Showing posts with label Randomness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Randomness. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Fakes at Pavilion?
While having our mid morning coffee, my sister in law was relating to me a story that her sister told her not too long ago.
Apparently, one of her sisters patient is convinced that The Pavilion, famed with Prada's, Gucci's and many more exclusive designer brands are also selling fakes at premium prices.
The story started when the husband bought an LV bag for this lady.
One day the lady went to Paris for a holiday. And with Paris, one would not escape the chance of browsing at the famed Louis Vuitton outlet at Champ Élysées. As she entered the outlet, to her horror, one of the LV staff cut her LV bag strap with a scissors. Of course the lady threw out a fit seeing the lovely LV that was given to her by her loving hubby vandalized. However, the staff in the outlet was firm and told her that the LV bag that she was carrying was a fake. Of course she brought up the fact that the bag was indeed purchased at a genuine LV outlet in Malaysia. Nevertheless, the sales representative cared no word of hers and insisted that it was a fake. And this is not even coming from the branch manager in Paris but from the front desk sales representative. She was then later advices to go back to the LV outlet in Malaysia to seek an explanation if indeed it was bought there.
Of course all this while I would believe that the lady would have really felt small and humiliated as none of the working staff truly believed that she bought the bag from a legitimate LV outlet.
Hence, the moment she came back to Malaysia, the lady stormed into LV, at Pavilion and asked for an explanation. Lo and behold, the branch outlet instantly identified the product as a fake and simply gave an explanation that the fake could be due to an inside job. She was then asked to pick any bag in the outlet as compensation. (wait a minute here, you mean the manager can identify the bag so easily? If that's the case then what guarantee that any of the LV in the outlets are original in the first place?).
We did not dwell on the nitty gritty details that happened after that as we progressed through our conversation that morning.
If I were the lady, I would write a letter to the management of the company, cc them to the domestic trade and consume department, the consumer tribunal, the consumer association and any other related department that I can think off. Hell, I think I may even want to cc it to the prime ministers department!
If it is indeed true that even Pavilion outlets are selling fakes then non of us consumers are safe.
Good thing I buy most of my day to day needs at Jusco...........
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Apparently, one of her sisters patient is convinced that The Pavilion, famed with Prada's, Gucci's and many more exclusive designer brands are also selling fakes at premium prices.
The story started when the husband bought an LV bag for this lady.
One day the lady went to Paris for a holiday. And with Paris, one would not escape the chance of browsing at the famed Louis Vuitton outlet at Champ Élysées. As she entered the outlet, to her horror, one of the LV staff cut her LV bag strap with a scissors. Of course the lady threw out a fit seeing the lovely LV that was given to her by her loving hubby vandalized. However, the staff in the outlet was firm and told her that the LV bag that she was carrying was a fake. Of course she brought up the fact that the bag was indeed purchased at a genuine LV outlet in Malaysia. Nevertheless, the sales representative cared no word of hers and insisted that it was a fake. And this is not even coming from the branch manager in Paris but from the front desk sales representative. She was then later advices to go back to the LV outlet in Malaysia to seek an explanation if indeed it was bought there.
Of course all this while I would believe that the lady would have really felt small and humiliated as none of the working staff truly believed that she bought the bag from a legitimate LV outlet.
Hence, the moment she came back to Malaysia, the lady stormed into LV, at Pavilion and asked for an explanation. Lo and behold, the branch outlet instantly identified the product as a fake and simply gave an explanation that the fake could be due to an inside job. She was then asked to pick any bag in the outlet as compensation. (wait a minute here, you mean the manager can identify the bag so easily? If that's the case then what guarantee that any of the LV in the outlets are original in the first place?).
We did not dwell on the nitty gritty details that happened after that as we progressed through our conversation that morning.
If I were the lady, I would write a letter to the management of the company, cc them to the domestic trade and consume department, the consumer tribunal, the consumer association and any other related department that I can think off. Hell, I think I may even want to cc it to the prime ministers department!
