Archive for July 13th, 2005

Marvellous Males on the Blog #2

Jul 13, 2005 in Web-logger

I thought the topic was quite horrid to look at but then again…

It was not easy compiling this list, which goes to show how many blogs are actually good in my elitist holier-than-thou's version of good. But then again, I must warn you.

I'm not normal. I'm not mainstream. And usually what I very much like may not be very much loved by the minions. Also usually you need to have a farely solid command of the core language that the so-mentioned blog is blogged in.

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I aspired to look around the world today. I must first show you Hani's Honey, no not the blog, the man,Tariq. Oh why does he have something smart to say to everything? But first, today, he tells us who he really is,

A fraud. A prevaricator. Someone who projects a face across an impersonal medium. A charlatan, a poseur; One Who Is Not Truly Himself.

Heaven forbid if I should diss Tariq again. I quite like that photo you have as the avatar-lah. It looks quite cute and makes you seem harmless. Can I cubit your cheeks a bit?

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Not far from me resides The Insane Ox, Ash, another seasoned Malaysian blogger who is more profound, and fortunately, very much more coherent than me.

Although all the same you still need some kind of intellect to appreciate what he says.

Now even though Ash disclaims the contents of his blog as follows,

The content of this weblog (after this referred to as the blog) is not meant to be taken too seriously in any way, therefore I assume no responsibility for general malaise, fevers, reduced mental capacity, and other occupational hazards that may arise due to the reading (and possible application) of the suggestions that may be contained therein.

… I can attest that personally, it is quite hard not to take his content seriously. Ash is always better solely for that fact that he can touch on sensitive topics without making them seem like a big deal to start debating over. I'm lack that talent.

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No I didn't forget you, Lionel, still one of my favourite bloggers of all time, which is why I keep telling you to blog on blog on. Fortunately you're now more regular than you were previously sporandic, and this is a blessing to the Blogosphere, that which I am a champion of (chewah, show off again).

But why Lionel? I'm going to violate copyright in two exhibits.

Exhibit One: On the femes bloggers vs jeles bloggers issue,

But the blogosphere is a social ecosystem, and that makes it a scale-free network. A network of such nature is made up of — given that every node can link to any number of other nodes — a few nodes with many links, and many nodes with few links. Put bluntly, there will always be only a small handful that gets the most attention and floats above the plankton. Short story, nothing is egalitarian where a lot of people are involved.

Exhibit Two: On the London terrorist bombings.

Terrorists, what were you thinking? It's Britain, for goodness sake, home of the stiff upper lip. Don't Panic is one of their mottos. All you've done was boost what little patriotism they have and pub patronage.

Now if only he would blog more regularly.

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Like I said, I don't do Link-Exchange, but I visit good blogs, and when I come across them, I like to recommend them to people. I like variety, but above all that, I like variety that stands out as good readable ones. Unfortunately, my taste is select, but I have come (cleverly) to notice that if you like me, you will inevitable enjoy the kind of blogs I enjoy. But of late, it hasn't been easy to find good bloggers, so if you think you're one, or if you know of one, please write to me and tell me about it.

He or she will either get a starring role in the Bedtime Stories or become a Marvellous Male/Fabulous Female.

Oh but you’re just too harsh

Jul 13, 2005 in Life-logger

We sometimes take with us the most narcissistic, self-appraising side of ourselves to help build our confidences, to the point that they tower so astonishingly high, it becomes quite nauseating to behold. After a while, with the glorious evidences of our own mightier-than-thou, 'I-ate-salt-more-than-you-eat-rice' attitudes, we (unknowingly) bestow our poor peers (and readers) with our so-called-wiser-than-yours-sight.

The result is a battle of of the wits where both sides keep argueing that 'I'm a better person than you are a human being', which sums up into quite a pointless thing, indeed.

Then we start to question each other things like this, 'What have you done to change the world today?'

Rather than acknowledge that the simple act of bending over to pick up a piece of stray paper from the ground IS ALSO an act of charity, we instead, begin to compare, comment, criticize. The louder and more proficient ones will cleverly point it out to you, 'Sure, that's an effort, but sorry lah, that's just not good enough.'

But when will it be good enough? Who said we were born perfect?

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So minus the broken thoughts, minus the random ramblings, and (try to) minus the pretentious tones of the excited outbursts that usually become me (though many new people think not), don't let's compete, don't let's compare, don't let's criticize, and don't, don't, don't let's (blog)-bash.

