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i've been neglecting my blog too because there are too many things i want to blog but i cant. like scandals, dramas and problems i am having. yeah, it would be unfair because we are just ranting from your point of view.
i wont judge you when you become rant-y again! hehehehe.
my blog is small scale meaning it's read by mostly friends and cousin .. but still when i get pissed at MR A, i can't write about it because friends of MR A are reading my blog :/
or i wanna bitch and rant bout some friends who i am sure don't read my posts, but i still scared .. that's why i set myself up for a private bitch blog with only 5 audience ..
and no worries about being judged .. i understand :)
ya, i understand what you mean and i can guess just one of the "people" haha. but yeah, you're right... a lot of times, "popular" bloggers end up blogging for their audience, and not so much themselves...
we've been blogging for about the same length of time - I started end of 2001 in diaryland.com haha.
go on, be human.. you do owe it to yourself. see ya soon! :) I can't wait to come home!
no wait... i don't have a gf. LoL...
Well, its both fortunate and unfortunate at the same time that you picked up a lot of readers along the way.
Fortunate because u gain popularity, fans, and people who would support u along the way, *wink* =)
Unfortunate because u also pick up people who are against you, and that you can't be too straight forward anymore on the blog, coz' u know that the more people read your blog, the higher the chances that the person u're bitchin' about is gonna find out, or cause the wrong people to get the wrong idea and misunderstand what it is u're actually saying as well.
But if you asked me, even if you didn't have a wide reader base, how much can ranting or emo-ing on the blog really help make u feel better... as compared to calling your closest friends out and pouring ur emotions out to them face-to-face? Still feels MUCH bettter having someone to sit with you to listen doesn't it?
Even if you've poured your HEART out in ur blog in pinkskyes dayz, I bet you still call ur closest friends out and repeat it again coz' that still feels better right?
So take it as the public doing a favor for u lor... that you don't have to waste time typing it up da blog, just call ur close friends out and scream till their ears fall off lor.
Another reason why u should also be thankful u're cornered into this situation, which is the reason why i don't write personal emotions in my blog, is because despite what you're feeling TODAY, when you feel like POURING your HEART OUT to complain or to just let people know of the EMO state you're having right now, or bitch about this stupid girl who u hate... is because you're going to read it back one day and wished u never wrote it because u don't want moments like this to be remembered.
Some things are better not penned in black+white, because there's always room for change.
I bet back in the pinkskyes days when you're 99% honest in your blog about your emotions, you've went back and deleted or edited stuff you've posted before. Tell me if I'm right. =)
Bottega Girl is a ho who oughta be shot.
and i say, bring back the pinkskyes pinkpau!
i had to start censoring myself 5 months into my blogging after my mom cried and shouted at me for writing about my dad!
Been a reader of your blog a few months back and im totally hooked to it. Fund it realy fun to read. AFter a streesful day, i just wanna check out blogs and have a light read of what other blogger had to say.
Yes, blogs can be very informative at times but it can be very dangerous at times also when you touches on personal/.sensitive issues. You wouldn know whos reading it and some can post up reaaly nasty comment.
Anyhow, good to know ur going to Columbia Uni and hopefully imm planning to go NYC end of the year, we can meet up. Its good to meet up high profle blogger in a foreign land. ha ha...
Cheers.
sweatlee : how ah liew suet li i will be very jealous wan :(
nileey : thank you! :) wait.. how does google reader allow you to bloghop? i always thought google reader was just a feedreader of sorts that allows you to subscribe to other blogs. or does it allow you to see your friends' subscriptions too?
lyn : yes that is exactly it! friends of mr A reading etc. then it's also very hard to look at Mr A straight in the eyes next time cos you dont know if he read what you wrote or not :P ahh private bitch blog.. i wish i could do the same, but then there are friend-politics about who to give the password/url to and who not to give to.. etc :)
carol : haha how did you guess who one of the people is! which one did you guess? hey diaryland.. ahh the good ole days of blogging.. :)
therealanonymous : i really hate how you are so disgustingly accurate all the time :P haih. yes you are right about the deleting posts cos i regretted it, you're right about how calling up friends to bitch is always better than blogging it.. etc. haih alvin!!! go away :( stop being right all the time :(
phooisze : and the me in real life is always extremely agitated and fluttery wan :P i dont think i've ever been calm in my life.. haha
ben : hahaha if only it were that simple!
