It's been months now and the fb craze in Singapore is still going strong. And getting stronger, I feel. Even I find myself writing on fb more than blogging here. Well, trends have changed. Blogging used to be the in thing. Now it's fb. I wonder if my friends or anyone still reads my blog. It's not dead. But just that fb is now a more popular source of getting updates, that perhaps, one hardly turn to the author's blog to read up.

Well, in one way, I enjoy using fb. I find people I haven't seen in a long while esp my sec school mates. And connecting with people overseas. But I mainly used it to search for people then start chatting with them. It's fun, especially if the person is a frequent user of fb.

But I also start to notice getting into some kinda fix. Through all the "comments" on their status or writing on their wall and having back-and-forth response about a particular issue, it makes me feel as if I'm close to the person when, upon closer examination, I don't really know the person. Sure, care and concern is shown through the comments, we can laugh and joke about something, asking qns, clarifying and exclaiming about a particular topic...it can make others think that we are close friends already. But I actually don't know his/her character, values or surrounding issues he/she is facing. Hmm.

I'm quite puzzled at this when it's happening in front of me. And I wonder how to face this issue. Well, it ain't a big issue but it's still something. And things will suffice when I meet him/her face-to-face. Suddenly, all the jokes, laughter, chats and talks just seem to disappear all at once. And there's nothing much to talk about. I can imagine that man. I sure hope that fb doesn't allow me to create superfacial friendships but aid me in having deeper friendships. Hmm..how shall I tackle this and twist fb to my advantage in friendships? Hmm....

Another funny thing is having 2 conversations at the same time with the same person. Been seeing that happening recently. The situation goes like this: I commented on his status and so there's a back-and-forth response. Much like msn chat. And I wrote on his wall and when he replies, there's another back-and-forth chat. And it's all happening at the same time! On the same day, in the same few minutes! It's pretty hillarious as I switch my window page from one to another. It sure is something that chats won't allow me to do. In chats, only 1 conversation topic a time. Ha. Oh well. But it sure is confusing and funny just thinking and seeing it happen! Feels kinda weird too! You can try it if you haven't done so!

Well, about lines to draw btw fb and blog. I don't know. For some situations, I feel the lines are blurred. I don't know if I should write that something on my fb or blog. Some things are clear-cut. Like strong religion statements or something about an issue or a situation or a person. Those are surely in my blog which is personal too. Whereas things about my everyday activities or even special events. Hmm...I wonder if I should write it on fb. It can seem like I'm AA (Attracting Attention). But then again, almost everyone else does it too!

It feels totally weird when the privacy setting is low and all will read the status (I don't usually set it to share with certain ppl). And some people who read it may get affected or upset by it. I don't think I can control the privacy such that I disallow that particular person to see it. Even if it's possible, mutual friends will see it and pass the word around. Whereas, here on my blog, I have an idea or a rough scope of people who read my blog regularly. Hence, I'm more careful with my words. Anything that can affect them, I'll just draft it or not write it at all. Hmm...but on fb, everything's so open. So open...

Oh well. I just hope that the blogging trend doesn't die cos it's still a good outlet to let thoughts flow, exercise creativity in designing that post/skin and to communicate a message to your faithful readers :)

Thank you readers for reading this! *if you see this post*