Sometimes I am not sure if I am an introvert or an extrovert. A colleague once commented on me that if I were quiet, I could radiate a scary solemn deafening silence around me. But if I get crazy, I could really be quite mad. I can't say that she was wrong. I am still quite confused which category I belong to, honestly.
The blogosphere is a strange place where I can give my views and not really fear how people judge me. Surprisingly people has always been kind in their comments in my humble blog.
This virtual universe can fill one with wonder as one hops from blog to blog. I remember the earliest commentors in my shallow blog was
Surjit of Gurushabad and
Janice of This is a Miracle. I remember how delighted and surprised I was to see people actually leaving comments in my posts of idle wanderings.
It's hard to believe that one can actually find refuge in this virtual world! But I remember vividly once I was rather upset and affected by some matters at work. I went over to Genie Princess'
Wishing on a Falling Star and left a shout in her shout box. To my surprise, fellow bloggers like
Jean, the
Nafa Team and our
very charming Bobby came to my site and chatted with me for quite some time. Of course Marzie came over immediately after seeing my SOS message.
As I got quite addicted to blogging and blog-hopping, I came to know many great and kind souls with very interesting everyday life stories to read. I got inspired to fulfill my marathon dream as I read Blur Ting's
The Day Flew by so Fast it was a Blur. I enjoy the honesty in the good blogs of
Soul Survivor &
Mother Hen. I regret not meeting our Lady Valentina,
Trinity who has really become quite a pro in blogging, when she came to Singapore some time ago. Maybe I did not try to work a schedule to meet her. Or I was just being my usual shy and a little anti-social self.
There are also a few fellow Singaporean bloggers like
Bobo,
Jen and
Jojo. Their blogs are fun to read. With great recommendations on where to eat and know what's happening in this small sunshine island of Singapore.
There's also a very interesting
Coffee Family in this land of the rising sun, Japan. To this day, I still don't understand why she calls herself Jyankee, but her little Coffee is really one sweet endearing little girl.
If you want me to nominate kind souls in the blogosphere that you wish to get to know, I would recommend
Amel and
Jacqueline. Their kind words always serve as encouragement to me and they have great life stories that is good to read and learn from. Another very kind and creative blogger that I was so fortunate to be acquainted to was our very talented Emila. Check out her
Illustrated Blog for many of her creative works. By the way, my blog header was very graciously done by her for me free of charge!!
There are two great blogs that I frequent regularly whose owners seem to be MIA. Sam of
Acquired Wisdom and Live with Passion is one great blog filled with light. Sam has been "missing" for more than two months. I am really looking forward to his new post. Next is Mr Fong of
Eat Your Maths. I never knew that mathematics could be eaten?! But this maths guru strived to show us how. Winston has also been missing for about two months.
The above are places I find refuge in this sometimes senseless and chaotic and others peaceful and meaningful world. Life is like a mirror, all images we see in this mirror serve to point to us who we really are if we know how to make use of them.
As I walk through life at times clapping my hands with laughter and joy and others with my head hanging down in near depression, I give thanks to these great Virtual Refuges that alway give me light and show me the way in their very own unique ways.
My blog buddies, I might be getting a little tardy in updating my blog and getting less frequent in visiting your good blogs. But rest assured your great sites stand permanent on the button called Favourites in my web browser.