Too many photos!

UPDATE: I KNOW! Very nice right? Thanks so much to the very super talented ALAN LEONG of SHEARNATION.COM who did my new flash design for me! Now so Christmasy! He is very very clever right? If your company needs a designer, you know who to go to. Alan= sibeh good.

I am so angry ok? Somehow, my sleeping pattern has reverted to normal times and I am feeling quite tired now, which is 1.31am.

I know I promised "tonight", but actually, I finished writing a blog entry at 1pm today afternoon, and yes, once again, before saving, Mozilla hung on me.

I actually have ctrl-c-ed the damn entry, but somehow, I ctrl V ctrl V and NOTHING CAME OUT! *punch keyboard*

So anyway, here's the entry - rewritten. Grrr

A Teban Sunset!

I don't like Teban Gardens. In fact, whenever Kelvin, or whoever with a nice car, sends me home, I feel empathy for the car. The damn car must be thinking, "Shit man, I'm a damn Mercs, and I am parked beside some 3 room flats and a rubbish dump. Oh fuck, these inferior humps are spoiling my suspensions!" and indeed, fail to operate from then on, out of spite.

I've always told people who come to my place (surprisingly a lot of people come here although it is so out of the way and cramped) that Teban Gardens is the armpit of Singapore. Kelvin and the boys laughed and said that if Teban Gardens is the armpit of Singapore, then Geylang is the vagina.

Someone quipped, "Then what is the asshole?"

"Desker lor!" was said, amidst hearty laughter.

However, though people always give me a disgusted look when they enter my humble flat (actually they don't really "give a face" coz that's rude, but I KNOW they are grossed out), they always first look at the windows and exclaim, "Oh my god, what a beautiful view! Come and see!" ... like it is the one redeeming factor of being armpit of Singapore.

They are referring, of course, to disgusting Pandan Reservior just beside my block.

After I hear this I invariably reply, "Yeah, view can eat meh? Fuck the view, this house sucks."

Which is true! I don't understand why people get so emotional over the freaking body of water. To me, it's the same as looking at a damn postcard.

The second question people ask me is, "Why aren't you jogging everyday at the reservior? If I were you I will man, it is so convenient."

Hello.

1) Reservior got Teban Ghost. No, really! Weili told me. The ghost hops from tree to tree (I wanted to end this sentence with "in glee" but refrained from the bad poetic attempt). I suggest, if you look like a tree you better not jog there, or the ghost might hop on you.

2) Reservior got scary army of little flying bugs! When I say army, I mean like a gazillion of these light, brown insects, which are small enough to be breathed in if you are close enough.

YIKES.

When they are not flying into my house to infest my ceiling light, they like to hover around the lampposts dotted at regular sections around the reservior, which coincidentally is the nearest light to their birthplace.

I remember I used to bring dates I like to the reservior to take a supposedly romantic scroll (I actually don't find it romantic).

These flies would be flickering by the thousands around the lampposts, and my date would be like, "What are th...?!" and when this happens I have to pull his face towards me by grasping his chin with my index and thumb, and force kiss him.

Happens up to 15 times a night sometimes. Sigh.

Oh but this photo, taken by Kelvin, is really quite nice, isn't it? But still, don't buy houses beside reserviors. You want those bugs in your house, huh?!

Carls Jr!

I told you size matters!

When to eat at Carl's Jr with Chua and Shuyin... Historic moment ok!

In years to come, I can tell my kids, "Mommy first ate at Carl's Jr at Dec 2005. Yes yes my sweeties, that's a decade ago..." in which my kids will then embrace me in a touching hug. Sob. What a wonderful life I will lead!

Beef fries!


Chua ordered some turkey thing while SY and I shared a portobello mushroom burger. :D


Ewww, like not nice one...


WAH, SHIOK!

My verdict: Tastes way better than BK's mushroom swiss, because of the quality of mushrooms used! I think BK still uses narcissus mushrooms or something, ezech! Onions can be done without though. Hate onions.

Let me tell you a secret...

Haha a mushroom in disguise!! :D


I love yummy food!