Even if we they annoy you, and even if we they disgust you, and even if we they make you jeles (couldn't resist this one), why can't you, you know, just leave them be and admit that all there is to us them is that we they contribute to that wonderful cauldron of variety beans? Come on. Give us them a break, will you?

I like to bitch a lot. But so what?

It doesn't mean that when I talk about my boring sandals my jeles haters my adoring minions my life and everything else that annoys you, I'm going to make Malaysia go to hell. I'm sure you're more accomodating than that. Or if not, I think you just haven't grown up.

Oh please excuse me.

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But before I end this incoherent post, which should send T-Boy into scratching his head again (an example in point, when it comes to my rants I never quite know wtf am I typing about so it is seriously pointless to analyse what I'm saying), I should like to bring your attention to two Malaysian bloggers who're participating in the up and coming Blogathon 2005.

Edrei, a personal friend who's ever at loggerheads with me because I never think like he does, also because according to him I'm more fortunate than most people (unlike him), and quite unkind because of that. As much as I condemn the hilarity of this I must say its quite amazing that he keeps doing the blogathon thing…at least, I don't think I have the stamina to stay up for 24 hours at one go to blog 48 posts. I'll probably bore you to death with the crappy crap I write. But there, he's doing it for the National Cancer Society of Malaysia so even if his melancholia can reduce you to outraged bursts of anger, try to look beyond all that and see the drive in his mission.

And Yvonne, very young, full of zest and quite remarkably big in her own little small ways. Eden Handicap Service Center isn't quite as big and organization, but it still needs your help right away. I can imagine that for Yvonne, who has incurable neurofibromatosis, staying up for 24 hours at one go just to submit two posts an hour is quite a feat. I know the healthy me with the strong bones and good spine just can't survive going for more than 15 hours without at least half-an-hour-of-shut-eye in between. Nah-ah.

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Now what about society and what you can do to show that you care? The smallest things count, in my opinion. Or even if you choose to live your life happily and as happily as you can, you're contributing. And I do think if you blog you're contributing, really. Already. Hell, I don't care if you blog about your new shoes or your new boyfriend or today's favourite song or how War of the Worlds was a complete waste of time, it doesn't mean you're a statistic in the list of worthless citizens who don't give a damn.

I think even all that is admirable already.

You don't even have to blog about how man is betraying God's Word and God's blessings to be an active citizen and God-fearing man. You don't even have to blog about which government to elect makes you a better thinking intellect who cares about negaraku.

I'm a very simple-minded person usually, especially pertaining to cases like this. Sometimes, I think providing your own kids a complete and balanced diet, coupled with a solid education of 'living life right' are within themselves, contributions to Society Earth's careless (and perhaps hopeless) future.

Although sometimes, yes, sometimes, it's quite worth it to walk that extra inch.

If you're wondering what you're going to do, I suggest you support the bloggers who're participating in the blogathon.

Add on:

I didn't read up enough. Ed told me about Dustyhawk, who's blogathon-ing for Unicef. Now how fast can I do a follow-up when I didn't really read up on him? I'm going to do a cut and paste. Please forgive me.

the main reason why serge has chosen UNICEF is because of what has happened since the tsunami and other major event which has left children abandoned,homeless and starving. another reason is that serge loves children a lot and would like to see them growing up strong both in nutrion and in mental health. ()

I’ve got a new pair of mushrooms sandals

Jul 13, 2005 in Diary-writer

Eric went to Bali at the weekend. He got back. He bought many many gifts for everybody he loved. Like the good boyfriend he is, he decided to get me a nice pair of sandals.

This is what I got. They're supposed to be sandals.

This is what they look like on my very boney and ugly feet.

Those black round round discs look like flat black mushrooms growing out between my toes.

I wonder if the Mighty Zeus will approve of my meme-ing effort? But hey, why am I digressing? This is what you need to do for this week, if you ran out of blogging ideas or if you, like me, have a nice pair of shoes to show off.

You should take photos of your feet, with or without shoes, hairy or boney or smooth and silky, and post them too.

Why do this?

Because Caleb said so, and I second that opinion.

Now go. Shoo. Go.

Oh yeah, I couldn't find an existing flickr tag for the photos, so I'm labelling this "leggy bloggers", just in case you're joining in. Now Caleb, this is to make up for my absence at Bloggers.SG. I can't go because work is the devil incarnate forcing me to give up a good time in order to earn a living to maintain this fucking blog.

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