Out of my two failed attempts at blogging, I reflected and pondered where I went wrong. I realized it was content. Who gives two cents reading someone’s personal ramblings? I’ve read some of those types of blogs and my interest on them is best described as a gold fish’s memory; its forgotten after 4 secs.

Behind the Reading Glass

Iqbal Abd Ghaffar

I believe that this is my third attempt at blogging.

My first attempt at blogging was for fun. It was a means to keep my friends abreast with my developments after graduating from college. That died off when I was in a relationship in 2005.

In 2007, my second attempt was very ambitious. I started several blogs evolving around my passion for golf, the gym, religion, making money, and expanding my network. That was successfully badawised as I soon found that managing multiple blogs is a full time job!

Out of my two failed attempts at blogging, I reflected and pondered where I went wrong. I realized it was content. Who gives two cents reading someone’s personal ramblings? I’ve read some of those types of blogs and my interest on them is best described as a gold fish’s memory; its forgotten after 4 secs.

My third attempt at blogging came by accident. There were a few posts about my developments in my notes on facebook, but the one that really put me in the limelight was my article entitled “DAP truly multiracial?”. It grew out of my frustration at reading an article posted by The Malaysian Insider. And so I shared my opinion of how electing one Malay into its central committee does not qualify it to be a multiracial party.

I got many interesting comments but I was most touched by praises from a fellow colleague and friend. He motivated me to continue blogging as he described that I “have an interesting style and flare for writing and public speaking”. Thanks buddy, you know who you are and I am indebted to you.

I continued to post more articles in facebook mostly revolving around politics and continued to receive feedback, comments and praises that kept me alive, inspired, and motivated.

And now, I’ve decided to transfer my blog to a formal platform for anyone to read. I hope that one day, I would be featured as a political and economic columnist on my favorite online news portal, The Malaysian Insider.

Regards

IAG