Some of you are recipients of a spam-like email notification since you have showed some interest in Shuri/ Shuri's cathartic blogs in the past or have/had a personal blog. Actually, I figured that making a public pledge to all of you will help me fight procrastination and make me accountable in publishing even one low quality blog post per week. It is kind of like a paid gym membership that will force you to drag your initially-lazy butt out of the house. I know, it's terrible that it has come to this.
You can unsubscribe from the email notifications at any time by dropping me a message. I won't be offended. Also, I know that spam emails without an "unsubscribe" option are super-annoying.
A few of you have encouraged me to keep blogging though I constantly question the quality of my content, my grammatical abilities, value to others, the purpose of writing incessantly about oneself, and at times, even my honesty.
However, blogging regularly helped me in the past to be more expressive in real life, reflective, grounded and gave me a good means of coping with some of the unpleasant sides of life. It also made me take myself a lot less seriously and kept me entertained - which is good. Occasionally, some thoughts expressed in this blog have led to deeper conversations and new friendships, which I consider a bonus.
I would be very encouraged if you had a personal blog to share, but I know it is not easy to maintain one (refer to paragraph 1 above). So if you prefer to read quietly from the sidelines, please be my guest.
Happy reading (and thanks for the support).
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Here I am, after a blogging hiatus. It only feels like yesterday that I stopped blogging despite the 18 months of not doing so.
Like an old rusty automobile engine, it is going to take a lot of effort for me to return to writing and keep at it. And, according to a Huffington Post article, it takes 66 days to form a new habit! Yikes.
Anyway, just to get ourselves updated, I left Singapore in early June. I now live in Sri Lanka in the comfort (mostly) and familiarity of my parents' home (my mother even saved my childhood blanket) surrounded by chaos, greenery and several pets.
Unlike the movie, this is a 31 year old woman's story to finally find a real job that involves saving animals
I'm also a post-graduate student studying Environmental Science (finally!) and part-owner (a.k.a. housekeeper) of a small guest lodging. It has been somewhat a culture shock returning to live in Sri Lanka after 12 years. I'm hoping to go into more details in the blog posts to come,
....but before that, let's publish this auspicious post so I would be very embarrassed not to return to write the next post.
