so, the blogging begins...

so so so, the blogging begins... Since coming to Melbourne, many friends have asked me to start a blog for the purposes of keeping in touch. I love reading my friend's blog - Adeline's, Sarah's and Ailing's - to me, reading their blog gives me an idea of what they are up to and gives me a sense of closeness even though we are far away from one another- a way to keep our friendship going :). But I have been hesitating to start a blog myself because I am and was never good in writing and/or words since school, only got good grade in SPM English but poor grade in English 1119 and maklum la (i 'love' this!), English is my "second" language. Until recently, I felt that I need to keep myself busy with something during my maternity leave (other than taking care of my newborn son, Andrew - yes, I am busy enough learning how to take care of him, but that's different!). I started learning how to bake and did some reading too - but how much can I bake, I enjoyed baking but just once in a while and those who know me well enough, I'm NOT really into big time baking! Sekali, sekala bake, ok la! Reading - well, well...I never like reading. For me, reading needs to serve a purpose - i think I can only read for exam or for work, I don't think I enjoy reading just to past time. I started to read baby books, magazines but I don't think I am 100% interested with those books or magazines. Even worst, an audit partner suggested to read Accounting Standards (it is a thick fat book - 2 volumes) during my mat leave - super kiasu! Also, since, delivering Andrew, I found that my reading concentration reduces, I get very tired after reading one/two page(s). So, I was thinking, why not start a blog - a way to share my experiences and my thoughts. Before this, I have been updating some of my girlfriends about my pregnancy progress through emails, and I am sure they are now waiting for me to update them with stories about parenthood (I am one of the few among my close girlfriends who has a baby) So I was thinking, instead of writing email, might as well I start a blog! With a blog, I can write on something else as well.

I thought of the title of my blog yesterday morning - "my tales, my stories" - sounds simple to me. I hope to share my tales and my stories to all readers of my blog. The quote in my blog was from Melbourne MX newspaper - star sign section. I read on this few months back on the train back from work. I was particular stressed out on something in the future that time. After reading that, my mind calmed down a little and I told myself I just need to re-prioritise my to-do list and concentrate of doing one thing at a time. This quote was very true/relevant to me at that situation. I know sometimes motivational quotes, words or books can be untrue-some may say that it is unrealistic. There are times when we just need to act on something regardless on how we feel physically, emotionally or spiritually. Well, this is what we call challenges in life, without these challenges, life will be so not interesting... - motivational quotes, words or books are just a guide or reminder for us to take a step back and "re-strategise" our plan with more rational/logical mind. Do you agree with me?

the next entry, I hope to write about parenthood - stay tuned, cheers!