I have another post for today but I can't help it when I read this news online. Got to post it right away...

Not long ago, a 13-year old Sufiah Yusoff made it to the Oxford University. Now, she is posting 'her service' for £130 for an hour in the Internet. It is reported that she has turned into a hooker. The paper reported that she had called herself Shilpa Lee on a hookers’ website. She is said to have advertised herself as “a sexy, smart student” who preferred “older gentlemen”.

Troubles started when she ran away from home at 15. Refused to go back to home, saying living with his father is like hell. Placed under social care, and then got married when she turned 19 only to get divorced a year later.

So, now she is a hooker and her father whom she is not fond of, has been sent to jail for molesting two students under his care *sigh. The family is ruined and I am still thinking what went wrong.

My mood is spoilt for the day. May be this is one reason why I should refrain from reading newspapers in the morning.



p/s: more news with disturbing photos here which may offend some people.

When I started blogging, I knew no one in the blogsphere. I just treated my previous blog as a space to voice out my frustration and to a certain extent, gain some attention I was lacking of. Yes, i succeeded in my mission - I gain not only attention but friendship. Now, that was an added bonus which I never expect in the first place.

I slowly build a network, which consisted of blogmates who knew me through my writing. My writing which reflected my inner desires, feelings, opinions etc brought me wonderful friends. Even now, my YM has a long list of such friends I gain through the blogsphere. I had so much fun exploring into a new world - a world that promised me the wonders of friendship.

However, they have slowly varnished from the blogsphere and those still here don't seem to be passionate about it. No, I'm not talking about a single common platform like Mindsblog or Betweenus, but about the healthy 'blog visits' we used to have, the long chats we used to have in the comment section. Many can be just passed as junks but it was lively. We used to have this small online gatherings in YM voice conference, and it was used to be so damn lovely!!! Gosh.. I'm missing all that now.

You guys are wonderful, leaving me comments which spurred me to write more and more. I should thank the regulars as well as the silent readers. But don't you feel things are getting more and more formal? So formal that we are losing the fun side of blogging?

But I'm missing my old days here. Where are you guys? Where is the passion? Where is the love? Where is the bond?

I have updated my shopping blog, Shopping Paradise with new sets of brooches and pendant-earrings. These pretty looking accessories come in beautiful gift boxes/bags and are affordable too!

For the past one week I was in a war with my router. Seriously my (ex-)router hates me. I can't think of any other reason why it refused to get connected to my laptop, but willingly allowed itself to be connected to my sister's laptop and my brother's pc. My laptop, after being jilted by the router, refused to connect to that particular router but accepted connection from any other router. :|

After trying my best to get things right (and failed), I decided to take both my laptop and the router to the computer service shop. *sigh. To my dismay, even the Chinese guy there was clueless about it. We tried everything we could, even reformatted my laptop in the process (ggrrrr.. lost substantial number of files there, but that's another story for another day). Finally I got myself a new router, and it worked!!

The guy asked me to check the connection right there, and can anyone guess which site I went first? :P My bloggie - definitely. And the guy was dumbstruck when he saw me publishing the comments here.

The guy(pointing at tulipspeaks): Ini u punya ke? [Is that yours?]
Me: Ya la. [Yes]

The guy: U blog pasal apa? [What do you blog about?]
Me: Apa-apa pun boleh. [Anything goes ;)]

The guy: Politik adakah? [Politics?]
Me: Kadang-kadang adalah. [Sometimes]

The guy (with eyes wide open): Betulkah? [Is it true?]
Me: Betul la. [True]

The guy: U tak nampak macam blogger la! [You don't look like a blogger!]
Me: Hahahahaha.. yea ka? [Is it?]

I never took my eyes off the laptop screen during the entire conversation :P


We just experienced a 'blogging boom' in Malaysia, especially since late 2007 and during the election, bloggers paid an important role in influencing the voters' sentiment. At the same time, we do have people blogging for fun - the reason I believe why most of us blog. Least I expected sociopolitical bloggers to be stereotyped to 'look' like Jeff Ooi or Marina Mahathir. And not all fun bloggers look like Kenny Sia, XiaXue or NicoleKiss. I don't think a blogger's physical appearance got anything to do with stuff that they write online. And I am still thinking what is wrong with my physical appearance and articles I write online. Maybe I still look like a school girl, I don't know *sighhhhh...



