Just when you think you couldn't find God. The reasons for God being here can come up in the most weirdest of places. Here are some of my favourite reasons.

Argument From Sheer Will:
(1) I DO believe in God! I DO believe in God! I do I do I do I DO believe in God!
(2) Therefore, God exists.

Argument From Preferred Ancestory:
(1) I don't want to be related to monkeys.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

Argument From Accusation:
(1) The Bible says that everyone knows God exists.
(2) Therefore, YOU know that God exists.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

Argument From Non-Believing:
(1) The New Testament says people like you would question us.
(2) You question us.
(3) Therefore the Bible is true.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

Argument From Persecution:
(1) Jesus said that people would make fun of Christians.
(2) I am an idiot.
(3) People often point that out.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

So I thought of making one of my own.

Argument From Edrei:
(1) God, that has got to be the funniest 300 over reasons why You exist.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

Anyone want to argue with that?

For those of you who have been keeping track with what I wrote before, you might already know what I mean by noodle posts. For those of you who don't, well…this is where I explain it all. Recently, there has been an upsurge of blogs all over. Where I'm from, it has been quite noticeable.

Of course, what is so noticeable about these blogs is that there have one thing in common. They are not just new blogs. They are blogs that talk about what they did during the day. They are the blogs that tell you exactly what they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That's right. They are what I call the "noodle" posts…

And it might be a bigger problem than expected.

It's understandable that new bloggers, appealed by the comercialised call of blogging would want to start blogging. It's understandable and it is really…not a bad thing. Then again, like all things that have a beginning, personal blogging requires a sense of growth in your post. Everyone, even me has had the so called "noodle" posts, but after a while…you do tend to outgrow it, because if there is one question that every blogger has to ask themselves is this.

Why should I keep blogging?

I find that noodle posts do not answer this question. No, think about it, would you want to spend the next 5 years or 1 year, or even 6 months writing every single physical detail about your day? You can't even do that in pen written diaries much less something you do online, because no matter how much you do it, it fails to put into perspective what personal blogging is about.

Why should you keep blogging?

That's what seperates seasoned bloggers and fad bloggers. Seasoned bloggers, for whatever reason they have or care to admit, will still have a reason to keep blogging. Their thoughts, their opinions are as varied as the days they post it on. Whether they understand it or not, blogging for those of us who have blogged for a long time isn't about writing for the sake of writing. It's about writing to express yourself. It's about the freedom to express and record whatever you want on your blog.

There is no freedom in writing because your friends are doing it. There is no freedom in writing something because you think your life today is confined to what you ate for lunch. There is no freedom when you don't realise that the whole point of blogging is about freedom.

Blogs without the freedom to express always choke themselves out of the blogosphere.

If you're a new blogger or you realise you have been writing noodle posts all this time, do what all of us have done, go out there, read, comment, learn, grow. The main reason I hear from my friends about blogging is that they can't write.

Yes and a baby can't walk at first too.

In the end it's about reaching out. It doesn't matter whether you can't write as well as some other people out there. Styles and forms come eventually and they will come the more you write and the deeper you interact with your closest blogosphere. It matters that you start writing, you start expressing yourself. It matters that you put behind the limitations of noodle posts for freedom that is only confined to your imagination and creativity.

Don't make the sin of continuing the noodle posts. Write, read and grow. You'll be happier fufilled when you reach that end. That much I can promise you.

When did I ever become a person who writes about blogs and the stuff that blogs are made out off? What gives me the right to write about blogs and the the stuff that blogs are made out off? What gives me the responsibility to start talking to to friends about being a better bloggers and how they can improve themselves as bloggers?

Nothing at all I guess.

Then again, it seems like these days I'm trust into that role where I help people out in their blogs. Seems like I stopped whining about my own life and started doing something about the blogging world I am a part off. When did I start doing that? I don't know. Why did I start doing it?

Maybe its the sense of decency and responsibility that every veteran blogger should do.

I mean, it's nice and all that people like Minishorts or Peter are doing their part in…bringing out good blogs to the public. Of course, there are unfounded criticisms of promoting elitism and what other kind of nonsence naysayers say. It's a good idea for something like that.

Then again, I like a personal touch to things.