hui wen : YES people pounce on it. and they make all sorts of stupid assumptions and judgments. haih. nvm lah we have our friends to bitch to :) hey that day i cut my hair with yen.. she was saying that your sister was just in the salon a few mins before i got there!
gin : which part!
suanie : cannot! you must stay and fight from within!!! like mukhriz
ky : you mean the stuff that gave me diarrhea? :P
ionstorm : hehe unfortunately it's all locked away under my password now :)
shaolintiger : yaya and i will write about the cellulite photo also :P
kiasu andrew : nooo she didnttttt she's very bad :( omg u went to watch help debate. i was supposed to be there too!!! just read your friend's blog about help robbing chs. haih. poor guys :( they sound like the shoulda won.
songjun : oh yes the things i used to blog about :P remember all the long fights with 'speaker'.. hahaha. and kevlar hahahaha.
kennysia : you are kennysia mah!! master of controversy!! hahaha. talk about fast food also can get flamed wan
realgunners : ahh thats the thing... i'm too lazy to use pen and paper :P
zeek not geek : i'm not as worried about the bad comments i get, as i am about the relationships and feelings that will be affected. yup we can meet up in NYC if you're going to be there :)
dawn : that is exactly it. i actually waited a few days before i started writing this post, just to see if i would feel better about it.. and i didnt, so i put it up today. but there have been SO many times that i wrote long rants about things/people i'm angry at, but decided to sleep on it before putting it up, and the next day i feel so thankful that i didnt put it up after all. ah dawn you are famous :) in international circles. do you look at your traffic? it's probably higher than mine after your posts on the monk protests and the cyclone!
anyway b true on ur writing doesnt mean u gotta compromise ur true feeling as long u can handle the attn n attn
happy growing
eh when u go to US make sure u blog abt all this ppl ok! sorry la my life very boring, no drahma. so i need to entertain myself with other ppl's drahma.
I've never experienced fame in the blogosphere, but the advice of what I try to feel from your entry is that, why care about the flames? I've also came to learn in life that between stimulus and response there's a freedom to choose, basically we call that self awareness, which means its not what people do onto you that hurts, its often our emotional reactions toward the affairs which hurts, I believe no one can hurt you without your consent. =) Take care!
You, at least, still keep a certain 'blogging for myself' vibe to this blog, which is still refreshing, and at least I actually bother (and enjoy) READING your stuff unlike some other idiots out there with absolutely NOTHING worth reading on their blogs.
anyways, what do you think about password protecting your sensitive posts?
haiya then you couldve witnessed another dj victory maaaah :D
nearly fall asleep...didn't know u start blogging so long ago...
I'm outdated mah...only found out your blog last year...
eh but true though, you used to blog a whole lot , there were times i just had to refresh it within 30min to an hour to see a new post lol
yea. there are some sensitive things that are better kept between certain people only. which is why i have two blogs. one public, and one for myself.
Dramatic, no?
But it's true. I do cry reading them sometimes.
that is the downside for being popular. you have to start compromising for the sake of peace.
i stumbled upon your blog from the mt kinabalu post on kennysia, and there's no looking back since.
i started blogging less than a year ago on friendsterblog, becoz i was sent outstation to work and was getting really bored. i have alotta opinions in my head, but i already have my hordes of frens to share it with...so sharing my opinion was not the biggest reason that started me blogging.
my first bloggers-meet was the pajama party, and i would gladly say that event has improved my social life greatly! thank you blogging, thank you nuffnang, and thank you pinkpau (becoz i wouldnt have attended that meet if not for you).
so long story short, the conclusion is....if there is one blog (non-political) that helped changed my life for the better....i'd say its none other than quaintly.net...of which reading your blog has become a daily internet ritual for me.
i hope you can 'bring' us with you when you are in the States. :)
i guess there are perks and lows of having a high-traffic blog like yours, since there are SO many people reading you, and a lot of people just love to gossip and probe at every detail ...
as for me, i dont censor myself in my blog since its a low-traffic blog, but i keep on getting comments from friends who know me in real life that i'm a crazy emo suicidal chick from the way i blog. :P but what non-bloggers dont realize is that a blog isn't the most accurate portrayal of a person!
i can't wait to read about your experiences in the States, I'm sure you will have an awesome time there ..
you know what? in life, there will always be all these ppl who'll try to bring you down and tear you into pieces if it's possible. so why bother? as long as you're happy, that's all that matters.
cheer up, babe! you have my support. (:
Well, just wanted to drop by and *applaud*. Don't stop being honest because that's what makes you, you.
eh eh who's the two-faced person! i dunno wan!
