Starting a Blog

Hmmm...

So I've decided to start a blog. This is going to require a lot of commitment. I wonder what lead me to making a blog.

One of the reasons is because I want to share things. Whilst researching for my Japan trip, I found a lot of blogs that have included reviews and even the little bits of info such as train tickets and even directions to places - things that travel websites tend to miss out.

I also find a blog a great medium for me to practise expressing myself. I'm not a very good writer, so I hope that by the end of the summer, I can at least improve on my written communication skills.

Home is where you feel safe

The concept of home is an interesting thing.

For example, when you're travelling overseas doing this and that and after a long day of trekking the rainforest or whatever, you've decided to go home.

Okay, not the best example.. but what I'm trying to say is, do you mean "go home to the hotel where you're staying at" or "go home back to Sydney"

It's interesting..

This sort of thought came to me since I'll be going to Indonesia in a couple of weeks. My parents are from Indonesia, making me a first generation Australian (is that right?). I am an Australian with an Indonesian background. Or an Indonesian-Australian.

Growing up, I was never really surrounded by lots of cousins, nor did I have countless wedding invites a month because a cousin or second-cousin or that other cousin was getting married. All of my blood-relations are overseas.

I guess it does feel like going home when going to Indonesia. But that doesn't mean I will not miss my home here in Sydney terribly.

Testing testing testing one two

So I'm just fooling around on this post. Still trying to establish my online identity.

I've been doing some researching and I've come across some AMAZING blogs. I've picked up a thing or two and have some sort of idea what I want my blog to look like!

Thinker vs Doer. So it's that time again...

I, am an ideas man.

Lol.

Modesty and humility aside, I think I am quite the creative person. When I think of an idea, the idea is just BRILLIANT.
But well, the thing is, rarely do these absolutely fantastically brilliant ideas come to my brain. But when they do, expect a big bang.

So in reference to the title, I wonder if I'm a thinker or a doer. Lately, I "think" I am more of a doer. I've noticed that at University club meetings, I am just quiet... and I don't contribute much. And I partly blame this on my shy nature. But anyways, I am sitting there in the meeting, or even in class and people around me are contributing. They think of ideas that I KNOW I could've thought of myself.

And how do I KNOW that I will even think of those ideas? This is pretty lame excuse, but my brain is pretty slow. It takes probably half a day to process something, and just when I am in the middle of doing something random like preparing to go to bed.. or washing the dishes.. BAM. The idea comes to me and I kick myself in the leg asking myself why I didn't suggest it at the meeting.

The thing about me is, when I am into something.. my subconscious is still processing it throughout the day. and then BAM. yes. BAM.

sigh.

But in the meanwhile, I go about doing DOER things. Which are: listening to orders and following them mindlessly. I don't want to to be a doer. DOERS are the ones that get stopped on. DOERS are the ones that have no voice. DOERS are the ones that cant stand up for themselves.

Yep, I think I am a DOER.

Hey, Doers aren't all that bad. They're hard-working and rarely do they procrastinate. They're easy going and easy to get along with. And quite frankly, thinking takes far too much of my energy. And I would prefer following orders than have to sit down and think of ideas.

THE IDEAS COME TO ME. I DON'T COME TO THEM.

Wait. I'm a procrastinator.. *FACEPALM*

But I REALLY want to become a THINKER. And I think I am a bit of both. I am a thinker some times.. when I have those BAM moments. And I'm also a doer.

The ultimate personality would be both. A thinker and a doer, without the negative traits.  A thinker, who gets ideas, and a doer. The one who will execute the ideas. I want to be both.

But if you can't be both, I guess that's how teamwork comes into play right? It's always good to have a partner, where you can invest in each other's skills. Your partner should preferably be someone that does not possess your negative traits. Someone like-minded, but different.

-Nurilen

p.s. I think I have too many "The Castle" jokes in my blog. ahahahah. It would be pretty awkward, dear reader if you don't actually get the joke. *epic fail* *facepalm* *hides in corner*

well here it is for those that haven't watched this Aussie classic: