Why I Bloghop..

Just what is it about reading blogs that is so fascinating? It actually makes sense when the blog you are reading belongs to a friend or acquantaince that you already know in real life; but to read a blog of a total stranger? Where is the attraction is that?

I personally peruse many blogs, the majority of which belong to people I've never met and have no desire to meet in real life. Hence, I sometimes wonder to myself why do I continue to read their blogs?

If I really had to put a label to it, I would blame it on pure curiosity. The hunger for knowledge which extends to discovering the ongoings in a another person's life. If I had to include a secondary reason, it would be to improve my English vocabulary. =)

I love reading. I will read everything that captures my attention from advertisement flyers to thick novels. My love for reading has been inculcated since I was very young due to my parents reading many books to me as a young boy.

As such, I am constantly on the lookout for more reading material. Due to state of my wallet as well as my personal stinginess to spend on books ;) , I look for most of my reading material online in the form of research journals and websites.

It wasn't long before I started reading blogs on the Internet. At first, it started with reading blogs of friends and family but soon my fascination of reading blogs grew to encompass total strangers as well.

I was impressed with the creativity and the quality of writing in these blogs. I began to bookmark them so that I would be able to return and read their updates. At some point, it became a small obsession to check up on their blogs on a frequent basis to see what tidbits of information were revealed for the world to see.

In some way, for each blog that I read, that blogs' owner becomes a small part of my life. I become curious to find out the latest happenings in that person's life as well as to contribute my own opinion and comments whenever the situation warrants it.

Perhaps that is why I bloghop...

Ahh..To be as free as a bird...