I remember in my old blog, i put up this homemade video. and because of that one video, i suddenly had thousands of viewers and readers. and all that pressure just made me move to another blog with another name. long story short - i feel better now. but i wished i could have kept that blog name because it meant so much to me.
anyway, long long hug.
getting the fun, happiness popularity, consolation bt when u do something slightly wrong.......*boom* you will get attacked like in World War 2.
really looking forward to read posts from the new/old(err..?) you.
if memory serves me right, i've been reading you ever since you blogged about why u chose elisha curtbert as the banner pic. haha.
cheers to you.
OF COURSE you have the right to rant/ rave/ be emo. Just because you happen to blog, does that mean you do not feel too?
I understand that it's politic for you to be discreet or censor yourself for the sake of keeping the peace, but y'know, enough's enough.
If you can't say what you want to say (albeit in a veiled way, couched in the most general of terms ala 'Unsent Letters' - which btw happens to be my fave category of your whole blog), then what's the point of this entire exercise right?
I know that everyone has their ups and downs, and no one is exempted. Since it's your blog, should it not reflect the tapestry of your life too (albeit ina filtered way, as it should be).
The darned thing is, when you do choose to blog about the good things in life, the dinners shared with loved ones, the trips abroad spent exploring a city exciting and foreign, the meet-ups with bloggers, the lunches, the dress-up parties, THE FOOD (oh god, who can forget about the FOOD!) - some jerk crawls out of the woodwork and accuses you of being a fluffy hedonistic bimbo.
Heads you lose, tails you lose. So hon, since you can't keep everyone happy (trust you me, this state of utopia will never eventuate), screw it and do what you want.
So dear Su Ann, rant away - I'll try my very best to be here, (figuratively) holding your hand and putting in my two cents worth.
ps: I know I ask this every. single. time you write one of these milestone-type posts, but I cannot for the life of me remember when I started reading you. It's like I almost fear finding out, because time's slipped away so fast and I'm er, getting old wtf.
What I do remember though is getting hooked on quaintly.net shortly after The Star did a piece on you and Fireangel and Cheesie, voraciously reading my way though your archive, and then turning into a cyber-stalker, er, I mean became your loyal reader wtf =P
=)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25in...
I tend to stay on the creative side so ambiguity can hide the true characters.
cant imagine how it is for u if already we small scale bloggers-no one but close friends (and scarily family as well) reads cant be 100% honest - it especially sucks when we have to remove posts/pictures and write and delete 100 times just to make sure we do not offend someone...=.="
cant wait till you can be 100% honest again!=) all the best and have fun in the US! wish i could go...=p
Concurred... I've struggled excessively with blogging- I started way back when I was 13 on Xanga (though those were the days I had less of an opinion on everything so the posts were quite... shallow... ;p) - but still, was absolutely terrified when more than my circle of best friends found the blog.
I changed all the settings to semi-private only-friends-can-read, and became so cautious with blogging that I stopped blogging altogether. Though- I missed the random stranger I-can-relate-to-this comments. Funny how the audience circle I wanted were the best friends who knew me inside out and then, the strangers who didn't know my face or name or age - but not anyone in between.
Anyway a couple of years later, I got inspired when I started reading public blogs - Would it be stroking your ego too much if I said you were the reason why I dug out my blogspot account and tried blogging again? :P Haha and still after 3 posts, and only letting ONE person know such a blog existed - I stopped because looking back at those 3 posts, I realised that I've put so much of myself onto such an easily accessible platform, that well- I just wasn't comfortable with the idea that one day I may blog something that I may not want certain people to read and they would end up reading it.