KELVIN'S 83rd BIRTHDAY!

So old right? He treated us to dessert at some swanky Bukit Timah place, called something like corduroy and fitch. I dunno lar I dunno lar!

Kel and Kit deciding on food


Super nice apple crumble!


I don't really know what this is... Chocolate puff of some sort?


I ordered foie gras!

It was supposed to come with salad but a girl needs her carbo, right? So I changed it to fries. It is so so so nice!!! One of the best I've eaten.

My god, will you look at that? I think Benny ordered an alfafa sandwich. That's so blah!

Vyasa placing his chocolate cake delicately on his...

Poor Russell! He ran around the whole of Orchard to buy a cake for Kel, with no avail coz all the shops were closed!

In the end, I went downstairs (place had two levels and we were on top) and bought a cake for Kel, and threatened to write bad things about each waiter unless they sing a bdae song for Kelvin.

And they must sound sincere when they sing it.

One of the waitresses also flashed Kelvin as a bonus (since he lived till so old)... AND KELVIN LIKES IT!

See, he so happy about it.


Pianist fingers


Non-pianist fingers

Kelvin: I am not 83 you bitch!

Vyasa: I like Wendy and I shall try to seduce her by holding my finger just tenderly beside my mouth.

I managed to make Kelvin lick the words but no one went to push his head! WAH LAU. Now the moment has passed.

Anyway in case you can't really see, the words go like "Happy 83rd birthday, handsome! We love you!"

Funny right? I like it. :D

Eh...

Me plus bdae boy!


Merry Xmas!

Group photo!




When was the last time YOU could lie on a sea of guys? LOL

Heeren footballers



What do you mean by "silly pose"?!

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Haha I am a professional footballer ok!

Shuyin Shuyin...





Heehee!

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Localbrand's new tees are OUT! I know, took so long right! I love this new season's designs.

Usually Turodrique's thoughts are a bit too profound to be understood just by looking at a tee's graphics, so when he explains to me what this icon means, etc, I just pretend to nod my head and understand... :D

But this time, he is smarter! He made videos for the tees' meanings! You should watch them, the very bootilicious Linda Chia is inside TiT! :D

Speaking of hot female bloggers, our club does not welcome anyone old (when I say old I mean like if you menstrated young you could have been my mom kinda old), because when you are old, you have a wrinkly byebye. So go do something about the flaps (SKII? Bioessense? ANYTHING!) and do not even dream of associating yourself with us. You are not worthy. * Flips hair *

*Slaps self* I must stop being so bitchy.

As I was saying, my favourite tee of this season is Wusong! :D

0% Nuo Fu, understand?!

Don't you just love the way he holds the tiger's tail?

I think it is so admirable that T has so much passion in the things he believes in, like Asian pride, patriotism, etc.

I mean there are also certain things I am very passionate about, for example I am very passionate about never being shortchanged in life, and also about creamy mushroom pasta, but I sure as hell won't go make t-shirts to fuel my idealisms.

You know T is serious about supporting local brands when his upcoming Love Local sale is about giving discounts to people who prove they buy local products!

-_-

I can't believe he is indirectly supporting other tee companies too, haha.

So yes, it's great that other people are so passionate, else we will all be wearing Giordano tees proclaiming "ME" out of a sea of stupid smileys, right? :D

More blogging tomorrow. I'm sorry I took so long, I didn't mean for mozilla to hang either!

Post-note: Yes yes, reservior, reservoir, WHO CARES? Scroll, stroll... shut up. As long as you understand me, it is fine. You know what? Yes. These mistakes are delibrate. Because I don't want people to think I am too perfect - makes people feel insecure, you know? So go write your bad poems, and stop correcting people's English.

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Thanks for voting me!

You guys are really the sweetest! :)

Deluge of photos tonight.

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A short clarification

It seems that my haters are rejoicing in a recent newspaper article about me, which... stated that I was "dropped by (insert tabloid) as a columnist as she didn't meet the editorial standards required of our freelance contributors."

