Wow..it’s been like almost 2 weeks that i didn’t post anything. Felt like ages to me. Work has been tremendous..kay la..i might have exaggerated over there but nevertheless, my workload has been ‘never-ending’ for the past 2 weeks. Only today that i managed to take a breather.. Whew!~
I was over at Zewt‘s blog the other and stole some time to read up on his 6 month post of his journey in the blogosphere. When i first used the Internet, it was the hottest and hippest thing around the country. MIRC was the way to go..and so did ICQ. I would stay up till the wee hours of the morning to chat with people near and far. Canada, USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia… u name it. I’ve met people with whom I’ve stayed friends with..even until today but of course there were also crazy & rude people as well.
Then there came a period where there were cases of girls being tricked and duped by men over the Internet and if i’m not mistaken, articles all over the news asking girls and any online users to be careful when chatting with strangers online. By that time i was way over MIRC and ICQ. It was the start of MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and what not. Late night chats was over for me too. I rather sleep and meet the guy of my dreams in slumberland. Hahah.. I guess i was slowly growing up.
I started blogging in 2004. I was 21 that year. No one really knew i blogged. Probably a friend or two. I didn’t bother telling anyone either because blogging was not popular yet. 3 years down the road and I’ve had strangers coming to my blog, leaving me comments which I’ll always be grateful of and becoming friends! Now, this is something new..at least for people around me. Who would’ve thought that we can meet and make new friends in the blogosphere?? This are people that you’ve never met…whom you don’t even chat with, let alone have their contact numbers. Woww…! The new age MIRC and ICQ. ^_^
But, what amazes me is that…every blogger that I’ve come to know have been one of the nicest people around. Take the sexy Lyrical Lemongrass and ever bubbly Msiagirl for instance, i first met them during BC3 and forgive my ignorance, i didn’t even recognize them(thank God i go through Kenny‘s blog, if not malu all the way). After some short introductions, they kindly and happily allow me to tag along with them while waiting to go to “Readings” later in the day. Their kindness has touched my heart. Weirdly it didn’t occur to their mind that i might be some psycho girl that will stalk them later on..LOLzz..*I’m very normal btw. ;o)*
Kenny is another fellow blogger who has fast become a friend whom i know will be there if the need arises. *so far i didn’t kacau you too much, i hope. Heheh..* I still remembered the 1st time we met, it was at Lydia‘s Honk! Booktalk at Midvalley… being the ever charming gentleman that he is..he walked with me to the entrance where my friend was waiting for me after our chit-chatting session with Lydia and Eric. A small gesture, i agree but not many people are willing to do that. While we have not been seeing each other in a while now, I’m glad to have you as a friend. Thanks, dear…;o)
A sweet lady which have sent me a “Is everything alright? You haven’t been blogging in 2 weeks!” a couple of days ago is non other than, Chet. The sms came as a surprise as i didn’t think anyone would realized i haven’t been blogging for some time. Thanks for caring..you are a friend that I’ll always cherish. ^_^
Other bloggers like Argus(thanks for taking the trouble to send me the lovely postcard again!), Xeus(miss you! dah balik ke M’sia ke belum?), Lydia(hope to see u this month end), Zewt(Happy 6 mth anniversary again!), Eric(see you this month at BC ya!), QH(miss ur updates..^_^), TH(thanks for being a darl and dropping by my couz’s blog), last but not least, Kenny Sia for taking the trouble to send me a postcard all the way from Egypt. That really caught me by surprised as i didn’t expect you to read the mail i sent to you. You are a celebrity in the other side of the blogosphere and to take notice of my mail really mean a lot. You might never drop by my blog, but thanks a lot again.
My cousin, Ben, who’s always there for me to give advice and to knock some senses into me.. and whom i’ve managed to coax into creating an account in Blogger..have fun blogging ya! I certainly have fun reading them. You take care in Laos! =D
My main reason for writing this post is to give thanks to all the wonderful people which i’ve met through blogging and have become friends. Also a note to people who’re still sceptical about the virtual world. It is NOT that dangerous afterall…you just need to know where to go. The people that i’ve mentioned above explains it all.
Much love from me, *hugs*
~SpIffY~
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