Wednesday, April 7, 2010 . 4/07/2010 02:39:00 AM

I'm just wondering... Just how many people visits this tiny blog? Since I swear the last time I saw my tracker, first digit was a 2, not a 3. 

This blog is created to replace my old one, since I thought it's too... open. For this blog, I'm more apprehensive when posting compared to my old one. Probably due to a more aware mind, and constant reminders of discreetness from an old friend. 

There were quite a few hiccups initially. There was the lingering attachment to my old blog, which I had for more than two years and had written more than five hundred entries in. Then there was the designing of the blog layout. Lots of cut and paste and editing and paint and html codes to deal with. Then the worst of all was the pranksters who loved to spam my tags. Well, I blocked them, but that probably meant I've blocked wireless@sg? I don't know. They're probably people I know, but I'll never know who they are, and I'm not interested to know the immature brats who waste their time spamming pathetic messages and worrying my friends. 

But I've become quite attached to this one now. I can just write whenever I want (not that I don't have this choice in the last one as well), and I kinda learned how to write in a rather discreet way. I can post things that I don't really show other people, like my poems. Whoever wants to read, just read. I don't have to broadcast it over facebook or twitter. Although it's also in my facebook, just that I never did publish them, so it's up to people to look them up. 

Having a blog, in my opinion, is my escape. It's somewhere I can vent and reflect on myself. I'm not sure whether I can live without it, since I'm terrible at keeping diaries, and a blog will always be in cyberspace, so I don't really have to search high and low for it (yeah, my diaries are always going missing). It's also somewhere I can train my writing skills, since in my field of studies, language is rarely utilized except when you want someone to understand what's going on and when your grades matter.

It's a source of comfort for me. When I'm lonely, it's my pal. When I'm sad, it's my consoler. When I'm angry or frustrated, it is the shell that allows me to explode within. It rejoices with me when I'm happy. It knows my (not-so-) secrets (and at the same time lets everyone in the world know, hence the discreetness). It also knows what I love and hate, since I always talk about them. 

Growing up, I also know the importance of safety, so I have a limit to the things I write. So, I don't really write like some other blogs that I've read. Rather uncomfortable for me to read, so I vowed not to write like that. 

All in all, I really love blogging. It's really open my eyes to certain aspects in my life, and created a dream for me. 

Say... I sound like a promoter for blogs. 

~Blogging is good!~