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But hor I clicked on my bag and I saw that Skyler's sunglasses hijacked my bag.. :(
*reading the book u bought me and waiting patiently on a comfy chair wtf
and michelle is right. i wanted to see the lancome bag... but skyler's sunglasses(which is very pretty) hijacked it. :(
(When someone sells it that is)
so when are you getting the million? ;)
Ppl, remember that when you consider moving away from home - the food seems like a minor thing, but it is a BIG adjustment to make.
PS - What IS a Milo Dog? Can you direct me to a picture of it? I am intrigued.
and has everyone in 5sc1 shifted into bukit jalil bungalow? hahaha i go there like everyday! *_* and i dont like the guards there ;p
OMG, did I just said that.
*roll eyes*
but i admit, its a good site anyway so no harm done haha
do they actually deliver or isit just another advertisment site like craiglist?
and it is so easy to create a site like that..
MOSTI, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is actually giving grants to people who wants to set up websites that benefits the general public. Like www.mudah.com.my
hahaha wtf.
i'll get my friends free coupons for carls jr. wtf.
With Kenny, I think he only does advertising posts these days, I'm not sure if he writes anything else. With his posts, its almost like every other paragraph is sponsored by a different company. Like paragraph 1 is brought to you by LG life is good," paragraph 2 is brought to you by our wonderful sponsors at Sony. Its why I don't really read him that much any more.
So please don't become like Kenny, I will be so sad.
jeff from la: lighten up! i would have absolutely no problem with this being an advertorial because it's a far better read than a lot of those "real" *scoff* posts you're getting from other blogs nowadays.
michelle : okay it's correct now :D
wenqi : why until now you havent finished my book ! ya i gave you a new laptop so we can have longer msn chats :D
k0k : when i can churn out the application form. hehehe
kennysia : THANK YOU! hahaha! now i can climb mt kinabalu in 5 minutes and not feel tired :D
shaolintiger : awwwwww dont cry i give you snail
sieutheng : haha dont be like this! gifts shouldnt be measured by their pricetag wtf
suanie : sigh depends whether i invest correctly anot!
lalita : YES nothing beats malaysian food :D i dread moving away for my studies if it means year after year of none of the food i love so much :( hehe i shalt only reveal the Milo Dog when i get one :D which will be never... :(
vvens :we have to shift in soon.. haha we used to always disturb freddy and his house was like ours but now he's GONE! :( haha martian also dont like the guards there. but i think they're very nice!
reallybites : awwww dont be like that! i gave you snail oredi :(
martian : but then the paper boxes will disintegrate and all the salad will fall out! i think it would be better if you had a reuse campaign for your store.. like you give incentives for people to bring their previous salad boxes back and you refill them instead of giving out new boxes!
pinksterz : i try i try
michelle : hehe ferret mah
timtam : YA YA why you so clever to say that wan *kills you too
songjun : they actually deliver :) stoopid i buy you present oso never say thankyou
tom : is the grant given on a fair basis? or is it like another one of those bumi-biased things?
valz : you are welcome! :D but i bet you already have a curling/straightening iron, yes?
kevin chan : you click now!
sweat : what do you mean you dont get it! ya you get your real gucci bag when i get my million bucks to spend !
alea : that's a great gift since carls jr is so expensive T___T
jeff from la : i think as long as you believe in the product and you can write about it in a way that is interesting, it's a good thing. kenny's advertorials are quite fun to read :) the bad advertorials are those that are written without any thought or substance, but just put up anyway for the sake of a quick buck. i know what over-commercialized is, and i also know how to avoid it :) but thank you for your concern jeff!
kimberly : KY will share with you wan!
I also appreciate that you're willing to address the concerns of your readers. That's what separates you from all the other bloggers.
To be clear, the reason I brought up commercialization in posts is not because I am against commercialization per se. I believe you have every right to earn money from your intellectual property and your hard work posting for the blog, compiling your ideas, and sharing your personal experiences.
The problem with over-commercialization is that the main reason to read a personal blog is the feeling of a connection with the author of the blog, a belief that the blogger is willing to share his or her ideas, his or her genuine feelings and experiences with the reader. As the blogger begins to receive more and more opportunities to post on behalf of sponsors, the reader begins to wonder how genuine and open are the bloggers' reactions to products or places or restaurants. It is at the moment that readers begin having to always guess when a post is solely from the blogger versus when it exists because of a sponsor's input, then what was once a personal blog has become an impersonal and commercial blog, no different than any other commercial website.
