Being A Blogger Does Not Make You King Of The World

November 23rd, 2007

i recently met someone who said that bloggers are a difficult bunch to deal with. his exact words were, “bloggers these days are so damn demanding. they think just because they have a couple of hundred hits a day, everyone has to treat them like royalty or like some celebrity.”

and you know, it’s so damn true.

for the information of those who werent aware of this, i was working with Nuffnang for some time a couple of months back. so i got to see firsthand all that diva attitude some of our so-called ‘celebrity’ (and some not-so-celebrity) bloggers are capable of when it comes to making money from their blog. “where’s my ad???” is the number one question we field. and then giving them ads is not enough wan you know, must give them two stacked ads so that they can make double the amount per week. if not, they will complain and complain and complain till the cows come home.

first, there is the ‘celebrity’ blogger (i use this term with much pain) who gets a lot of traffic and whines about not getting ads. then, there is the blogger who gets less than 20 hits a day and also whines about not getting ads.

let’s talk about the greedy celebrity blogger first. granted, we dont have that many celeb bloggers, and luckily for us only very VERY few of them are divas. but these divas still exist. and to be honest sometimes i dont know why they are celebrity bloggers. they write like crap - quality that does not warrant the kind of ego they have - ie absolutely no substance or clarity in their writing, coupled with horrendous grammar and spelling. broken english everywhere, sometimes cant even spell the product name right. yet they keep talking about and marketing themselves as if they’re some kind of revolutionary new wave of media, capable of propelling your business to greater heights just with a link or two on their oh-so-famous blog. well, if you wanna have so HUGE an ego, at least have some goods to bring to the table besides rotten writing and an over-dependence on random pictures you ripped off the internet.

i just cant stand it when so-called celebrity bloggers get all smug about their supposedly more-popular-than-thou status, thinking they are better than all the ‘little bloggers’ out there who by the way WRITE MUCH BETTER THAN THEM ANYWAY -___- it’s like there is this huge cloud above their head that says, ‘i may have lousy english and writing skills but that’s okay because i’m a CELEBRITY BLOGGER, and i can hence tell YOU off for having bad english because YOU’RE not a celebrity blogger like ME.’ true story, people, true story. seriously lah there is nothing wrong with a blogger having bad english; in my opinion you dont need to have better language skills than everyone else to write a really good blog.. but i think it’s totally hypocritical, RUDE and delusional if someone with bad english thinks they can go around telling people how bad their english is simply because they are some sort of ‘celebrity blogger’. the lack of humility pisses me off so much. honestly, it does not the fuck matter that you have a gazillion hits a day and make a couple of thousand dollars from your blog if you are by nature a disgusting, greedy person with too big an ego and absolutely no integrity whatsoever.

these bloggers have made so much profit from Nuffnang, but when asked to go on a revenue share for certain projects, REFUSE TO DO SO. i am just so in awe as to how anyone can be so terribly ungrateful. is 30% so much to give up? would you even have that other 70% if it were not for Nuffnang? and to add to that, they have the nerve to keep demanding higher pay per advertorial even if it means Nuffnang makes less. like i said - disgusting, greedy and ungrateful.

and it’s not like these bloggers are the next in line for Pulitzers or something. these are blogs that are littered with random glowing reviews about lousy food and products, but are written anyway in the hopes of catching the eye of the involved businesses. these are blogs that are filled with advertorial after advertorial with no substance in between. and it’s become all about being famous and making money and getting free food. what’s the point in having a blog like that? what’s the point in being so proud of a commercial blog that hides behind a pseudo-personal front? have you no shame that you are so smug about being the face of the Malaysian blogosphere and yet maintain a blog that is just out to make a quick buck?

the perfect example of nice and down-to-earth celebrity bloggers are Kenny Sia and Suanie. despite his monster-sized daily traffic that could populate a small country, Kenny has got to be one of the most humble and approachable celebrity bloggers i have ever met. if anyone has a right to be a diva blogger, it is him, but he simply doesnt pull that shit. in fact, he was one of the few people who urged Nuffnang to start doing revenue share because he felt Nuffnang deserved it :) Suanie is a blogging celebrity in her own right, but so down-to-earth about her status and influence, and unpretentious in her blogging. if you want a semblance of what the old pre-traffic obsession blogosphere used to be like, Suanie’s blog is the best place to find it.

sigh. i have absolutely no respect for so-called celebrity bloggers who like to throw their weight around. if you have a high readership, put it to good use instead of taking advantage of each hit to make money for yourself. get your brain working and churn out some meaningful writing like the rest of the other ‘little bloggers’ that you look down upon so. if you cant do that, then stop touting yourself as “XYZ the blogger” and just be a regular XYZ like the rest of us. how about that. how about some humility and some grace while you’re at it.

and it’s not just celebrity bloggers who can be greedy and ungrateful. when i was working with Nuffnang, i received scores of emails a day from bloggers who have like 10 hits a day or something, threatening to leave the network if they didnt get anymore ads. or simply going “eh why i so long no ad ah??” how about it’s because you dont even meet the freaking traffic requirement, you MORON. and even if you have what, 21 hits a day, stop complaining about the cents you’re making compared to the dollars you think you deserve; because without Nuffnang, that space on your sidebar is NOTHING. you wouldnt be making ANY cents if Nuffnang wasn’t out there touting your blog for you to advertisers. dont forget that you make as much money as your traffic gets you; so if your traffic is next to nothing, know that you are in no place to demand more money.

so you think your sidebar space is worth more than the amount you’re getting? quit gabbing and remove the unit lah then. we’d rather give the money to other bloggers who have the same amount of traffic that you do, but actually appreciate the work that we do for them. pulling power goes to the nice or the influential. so what happens if you’re neither? fuck off then, and take your precious sidebar space with you.

what angers me the most is blogs that sport the classic url of makemoneywithblogging.blogspot.com or something; set up SOLELY to make money from blog advertising, are full of weird Click Me banners and little adsense thingies, have random lyrics and other copy+paste shit, or sometimes even nothing at all… and then they can write us emails asking us WHY THEY HAVE NO ADS. hello????? your blog is not even a blog!!!!!!!!!

i’m just lamenting the fact that Nuffnang, who has been doing so much for the blogosphere, is not getting the gratitude that they deserve, from big bloggers and small bloggers alike. dont take all that money in your Earnings panel for granted - us folks in the office have to work long and hard to deliver that kinda money to you. our bosses have sleepless nights and dont even declare themselves a salary each month just so they can do this one thing for the blogging community. and yet, what do you as a blogger do? refuse revenue share. demand more ads. email boss to ask him to ‘check’ why you have no ads. pester about the status of your cheques. please lah. it’s time some gratitude is shown.

and i’m also lamenting the degenerating state of personal blogging. what happened to the days where blogging was all about getting your point across and sharing opinions and writing about your day-to-day experiences? now it’s become all about updating every 2-3 days so that your readers dont go away, it’s become all about stupid little gimmicks to keep your traffic up, it’s become a science and a business rather than the art and hobby it used to be.

haih. actually i didnt mean to sound so angry. i totally got carried away, didnt i? but i just cant help ittttt i’ve got so much pent up ANGST!!

one of these days, i’m going to give 5 links of 5 malaysian blogs that i think have good, sincere and heartfelt writing. none of that whiny give-me-ads commercial stuff. i think it’s about time we called some attention to the blogs that really deserve it. so if you have any hidden treasure blogs that you love to read, do drop a comment here and we can all partake in the good stuff :)

Entry Filed under: Rants

146 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Rupesh  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    Hi,
    Interesting post… well, in the blogosphere, there are so many unnoticed blogs…they are actually hidden treasures…

  • 2. Dan-yel  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    Chill girl.. Nuffnang is business entity, like all business, it deserves to remodel itself. If it had gone to the point where “our bosses have sleepless nights and dont even declare themselves a salary each month just so they can do this one thing for the blogging community”, then I advise Nuffnang to remodel itself so that it earns profit that it deserves as a BUSINESS entity, eg. set a new minimum of traffic hits, higher one. I’m not familiar with Nuffnang, but seriously 21 hits per day? Honestly I think it’s too small for a blogger to earn off their entries. Perhaps Nuffnang should also set a new set of criteria, like the ability of the bloggers to attract specific group of readers and to market their ads effectively? A blog that writes about food most of the time, and attracts large readership and appeal to ad clients would definitely deserve the bucks than those who wrote craps or give pseudo-personal comment on them.

    My two-cents. Hm.. one of the wonders of blogging is that you get to rant out your anger. Perhaps there should be ads for psychiatric treatment service in blogs that rant the a lot. We all know that we have sad cases of mental illness, the stigma associated with it, and the lack of access to relevant experts, don’t we? ;)

  • 3. Miracle  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 10:47 pm

    Wow, we can email Nuffnang and complain??? I never knew that was possible. I thought, “aiyo, no more blog readers, never update, of course no advertisements la”. OMG, never people were so serious about collecting money.

    As a Nuffie user, I’m shocked at the blogger [wannabes] out there. Whatever happened to blogging because we wanted to be heard, or have people commenting on your opinions, or just a platform to hone your writing skills?

