About this blog

Hi and welcome to My Filing Cabinet.

A friend once commented that I seem to know a lot of things, like an encyclopedia. I don’t know if I necessarily agree with her description because an encyclopedia is supposed to be an authoritative source of information.

I think my brain is more like a filing cabinet storing all sorts of seemingly useless information in its recesses and quietly waiting. Waiting for its users to come along and fish the information out. (This metaphor reminds me of the filing room used by Stephen King in Dreamcatchers to represent one of the protagonists’ mind.)

I wanted to extend this filing function to the blogosphere. Hopefully, the search function of a blog is more dependable than moments of chit-chat and gossip to remember useful information.

A blog is also a great tool to “file” multimedia information like songs and videos that matters to me. I want to store music that touch my soul and videos that make me laugh.

Yes, the Internet is an ephemeral medium but for as long as I can keep them, I shall be contented. Moreover, I still have my brain. It is still working and filing even after www.my-filing-cabinet.com.

I started this blog in blogspot.com and then moved to wordpress.com and now, I am hosting it on my own. A big step into the unknown for me. However, self-hosting offers a lot more control than free blogging services. It was a natural step forward as my knowledge of the Internet and social media tools grow.

This is also a professional development project for me. I am a firm believer of contextual learning. I learnt more about the Internet, blogging and social media with this blogging project then if I have only read it up in theory. It takes a lot of time but I think it is worth it and fun.

Organization of this blog

I have attempted to group my postings into several categories or topics that I think my life revolves around. The list can be found at the top right navigation bar under Folders by Topic. You can also check my latest or oldest posts under the heading of Folders by Date.

If you like to scroll and scan, use the sitemap.

An influential librarian Mr Ranganathan once said that “every book its user”. In the same way, my wish for this blog is that all those seemingly useless information that I store and file now may one day find their users. If my wish has come true, do let me know (^_^).

To end,

My current life revolves around Jesus Christ’s walk with me, my knitting, my work as a librarian and food in general. I will also throw in the occasional post about Singapore, the place I call home.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you find what you are looking for.