If it is indeed true that even Pavilion outlets are selling fakes then non of us consumers are safe.
Good thing I buy most of my day to day needs at Jusco...........
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Pasar Malam Contact Lenses : Geo Lens and the likes of it
Recently I am sure many of you have observed the sudden mushrooming of colour and big eye contact lens stalls as we have our nightly stroll along our local pasar malam spots. You will see brands ranging from Geo lens, kinky eyes and much more fancy names associated with it.
This products are mainly bought by secondary school kids that for reason only known to puberty, grab them at the cheap. From my last visit, they are sold at a meager price of RM15 a pair. A big bottle of contact lens solution is more expensive then that!
Then there was this situation I bumped into while I was doing some shopping at Watson's. There is this group of about half a dozen secondary school girls, all clad in skimpy and tight fitting jeans or miniskirts browsing the contact lens solution area. Out of the group, I heard this girl teaching her friend on what product to buy and what not. To my amazement she told them to buy saline to wash their contact lens and not the standard multi purpose solution! The tone of her authority towards those kids could only be described as pure mistress like. I was telling myself, this is really a time bomb waiting to happen. On the way home, I regretted not voicing out towards the young kids on their misgivings.
This is but a small example of a malignant problem in society. Deep inside, I do not feel that authorities will do anything on the illegal sales of contact lens by non professionals in our country so I won't even try to shout about it. Probably the only thing that would turn this around would be a couple dozen of poor kids blinded by such contact lens sales and with the media blazing the news in force.
To those that understand Cantonese, I will leave this YouTube link regarding problems arising from cheap colored contact lens sales in hong kong for you to ponder upon.
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This products are mainly bought by secondary school kids that for reason only known to puberty, grab them at the cheap. From my last visit, they are sold at a meager price of RM15 a pair. A big bottle of contact lens solution is more expensive then that!
Then there was this situation I bumped into while I was doing some shopping at Watson's. There is this group of about half a dozen secondary school girls, all clad in skimpy and tight fitting jeans or miniskirts browsing the contact lens solution area. Out of the group, I heard this girl teaching her friend on what product to buy and what not. To my amazement she told them to buy saline to wash their contact lens and not the standard multi purpose solution! The tone of her authority towards those kids could only be described as pure mistress like. I was telling myself, this is really a time bomb waiting to happen. On the way home, I regretted not voicing out towards the young kids on their misgivings.
This is but a small example of a malignant problem in society. Deep inside, I do not feel that authorities will do anything on the illegal sales of contact lens by non professionals in our country so I won't even try to shout about it. Probably the only thing that would turn this around would be a couple dozen of poor kids blinded by such contact lens sales and with the media blazing the news in force.
To those that understand Cantonese, I will leave this YouTube link regarding problems arising from cheap colored contact lens sales in hong kong for you to ponder upon.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Gong Rumin winner of World Supermodel Contest 2010 China Leaked Nude Photo
Apparently this 26 year old Gong Rumin is a very popular model in China. She won the competition of World Super Model Contest 2010 China held in Hebei on 12/12/2010. This girl managed to beat 3000 other contestant all over China.
And can you guess what she did before she won the contest?? She took some naughty nude pictures (600+ to be exact).
It is said that the photos was taken when she was a beginner in the Model World.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
OMG!! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!~~
This was the first reaction in my mind when i read about this article on Malaysiakini. Apparently, without even a hint to the media or the general public at large, 6000 genetically modified mosquitoes was released at an inhabited site in Pahang. This hallmark scientific trial is suppose to be an experiment to combat dengue fever.
Below are excerpt from the Malaysiakini article
The Institute of Medical Research (IMR), which was tasked with carrying out the trial, said the experiment was conducted on Dec 21 to "study the dispersal and longevity of these mosquitoes in the field".
Maybe its just me seeing too much horror movie but for the mosquito mutate and creating even more resistant mosquito may be possible right?
Maybe later in the years we will hear people falling sick in Pahang due to some mystery fever or flu. But by then it may just be the beginning of the end............
