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I’m such a slut. 9/25/2006

I’ve never had a lot of respect for the mainstream media. I have seen, first hand, the way stories get twisted, and negative spin put on situations. I’ve always had the feeling that whatever story it takes to sell the papers, that’s what becomes the news.

I have friends currently working in the mainstream media, or who have recently left. I used to do some work for them myself, once upon a whenever. And I suddenly find myself being invited to blog at Monsterblog. It is a conglomerate blog, made up of local bloggers who have achieved a certain amount of fame and notoreity. A couple of the contributors are buddies. a couple of others I know well. And some I know in passing.

So what ever possessed me to take up a contributing position to something I would see as having an agenda behind it? Don’t get me wrong, thus far, the contributors have posted whatever they have wanted, but I am always suspicious of something organised under the auspices of organised business. But since I was very kindly invited by Suanie, and Shaolin Tiger, whom I happen to trust, gave me a password I could not refuse, I’ve joined in.

I shall be contributing postings on motorcycles. Suanie asked that I do it on a very basic level, sort of like “motorcycles for dummies”, but I would like to think that the collective blog readership in this country is a little more intelligent than that, aside from the majority of them being non-riding readers.

So I’ll be contributing there, as well as continuing with the stuff here. May be something good will come out of all of this.

Comments»

1. spiller - 9/25/2006

good for ya. just make sure those Girl Friday(s) posted here on time, aight? ;)

2. buaya69 - 9/25/2006

if they ask for your photo, just give them a mugshot of your tummy. muahahahahar!

3. ShaolinTiger - 9/25/2006

Yah I am sceptical like you bro, you know that. But well if everyone refrains from making a difference, nothing will ever happen, we can at least try to get some real views out and get things heard.

Like Gandhi said, we don’t need to lead the people, just find which way they are going and make sure we are at the front :)

4. Dabido(Teflon) - 9/25/2006

Best of luck. Teach them what Chicken Strips are! :-)

5. suanie - 9/25/2006

what are chicken strips? anything to do with colonel sanders?

6. KY - 9/25/2006

welcome on board!

but wtf is with the girly template?

7. thesnark - 9/25/2006

KY : And just wtf is wrong with this template?

8. YP - 9/26/2006

Ooo.. I’ll go read that one as well. Oh ya, how about posting Girl Fridays there instead? :P I’m sure it will be very popular. Heh.

Btw, I think this template’s great. :)

Buaya: Please don’t kill the camera. Kesian lah.. the lens…

9. KY - 9/26/2006

it’s PURPLE forgodsake

10. bikerwannabe - 9/26/2006

a voice for the 2 wheeler…. use it well…

11. snooki - 9/26/2006

Blogging on monsterblog means recognition by fellow peers right?

12. IB - 9/27/2006

purple? i thought it was light blue-ish.