Which Direction?

Dear Blog,

This is my 5th blog entry. I'm very happy to have started this blog because you see, since then, I've managed to meet up with 2 old schoolmates online, though not through blogging. One of them is located in the same country (SINGAPORE!) with me, the other is overseas.

Very very happy. That is how I would describe my own feelings upon chatting with them online. They are two people who have been with me through thick & thin during those schooldays. Yeah, I miss those crazy days & I miss all those friends I made, when I didn't have to work, didn't have to dress in officewear (not that I hate it but ...). All I did was to study & try to get good grades.

When I chatted with one of them, I told him about my blog. Blah this, blah that ... blah blah blah ... I then asked him "what do you think of me blogging?" He then told me to do what I want to do, give it my best shot & not to worry about what others think, which would be too much trouble. Besides, he said that we can't always please everyone. Yup, I totally agree.

He then asked me, along this line: so, where is your blog going to head to? Is there some sense of direction for your blog? What was I trying to achieve? I told him "Honestly? I don't know. I just started this blog after getting inspired through reading another schoolmate's blog." What I do know is that I value this schoolmate's opinions. Even during our schooldays, he was spouting lines along the likes of Shakespeare & other great thinkers. Here's to you, friend!

Seriously, that is my true answer. After logging off, I thought about it for a very long time & I still have no answer. I must admit though, I find other bloggers far better than me, in terms of content & layout. When I mentioned this to the other schoolmate based overseas (the 2 guys do not know each other & both guys are from different schools), he said "Take your time, you are still new. Things like good blogs take time." Another thing this overseas mate said that cheered me up "Actually, your blog ain't too bad, you know" ... Whaddaya know, man, IT actually CHEERED me UP!!

It is like being at a buffet, with many good things to eat but you don't know which to start first. You nibble this, you nibble that ... still undecided. Do I want the decision on what to blog & how to blog to be made by other bloggers' entries? Nope. Influenced by them? Yes, of course. Ultimately, the final decision lies with me.

I do know that I have to let nature take its course. It is no use planning too far ahead for certain things, like blogging. It takes time to develop your own individual style, unique to oneself. Thus, for the short-term future at least, this blog site won't be as stylish as others nor exciting but most important thing is: I like it. I'll keep working at my blog, hoping that it will evolve through the passage of time into something truly impressive. In a nutshell, when I come to the river that I have to cross, I'll think about how to get across.

I'm still a baby blogger, don't know what to do next, when to blog & how to blog "right". Guess, Father Time will have one more charge to take care of from now.