    Sigh.. what is the world coming to? *shakes head*

  • 4. thegeekinpink  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 pm

    wee people is getting a bit too big-headed, aren’t they? i earn just enough to pay the domain name haha * thanks kenny* ! muahs muahs! one of my friends recently mentioned that if i had stayed in my old xanga blog, i’d earn a lot more but hell, blogging was never about earning. first and foremost, it should be personal. i’ve lost a lot of readership but i’m so much happier this way, (and less flamed by anonymous haters) in my new site earning just a dollar a week. HAHAHAHA

  • 5. DLT2  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 11:28 pm

    guess its one of those unorthodox-ish thingies that draws masses of people to their blog. i think.

    there’re 2 ways 4 ppl to get famous. either be really good at something, or just 4low the steps of our legendary William Hung.

    …i think

  • 6. reallybites  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm

    i cannot think of one msian blog that is not commercialized (in terms of ads etc). all the blogs in my feed reader have ads but it doesn’t bother me coz well, i think i told u before.

    and why do you call those ppl “celebrity” bloggers? is it because of the size of their traffic? mentions in the press? i mean wtf is a celebrity blogger?

    when I heard about the nuffn’ sgd/rm 1 thingi, i was like wtf is wrong with the bloggers. satu ringgit also bitch like hell. ungrateful bunch.

    omg i can go on and on about this urgh

    i like suanie’s blog! i like the way she writes.

  • 7. charmayne  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 pm

    i think if i had to pick one nice and down to earth celebrity blogger, it would be you =] you’re so famous but you’re not egoistic or commercial.

  • 8. ShaolinTiger  |  November 23rd, 2007 at 11:52 pm

    Hahahahaha, I so know who you are writing about.

    But why didn’t you mention me, zomg I’m gonna go all diva and say how nice I am or something. AND GIVE ME DOUBLE STACK ADS OR I’LL CRY.

  • 9. Francis Foo  |  November 24th, 2007 at 12:20 am

    so…which type does pinkpau belong???just curious..hehe

  • 10. KY  |  November 24th, 2007 at 12:35 am

    who are those? I KILL THEM!

  • 11. Zendreus  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:33 am

    Wow… I never new you guys at Nuffnang had it that hard… =_=;

    My respect for Nuffnang is already doubling. Go Nuffnang!

    Hmm… Getting money for blogging is cool and all but if there’s no soul or real meaning in the blog, there’s really no point in blogging at all… =(

    Nice post! =D

  • 12. entwined  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:42 am

    wow. so much drama behind the scenes. :P i’ve always believed that if a blogger is just blogging to make money, and not out of passion, sooner or later, the readers will realise the lack of emotions and leave the blogger. :) and you’re definitely one of the best bloggers around :)

  • 13. Kelvin  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:44 am

    http://www.hypebeast.com/2007/11/major-threat-2007-fall-winter-collection/gallery?page=1

  • 14. me  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:02 am

    whoa my thoughts exactly !
    good write.. i agree with you completely
    what ever happened to the typical blogging style… now so many are blogging for fame sigh

  • 15. LLY  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:05 am

    Very simple, don’t visit blogs that you hate and you will be a happier person.

  • 16. Michael  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:09 am

    there’s a gem right here. which i’m reading every day~

  • 17. alea  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:11 am

    well said, su ann. well said :)
    i agree you all the way.

  • 18. clem  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:36 am

    i think you echoed many of our sentiments. :) precisely why i don’t visit these ‘celeb’ blogs anymore, prefer to visit my friends’ blogs instead - even if they don’t write well. because isn’t that what blog is originally about, writing about your personal experiences, anecdotes.. all to catch up on each other’s lives.

  • 19. yLva  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:42 am

    yeah.. i agree 100% wif u..

    i have heard of some people arguing about the $1 cash out issue in nuffnang.sg too. i am a supporter of nuffnang SG.. and i get to know nice people like Ming, Estee, Nadia, Estee and jayden from nuffnang..

    it is not just a business.. i get to know ppl.. nuffnang is just simply great lah! those who complain of not getting ads, perhaps you can just leave then.. let other ppl get ads..

  • 20. pinksterz  |  November 24th, 2007 at 3:56 am

    ops i just like sent to boss stewie today saying i wanted more ads in his blog through his gf application thingy xD

    but in a joking way la of course LOL!

  • 21. jimmy  |  November 24th, 2007 at 4:26 am

    fuh… feels good to let everything out huh..

    btw isit my eyes or did ur fonts just got smaller..

    http://www.sheblabs.com/ is so unpredictable lol.

    and quesarah.blogspot.com - how come she stopped blogging there.. sigh..

  • 22. jimmy  |  November 24th, 2007 at 4:26 am

    urs on the top of my list keke.

    sorry double post :)

  • 23. Jane C  |  November 24th, 2007 at 5:00 am

    i think i am one of those celeb bloggers you are referring to :(. Now feel very guilty but i dont think i was that bad. I did send one email to nuffang asking about ads availability.

    my apology.

    as for good blogs, you should look no further than those in your sidebar. some pretty good ones you have there. I especially like Alvin’s. A very witty guy.

  • 24. kennysia  |  November 24th, 2007 at 5:54 am

    Hehehe! Thanks Su Ann.

    Aiya, celebrity blogger act humble got what use? In the end also kena boycott. :(

  • 25. Monkticon  |  November 24th, 2007 at 6:33 am

    Aiya… some ppl like that wan la… sudah fehmes.. lupakan diri… dan makan diri, last last susah sendiri…kawan kawan lari…harga diri sudah takbley cari… mati~

  • 26. Michelle  |  November 24th, 2007 at 7:09 am

    You read too much of Janet Fitch I tell you. I’m reading the same book as yours. I saw it in the Penguin Warehouse Sale and picked it up for a price of RM 15. Isn’t that a steal?

    Well, I don’t remember which resort I went but there is no beach at all which is like so sad. What’s the point of going to Pangkor if you can’t even enjoy the sandy beach right?

    Anyway, I update everyday. == Because I have so many ideas until my brain would burst if I don’t talk about them.

    But this advertisement thing is not really important to me even though I have both nuffnang and advertlets. It’s okay lah. Few cents then few cents. I don’t demand much. The only reason I blog is because I want to improve my writing skills and I have so many things to talk about. But some bloggers, as you say, omg, the English is terrible and it hurts my eyes to read them.

  • 27. Tiara  |  November 24th, 2007 at 7:47 am

    reallybites | November 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm

    i cannot think of one msian blog that is not commercialized (in terms of ads etc).

    *waves at reallybites*

    Malaysian blogs are way too obsessed with PR and ads and making money. As you said, what happened to just writing? Now it’s all noise.

    For a counter-point: http://adfreeblog.org/

    btw: “blogosphere” is a damn ugly word. urgh.

  • 28. Freethinker  |  November 24th, 2007 at 7:57 am

    interesting revelation..

  • 29. sheon  |  November 24th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    hey pinkpau, when you say “the perfect example of nice and down-to-earth celebrity bloggers are Kenny Sia and Suanie”.. you missed out one site, http://www.quaintly.net …………… ooops…….oh hey, isnt that yours? :P

  • 30. christine  |  November 24th, 2007 at 10:21 am

    xanga.com/tastywords - one of those low-key but very well-written blogs:) check it out if you have the time!

  • 31. nyrac  |  November 24th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    hehe, quaintly.net and kennysia.com are links that i click on everyday ^^

    p.s. i dun have ads on my blog lah. dun tink it gets 20 hits per day oso. evn my own bf doesnt read it >.

  • 32. alysha  |  November 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am

    lovealynna.blogdrive.com/ =)

  • 33. Adelyn  |  November 24th, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    well said.

    to be frank i’ve stopped reading a lot of blogs because i found their blogs to be rather.. uh.. rhetoric(?!). but what to do, kia-su-ness and money-face-ness of malaysians. sighh!

  • 34. pinkshirtz  |  November 24th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    Hehe .. no need to be angry … i think what most bloggers have forgotten now is that … when you put up an entry, expect totally nothing from it. It’s all about expressing urself and then the additional support from the public serves as encouragement and nothing more.

    Also pretty sad about boastful people in uni that talks all non stop about their money making blog. But never mind about them … cause different blogs serves a differect genre of readers …

    aren’t you glad to know that ur readers and their readers are way different?! This puts u in a class far away from those bimbo blogs and ’sendiri syok’ blogs!

    quaintly.net is probably the most soothing, relaxing blog to read! No doubt about that…

  • 35. linsey  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    i knowwwww who you’re talking about toooooooooooo
    wink wink nudge nudge =DDD

  • 36. skyler  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks for saying the words I cannot say in my current employment state!

  • 37. louis  |  November 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Hey,

    Read your blog on occasion. Good work i must say.
    I agree with your post, especially the part about how blogs are for getting your point across and stuff like that.

    Of course, money is an attraction to just about anyone. And making it by doing something seemingly as easy as blogging can make anyone start a blog just for the sake of it.

    But i do believe that having a space to express your views without getting reprimanded by anyone is a reward in itself.

    My thoughts anyways. Keep up the good work!

