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You'd probably guessed correctly that my title says Timeline. Yes, yesterday Facebook has officially rolled out the Facebook Timeline feature.

It's a cool addition but to a not so tech-savvy person like me, this new feature can be kind of mind-boggling.

Although I like the fact that I can see every single thing I have done on Facebook, sometimes this feature raises more questions rather than letting you quietly reliving your memories, for instance:

- status from 9th of June 2008 at exactly 19.59 [ Jocelyn Sim is wondering why she did it?]

Did what? For the life of me, I just can't seem to remember that part and Facebook isn't helping me in any way. In fact, it just added another question to bug me for the rest of the day.

However, there is one thing that interests me and that is how this new profile has become a means of storytelling, and you as the storyteller. And the story is of course none other than your LIFE.

I can choose to highlight a specific life event in a specific year, month and day and write a short note about it. It's almost like a digital photo album that I choose to share with my friends. Indirectly, it means I don't have to put a bunch of photos up on Facebook to tell what's been happening in my life but to choose only ONE unique photo to sum up that life event.

A highlighted event in my life.

All I can say is...I like that.

I'm not a person who keeps a journal or a diary or anything that requires me to note down the important and trivial events in my life. The Closest thing I have to that is my Facebook. The next closest thing would be this blog but hey, it's been decided long ago that I'm not a very frequent blogger.

Facebook, however, kept all the trash and jewels of my life.

On top of it all, the visual or rather the aesthetic of this new profile page is quite impressive. It actually IS a Timeline. The idea of a cover works for me because a book, which contains a story, has a cover. So there is no reason why there shouldn't be a cover for my life story. Whoever came up with this idea is ingenious.