The Hello

1) The Origins of Notes about You & Me

As some of you might know, not very long ago in July 2009 I started a blog called smiles and stories, inspired by Iain Thomas and Jon Ellis, the creators of the celebrated pleasefindthis . I started the picture blog because at that point of time as a little project for somebody I knew.

Edit: I have removed this segment of the post due to reasons pertaining to privacy.

But by seeing the world through a lens, and having an input to the pictures in the form of my feelings and thoughts, I gradually fell in love with expression through picture blogging.

It was no longer advisable to continue posting on S&S, so it was deleted, and Notes was born. Nowadays, I write for a different crowd, for a different purpose. Some of my posts are notes about other people, and things I see, but most of the posts are not simply stories about myself, they are about the people I know.

They are about you.

Still, I must urge you, dear reader, to take my posts with a pinch of salt. I wrote this for you, not for myself, and as such, interpretations of my writings will inevitably differ, and I guess we've got to be okay with that.

Though it's a fairly private blog as of now, I wrote this for my beloved family, my dearest friends and the girl that will be the better half of me.

2) About the posts

In my writings, I will write about different kinds of love. Romantic love, love between friends, love between family and love for the world at large will all feature in my writings.

Romantic love is a an interesting thing in it's lack of confirmation. Sometimes, you think you're in love so deep that you'll never climb out, only to look back and have it dawn upon you that it was never really love, just a phase of attraction. I'm not saying I have never really loved. To be frank with you, I don't know for sure. I think I love now, though.

Love between friends is what keeps us all alive outside of home. People to share your life with, to accept each other for who they are, and to share magical moments together.

Family love is the most important thing one possesses, and is what we should all treasure the most.

Love for the world, and the people around us. It's what the world needs.

3) Things that don't go anywhere else

As far as possible, I try to keep my personal blog separate from my picture blog, not because my picture blog is less personal, but because I believe that these two belong in other realms altogether. This is why I created notesaboutnotes, for people that might want to know what it's like underneath the words and photos.

If you must know, I am like any other average guy out there. I make mistakes, am boorish at times, and confess to hold a stubbornly narrow and opinionated view on life. I hold on to the beautiful memories that lasted just a moment, hope that I have a place out there in the vast world we call home, and believe that God has a plan for me. I love my closely knit family, especially my darling mother, and I live my life for them, although I wish things could be better between me and my beloved father. I regret my failings, am uncertain about what the future holds in store for me, and I stay awake at night mulling over problems I face in relationships.

I am trying to improve from my negatives, and be the best I can be for the people around me.

4) The In Between

I use another blog to write letters to the people I love. I'm not sure if they will ever see these posts. I hope they will because I write there to tell them how much they mean to me and how much I treasure them. Yet, somethings are better left unsaid sometimes. What matters is that they are happy.

To share with you the love I see in life, I created this blog.

And to you. I love you.