    -Louis

  • 38. zzzyun  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:03 pm

    hullo! first time commenting here… altho i have been a reader for sometime ade.. neway, i totally agree with u!

    i didnt know we cud complain.. i havent got ads for sometime ade altho my hits are higher than the 21 hits per day blogger haha but i dont care! my blog is for myself to rant, review or ramble… if no money, also nevermind! =P

    oh ya, u wanted ppl to recommend some good blogs rite..

    u shld try reading this blog, it’s by a fren of a fren and the content is really good.. check it out http://k0ks3nw4i.blogspot.com/

    am i allowed to pimp my own blog too? *winks*

  • 39. suanie  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    ohai i am a blogger, roll out teh red carpet lololz!

    where my vip pass!?
    where my champagne?!
    where my kiss ass personnels!?
    DONCHU NO HU AI EM LOLOLOZZZZzzzz

  • 40. pohnee  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    zendreus.blogspot.com and luzzio.com are nice ^^

  • 41. sweat  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    kenny, who dare to boycott u, u tell me! wtf
    su ann i love u forever and ever for this post that all of us are too chicken (or lazy wtf) to write.

    after i stopped working with nuffnang and not know anything in the blogosphere, i actually became happier wtf. damn peaceful la now everyday do homework only wtf

  • 42. kimberlycun  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    woman, best post everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!1111

  • 43. aud  |  November 24th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    yalah who boycott kennysia! *rolls up sleeves wtf.

    ya finally i’ve been waiting for this post forever. i seriously seriously don’t understand why people who can’t write for fuxx can get famous also. is that saying something about our malaysian audience wtf

  • 44. aiman  |  November 24th, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    nicely written =)
    some people just don’t appreciate what help they get. i’d been wanting to write this kind of post for a looooong time, but no one reads my blog so yeah haha don’t think i’d manage to get my points heard.

  • 45. Christine  |  November 24th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    YES! I AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!
    There are some “celebrity” bloggers, including those in s’pore as well as Malaysia, are really very sombong indeed. I don’t get it, why should they ditch “the little bloggers” away?? Actually, i think they should encourage them to blog as well, so this blogging industry will grow even bigger!!!!! And more, what if you are a celebrity blogger? That really doesnt make you King of the World! Even though you may be the top blogger in your country, there is always someone greater than you!

    Next, urgh..check-cheng-check-cheng-minded people…Yes, it isn’t wrong for us to put on soe Nuffnang ads on our blog but please, you aren’t the bos! (Ming and Timothy are!) You are not the one controling the ads. So, shut up please respect them even though you dont have ads on your blog. Anyway, who wants to do “lossing money” business? I am sure no one wants?! Nuffnang isn’t charity ok? What for they put the ads on your blog is no ones going to see it? Not happy? It’s your problem, not theirs.

    (Nuffnang people are very friendly. They’ll help us whenever we need. NUFFNANG ROCKS!)

  • 46. vvens  |  November 24th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    er.. let me think if i did things like that before or not. well, i think i sent an email to Nuffnang before regarding the change of email address. not too bad right? oops!

    and somehow i’ve got a feeling who are you refering too. hahaha

    and i dint know such people exist. can ask a company like that to give u ad and money one meh….

    and i hate over-commercialised blog :(

  • 47. Jun  |  November 24th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    funny how in msia, blogging has become so commercialised whereas here in oz, no one cares a hoot abt blogs.

    and i think u know why :)

  • 48. sieutheng  |  November 24th, 2007 at 6:34 pm

    hohoho i think i know which ‘celebrity’ blogger ur referring to. i dislike that blogger too. so called celebrity? ptui!

  • 49. Jayelle  |  November 24th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    lol, so this was the post that was planned sooo long ago?

    or issit the post about how women shouldn’t be weak?

    I confuse myself sometimes.

    BUT IT’S DAMN JERNIH. wahahhaha. If i’m not mistaken, I’ve heard about her being all flustered about her fluctuating hits and her ad-pestering.

  • 50. k0k  |  November 24th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    “where’s my ad?” xD Some people are just…

    o.o

    Oh, you were talking about me -.-

    Speaking of which, I haven’t logged into Nuffnang for awhile.

    … OMG SOMEONE DROPPED A PIMP-BOMB ON NUFFNANG!!!!!11!!1!!!! WTH WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN??!!!?211!?

  • 51. Observer  |  November 24th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    bwuahaha you must be talking about (edited)….. did you know that (edited) personal name card has ‘BLOGGER’ on it….. so thick skin….. not like (edited) blog damn nice or wat. make money blog nia

  • 52. lee  |  November 24th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    i’m not good in english, but i’m just a common blogger. does that make me a sinner? and i can write good malay and mandarin (and speak good eng, malay, mandarin, cantonese etc.) and i don’t have any ads in my blog? is it my fault that i don’t write properly and understand much in eng??

  • 53. s c tan  |  November 24th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    great blog!

  • 54. TheRealAnonymous  |  November 24th, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    2 more weeks oni comin’ arr? *smacks forehead*… I think 2 more week’s time I might be in Phuket already. I’m already here for a week and a half ler… rushing to finish up coz’ I got a lot of work waiting for me in Phuket =p
    You can try call or SMS me to see if I’m still around ler… if I am, then yea, we can go to the night market together-gether =p Or some other interesting places to visit in Bangok. =p

  • 55. nicky  |  November 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    hello my 2 cents worth.

    i think many people so called complained like “why i dont have ads?” or “why aren’t my ads up yet?” and stuff because they DON’T KNOW how nuffnang is run. Most other blog advert firms are like adsense, where they really do get ads immediately.

    on the other hand,nuffnang gives out ads only by a case-by-case basis, blog-by-blog. hence it’s not people’s fault that they dunno why they don’t have ads yet? they probably think its cause of errors or something. (let’s ignore the issue of rude bloggers here).

    also, nuffnang did not say that there must be a minimum readership of the blog, so naturally, bloggers, even those with only 20 hits a day, would not know that and hence emailed to you all right?

    they joined nuffnang with high expectations, but because of their own low readership they can’t get ads, and tts y they aren’t happy and may threaten to leave. im not saying tt nuffnang is incompetant, but maybe they shud be clearer in explaining how they give out ads. So that these small time bloggers know what they are in for.

    yeah just some suggestions, because i think its unfair to slam every blogger who emails u all asking ‘why no ad’. ignorance isn’t a sin…

  • 56. Fu Han  |  November 24th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    http://www.iemezsawk.blogspot.com

    velli velli farny lar

  • 57. DolphyN  |  November 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    i was actually debating with myself earlier whether to join nuffnang or not….cuz rly, my blog was and is still a personal one….i guess i jumped on the bandwagon pretty late…like, 2 or 3 months ago? and basically kinda forgot about it…haha…cuz i CANT FREAKING SEE THE ADS IN MY BLOG when im in UK….bummer. =_=

    But yeah, i totally agree wif u su ann….and ur still one of my favourite bloggers to read….hehe. u go girl!!!

  • 58. Debra Fong  |  November 24th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    I can’t agree less with you.

    There are some bloggers whom i know that are making big bucks through NuffNang with a wink of an eye.It’s just disappointing to see them type out shit on one post.

    Wait,correction.
    It’s not even a post.More like they post a pretty picture of themselves and type out a word of two with broken english.

    Is that even called BLOGGING?!!?!?
    Sigh: (

    I personally feel that people with such good writing skills deserve more than these so-called-’diva’-bloggers.
    I hope Nuffnang would see it that way…which is to take deserving bloggers much more into account.
    Anyways,kudos to this post!
    : D

  • 59. pinkpau  |  November 25th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    rupesh : yes! the best blogs are those who dont know people are reading them :) i love the honesty in the writing.

    danyel : actually i wrote you this long comment and then my stupid browser crashed so i very lazy to rewrite. talk to u on msn only lah :P

    miracle : hi erin :D hey we actually checked on your account once because we were wondering why you havent been getting ads. and then ur stats showed that ur hits everyday are 0. what gives! was your code placed incorrectly? have u been getting ads lately? ps tim and i like your blog so dont stop writing :))

    thegeekinpink : why would you have anonymous haters?!?! nvm your readership will go up wan :) trust meh

    dlt2 : HAHAHAHA WILLIAM HUNG why did you have to remind me of him hahahaha

    reallybites : yalar that stupid RM/SGD 1 thing. damn ungrateful. “oooh its not abt the rm1, its about the lack of notification!!” cis. i wanted to stab them all. yaaa suanie for the world !

    charmayne : eh i’m not famous. but thank u for the vote of confidence :))

    shaolintiger : are you going to start demanding for sponsored items too? :P

    francis foo : pinkpau belongs in the angsty camp :P

    ky : feed them delifrance food !!!

    zendreus : thank you for understanding us :) it’s so nice to know the work is appreciated sometimes. i’ve had it up to here with all these greedy ungrateful bloggers.

    entwined : totally true. i find that i gradually stop reading blogs once they start churning out advertorial after advertorial about products they dont even believe in anyway. just takes something out of what you originally liked about their blog. and thanks for the compliment :)))

    kevlin : HAHAHA THAT’S SO FUNNY i want one!

    me : ya blogs just arent what they used to be :(

    lly : i dont :) reading and replying their emails sent to nuffnang gives me enough angst as it is

    michael : where where *twiddles thumbs

    alea : thank u :)) eh babe do you watch gossip girl !

    clem : yes!! the best blogs are those who dont cater to an audience. none of that commercial placating, but insightful writing about their days, and the good ol what-i-did-today type blogs :)

    ylva : teehee you are the new nuffnang role model blogger i hear! :D hugsss. i heart nuffies like you!

    pinksterz : as long as you’re joking, and not rude and threatening to leave the network, that’s fine :D

    jimmy : it’s your eyes :D hey i know both those girls. i agree; great blogs. quesarah blogs off facebook now, in little note thingies

    jane c : really? where do you blog? and no dont apologize :) im sure you were nice about it (i hope!!). what gets on my nerves are the ones who act as if nuffnang owes them something all the time. haha alvin is the coolest guy ever :))

    kennysia : awww dont worry! u see up there, suet and aud say they will hapuskan your boycotters for u :P

    monkticon : i am waiting for the day that harga diri takbley cari !

