Of words, pictures, memories and a starbucks planner...

Did I ever tell you why I started to blog?

I love writing. I'm more of an e-mail person rather than the phone person. I used to be a writer/editor at our high school paper and I used to write poems too. And I can write pages and pages of letters too.

But for some reason, I stopped. It is funny but it's true. When I was in a relationship before, I lost that magic and passion in writing. So I guess that's why it came back, because I'm not in a relationship anymore.

When I was in my darkest hours, writing letters to my friends became one of my refuge. And more often than not, they'd tell me that I made them cry but it's a good one because they said they had a few take aways.

I remember Macky telling me to start my own blog so she'd be able to read something. And so I did.

At first, I was a little embarrassed when I would see that someone viewed my entry here at multiply. I mean, what do they care on my thoughts? But as some of you started to comment on my entries, I was just overwhelmed. It's like putting some more logs into the fire.

Now, instead of that funny feeling, I just feel happy that someone reads them and are inspired by them.

Anyway, (Anne, got it from you, a lengthy introduction!) just today, just a few minutes ago... Anne sent me message via ym that she's making her starbucks planner into a good use. It is such a pretty planner anyway!

She said she'll use it to keep moments, to make memories. I loved her idea on putting one-liners on what she learned that day... thoughts and reflections... moments with God, hopefully, on how she's getting close to Him by day... printing small pics taken from her phone and pasting them on the pages... maybe a pic of friends she hasn't seen for a long time and happen to bump into them one afternoon... or perhaps a pic of a place she hasn't gone to before... or why not a pic of a very sumptuous meal she's sharing with her beau... awwww.. really love that idea.

Just imagine, at the end of the year, it'll be bulky because of the many small pics pasted and some pages might be loosely hanging here or there and there might even be a few marks of coffee stains... wow. You'll just be holding a full year worth of good (and bad) memories.

Trust me, when you look back and glance at some of the pages, or go back to the entry on that particular perfect day...

There's just nothing left to say but

"Thank you God for blessing me this much!"