P.S I may have exaggerated a bit but GM animals be it insect or not should be handled with care. There is no guarantee of what the consequence this action may do. Only time will tell.
Below are excerpt from the Malaysiakini article
The Institute of Medical Research (IMR), which was tasked with carrying out the trial, said the experiment was conducted on Dec 21 to "study the dispersal and longevity of these mosquitoes in the field".
"The experiment was successfully concluded on January 5, 2011," the institute said in a statement today, adding that no further releases are planned until the trial results are analysed.
The insects in the experiment have been engineered so that their offspring quickly die, curbing the growth of the population in a technique researchers hope could eventually eradicate the dengue mosquito altogether.
Females of the Aedes species are responsible for spreading dengue, a deadly disease which killed at least 134 people last year in Malaysia alone.
Maybe its just me seeing too much horror movie but for the mosquito mutate and creating even more resistant mosquito may be possible right?
Maybe later in the years we will hear people falling sick in Pahang due to some mystery fever or flu. But by then it may just be the beginning of the end............
P.S I may have exaggerated a bit but GM animals be it insect or not should be handled with care. There is no guarantee of what the consequence this action may do. Only time will tell.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Doodling
Its been a long hiatus since my last blog entree.
I am busy but honestly not to the point that I do not have time to blog. Its actually lack of inspiration and I have seem to have lost the passion to write.
Everytime i click on the "compose" button, my mind goes blank and I can't seem to be able to put things into words. Probably age catching up or just that my braincells have reached critical cut off point. I think i remember my biology teacher telling me that brain cells do not regenerate but keeps degenerating as you age. Thats the reason why you tend to be more forgetful as you get older. Geez.... i am already bloody forgetfull as I am. I'll be surprised that I would even be able to get to the toilet from my room by the time I hit 90 (if i live that long that is).
Oh yeah, recently I have been into finance megazines. Been subscribing Personal Money and SME Malaysia for the past few month. With the current economic conditions, i reckon that its good to understand more of your own finance and plan for the future. There are always good opportunities lying in a downturn.
Oh well, that's me done doodling.
Hope to be writing more in the future perhaps
I am busy but honestly not to the point that I do not have time to blog. Its actually lack of inspiration and I have seem to have lost the passion to write.
Everytime i click on the "compose" button, my mind goes blank and I can't seem to be able to put things into words. Probably age catching up or just that my braincells have reached critical cut off point. I think i remember my biology teacher telling me that brain cells do not regenerate but keeps degenerating as you age. Thats the reason why you tend to be more forgetful as you get older. Geez.... i am already bloody forgetfull as I am. I'll be surprised that I would even be able to get to the toilet from my room by the time I hit 90 (if i live that long that is).
Oh yeah, recently I have been into finance megazines. Been subscribing Personal Money and SME Malaysia for the past few month. With the current economic conditions, i reckon that its good to understand more of your own finance and plan for the future. There are always good opportunities lying in a downturn.
Oh well, that's me done doodling.
Hope to be writing more in the future perhaps
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
DVD Galore
Just back from 4 days 3 nights trip to Pulau Pangkor for my CNY.
So here's a belated Chinese New Year to you all if I have yet to tell you in person, sms, msn or any other kind of electronic media.
Not sure when I'll have time to edit all my pictures from Pangkor but I would just want to share what I did a week before the Pangkor trip that I had.
So here's a belated Chinese New Year to you all if I have yet to tell you in person, sms, msn or any other kind of electronic media.
Not sure when I'll have time to edit all my pictures from Pangkor but I would just want to share what I did a week before the Pangkor trip that I had.
Bo* recommended me this kickass DVD peddler at Kota Damansara with heaps of cheap English Drama series (and they come with neat paper set boxes too!).
DvD movies are all guaranteed clear as well but they don't come with hard cover that comes with Drama Series.
I walked out of the shop a happy boi.........
DvD movies are all guaranteed clear as well but they don't come with hard cover that comes with Drama Series.
