Introducing Myself....

Dear Stranger,

I am going to start by introducing myself. I am a troubled young adult who has a lot on my mind. You will find out a lot about me through subsequent letters from me.

I am tempted to start writing to you because there is no one to share my thoughts with. No one I can count on to listen and advice.... I would like a friend I could pour all my troubles, worries and curiosities to. Someone who would listen for once, to everything I have to say. That is not too much to ask or is it? 

I like to talk.....a lot! And I wonder about a lot too. I would just like to put it out there so that I do not occupy my mind with things past but rather think about a lot more. I like having someone there to listen. I like to be the one being listened to and being helped for once! I like just knowing that there is someone there....someone I could turn to without worrying and wondering if my best interest come first! 

I like being the center of attention once in a while and feeling important and loved all the time. I like not feeling used by others for whatever reason. Can I expect that from you? I know a lot of people come to you to listen. But I need to talk..... I need to write..... I need to write to you Stranger.

Social Networking Sites!!!

So I have been around on the scenes of social networking sites for a while and I am very amused by a lot of the things I see. Everybody remembers when Hi5 was the new thing – well new thing for Africa anyway! It was MySpace in the West anyway – Americas, Europe, you get the drift. Putting up pictures was the deal and Flash Fotos (in Ghana) had a big boom in business at about that time. Just thinking about those days when everyone went to the internet cafes and bought at least 3000 cedis worth browsing time, which is equivalent to 3 Ghana cedis. Seeing all those boys ……. and girls at the internet cafe uploading pictures and adding friends was … um, quite a scene.

Then came Facebook …..that is a new book I am not even gonna open! So now we are one step ahead …… or behind (depending on how you see it) and Twitter is the new thing out there. Question is, do we ever get enough of social networks? I guess we can all guess the answer to that. What is the next big thing to hit us after Twitter? I cannot even begin to fathom a name ….. haha I tried to think but i just drew a _________ ….. you got it! A BLANK!!

The innovation of social networking sites …. you gotta question if they are there to help you connect with long-lost or current friends? Or are they they there to help stalkers get access to your information? We all question the use and importance of social networking sites but the fact still remains we are addicted to them and no matter the negative publicity and critics they may receive, we will never let them go.