The Beauty of Blogging

I have spent the last hour skimming through friend's posts, reading interesting posts and chuckling at the various comical video clips that have been put up, and smiling at the common passion that embrace most of us: blogging.

Blogging is in vogue nowadays as both normal citizens and political heavyweights have indulged in the activity to rattle out anything that forms the part and parcel of their thoughts and reflection. Suddenly, in the world of advanced information and communication technology, you feel left out if you don't blog. There is always something to belch out from our mind onto this open-for-all journal that is free of charge and is easily accessible with a computer and the internet.

I am not here to argue against the deliberate loss of privacy as bloggers consciously and willingly reveal their private life for the public viewing of the Internet community. Instead, I am eager to examine the root of the blogging "craze" - why do people blog?


It is easy to discern political, economical and social motivations of blogging. To politicians, blogging has turned out to be an effective tool of mass appeal and a means to garner votes. Popular bloggers, not excluding Kenny Sia, benefit financially from blogging by earning commision via various advertisements that have been put up on their blogs. Additionally, the use of links to connect to other blogs has expanded the purpose of blogging to creating a large social network, whereby bloggers can read each other's blog and interact with one another.


However, I have little interest in the "shallow" reasons in the previous paragragh. I have sought for a common, deeper purpose that unite all blogger in urge to scribble out something on the "online paper". It is something that reaches out to the most secluded corner of our heart and rake the very foundation of our emotions.

Upon the examination of so many posts, i conclude that it is perhaps human nature to tell his or her story. Man is a social animal, Socrates once quoted. This behaviour is responsible for the urge to interact with one another through the recounting of events, experiences and reflections that we have encountered. Thanks to the advent of communication technology, we are able to bring about the fulfillment of such desire via web blogging. Blogging provides a platform whereby we can freely write about anything between heaven and earth and to share with other blogging mates. Though some are content with setting up a private blog accessible to selected few peers, the purpose of telling one's story does not fall short of meaning since there is still a transfer, though in smaller traffic, of such information between individuals.

We are all great storytellers and writers. It doesn't matter so much about the truth of our story; what matters most is how we tell it by weaving in hyberboles, acting out a drama on it or even putting down that account in pen and pen. Contradictory to the "conventional history" of old textbooks, our "personal history" is one which is compelling, emotionally touching, life inspiring and ultimately communicating with the core of humanity that lies deep within us. Kudos to the creative intellect of mankind!