I guess its time I actually started this blogging business. I've been to several of my friends blogs, didn't like them 'cause they seemed too....childish, to put it in better terms. Maybe I'll show them what a proper journal looks like, maybe not.
Anyways, welcome to my blog. My name's Xander, normally either X or my nickname towards my friends DJ will suffice as a signature to these posts. I turn 19 this year and I live in the sunny city of Singapore. A little red dot underneath Malaysia, whoop-dee-doo.
Of course, if you haven't heard of Singapore, I'll tell you about it right now: Basic history of this island is that Singapore, before it was called Singapore, was a little fishing island in the center of several important trade routes between Europe and China. When Sir Stamford Raffles (nice guy) stumbled upon Singapore (then called Singapura, or Lion City), he signed a treaty with the local yokels that turned Singapore into a prosperous British trading port. That was in the early 1800s. Give it another 100 years or so, and we have World War II, which sends the British scurrying and the local Singaporeans cowering beneath the might of the Japanese army. Right after WWII (which involved the Japanese forces finally surrendering after the atom bombs were dropped), the Singaporeans were tres pissed with the British failing to defend their island (large guns that could've routed the Japanese forces that came through Malaysia were instead pointed at the sea, where the idiot Brits thought the majority of enemy forces would come from. Can't blame them.) This awakened a sense of Merdeka or Independence amongst the locals. So the Brits went 'Ah fine, we'll give you your independence' and left. Not long after, Singapore achieved self-governance and went on to merge with Malaysia. The merger, however, was not without difficulties, since there were lots of riots, lots of death, and lots of unrest that finally ended with Singapore going 'Fuck it, we're outta here'. Singapore became a fully independent Republic, and nearly 30 years on, we're where we are today. Singapore's history in a nutshell.
But, of course, this blog isn't going to be a history book. This is about the Internet, and what hostile demons live within it. Namely, Slender Man.
Now, of course, its evident that poor Slendy is a modern horror story, lovingly spread across all sorts of social media like blogs, YouTube and Twitter. It makes for a very good read, and a very spooky one at that. And for a guy that's loads into horror stories, I snapped at the chance to get into another one.
I make this blog to document my trawls through the vast ocean of social media, text, videos and pictures that represent the majority of Slender Man media out there. Its probably gonna take me far, and perhaps I'll have an encounter with the big man himself. No matter. I do this all for the sake of a good read. I'm a sucker for horror stories. Maybe I'll start with Marble Hornets...
Well, if anyone happens to chance upon this journal, give me some nice suggestions of more Slendy stuff to read. I'll probably prioritise blogs first, since big walls of text are more my thing than videos or Twitter feeds.
It is 11:38 in the morning here, nearly lunchtime. I'm getting hungry. Maybe I'll stop by the local kopitiam (that's dialect for coffeeshop) and have a plate of chicken rice or hor fun (noodles, pretty much).
- X
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