I can be a stats [to those who aren’t familiar with this word, it is short for statistics] freak at times… Just out of curiosity, because I’d like to see where my visitors come from. Lately from all over the world especially Asia. By checking my stats, I can find out a bit about my visitors, where they come from, how they found my blog, what they find interesting to read etc. This week for instance, someone found my blog through a link that I didn’t know of. So I checked the link and was flattered to see that my blog is mentioned on a website about multi-ethnic people…
At times you meet kind people, like fellow bloggers who pay you a visit and leave a nice comment. I always visit their blog and leave them a comment too 
Most of them I visit again and leave a comment every now and then when I think I have something decent to say. Some I add to my daily dose list [see sidebar: ‘Pollination’] because they have something interesting to say and I’d like to check back again… Some I add after a while because I find myself reading their blog more often than I expected at first.
At times I wonder why people read my blog because basically what they’re reading is just a tiny part of a big complex structure that is me. Some come back a few more times and leave it for what it is, other people come back regularly to read more and start leaving comments which is highly appreciated! And one particular person decided to stay after I challenged him to leave a comment and I am eternally happy about his decision…
Some bloggers/people who leave comments become friends… Some people, I met in real life, and not just online which was/is fun and others I will visit some day in the very near future. Life seems to have no boundaries when it comes to meeting like-minded people especially online and it can create endless opportunities [although at the moment I’m only focused on one in particular].
Although I have been extremely bad at leaving comments lately, I do read my favourite blogs. This Thursday will be a very important day to me and my future, so I had to concentrate on getting some things ready, hence my absence and lack of feedback. I will be back to read and leave comments, just not this week, so please bear with me…
One more thing I would like to mention is that my stats showed a really nice visitor and it’s a shame this person didn’t leave a comment on behalf of the company… [see picture below] He or she might come back again some day and hopefully won’t be too shy to speak up. 
To all other visitors, do leave a comment and become something different than just an IP address on my stats list.
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The following IPs [along with a few others]
are banned for trying to spam my server:
148.223.53.182,
80.58.205.50,
72.232.234.130,
72.232.234.58,
72.232.83.82,
72.232.234.138,
195.225.177.136 and
213.136.35.172
