This post by EastCoastLife inspired me to write this entry.

So... Why do I blog?

History
Back in the 90s when I was goddamn curious-till-I-don't-want-to-study about HTML, I started setting up personal homepages (haha who uses this word anymore?), fansites, official homepage for my friends and I (yeah, we think we're celebrities... Go PSYCHOS!) and many others from scratch; ie no frontpage nor one of those WYSIWYG softwares or program. Just being able to change the background image or the font type excites me.

After I got kicked out of school, the only motivation for me to work and earn my own cash is to be able to afford my own computer, internet connection and a decent photo editing software. My skills improved tremendously as I browse many tutorials site and eventually take it to the next level - web design. I get orgasmic whenever I see my design online, for the world to see. It takes a hell lot of practice and browsing around to get the idea what HTML and photo editing softwares are capable of achieving.

There wasn't this thingy called Blogger then so my homepage are hosted on free servers like geocities, angelfire, gurlchick, tripod and many more. I think my URL was like http://www.geocities.com/3454/Sunsetstrip/(i forgot my nickname then).index.html. Mouthful ain't it? So the next step is to find a host who provides the shortest URL. It doesn't end there. As having a homepage turns to a fad, advertisers starts pouring all over our homepage; pop-ups, banners, you name it they got it! It got too annoying for me and after long consultation with my geeky friends, I decided to purchase my own domain - FidaInc.com.

Blogging fad emerging?
Around the time I got the domain, new fad surfaced; having online journals/diaries. I made use of my domain and start blogging manually *GASP*! It was fun and much more versatile in some ways. After a couple of months when I could no longer commit to organizing my archives, I browse through many million tutorial site and end up using GreyMatter (like B2, Moveable Type) and my blogging frequency doubles as it takes away the time I had to spend on manually organising my post, uploading and archiving.

Since I can take my mind of that, I spent more time thinking of innovative ways to spruce my website. Eventually a few new fads came up:

1. hosting
   
2. subpages
3. cam portals
4. fansigns
5. awards

I went nuts, spending hours working on my site! If you've been my follower since the very beginning you jolly well know my all time favorite layout is the one that featured Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers... I'm killing myself not able to find the screenshot!

I think this is the answer to the actual question
Blah blah blah... , I blog cos' I love to see my blog looking pretty, not so much for the words I typed on the whole outlook and presentation and I can say 'blogging' then and now has changed tremendously and I can safely admit, I'm lost. I'm all about visual, baby. So in conclusion, I blog because I.... *faint*! I have no clue... really.

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