    michelle : you bought it for RM 15??? wtf!!! eh no i dont read a lot of janet fitch; Paint It Black was my first, and i loved it. have you read White Oleander? lol you really shouldnt put up two ad units together

    tiara : yes! an obsession with PR! that’s exactly it. tiara u keep at what u do, ok :) be our beacon of hope!! educatedeviate kicks ass

    freethinker : yes there’s a lot that people dont know about our so called celebrity bloggers :)

    sheon : haha dont like that say; i very shy wan

    christine : will do :D thank u for layaning my request for good blogs!

    nyrac : HAHA nvm nvm my boyfriend doesnt read my blog too :( only when got posts about him then he will read :(

    alysha : have been there :) i like it

    adelyn : eh rhetoric is a good thing .. :D

    pinkshirtz : thank you thank you :P you totally said something that i’ve been wanting to say for a long time, but never got the nerve to, which is : the one thing i love most about my blog are my readers!! they’re all smart and always have substantial things to say. none of that “ooh im the first commenter!” stuff -_- teehee big hugs from me to you :P

    linsey : wink wink nudge nudge heehee ;)

    skyler : you’re welcome you’re welcome :P i have been in ur bound and gagged position before after all. hahaha

    louis : im not against bloggers who wanna make a side income from their blogging.. but when it completely takes over and moulds the way you blog, that’s when the blog starts decaying IMO. not to mention when all the money and ‘fame’ starts getting to their head and they think they can demand whatever they want

    zzzyun : you’re the kind of blogger i like :) “no money, nvm” that’s great. i know so many bloggers who try to change their content to attract advertisers. i personally lost an advertorial because i blogged abt politics recently. but i dont care and im not removing that post just because X amount of money says i should. and yes koksenwai.. i know him :P

    suanie : suanie you dont be like that ah -_-

    pohnee : thank u! i believe zendreus just commented on this post. and luzzio is jolene’s brother, yes?

    sweat : do homework and be kept awake by WOW wtf

    kimberlycun : hahaha thank u mapother

    aud : it totally says something, unfortunately :( im glad our blogs dont have that kinda audience -_-

    aiman : OMG its you. HAHA i used to give you ads when i worked in nuffnang; couldnt miss your url cos it’s so long and so funny :P and shaddup, u and i both know ppl read ur blog. i saw ur stats on a daily basis after all !

    christine : check cheng check cheng minded ppl.. hahahhaa that cracks me up! hmm i see you’ve come across people who dont support commercialization of blogs. its to each their own i suppose :) they can air their views and so can u. and yes nuffnang rocks !

    vvens : yalar i read ur emails and i think i was the one who replied u too :P dont worry u were so nice in ur email. we’ve read some really rude stuff in our helpdesk.

    jun : yes i do :)

    sieutheng : sigh thank u st. i can always count on you

    jayelle : har no lah that one post already, this one is diff wan. haha sigh so much material lah what to do. the whining and ad pestering is all true btw

    k0k : i knew you would emo about this :P dont worry lah ur email considered ok already. we’ve got some really rude ones in the past. what pimp bomb! are u talking abt the new Nuffnang design!

    observer : now what makes you think im talking about her :)

    lee : EXACTLY. i dont think it’s right or nice of bloggers to go around telling ppl that they have bad english, just because they are a blogger and ‘write for a living’. pls lah. even if their english is damn good, its not right to say that to other ppl. the best part in this case is that the blogger who goes around saying that to ppl, has damn lousy english too. -___-

    sc tan : thank u!

    therealanon : yessss lets go to pratunam! im there on the 3rd. when u leaving!

    nicky : hi nicky, thanks for ur 2 cents :) no lah nuffnang bloggers do know about the minimum requirement, because it’s stated when they sign up for ads. and we cant ignore the case of rude bloggers, because those are essentially the bloggers im complaining abt. i’ve fielded many emails from bloggers who ask nicely why they arent getting ads, and if there is anything they can do about it - and im always more than happy to help them. it is the bloggers who go like “why am i not getting ads! are you trying to con me! my sidebar space is damn precious wan u know!” that piss me off to no end. small time bloggers as you put it, they should be realistic and nice about their demands at the very least. i dont understand why bloggers can behave as if nuffnang owes them something all the time. it should be a two way thing.. besides that little space they’re giving up, what are they actually giving back to nuffnang besides a lot of complaints? that is what i dont get. ignorance isnt a sin, no.. but only if you’re nice about it :)

    fu han : thank u :D will read it now

    dolphyn : me too :) joined nuffnang late for the exact same reason as urs. but you cant not feel compelled to be part of this when u look at how hard tim and ming work to keep nuffnang what it is today :)

    debra fong : i totally agree with u. diva bloggers shouldnt be entertained at all in my opinion -___- got the nerve to demand more money from nuffnang summore when they’re already making so much -_____-

  • 60. M_ZZ  |  November 25th, 2007 at 1:39 am

    Su Ann, I can’t stand (edited) blog either!

    Reasons below:
    -Horrendous grammar, vocabulary and spelling
    -The “I’ll do WHATEVER I want!” and “I’ll do anything to get attention!” attitude
    -Degrading others and making fun of others = Funny in N’s world!
    -She will do something sensational, blog about it and get people’s reaction. No one can comment anything remotely negative or it’ll get deleted.
    -Major “bimbo-ism” and shallow thoughts!
    -Can anyone be more pompous than her?

    I mean, the woman or shall I say girl is in her mid-twenties and acts like a child. I’ve stopped reading her blog quite a while ago.

    Thanks goodness you and Kenny are the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!

  • 61. su min  |  November 25th, 2007 at 1:46 am

    i like YC’s blog! you know blackjetta.blogspot :D

  • 62. joshua  |  November 25th, 2007 at 2:01 am

    There’s a parallel post about local bloggers in Asyraf’s blog too FYI.

  • 63. Jonathan  |  November 25th, 2007 at 2:32 am

    What goes around comes around.
    Understanding the roots and purpose a blog is started out will be a sufficient way to “judge” them..per say. (directed to them people)

    I’ve lost the appetite to blog for traffic, and i’ve lost the appetite to spend hours in producing good posts. It does give extreme orgasm when your hit count average @ 100, but at the end of the day, its all about weighing things out.

    Keeping things down to earth, and interesting is the only reason i read blogs, as to knowing the things they do, well sorry, i am not a fan of understanding people’s desire for hit count. Your blog will be a a reference point i can use. I’ve been reading your blog on and off for the past, 2 years… or 3, before you shifted here to quaintly. Really, its all about contents. If some bitch or bastard decides to be bimbotic and egoistic about their act, its just who they are and it just doesn’t bother me that much.

    Or maybe thats just me being so damn neutral. Yea..true….me being too neutral….

    Keep it real. Cheers

  • 64. Jeff from LA  |  November 25th, 2007 at 2:34 am

    Please, please, please recommend a few blogs that you enjoy. I’ve been meaning to ask you to provide a list of quality blogs for some time but I keep forgetting to do so.

    As for your complaints about the quality of the writing, and the inability of many bloggers to use proper grammar, I completely agree. One of the reasons I enjoy your blog (and Kenny’s as well) is because of your ability to use proper English. There are fewer things that are more off-putting than reading blogs with typos all over and random sentence structure.

    On the other hand, I think it is hilarious that some bloggers are acting like divas, even with low web traffic. Perhaps they are having some difficulty realizing that web traffic does not necessarily equal popularity or success in real life.

  • 65. older  |  November 25th, 2007 at 3:43 am

    When are you young people ever going to learn that expletives do nothing for what you say or write, except to put people off, and distract from the point you are making? Young people nowadays are also totally obsessed with themselves, see faults in others while carrying the same faults in themselves. For goodness sakes. ‘Youth is wasted on the young.’ Not all, just most. How true.

  • 66. pinkpau  |  November 25th, 2007 at 4:13 am

    m_zz : no reply of mine will do any justice to your comment. seriously :P

    su min : haha yea it’s a cool blog. i like the drahmah

    joshua : thanks.. but i dont see the parallel?

    jonathan : personal blogs are always so much better than the ones who cater for mass audiences. too many ppl to please, after all, dilutes the quality of writing. what, you’ve been reading my blog before quaintly.net?? really?? hahaha that’s so cool :D i miss my pinkskyes blog so much! :(

    jeff : okay will do the blogs post soon :D and yknow, i really dont care about a blogger’s english.. i think it would be unfair and not very nice to say a blog is good only if the english is good. but what i CANT STAND, and this is a real true blue existing individual, is a blogger who has bad english yet denounces others for having bad english. it’s so ridiculous.

    older : mr john evans, is that you? ;) you’ve been drinking again. alcohol, it seems, is wasted on the old.

  • 67. flux  |  November 25th, 2007 at 4:16 am

    i love reading ur posts,itz alwiz well said..

  • 68. tze  |  November 25th, 2007 at 6:13 am

    ya where is MY ad wtf.

    now that i have moved to livejournal and am locking all my posts i guess i have a right to say aiyah who cares about ads la blogging is more about expressing yourself isnt it. i think i only made like rm200 from nuffnang and then i changed sites wtf.

    i like blogs which are personal and actually have substance? if no substance then the blogger has to be pretty wtf so i can look at pretty pictures :D

    and yeah i damn hate (edited) la wtf blog damn 7 lousy english also like cibai only know how to ride on (edited) coattails wtf.

