Happy Birthday, Blog

My blog is three! Actually, I’ve blogged for three years. My blog has previously existed as an EasyJournal and a LiveJournal.

Naturally, I wanted to continue the User ID on blogspot, but someone took it. That someone hasn’t blogged since… August 2003!! Well, that’s why:

a) This site is ‘acroamatical’; and
b) I am squatting on WordPress. Just in case.

I know, I know, I can hear people like Sam saying, “Get your own domain!” Well, it’s hard to beat free.

Anyway, I meant to say that it’s been quite a journey. I never kept a journal prior to blogging. I never thought I would. So it’s always interesting to read my past entries. Sometimes, it’s almost like reading someone else’s blog: Did I really say/write/do that?

Besides documenting the good times and the bad, as well as being a repository of interesting resources, some of my posts remind me of what I failed to mention, either on purpose or otherwise. There’s context around each post that only I am privy to.

That’s ironic, yet comforting. Blogs are supposedly where some people bare their soul. Yet it’s a refuge all the same. I think my previous sub-title says it best: A place to hide | A place to reveal.

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6 Responses to “Happy Birthday, Blog”


  1. 1 Chandler

    I’ll say it nonetheless -

    “Get your own domain!”

    Well the difference between you and me is that I’ve always kept paper journals - I’ve got quite a few dog-eared ones over a decade or so. And these contain my innermost thoughts which I deem inappropriate to share with the world.

    My blog’s just another medium of writing for me. More like a personal website that doesn’t take itself too seriously, know what I mean? Remember the days of our xoom websites?

  2. 2 tragedienne

    that’s why i have different blogs for different “privy”, although it makes me seem like schizo. =)

  3. 3 Elvina aka LaoNiang

    Hey Kenneth
    Thanks for linking my blog to yours. Out of curiosity, how did you come across my blog?

    Like reading your musings. Very insightful. :)
    You write well. Hope to see more of you in my blog too.

    Have a great weekend!

  4. 4 Chandler

    Elvina dear, I’ll answer that for you on Ken’s behalf - correct me if I’m wrong Ken, but he probably came across your blog via mine because of your entry on Cheryll.

    You see, Ken, Cheryll and I were all in the Students Council in college. :D
    Singapore very small hor?

  5. 5 Pinto

    Actually… I have to correct you. =P

    I came across Elvina’s blog through the FMSlist, where she posted about her kelong trip. Asked her about it - Elvina doesn’t seem to remember - and subscribed to her blog since then. I found out about Cheryll Valentine’s Day… err… hunt(?) direct from Elvina’s blog.

    But yes, Singapore very small. =)

  6. 6 Elvina aka LaoNiang

    Indeed small! So we went one round and fulfilled the six degrees of seperation theory!!

    I got to know Chandler –> thru Cheryll who was my colleague —> who knew BOTH Chandler and Ken —> who knew me thru FMS list.

    Who else do you guys know knows me too? hahhaha………..

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