Some bloggers have no qualm about revealing their real self online. Even sometimes I think my bloggie is overloaded with my photos :P. But some prefer to just be anonymous and stick to a nickname instead of revealing their name or photo. I'm sure each of us has at least one or two such blogmate/blog reader, and if you do:

1. Have you ever wondered how they looked in real life?



2. Or do you actually create an imaginary figure of them whenever you come across their blog or whenever you see their nick?



3. Do you attempt to get to know them in real? eg. asking for their photo or starting e-mail conversation?

*No Nostalgic Friday post for this week.

15.03.08 was our very first gathering for MINDSBLOG. Our real idea was to have a small party celebrating the victory of Barisan Rakyat :P, but somehow the idea got evolved and turned out to be a gathering of admin, authors and readers of MINDSBLOG. That would explain the short notice. Nevertheless, I thank everyone who attended the event.

It was already 1.30pm when we started with our lunch. Most of us took chicken briyani rice, some took mixed rice but some just refused to give in to the temptation, and just stick with their drinks.

For those advocating Makkal Sakhti...

Movie: Iruvar
Song: Viduthalai

Listen carefully to the lyrics, you won't miss the word "Makkal Sakhti"...


For everyone else...




Movie: Iruvar
Song: Hello Mr Ethirkatchi

Ever wonder what was Aishwarya's first movie appearance? Here it is..

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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Now all the hype is settling in. BN and the people are slowly (but surely) accepting the fact that 5 states are now going to be ruled by DAP-PKR-PAS. They have promised, we have spoken, and now its time to sit back and watch.

March 8 was not only historic in that sense. It was International Women's Day, and couple of my friends did send me smses wishing me for the day. Thank you guys and sorry I didn't get to reply - was focusing too much on the election :P

I hope it is still not too late for a post on the day. Last year I have highlighted beautiful women bloggers I have known in the blogworld. This time, I don't think I am going to pinpoint anyone, or slam the male species. See.. I'm being a good gal.

My heart goes to the men this time. I know, the sub-species of male chauvinists, abusers and blah blah blah... are slowly going to extinct. It may take some time before we could celebrate the extinction of such dangerous creatures. but we are getting there. There are men who walk by their women, not in front trying to take control. There are men who remember the birthdays, anniversary dates etc. There are men who help around with the housework. There are men who hold the lift doors for the ladies. There are men who are simply amazing , beyond description. It is possible for us, the women to keep on progressing with the encouragement given by these men. And this year, the celebration should be dedicated to such men.

For the first time in Malaysian history....

Barisan Nasional denied 2/3 majority in the Parliament

The opposition took control of five states

A blogger sent to Parliament (is it the first in the world as well? :P)

Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) shown exit at all but 3 Parliamentseats (and couple of state seats) it contested

President of two member parties of Barisan Nasional lost in a general election

Parliament is gonna be lively and full of action

The rakyat showed PEOPLE'S POWER!!

Can't help but to celebrate with this song:





Now, you know who is the BOSS???

I promised a substantial number of posts on the General Election in Puchong, but with time constraint (and loads of work), I have only published couple of posts to date. A bit disappointing but I manage to sneak some time off to attend a ceramah (political speech/gathering) near my place by Gobind Singh Deo. We even had a special appearance by Karpal Singh!! Yippeeeee!!! Here are some photos of the event. I will post the video of Gobind's speech later. Scroll down for the video of Gobind Singh's speech.

Two more photos of roundabouts in Puchong Perdana, filled with the colors of blue and green.

Guess I am a bit crazy about rhinestones! I keep requesting for jewelery made of rhinestones for Shopping Paradise. Can't help it, they are too pretty.

This time, I got 10 pieces of beautiful and stunning earrings made of high quality Austrian Crystal Rhinestones. They come in different lengths, colors, sizes, metals and designs. Simply amazing, especially in the night. They would compliment any outfit. I'm thinking to keep some myself! Hehehehe.. You better get hold of them before I decide to do so :P

Some of the designs:

Check out for more in Shopping Paradise.

I have decided to do overseas shipping (worldwide) as well. So hurry up!