i've a sofa only.

i've just read this one post in FattChinChoy's and it's quite interesting.

its about blogger's package that would serve as the x-factor to attract others to his/her blog.they are undeniably true. but i think i want to add another factor.

the popularity of the blogger before he/she writes set up the blog. well, we know many of us nowadays have blogs, and most of them are celebrities who wish to be closer with the outside world and for that very reason, they set up blogs.

singers (quite a significant number of singers have blogs), politicians like Dr. Badrul Amin Bahron (this group has the strongest reason to set up blogs), actors, tv hosts, radio djs and many more, even writers, like Faisal Tehrani and many other recognized novelists. these people will get the most hits since they are popular, and not only their fans will go after them, but there are also paparazzis, journalists, and not to be forgotten, foes.

and for that very reason too, they have got the highest liability of whatever is written in the blog, and if they want to stay out of problems with authorities and other parties, they must always ensure that their posts are 'clean' as there are thousands, if not millions, of people who care very much about their blogs. but of course politicians dont care because thats what they are.and thats also what happened to Raja Petra Kamarudin as a result of being 'notoriously indifferent'. after all, he wanted to write those provoking things to expose the people to the hidden stories and well, fortunately, he is now no longer under detention and he is released. i'm very certain his supporters love this awaited news very much.

even us the commoners, the public, we cant write as we wish expecially when our blogs are being exclusively followed by relatives, mother, father, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, and many other people, including colleagues, classmates, coursemates, roomates, housemates, and those word with mate except coffeemate because i'm certain coffeemate cant use the computer.it is illiterate, so forget it.

and for one very good reason, this is very much true, as emphasized by, again, Fatt Chin Choy, in this post. we are being extremely cautious to write, and we cant actually write and express our mind freely, we have to save others' faces expecially when we want to write about our classmates, coursemates, how angry we are, how frustrated we are, and many others unpleasant feelings that arise during our interfaces witht them pysically in real aunthentic world. and this was what happened to me. and i learned my lesson.

set up another blog with anonymous identity before cursing your classmates!

true enough. hahah. well, i didnt really mean to curse anybody, but at that point of time, i was overwhelmed by anger, and thats why i posted such daring and provoking post.

i guess i'll talk about this later. hahaha.

now, fatt chin choy in his blog said that people got many followers for 2 main reasons, in his opinion, which are very much true and i agree with him 100%.

• the appearance or the look of the blogger. handsome and beautiful bloggers have the highest chance to attract more followers and loyal readers of the blogs
• the way the bloggers write, attractive enough or not
  

this is very much true.

now this is about me. why isnt this blog got as many readers or loyal followers as many as my other blogs? FYI, for those who dont really know yet, i have set up many blogs for the purpose of posting my e-novels and creative writing, and actually, the very reason i have blog in the first place is to write e-novels.

so, here are some possible reasons for this blog to have not very significant number of loyal followers.

• because i write in english, most of my posts and i use formal english. youth or teenagers or people of the range of my age, they dont actually favour formal english. for most of them, its suicidal to write in english. u have the grammar, the rules, the words, and so on. even if they write in english, most of them will choose informal english, the one u use in daily life conversation with friends and members. on the other hand, its not that i dont want to write like others of my age do but i dont really know how to do it. i dont speak english much and thats why i dont have that influence in my writing. i write following the rule of the books and thats it. when it comes to english, i'm very particular about it. i'm not a perfectionist yet perfect in english but i love english very much and thats why its hard, very hard for me to conform with others when it comes to blogging. plus, i cant even write up to the master of english standard yet as i consider myself a beginner, and there are still very much for me to learn and catch up especially when it concerns vocab. that makes my posts all very uninteresting, lame and somewhat, boring to others.hahaha

• what fatt chin choy considered as attaractive writing is the thing that i think i dont have. its not that i cant write interestingly, but interesting is subjective. when u write in formal english, its not interesting at all. when u crack jokes in english, its not interesting at all because people dont get it.when u use sarcasm in english, again, people may find it hard to get ur meaning. again, its all english.

• another reason is that bloggers get many followers if readers find the writing surprisingly honest and true, which means, the blogger writes from the bottom of their heart, and spill everything without fear. they talk mad, they flirt, they got angry, they spill their true feeling. and why cant i do that? because i', actually fear the consequences of being too honest because my honesty means provocative. hahaha. so i might provoke others close to me like what happened before though i dont have the intention to do so. thats why i cant do so. and plus, i'm not like that too. haha. i dont flirt, i dont talk dirty, and i dont use foul words. since people know me, surely i cant create the other side of me at all. and thats become a barrier to my freedom 0f speaking, and i am kind of regretting it. and i hate it when i have to write accordingly to my personality. haha

• its give and take. u visit others' blog, u comment and create bonds and they will do the same to u. hahaha. my problem is i dont really like to do blogwalking and read some anonymous' blogs and comment, unless the posts are very interesting. i guess in return, thats what happened to my blog. people find it not interesting at all and they read the title, they scheme the whole page and they take off. like what i do to the other blogs. even blogs with e-novels, i cant find the time to read. so, i just let my number of followers to increase slowly and silently. haha. no effort to promote my blogs or whatsoever.

• about the look of the blogger, i think i'm neither pretty nor ugly. and i'm happy with what i have. so, if u dont like it, buzz off. haha. after all, i'm not selling myself through the web, so i dont need a stunning body and pretty face to show off. hahah.
  

people must be wondering why cant i write in malay and be ordinary and conform with others since this could be the main reason why people are not interested in my blogs.

my reasons

• i love english and english has always been my major interest since i'm a little girl.
• i want to polish my english and the only way is to write in english so that i'll find it an urge to learn new vocab and phrase to be used in my writing.
• english is for me, my future and thats why, i want to start using it fully right now, though i dont speak fluently and i still got stumble upon words when i speak in english with my lecturers but at the very least, i'm trying hard to be better.
  
• i'm currently taking english for professional communication and as an effort to improve my english, i have to write in english and that explains why i write very formal.
• of course, i write in english not because my malay is bad, in fact, i always got high marks when it concerned english and malay essays during schools. if not, i wouldnt be able to write cerpens and novels in malay.

and so, i think, after reading this post, people will scurry away from my blog and they'll get even more frightened with this blog. hahaha

oh, yes, of course, i'm not interesting, i admit it, even the real me is not interesting to know. but i dont care. because its just me being me and there are poeple even more boring than me. so, its ok, for this blog to have not many loyal followers.my blog only have a sofa, and it cant fit more than 2. so, 2 is enough at one time. haha. so long!