Tuesday, May 09, 2006
So the world is becoming a smaller place, thanks to blogs and thanks to Friendster. I guess it would have been anyway.
If you have read my tagboard, you would have seen my sister's tag that says "your text quite difficult to read leh", which leaves me perplexed.
My blog, difficult to read? How is that possible? Especially since I go through a fair bit of pain to make my blog as comprehensive as possible. I use paragraphs, and I try to keep them short. What's so difficult? You want me to blog in point form
meh?
And I type in standard English at least 95% of the time, throwing in the occasional bits of Singlish. I vary my style to keep things interesting. I blog about things that most people should understand. I don't use foreign jargon. So what is so difficult?
On the other hand, some things that are second nature for a lot of people to type and read, is hellish for me read.
For starters, I really don't like the term "wor", which is ten times worse when it somehow springs into plural form: "worx".
Ew. It's such an unwarranted word; the only time I use it is when I'm saying how much I don't like it.
Something less criminal in my unofficial, unwritten book of law is punctuating every sentence with a "haha" or a "heehee" or the equivalent. I'll naturally assume that you're on Prozac.
The winner of the lot?
AlTeRnAtE cApItAlIsAtIoN. I'll quote Dr. S: "What's the deal with that?" Enough said.
Maybe I'm being too judgmental, but I can't stand alternate capitalisation. Every time I come across blogs and friendster things sprouting such things, I'll most likely move on without bothering to read it.
On a lighter note, I was reading my miserably few Friendster testimonials, and here's 10+1 things my friends say about me:
1. Sassy
2. Good in English
3. Kind-hearted
4. Cute and pretty =)
5. Multi-talented
6. Nice voice
7. Great senior
8. Vain =p
9. Obsessed with tarot, astrology, Greek mythology...
10. Gullible
10+1. Positive and optimistic
Wow, I'm really flattered, and a little worried. Man, if it weren't for the "Good in English" part, as well as the "Multi-talented", I could well be mistaken for an intellectual lightweight. Which, I assure you, I am so not.
Whatever.
Damn, now I really sound like a bimbo.
♥ The lights faded at
12:54 am
