After a long hiatus

I'm not sure if calling my absence from my own blog a hiatus is too much of an euphemism, in all honesty, I have practically abandoned it for quite a while, while this abandonment can be partially attributed to the many changes in my life over the past few years, both personally and professionally, there is inevitably a large part that cannot be simply explained away. I suppose with the advent of micro-blogging, especially the ever so popular Sina Weibo, one finds it so much easier and to a large extent, more convenient to just broadcast one's thoughts and observations at any given moment via a 140-letter (which, when written in the concise language of Chinese, can pack quite a lot of content). Too often we no longer bother to distill and expand our thoughts to create blog entries. But somewhere deep within, I still kept this blog account alive despite my absence. Perhaps my subconsciousness still yearns for a place where I could record its more in-depth thoughts, or perhaps I just wanted to keep this as a sanctum where words can be recorded when they do flow. Changes in life are unavoidable, having a place that serves as a depository of my experiences and reflections is still quite useful, I suppose.