When I started out blogging, the only person who walked be through all this…or at least tried to walked me through blogging was Minishorts. Of course, if anyone does bother to go through my older posts, you can tell that sometimes we don't see eye to eye. There are times in whereby we just don't talk because our philosophies clash too much.

But it is fair to say that throughout the years (has it been that long?) in which I have blogged, she has influenced me in well…many ways. My style of blogging has long since changed from the "noodle" posts of yesteryears. I still have personal issues about my hits and why it is taking so long for me to have more regular readers, but…I figure its time to move along and concentrate on other things.

Like giving the old blogosphere new blood.

Now, I'm not as well read around as other people who do the same thing. For some reason I can't seem to find simple good local blogs even if my life depended on it. Call it bad networking. Then again…if you gave me a blog, I can tell you what you may need to make it better. I can tell you what you're good as and what you need to work on. I can tell give you all the details you need.

But only as your friend.

Because when it comes down to it. Part of blogging is in building a relationship with other bloggers. I may read, I may comment on what facinates me, but as far as I have the right to tell you what makes a good blog. No. I don't have the authority nor the credibility to openly tell people how to be better. Because if I were to be doing so, I might as well be talking to a wall…which is one of the issues I have when it comes to blogging.

So yeah, thats what has happned I guess. The evolution of the reason why I blog right now. Partly to help make sure fresh blood are good blood to start off with in the first place. Partly to make sure that the blogging world we live in isn't entirely inhabited with "noodle" posts or formal essays or gung ho commenting. Partly to make sure blogging is done with the sense of personality, pride and sense that you can relate to with other people.

But mostly to be a friend in need and to repay the favour she did for me a long time ago.

They say blogging is life.

I'm just blog here to show you why.

The rest as they say…is up to you.

Alright. Now here is every reason to make it work.

We're mentioned in The Star under the education section. If you came here because you read about us in the Star, I welcome you to my blog. Feel free to stick around and read the rest of my blogs. Unfortunately I'm in Australia at the moment so I can't really go pick up the newpaper and read about it.

Thank God for the net.

Anyway, as it says and I quote:

While Foo and his team will do their best to gather contributions, the Merdeka Blogger Project will definitely not succeed without the support and initiative of the bloggers themselves.

So what are you waiting for? We're looking for those pre-Merdeka posts right now in preperation for the big day. So tell Danny or me about it or just register and post a draft of it on the Merdeka Blogger site itself.

Merdeka isn't without the people who remember and appreciate the legacy in which it was brought down after so long.

Let's bring that apreciation to the 21st century.

Support the Merdeka Blogger Project.

Make the whole Malaysia see how much our country means to us.

(I like to thank Minishorts for bringing the project into the media light)

Edrei's List Of Things Learnt While Snowboarding:

1. Make sure you remember what injuries you have suffered before and remember to bring those damn painkillers.



2. In Australia at least, three layers of clothing is overkill. People actually ski down with T-shirts on. Anything more on a bright sunny day and you'd be roasting your insides going down the hill.
3. Don't let 3 year old kids who ski faster than you be any discouraging. They probably have been going down that hill a lot longer than you have.
4. If anything the instructor taught you isn't working. Change techniques immedietly after the first big fall. If you already aren't at least going down straight then you can't use that technique. It's less painful in the long run.



5. Try not to fall down. It's getting up that is more difficut than actually snow boarding down the mountain.
6. When you do fall down. Get out of the path as soon as possible. You don't want to go sprawling on the snowfaced down when another novice skier slams into you while trying to break.



7. Snow is rough. This is no joke. Don't try to stop with your bare hands unless you want them to be bleeding.
8. Waiting in queue to go up the hill actually takes longer than going down it. Talk to complete strangers in line to pass your time.
9. Always try to fall down on your butt than your knees. It still hurts, but at least it isn't as bad as landing on your knees. Especially when you have old knee injuries.
10. If you can't impress anyone on the snow. Impress them in the cafe. Rubik's Cube works best. Rubiks cube always works best.

All in all. That's what I can think off from the whole 15 hours worth of the trip. It may have taken a toll out of my wallet. It may have been uncomfortable to begin with. It may have taken a whole new dimension to the term pain endurance. But at the end of it all, I can say one thing about it.

I know how to snowboard.

And I can do it again.

And again.

And again.

And there is nothing anyone can do to stop me.