  • 69. older  |  November 25th, 2007 at 8:55 am

    I am just teaching you…writing, girl, not to trade insults with you. Btw, do you know ‘fuck’ is a derogatory term used against the female gender? Why do you think men say ‘fuck you’? It means that the person it is said to, is worthless. Now, isn’t it derogatory to women, since men (mostly) have sex with women? Similarly, ‘what the fuck’, ‘fuck off’. To hear females adopting this word in their conversation, without even reflecting on its meaning to themselves, is sad. They have unwittingly gone along with those men’s derogatory view of women as a sex object, to be fucked, to derive pleasure from and nothing else. Without over-hyping it, sex is wonderful - when it is between married people. No, i don’t judge people who have multiple partners or premarital sex, but if anyone must know, sex is so much more meaningful within marriage - that’s all I am saying, that there is something much better out there. Rather than look for love in sex, or for meaning in life in sex, look for meaning in life by occupying one’s time in life meaningfully - and sex to give one’s life meaning rather than the other way round. You are missing out on your childhood, girl. You are hanging round the wrong crowd - they have no respect for themselves, and women. For goodness sakes, giving a teenager a male doll with a huge penis on her birthday? This is not funny - it’s crude, and disrespectful. No, I have no objections to male dolls with erect penis - but to give it to a teenager on her birthday? What kind of values is that? Isn’t a milestone in one’s life better served than that? Come on, have more self respect. Wake up to your own youth. There is more to youth, and life. Love yourself more, and you find yourself. No, I am not judging you or those young people - I am just saying there is something much, much better to youth, and life.

  • 70. pinkpau  |  November 25th, 2007 at 9:20 am

    mr evans,

    i love how you went off on that long sanctimonious spiel, and then at the very end capped it with a ‘no i’m not judging you or those young people’, because your entire comment sounded pretty judgmental to me. i understand your concerns about premarital sex and all, but i fail to see how a cake with a naked man on it is - in your eyes - symbolic of promiscuity or disrespect. who gave you this secret periscope to our sex lives that allows you to make such assumptions that we do not know the meaning of sex or that we are even having it? and why is it disrespectful if the recipient, ie me, was not offended?

    your comments, and your judgments on my friends, as well as your statements on how i’m supposedly ‘missing out on my childhood’, however offend me to no end. it offends me that you think i am ignorant about the plight of women in today’s society just because i use the word ‘fuck’. thanks for the history lesson re the origins of the word, but i find that its chauvinistic connotations are completely obsolete in our time. the word has evolved into something non-sexist; perhaps still vulgar, but essentially non-sexist. honestly, i think the issues of glass ceilings and the lack of education for women are far more pressing matters than the employment of the word ‘fuck’ in day-to-day conversation. nevertheless, i do thank you on behalf of all womenkind for your most heartening concern towards the state of our being.

    oh and i find that in incidences such as dropping my keys in the toilet or stubbing my toe in the door, nothing conveys the sentiment of the moment more accurately than a good, loud, “FUCK” :) i’m all for economy, really.

    lighten up, sir. i’m just a teenager :) missing out on my childhood would be to get my panties in a bunch over a little word like ‘fuck’ and cute cakes my friends want to give me for my birthday. that said, 5 minutes of my childhood has been spent writing an unnecessarily long reply to someone who’s probably nursing the aftereffects of one too many saturday night whiskeys. oh no but of course i’m not judging you :)

  • 71. nileey  |  November 25th, 2007 at 9:38 am

    hiyya, first time commenting on your posts :)

    It’s an interesting insight on how some people are so obsessed with making money from their blogs, and then we have the ‘diva’ bloggers as well.

    For me, my blog is all about expressing my thoughts, and not putting in random stuff that is meaningless just to get more hits. I have no qualms with people getting $$ from their blogs, but please at least do it with some integrity and respect for those who are helping you to get the $$!

    btw, I used to be on adsense, but I find the ads totally irrelevant (not to mention annoying). I’m not on Nuffnang because I don’t think the traffic flow is consistant enough to qualify :p A little side income may be good, but I’m not going to scream at people just because i’m not getting my ads - I have better things to do than that!

  • 72. Gin  |  November 25th, 2007 at 10:32 am

    HAHAHAHHA HAHAHHAHAH HAHAHAHHA AHHAHAHAHHAHA

  • 73. jimmy  |  November 25th, 2007 at 11:01 am

    somebody stop her from stopping blogging! argh

    http://theabridgedope.blogspot.com/

  • 74. iamthewitch  |  November 25th, 2007 at 11:09 am

    Goodness pinkpau, I absolutely adore the way you replied to Mr Evans. I think you have the essence of youth and childhood that everyone would have loved to have :) And thank you to bring out the insights of Nuffnang and their contribution. I feel more grateful to them already ;)

  • 75. Michelle  |  November 25th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    I haven’t read Oleander White yet but I really wanna buy it. And Paint it Black is my first as well. It’s a depressing story, really.

    I’ll remove the advertlets thing then. As you say, not supposed to put two. =DDDDD

  • 76. NicholasK  |  November 25th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    I love reading http://www.xanga.com/amorettelovs, & http://www.xanga.com/ricebunny.

  • 77. Jean  |  November 25th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    I kind of miss those days when blogging wasn’t all the hype. Roughly three years ago, blogging was just a pure hobby, in which everyone wrote without pretensions and second motives.

    I’ve been a long time reader of your blog and i love your writings, then and now. (ps. we’ve had a brief encounter before but you probably can’t remember. ;) pss. can’t wait for blue moon years to be released!)

  • 78. lotsofcravings  |  November 25th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    well written. the world is never satisfied with what they have, me included.

    i remember writing why i only deserve Rm3.58 for my 1st ever ad, and that even got boss stewie to come to my humble blog to drop a comment..

    oh well without them, i wouldnt have rm60 for a good meal and 3 mths later another rm60 meal haha..

  • 79. PhooiSze  |  November 25th, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    very well written. we definitely need more bloggers like you. and yeah, whatever happened to ‘blogging for the sake of being heard’ ? Sometimes, coming to think of which, it’s more worthy to own a blog with low readership just because one chooses to speak his/her mind instead of going with the flow and doing everything for the sake of their damn pockets than to have a blog with sky-high readerships everyday but still not being able to express oneself and be more down-to-earth.

    in the blogosphere, i think you deserve wayyy more prominence than some bimbotic bloggers who throws their weight around just because ‘they have a popular blog’ wtf. =) Have a nice day!

  • 80. Miracle  |  November 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

    Really?? You both like my blog? *kembang*

    Anyway, I think it was probably during the time when I was job-hunting. I didn’t want employers to run a Google search on me and find that I blog, judging me on the things I write and the disgraceful grammar I display. So I blocked it for a month at least. Possibly around the time you were working at Nuffnang. Not sure..

    But I reopened it. Lost a number of readers, but still had a healthy crop (amazingly!). Because for me, healthy is more than 1 and it doesn’t really matter who reads my blog - as long as I have an avenue to spill my thoughts or my feelings. :)

  • 81. Jeff from LA  |  November 25th, 2007 at 2:24 pm

    Seriously, Mr. Evans/”older”, you sure don’t have any sense of humor do you?

    I find that far more offensive than PinkPau’s use of the f word. To understand what that means you have to realize that I have never used any form of profanity in my life, not even in a moment of anger - something I doubt that you can claim.

    My bigger problem with you is that you seem to assume that simply because of your older age, that that age gives you the authority to condescend to others. Age alone means nothing if it is not accompanied by experience and maturity, neither of which you have shown much of here. I can say this from personal experience because as a 24 year old attorney, I have to deal with immature and insecure older attorneys and clients all the time.

    Finally, I am disgusted by your attempts to promote self-censorship by others. Unless you haven’t noticed, this blog was created to present the experiences and thoughts of the author. It is completely inappropriate for you to ask her to refrain from sharing her experiences or for you to judge her without knowing her. Has your life been lived in such a perfect way that you can judge others? I am reminded of the phrase “he who is without sin, cast the first stone.”

    If you are offended, the solution is simple, please leave and never return.

  • 82. jimmy  |  November 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    i actually googled john evans drinking lol. how’d u come up with that?
    gosh.. i wanna dissect ur brain. well, not as in literally heh.
    i think that’ll actually kill me with the information overload.

    “John Evans (August 19, 1877 - June 10, 1990) is the longest-lived man ever authenticated in the United Kingdom.

    He had been a Welsh miner, and became the oldest man in the United Kingdom ever when he broke the record of England’s John Mosely Turner. At the grand old age of 108, Evans was fitted with a pacemaker. When asked by interviewers for the secret of his long life, he replied, “No smoking, no drinking and no cursing“.

    The male longevity record set by John Evans, who died at 112 years and 295 days old, still stands.

    He is recognized as the world’s oldest man from November 25, 1988 until his passing. Guinness had recognized Evans as the “world’s oldest man” in 1989, but let the title lapse after his passing, only to bring it back in 2000.”

    source: wikipedia.org

    like pinkpau said,
    lighten up, supercentenarian.

  • 83. jimmy  |  November 25th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

    oh and also, everyone should just lighten up.

    im sure mr. evan meant well..

