life, love, *motherhood, and then more
Archive for June, 2005
I’m back.
Jun 30th
Kuantan was a blast and the sex beach was amazing.
Blogging should resume once I've replenished myself and get used to the blog-ful life again.
See you.
I’ll be away for three days!
Jun 27th
I'm going to Kuantan for a short trip. Got beaches got coconut trees got water got sun got everything…
Except Internet access.
This is a much deserved break for me, SERIOUSLY.
But I thought about it and I realized (fuiyoh) a lot of people will miss me right?
Nevermind, got plenty of things to you to do.
You can, you know, WORK, for once. Stop reading my blog and waiting for me to update the Bedtime Stories (check: I still got Cinderella to complete and the Rapunzel series that seems to go on forever and ever). Either that or go lah watch your TVB serials. Go pakthor with girlfriend also can, go makan with your parents and well, leave the computer for three full days.
I'll be back on Friday anyway.
OK. I think THAT was a little too much.
If you can't leave the web, you can do other things also. You should, go … visit some blogs. And you know, for the sake of concerned guardians who're worried about the ratings of blogs, I've prepared for you, a very compact guide to 'who kids can read and who kids cannot read'.
The Minishorts' Blog-suitability-for-Readers Rating System
*U: For all ages. Very clean, almost Disney. But might have kissing scenes from time to time. No worries, no profanities.
18SG: For 18 and above only. Sometimes with profanities. Violent content, might cause readers to burst out in anger and start banging head against monitor incontrollably.
18SX: For 18 and above only. Sometimes with profanities. Sexy, and raunchy, and might cause readers to turn horny. Ooh, very, very bad.
18PL: For 18 and above and very mature minds only. Heavy topics like politics and life, usually. Sometimes with profanities. Sometimes with sex. Sometimes with violence. When you read sites like these, you just might turn violent and start humping the computer.
Done? Now you can apply them to these people who blog too! Go read, go read, because they're fun, nice, diverse, interesting and they will fill up your time while you patiently await my return. And BTW, you might just find your little Blogging Idol in one of them.
Have fun!
Reta – Usually U, but occasionally 18 PL.
April - Usually U, but occasionally 18 PL.
Kervin – Usually U, but occasionally 18 PL.
Lilian – Has two sites. Penang Faces is very U, but chanlilian.net is definitely 18 PL.
Nick – Mostly U.
Yee Pei - Mostly U.
moot- Mostly U.
tormentt – Mostly U, but occasionally 18 SG. Makes you want to throw your computer out of your office window.
KY – Quite 18 PL, I think.
Life Feel – Mostly U.
S-kay - Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Seth – Urm. I think this is sometimes 18 SX. But occasionally U.
Mack – DEFINITELY 18 PL. Maturity required. Oh. No profanities though.
Carl - Mostly U. Got two big photos of me. Aiyah.
Ignorant Author - Mostly U. Got profanities occasionally.
Fuckstress – Mostly 18 PL. Profanity-overload alert!
Lionel – Mostly 18 PL. Not many profanities, but many links to sites with profanities.
Mr 'M' - Quite 18 PL lah.
Maggie - 18 PL. Her blog's name is a four-letter word, so parent-alert!
Danny - Mostly U.
Mudslinger – Mostly U.
Hayanna – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Fips – 18 PL, kua. I think so. Splatterings of 'fuck' here and there.
Vagus - Mostly U.
HuaiBin – DEFINITELY 18 PL. No parents kids allowed.
Lucia – Mostly U.
Viewtru – 18 PL for sure. Insane mind recommended, and please proceed with care.
Din - Mostly U.
Lynnee – Mostly U, but she questions, 'Whose blog doesn't contain expletives lah?' Well. I think quite a number don't have profanities. Mine is definitely NOT one of those.
Kokwai - Mostly, urm, U. Mostly informational cut-and-pasted news too.
Vlad- Social Cafe is usually 18 PL, please proceed with caution.
Suanie – Suanie girl ah? I think 18 PL, 18 SG, 18 SX. Dangerous territory.
Siren – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL. Got profanities too.
Amber – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Eyeris - Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Evelyn – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL. Writes like me (chewah). Singaporean blogger.
Mr Kiasi – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Sherwin - Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL. Alcohol galore. Singaporean Blogger.
Jean – Mostly U.
thquah – Mostly U and parent friendly.
Niki - Mostly 18 PL, but always parent friendly. Really.
Paul – Mostly U and all about cars. Off topic commentor hahaha but all-round nice guy.
dzof – Pretty serious, therefore 18 PL.
Charmaine – Mostly U, occasionally 18 PL, and reminds me of myself when I was a younger blogger.
MC – 16-going-on-17 and very U. No profanities even after reading my blog. Good girl. Go on blogging!
Amadea – 12-going-on-13 girl and very U. And OMG her site design looks DAMN NICE.
Sarah - Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL for the occasional swearword.
Ah Knight – Mostly U, but sometimes 18 PL.
Narrowband - Mostly U.
Albert -Mostly U, I think.
Mr Brown – Definitely 18 PL, and he is NOT 12. He is not 12!
Actually there are many others. Try clicking PPS or Tomorrow. And oh… obviously this was a thank you post to everyone who commented and wrote to me regarding that concerned parent. You guys rawk!
See you Friday!
For entertainment’s sake
Jun 26th
Aiyah. I was thinking of saying fuck it all, but then some auntie (or uncle, I dunno) said that I was a bad influence on her kid, so I decided to take some photos of Eric torturing some crabs instead.

