xia xue is a writer in NEWPAPER now?
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,86012,00.html?
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Wendy 1 Blog snobs 0
April 03, 2005
By Wendy Cheng
[email protected]
IT's tough to be an Internet writer, really.
Book writers, journalists, and even copywriters don't get the same
kind of treatment bloggers do - people nitpicking on every
grammatical mistake, pre-pubescent teens in forums saying my mum's
so fat, if she rolled over twice she would reach Batam, etc.
And then there are the nerd bloggers - the doctors and so on - who
are very unhappy indeed that a young girl with grammar trouble can
become Asia's most popular blogger instead of themselves.
They scoff and proclaim that they are real writers while I am a
mere blogger.
Aha! No more of that nonsense.
I am a New Paper columnist now! I am a real writer! (Read in same
tone as Pinocchio saying he is a real boy.)
TOUGH THINKING
It is not an easy process thinking about what will fill up this
column each week, while mentally going through what the other
columnists are doing. It seems like everything has already been
written about.
For a fleeting moment, I thought of doing a reverse Sumiko Tan and
going on about how I am only halfway to that stage where life
begins - 20 - and how many wedding proposals I am getting - around
three so far.
Then it struck me that if I were to maintain my column till I am
40, I would definitely be annoyed by some arrogant young chick
teasing me, so I dropped the idea.
Friends and I then decided on horoscopes stating that all
Sagittarians will be pinched by different things each week and that
all Taureans will get hot sex.
In the end, we decided on doing what I got famous for: Complaining
about things around me, and cooking up imaginary situations - like
coming up with invented interviews with different
celebrities.
Do drop me an e-mail with any suggestions - and my heartfelt
sympathy to that poor fellow.
Wendy's blog, www.xiaxue.blogspot.com, won the Best
Singapore Blog title in the Asian Weblog Awards in 2002 and the
Best Asian Blog award in the international Weblog Awards last year.
She will be writing here every week.
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three cheers from me ! 
