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Monday, September 19, 2005

once upon a time

Okla, so I am gonna talk like I am a damn old man la. You know rite...in my days, when we first started blogging, there weren't so many blogs around. I mean, the fad was growing la, but rite, the number of bloggers were about as much as the number of Eskimos around - not many.

Generally hor, when this blogging thing wasn't that big a fad, the only people who did it were people who wanted to. These days, we have all sorts of characters around the 'sphere.

Back then, we blogged because we loved writting and wanted to rant.

Back then, nobody who started blogging because they wanted to be famous.

Back then, if you told people you wanted to be a famous blogger, they will tell you that you would be better off being a famous vegetable seller.

Back then, there were no such things as famous bloggers, only famous blogs.....good blogs.

Back then, nobody wanted to be a JeffOoi (we wanted to be ourselves, as crappy as we were).

Back then, nobody blogged for an audience.

Back then, nobody started blogs to make friends.

Back then, nobody started blogs to make money.

Back then, nobody went around whoring their blogs.

Back then, everybody knew what to say and how to say it.

Back then, nobody knew what a blogwar was.

Back then, nobody started blogs just because all their friends were doing it.

All because back then, everybody who blogged did so from the heart.

Times change.

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Permalink - posted by vincent : 9:37 AM
Ramblings:
piang eh, that times change line really hit it.

cool.
# posted by Blogger minishorts : September 19, 2005 11:53 AM
 


back then computer not so advanced like now. true, time changes. sad eh ?
# posted by Blogger fooDcrazEE : September 19, 2005 11:58 AM
 


I wish that the trend will decline so that less people interest in blog anymore .
# posted by Blogger Yung Jie : September 19, 2005 2:48 PM
 


Back then, nobody blog to get free drinks.

Wait, now also don't get free drinks. Sigh
# posted by Blogger Vlad : September 19, 2005 4:04 PM
 


vlad: one day ppl will blog to get free drinks. :P
# posted by Blogger minishorts : September 19, 2005 4:59 PM
 


Err... at least people get to practice writing in english so they can score better in SPM??

A lot of people still say its better to be famous vegetable seller..Actually..I also agree.

But its nice to know that people are reading and you're not sitting and writing to yourself.

Aiyah..actually its very hard not to write for an audience. Personally I started my blog because no one was listening to me complain so I blog so at least maybe 2 people will listen to me whine. So still counted as writing for an audience right? Even if you're writing for 2 people.

Most ppl still blog from the heart...Just kinda boh liao things they have in the heart..

But yah. A lot of ppl also start blogs just coz everyone else is doing it.
# posted by Anonymous tilia : September 19, 2005 5:28 PM
 


was just telling kamigoroshi that it's a good thing for blogging to be a fad cuz then at least people will...bother. but yeah, if blogs these days are there to just make money, get as many hits/comments as possible or because "my best fwen in the whole wide world has a blog" and no one's really interested in saying anything worthwhile anymore...then...quite sad la. =(
# posted by Blogger lishun : September 19, 2005 5:40 PM
 


tilia : That's not what I meant by 'writting for an audience'. You can look around and I think it is obvious who the attention seekers are.

lishun : Its ok to make money out of it, or get 'famous' because of the blog. However, that shouldn't be the reason people start blogging.
# posted by Blogger vincent : September 19, 2005 6:35 PM
 


I blog to score chicks. My score is still ZERO.

DAmn. gotta change strategy.
# posted by Blogger eyeris : September 19, 2005 6:43 PM
 


eyeris - read your comment then laughed my ass off.
vincent - errr...next time i pay more attention.
# posted by Anonymous tilia : September 19, 2005 9:19 PM
 


Actually, back then we were also blogwhoring. But it was more in fun rather than a life-or-death matter.
# posted by Anonymous viewtru : September 19, 2005 10:39 PM
 


eyeris : You're not the only one blogging to score. Loads of them buaya out there.

viewtru : Well, not many people pinged PPS (I didnt) and not many people went around leaving random comments on other ppl's blog just for the sake of it.
# posted by Blogger vincent : September 20, 2005 1:08 AM
 


eyeris, maybe you would have more luck trying matchmaker.com or msn personals as quoted by vincent, Ha..ha..
# posted by Anonymous rambo-girl : September 20, 2005 1:52 AM
 


i blog to blog. how cool is that.
# posted by Blogger minishorts : September 20, 2005 8:17 AM
 


I started blogging cause I was lost in Perth and it was a pain email-ing friends about updates of my life. Now that I'm back..it's become an anything-goes blog that's oh, 90% pure crap. Hehe.
# posted by Blogger Raksha : September 20, 2005 10:18 AM
 


vince i suggest you reply the comments one by one to make us all happy. :P
# posted by Blogger minishorts : September 20, 2005 11:04 AM
 


minishorts : YOU SPAMMER!
# posted by Blogger vincent : September 20, 2005 11:09 AM
 


blogwhoring can be fun.
we used to do it but it only got a 'name' recently.
it wasn't even called a 'blog' back then.
-suanie
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : September 20, 2005 11:21 AM
 


what was it called back then??
# posted by Anonymous mayyinn : September 20, 2005 11:32 AM
 


it was called a website.
# posted by Anonymous Fuckstress : September 20, 2005 11:36 AM
 


those were the days of geocities and angelfire (not related to fireangel)
# posted by Blogger vincent : September 20, 2005 11:41 AM
 


you blog because you have something to say, and you don't mind sharing it.

i had a friend who had an online diary before the term blog was introduced. i read it every day, was kinda addicted.
# posted by Blogger totoro : September 20, 2005 11:52 AM
 


and not forgetting that one is trying to make a career out of it.
# posted by Anonymous shanks : September 20, 2005 2:24 PM
 


So as a human, I'm older

But as a blogger, I'm still young :D Yeay third childhood!
# posted by Blogger lainieyeoh : September 20, 2005 3:02 PM
 


hmmm... when people speak of the past and I actually know what they're talking about, I feel old. Back in the days when I was younger and still a student, I had a blog and a couple of hours a day to spare in order to update it. I had a grand time .. and I would rant everyday about my rather strong opinions that I never dared to say out loud.... I was quite the "mulut laser" ...


ah ... to be a student again!
# posted by Blogger ag : September 20, 2005 9:02 PM
 


Speaking of fireangel.. what happened to her?

Her blog was the second blog I started reading (more like worshipping), so when she just closed it, I was shocked.

And it's not as if I can just randomly ask people, but now that you've mentioned her...
# posted by Anonymous Alynna : September 20, 2005 11:14 PM
 


okay seriously i duno why the fuck i blog :X
# posted by Anonymous water_junk : September 21, 2005 12:39 AM
 


alynna: Fireangel dropped out of the blogging scene to join the Peace Corps. But never mind. If you check out Minishorts site, in her posting on 15th Sept, she mentioned four female ranters who are quite similar to FireAngels kind of writing. Why don't you check them out?
# posted by Anonymous viewtru : September 21, 2005 11:28 PM
 


Thanks, viewtru. :)
# posted by Anonymous Alynna : September 24, 2005 6:40 PM
 


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