You Got Me Blogging

These got me blogging – what moves you?

You Got Me Blogging shares with you my precious memories, life experiences and random happenings which are important enough for me to write on. Perhaps you’ll be inspired by a long-forgotten dream. Or a heart-glowing sense of humour you never thought you have. Or maybe, you just want to be reminded of the person I am.

I hope to reach out to my readers, family and friends, making the world a slightly better place, one post at a time.

So… what gets YOU blogging?

About Razlan

The name is Razlan.

(“Are you a Malay?”) Nope, I am part Kadazan and part Chinese. You can call me Raz, or Russ if you fancy. Never call me Lan, or I’ll punch you.

A Malaysian in his mid late-twenties, studied and now working in Singapore. Generally addicted to blogging and exciting things in life, like, blogging. And I love my IXUS. I bring her everywhere I go.

More about Razlan

While working on my ex-company newsletters, we tried out a new feature to highlight our candidates. So my copywriter wrote a “sample” on how the feature will be like, based on yours truly. And this was the result:

Behind The Smiles

What strikes you when you first meet Roger* is how he doesn’t stop smiling. He claims, with almost comic deadpan, that he has “no passion” for anything and leads a simple life. But you soon learn that his trademark straight-faced demeanour hides an existential, philosophical streak.

He cheekily tells you about his roguish escapades on campus, coercing classmates to cover for his attendance. But just how the self-confessed mischievous student managed to top his class at the Nanyang Technological University Mechanical Engineering degree programme eludes me. And his remarkable high-grade average at his second degree, this time in Mass Communications, proves he is no flash in the pan.

Stumped? As was this writer. Until Roger, in his mid-twenties, threw me another of his signature curved-balls: “I like studying, I just didn’t like going to school.” – Thanks for the lifeline, Roger. I feel like drowning in this torrent of oxymoron. But Roger is perhaps so successful because of his independence. He possesses a distinctive desire to excel and pushes himself harder than any professor, co-worker, or boss ever could.

While he declines to divulge how much he earns, the middle-level manager readily admits he spends every single cent. But money is not a motivator for him. “There are more important things in my job,” Roger explains. “Like being happy with what I have achieved, how much more I can achieve, and knowing my work is recognised and appreciated.”

Right about then, the mystery that is Roger unravels. He has a passion for dodging questions and making this writer’s job more challenging. And he doesn’t stop smiling because he has a passion for life.

Of course, “Roger” is me. And I love this feature of me to bits. Thanks, Jude. You made me smile.

Final Words

This is actually my third personal blog. My previous two blogs, both powered by Blogger.com, are available in my archive section.

Memories are precious!