Bridge Blogging

Bridge Blogging. I first heard about the term when I was at Pesta Blogger 2007, but I never really paid any attention to it. My brain is too overwhelmed with all the heavy term during the event (National Blogger Day, Celebrity Blogger, citizen journalism bla bla bla) and cant barely take another.

However an encounter with a dear old friend whom I just found out also blogs, brought me to an interesting discussion on bridge blogging at Pak Ong’s blog. It’s interesting to read about what Pak Ong, Jakartass, Jennie, Marisa, Rebecca, Pak Fatih and some other guy debating about a bridge (and also about ‘mutual masturbation among unattractive expat men’ ha ha ha).

Okay, cool, so I thought. I got a clearer picture about bridge blogging. So now what’s my take on bridge blogging -you might ask- ? Well strangely I was again reminded at an unforgettable moment with my lecturer a few.. ok, many years back. He was returning a paper that I wrote with -not that I’m bragging, but as usual- an “A” written on it. This is what he then said:

“Rane, I’m always fascinated by the way you include so many quotations, theories and definitions in every single paper you submit to me. It shows that you read a lot. That’s Good ! But if you dont mind me asking, when are you going to start writing?“

Bam!! Coming from a person I really admire, that was the biggest blow I’ve ever received in my live since I noticed that Boy George was actually a guy and even bigger than finding out that Dumbledore is gay.. dooh !

I’m just so happy that my encounter with Misty which brought me to Pak Ong’s spawned conversations on bridge blogging, in turn brought me back to this blog which I started a few months back and never return afterwards. Well I’m back, hoping that I would keep writing again in English.

No I don’t intend to be a bridge. I just want to write and make acquaintance with other writers or bloggers -call it whatever you want-.

And once I press that publish button, I dont have control over it any longer. I may delete them, but can I delete what’s already in other people’s mind? So whatever label others put upon my writing here, it’s out of my control. Call me a blogger, a blogger who builds a bridge, an artist, a guy with lot’s of time in his hand, a dork, a jerk, a nerd.. whatsoever.. its definitily fine with me.

So let’s spit it out!!

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