The Opera Populaire

Hmm...was thinking how little of my life I can blog abt these days. Certainly, a lot is going thru in my inner life, but it's not always feasible to pour out literally your heart and soul into a public domain. In this sense, I was thinking abt how much blogging, while revealing bits and pieces of the blogger, can oso be seen as a masquerade of sorts, whereby you self-censor wat u put up, whether to create a better pict of yourself or to tell or not to tell others abt yourself etc etc. The other day, someone commented that my blog is something of a laundrylist hahahaah. Oh dear, surely it's not as soulless as that? But I do admit that it can be lar hahaha.

On the other hand, more and more I am finding myself leaving bits and pieces out of my blog, just so that there will be lesser over-interpretation of wat I write. I really do prefer to get to know other ppl, and be known, thru real life encounter. To me, nothing beats a conversation and hanging out tog to really get to know a person. Analysing a blog, while it can be helpful, can only go so far. The possibilities of mistaken interpretation is tremendous, as I have found out. Someone gave me the feedback that, from my blog alone, it sounded as if I'm a cheerful, happy-go-lucky person. But hmm...I think that certain aspects of my personality just doesn't shine thru then...my stubborness, short temper etc etc. So, that's why I think that blogs can really be a masquerade. But I'll stop here.

Was browsing around at Techman, this Christian bookshop, yesterday. Found the coolest Bible that is wrapped in this denim material, resembling a pouch. It was so lightweight and nice that I was tempted to buy it cos after all I have had my current one and only Bible for the past nearly 10 years, tho it's still in a not too bad condition, more or less. That one would have been perfect for carrying around to church etc. Hmm...self control, self control!