little bitty girl

What? Already?

I can't believe that it's been two years since this blog was started.

I don't really know how to describe what this blog means to me. It's been through its many changes and moods.

It first started as a way for friends around the world to catch up, then I wanted it to be a venue where I could practise my writing skills. For awhile, I wondered whether I should have a "theme." Should I be a food blog? An admirer of design blog? A pseudo gossipy blog? Then for a very brief moment in time, I had serious blog envy. How come other people have so many readers? Am I just this big blog LOSER?

Then I lost the focus of why I ever wanted to blog in the first place.

The funny thing is once I stopped caring and started writing again for me, that was when I found my own voice once more. Now, I'm always shocked by just how many strangers and acquaintances read this blog. In my mind, I am just writing for a small few who are too far away to see me. But I admit, I am always really flattered when acquaintances come up and tell me how much they enjoyed a particular entry or how it's "so me". I want this blog to be "so me." Hence, the haphazard entries about nothing in particular.

My big shocker this year, is that my mum reads this obsessively and calls me when I haven't posted an entry. Why is this a shocker, you ask? Well, it just seemed that not too long ago we were teaching mama the concept of "double clicking." Now that she's surfing the internet and finding stuff she wants to find? It boggles the mind! You would think that this would make me censor some of my writing a little. But, no. Besides, Mama Kang needs a little jolt of excitement every so often. That's what keeps her looking so young!

I would like to think that I helped inspire some people to blog this year (i.e my brothers). I love that some of my friends and other family have also started to blog. I like getting glimpses of their day to day lives. That are so many new things that I've learnt about them as people.

And for the bloggers that I've never met but feel such a kinship to? I am constantly astounded and humbled by the generosity of spirit and kindness that we, as a community extend to one another. What I love the most? I love that for few moments in time, I get to live vicariously through your lives.

Thank you.