Also the idea of being vulnerable- readers knowing so much about the blogger but the blogger knowing nothing about the readers (unless they comment)... that didn't sit too well-
Sometimes I almost feel guilty when I find myself enjoying or being deeply immersed in blogs such as this one, or a better example would be teen4sale- it's as though I am using someone's life- trauma- problems! as my basis of entertainment? To pass the time? Being so intrigued by someone's life-turned-drama, argh... it just doesn't feel right. It's like you say- readers (unconsciously probably) become so attracted because of the drama- because of the real person they can read about.
And yet- I can't help it. Because bloggers put so much of themselves on the blog- when they're upset I feel it- I sympathise, I disagree. But when they're happy, I smile and laugh along as well! It's what makes me want to read. So when it comes down to it... what IS my point? :P Ahh, I'm just spewing off the top of my head. I guess... when you have a public blog like this- choosing to be cautious is the wisest most diplomatic but self sacrificing thing to do.
Okay. And now on a completely different tangent! To reply your previous comment:
Hahaha my "little" (she's actually physically larger than me now. Damn puberty D:) sister used to come along to pick me up when I was in local primary school. (We walked home back then, so she came with my grandma) And you know... the icecream men on motorbikes that hang around outside gates towards the end of school? :D Yeah...... it was the only way she could get icrecream on a daily basis without mum knowing. ;) The tricks we kids get up to...
Well this lengthy comment... feels almost like a blog post of my own. xD Hopefully you managed to make some sense of it!
So many people above me has already said it, so I think it's kind of superfluous for me to declare that you're my favourite of all the celebloggers - you're getting so much lovin' already.
I mean, hey, s'not like I write comments anywhere else on a regular basis.
am looking foward to seeing you blog for purely yourself again :)
i'm glad you somehow keep writing happy posts. it might seem superficial and unnatural to some, but it's a breathe of fresh air to many others. Being famous also naturally makes you a role model. So you're inspiring people through happy posts to be more positive and cheerful. i know that when i'm stressed out i can just go to quaintly.net, read a random happy post about cupcakes and cheap flowers and peanut butter cups. then i forget why i was ever so angry. and get out to go get some peanut butter cups for myself xD
being optimistic is contagious. So you're spreading happy :)
(thanks!)
to pink: entah kenapa i feel so emo tonight, then i came and read your post again, and it made me even more emo because i was reminded about the other blog i keep and the person whom i keep it for =( hugs pau.
iamthewitch : yes diplomatic.. that was the word i was trying to pinpoint while writing this post! haha thank you! i wish i'd thought of that earlier
chm : did you know that when i wrote my political posts, i got a whole slew of .gov.my IP addresses viewing my blog via an emailed link? that was pretty interesting, haha. hehe i actually do that microsoft word thing ;) only i keep it in Notepad. ya maybe one day when i no longer care about such things, i'll put up snippets of these posts. i actually did something like that a couple of years back
sieutheng : but you already know all my drama!
nick : hahaha what are you agreeing so vehemently with?!
wannabe economist : true. that is something i've always struggled with - trying to please everyone. i used to have this philosophy that it's NOT impossible to please everyone if you know how to mediate and to tread the fine balance. but now i'm starting to see how naive that is. ah well. mm flames.. i'm quite lucky that i dont get many of those, and when i do, there's really not much they can say that's hurtful because all their accusations are always so far off the mark that it's actually quite funny :P the hurtful things come from people that i know. and unfortunately, that's always hurting whether or not you allow it to be
eyeris : thank you for this comment eyeris :) it really means a lot.
lotsofcravings : i would neverrrrrrr blog about work :P i know of way too many people getting fired for their blogs!
entwined : you hate gossip girl and grey's anatomy?!?!?! *cries* thou art not my friend anymore!!! ya i thought about password protecting, but that in itself involves more politics. i could never say no to anyone who asked me for the password... so if everyone currently reading my blog now asks me, then there's not much of a point pword protecting it, is there :P besides, passwords can get passed around too. so i dont want to hide behind a false sense of security but STILL get in trouble for what i write
kiasu andrew : maybe i didnt go because i knew DJ would win :P i'm still BITTER from 2005!!!!!
chris tock : really ah? means you come to US ah? :D
chee : long also must read!!!!!
songjun : only cos you're such a fighting cock -_-
nyrac : thank you so much :)) eh but dont you wish sometimes that there are a couple of people, perhaps your closest friends, who would read what you write on your private blog?
