Ending A Decade-Long Blogging Hiatus

Well... it's been a little more than a decade, but that's just me trying to feel young. So now, where do I start?

I used to have a blog as a teen, remembered the name but not the content (thank god). My old blog was called "brownfirstlady". I shudder at the cringe even as I typed the name.

I had a lot to say at 15 but now, I hope I can add a little more life experience to my words! No secret, I was a really late bloomer when it came to writing and believe it or not, I started to really enjoy wording my thoughts through a weird source: GP.

Yup, for Singaporean readers, y'all would know that GP stands for "General Paper" - an exam paper pre-uni students have to take for their A Levels. So why did a former triple-science/double-math student like me find a true love for writing at age 19? And through GP of all things?

All credit goes to my sister. For one, my sister was/is a writing prodigy. At age 9, she wrote an incredible story in primary school about a mute-born girl finding her voice in a moment of anguish - and that story drove her English teacher to tears.

Yes, tears.

Happy tears.

Not the disappointment tears my mom got from my unbelievable Malay essays.

So yeah, thanks sis! But I digress, back to the story.

It all started with me hopelessly failing every GP exam for 2 straight years. See, I had to get my shit together for my A Levels to get into my dream uni (this is another topic)... GP was my kryptonite among my other things. So, I put my pride aside and asked the sister for advice (a.k.a. copies of her A-grade GP essays).

And what I saw was amazing.

I've always had deep topic discussions with my family. Be it politics, religion, or just life. But it could never translated into my writing. Or at least, in my old schools, I was never really encouraged to write argumentative essays. So this time, things kinda just... clicked.

I can't explain it, but my brain started to auto-organise itself. Seeing both sides of an argument and coming to my own opinion - that was so cool. Unfortunately though, the early years of my writings were mainly depressing and annoying rants on Facebook. But wait, no - I take that back. Those rants helped me get through university with my sanity intact lol.

Okay so now how do I end a blog? Is there a format? Don't even know when I'll post the next topic. Maybe tomorrow or maybe next year, who knows. It's just so liberating to blog again!