I walked out of the shop a happy boi.........
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Its not fair!
The old always envy the world of the children;
They think our worlds is full of fun,
But this is not always so,
For when a child breaks a glass
He is going to get a scolding;
When a child gets to bed late,
He is sure to get a rebuke;
When a child does not perform very well in school,
He is sure to get a dressing down.
But when a father breaks a glass,
Mother only says, "Well...."
And when father gets his spelling wrong,
Mother only says "its due to tiredness"
So you see, the world of children is not always full of fun,
For we never have a reason for our mistakes
Collins Abassah, 18, Ghana
They think our worlds is full of fun,
But this is not always so,
For when a child breaks a glass
He is going to get a scolding;
When a child gets to bed late,
He is sure to get a rebuke;
When a child does not perform very well in school,
He is sure to get a dressing down.
But when a father breaks a glass,
Mother only says, "Well...."
And when father gets his spelling wrong,
Mother only says "its due to tiredness"
So you see, the world of children is not always full of fun,
For we never have a reason for our mistakes
Collins Abassah, 18, Ghana
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
The World's Hardest Game
If you think your a game whiz and most games out there simply do not give you any challenge, then this is a game that would be best for you. Its called The World's Hardest Game. When I was first introduced to this game, the first thing that came into mind was, "how hard can it be?". After playing it though, you will realised that life is just fodder. You will die and die many times before being able to proceed to the next stage.The game would either keep you frustrated for hours upon hours or you'll be like me, gave up half way.
It is that hard.......
The game interface itself is pretty simple. You control a red square and you are tasked to avoid the moving blue dots and get to the other side of the green area (beacon as they call it in game)
At times you are required to collect a yellow dot before you can go to the green beacon.If you think your up for it then visit this site
http://www.media.perthnow.com.au/multimedia/2008/07/html/hardgame.html
Do tell me how you fare in the game.
As for me, I gave up at level 7 after dying 60 times or so.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
All in a days work
2 Mak Nyah (man dressed as woman = tranny) came to my shop to do some frame repairs.
Nyah 1 : Hey leng chai, boleh tolong saya dengan ni? (showing me "her" broken frames)
Nyah 2 : (eating banana) Sekarang makan pisang saja boleh.... pisang orang tak dapat.
Me : ..................................
Nyah 2 : Leng chai nampak kacak je hari ini?
Me : Sorry... tak boleh repair.............
My girls was giggling non stop at the back.
Nyah 1 : Hey leng chai, boleh tolong saya dengan ni? (showing me "her" broken frames)
Nyah 2 : (eating banana) Sekarang makan pisang saja boleh.... pisang orang tak dapat.
Me : ..................................
Nyah 2 : Leng chai nampak kacak je hari ini?
Me : Sorry... tak boleh repair.............
My girls was giggling non stop at the back.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Plurkaholic?
Recently, I have been spending more time then I anticipated plurking.
To those that haven't signed up already, its generally a journal that allows you to tell others what your doing, whats in your mind or even share pictures or youtube's. You can set your plurk for public view or just among your circle of friends. As per most similar sites, it allows comment to be made for each journal entry.
Most of the time I end up chatting with people and I find that I am using plurk to chat more then MSN!
I may be turning into a plurkaholic.
May god save me from eternal damnation :P
Thursday, October 2, 2008
My Raya Day
As per usual, I was working on Hari Raya Day albeit just for half a day. I am more or less used to the fact that I work while everyone is having their public holidays although at times I do wish that I could hang out with friends a bit later before heading home the night before.
Anyways, decided to bring mom for a bit of shopping since both mom and dad would be going to China soon. She's been wanting to buy a pair of Nike shoes for her trip for a while. My sis as per usual (whenever she is back) accompanied us.
Maybe this time I would be able to use the RM250 cash voucher that I have accumulated this year.
