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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
I really didn’t want to have to do this so soon but here it is. I’m here to announce the end of http://technicoloresque.blogspot.com. But no, this is not the end of me blogging. Far from it. Yes, I am one of those joining in mass exodus to tumblr. I think every serious blogger will, at some point in their blogging career, want to move to greener pastures. I’m giving up on blogger not because I think it sucks, or it lags, or because of the photo limit or whatever technicalities people usually cite. It’s difficult to leave because I’ve only ever used blogger. And technically, I’ve used the same blog since I started blogging; only the URL has changed since 2007. It’s just that it’s becoming harder and harder to dredge up the inspiration to write long posts. I think the steadily decreasing length of the posts and the sudden influx of tweets can testify to that. I want a blogging platform that allows me to blog as and how I want to, no matter how short the post. I’ve known for a really long time now that I would be leaving blogger behind. I stayed on for ridiculous reasons. Firstly, that I really like this current skin. Secondly, because I like using Windows Live Writer! And thirdly, because the old blog had 278 posts and I am currently 10 posts away from beating that record. This is just the OCD side of me coming out. Somehow having fewer posts in Nov 2008 – Oct 2010 than Jan 2007 – Oct 2008 annoys me. But the gap has become just that much harder to close and I realized it’s not worth bothering anymore. I think the main reason I can’t blog on http://technicoloresque.blogspot.com anymore, though, is because it represents the high school me. And that’s not someone I can relate to, nor someone I want to remember. If you click on the earlier posts from 2009, you’ll find that the whole feel is too different – a lot more cheerful and upbeat, but it also feels a lot more naive. I’ve become a lot more pessimistic and cynical this year. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad change. Maybe that’s why I really don’t want to be associated with the high school me anymore. Calling it running away if you like. I call it moving on. I’m leaving this blog open for anyone who’d like to come and view it – if anyone still does. But from now on I’ll be blogging at http://technicoloresque.tumblr.com. Remember to re-link :)
Perfidy.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
     
The last one strikes me in particular. Right now I heartily wish I had entered college in the July intake like I’d always planned to all along instead of rushing into the January intake. Now a couple of bad decisions have lead to my not being apply to Oxbridge, and a whole pile of other things on my plate – SATs, US apps, UK apps, WHO, A-Levels Production, SASA and the piano advanced cert exam in addition to studies. And yet I have met the most wonderful friends ever in the Jan intake. It is difficult to imagine life being just as enjoyable without having met them, but I wonder if it is as fair a tradeoff for what I’m going through right now. The news is that I am sick – in both sense of the word – and tired. Very tired. The lack of sleep has finally gotten to me. Today was a really, really bad day.
INTRODUCING
Name: Louise
13 April 1992
You can only call me Lulu if you don’t think the name’s funny.
I am a member of the Smiley Conspiracy and a proud ex-CHS-ian, graduating class of 2009. Now doing A-Levels at HELP University College. Is proudly Malaysian, but doesn’t look like it and is proud of that too.
This is the 7th time I am editing this about section of the blog this year; I have sort of accepted that my personality is ever-evolving, ever-changing, therefore rendering my moods as volatile as the weather. But just as there are some things that have stood untouched across the centuries by harsh weather, so there are some things with me that remain ever the same: a belief that to live is to learn, and the ability to bounce back from setbacks.
What I love also remains constant. I love good food, dancing, fresh experiences, open minds and friendly people, all of which can be found in the wonderful wonderful city that is Istanbul. I love musicals, plays, good books, stickers, owls, colourful wrapping paper, hugs and kisses, chocolates, almost any music from the 17th to the 21st century, intense debates and post-it notes.
Fictional characters I have been compared to (in terms of personality) are Piglet from Winnie The Pooh and Kelsi from High School Musical.
I dream of finishing this list [29/8/2010: list is undergoing revamp!], and my secret ambition is to become a hairdresser or bartender. Unfortunately I’m also incredibly kiasu, so I’m going to go to university just to show everyone that I can. But want to go to uni also because I love learning lah!
Words that describe me are impulsive, impetuous, quixotic, sanguine, quirky, bewildered, kiasu and hodgepodge. The last one also refers to my sense of fashion.
*GRINS* :D
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
I really didn’t want to have to do this so soon but here it is. I’m here to announce the end of http://technicoloresque.blogspot.com. But no, this is not the end of me blogging. Far from it. Yes, I am one of those joining in mass exodus to tumblr. I think every serious blogger will, at some point in their blogging career, want to move to greener pastures. I’m giving up on blogger not because I think it sucks, or it lags, or because of the photo limit or whatever technicalities people usually cite. It’s difficult to leave because I’ve only ever used blogger. And technically, I’ve used the same blog since I started blogging; only the URL has changed since 2007. It’s just that it’s becoming harder and harder to dredge up the inspiration to write long posts. I think the steadily decreasing length of the posts and the sudden influx of tweets can testify to that. I want a blogging platform that allows me to blog as and how I want to, no matter how short the post. I’ve known for a really long time now that I would be leaving blogger behind. I stayed on for ridiculous reasons. Firstly, that I really like this current skin. Secondly, because I like using Windows Live Writer! And thirdly, because the old blog had 278 posts and I am currently 10 posts away from beating that record. This is just the OCD side of me coming out. Somehow having fewer posts in Nov 2008 – Oct 2010 than Jan 2007 – Oct 2008 annoys me. But the gap has become just that much harder to close and I realized it’s not worth bothering anymore. I think the main reason I can’t blog on http://technicoloresque.blogspot.com anymore, though, is because it represents the high school me. And that’s not someone I can relate to, nor someone I want to remember. If you click on the earlier posts from 2009, you’ll find that the whole feel is too different – a lot more cheerful and upbeat, but it also feels a lot more naive. I’ve become a lot more pessimistic and cynical this year. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad change. Maybe that’s why I really don’t want to be associated with the high school me anymore. Calling it running away if you like. I call it moving on. I’m leaving this blog open for anyone who’d like to come and view it – if anyone still does. But from now on I’ll be blogging at http://technicoloresque.tumblr.com. Remember to re-link :)
Perfidy.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The last one strikes me in particular. Right now I heartily wish I had entered college in the July intake like I’d always planned to all along instead of rushing into the January intake. Now a couple of bad decisions have lead to my not being apply to Oxbridge, and a whole pile of other things on my plate – SATs, US apps, UK apps, WHO, A-Levels Production, SASA and the piano advanced cert exam in addition to studies. And yet I have met the most wonderful friends ever in the Jan intake. It is difficult to imagine life being just as enjoyable without having met them, but I wonder if it is as fair a tradeoff for what I’m going through right now. The news is that I am sick – in both sense of the word – and tired. Very tired. The lack of sleep has finally gotten to me. Today was a really, really bad day.
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