Upon receiving this email, I received a phone call from said editor, who wanted to personally notify me.

I asked specifically if it was because I didn't write well enough that I was removed as a columnist.

He, at that point of time of course, rather sincerely and kindly assured me that that is not the case. He said that TNPS changes their columnists every few months or so, and with the exception of a few of the older columnists, most of their columnists don't last for long.

I was relieved, and told him I thought I didn't write well enough. He laughed and said that was not the case, perhaps the only problem was that we did not work out more specifically a topic to write about, so the topics are a bit scattered. If I have any suggestions for what to write about, he added, I can always suggest to him, and in future, we might work together again!

SPH can try to sue me for this. I am prepared to swear in court that this happened.

But of course, we can all argue that this certain editor was only patronising me at that time. Dishonesty in either way. :)

That's all I want to say! I suppose the more intelligent of you would understand. Those who choose to dislike me will always choose to believe the worst said of me, even if it is said by a source proven unreliable for years, and I guess I cannot do anything about that.

On a totally irrelevant note, because Harry Potter is such a fabulous book, I'd like to quote Hagrid, on his opinion of Black betraying the Potters (POA):

"Filthy, stinkin' turncoat!" Hagrid said, so loudly that half the bar went quiet.

"Shh!" said Professor McGonagall.

I forgot to mention I won't be allowing any comments for this article.

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Ever felt like you have an invisible friend?

People, meet Ydnew, my evil twin:

























As I always say, love yourself! :D

Now vote!

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Something funny?

By funny I mean weird funny, not haha funny.




You tell me.

This would explain the some 6,000 votes last night. I don't know how you (all) did it, but you are not very clever. Subtly does it.

If there are any cheaters for me too, please don't do it, because it might get me disqualified!

Oh, and I have already written to Wizbang about it, so no worries.

Right, I'll go on blogging!

Meanwhile...



*Updated!




Post-note: Wizbang already emailed me back. There are several cheaters on both MB's and mine, so their ips will be banned and their votes removed.

Postnote no.2:

Subtracted from mb's votes - 9944 votes
Subtracted from my votes - 5048 votes

Turns out I had more cheaters with 9 ips addresses, but maxing at 1478 votes.

mb had only 3, but his highest-voting cheater is quite a fanatic - he voted 7385 times! Sorry to tell you dude, all your efforts are gone to waste. *laughs at the fucker*

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Gambatte readers!

I received an email from a reader:

Hi XiaXue,

Just wanted to send you an encouragement mail. Jia you! The last I checked, Mr. Brown is leading you by about 3931 votes. Don't despair. I'll be voting for you daily.

A few things you may want to take note:

1. Mr. Brown's post indicates that you are leading.
2. You have also stated in your own post that you were leading.
3. Due to Kevin's post in tomorrow.sg and pie chart , people may think that you've huge lead over Mr. Brown.

Based on the above 3 points, your fans and readers may think that it is not necessary to continuously vote for you as they wrongly think that your other fans will vote. If everyone thinks so, you will be getting less votes than you would be getting. Conversely, fans of Mr. Brown may think that he is way behind you and will therefore vote more aggressively. This may explain the sudden huge lead that Mr. Brown has gained over you.

Your sentence in your latest entry, "It is NOT MY FAULT that I have a younger bunch of readers, and that these readers will naturally vote more than Mrbrown's will; because they (mb's readers) are maturer and possibly less enthusiastic about such issues." is no longer valid. Mr. Brown's fan and readers will vote aggressively for him! Also, as Mr. Brown has been writing for the papers "Today" regularly, it is likely that he has been getting increased fan base. He may have become the juggernaut of blogging.

Do not despair as there is still time to pull votes. But you need to work for the votes.

From now till 15 December, you'll need to post an entry daily. You need to get your fan's and reader's attention on a daily basis. Remind them to vote for you daily. That's why you'll need to blog daily till 15 December.

I admire you for your truthfulness and daring to speak your mind. For some twist of fate, you've now become the underdog. Don't give up. There is still time to pull votes! By the way, by virtue of your gender, even if Mr. Brown wins, you'll still be the reignning blog Queen/Princess! ;-)

I'll be voting for you.