First stop was my usual shop at Yik Foong. There's where I get all my pirated DVD and Blue Ray Movie's from. Woah... today I was really in luck. I bought a total of 17 DVD's! Normally I would only be able to get 10 DVD's at best. But then again its been over a month since I've visited this place. I got this obsession of collecting all blockbuster movies that I can get my hands on. Although I haven't watched over half of the DVD's I have bought so far, I know I would one day. Of course the DVD's I got are all not cinema quality lah. I normally wait till the clear DVD version is out before getting them.
After that we headed to Kinta City. To sum it up, it was not a very eventful day since i didn't manage to get mum any shoes except for some convection pots during one of the many detours that we had.
Oh yeah... let me finish this post with some interesting convo's that I had today.
A : We're going to the toilet. You want to come?
Me : I'll just wait outside.
A : Why don't you want to go to the toilet?
Me : Eh.... why should I go to the toilet just because your going to the toilet.... no urge lah!!
B : The other day there was a 18 car pile up around this corner of the highway. Nasty stuff.
A : Woah... the cars pile up on top of one another?
Me : Can you tell me how 18 cars can pile up on top of one another????!!!
A : (laughs)
Me : ................................... ^_______________________________^
Saturday, September 27, 2008
On my recent obsession and some weird incident
I've been mad about TVB drama recently. Just finished watching the 40 episode long Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓) yesterday. Took me almost a week to finish it up.
I was also watching Rolling Love (翻滾吧！蛋炒飯 / Fan Gun Ba! Dan Chao Fan ) aired on NTV7. The drama finished a few days back.
Somehow I could relate with both drama pretty well as both in some way reflected on my past experiences.
In life we need to take up sacrifices in order to maintain harmony with the people around us. Sometimes, temptation takes over and we tend to act our own selfish ways to achieve something that we want. However ultimately no matter what we do, we do it to protect what we love, be it ourselves, our loved once or even our friends.
On a side note, I had a very weird encounter today.
A lady came to my practice wanting to buy a bottle of contact lens solution. Apparently it was for her daughter that have just came out of confinement.
The strange thing is, the reason behind her wearing contact lenses.
According to the lady, her daughter's new born baby has an eye defect on one eye. She claimed that it was due to her not allowing her daughter to wear contact lenses while she was pregnant!!
She claims that, by wearing the contact lenses now, the child may be cured of his/her eye condition. I was more or less flabbergasted by the statement. I told that she should send the baby to see an eye specialist and not believe in scientifically unproven treatments.
She answered me back... "scientifically its not proven but logically its true".
She then gave me an analogy about a mom having an urge to eat and for no apparent reason, the child would salivate at the same time. WTF!!!
We still have this kind of people in this day in age.
I guess that's the wonders you see when you live in a rubber tapper town like me
I was also watching Rolling Love (翻滾吧！蛋炒飯 / Fan Gun Ba! Dan Chao Fan ) aired on NTV7. The drama finished a few days back.
Somehow I could relate with both drama pretty well as both in some way reflected on my past experiences.
In life we need to take up sacrifices in order to maintain harmony with the people around us. Sometimes, temptation takes over and we tend to act our own selfish ways to achieve something that we want. However ultimately no matter what we do, we do it to protect what we love, be it ourselves, our loved once or even our friends.
On a side note, I had a very weird encounter today.
A lady came to my practice wanting to buy a bottle of contact lens solution. Apparently it was for her daughter that have just came out of confinement.
The strange thing is, the reason behind her wearing contact lenses.
According to the lady, her daughter's new born baby has an eye defect on one eye. She claimed that it was due to her not allowing her daughter to wear contact lenses while she was pregnant!!
She claims that, by wearing the contact lenses now, the child may be cured of his/her eye condition. I was more or less flabbergasted by the statement. I told that she should send the baby to see an eye specialist and not believe in scientifically unproven treatments.
She answered me back... "scientifically its not proven but logically its true".
She then gave me an analogy about a mom having an urge to eat and for no apparent reason, the child would salivate at the same time. WTF!!!
We still have this kind of people in this day in age.
