The Case for Youareben

I have been asked many times by my friends why did I choose to start a blog with someone who does not see eye to eye with me on most issues. These people were worried that our friendship might be further in doubt as we write articles with extrem polarity. Well, all these worries were definitely unfounded, and I shall take this opportunity to explain why Youareben is worth a read despite the difference in styles of the two editors.

We first met in 1996 and were bus stop buddies for almost four years. The friendship developed was long lasting, and even though we went to different JCs to pursue our high school education, we still kept in contact. However, I was astonished when I was not informed of my co-editor's mobile number change in 2002 and I only found out that he had done so when I tried to call him to wish him luck for his JCC in Brunei. Nonetheless, we hit it off again before we enrol in NUS and became the best of friends again.

During our college days, we often have heated discussion on almost every topic, from love clubs, elections, entertainment, KTV, to soccer, FM, and topics you wouldn't want to know. It is amazing that we were able to keep our cool after all the insults thrown to each other.

In early 2007, the idea of starting a blog to document out thought was mooted. We saw it as an avenue for us to vent our anger in the virtual world, something that we do not have the balls to do so in the real world, surely. Unfortunately, the blog degenerated into a Youtube affilate and was inactive for almost a year, until late 2007, when we decided to make a comeback. The rest, as they always say, is history.

Youareben has provided an alternative style to the overly crowed and contaminated blogosphere. Our promise to all of you is, as long as our laptops are working, we will pump in our thoughts at least once every month, and it will never, ever become a Youtube affilate again.

BATIGOL!!!