We were getting ready to sleep. It was a windy night and the air was breezy and cold.
I pulled up the blanket to cover the whole of her body and mine too. She suddenly turned and looked at me.
'Bila kau mula blog? Why do you blog?' she asked.
What the…? Why she suddenly asked me that? Still, I answered her.
'Hmm not sure when lah, but it was in January 2009 if I'm not mistaken. And why?'
'Yes, why?'
I giggles.
'I don't know. Sebab masa tu kawan-kawan aku tak pernah tahu pasal blogger and blog dan aku jenis suka buat benda yang orang lain tak tahu? Maybe sebab tu kot?'
'Sebab tu je?'
I nodded.
'Kau ni hidup tak ada target betul-lah. Cubalah ubah perangai tu.'
We both looked up at the ceiling.
I coughed.
'Kalau followers blog kau hilang semua tiba-tiba nanti, kau sedih tak? Kau rasa nak berhenti blogging tak? '
'Nope. Because to me. followers are nothing compared to readers. I prefer to have readers, not followers. Yeah, I know, my blog is an another nonsense blog without isi penting and more to personal life rant but I do have friends that read my blog since we rarely keep in touch. To them, reading my blog makes them feel that we're here together, talking to each other, just like you and me tonight.'
'Kau ni kerek lah. Eleh, konon tak pentingkan followers. Blogger mana yang tak nak kumpul banyak-banyak. Tipulah kau ni.'
'Do you know, recently I lost almost 50 followers from my blog?'
'What? Seriously? How come?'
'Betul lah. Nak tipu apa. Dalam banyak-banyak yang hilang tu, aku tahu tak sampai 20% pun yang masih baca blog aku. Yang lain cuma pegang konsep 'Dah follow, please follback' je.
Kalau cakap pasal followers, dari dulu aku ada banyak. You also know that my current blog is the sixth one. Every time I changed my blog, I change my identity. And people be like, 'hai selamat berkenalan' and so on. Tapi dalam banyak-banyak followers tu, ada jugak yang masih cam gaya penulisan dan lukisan aku. Yang lain hilang. Sama ada dah berhenti blogging dan tak ambil kisah dah pasal dunia blog, ataupun memang sebenarnya dari dulu lagi dia cuma pegang konsep macam aku cakap tadi.
So aku tak kisah sangat. Sebab tu aku sangat jarang follow blog orang. Tapi tak follow tak semestinya tak baca, kan? Aku lagi suka jadi pembaca daripada pengikut. Betul tak? Atau kau rasa macam mana?'
Kalau cakap pasal followers, dari dulu aku ada banyak. You also know that my current blog is the sixth one. Every time I changed my blog, I change my identity. And people be like, 'hai selamat berkenalan' and so on. Tapi dalam banyak-banyak followers tu, ada jugak yang masih cam gaya penulisan dan lukisan aku. Yang lain hilang. Sama ada dah berhenti blogging dan tak ambil kisah dah pasal dunia blog, ataupun memang sebenarnya dari dulu lagi dia cuma pegang konsep macam aku cakap tadi.
So aku tak kisah sangat. Sebab tu aku sangat jarang follow blog orang. Tapi tak follow tak semestinya tak baca, kan? Aku lagi suka jadi pembaca daripada pengikut. Betul tak? Atau kau rasa macam mana?'
She did not answer.
'Krohhhh'
Ciskek basi punya orang. Boleh dia tidur?
