-heaRt-feLt emOtiOns Of a 5′10″ gLuttOn-

  I realised something quite remarkable today. I had re-formatted my external hard drive a couple of weeks ago as it was corrupted with gosh-knows-what (haven’t touched it for a while) and although the action didn’t seem significant at all at that time, I suddenly feel the affects now - my entire cyber / internet / online life / memory / history / collection is gone. Just like that. A simple click.

200GBs of 10 years of my cyber life gone. I have no backup copies for most of the files. Thousands of pictures, 4,000+ MP3 files, countless rare MTVs and movie snippets as well as my Diploma and Degree files. My final year project. My masterpiece. Kaputted.

Ahh.. and then those secretly and carefully hidden files of ex-girlfriends. My grand-dad still keeps pics of former flames. Must be a family thing. It’s not like I’m tied to the past - they were memories and parts of my life that shaped me to be who i am today.

Worst of all? All my creative creations are gone as well. Poems, Songs, Potraits, Drawings, Lyrics, Personal messages, diary, etc. Countless hours.

Of course i can always get a bit of help to retrieve all the data but on second thought - maybe not. It’s a new point, a new start and time to create new memories! The stuff that is gone will be embedded into ma mind.

Oh yea, the reason why i suddenly had this realization is because i was looking at all the old pics i had uploaded on Multiply, hi5 and MySpace among others. That’s my job, really. I’m now in the social media networking line and this is what i do! Training involves using and applying these sites! More to come on the new job soon.

Without strayin too far from the title of this post - i present to you - random pics of the past…. (whatever that is left!)

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