Yep, that's right. I started a facebook account. Loads of people had been asking me whether i had a facebook account or not, so i suppose the time was right to hop onto yet another "social bandwagon". First it was the simple Email, then ICQ, then Friendster, then MSN Messenger, then Blogs, then it was the whole slew of online games, and now this.
As to be expected when one jumps onto a social bandwagon, the time spent in the first few days when one just gets started is quite a lot. I remember writing multiple posts a day for my blog so long ago, and way before that i remember subscribing to every little thing and reading it up on my new email account as well.
The facebook experience was kinda like the Friendster one, where i spent quite a lot of time doing my profile and adding friends. And boy has it been totally crazy. I've added 120 friends in two days and there's still some more to go. I've spent hours searching up pals, playing around with the vampire and race-car minigames and replying to people's wall-posts. Not much time spent on photos though, since i don't really like getting my picture taken so i don't have much to work with anyway. :x
The biggest thing that happened, however, was that, using facebook, i finally got back in contact with my American friends!
For those who don't know, i lived in Lake Zurich, IL, for a year when i was in like Primary 5 (i did fourth/fifth grade over there). Very fun moments, and probably one of the more enjoyable times of my life. I made quite a few friends there, but, as always when it comes to my introverted self, i was too lazy to keep in touch with them via snail-mail when i got back to Singapore. I didn't even bother to get their email addresses!
And so, using facebook, i finally caught up and had a little chat with some of them after like 8 years! Only added the people i was more familiar with though, like PJ Celaya, Tom Moore, Kyle Sustich, Martin Konsor, Samantha Grivalds, Anand Trivedi, Michael Messenger, Christopher Jakobi...i couldn't really remember the rest all that well. And there're some that still don't use Facebook yet.
But, boy do they all look so different! (although i'm kinda the one who's changed the most in appearance..heheh..) Especially the guys..it's as if Americans were supposed to grow stronger noses and chins only when they reach puberty. Most of the guys are like super muscular too..maybe lifting's quite popular in the US these days...
Ahwell, anyway i'm done with all the initial Facebook stuff. No more 5 hours a day...just 5 minutes a day will do!