poet36 : yes i remember you :) well i think what you commented on previously and what i'm talking about in this post are two very diff things. i agreed with you previously because i thought you meant there are very few of my heartfelt and personal posts on my blog these days, but this post is about my angry rants that are directed at specific people, events or things. sometimes some moderation is needed, for many reasons, be it for peacekeeping or an attempt to complain less :) i keep angry rants away from my blog for many reasons, most of them personal and nothing to do with society as you put it :) just like we cant all go around publicly slapping in the face people whom we hate, we also cant all be blogging mean things about them too.
skyler : you know one! actually you know two! you know about Bottega Girl too.. you prolly just dont recognize her new nickname :P
michelle : eh dont cry :( i blog about cupcakes more ok :(
sheon : sniff sheon your comment so touching :( you are totally welcome about the nuffnang pajama party, and i'm glad you went even though we BARELY got to speak! oh and i'm meeting linora this wed for lunch at pavilion; wanna come? sigh. thank you for this big compliment you just paid my blog :) means a lot
liz : ya exactly, blogs arent the most accurate gauge of a person.. but it's a more personal insight into a person.. so i guess that's why people have this impression that they can use it to judge you. haih. oh, the states :) i cant wait too.
rachel chin : RCHIN HOW ARE YOU. are you ever on msn anymore! hahhaa galleon for my blogs, good god i totally remember that. ah good times. thank you for the congrats :)) i heard you got into LSE, never got to congratulate you for that either!
pink charm : i bother!!! :( i dont want there to be anyone who hates me enough to wanna bring me down. that's really scary ok. haha. and thank you so much for the support :)) it's really so very awesome to get all this love from strangers. i wish i knew you in real life. thank you again :)
david lian : nvm you are 45 not 44! thank you dahveed :) for what it's worth, you are a big inspiration to me when it comes to public blogging
reallybites : haha no it didnt happen. i decided that I MUST WRITE ABOUT THIS. hahaha eh yalor why u donno her. nvm later i tell u
angpau : haha! why so outdated wan!
adrian : it's just a cacat spelling of skies :P no special meaning or anything hehe
thegeekinpink : i greatly welcome long long long hugs :))) wow what kinda video could you have put up to have gotten so much attention? i'm glad you feel better :) that's really all that matters.
asyraf : the ones that matter, yes :)
jessica k : locked blogs are awesome! hmm shouldnt be too hard to maintain your private blog right? since you dont have to update it too regularly or anything
grace : i think i'm very good at avoiding doing anything wrong! :) so no worries there. i'm very very very lucky because i dont get much flames or criticism. the only big con of being a high traffic blogger is that you definitely get caught up in the rat race. it's a sucky place to be.
jimmy : ah that was early 2006 :) thank you for reading me for so long, and for all the comments you give me. haha you always leave such funny comments
foreverjas : what is?
michellesy : haha milestone posts!! that is such an accurate term for this. i think i'm going to start a new blog category just for this :P ya i'm beginning to realize that sometimes there's just no pleasing everyone.. but of course i'm not going to go out of my way to displease everybody right! much as i'd like to be totally free to rant about whatever i want on my blog, sometimes some moderation is needed. otherwise too many hurt feelings and too many fights.. sigh one feud with one blogger is taxing enough already. dont need to have more than that :) sigh thank you for the hand holding and the two cents! you know i always appreciate any comment you have for me :)
bubbles : cant :( that involves a lot of mess too. because i wouldnt be able to say no to anyone who emails me for my password. so the chances of my passwords landing into the wrong hands are actually quite high. so.. oh well :|
abby : xie xie! wo yeh ai ni!
clem : haih all you men and fear of exposing weakness!!! no lah i kid :) i totally understand what you mean, and many a time i'm in your position too. too proud (and smart) to expose weaknesses to others.
mich : thank youuuu :) you're so kind. and therefore i forgive you for spelling pinkpau wrongly!!
jane lock : ooh thank you for the article :) i'm halfway into it - very interesting!
