Speechless

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

"Different?"

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

...

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...