Used to have something else instead of a blog. I had my handy dandy little notebooks. I still have them with me wherever I go but it's less convenient now since I write a lot of school official stuff in there and my fellow schoolmates may read from it from time to time. I only write the serious stuff in there now.
There will come a time though, when I'm less busy with the FPA, when I'll return to my habit of writing in my beautiful notebooks. I love it better that way; much more personal and endearing...
Started writing at the end of my JC life. Was inspired to begin a scribble book/journal/diary/notebook/planner by a teacher from Hwa Chong. What he wanted us to do was quite different actually. He wanted us to keep a sort of pictorial journal, complete with little scraps. It could be a receipt, a small picture, a wrapper... You get the general idea. My book was called zu2 ji1, footsteps. Later, I stole his idea and made it my own. I started my own scrapbook, but instead of adding loads of stuff, I made it a multi-purpose book.
Ever since then I've always been drawn to palm sized notebooks cos it's always good to have extras lying around. You never know when you finish one. Think I've worked thru six or seven of them so far.
I write everything in there. When I'm bored on the MRT and I see something interesting, I make a comment; When I get upset about something and I need an outlet to vent my frustration, I rave; Depending on my mood and the time of the day and whether how convenient it is for me, I can write up to three entries a day. This, I probably won't be able to achieve up here. It's simply much less convenient.
I suppose this habit that I've taken to has contributed to my change over the years. Perhaps finding something to 'talk' to has made me feel more at peace with myself.
I will continue to write, if for nothing more than to amuse myself whenever I look back at those tiny little anecdotes, episodes and incidents that I may or may not remember...