Fingers and keyboard

Basically, this post is related to my last post, that is, about writing. However, this post will be focusing more on blogging.

Blog about blogging. Yeah, I find it strange. In fact, I had written a number of times before about my blogging. I hope this will be the last time I am repeating this.

After 2 years of blogging, I am still struggling to update this blog more often. It's actually out of laziness rather than having nothing to write about. I should have made use of the amazing save draft function on blogger. I have so many topics and ideas to write about. Now thinking if I should go and clear this backlog of topics, and in what order I should write about them.

Some people commented that they don't see a reason behind blog writing. Yeah, why would people write personal stuffs online for the whole world to read? For me, I think that it's a channel to express myself when I can't in this people-are-ever-busying world. It's also a way to solicit views and responses that I might not come around in real life.

I don't know how many of my friends regularly check out what I'd written here. I really want to know who has read what I had written.

Some of the reasons people don't read my blog (this are just my speculations):

• Lack of updates. People are tired of waiting for my updates.
• Not interesting. Boring topics that only Joshua enjoys writing about.
• Long and long-windedness. Some people find it tiresome to read my blog.
• English. Yep, some people may find it apprehensive to read my blog since I write mainly in English. I enjoy writing in English, and I have the confidence to express myself in English.

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So... for those who have anything to say after reading my posts, please don't hesistate to leave a comment, OK? C'mon, shoot whatever you want... Just a few minutes of your time...

Speechless

"Hey, I saw your blog! Really different."

"Different?"

"You don't talk much, but you can articulate in your blog."

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It is true that I communicate better by writing. I think it's because I need thinking time. When people ask me about my opinion on something, I really take time to think, how to say this, how to phrase it in a way that it is acceptable... usually, the meeting would have long been over by the time I got something in my mind... Writing, on the other hand, doesn't need "instantaneous" response, so I can take my own sweet time, especially when writing on my own blog. I can spend hours and hours working on a blog post.

But someone beg to differ that I "don't talk much". I think it is when discussing topics that require less thinking, i.e. lame jokes by professors, the funny Japanese class sensei...

On a side note: this year, I took up a writing position for the Student's Union newsletter. Obviously, it's for HAS points (no 5 points = no room). I'm no big fan of SU and the Tribune. People aren't surprised that I am writing for the Tribune: "You really look like the writing type of person."

Now thinking back, if the interview was based on the speaking part only, I would have failed miserably. I wasn't there for the news writer position. I was vying for some copy editing job. But then, when they asked me if I am interested in writing news, I answered yes, even when I was not really into it.

I spent my whole day thinking and refining this post. If only I could think faster...