Plus I didn't really intend to single out Kenny, there are many other bloggers who are far more commercialized than him.
Whew! :P
jeff : you can rest assured i dont take up advertorials unless i like the product :) as for that point about how you have to guess which posts are from the blogger and which are sponsored, i can tell you that every single post on my blog is straight from me; whether or not i am being paid for it is irrelevant because at the end of the day it is still my opinion and my words and my intellectual property. i am quite miffed that there are people who tell bloggers they are sellouts simply because they do advertorials. funny, i dont see them complaining when bloggers write good food reviews or suggest good products on their blog. i dont know what exactly is the basis behind their annoyance if the content of the blog is the same and these advertorials are essentially still product reviews like all the other unpaid product reviews that people love so to read. i dont have many advertorials on my blog and that is intentional - i am picky with my offers and for good reason. the ones i DO take are written 100% pinkpau style. i hope you respect that :)
How about dropping me a degree while you're at it! 300 K only! X)
although a Mazda would be nice.......=p=p=p=p
And well I think I know what you intended to get for me at first but I already have a lot mar!
You should think up of something different haha =P
sheon : eh why everybody sulk at me wan :( okay lah i give you a cupcake ok?
pinkshirtz : I WANT ONE OF THOSE TOO. but mine is like rm800k =(
aowayne : ivan you dont be so greedy! bagi betis mahu paha what is this!!!!
chm : very long :( but it was very fun to do!
sammo : you're very much welcome :D hope your bro likes his gift!
kevin : i give you a whole cyber cafe also you dont want :( YALAR i thought of something different wat thats why i gave you a CC!!!
=D
seriously?
haha =p
Anyway, to address your points:
1. No, I wasn't just randomly making up an abstract hypothetical problem. There are at least 4 or 5 Malay/Singapore blogs that I no longer read because they became over-commercialized. (I'm not going to mention their names because its probably unfair to single them out on a public forum but I could tell you them if you wanted.) Since I really really love reading your blog I was a bit nervous because I was a little nervous that it might happen to your blog as well.
2. Also, a product review by someone without a financial interest versus one with a financial interest is very different. Let's say I told you I loved my Canon digital camera and told you why I loved the camera and you knew I wasn't getting paid anything to say that. You would probably pay more attention to my praise of the camera than if you knew that Canon paid me to praise it or gave me the camera for free, right? That is true even if I liked the camera already before I got paid to review it, you would still treat the advice differently.
Anyway, I'll stop bringing up further points now because I believe everything you said. I shouldn't even have addressed those two, but I'm a lawyer, I'm sorry, I can't help it. I'm terrible, I know. Oh well, if you ever need legal advice in America (such as if you start a business), I probably owe you some free advice, lol.
The most important thing is, this is your blog and despite any concerns I might have as a reader, you should feel free to do whatever you want with your blog. I'm just a beneficiary of your excellent writing and hard work.
i give you Nestle Sdn Bhd. So you can have all the milo and maggi you need. muahahaha
huakhuak huak
if me ah, i'd buy you pink paos!!!
I want alvin+chipmunks mug so that everyone in office knows that that is MY mug and they won't take it and use so I'll always have a mug available for me... otherwise the office damn short of mugs lah!
lol... no seriously, if you see a nice one, tell me! =p I want!
tze : i couldnt get you any bags or sunnies or shoes, cos i know you sure wont want the second hand stuff wtf
entwined : thank u thank u :D i put in a lot of thought to the concept
aira : it's draco aira :(
jeff from la : well u have nothing to worry about ;) thank u for ur comments jeff! i value the opinion
sheon : EH WHAT A COOL GIFT !!!!!!!!
grace : hehe yes!! eh why you didnt email me your favourite supper place :(
skyler : thats why i gave it to you <3
tiu : i'd like to know what purpose does that 'this is an advertorial' sentence serve :) at the end of the day, people come here to read my opinion, and my opinion is what you will get. whether im being paid or not is totally irrelevant because it doesnt affect my review on the product. and wtf is a robodog?
abby : thank u :)) penang got a lot of pink paus.
aronil : le sigh. nevermind lah there's always bangkok and indonesia for our ringgit to go further!
voon : awww im sorry :( come i give you snail
therealanon : EH okay since the movie just came out, sure got chipmunk mugs wan. if i see i buy for u :)
This TIu person can go die.
lai lai faster buy for ur Vv fren haha
I hear you on the healthy salad shop.
i didn't know it was up on mudah.com.my
that place is like my second home and i have never recorded my music anywhere else than there. xD