Am I addicted to Twitter?

I registered my Twitter account on 22nd May 2009. At first I don’t tweet much because I don’t really know how to interact with strangers online, after leaving the mIRC world years ago. Some of my earliest twitter friends were Baiti the bestie, Syazaliyana & Miasuraya the juniors, Ekha Shana & An the cousins and some strangers.

As time flies, I come to realize that I’ve been tweeting with the new strangers i met online more than the friends I have in the real world. It seems like they, the Tweeps / Tweeples / Twiends are always there for me whenever I need them.

Some of the earliest Twitter friends I met offline during the Foursquare Day

When I was writing my thesis, when I was in the boring-7-hours train journey, when I was waiting for some friends at the coffee shop - they are always there. When I wanted to share my happiness, sadness, good news, bad news, when I was being all emotional, and stressed up because I was tired of reading and writing – they’ve never failed me. Yes, even though I never met most of them in real life.

The other bunch of Twitter friends I met during the Youth10

A few weeks ago, I was home and I don’t really tweet much and the laziness to tweet prolonged until a few days after I came back to campus. Then, there were some of my Twitter friends asking where have I been and why don’t I tweet. At first I don’t think it was THAT obvious until I tweet “Is it so obvious that I tweet less lately?” and i received lots of mentions saying yes, it is! How sweet of them to actually realize that I’ve been MIA from the Twitterland. :’)

Picture courtesy of ShamHardy from his Facebook album - “Hari @bubbles182 turun padang bertemu rakyat” (Ada ker patut??)

 ShamHardy’s Qik video during the ‘hari bertemu rakyat’

The thing is – why is it so obvious when I tweet less than usual? Am I that addicted to twitter that I tweet a lot that when I suddenly went MIA everyone notice?

I remember B made a joke of me being a Twitter addict. She said that I need to go to a rehab and should go by “Hi, my name is Julia. I’m a Twitter addict.” Haishh. See, girlfriend also made fun of me being addicted to Twitter.

B also never failed to be there in Twitter when I needed her, and always accompany me if I’m meeting my tweeps. Thanks, sunshine!

Lemme think. After I woke up everyday, the first thing I do is check my phone for sms, then twitter (if my laptop is off), then switch on the laptop, and open TweetDeck. Everywhere I go, I’ll check my Twitter at least once every hour - even though I’m not tweeting or replying - I’ll check the timeline. And the last thing before I go to bed, I’ll shutdown my laptop, but continue checking Twitter on the phone. Hmmm…

Me checking out Twitter while the super-delicious Sup Hameed is waiting right before my eyes! (Photo taken by Sharmi during her visit to Penang)

…I guess I AM addicted to Twitter. :/

So…

Hello everyone. My name is Julia, and I’m a Twitter addict.

Come follow me, @bubbles182 on twitter if you haven’t.

p/s: I love you guys, tweeps!!

The moon phase is 100% tonight

[Live blogged by julia a.k.a bubbles182 at 25 Aug '10, 12.28am MYT PST]

Malam ni bulan penuh. Subhanallah,cantik sangat. Langit cerah kat Nibong Tebal, tak banyak awan so nampak bulan penuh yg sangat cantik. Usually kalau bulan nampak penuh pun, the phase selalu sampai 99.8% je. Bulan 100% selalunya jadi waktu siang je. Last time tunggu bulan 100% pukul 9pagi. Mana la nak nampak kan. Huhu.

After-Iftar session: Starbucking

[Live blogged by julia a.k.a bubbles182 at 22 Aug '10, 8.55pm MYT PST]

Am starbucking at Starbucks, Pavilion with the girlfriends - Sha, Baiti, Hanie, Fadilah, Sharmi, Eda & Naddy. We just had our iftar at the Food Republic and i had my favourite Salmon Tepanyaki. It's the gossiping time and later i'm off to KL Sentral to go back to Penang :(

Kuala Lumpur again!

[Live blogged by julia a.k.a bubbles182 at 21 Aug '10, 7.35am MYT PST]

Yes i'm back in my lovely hometown again, Kuala Lumpur. Last weekend I was home to have my first break-fasting with my family and was back in campus on Monday. Today I am home again as per request by the girlfriend for our annual iftar get-together as there is no other available date for us to gather. So I'm meeting them tomorrow. Can't wait! It's been a while since we hang out together.

Pasar Ramadhan Jawi, Pulau Pinang

[Live blogged by julia a.k.a bubbles182 at 20 Aug '10, 6.38pm MYT PST]

Episod mencari pasar ramadhan bersambung lagi. Hari ni cari param sampai ke Sg.Bakap tapi xjumpa. So patah balik ke Jawi. Param sini kecik je, xbesar mana pun. Tapi ada akok! Dah carik kat 3 param sebelum ni xjumpa. Jumpa kat Jawi, dah la dia masak on the spot lak tu. Hopefully rasa akok tu x menghampakan.
Hari ni berbuka dgn akok, air jagung dgn mee sup daging.

P/s: malam ni balik KL!