  • 84. jimmy  |  November 25th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    http://zeetuwaywern.blogdrive.com/..

    just wanted so share something as well..

    woo.. comment diarrohea

  • 85. Alice  |  November 25th, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    Get angry because what you say is true true! It’s all so true! *sigh* And it’s so sad that it is! :(

  • 86. alea  |  November 25th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    haha gossip girl? i follow every episode! this week no gossip girl T-T
    the series is totally off from the book. Chuck and blair? wtf. but in the series, they do look hot together

  • 87. FA  |  November 25th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    you’re not talking about me right… right.. RIGHT???
    eh wait, can’t be me, i have too little hits. :P

  • 88. TheRealAnonymous  |  November 25th, 2007 at 8:17 pm

    I’m not confirmed sure yet how long more I’m gonna stay, I’ll let u know if I’m still here on the 3rd, den we go out! =) I’m probably gonna be here another week… so its gonna be a close call whether or not i leave before or after the 3rd… still can’t confirm yet, as I’m still waiting for some of my equipment to arrive Bangkok.

    Eh… why your blog attract so many weird people wan these dayz? LoL… remember wat I told u horrr! =p

    I wonder if older is really older…? Hmmm… =p Still acting like baby only… speaks so holy bout sex, can only mean one thing… he ain’t gettin’ any… LoL.

  • 89. k0k  |  November 25th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    wasn’t emoing T^T

    The intention of my email was to… err… alert Nuffnang of any potential glitches in the system.

    I kinda prefer the old design somehow..

    *looks at older’s comment*

    y got apek read ur blog 1?

  • 90. songjun  |  November 25th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    it’d be funny if older was ur dad in disguise :P :P :P HAHA

  • 91. Waifon  |  November 26th, 2007 at 12:05 am

    *refers to Song Jun’s comment above* WTF HAHAHAHAHA what humour is tht! errr dont name names!! i thought no more politics already? shake hand sorry friend friend already? oh oh btw i dreamt that you were on a billboard on Jalan Ampang. Advertising Coffee Mate wtf. and btw i like it when u said fuck is no longer a sexist word, maybe vulgar but definitely non- sexist. :) good point :)

  • 92. fern  |  November 26th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    weih, i don’t get any ads too!! *adds some wails and a pinch of tantrum* but to be fair i only update once a month xD i think the people who waste enough time complaining for that few cents or dollars are better off with a part time job any day

    btw, saying this in your blog may seem like i’m ass kissing.but so be it!

    I LOVE QUAINTLY.NET!!! yaaaayyyyyy. i just think no one else can be as genuine and down-to-earth like how you portray yourself to be.

    love, a #1 pinkpau fan

  • 93. Albert Ng  |  November 26th, 2007 at 1:27 am

    Why don’t you give me ads?!? *&@^#&*

    Believe it or not, I had ads back in 1999 on my own domain. It was one of those free domains for a year, then my hosts like XOOM/NBCi/Brinkster all had ads.

    I am GLAD to be able to buy hosting and NOT have ads on my site because I paid the price for my readers. As if I am not vehemently pimping whatever I believe in on my blog already.

  • 94. Albert Ng  |  November 26th, 2007 at 1:35 am

    Also, for nice read that is not one’s own blog:

    http://scherzquin.blogspot.com/

  • 95. Dr. Tan  |  November 26th, 2007 at 1:45 am

    *agrees and applauds*

    Which is somewhat why I’ve shied away from the blogosphere. Too much shit flying around. Blogs getting impersonal. Everyone wants to be rich and famous.

    Mind dropping me a word on who’s the guy?

  • 96. pinkpau  |  November 26th, 2007 at 2:31 am

    flux : thank u :))

    tze : what! rm200 is a lot. dont tell me u just left it in ur acc!

    nileey : yes! you would think at least some degree of gratitude would be shown. they’re making THOUSANDS from nuffnang, but not so much as a word of thanks back. rude isnt it !

    gin : go study for spm!

    jimmy : stella! :) she writes some great dont-mess-with-me stuff.

    iamthewitch : im glad i helped in that sense :) i think a lot of bloggers are very unaware about exactly how much nuffnang does for them.

    michelle : :P

    nicholask : thanks for the links :D it’s always nice to have good blogs being shared

    jean : waiiiit wait wait ! when did we meet ! did you write for blue moon years too?

    lotsofcravings : wow did you really write a post abt that? that’s so cool of you :) believe me when i say such gestures go a long way with us at nuffnang :)

    phooisze : yea i remember the days when people used to have blogs that were all about quirky designs, personal writing, online communities.. :) very nice wan. now quirky original designs have been replaced by blogskins, personal writing by commercial after commercial, online communities by weird forums where the members are only interested in putting up pictures of japanese or corean models. SIGH. and thank u for the compliment :))

    miracle : hey that was a smart move on your part about the blog, although there was nothing wrong with ur grammar :P and im sure your readers will come bak :)

    jeff : *giggles

    jimmy : not the same evans, but alarmingly similar. lol your last sentence did it for me. hahahaha. abt zeetuwaywern, i know her! she’s a great girl and writes very well too

    alice : YAH. sometimes i feel like i wanna burn these ppl to a crisp -_-

    alea : it totally doesnt follow the book but THATS OK. Blair X Chuck foreverrrrrrrrrr. you know i used to hate chuck in the book, but in the show he’s just. so. swoonworthy!!! “why should i be chosen to be an usher……… because… i’m. chuck. bass.” :D

    fa : no of course not babe *sayangs

    therealanon : dont worry, i know this guy .. :P errr dont really want to think abt his sex life >_<

    k0k : i still remember wat you said, ok :P i literally LOLed in the office. hahahahaha some more must send you screenshot hahahaha

    songjun : LIM SONG JUN pls dont say things like that -_-

    waifon : i didnt mention any names :)

    fern : awww *blush

    albert ng : ya u keep ur blog that way :)

    dr tan : you shy away from blogosphere? but you’re always at all the meets and stuff. and no i dont wanna say who it is :)

  • 97. alea  |  November 26th, 2007 at 3:28 am

    I KNOW RIGHT?? The ego and the bitchiness makes me wild. Like in the book, he’s so gay with the scarf and the monkey but in the series, wow. While other girls are ogling over Dan and Nate in the first few episodes, i’ve been ogling how mean Chuck bass is

  • 98. songjun  |  November 26th, 2007 at 4:47 am

    haha u know what say is a possibility right hahaha :P

  • 99. yerdeh  |  November 26th, 2007 at 8:19 am

    hmm, i’m keen to know who these big headed egoists are! I can’t think of any celebrity Msian bloggers except Kenny. Honest! Do Celebrity bloggers exist in Msia?

  • 100. Very Sleepy pinkshirtz  |  November 26th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Haha … that was funny about you fighting over with the other dude about sex. X) Gosh .. i wouldn’t wanna fight with you … I’m not sure my vocab can entirely handle you!

  • 101. sheon  |  November 26th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    pinkpau….respect. really…you should run some big-ass company or a country, girl. when you become a millionaire by 30, dun forget me ya?

    now mr evans…..chill dawg…… simple fact, your ‘generation’ and ours are different, very different. we are brought up differently, we are living in a very different environment now. and we are doing what nature wants us to do….’evolve’.

    from my point of view, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the cake. it was a gift for her from her buddies.
    however, IF someone unfamiliar gave her that cake, then the intention would be very questionable dee.

  • 102. pinkshirtz  |  November 26th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    Have a favor To ask of you. while hunting for a dinner place in ur archive, i saw this unique yellow swimsuit that u wore. I’m having an anniversary celebration wif my gf(3 years dy!!). And she always pointed out that she liKe Something like that but I have no idea where to get it. How about telling me where to buy it please. Hopefully its not at a cut throat price and its available in Malaysia.

  • 103. Jeff from LA  |  November 26th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    Looks like you’ve really touched off a chord here, Pinkpau. 103 comments and counting. It appears that your sentiments about the flagrant commercialization and corporatization of blogs is widely shared.

  • 104. tom  |  November 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    holy totally goody here..

    well.. i’ve seen and met both the @$$ and humble “celebrity blogger”.. they are just.. both diff world. just how you put it in words.. i’m grateful for the friends i’ve made thru bloggersphere.. they are good friends till today..

    i think.. the theater shown last weekend. “Eh No Free Ticket Ah?” was the exact example and could be applied to all Malaysian alike.

    the only good blog i’ve been reading so far is http://waiterrant.net
    Just simply the kind of blog i would read.. very fresh..

  • 105. pau  |  November 26th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    over 100 comments and you still take time to reply to everyone … very kind suann =p … i never got to really experience the whole blogging world (mostly just read some rbj people’s sites) to know that theres this kind of stuffs associated with it …

  • 106. mahathir  |  November 26th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    http://www.jeffooi.com/2007/11/hindraf_rally_ethnic_minority_1.php#more

  • 107. Sam Poh  |  November 26th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    hey su ann. i think u do write well be it criticism or about ur daily entries. i really envy ur beach photos. lovely place.

  • 108. Michelle  |  November 26th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

    Pau, pau, pau, you know I wrote about you in my blog right??? I have the five read-worthy blogs in that post!!! You can go see the list… =PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

  • 109. sarah  |  November 26th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Hi~! *waves* I think you write very well..and I never knew ‘celebrity bloggers’ like that exist T__T so money-faced one..hahaa..

