I Fell Asleep At Gwen’s Concert

because i was so exhausted like you wouldn’t believe.

If it can justify anything, i fell asleep during a slow song of hers…
>_<

Marvelous seats in the front and i fall asleep.
Champion.

It was packed packed packed.

Sorry i was really tired and couldn’t be bothered taking nice pictures.
So i took one of her covering her face with her hand. :p
I even left early. Sacre bleu!
My whole body was aching and i was going to collapse.

I wouldn’t have considered it a concert ‘concert’… i was more like a showcase.
Started late at 9:15 and ended about 70 minutes later.
The stage was surprisingly smaller then i expected and though she went through numerous constume changes, the only visuals to complement her performance was a screen right in the middle above the band. The other two screens don’t count cos they’re showing closeups of her.

But the crowd was super layan.
I think i just didn’t have enough energy and alcohol to fuel my fairy batteries..!

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I also missed out on the Intel Ratatouille premier cos i couldn’t spare the time
0_o Sorry, and thank you for the complimentary tickets 

Applied for leave months ago… and tomorrow i fly off to Bangkok with Gobi + gang.
For five days.
I cannot wait.
I so need this break.

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The Animax Fashion-Ability finals in 1U last Saturday
Some of the finalists’ designs were really quirky and impressive
Bill Keith  briefed the judges on the marking scheme before the event started
Next time i judge a fashion contest, i’ll know not to ponder too long and hard on the designs cos before i know it, the next contestant’s model is running down the stage!

After that was my guest bartending gig at Attic

KrazyKatKyan concocted the Kinkybluefairy so strong, girls were getting drunk on two.
Each Kinkybluefairy has two and half shots of liqour in it so… no wonder.
Upon their first sip, people were either going, “Shit! It’s damn kow man! *choke*” or “Wow, nice! *slurp*”

Either way, I’m not complaining.

JoanneKamPoPo and moi

Joanne had two cool drinks called Kam On Your Face and Kam Quick

I had loads of fun making people cocktails and admittedly, it feels really sexy behind the bar.
Though inside, all i really wanted to do was run around, talk and drink.

But i couldn’t drink so much lest i broke something behind the bar 

FairyNiz and me
Niz is the only other person i’d put ‘fairy’ with in her cartoon name
Cos she’s fairy-crazy and alkey too  

Okay i really don’t have time to edit more pictures, will post the rest up when i come back.

Don’t Bloggers Value Themselves?

Value Themselves.

Blog advertising has inevitably taken off as of recent and i’ve been wanting to write about this for some time but as usual, either i was busy running around/it slipped my mind.

Then today, someone told me yet another quote that a fellow blogger has agreed to with a client.

The prices some of you are going for are so low that i’m appalled.

You might say that i’m being jual mahal, but the truth is you should know your value with the hits you get as well.

A monthly magazine ad goes for a price rate of RM3-5k a page with approximately 10-20k readers a month.
We (i’m putting this figure on average for the top bloggers) get about 50,000 unique hits a month.
Think about it.
Why on earth would you undercharge when you get a focus of the same number of people (maybe more) viewing your ad/blog post?

For instance, an established brand approached me to blog about their products for RM200 a post.
200 ringgit?
That’s ridiculous.
They also approached a few other bloggers with around the same number of hits i get… and they agreed.

Can die okay.

“No. If they want me to talk about their products, we’ll negotiate but i won’t go lower then - a post.”
“The other bloggers are agreeing to do it for RM700 for three posts, right? It’s okay wut, why are you being so difficult?”
“I’m *not* being difficult. I just know the value of the viewership they get and if everyone starts charging peanuts, then clients are going to take advantage of the prices some charge and everything will drop!!!”

It’s like stock okay.
I cannot stop the rest of you from charging what you’re agreeing to.
But know the value of your blog from the amount of hits you get and stop undercutting because then, you are responsible for setting the standard and drawing that line.

Another call came through when i was at a company party.
“Hey, will you blog a few posts about ——-? They’re offering — plus throwing in a thousand bucks worth of  products.”
“What?! No way!”
Okay maybe it was the alcohol talking but my divaness came out.
“Come on, *you* know also how they throw products to magazines like nobody’s business. Products are nothing to them. Who the heck will do it?”

Some did.

-_-

Again, i say, “Can die okay these people.”

I’m not saying that products are worth zero.
I’m just saying that you cannot compare product consumer price to cash.

Think about how many ads you want to take on.
If you keep on taking on so many advertisers for so cheap, you’re selling yourself out.
True, if you’re going to advertise, might as well go all the way right?
Go for quality. Not quantity.

There’s no point making a quick buck if in the end, you end up ruining the sanctity of your blog.

Don’t underestimate the value of your blog.

(Phwoar, i sound like an anti-drug campaign. Okay i’ll stop nagging now.)

I Got The Industrial

I have been very good and refrained from getting anymore piercings or tattoos for three years.
Especially tattoos, cos i don’t want my body to be like an overdone canvas.
Not banging EddyTheCanvas okay! I love all his tattoos.
Just that i can’t think of anything else i want (except fairies) and POB said a fairy playground is overkill.

After removing the piercings on my upper ear years back (cos an exboyfriend hated metal so much) i finally got the industrial i wanted done for so long.

Couldn’t get it earlier cos PiercedWalter isn’t based in KL anymore and he’s the only one i’d let pierce me, especially after this woman almost killed me when she fucked up my navel piercing.
He finally came back to KL for a bit and i ran off to get it done.

As i was lying on my back in Borneo Inks, i actually felt… well, nervous.
I couldn’t believe it.
I have high threshold of pain!
Why the sudden trepidation?!

“I think… i haven’t done anything for so long that i’m nervous wei!”

He told me that the lower one would hurt less then the upper one.
I begged to differ. Maybe ‘cos i haven’t anticipated it for so long that i wasn’t used to it anymore.
For a second, i lay down there thinking, What am i doing? I think i’m too old for this.

“Okay, now i’m going to pierce the upper one okay. Take a deep breath.”
I breathed in and went, “Lalala… think about fairies… yup… fairies flying… fairies flying in the forest… happy fairies flying in the forest…!!”

PiercedWalter just layaned my babbling. He’s prollie used to my rubbish by now.

Anyway it was done in ten minutes and i shot off for a food review.

Earrings from stevensunny

It’s going to be quite mah fan to take care of it… i feel so anyway.
Can’t sleep on that side of my head, have to put a few drops of some liquid before i shower, have to dab it with dry cotton buds after i shower, can’t use mobile phone on that side (which is the ONLY side i use to talk on. I don’t know. My right ear is unfriendly with the phone.), have to make sure noone accidentally thwacks it drunkardly (else i’ll box them right back. Or. Make them buy me a drink to lessen the pain.), have to make sure *i* don’t kenakan it myself.

“Yeah, you can’t sleep on that side for 6 months.”
“SIX MONTHS?! Six months is freaking long wei!!!” i shrieked like gila babi.

-_-

Oh. And no airkissing on that side too please.