I guess that's the wonders you see when you live in a rubber tapper town like me
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Perseid Meteor Shower
A friend invited me to go stargazing sometime this month. I was wondering what so special about it since the invitation was set at the 12th August. Apparently July 17th till august 24th 2008 is the period where we could observe the famous Perseid meteor shower.
The Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the first known sighting from the middle east.
The peak of this meteor shower this year, is said to be on the 12th of August. I was told that one can observe dozens of "shooting stars" per hour on that day.
For those interested in doing their own stargazing, try looking up the sky at around 2am on the said date.
A good night to spend with loved one perhaps?
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The self-restraint shopper guide
I had a very interesting conversation with a friend recently.
With the MegaSales now on, almost everybody are into shopping and catching big bargains. Shopping is a Malaysian culture. Be it on overseas guided tour or a serious business trip, Malaysian can't help themselves but shop when opportunity arises.
So here's the question, with shopping so high in our pleasure list, how would one cope if he/she does not have the fund to do so?
My friend told in her version of "the self restraint shopper guide".
The first destination once she reaches the shopping mall would be the cosmetic department. Since she left the house with just basic foundation, its only right for her to enhance her already pretty features here for free right? If your worried about hygiene, then bring your own applicator (every smart shopper comes equipped with big totti bags). A good makeover at the cosmetic shop would not be over without trying out the latest eau de toilette that's on offer at the shop.
With her new boost of beauty, our smart self restraint shopper is roaring to go "shopping".
The next stop would be MPH, Borders or any of the huge bookstores in the shopping complex. Everyone knows this is a good place to kill off a good 1 to 2 hours reading your favourite Cleo magazine or a good book on one of them cozy sofa's that the shops have kindly provided for their good customers. You could stay there longer and none of the shop attendance would bother with your reading. Nevertheless, we got plenty more to do in our "shopping" list.
Next stop, The departmental store. There are various activities that you can do here. If your into music then you can browse through the latest CD's of your favourite artist while listening to the free music being played. You could also go try out the latest in footwear since sales attendance are more then pleased to let you try out their goods. After trying out, and posing for a minute or two on the mirror, our smart shopper pretends unsure and tells the attendant she needs to shop around some more to make up her mind.
By now hunger begins to creep in. What better place to go for a free meal then the supermarket?
The art of free supermarket food requires a bit of finesse. First pit stop would be biscuit or snack isle. Appetisers would range from wafers, cookies to even mini chocolate bars. The shopper with her supermarket shopping basket (to prove to those promoters that she is a serious shopper) equipped, kindly accepts the samples given to her. She pauses, takes 2 packet of the biscuits into her basket and grabs a few more pieces of samples before she walks off. On the next corner she puts back the 2 packet of biscuits randomly on the shelf.
Next would be the cooked food section, our shopper is in luck today. The aroma of roast chicken was in the air, apparently a new roast chicken flavour is on offer and the supermarket was generously giving out a few slices of roast chicken for people to try. Not missing this opportunity, she quickly waltz in, took a slice and whizzed out happily.
The main course would not be complete if she did not visit the instant noodle section. Free noodle for the day was, Nong Shin Korean spicy instant noodle. After having her instant noodle filled plastic cup, she complains that such proportion is too little to have a proper taste. This trick worked well as the promoter instantly added a bit more food into her cup.
Feeling almost full (most smart shopper nowadays are small eaters or on a diet so they don't really eat much), the last pit stop would be for some drinks to wash it all down. Choices normally range from milk, cola, coffee or ice tea.
With her lunch done, our shopper now head off to what may be the highlight of the day; on the the boutiques. Of course, each of the dress here cost hundreds of bucks but that does not stop our shopper from taking up the maximum amount of garments allowed to the changing room and trying them out right? Also being a savvy blogger, she took some nice pictures of herself in the changing room with her "new" dress so that she can later blog about her wonderful shopping experience.
