Singaporean Bloggers... Or Not?
Why is it that Singapore's bloggers of the highest profile sound so bloody foreign?
For example:
Mr Brown: Snootay Bri-ish. Besides adding that pseudo-prefix to his name to up his repute, he also adopts the extremely common western name of 'Brown'. What takes the cake, however, is that his blog became famous due to its many lessons on being a Singaporean. As if we Singaporean bloggers, with our constant exposure to bengness, need any more lessons other than that the education system bombards us with. Also, why would true foreigners want anything to do with singlish, the illegitimate child of Mr English and his many, many mistresses?
Xiaxue: Cheena, definitely cheena. What's up with such an unglam alias (besides her blog viewership)? Doesn't help that she accentuates (read: transmorgrifies) her face with the tons of tone, the halo of shadow and a plethora of mascara. She's got it all set in her roleplaying, though. Just take a sample exerpt from her ramblings:
So who's seeing it again? Xiaxue, the reader or me (YESYES!)?? Trust only somebody with english as a second language to speak like this. Unless they have Malay, which is EXACTLY the same, save for their warped sense of spelling. Now THIS truly takes the kek.
Mr Miyagi: Where's the sashimi handroll? I would have thought that he'd start advertising for Mitsubishi already, what with his immense popularity. Thankfully, as are the Japanese, he's the one man ageing population, and hopefully his blog will become passe enough for other young 'uns like me todominate gracefully replace.
Sandralicious: Hmm, does the Prostituency of Whore-lasia ring a bell?
Fret not, for a lone and purely Singaporean blogger is taking the visual spectrum by storm. I'm talking about none other than jianbrutha! He's got the totally unpretentious name of 'jianbrutha', a condensation of 'jian' for ahem, 'crafty' and 'brutha' for 'that pesky neighbourhood kid shamelessly trying to be a African American'.
He represents everything Singaporean! From the kiasu to the erm, kiasu. His entries are sooo objective and speak nothing but the unbiased truth! Last but not least, his obsession with popularity will only ensure that he traverses the just and righteous way to up his blog viewership, and that he would not maliciously slander other more (in)famous bloggers!
Disclaimer: You're a fool to believe the saintly dw will actually mean this. Especially now that he's met most of these prominent figures, and realises they rock (ed: 20/7/05)!
Tapping my fingers to... Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins
For example:
Mr Brown: Snootay Bri-ish. Besides adding that pseudo-prefix to his name to up his repute, he also adopts the extremely common western name of 'Brown'. What takes the cake, however, is that his blog became famous due to its many lessons on being a Singaporean. As if we Singaporean bloggers, with our constant exposure to bengness, need any more lessons other than that the education system bombards us with. Also, why would true foreigners want anything to do with singlish, the illegitimate child of Mr English and his many, many mistresses?
Xiaxue: Cheena, definitely cheena. What's up with such an unglam alias (besides her blog viewership)? Doesn't help that she accentuates (read: transmorgrifies) her face with the tons of tone, the halo of shadow and a plethora of mascara. She's got it all set in her roleplaying, though. Just take a sample exerpt from her ramblings:
"If it were a random porn picture I saw at a porn website, I think nobody would even look at it twice."
So who's seeing it again? Xiaxue, the reader or me (YESYES!)?? Trust only somebody with english as a second language to speak like this. Unless they have Malay, which is EXACTLY the same, save for their warped sense of spelling. Now THIS truly takes the kek.
Mr Miyagi: Where's the sashimi handroll? I would have thought that he'd start advertising for Mitsubishi already, what with his immense popularity. Thankfully, as are the Japanese, he's the one man ageing population, and hopefully his blog will become passe enough for other young 'uns like me to
Sandralicious: Hmm, does the Prostituency of Whore-lasia ring a bell?
Fret not, for a lone and purely Singaporean blogger is taking the visual spectrum by storm. I'm talking about none other than jianbrutha! He's got the totally unpretentious name of 'jianbrutha', a condensation of 'jian' for ahem, 'crafty' and 'brutha' for 'that pesky neighbourhood kid shamelessly trying to be a African American'.
He represents everything Singaporean! From the kiasu to the erm, kiasu. His entries are sooo objective and speak nothing but the unbiased truth! Last but not least, his obsession with popularity will only ensure that he traverses the just and righteous way to up his blog viewership, and that he would not maliciously slander other more (in)famous bloggers!
Disclaimer: You're a fool to believe the saintly dw will actually mean this. Especially now that he's met most of these prominent figures, and realises they rock (ed: 20/7/05)!
Tapping my fingers to... Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins
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