!!! Let me tell you a little bit of what happened yesterday and you will see why I want you to read this. My father came back from Hong Kong yesterday and proclaimed that my web site is "the talk of Hong Kong". So he exaggerated a bit but the gist of the whole conversation was that the stories and stuff I put up on my web site is a little inappropriate. You see, I have a few relatives in Hong Kong and apparently, they managed to get hold of my address. Well, they read parts of the site... (this is all what I understand from the conversation I had with my father mind you) and parts of it got circulated around the office. Now, apparently, one of my relatives complained to my father regarding the contents of my site... apparently, some of the stuff that I put up shouldn't be published at all, not appropriate etc. I distinctively got the feeling that my site didn't embrace the concept of "family values".
Now, I didn't mind that criticism... I believe that criticism (if given constructively) is a positive thing. I KNOW for a fact that some of my writings is controversial and is not proper for an "Asian" girl but you see dear reader, I am not 100% Asian... I may look like one but the way I think... well, it isn't very "Asiany". I think that this is attributed to the fact that I have lived in Australia for most of my adult life... seven years is a very long time... also, since I can remember, I have never fit into the mould of the typical Asian gal.
Now, the reason why I am so FARKING pissed off is that there are idiots out there who can't take what I write... they don't agree with me, they don't like it... whatever the obscure reason is... they don't have the guts to tell me in person!! Do you know what these chicken shit people do? They complain to my parents... get my parents all embarrassed and stuff. Awww shit... I shouldn't be name-calling... I do apologise for it... but these people... well, they are rather low on the scale of intelligence. I will illustrate what I mean. You see, these people, when they hit my web site and don't like what they read, they continue reading... what is apparent is that they don't know the concept of the "back" button or the fact that yes, they can move away from my site into other parts of the WWW. Now how stupid is that? I like to believe that I am fairly intelligent... if I don't like something, I won't do it... or if I read something I don't like, I stop reading it. Now, these people... what on earth? Do they have their brains in a cup on the table?? They don't like the stuff I write about but they still keep on reading it... they are suckers for punishment!! Well, here's to you... I am NOT going to take my stories off the Net, nor am I going to modify any stories or entries. If you want to be so childish as to remain anonymous about your criticisms on the subject of my stories, well, what can I say? GROW UP perhaps? Get a life? My email address is located on my main page... you know where to find me if need be... don't stoop so low as to complain to my parents (who by the way have got absolutely no control over my subject matter and are not responsible in anyway about what I write).
An aunt of mine just called me up regarding my web site... she made one very interesting point. She says that my writing style has improved and that if these people complain, well, I am getting my message across. That is a very good point... something which I didn't think about. She also said that my parents shouldn't take those complains so seriously... if they had any wits about them, they should reply that they are proud that their daughter's writings is good enough to elicit some sort of response... hey... any publicity is good publicity . I remember reading this article... a famous director (can't remember his / her name) once said... a good movie is one that evokes some sort of response from the audience... be it good or bad. Even if one thoroughly hates a movie... it is a good movie because of the reaction... well, I hope my web site does the same thing.
