I have been trying to start blogging, several times – once in blogger and also in wordpress. It seems to me that the excitement of starting something anew will be gone in a couple of days, or perhaps weeks. That’s what had happened before, and hopefully it won’t happen again this time.
Why do you blog? I mean, if you do have one, you probably know your answer already. If you don’t, uh, well, you could start one if you like. But seriously, why do people blog? Is it the same thing as writing diaries or journal? Well, basically, no, cause you’re writing to the whole world (I just found out that you could set WordPress blog only accessible to your authenticated friends, but that’s another story).
Some people can easily write whatever they had in mind, thoughts, or even private history. You could sometimes fish out a lot of personal information just by reading entries in a blog. It’s great when you can keep your friends and casual onlookers updated on you, but it’s another thing to have stalkers reading your mind — that is, if anyone is interested to stalk you in the first place. I’ve read somewhere if you want to be a good blogger, you have to be really self-absorbed. Is it because bloggers should feel that everything they write is important? Or is it because you have to spend some time exclusively focused on your thoughts and writing it out loud? I wonder why.
Blogs can also be similar to newspaper columns, commenting on something like politics or tecchnology, but seriously, haven’t we got enough of them already?
So if you can’t really shed your inner thoughts and you’re not going to start a sanitized blog, why do you blog? Uh, well, for me, I want to start blogging all over again because I want to remember. These days it’s really hard to keep track of what I’ve been doing for the last, uh, almost 23 years. I can’t seem to remember even what I’d done a week ago. Not that it’s very important for me to know my grocery list for the past couple of years – but it sure would be interesting to keep track of whatever it is I’m gonna be doing. The thought has rankled me for quite a while, although it has never materialize into anything, until sometime ago I talked with Sandy. When he asked me about my recollections about Germany, my mind turned blank. I had nothing to think of. Really. I’m kinda sad because I start this on the last days of my semester in Europe, but I guess I would have to start somewhere, don’t I?
I still am horrified to imagine my inner thoughts laid bare for everyone else to see, so I don’t think I will be writing everything I intended to. And as for these private thoughts, uh, the truth is, I have another blog for that.
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i want to read your stories out there from now. tell me about Germany in your way….
@sandy : hoo…
thanks for coming by
I will tell some stories on my way out of here
gw comment pake bhs jerman ya..
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ja, ich habe so viel gedacht, als ich angefangen hatte, meinen Blog zu schreiben, deswegen schreibe ich nicht etwas persoenlich.
Pake bhs indo aja ah skrg.
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‘want to start blogging all over again because I want to remember. These days it’s really hard to keep track of what I’ve been doing for the last’
Gw agak2 nyesel sekarang, gw mikir, harusnya selama 5 bulan gw di Erfurt, gw bikin kaya blog gtu, cerita pengalaman2 gw selama di sini. Aber alles ist schon vorbei. 4 hari lagi pulang, dan gw ga punya cerita lengkap ttg pengalaman di Erfurt. Gw takut dalam beberapa waktu ke depan, gw bakalan lupa pengalaman dan banyak hal yang gw dapet selama di sini..
gmna dong, xavier??
btw, comment aku yang pertama dihapus aja, ada yg salah grammatik nya.. hahaha.
@Dewi : Ich denke dass wir irgendwo anfangen müssen, trotz verspätet sein.
Lebih baik nulis sekarang daripada ngga sama sekali, betul ngga?
btul!
wah akhirnya mulai ngeblog……
@sandy : setujuh!
@ febrian : halo, hehehe… makasih mau mampir