da : ya it's very weird because every other day i find out about really UNEXPECTED people reading my blog, and sometimes when i write certain things.. i'm like "nvm lah these ppl wont read my blog wan". but you know that picture of the girl carrying the dog in the below post? the one whom my friends thought was me? she was actually shown my blog by some of her friends who read my blog O_O it's like. what are the odds, right! haih. that's why it's just about impossible to blog about anything 'controversial' or angry rants about people/events/things if i dont want to tread on any feelings.
ljy : ah what you just described is the best part of blogging :) the comments from strangers and friends, and also reading blogs and living different lives through those blogs. erm! i dont know if i'm getting the right LJY here! are you jia yoong from my former school! cos when i replied your previous comment, that's what i thought.. :P
random surfer : yup i'm reading it now! it's a great read so far
nij us : thank you!! :D
simon seow : hahaha! when kenny sia first plugged me, he said something like i was smart cos i got 12A's in spm. so how? you got 12a's anot? :P
k0k : no no all this lovinnnn can never get superfluous! tell me lah, k0k, tell me :D hehe but thank you for the lovin'. i like wan
zen : OMG THE DRACO LAYOUT ! hahaha the green one! omg this is giving me the giggles.. haha. haih this songjun STILL doesnt update his blog
fern : nope no one has suggested it, but i already do it on my own :) i plan to one day post some snippets from these drafts when i finally find that i dont care whether or not i reveal these things :) i'm glad you like my happy posts. i do too, and am always glad to write such things! why you say thank you! oh and about your blog it comment in the previous post, they didnt write my profile! i wrote a few things, but they revamped it and screwed up the grammar in the process. dont worry about not receiving an email; they're postponing the contest and i'm not surprised if they're just late in informing contestants. the team is actually really slow, even when i deal with them too.
alvin the PUPPY : alvin you are not a chipmunk. you are a puppy. see even the plurk team knows it.
tiff : omg no lah i'm not! why do you say that!
music magi : ahh thank you so much. that is such high praise and i'm so happy you left me this comment :) because i really do try to keep my blog as sincere and personal as possible :) i'm so glad you noticed.
nyrac : huggs back to you :)) dont be sad ok? i give you cupcake
ky : i blame i blame!!!
oh yah good ole diaryland. Back then it wasn't even called "blogging", haha. I occasionally still post rants/super emo stuff there, though I haven't done that for some time now :D
EH sorry long comment! XD
only way u can be totally honest is when u keep the blog to urself but, that's the catch..blog is meant for public viewing and diary for self.. agree?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25in...
you might need to login to read, but it's worth registering for - "what i gained and lost by writing about my intimate life online"
nyrac : that is so cool :) i had something like that too, with one of my ex boyfriends. so i totally understand how you feel. it really defines the word bittersweet, doesnt it?
guywithasmile : no lah i dont agree completely :) well, maybe. i dont know..! okay it's like this. when i said writing for yourself, i meant that writing whatever you want, and nothing anyone thinks is going to change that. well, it's possible to feel like that even when there are people reading your blog, yes?
fuzzy : please do keep your blog up :) it's a great read, dry running commentary and all. did you know that the first time i ever saw julian was on your blog? :) hehe. martian trivia.
sze : thank you sze! but i already read it :D haha it's a kickass read, it really is. i'm going to be following her articles from now on.
you gals have fun!!!
i dont know if you still remember but when I first read your blog i was so touched by your honesty and amazing zest for life that i instantly sent you an email proclaiming my love for your writing etc etc. hahaha it's crazy to think it was about exactly a year ago today, and i was going through some craazy stuff that your blog eventually helped me through in so many ways.
i think it was your amazing optimism and ways of seeing things through... it just made me appreciate life so much more, and for that i thank you very very much. =)
keep rockin'! write what you really feel. censorship may be needed now that this blog is so so popular, but in the end, writing is all about from deep within your heart, and that's what ultimately keeps ppl reading you. You've already got that so don't lose it! =D
p/s: and i love those late night entries best - when you're in your reflective mood, i think you share the most genuine, heartfelt words of all.
keep it up, su ann! =)
i have only started reading quaintly.net a few months back and am slowly going through your archives now :)
so just keep up with waht you have been doing and if you really want to rant for yourself and your friends as you say there is always the locked post feature
It's these flaws we have,that make life so very interesting and rewarding.
Just be urself...o.k?
Life is too short for us to look for this flaws.
anyway, i also love the way you reply to everyone. and damn long comments also! *respect*
muaks!
