Finding Love Online
Malaysian writer and director Zona Marie Tan is about to marry the blogger she met via blogging. She blogs under the monicker Midnite Lily. She summarises her story on her blog:
“The Love story
The “Online Relationship” category on my blog will take you to snippets of my little love story that began in 2006. Lee and I had been reading each other’s blogs for over three years, which we found through Blogshares. It wasn’t until April ‘06 that we started talking to each other. First through email then subsequently on YM and Skype. It was love at first click… Heh… The first time we ever met in person was when he came to visit me in Malaysia in August, and I was then in Sydney with him for five months. Now, we’ are engaged and in the midst of journeying to joining our lives.”
Congratulations, Zona and Lee!
Blogging is about communication so it’s not so surprising to come across a romantic story like this. When you get to know someone through their writing and daily updates, it’s a great way to make a lasting connection. I’ve got to know a number of great people whom I would never had connected with were it not for blogging - they’ve become email and Facebook friends and I’ve also met up with a number of them. In particular, Malaysian bloggers are particularly friendly and open and whenever I’ve met up with them after getting to know them on their blogs, it’s like meeting long lost friends. In many ways, I feel closer to them than to some non-blogging friends who live in the same city - mainly because I know more about what’s going on with my blogging/ social networked friends than about my non-blogging friends with whom I may or may not speak on the phone every few months.
Do you know any other blogging love stories? Let me know!
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Mon, July 30th, 2007 - Author
Yang-May Ooi - Category
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August 2nd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
hi Yang-May, what a delightful surprise to stumble on this! thank you!
i’d like to add that blogging also bridges the gap between meeting people you’d never could imagine you’d meet in life, ordinarily. international celebrities, for example. i think it’s so surreal to have “met” you, an inspirational Malaysian novelist, like this *^_^* if it weren’t for technology, i doubt i would’ve been ever able to “meet” someone whose book i’ve read.
similar happened when i found Paulo Coelho’s blog and emailed him. i never imagined i would actually receive his reply! ^_^
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I agree, Zona, blogging and social media offer such opportunities to make connections. It’s about people making themselves available to discuss and engage with others with similar interests - whether you are a celebrity or a world reknowned expert or just someone who is interested in a partcilar subject: blogging is about an attitude of mind as much as anything. It’s not for people who are stuffy and formal and want to stay aloof!