The death of blogging?

With new social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, it seems the trend of communication nowadays is much patterned to text messaging -- succint and timely. It's not like people who log-in have important things to say, the idea is that everyone keeps in touch whatever time of day and whatever it is that they're doing. Since my last post in July, several important events in my life have not been itemized on this blog and I fear, for myself at least, that going into the nitty-gritty of discussing these remarkable moments would be futile. Somehow I feel I've already lost my fluency, and perhaps lost as well, the audience who would prefer to read paragraphs over short status updates. Everything has become very business-like, even in casual environments. So for the sake of a memorable quasi-exit, at least until I find yet another wave of literal inspiration, here are a few notables:

July 2009 - lucky 9 of us lose the battle of economic sustainability

August 2009 - another visit to Bangkok, still lovely the second time around

September 2009 - almost waist deep in flood water, had to evacuate to a neighbor's second floor for the duration. i learned to appreciate having an irregular bowel.

October 2009 - a very stressful last minute trip to California before my Visa expiry. las vegas was so much fun and the grand canyon was breathtaking. i remember again why i love long airline flights -- the feeling of movement, of finally going somewhere.

November 2009 - all the shitty backlash of forgetting to return my departure card, woes of my visa renewal, deficits, being faced with going into another trip whilst unemployed.

December 2009 - one of my dream travels, Siem Reap. so far, the BEST trip i've had with my friends -- seeing the Petronas again at night, eating insects, cam-whoring in Angkor Wat, getting stranded in Kuala Lumpur on the way back, traveling business class ... wouldn't mind at all doing it over again :)

So yeah, i guess you could say 2009 was pretty awesome for me. I hope 2010 would be just as spontaneous, as crazy -- but hopefully with more cash on hand. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to everyone!!

And to my friends -- I wouldn't trade you guys for food. Hehehe ☺