100th!

100th post!  Within less than seven month, I've posted 100 entries.  I guess I could have have reached it sooner if I had posted more often when I was back in Singapore.  When I first started, I didn't know I was going to write often.  I didn't even plan on starting a blog.

When I was saying goodbye to people back home, I told them to check out facebook since I thought I was going to do a lot of updating of status and posting of photos there.  But when I got here, I thought that I wouldn't want to flood my friends' walls with too many photos and updates about me.  It seemed very narcissistic.  Pete then suggested starting a blog.

He helped me set it up and then away I went, tap-tapping on my keyboard.  It made sense to write in a blog since I had lots to share.  The blog is meant for me to share and relate my experiences here to people back home.  Since most of my friends and family members have never been to Sweden, I thought I should make my posts as detailed as I could.  Looking at the lengthy posts I made, I guess I might be too detailed. Sorry about that.  I know it's better to write short and concise posts so that I won't bore the readers, but sometimes I feel like I just had to explain in greater detail.  Please bear with me.

At first, I wrote quite often since everything was new and I had lots of new and exciting experiences.  I wouldn't say I had culture shock, but there are quite a number of things that are different here from back home.  I would write about things that I think would interest my family and friends.  I know my sister and some close friends would be reading them so I guess this is my way of sharing my new life with them even when I'm so far away.

After awhile, there weren't as many new things to share.  Also, I didn't really get many comments here and I thought no one was interested in this blog.  That coincided with the fewer posts later on.  Also, I would get writer's block sometimes.  I would sit in front of the laptop and no words would come to me.  Or if I did type something, it didn't feel right.  But then I got some messages from friends telling me that they would check out my blog every day.  My sister would also bug me if I didn't write.

That got me back on track.  I notice that if I were to link my posts through facebook, I would get more views.  But I don't feel like I should post the link there all the time.  I feel that the people who are interested in my life here would already know that I have this blog and they would check it out on their own.  I don't feel like I should shove this blog in their face(book) every time I have a new post.  So I'm going to stick with that.  It's only if I posted some photos on facebook and I blogged about them, that I'll post the link on facebook.

Oh, also I do want to remain more or less anonymous here.  I have posted a few pictures of me and others at the beginning but after that, most of the pictures are of things and not people.  I am also a bit vague about names as well.  It's just to respect the privacy of my family and friends.  Just because I am comfortable sharing about my life with the readers here doesn't mean that they are too.  So I'm not going to use full names in my posts.  The only name I've used is Pete's, I think, and he's fine with it. 

Before I end this post, I would like to thank my loyal readers who would check out my blog - boring and long-winded posts and all.  Thank you for your comments here and on facebook.  I do try to write as often as I could, daily if possible, but contrary to popular belief, my life is not so super exciting that there's stuff to write about every day.  But I'll try to write every two days at least.

You know what?  After reading this post, you are more than welcome to give me suggestions and ideas on what to write about.  If you want to know more about something here, just write in the comments.  I will try my best to write about things that others might find interesting.  You can also ask for recipes here as well.  That might give me some ideas on what too cook.  It's hard to think of different things to cook every day.

So, thank you, once again for reading my posts.  I hope you've learnt more about my life here and that you've enjoyed reading and looking at the photos.