By now our shopper is pretty much flat out. With her feet aching, this shopper is in need of some relaxation. A good massage comes into mind and she heads off to the main exhibition area where plenty of massage chairs are located for the fatigue shopper. She sits comfortably on one of those full body massage chairs and enjoys the rubdown while a handsome young man serenades her with his sales pitch. Once she have had enough, she gives her innocent smile and walk off telling the charming salesman that she would call back when she is convinced of buying one.
What a day it has been. Our shopper have had a full taste of the hectic Megasales and yet not spent a dime.
Sometimes, good things may be free after all =))
P.S Thanks S for telling me such informative ways of shopping
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
My Blog Poll Result
Firstly I would like to thank readers for responding to the poll that I have put up on my blog for the past month.
A total of 126 readers participated in my poll.
Here is the breakdown.
Q1. Guy or Gal?
36% Guy
63% Gal
I was trying to figure out why my blog attract more females then males and I can only come up with 2 1/4 reason.
One reason maybe that guys would rather "cuci mata" or look at pretty pictures of female blogger rather then males. So a blog that exclusively post pictures of scenery and food would attract even less male visitors.
Second reason maybe the fact that guys are just lazy asses. They don't like answering polls. Girls on the other hand are more receptive to doing polls.
The other minute (1/4) reason that I could think of was maybe I could actually be a ladies man kind of blogger. The girls just can't help but visit my blog!! (mind my fancy imagination here will ya)
Q2. Are you a blogger?
93% Yes
6% No
No surprises there
Q3 Whats your age group?
18% Under 16
53% 17-23
25% 24-30
3% 31-40
Looking at the figure gives me a mix bag of feelings. On one side, I am pretty surprised at the 18% figure for under 16's. Back when I was 16, I don't even know much about Internet but this group of people are already blogging (since 93% are bloggers). Such fortunate kids we have nowadays.
17-30 forms the bulk of my reader base. That I guess would be the trend for many personal blogs in Malaysia.
Above that age, I virtually got no blog readers.
Q4. Whats your working status
66% Student
24% Professionals
3% Self Employed
1% Management
6% Unemployed
I actually wonder about this 6% unemployed readers. So are you like just graduated and waiting for interviews or just bumming your life away blogging? :P
Q5. How did you find out about my blog
22% Random browsing
15% Linked from another blog
59% Innit
3% You know me in real life
This I really want to know. I got at least 3 friends in real life reading my blog. I know 1 but who are the other 2?? TELL ME OR FOREVER BE DAMNED IN HELL!!!!
59% from Innit. I guess whoring my blog on such sites do bring in traffic :D
There you have it. The result from my first poll.
To be honest, I am pretty happy with my blog right now. Never would I imagine my broken English, crappy written blog would have more then 5 readers a day. This blog is after all my own way of de-stressing.
My 8 month old blog may well end up having a much longer lifespan than I expected.
A total of 126 readers participated in my poll.
Here is the breakdown.
Q1. Guy or Gal?
36% Guy
63% Gal
I was trying to figure out why my blog attract more females then males and I can only come up with 2 1/4 reason.
One reason maybe that guys would rather "cuci mata" or look at pretty pictures of female blogger rather then males. So a blog that exclusively post pictures of scenery and food would attract even less male visitors.
Second reason maybe the fact that guys are just lazy asses. They don't like answering polls. Girls on the other hand are more receptive to doing polls.
The other minute (1/4) reason that I could think of was maybe I could actually be a ladies man kind of blogger. The girls just can't help but visit my blog!! (mind my fancy imagination here will ya)
Q2. Are you a blogger?
93% Yes
6% No
No surprises there
Q3 Whats your age group?
18% Under 16
53% 17-23
25% 24-30
3% 31-40
Looking at the figure gives me a mix bag of feelings. On one side, I am pretty surprised at the 18% figure for under 16's. Back when I was 16, I don't even know much about Internet but this group of people are already blogging (since 93% are bloggers). Such fortunate kids we have nowadays.
17-30 forms the bulk of my reader base. That I guess would be the trend for many personal blogs in Malaysia.
Above that age, I virtually got no blog readers.
