I’ve just come back from arguably the most exciting, enriching and fulfilling church camp in recent memory. A big thank you to all those involved in the Confirmation 4 Camp. I pray that the experience will be a spiritual anchor for all those who were moved by the Holy Spirit.

However, there’s something that marred the whole afterglow of the event. One of my teens has chosen to delete her blog. It was a blog that chronicled arguably the most important years of life because it is in this time that your personal identity is being formed and nurtured. I only wish I had the opportunity to keep a blog a decade ago.

I’m not exactly sure about her reasons, but it probably has to do with this huge crackdown on blogs by their school or their teacher or something. It’s bad enough that MOE keeps an eye on the blogs of teachers, but for teachers to do the same for their teens is just dragging it too far.

As it is, it is obvious that blogs need to be given the respect they deserve. They are an extension of the writer and if there’s something a reader is unhappy with, then discuss it like civilised people. Don’t be like a certain person who left a comment recently on my blog calling me a ‘faggot’ and not further explaning the accusation.

I don’t like being compared to a British cigarette. For one thing, I’m not that skinny.