I’ve dreamt of having a blog for almost about a year now. The idea came to me when I first saw Hannah’s blog Honey and Jam while looking up cook books for my best friend and completely fell in love with her style of writing and photography.
My wish came true a while ago when I bought home a DSLR (which I affectionately named ‘Little Owl’ =). The shots above were the first pictures I’ve taken with Little Owl.
At first, I had doubts on starting my own blog; the questions in my head that bothered me were ‘What if I run out of things to post?’ ‘What if no one reads my blog?’ I do this mainly for myself, at the same time I would love people to read what I write as well.
I may not post as often, I may not have a lot to write on sometimes, but do know that this blog means a lot to me and I’ll always be thinking about it. Starting this blog was a huge step for me!
I’ve wanted to write a blog because I love the idea of different people around the world finding Vacant Bench and allowing me to share with (you) whatever I feel is worth sharing and hopefully touching some of your lives in any way possible like how the blogs I’ve followed touched mine. I hope you are willing to join me on this journey; I’ll post on every Friday =)
Thank you for reading,
Ralph Lam.






What a wonderful start to your blog! Your photographs are beautiful and I love those grassy field ones especially. Congratulations on your new camera too!
Thank you!!
I love your blog, hearing this from you as my first comment means so much to me..