Q4. Whats your working status
66% Student
24% Professionals
3% Self Employed
1% Management
6% Unemployed
I actually wonder about this 6% unemployed readers. So are you like just graduated and waiting for interviews or just bumming your life away blogging? :P
Q5. How did you find out about my blog
22% Random browsing
15% Linked from another blog
59% Innit
3% You know me in real life
This I really want to know. I got at least 3 friends in real life reading my blog. I know 1 but who are the other 2?? TELL ME OR FOREVER BE DAMNED IN HELL!!!!
59% from Innit. I guess whoring my blog on such sites do bring in traffic :D
There you have it. The result from my first poll.
To be honest, I am pretty happy with my blog right now. Never would I imagine my broken English, crappy written blog would have more then 5 readers a day. This blog is after all my own way of de-stressing.
My 8 month old blog may well end up having a much longer lifespan than I expected.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Of Hugs and Smooches
It was my first few weeks in UK, 2am in the morning and it was time to head home after a night out with a group of friends. Suddenly a girl acquaintance griped my shoulders, pulled me in and gave me a kiss on the cheeks. That was my first time getting a peck on the cheek by someone that I hardly knew back when I was 19 yrs old. Later I realized that its common courtesy to hug and kiss (on the cheeks of course) in the west. I would not hesitate to give my female/male acquaintance a goodbye hug when I was staying in UK since it was an acceptable thing to do.
Back here though, if I would do that to just any female acquaintance, I bet I would have gotten plenty of stares (probably less now actually). A kiss on the cheeks would most definitely result in a kick on the groin or a tight slap (or both!). Hence, since coming back to Malaysia in 2004, I refrain from showing any form of public display of love and affection unless towards relatives or really close friends.
Sometimes I do wonder if hugs are over rated here in Malaysia. I do not really see much problem giving someone a goodnight hug as long as we don't cross the line. But then again what constitute not crossing the line? The Aye and Nae sayers can go on the whole night and not come up with a definitive answer to it.
Now my question to you.
"How far is your line and how thick are they?"
Back here though, if I would do that to just any female acquaintance, I bet I would have gotten plenty of stares (probably less now actually). A kiss on the cheeks would most definitely result in a kick on the groin or a tight slap (or both!). Hence, since coming back to Malaysia in 2004, I refrain from showing any form of public display of love and affection unless towards relatives or really close friends.
Sometimes I do wonder if hugs are over rated here in Malaysia. I do not really see much problem giving someone a goodnight hug as long as we don't cross the line. But then again what constitute not crossing the line? The Aye and Nae sayers can go on the whole night and not come up with a definitive answer to it.
Now my question to you.
"How far is your line and how thick are they?"
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
What A Day
Rain can be a good or bad thing. Its good when it rains on a lazy Sunday Morning and your still in bed, snuggling under the sheets unwilling to wake up. Its bad when its raining from morning till the late afternoon on a weekday disrupting my day at work. Today is such a bad day......
Today is also a bad day cause the guy that normally cut my hair was on holiday and his replacement made me look like a stupid 15 year old boy.
To add to such bad days, I for some stupid reason (that I could not understand), drove to the wrong shopping complex for an appointment.
Its like your here but your not actually here sort of feeling. Mind and body don't seem to be in sync for some unknown reason.
The good news is - I finally got donuts from Big Apple that I have been thinking about for the past 2 weeks
The bad news was - Only manage to eat 2 out of 12 donuts before me feeling totally turn off by it. Sign of age perhaps?
Today is also a bad day cause the guy that normally cut my hair was on holiday and his replacement made me look like a stupid 15 year old boy.
To add to such bad days, I for some stupid reason (that I could not understand), drove to the wrong shopping complex for an appointment.
Its like your here but your not actually here sort of feeling. Mind and body don't seem to be in sync for some unknown reason.
The good news is - I finally got donuts from Big Apple that I have been thinking about for the past 2 weeks
The bad news was - Only manage to eat 2 out of 12 donuts before me feeling totally turn off by it. Sign of age perhaps?
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