Every couple of years, I feel the need to start a new blog. Under the same name. But a new blog, nonetheless. I'm not entirely sure why. All I know is that when this need arises, the blog layout bores me. The blog stops appealing to me. And something tells me gently, it's time to hit the reset button.

Maybe 133 is the maximum number of posts per gensden incarnation.

A brief history of gensden: 1997 - 2003: 'Gen's Den' The very first incarnation of Gen's Den was started when I was 15. It is now lost in cyberspace and possibly archived in some unreadable diskette I might have somewhere. It contained sections like 'Life along the White Belt', stories about my school life, and 'Ducksoup and Dinoisms', a play on the chicken soup series and the name of my childhood diary, Dino.

 July 15 2003 to December 18 2005: 'the experiment'  (gensden2.blogspot.sg)131 posts over 2 years. These were the Uni years, when I had more time to muse, wonder and to gripe about assignments. It saw me through some painful experiences as well as some really wonderful ones, like training and completing my first half marathon as well going on a 21-day community service trip to India in 2004.

December 28 2005 to October 28 2012: 'Towards the Goal' (gensden4.blogspot.sg) 133 posts over 7 years. These were the work years, full of work angst and rants. I rarely had time, energy or impetus to blog during these years, so I marvel that this blog even survived this period.

And now, from Nov 11 2012 till whenever the itch comes back again, it's just 'gensden'. Life in my thirties, in a new work place. ('New' isn't entirely accurate -- it's been 11 months since I've joined this place, but the shock of having more time to myself is just starting to wear off).