Hello, World!
Hi guys! A very warm welcome to my new blog, skyesoon.com! WOOHOOO! *Confetti*
If you don't know who I am, no worries. Check out my Intro page here!
So, why am I here? I just celebrated the sixth birthday of my Tumblr (speciallyi.tumblr.com), and at the age of 22, I decided that perhaps it was time to grow up a little and have a more coherent blog.
Here are some milestones of my blogging journey!
In primary school, when Yahoo was quite the in thing, I built my own site with Geocities. It had a cool cursor and a guestbook for friends to sign and all. I think it was called 'Bubble Pop' or something like that. Hahaha.
In secondary school, I moved to Blogger and blogged daily about my life. Tons of teenage angst, happenings in school, some existential questions and of course, a tagboard and links to my friends' blogs. This was where I learnt about image hosting, blogskins and how to work with simple html.
Halfway through secondary school I was introduced to Tumblr by one of favourite YouTube artists Gabe Bondoc, and started running a couple of Tumblr blogs. I shut down my Blogger hosted blogs (including some photo ones) and started reblogging a lot. I was a complete Tumblr addict. I loved that it was so easy to share awesome things, while not talking so much about yourself (of course, I still did.) Tumblr was so magical to me. So every day after school, you could find me on Tumblr. It was a blessing? that most of my friends did not use it then too. Perfect place to chill out.
I was so surgically attached to it. Meanwhile I also ran a few Tumblrs like cakelove.tumblr.com and bentoboxlove.tumblr.com where I gathered and created content. These are still occasionally active, and I post sporadically. Later I started a small music Tumblr too, called singingjay.tumblr.com (yeah, like mockingjay. Hunger Games related eh). This was where I shared YouTube covers I liked!
Now, I think I'm done with all the emo, short spurts of blogging and ready to move on!
So here I am.
What is SkyeSoon.com gonna be about? Well, I intend to continue the honesty and tone like my Tumblr, and I will be blogging about observations and other adventures in life. Time to put my sociology skills into use huh...
So... am I a legit Blogger now?
Well, I see myself more of a 'writer'. The term 'blogger' nowadays can mean many things. In Singapore, the classic Blogger does ad placements, receives sponsorships, reviews and all that. And they're usually quite high profile haha. I mean not every blogger does that, but it's the general sense I get when we talk about 'bloggers'. Anybody can call themselves a blogger, or a writer really. It's fine. You can be anything you like. *shrugs*
At first I was quite ehhh about creating a legit 'Blog' with a domain name. I told myself I wasn't pretty enough or disciplined enough to be a Blogger than constantly reviewed products etc. But then today I had a talk with Siew Eng and we had lots of ideas! I am currently at a point of my life where I could still experiment and explore how I want to lead my life, and this is a project I am passionate about as well.
I have been blogging so much in my life, why shouldn't I continue to do it? The difference between this blog and the Tumblr one would be:
1. I create more original content, instead of reblogging and sharing things I've found. This forces me to exercise my brain more too.
2. I am (hopefully) less self-centred and write better here.
3. I can reach more people and start a community because I'm finally taking the focus off of me! More useful insights, less emo ranting. Sounds good?
Alright, I'll stop here now, but I'll post really soon!
If you don't know who I am, no worries. Check out my Intro page here!
So, why am I here? I just celebrated the sixth birthday of my Tumblr (speciallyi.tumblr.com), and at the age of 22, I decided that perhaps it was time to grow up a little and have a more coherent blog.
Here are some milestones of my blogging journey!
In primary school, when Yahoo was quite the in thing, I built my own site with Geocities. It had a cool cursor and a guestbook for friends to sign and all. I think it was called 'Bubble Pop' or something like that. Hahaha.
In secondary school, I moved to Blogger and blogged daily about my life. Tons of teenage angst, happenings in school, some existential questions and of course, a tagboard and links to my friends' blogs. This was where I learnt about image hosting, blogskins and how to work with simple html.
Halfway through secondary school I was introduced to Tumblr by one of favourite YouTube artists Gabe Bondoc, and started running a couple of Tumblr blogs. I shut down my Blogger hosted blogs (including some photo ones) and started reblogging a lot. I was a complete Tumblr addict. I loved that it was so easy to share awesome things, while not talking so much about yourself (of course, I still did.) Tumblr was so magical to me. So every day after school, you could find me on Tumblr. It was a blessing? that most of my friends did not use it then too. Perfect place to chill out.
I was so surgically attached to it. Meanwhile I also ran a few Tumblrs like cakelove.tumblr.com and bentoboxlove.tumblr.com where I gathered and created content. These are still occasionally active, and I post sporadically. Later I started a small music Tumblr too, called singingjay.tumblr.com (yeah, like mockingjay. Hunger Games related eh). This was where I shared YouTube covers I liked!
Now, I think I'm done with all the emo, short spurts of blogging and ready to move on!
So here I am.
What is SkyeSoon.com gonna be about? Well, I intend to continue the honesty and tone like my Tumblr, and I will be blogging about observations and other adventures in life. Time to put my sociology skills into use huh...
So... am I a legit Blogger now?
Well, I see myself more of a 'writer'. The term 'blogger' nowadays can mean many things. In Singapore, the classic Blogger does ad placements, receives sponsorships, reviews and all that. And they're usually quite high profile haha. I mean not every blogger does that, but it's the general sense I get when we talk about 'bloggers'. Anybody can call themselves a blogger, or a writer really. It's fine. You can be anything you like. *shrugs*
At first I was quite ehhh about creating a legit 'Blog' with a domain name. I told myself I wasn't pretty enough or disciplined enough to be a Blogger than constantly reviewed products etc. But then today I had a talk with Siew Eng and we had lots of ideas! I am currently at a point of my life where I could still experiment and explore how I want to lead my life, and this is a project I am passionate about as well.
I have been blogging so much in my life, why shouldn't I continue to do it? The difference between this blog and the Tumblr one would be:
1. I create more original content, instead of reblogging and sharing things I've found. This forces me to exercise my brain more too.
2. I am (hopefully) less self-centred and write better here.
3. I can reach more people and start a community because I'm finally taking the focus off of me! More useful insights, less emo ranting. Sounds good?
Alright, I'll stop here now, but I'll post really soon!
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