One: Studies
As I am a Singaporean student who is currently in an Art stream, many of my subjects will require me to be well read and have extensive knowledge on the variety of examples that I can use to support my points that are write in my essays. Therefore, I will already have read quite a bit of content that is helpful to me learning online.
Where I go to read up on anything online
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| I read a lot of things online to supplement what I am already given at school or what has been taught during classes. |
Some people, upon looking at the words "online reading", will immediately associate it with ebooks. However, I personally think that physical books are more pleasurable to read and are more easily accessible to me. This is because the last time I tried reading ebooks on my phone, I have to worry about the battery level while I am outside of home as well as any potential distractions that can come out in terms of the notifications. To clarify, I have a portable charger at my disposal, but taking it out and fumbling with the USB wires are too cumbersome for me.
The sources of online articles I get myself to read generally comes from two sources: Instagram and Gmail.
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Gmail In order to make my inbox less boring and for me to learn more new things, I have subscribed to many news and media websites to receive their updates on a regular basis. There are all sorts of things there, from current affairs to personal stories, there will always be something that will be to my liking. I am in the midst of coming up with a system to ensure that I check my emails regularly and read whatever I want there. |
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Instagram It can sound surprising but I actually use social media content to help me in my studies. Their design enables prominent news media to supply bite-sized and easily digestible information. For Instagram, its Stories function have also been quite attractive to have a quick glance at summaries or special reports made by news media and I can swipe up to read more if I am interested in the content. Instagram is very accessible as it is a mobile application, so it is easy for me to learn something new while browsing through its feeds. |
Future source: other blogs
Around the blogosphere, people are producing great content with a lot of things that I can learn from. It is thanks to these more successful examples of blogging, such as the blog of Bill Gates (called Gatesnotes), that inspired me to continue writing on this blog.
Around the blogosphere, people are producing great content with a lot of things that I can learn from. It is thanks to these more successful examples of blogging, such as the blog of Bill Gates (called Gatesnotes), that inspired me to continue writing on this blog.
Blogging + Reading = ?
So, where does this blog come in? Well, for articles that I am really interested in finding out more, I can include them as a blog post. Such a blog post will be a good excuse for me to engage in further research and readings on this topic and to pen down my critical analysis of certain articles. I can even add my personal voice inside to make it more relevant to myself. That personal voice is important before I bore myself to death on this blog...2. Personal Reflection
This is the most common type of posts I write here on this blog by far. These posts revolve around me, since I look back at whatever I do, comment on them and generate ways to move on from there and become better.
But, just writing my reflections online will be too much of a bother. I usually do it on Instagram Stories, which look better and simpler. Therefore, I have decided to include another aspect of personal reflection on this post: putting in the content I post about myself on Instagram into this blog so that I can write more about my experiences (because Instagram is really heavy on the use of multimedia).
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| Here is a sample of the personal reflection I do on Instagram Stories. I hope to bring these into this blog so that I can delve into more in-depth analysis and contemplation on the various happenings in my life. |
3. Reviews
That has been the niche of many blogs I see and I enjoy looking at the various posts on reviews of all sorts from things, from road names to food. This is outside of any studying and done for personal enjoyment and to become a more cultured man.
Movies, documentaries, videos, food, places to visit, websites, music... The possibilities are endless, and I can already imagine that this blog will have a lot of posts, containing an assortment of content, including nice little reviews that make life worth looking forward too.
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| It will be really nice if I can have a blog like this. It would be an extension of myself and be a place chock full of interesting tales to share! |
High hopes for this blog
I believe that good things will come to happen when I produce more content on this blog. I can be closer to who I am, and express myself without much reservations. I have even seen certain blogs peppered with vulgarities here and there, but I think using standard, respectable language can also be a form of freedom in my speech. My writing can look more formal, but this is just who I am.
My greatest fear while trying to restart an online presence on Blogger will be Blogger closing down. :( This fear arose when Google+ is going to be taken down (thankfully I don't use it much). I do not want my hard work to go down to the drain because of Blogger closing down, it will be really sad for myself and the huge number of blogs operating of Blogger that have inspired me in my formative years.
Whether this blog can continue to go on, will be a matter of carpe diem - I am more willing and able than ever to sustain a hobby about blog writing. Hereon, it is up to me to decide how this blog is going to flourish. I wish myself the very best on coming up with future blog entries!
The next blog entry will be about how I have strived to understand the human brain better. Look forward to it!