Best regards,
X

I read this as I was about to generally give up on life, and wallow in self-pity, while thinking of ways to glare at mrbrown the next time I see him.

But after a few email exchanges with X, which is of course not his real identity, I decided that I must not give up!

That's not Xiaxue spirit, is it? =)

Besides, mb himself and Kenny Sia both spoke to me.

mb gave me lots of encouragement.

Kenny was laughing at my distress, telling me that I was taking this far too seriously. I told him that I needed to see that more people love me than hate me. This is my motivation for blogging on.

That being said, you have to continue voting. What, 4,000? 4,000 is nothing for 20,000 readers, is it?

Me, I'll go blog now. At least for these days till the 15th, it will be for you. =)

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Feeling quite pensive

I wrote my first vote-pulling post at 8pm, and by 1030pm or so, my votes quadrupled, beating the next best contestant, Mrbrown.

The next day, a gazillion angry blog posts sprung up. These people are angry, furious, that my so-called "sheep" have once again efficiently done their job at doing whatever I wanted them to do.

My readers are not sheep. Liking something mass appeal does not automatically make you a sheep, so stop it. Do you like french fries? So do 90% of Singaporeans. Therefore, you are a slave to french fries is it? Are you blindly following others to eat fries? You mindless lemming.

It saddens me to read these entries.

Not because I feel upset to read that my blog is infantile, childish, superficial, or even malicious (which I don't think it is). I've seen enough of these comments, and I have long had an answer for myself.

There are 22.5 million blogs, and a few hundred new ones have probably sprung up while this entry is written.

Yet, only so many make it past 10,000 readers a day.

Overtaking my own blog idol (though he insists that his is not a blog)

Amongst the esteemed top 100 blog list, you will see a variety of many different genres of blogs.

There are gossip blogs, war journals, political blogs, technology blogs, and there are, of course, no lack of the girly blogs - like my own.


These blogs are popular for a reason: And the reason is that they are all the best at what they are doing.


Be it chicken rice or foie gras, as long as you make it well, it will be popular.

Is it right then, to exclaim things like, "Oh chicken rice is so cheap! It has no class! From now on, chicken rice seller, please cook only foie gras! Since you cannot cook foie gras well, you must be a lousy cook! You should be booted out of cook rankings."

That's just silly, because without the best chicken rice seller around (he failed miserably at selling foie gras and is now a hobo), people will just move on to the next best, and soon, this next best will once again earn loads of money.

How many chicken rice cooks are you gonna kill before everyone eats only foie gras?

If chefs are judged by the amount of money earned from sales, then surely Mr Next Best Chicken Rice is a good chef, isn't he?

I hope you are not looking confused at the whole food thing, because that chunk is supposed to be an analogy for blogs as well.

People are constantly harping on how my blog is not intellectual and thought-intriguing as other, more worthy, blogs are.

Enough! Once and for all, shut the fuck up and stop being a pretentious bigot trying to prove to the world how superior you are by the pretentious blogs you read.

That's the way I like to write, and there are people who enjoy it. Why constantly try to change something other people like?

There are 22.5 million blogs for you to choose from, dude... Go ahead, give another genre a shot if you don't like bimbos and entries on how to do your make up.

I'm sure there is a blog out there which will fit your interests... That day I just saw one seeking readers who have the common habit of digging their assholes and smelling their fingers afterwards. That would suit you.

And don't come here already.

Back to what people are saying that makes me sad. I am sad, because I am actually feeling GUILTY that I, then, so easily became the winner. It is sad when a victory only serves to make you feel bad about yourself.

Mrbrown wrote a post saying it felt good at least to be leading for a while, and that made me upset too.

He is my friend, and I don't want him to be unhappy. But yet, I do want to win (it makes me happy to see readers appreciating my work), and since the post is already up, I can't stop people from voting (and nor do I want them to stop).

For the longest time, whenever it comes to blog affairs, I am always deemed as the stronger one.