Ten years from now, you'll look back at this and think how wonderful it all was.
It is all but memories replayed in our mind.
what's cathartic ?
EC
YES THOMAS, I want to blog more and meet more people and gain more traffic so at least I can earn some moolah...
Sometimes, people just underestimate blogging and overestimate it at a point too... I don't know.. for me blogging is just a place of interaction. A form of networking tool I would call it..
And I am glad to be blogging else, I wouldn't have met a bunch of crazy people that we call ourselved the DGMB-ians. The peeps who G-mails chat.. read.. G-Mail chat.. not G-chat..
EVERY SINGLE DAY!.. and I cherish them as my friends... ;)
Blogging is kewl.. blogging is fun.. blogging is life... :)
And ohh yea, we want to see that email you sent to Kenny ^^
I would just say continue to blog and do write with your inner self still intact to it. Don't blog for the sake of blogging, cause it shows. Blog your heart out!!! =))) xDDD peace out!
although ppl who blog from overseas blog for themselves most of the time, i can also see that a lot of them blog for others. i suppose in ur case, u may feel "compelled" to blog for your throngs of readers at times when u're in the states, but seriously, the center of attraction in ur writings is not wat u think ur readers like to read, but ur profound honesty. plus, most places overseas are good, conducive environments for some serious soul-searching (although nyc may have too many distractions ;p)
99% of public bloggers blog for an audience. The other 1% is lying. ;)
there's an issue at the back of my head that i've been wanting to blog about but i can't because i am afraid. but since when am i a slave of my own blog? fuck this shit it's MY blog and i can write whatever i want whenever i want. especially when i don't get money from traffic cuz i'm cool like that WTF
have you watched what happened in vegas? kinda predictable, and totally corny ending, but then again it has some cute scenes and it can get quite funny at times. worth a watch if you just want to have good time hanging out =) i know, because that's what i just did today, hehe.
people will still like it right cuz i liked ur pinkskyes :(
but then again, emo posts are just that. emotions. when you read the emo posts few weeks later, you cant feel that same amount/intensity of emotions anymore
i cant say i understand your situation perfectly because i don have such a huge traffic. although sometimes i wish i had, because your comments always show that many of your readers care for you. the comments always show that many of your readers are there to offer words of comfort or encouragement even though you might not have met many of them in real life.
anyway, there's a reason why so many ppl agree with the saying 'when you gain sth, you lose sth' =) and there's also a reason why so many ppl like your blog =)
Thank you. Makes me ponder alot at times.
So i guess for me its never about the gossips and warfight.:/
Much Blessings.:0)
i like this entry a lot, it's the best ever
yeah man i get what you mean. it's just the same with everything. you get torn between the REAL purpose and commercialism. sigh, it's a sad thing but a very true fact of the world.
it is indeed damn scary how so many people read your blog. what i hate is when they don't leave a footprint and you have NO IDEA that they were at your blog. comes across as slightly sneaky and stalkerish actually. sorry but that's how i personally feel.
you are right. it's so hard to just let go and at the same time maintain some amount of privacy. i guess when you come onto the internet, you have already agreed that you willing to lose that bit of privacy. but still, it all boils down to who do you blog for. just like you said.
i had the very bad experience of actually ranting about my relatives on my blog and experiencing the consequences after. had to move my poor blog after that. learned censorship from that day onwards but sometimes not as enjoyable to not be able to rant so honestly yea?
hahaha.
anyways, more power to you pinkpau and this was a fantastic entry that cheered me up at 5.35am in the morning. =)
when i first started reading ur blog since 2 yrs ago, i thought to myself: ' wah so many tiny words on the screen omg!' *scroll scroll scroll for pictures*. but now i learnt to read every single word u write n like many others u r my favourite blogger=) sometimes i wish so much that i'm ur very close fren when i'm reading ur comments off posts so tat i noe what u're talking about=)
btw i got to ur blog via suet li's when she linked ur blog saying tat she took pictures ala the pinkpau's style = self timering!! haha
You're right ... theres been a dramatic change in your blog for the past 3 years. I can't imagine what it was like 5 or 6 years ago. It was probably more intriguing back then. This is probably a real dilemma that’s bothering you. You can’t write anonymously, no point in that. But for what it’s worth, there is still that innate feeling from most of your readers, wanting you to write as you were. So, you’re not alone… as we also look forward when you’re in US. X)
And now we're in the public eye, I have no choice but to cut out all the emo posts and look happy all the time, because I just found out that my ex still reads my blog. Damn, I can't look less happy than her. Hahahaha.