  • 110. formerly from ssg  |  November 26th, 2007 at 7:31 pm

    hey there! remember me? long time no comment, though i still remain a faithful (closet) reader of yours :) need a bit of advice. im on the brink of completing the three-letter-exam (accounts on friday and then IT S ALL OVERRR) and well. i need to go somewhere after secondary school :P im currently sifting through a few colleges and taylors happens to be one of my considerations. would you recommend it for someone who wants to do a-levels and go on to study in the uk? any sort of feedback from you would be great. thanks!
    p.s. never let me go is really good. haha. kazuo ishiguro is genius!

  • 111. michellesy  |  November 26th, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    Well said Pinkpau - sometimes it’s not just about what you say, but how you say it I suppose? Having to reply to one rude email might be annoying, but handling a ton a day would be sanity shattering indeed.

    I don’t mind Nuffnang ads on blogs actually. They’re pretty discreet, and in some cases, plain pretty =) My blog’s been obscure/ closed/ private from the start, and I have the feeling it will always remain that way, so this maelstrom of ‘commercial blogging’, so to speak, has left me relatively untouched.

    Heh, I guess I’m just paranoid like that XD Not to mention lacking the balls to go out on a limb and open myself to public scrutiny. Though come to think of it, my life’s pretty much a yawnfest, so there wouldn’t be anything in there to interest anyone, much less cause a ruckus LOL.

    Love your blog babe, you know I do, read it everytime I go online =) The only other blog I read with such regularity would be Sen Wai’s. Plus thanks to quaintly.net I’ve discovered the joys of Sweat Betul and FourFeetNine too!

    ps: LOL at your reply to Mr Evans. Heh - takes all kinds to make a world hey?

  • 112. pinkpau  |  November 26th, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    alea : eh but nate very hot also :P

    songjun : no lah, my dad’s england where got that good. my dad’s also not that judgmental

    yerdeh : apparently they do!

    pinkshirtz : no lah actually i’m quite rubbish at arguing. always lose my train of thought. my secret weapon is just throwing my hands up in the air and going ‘YOU’RE TOO MUCH LAH, I GIVE UP!’ and then storming out. hahaha

    sheon : no i wont forget u cos ur supposed to gimme tau sar pneah!

    pinkshirtz : ooi where got yellow.. it’s turquoise! the one that i wore to a pool party right? drop me an email and i’ll tell u. sorry ah got to be quite secretive for now cos i actually plan to blog abt the shop one day :)

    jeff : indeed it is! :))

    tom : ‘eh no free ticket ah’ is showing already? REALLY? i thought next week. okok thanks for reminding me. and waiterrant is good, but he used to be a lot better. nowadays his posts just sound really repetitive

    pau : rbj has some of the best blogs :) really the only place you can find a whole directory of blogs that remain the old-school way of blogging

    mahathir : sigh do NOT get me started on hindraf

    sam poh : thanks sam :) u shd totally visit pangkor laut one day!

    michelle : haha yes i saw it!! thanks very much for the pimpage :D but you overpraise me

    sarah : thank u :)) haha yes a lot of money faced people around :( spoil the blogs only lah :(

    formerly from ssg : well, disregarding the fact that taylors college is an advertiser on my blog, i actually do think that it’s a great place to do your alvls. i would say look nowhere else. now i only wish someone had told me this when i’d just finished my SPM :P how did your spm go? all the best for your remaining papers!!

    michellesy : it’s a good thing, i think, that your blog is ad-less :) we need a good balance of blogs with ads and blogs without. haha yes koksenwai, sweat betul and fourfeetnine are kick ass!

  • 113. pohnee  |  November 26th, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    yup luzzio is jolene’s brother! heyy may i know how do u watch the gossip girls series? i’m just so dying to watch it. T_T

  • 114. nice gigi  |  November 27th, 2007 at 12:27 am

    yes, i also agree with Jeff.
    Pinkpau, i really hope that you can recommend a few high quality blogs for us to read.
    my english is really bad … =(
    i dont want the low quality blogs to worsen my already-broken english with their poor language !!!

    p/s: luv ur blog so much ^^

  • 115. Tine  |  November 27th, 2007 at 8:50 am

    Been here a few times from Zewt’s, first time commenting. You write well :)

    I agree with Dan-yel that at the end of the day, Nuffnang is a business entity, and must think itself as so. I do agree with everyone else that Nuffnang’s also playing a huge role as a blogging community, which is great, but it’s not a charity. Everyone must be paid, INCLUDING the employers. Timothy and Ming have done a great job, but if it comes to the point where they also have to sacrifice their own paycheck (kind move on their part, but not healthy in the long run), then, like Dan-yel said, it has to be remodeled.

    An example would be to increase the criteria for getting ads at Nuffnang. You cannot avoid the moneymaker-wannabes from whining and stamping their feet, but I reckon it would be better for the business on the whole. At the end of the day, I believe the supporters will still be there to continue promoting Nuffnang, for it is our first Malaysian blogging advertising company, no? ;) Must support! :p

    I get jack on my beauty blog (oh wait, I don’t get jack?) on the Nuffnang ad compared to the rest of the ads (who, to be honest, pay a little better), but it’s still there to show my support for all you guys who made it a success. Not going to go all Malaysia-Boleh on you, but you know what I mean :)

  • 116. sheon  |  November 27th, 2007 at 9:50 am

    oh yeah…hahahaa……. tau sar pneah …. :P havent visited the island on normal hours lately…so didnt go to the shops. can i get anything for you from thailand instead?…

  • 117. Susan C  |  November 27th, 2007 at 9:57 am

    Gosh, I couldn’t agree more! Good entry pinkpau =)

  • 118. zewt  |  November 27th, 2007 at 11:33 am

    i certainly have some comments about nuffnang but at the same time, i will have to agree that if bloggers try to throw their weights around, then these souls ought to be admonished as well. those with 20+ hits and demanding for ads and those who set up blogs with cut and paste entries should just be deleted from nuffnanf’s network. the question is… why doesnt nuffnang? isnt that a point to ponder?

    i read a very interesting write up by kinkybluefairy quite some time ago about the worth of ads space. perhaps she is one of the celebrity blogger which you’re talking about? anyway, she said that a blog with x amount of viewership should be commanding x amount of revenue. and i think she has a point. the payout from some of the ads company can be quite awful.

    i think nuffnang needs to realise that this business between bloggers are more of a partnership. bloggers will not have any money without nuffnang and vice-versa. and i do know that the amount of money nuffnang gets from ads. having spent 7-8 years in the corporate world somehow got me enough contacts to get certain information rather easily :) … and with the amount of payout nuffnang get, the payout to the blogger is indeed… quite err… low?

    whatever it is… when it comes to business… it’s about one getting the better of another, it’s about one taking advantage of the other. just have to make sure one doesnt land oneself in the wrong side.

  • 119. pinkpau  |  November 27th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    pohnee : i torrent the series! from mininova and btjunkie and isohunt, whichever has a better seed ratio. oh u should watch it immediately :P it’s sooooo good

    nice gigi : okay! i’ll compile all the links left on the comments of this post soon and then post em up so u can click easily :) but if u cant wait u can just scroll up a bit and check them out :P

    tine : where are your nuffnang ads? i dont see them! as for increasing the criteria.. that is something to consider but probably not at this point in time :) just my humble opinion on something that has already been long thought out by the bosses! i think they know what’s best, and they do see a lot of things that you and i or anyone else probably dont!

    sheon : hehe its okay lah. im going to bangkok next week anyways :P

    susan c : thankew :))

    zewt : hmm. i cant comment on the money thing, but rest assured the bloggers are getting wayyyyy more money than the company is. and no i wasnt talking about kinkybluefairy; she is a very friendly person on and offline, and i respect her muchos as a blogger :) oh and nuffnang doesnt delete those blogs because those blogs can run CPC ads where there is a payout only upon clicks; a fair deal for those spammy blogs who dont get a lot of visitors anyway. re your last paragraph, this business should be a fair business i think!

  • 120. sheon  |  November 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    aw man…you missed the lai kratong festival!!! i was in thailand, the border town of danok over the weekend, the notorious red light district of the region (no, i didnt do anything but eat and drink and watch strip shows)……the festival is so much fun!!! lanterns were literally everywhere!!!..and everybody was in such joyous mood! then i saw on tv where thousands and thousands of kong-ming lanterns were released into the sky…..so surreal….

  • 121. pinkpau  |  November 27th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    omg sheon you are totally making me jealous. i’ve never seen anything like that before

  • 122. anonymouscleaner  |  November 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pm

    rbj is a good place to check for quality writing. the ‘consider yourself quoted’ is a good place to start looking for good quality malaysian writers.

  • 123. june  |  November 27th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    omg ive not visited your blog in a while. im trying to figure out who you’re talking about but im not getting anywhere. haha gee its making me feel so disconnected from the whole blogging scene :( and i dont understand why are some ppl making a fuss over your bday cake. i thought that was awesome! i dont even have such sporting friends

    oh, ive earned 10 bucks from nuffnang since july.. quite an insignificant amount compared to what other bloggers are earning but im happy about it. i mean, i started blogging over two years ago and back then, there was totally nothing like this. cant wait till i can cash out!! :D although.. i think that’ll only happen in at least a year’s time haha.

  • 124. sheon  |  November 27th, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    hahaha…next year is not too far away! :)

  • 125. sheon  |  November 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    something like this……enjoy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYiorcUjQA&feature=related

  • 126. blogsphere « .joan&&hellip  |  November 27th, 2007 at 6:09 pm

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  • 127. davidlian  |  November 27th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    Wow…just surfed over to your blog for the first time and I’m very impressed by your writing already.