Damn. Did I just say the four-letter word again? Sorry sorry! I keep forgetting that immature people read this blog too. But anyway. I eat crabs! I love crabs! Mudcrabs especially. Damn hard to prepare… but fortunately I don't have to lift a finger when it comes to the preparation.

This is the naughty crab that kept on scrambling away when Eric tried to brush its body.

Mudcrabs are terribly dirty, so you've to use an old toothbrush to brush the dirt away. I took a silent video of Eric cleaning the crabs and dumping them into the boiling water. Then I took off the video after I saw that 'Eh afturds PETA come after you then you know' comment. Now let me tell you this: the crabs were fresh when they went into the wok. Then they DIED before I ate them. I don't know crab language to know whether they did a 'lemme out lemme out' dance in the pot. But scroll down and please tell me which part of the crab looks alive to you?
Nevermind. Here's the video again, all because Eric is a real sweetie for cooking for me!
Thanks to YouTube for the video hosting!

This is what the crabs look like after they're boiled. Yummy!

This is what they serve at Marie France Bodyline and this makes you slim! (I chopped the garlic, to be drizzled with soya sauce and used as a dip.)

Sometimes, they add some sort of blackened liquid to the concoction so that you get out of the slimming centre looking like Christy Chung.

There's Eric and my mother de-clawing the crabs for the scrumptious meal. Oh, BTW, I told Mum about the blog, showed her the papers and showed her the letter from the Auntie, and you know what Mum said?
'You sure you still a virgin ah?'
Aiyoh. Which part of me looked devirginized to you?
Mothers. But anyway. She thought the whole blogging concept was fantastic and she loved the Bedtime Stories. Which means, yay yay, I can still go on being verbally explicit!

Here are the claws, banged and castrated. Haha. Ready to be eaten.

And this! Ooh! High in cholestrol, but VERY VERY YUMMY!

Crabs are my favourite seafood. Absolutely!
Now you know what you can belanja me to everytime you want to, erm, pick me up and take me out for dinner.
minishorts.net is for a mature audience only
Jun 25th
This is a serious post.
Fong MC says:
June 24th, 2005 at 10:02 pm
Dear Ms Khoo,
I am writing to you as a parent of two young adolescent children regarding the recent article in the Star newspaper regarding your blog and the follow-up ‘discovery’ of your web-site by my children.
I was initially glad my children developed a keen interest in finding out more about the web-logs phenomenon. In addition, I have never make any attempt to limit or censor websites as I believe my kids should have the freedom to discover what is wrong or right following discussion.
I have no reason to suspect the newspaper may have overdone itself this time. I was flabbergasted to discover your blog contained profanities and unsuitable materials for children. Perhaps this is an oversight on the part of the Star newspaper but the cat is out of the bag.
I feel you do bear some of the responsibilities for this. By allowing yourself and your website to be highlighted in a national newspaper, you have knowingly and willingly allowed children to have access to your website which you clearly know contained unsuitable materials for young minds.
Perhaps this query should be directed to the newspaper and not to you at all. After all, I accept your right to have your own personal opinions and your private space. It is not in my place to judge you; in fact, I have no interest in visiting your site. As you have said, I am not even welcomed here.
Be that as it may, kids will be kids. In fact my daughter look up to your blog as a role model blog. Hence, as a parent to my loved ones, I would like to implore you to re-consider your approach to your blog now that you are known nationally. I am not asking you to change. But please think of the young ones. Do not sacrifice simple decency on the altar of individual rights of expression.
Sincerely
Fong MC
Fong forwarded an e-mail to the editor of The Star as well, expressing his hope for the daily 'to scrutinise the contents of blog before allowing the URL to be displayed so prominently on a national newspaper.'
Dear Fong (and concerned people who have no regards for loose use of expletives),
Not withstanding the fact that the newspaper article clearly stated that,
Minishorts.net is a direct, emotional, sometimes raunchy but always honest and insightful blog about the life and thoughts of a young Malaysian woman and her very wild imagination.
… I do accept the fact that contents in minishorts.net are not suitable for immature minds.
HOWEVER,
I maintain while the popularity (or dispopularity, depending on how you may like to see it) of my site has been boosted by the publication of that article, I also wish to inform you (and other concerned individuals/groups) that the targeted audience of this site has always been the mature crowd.
For your benefit, and to ease the responsibilities of concerned parents, mentors and guardians, I will be putting up a disclaimer (in bold, nothing less) that repeats the published title of this post.
Thank you very much for writing to me.
minishorts @ Claire
And at the PPS Bash, I was…
Jun 24th
… enjoying myself with old and new friends whilst taping up the conversations that left us hugging our bellies and err… banging the tables in glee.
I found a big shining gem at the PPS Bash yesterday. I actually met a very very dinosaur-ed senior from AIESEC.
Well, okay, he's probably younger than the fossilized Uncle Belacan… but nonetheless…
This guy (almost) tipped Niki's mushroom soup over with our table manners, something which Eyeris, Belacan and I have promised to perform at the up-and-coming Malaysian Blogger's Conference.
This guy also brought back good old memories of my uni-hey-days when I was still a wide-eyed little kid in this big family called AIESEC.
And wow. I think I have started to develop a FUCKING BIG CRUSH ON THIS GUY (and his voice).
And lucky us, he also BLOGS! A fairly new member of the Malaysian blogosphere, but hey… he sings! HE CAN SING!
Everyone, please give a big round of applause to Carl Choong, who blogs at Truest Heart and wow, just download the cast to listen to him sing.
Podcast 3: Three songs, many pickup lines and Elaine Babes's attempt to flirt with him. (5.95MB)


