Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Blog?

Why do I write?
Ever tried sitting all by yourself and thinking over a cup of coffee?
Ever tried looking at yourself and smiling at the mirror?
Ever tried giving your thoughts the veil or words?
Ever tried unveiling the potential writer in you?
If yes...Then you already know why u need to keep blogging and if NO...try doing it once!
Blogging is in a way writing a diary on the net, sharing your experiences, your happiness, and your thoughts with others.
The first time I starting writing I was in Standard 2. And the first thing I wrote was a POEM. Yes in class 2 I wrote a poem...and It goes as
"Hindi mein milte hain Bindi,
Punjabi mein milte hain Sindhi!"
Now after years one of my friend reminded me that I wrote this poem and I laughed! However it would have been the urge of sharing this thought, the desire to see my imagination in the form of words that would have lead to my writing that short piece of Poem...maybe for me, at that age a poem meant rhyming words.
Now I cant stop laughing at my creativity!
I have always been a loner. Right from when I remember my favorite place in the house was my balcony. On the 9th floor of our flat I would sit down as a child trying to peep down and figure out why all the tall uncles and aunties appeared small! I would try measuring them with my index finger and thumb and then rush to my mom saying "Mom, Pummy Aunty has become small" Busy with her work my mom would look at me and ask me to go to play.
I never played like the children of my age did, instead I made Pen my best friend…I started penning down my thoughts, the questions that popped in my tiny mind!
Gradually writing became a hobby and eventually a habit.
The flip side is that today when I feel like sharing my thoughts with family & friends, I CANNOT! My dependence on the pen has shifted to the keys of the keyboard , which is increasing day by day BUT I am not worried… I find it easier and more appropriate to pen down my thoughts in a word document and sometimes delete it if the secrets mentioned in it are fishy ;).
My friends would laugh if I tell them that I am a loner, they think I am one of the most jovial person they have ever come across, someone who can talk at length without stopping. However, what I share with them and what I hide are different things. Yes, I am not a loner anymore but I have a part of me which is yet to make a friend…a human friend with whom I would be able to share what I share with the word document!