
Taking a peek into the life of others also encourages me to not be such a lazy ass like I am, because sometimes I read about a particular activity that a blogger does and I'd think, "If she/he can do it, why can't I?" I have come to the harsh realisation that for the past seventeen years and eighteen days of my life I've not done anything that I'm extremely proud to mention of, except for being in Swiss Winds and perhaps learning how to kayak. Reading about other bloggers' feats and journeys through a particular activity gets me motivated and inspired, it makes me want to try out that activity for myself. Perhaps travelling around the world for food/fashion? Bungee-jumping? Living in a countryside for a month? There are so many things in life that I've yet to accomplish!!
Naturally I would want people who share the same sentiments as me (hopefully there are some) to have one extra blog or *ahem**bashfully* daily avenue to look forward to, so I blog. I blog because I'd want to share with the world my opinions on issues and share the joy I feel. Feelings can travel through a computer screen y'know!
My friends have often spotted me "stalking" my own blog because I like to browse through my blog archive. DON'T JUDGE!! I don't see any wrong in that. What's so weird about wanting to have a second good laugh over joyous events that you were involved in? I'm narcissistic and I definitely don't deny it, but imho there is really nothing weird with me "stalking" myself. I sometimes go back in years and I'd randomly pick blog entries and go like "LOL I actually did that ohgodwhy.jpg" and laugh over it all over again. Especially my travelogue entries!!! I put in tons of effort to compile the entire overseas trip into various blog entries okay!! But I enjoyed the process - I feel like I'm in Japan/HongKong for a second time, and I hope you guys enjoy it when you read the entries too! That's the biggest benefit about blogging, you get to participate the events that you enjoyed for a second time... And you'll feel all tingly and excited inside over again.
Of course blogging's like a double-edged sword; you'll feel the unhappy/disagreeable stuffs too when you blog about it, but I guess that's what life is all about - it can't just be filled with happiness, that way people won't learn how to cherish it.
Someone once told me "What, you still blog? Blogging's kinda out of style now." when I told him that I have a blog and I'm still updating it *ahem* faithfully. Is blogging really out of style??? Does no one blog anymore? I don't think so. Blogging's not easy - creativity, inspiration, good command of language, commitment... You name it, we need it. But I'm sure people enjoy the process of blogging! Of all the bloggers that I know and asked them about their feelings of blogging, they gave me answers along the line of "It's tiring, but I enjoy it". It's true, bloggers need to stay interesting and relevant... And that's not easily achievable with just a snap of your fingers.
Personally I enjoy blogging because 1. My blog is an extremely personal space which I could design to my liking and call it my own 2. It's a platform for me to upload my pictures and it also encourages me to take better shots in the future (self-absorbed freak lolol) 3. The more I'm into an entry, the more excited about how is it going to end because more and more ideas keep popping out.
I don't plan endings for my entries because I just like to go with the flow of my ideas as they come to me whilst I'm through the entry. It's fun!! I might end up with an ending that's totally unexpected, something that I would have never thought I'd end with. And that delights me to no end!!
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