I still love your blog pinkpau, and I've like converted some of my close friends in sg into readers of your blog too! :D
Keep on blogging Su Ann, and keep in touch!
Hamlet's Hero.
I might not be a usual commenter in ur blog, but I do read it quietly with some of my other friends. No matter what happens, whether you're here in Msia or going to the US, I am still here reading quaintly.net always.
however i do agree that when a blog gets too public, it will be time for some censorship to avoid any stalkers or people to know too much of your personal stuffs. =)
Love ya.
i've had several occasions where i have to apologise to others for what i've written, or delete my posts to avoid hurting others. but the worst thing is, i always feel like i'm deleting a vital part of myself when i delete a draft post, or even when i changed my mind not to write about something. holding yourself back is painful, and you should never do that. now that you're in the public eye, it may seem hard not to censor yourself, but make a few posts private, or accessible only via password.
it's probably tempting to quit altogether, but there is one good thing about your blog being public to all. and that is the fact that your blog inspires people. "the pen is mightier than the sword". and it is your words that keeps me going on and feel grateful for the life i've been given. you make me feel proud to be a malaysian, and you show the world that teenagers aren't just rebellious delinquents. they can be responsible, caring, courageous and awe-inspiring.
Good luck with the reversion! When the very annoying and uninformed flames start to pour in, you can rest assured that your readers will be here to douse them : P
But what I really felt like I needed to tell you is that despite as much as I've read so far, I've never had so much respect for a blogger before. I mean you. Keep writing. It's such a breath of fresh air. I'm so glad I've stumbled upon your blog. (Despite the pinkness lol)
i remember the days of your draco layout hahaha
boy you sure have grown :)
keep on writing, you're doing a great job
a mutual friend of ours tells me we are quite alike. and there are times while i am reading your posts and i'd go "oh gosh she took she words right out of my mouth"
im flattering myself ahem dont mind me.
all in all, i love reading your blog and while you have a lot of readers, the blog is yours and you should say what you want you say. please. don't hold back. don't be selfish, share :P
(i waited a couple of days after this post has been up hoping no one would see this but you haha *shy*)
.... or maybe they underestimate how blogs are interlink, one way or another.
and yes, i still hope i can meet THE pinkpau in the flesh someday. *huggles* =)
Indeed it is long.. But somehow it felt short..
Problems and stuffs are one of the usual things we face in life..
However, it varies from the complexity of it..
Yea it's agreeable that now you're a CELEBRITY, you have to be careful with the word selection.. However, don't let that affect what you truly want to blog about.. Put it in this way, You can still BLOG out your true feelings, but there's always space for you to rephrase words in such, that it's not so much offensive to people and your faithful readers.. Hey this technique is not too bad, cause at the same time, you get to "see" things from a different perspective and analyze things as well as calm yourself down before rushing into harsh decisions which may cause you to regret later on..
It doesn't matter how long your rant is, how emo you sound, how terrible people may think you are (of course not until that bad la XD), the thing is no one is perfect.. and why your readers got stuck with ya so long? Coz You're PinkPau! A pau that's pink! (okay, that's lame, but skip it) No matter what you write, it is you who is writing.. and you shouldn't really change your style of writing for the sake of your fans..
I believe that if you're unhappy, you just have to "say" it out, and tons of people will come to your comfort.. *winks* Don't mind what people say about you, but put in mind it is how you react to the matter that will change the rumors around.. ^^
Anyway, I think I've crapped ALOT.. so better stop here..
I'll be back~! LOL xD
PS:We'll all be right behind ya, backing ya up..
i know you din ask me.. but if you did ask me, i'll be blogging the same way I started until the day it ends.. maybe with a lil improvising throughout the bloggings.. ^^
there might be stuffs I cant blog about, but surely there's a way of putting it up without hurting anyone in particular.. like changing the senario wise.. *Once upon a time, in a far far away land....*