One of the many for 2011

It's been awhile since i write. Indeed, it is unfortunate that writing has become an indulgence for me especially since i actually enjoy writing alot. In my view, writing has always been therapeutic, just like cooking or even doing laundry and household chores were too when i was in Sydney. And i know that when i become lazy with using words to express myself, i probably have lost grip of a part of me in my own trance.

You may agree that writing in a prim and proper manner is probably primitive. Who cares about introduction or conclusion when everyone is just into getting the idea across nowadays. It is clearly more convenient to just "like" if you spot someone with the same sentiment or an interest group that share similar preference. To "twitter" your thought or feeling or even a fact, an incident at the instant it comes by or occurs must have been hailed as the most efficient way of expression. Undeniably, these technology shortcuts have enabled people to express themselves more acutely at a particular moment in time.

However, my view is that we should never stop our thought at fb or twitter. It would be unwitting to allow the convenience of these technology platforms to undermine our ability to develop a moment's thought to something deeper. And i believe that it is through writing in that prim and proper manner that we could have greater clarity of our own thought and be closer to who we really are.

Heresaid, I am writing this not without guilt as you might have noticed that I had succummbed to letting pictures and photograhs do the talking for the past few months. There were even instances where no good pictorial representation could convey what was in my mind and i had to let those thoughts slipped by. It was awful, it really was, especially when i had so much i wanted to say but could not find the time or have to struggle in vain for the right words to do so.

In essence, a thought is only as good as how ingenious words are used by the writer to orchestrate it into an opinion or perspective. It is like a good seed that needs the right soil and the earnest farmer to see it to harvest. It is like a raw diamond that needs the right tool and the skilled craftman to bring out its shine. I thus urge you to visit and revisit your thought through writing and savour the process like how you would for wine. I would too, for this new year continue to write and write more often.

For in the beauty of writing, i hope you can, like me, find yourself via the words you use to weave your thoughts.