Se7en.
That's the number of years this blog has existed! I am as surprised as you, at how long this has lasted. It has definitely outlived many of my friends' blogs, and yea, I'm proud of it. Yea, even when nobody drops by anymore.
As part of an annual ritual, I went to read my first-ever entry. 3 sentences down, I began to cringe and closed it. Hello, I invite anyone here to take a look. Ok, I change my mind. It never fails to show me how much I've matured in the past 7 years. At the very least, I will never go back to blogging in lousy English and in a tone as childish as that.
I started this activity at a time when blogging seems to be a 'girls' thing. Or rather, more girls were blogging than boys. That was the Friendster era. (Does Friendster still exist now?) And then all of a sudden Facebook entered the social networking world. And by the time Twitter came on strong, blogging was slowly losing its charm.
BUT TWITTER CAN NEVER REPLACE BLOGGING. I say that even when I'm a slave to Twitter right now. Nothing can be adequately conveyed in 140 characters, and it does not seem very practical to pour out memorable happenings in a micro-blogsite which deletes your tweets after 1 week. Blogging, on the other hand, has allowed me (and you) full access to all I've written over the past 7 years. But Twitter still has its appeal on me, and I'm liking it a little more than Facebook now.
I just want to say, this site is still pretty much ALIVE.
Probably it may even celebrate its Eighth. Who knows?
人生是黑白的.
12:00 AM <3
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Part of the entry on 18th May 2012-- Bavarian Alps, Germany:
果然，在山上拍出的照片，我自认张张达到明信片水准！拍了几张满意的照片后，便把相机收起来，赶紧在有限的时间里，沉醉在雪山美景之中。不多拍几张，是因为我不想自己对于眼前绝景的记忆，是隔着一层镜头的。我认为，拍拍几张纪念照后，以自己的双眼把点滴记录在脑海里，才是自己的旅游方式。谢绝拍个人照的邀请，是因为我认为自己不该是焦点。
居高临下的感觉，每回都让我觉得自己的渺小。四周的雪山围绕，庞大的面积让山脚的小镇显得像蚂蚁。要是周围游客的声量变小，呆在顶端是能让人的心情平和。雪山唯一的动静，就只有偶尔在太阳下溶化的冰块，坠落在较低处。很高兴有幸能来到这个德国最高处。下一回来到阿尔卑斯，就得去整个山脉的最高峰了。
人生是黑白的.
7:07 PM <3
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My photobook-cum-diary is still in its early stages. But here's just part of one day's entry, to give anyone who drops by here, a chance to fill your imaginations about what exactly did I see..
"又是个蓝天白云的下午。望着窗外的风景，闻着香浓的咖啡，这是乘坐长途巴士的享受。幅员辽阔的奥地利郊外，一眼望去，远远的屋子在太阳的照射下，很是漂亮。看着农田间无人的小路，坐在巴士内的我，正在幻想能在大自然里奔跑。咖啡的正面作用，加上窗外的景色，让我心旷神怡，一点也不孤独。其实，一个旅途，除了终点以外，沿途的过程有时也是令我期待的。" 11 May 2012.
人生是黑白的.
4:21 PM <3
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