Talk about being away. Its been a good 11 months and finally it struck me that I do have a blog. So why am I not writing in it? I forgot! So tied up with life and the daily adventures that I forgot I have a blog! Makes sense right? I know. Totally does. Not.
So how did I remember that I'm on blogspot.com? Simple. The spam comments reminded me. They were offering millions of dollars in return for my bank details. And then a queen in Nigeria wanted to come over and live with me. Some were less subtle. They were selling 5 dollar weight-loss tablets. So in a nut-shell I was reminded of my poor blog lying all by itself. It completed 5 years in October I think. No 5 year old anniversary post also. Selfish times. Such is the world. What to do. "No time", "I'm busy" etc have become such cliches. Okay that's not what this rant is about. It's about love, hate, betrayal and murder. No. I'm just cracking lame jokes just to warm my fingers. On the keyboard that is.
Interesting year went by. Whatever year you taking count of that is. Whether its the Gregorian, Hijri, Mayan, Chinese etc. But 11 months went by since my last post. So I'm using the blogspot calendar. Yeah, we're all slaves of the internet. Google specifically. Facebook also. That also has become such a cliche. (Did you notice I used the word 'cliche' twice in this post? No? Pay attention human!)
So as I was saying an interesting year whizzed past. Didn't feel like an year actually. Feels like just yesterday I was doing whatever I was doing this time last year and boom! So many months have passed. So many new cities, change in fortunes, events, people etc. And in between all this, I completed 25 years. I'm silver now.
By the way, a thought just struck me. I write once in a while (look at my definition of a while: 11 straight months) so why am I actually writing again? Because I want to 'revive' myself. Yes. You read that right. I did say 'revive'. I want to 'revive' this blog. Writing sets one free. No inhibitions, constraints or fears. Expressing always does that. It sets you free. Try it out. My motivation is not the reader. My motivation is setting myself free. Okay that was a barrage of 'free' now.
I'm rusty with the keyboard for some reason. I'm more used to my BlackBerry now. I use that more often than any other device. I'm hooked on to being connected. Family, friends, business, browsing etc all on a smartphone. Welcome to the new age. Where the smaller is better. Small is the new in thing. Okay this is a random tirade to fill up paragraphs. But the point is I shall now kick myself to write. It's probably what I do best (I can feel so many of you rolling your eyes already!). But hey, I noticed that my blog has 10 followers. Now that's inspiring. But then my blog is integrated with Facebook (it was complicated but I did it. So what if it was only through a click of a button. At least I did it.) so many eyeballs will be reading it. I need you to egg me on (egg me on, alright. Not throw egg on me).
I shall write more often (yeah right) and hopefully get in to a rhythm. Writing is wonderful. We should have more blogs than Facebook accounts these days. A blog is mightier than Facebook. Blog is blah blah blah. Bottom-line is, (I like these conclusion 'bottom-lines', they make it sound like this is it, nothing else matters) I'm back. Spread the word.
Cheers!
Interesting year went by. Whatever year you taking count of that is. Whether its the Gregorian, Hijri, Mayan, Chinese etc. But 11 months went by since my last post. So I'm using the blogspot calendar. Yeah, we're all slaves of the internet. Google specifically. Facebook also. That also has become such a cliche. (Did you notice I used the word 'cliche' twice in this post? No? Pay attention human!)
So as I was saying an interesting year whizzed past. Didn't feel like an year actually. Feels like just yesterday I was doing whatever I was doing this time last year and boom! So many months have passed. So many new cities, change in fortunes, events, people etc. And in between all this, I completed 25 years. I'm silver now.
By the way, a thought just struck me. I write once in a while (look at my definition of a while: 11 straight months) so why am I actually writing again? Because I want to 'revive' myself. Yes. You read that right. I did say 'revive'. I want to 'revive' this blog. Writing sets one free. No inhibitions, constraints or fears. Expressing always does that. It sets you free. Try it out. My motivation is not the reader. My motivation is setting myself free. Okay that was a barrage of 'free' now.
I'm rusty with the keyboard for some reason. I'm more used to my BlackBerry now. I use that more often than any other device. I'm hooked on to being connected. Family, friends, business, browsing etc all on a smartphone. Welcome to the new age. Where the smaller is better. Small is the new in thing. Okay this is a random tirade to fill up paragraphs. But the point is I shall now kick myself to write. It's probably what I do best (I can feel so many of you rolling your eyes already!). But hey, I noticed that my blog has 10 followers. Now that's inspiring. But then my blog is integrated with Facebook (it was complicated but I did it. So what if it was only through a click of a button. At least I did it.) so many eyeballs will be reading it. I need you to egg me on (egg me on, alright. Not throw egg on me).
I shall write more often (yeah right) and hopefully get in to a rhythm. Writing is wonderful. We should have more blogs than Facebook accounts these days. A blog is mightier than Facebook. Blog is blah blah blah. Bottom-line is, (I like these conclusion 'bottom-lines', they make it sound like this is it, nothing else matters) I'm back. Spread the word.
Cheers!