    Thanks for having such a straight view about blogging and what it entails. You have it write (right).

  • 128. vincent  |  November 27th, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    “one of these days, i’m going to give 5 links of 5 malaysian blogs that i think have good, sincere and heartfelt writing. none of that whiny give-me-ads commercial stuff. i think it’s about time we called some attention to the blogs that really deserve it”

    You talking about me then? How people are as idiotic as I am? I get more than hundred hits a day and yet refuse to put ads.

  • 129. ShadowFox  |  November 28th, 2007 at 1:08 am

    Nobody owes nuffnang anything.

    The Nuffnang needs the blogosphere more than the blogosphere needs them.

  • 130. aw  |  November 28th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Oh look! One of those aforementioned whiny self-important micro-bloggers at Comment #129 who probably didn’t really read the post, or the 128 previous comments.

  • 131. Ugh  |  November 28th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    I can’t believe not a single person mentioned Xia Xue in relation to the “celebrity bloggers who write like crap” point.

    Her self-obsessed posts are almost always either stuffed with photos showcasing her ‘wonderful’ self, or filled with meaningless rants and insults (that just go on and on and on about the same few points) about people who offended her or things that irritated her. It’s like she honestly believes that the world revolves around her and that everyone else is inferior and worthless.

    I cannot for the life of me comprehend how her blog has managed to become so popular.

    Ugh. So very revolting.

    Ok, enough. On a completely different note, keep up the amazing, amazing work, pinkpau!! :)

  • 132. Wingz  |  November 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Solilor! next time i dun dare to ask ledi lorrr dun skol me can?

  • 133. grace  |  November 28th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    I’ve always love blogging and enjoy reading blogs.

    It’s a brand new world of blogs….

    But there are certain blogs that I seriously beh tahan to read.

    I find that yours, Kennysia, Shaolin Tiger and a few more in town are worth to click daily.

    Not joking.

    Keep up the good work.

  • 134. hw  |  November 28th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    aNotH3r KiNd Of BLoG tHaT I CaNt FoR AnY ReAsOn At AlL bRiNg MySeLf to ReaD ArE BloGs ThAt hAvE poStS lIke DiS. SoMe PeOple Jz Hv ToO MuCh TiM3

  • 135. Danny Foo  |  November 28th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    Written as a true blogger. :)

    I most definetely felt your anger, frustration and disappointment of the situations you were in from reading.

    Now, I’m no ‘celeb’ blogger but I’ve some advice to share as I read through this entry word for word. Don’t take it wrong as I’ve read the good (and bad) commentaries to your voice by a few bloggers.

    First of is though you may have worked at Nuffnang for awhile, I believe you should also respect the company (which Tim and Ming set up) by not referencing to it whenever you can. This has lead to some bloggers taking advantage of letting out their frustration on the company itself.

    Secondly, I’m very sure the revenue share had its purpose but it was unclear to me regarding the whole project. Maybe it’s confidential (I don’t know) but because the details were left out it again opens up room for people to misunderstand the opinion you’re really trying to express here.

    The other part I noticed which is sensitive in the blogosphere and between friends even is labeling them ungrateful. In the situation above, you’re literally putting yourself in the middle of the war field. Think along the lines if you were the government and you called someone unpatriotic out loud.

    Seriously, I’m not here to lecture or instruct you on how you’re to blog. Personal blogging is still around but instead of saying bloggers are more controlled I’d like to say more responsible.

    Veteran bloggers (or mature writers) think about the sensitivity of certain topics and content which would not only damage themselves but others in the process now.

    Anyway, I have to thank you because at the end of the post it got me thinking of a good article to post regarding this matter. :)

    Regards.

  • 136. pinkpau  |  November 28th, 2007 at 9:21 pm

    anonymouscleaner : yes :) have found many a good asian blog from the quoted section. hey you should join our forums too :)

    june : dont fret about it - it’s not important who it is. i wrote this post to get a message out, and i’d much rather people understand that rather than try to guess who im talking about, or in some cases go around proclaiming there’s going to be a blogwar. so silly lahhh all these blogwar crap

    sheon : sigh so pretty

    davidlian : haha you and albert of glaringnotebook.com should get together and pun each other to death :D and thank u for the compliments :))

    vincent : i dont think it’s idiotic to not have ads on your blog :) good for you. i think there needs to be a good balance of blogs with ads and without. keeps the scene from getting too money-driven

    shadowfox : i think the blogger-adnetwork rship has to be symbiotic, but i also dont think there is room for rudeness in a business relationship, esp one that is based on friendship (not all, but the ones im referring to are). which was my point, which you missed.

    aw : thank u. damn sien of people who take things out of context and twist what i say to put forward their own agenda.

    ugh : XX may be a diva, but you have to appreciate her honesty and straightforwardness :) when she does something or takes a stand, she doesnt discount it by trying to placate people to make friends or fans, or by hiding behind other people to take her blows. i may not agree with some of her opinions ie on foreign workers, but i like her honesty and her fortitude. with her, what you see is what you get :) no fakeness is a good thing. and thank u for the words of encouragement! :))

    wingz : hahahha awww i weggot skol you! *sayang

    grace : thank u for the compliment :)) now, have you posted a comment on ST’s blog? gogogo. otherwise he’ll have another day of silent protest again :P

    hw : eh i seriously want to ask them one day why they do that!!! it takes so much effort right?! one of those life mysteries

    danny foo : thank u for ur comments, danny :) very well articulated and written with much wisdom. k let me respond - ya i know what you mean about writing abt NN. the whole time i was working there, i never once breathed a word about it on my blog - but for this post i had to mention it, otherwise my opinion and accounts of bloggers’ diva attitudes wouldnt be credible. that said, i’d like to think i can write about any topic i want to and deem appropriate, nuffnang included :) it isnt disrespectful to the company, because both tim and ming have read my post and they didnt put up any red light at all. the external usage of my post by another blogger to forward his own agenda is most unfortunate and i’m sorry it had to happen, but im sure tim and ming will understand that this was not something i intended, and that i cant stop other people from hating NN and hence twisting my words to supplement their opinion. takkan just because of one person, all bloggers cannot blog about NN, right? besides, 100+ positive comments / 1 angry person is really an okay trade-off by my books :)

    second - the revenue share concept is very simple. it was proposed that earnings from certain projects be split 70/30 instead of the 100/0 it used to be. a blogger rejected this proposal and didnt want to do it, and i’m just sharing my opinion on how this is frankly quite selfish.

    third - point totally taken about how bloggers should be more sensitive in their writing. however, i also do uphold the principles of freedom of speech. it’s not wrong for me to think that certain bloggers have bad attitudes; and i projected this opinion in what i feel was a responsible manner, because i never mentioned names or gave totally obvious information (the identity-specific nformation in this post is only in the knowledge of very few), or gave links to any blogs. apparently some people think that i’m bullying a certain blogger, which is seriously the funniest thing i’ve ever heard, because bullying would be sending my friends and readers over to the other person’s blog to leave hate comments. or explicitly attacking this person while revealing their identity. this sort of malice is certainly not something i do or would ever plan to. i am however, an opinionated person, and my blog has always been a place for me to air these views, and i make no apologies for being a person who can think and give commentary. okay this reply very long oredi. i hope i’ve been somewhat clear! thank u once again for your kind comment, danny :))

  • 137. zewt  |  November 29th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    well, just remember that nuffnang and bloggers function within a simbiosis system. :)

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  • 139. anieam  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 12:27 am

    http://www.babykrinaxxx.blogspot.com

    I like her blog.. simple & nice.

  • 140. aprilcherrie  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    omg.. who make you so angry lar.. chill girl.. chill chill

  • 141. lasilasi  |  December 10th, 2007 at 6:55 pm

    I actually think you write better than the other msian blogs I read. love your long posts and your creative pictures!

  • 142. abby  |  December 21st, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    make do, sweets, because this is how everything is.

  • 143. aronil  |  January 17th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Hi PinkPau…

    I know this is a late comment…but I’m commenting anyway :P

    Because you have worked in Nuffnang I think you will see more on the behind the scenes than anyone else. And I hear you on your lament, I remember while i was having a discussion with someone from a media company.

    She was telling me how there is one “celebrity” blogger who writes mostly about partying and clubbing, she gets tons of hits, and companies can go up to her to ask her to write up a post for no less than 2k…

    2k??? Her post don’t really qualify for something I’d pay 2k for.. even though her traffic is high.

    Good read my dear.. albeit long hahaha

  • 144. Jayden  |  January 19th, 2008 at 1:31 am

    Hello! I’m so late but i totally agree with your entry!

  • 145. siewkwan  |  July 31st, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Seriously, this is by far the most honest entry I’ve ever read. I’m actually very thankful for nuffnang, for its awesome and creative ideas for all the bloggers out there. It actually gave us a chance that we, too, can earn money through our blogs, despite of the teeny weeny bit of hits we have,i.e.,my blog, lol! I never knew I can earn money through my blog before I got to about Nuffnang!

    For once, I felt that my crappy and mindless(sometimes it’s chim ok) opinions can actually earn me some pennies. I’m not greedy and I do not expect alot. Seriously, I’m really really thankful for Nuffnang.

    So, fret not, out there, some bloggers like me, are really grateful for what Nuffnang has done and will continue to support you guys!! :)

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