Why the Update?
Because I have realized that homo sapiens are actually really bored creatures with nothing better to do than come up with ways to self-destruct (fact: Humans have the capability to destroy the human race several times over.). And now that they have entered the Information Age, all they want to do is gobble up immense amounts of information that would not be of any use and does not make any difference to the lives they are leading.
Why do I say this? Hmm... Just take a look at the current blogging trend among the youths. Although this trend is not restricted to the youths only, they in particular are the ones using blogs to post nonsense on the web about their lives. Most of them just type what is roaming around in their minds, what they did for a particular day, what is bothering them or how they managed to clean the toilet bowl using their favorite fizzy drink left over from last night's party. Basically, teenagers rant on their blogs.
And the surprising thing is not the ranting, it's the fact that people actually bother to read these blogs and waste their precious time reading something utterly useless to them. I admit, I too am one of those who reads blogs for the fun of it (or for just getting a glimpse into someone else's life) but there has to be a personal limit to such wastages of time. I'm not one of those crazy people who survive on a diet of reading blogs for an hour each day and gobbling up information that would not affect them at all. Many would claim not be one from that category and yet the demand for this information is still there.
You wouldn't believe me if I say that there is demand for utterly useless information (Like how to clean a toilet bowl with your favorite fizzy drink) but hopefully, statistics would convince you. Take a look at the searches done for the phrase "toilet bowl" on Google. The statistics are provided from Google Trends, a service by Google which is still under construction. Surprisingly enough, the most searches for that particular phrase are from Singapore. And we're leading by a huge difference... Wonder why so many Singaporeans need to search on such weird topics. Anyway, my point is that among those few million searches done for "toilet bowl" online, surely a few hundred might be about cleaning toilet bowls with leftover fizzy drinks from last night's party.
Another case in point - my own blog. This very page you are reading is also one of those (among the few millions) that feeds people with utterly useless information. And the demand is still there. Just take a moment to look towards the right of the screen and scroll through the tagboard. You'd notice quite a few requests to me to update this blog (exactly what I'm doing right now...) even though I did write a few months ago that I wouldn't be posting anytime soon. Why would people want to read crap written by me anyway?
Well, for those who were looking for an update on my virtual real estate, hope you guys are satisfied now. And hopefully get to realize that you just wasted about three minutes of your life reading my blog. You could have spent those three minutes, or hundred and eighty seconds doing something more useful in your life. (Damn, I just reduced my readership...)
Anyway, the reason I decided to break my hiatus away from this blog just for today is that I wanted to disprove Mariam - she said I'm "immune to the frequent update pleas". Haha... But by posting this post, I just disproved her.
And for all those of you who are posting rather uhm...interesting comments on my choice of "Under Construction" image, please refer to this page. It'd give you the reason behind my decision and also make you laugh with its humorous take on the conventional signs =)
Why do I say this? Hmm... Just take a look at the current blogging trend among the youths. Although this trend is not restricted to the youths only, they in particular are the ones using blogs to post nonsense on the web about their lives. Most of them just type what is roaming around in their minds, what they did for a particular day, what is bothering them or how they managed to clean the toilet bowl using their favorite fizzy drink left over from last night's party. Basically, teenagers rant on their blogs.
And the surprising thing is not the ranting, it's the fact that people actually bother to read these blogs and waste their precious time reading something utterly useless to them. I admit, I too am one of those who reads blogs for the fun of it (or for just getting a glimpse into someone else's life) but there has to be a personal limit to such wastages of time. I'm not one of those crazy people who survive on a diet of reading blogs for an hour each day and gobbling up information that would not affect them at all. Many would claim not be one from that category and yet the demand for this information is still there.
You wouldn't believe me if I say that there is demand for utterly useless information (Like how to clean a toilet bowl with your favorite fizzy drink) but hopefully, statistics would convince you. Take a look at the searches done for the phrase "toilet bowl" on Google. The statistics are provided from Google Trends, a service by Google which is still under construction. Surprisingly enough, the most searches for that particular phrase are from Singapore. And we're leading by a huge difference... Wonder why so many Singaporeans need to search on such weird topics. Anyway, my point is that among those few million searches done for "toilet bowl" online, surely a few hundred might be about cleaning toilet bowls with leftover fizzy drinks from last night's party.
Another case in point - my own blog. This very page you are reading is also one of those (among the few millions) that feeds people with utterly useless information. And the demand is still there. Just take a moment to look towards the right of the screen and scroll through the tagboard. You'd notice quite a few requests to me to update this blog (exactly what I'm doing right now...) even though I did write a few months ago that I wouldn't be posting anytime soon. Why would people want to read crap written by me anyway?
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Well, for those who were looking for an update on my virtual real estate, hope you guys are satisfied now. And hopefully get to realize that you just wasted about three minutes of your life reading my blog. You could have spent those three minutes, or hundred and eighty seconds doing something more useful in your life. (Damn, I just reduced my readership...)
Anyway, the reason I decided to break my hiatus away from this blog just for today is that I wanted to disprove Mariam - she said I'm "immune to the frequent update pleas". Haha... But by posting this post, I just disproved her.
And for all those of you who are posting rather uhm...interesting comments on my choice of "Under Construction" image, please refer to this page. It'd give you the reason behind my decision and also make you laugh with its humorous take on the conventional signs =)
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