Apa ada pada rupa?

I started blogging late February 2006. Long, long time ago, I came across some sort of a weblog written by a Malay girl. She wrote about her daily experience and lots of words of wisdom. I thought she must really be one clever IT girl having to create a website as such. (I compared with the website Babah had to do for his projectwork. He used Dreamweaver software for the project, and it looked sooooo complicated)

Then I started reading Dyanna's website. Her black and white header captivated me (I prefer her current template) but I was not surprised with her capabilities. She was known as very IT literate.

I wrote to her saying that I wanted to start blogging but my main worry was my language. I was never good at writing during my schooldays. Then Dyanna said, 'buat apa nak takut bahasa tunggang terbalik. Bukan ada cikgu nak betul kan pun?" So I have decided to write in English as flawless as I can (flawless, I must be joking!) and trust me, you don't want to read my writing in Malay. It's ridiculously ridiculous. (Yes, that bad.)

Ini kah Mama Sarah?

So I started blogging. I didn't know that blogging is actually very simple. Easy peasy!!! But still, I was very naive about blogging world then. Not long after that, I was told that a good friend has a blog too. So Babah and I checked out her blog (Kenakelayan aka KKL). She has started blogging ages ago, and has a very long list of blog friends.

My oh my, her blog is so beautifully written with high class usage of language, with profound research and carefully formatted with annotation and footnotes just like writing a dissertation. I somehow felt small! And just prayed that she won't ever come to my blog and read my writing. (Please God, don't let her read my writing. It's the same feeling when you receive a guest when your house is 'upside down')

I chose the above photo to represent me as a blogger. Green leaves just to complement this green template. Also because the one drop of dew on the leaf, symbolising there is only one Mama Sarah in this world (haha, so bongkak of me) and the holes or torn leaves meaning I'm not perfect.

KKL left some comments in this blog. (Nooooo!!! She reads this blog!) Then Babah and I started to return comments in KKL's blog. Not long after that, we have received so many feedbacks from family, close friends, friends whom we have not heard for a long time, and made new friends too.

Later I learnt that there are so many Mama(s) in the blogging world too. But by then, it was too late to change my username to something else as I felt synonym to the name already. The same to the template. I've decided not to change the template.

I was also intrigued by the names other bloggers chose (care to tell the story, you all?). I cleverly catagorised them as the following;

• Some are straightforward like mine (ie Mom 2 Ashley, Dr In The House).
  
• Some are just purely their names (Sherin, Dyanna, Simah [?]) or an anagram of their names (ifos, xitayx)
  
• Some model themselves as someone else (they know who they are).
  
• Some have really funny and weird names (ie kenakelayan, pycnogenol).
  
• Some just left me wondering why they chose them? (ikelah, crimsonskye, Bergen)

As far as I'm concerned, this, or my blogspot is supposed to be about my two children; Sarah and Amar. And specially dedicated to their grandparents, though far but always dear to our hearts. I posted some photos to accompany the entries. And I have tried my best not to include my own photo in this blog. Simply because, this blog is not about me. (pardon me, sometimes I do post some entries regarding my cooking, and they got their 5 minutes fame too)

For those who have not met me in person, or must have confused me for someone else, I would like to introduce myself now. After all, I'm the kids' mother AND this entry is particularly about ME and the chronicles of how I began blogging, though no one asked for it.

Yes, nothing is free in this world. But I am so kind to give you a free explanation.

So, salam and hello all, this is a photo of me holding Amar.