I didn't want to start a blog.
But I succumbed to my inner desire to own one, just like how my friends had done so before me. It was a struggle. On one hand, I wanted to keep my thoughts and encounters private. On the other, there was a voice in my heart that kept on pushing me to publish a blog online. Perhaps it was the initial enthusiasm felt that gave birth to this blog.
The funny thing is, although this blog began only in 2006, the account was actually created a year ago. I could still remember the frustration felt when I did not seem to understand how the blog hosting site worked a year ago. In retrospect, I think I was real dumb then. When I logged in today, I realised the working mechanism could not be any simpler. Well, at least I'm not too concerned about the design and layout of the blog - the templates provided looked fine to me. I just needed a tiny space online to contain my experiences and opinions.
Come to think about it, it may be a wise decision to employ the use of blogger.com rather than my previous diary hosting site, which only provided text input and used an ugly black-and-white layout. The only comforting advantage was probably the ability of the diary to be kept private despite it being hosted online.
Today marks the restarting of work for me in 3 Signals after a refreshing year-end break in 2005. I had expected my day to be spent in camp doing brainless checks on equipments but there was an unanticipated twist of events. CPT Shane brought me along as a scribe for an interview with a COL in NTU. I was granted the luxury to stay out for a day to do my work at home. It proved to be meaningful then because it provided me with internet access to start my blog on this fateful day. On another note, I seemed to be on a lucky streak today. For a person who does not have much fortune in lucky draws and such, I actually won a pair of preview tickets for Moonlight in Tokyo at Shaw Plaza tomorrow. The irony being that I will most likely give it a miss because I will be in camp. Never mind, there are still many chances next time.
It's already 6 plus now and the audio file for the interview has not been sent to me. Hope CPT Shane actually did something about it when I smsed him just now. Think I have to work late tonight to finish it. Meanwhile, let me just wish all a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!!
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