I have come to realise that Singaporeans ALWAYS protect the underdog, which I suppose is a good thing because it means we have compassion. But sad for me, of course! Look at my controversial issues:

SPG (poor underdog already hounded by media you still go and say her tits out of shape) = Xiaxue is a meanie (although I wrote about her before she got hounded by the media)

Toilets (handicapped people are already unlucky in life, you should never write anything even sounding vaguely against them) = Xiaxue is a meanie

Cab snatcher (She defamed you on a forum and you merely defended yourself, but so what? She is nowhere as powerful as you on the internet so you should have kept quiet) = Xiaxue is a meanie

And stuff about animals, Fiona Xie, etc.

I don't want to be superior anymore. I am sick of it. If now, say, a semi-known female blogger and I, at the same time, wrote something bad about each other, guess who is in the wrong?

ME!

Coz I am the blog queen!

And so many blog entries sprung up, defending Mrbrown and other contestants, saying they are more worthy winners, let's beat Xiaxue and vote for them, etc etc. Did they care about my feelings? Nah. Xiaxue is strong enough. For once, can we please turn the tables and say other people are bullying me?

I am a girl, and I also want to be protected at times.

Sorry if I am rambling on, I am just trying to get my thoughts out straight, because I am so confused right now.

So yes. Why am I the victim of such anguish? It is NOT MY FAULT that I have a younger bunch of readers, and that these readers will naturally vote more than Mrbrown's will; because they (mb's readers) are maturer and possibly less enthusiastic about such issues.

It is NOT MY FAULT I have a large readership, just because more people are generally more interested in gossipy, bimbotic, light-hearted affairs than ostentatious high-brow content (I'm not talking about Mrbrown, but you know the sort of blog i'm talking about, where the authors are usually poets and write only with words more than 3 syllabi).

This is what I want to say to those who are feeling so antagonized and bitter that I was once leading:

If you want to say sour grapes things like, "It is just a cheap popularity brawl and of course stupid girls like Xiaxue will win, since dirty old men and naive teenagers will vote for her. Vote Mrbrown! He is more worthy than Xiaxue!", then perhaps you should look back upon your words and realise how silly you sound.

Because if it is just a cheap popularity brawl, when the win doesn't really matter anymore, does it? The prize is not worth shit: it merely shows who has more lemmings, right?

So why get so bothered?

It is just the Best Asian Blog Award. Every blog nominated is a winner already (except those who nominate themselves; guffaw), because they have readers who like them enough to think they ought to win.

That being said, perhaps it is a good thing that Mrbrown's current votes have bypassed mine. Then people will stop Kpkb-ing.

Go vote if you think I'm the best Asian blogger in your opinion. I will appreciate every single vote casted. But if you don't think I'm the best, read the rest, and vote whoever you think rocks your socks!

There is no need to put the other bloggers down.

What you may not like, others may.

My blog readers don't ever do that. They just think I'm cool, and they never put others down to justify their opinions (or at least I don't see them doing that), and for that, I'm proud.

Are the readers of these supposedly pedantic blogs really less mature than Xiaxue's "sheep" readers?

What an irony.

To the nice people who liked me enough to show me that little bit of appreciation, thank you!

As a reward, I give you something even better than Junny's boobies:



Pretty pretty Dawn! The blogosphere is suffering from withdrawal of her photos. =)

My head looks so goddamn big besides hers man! We did a Cleo photoshoot together, so be sure to buy the magazine!

Ta! If you vote enough, I'll post up more photos of Dawn, muahaha! She must be feeling like smacking me now for making use of her chio shots, heehee.

Oh and if you have voted yesterday, you can still vote today. Once every 24 hours! :)



- Because if your reason for voting is "Xiaxue sucks", then you are voting for completely wrong reasons -

Update: I was refreshing the page after writing this, and in the last refresh Mrbrown's votes increased by 3 while mine increased by 1. I guess hate is indeed a better motivator than love. Haha! IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DO, BLOGDERS?? Jia you! We must not let the hatemongers win! Click here! =)

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