Thanks to overacuppa’s well-wishes, I’ve just realised that dimsumdolly.com has just turned 1!
I still remember my initial apprehension of starting a blog. I had never written for an audience and wasn’t very confident about my writing. In any case, I decided to start blogging ‘cos I had seen how much fun Monoceros and VanTan were having with theirs. At that point in time, I was also studying in Sydney, and thus had quite a lot of things to write about…new experiences and all.
Blogging has not only allowed me to keep in touch with old friends, it has also brought me new ones. Because of my blog, I got to know dear friends like Monkey and Chungking. And through them, I also got to know UrbanNomad and Otiose. And I must not forget my blog friends like Victor who never fails to amuse with his comments, and also Seine who’s from Hawaii!
After I started blogging, I also started to surf other blogs. It’s interesting to read other people’s blogs — rather voyeuristic, but interesting nonetheless. It really provides a window into other people’s lives and it’s fun to read their writings. There are so many gifted writers out there, and I’m always in awe of people who write well. I also enjoy surfing photo blogs and food blogs, as these are two of my favourite subjects. Hee.
Writing in my blog has become quite a good creative outlet and an avenue for spewing nonsense and random thoughts. Or musings. Or whatever you want to call it. Blogging also made me acquainted with html when I experimented with fonts, colours, headers, images etc. So I must say it has done some good, apart from making me spend time on the computer typing out my nonsensical thoughts all too often.
Anyway, I’ve been having fun with this blog and hope that readers who have surfed by have had fun too during their visits!
Here’s to turning 1!