About The Blog
This is where I captain my reminiscing boat.
Year 1999
I made a website ‘Suan’s Corner’ and later ‘Suan Online’ (being young and terribly unimaginative) using Trellix hosted on Tripod. It was a static site with an updated a section called ‘Life’s Like That’, works somewhat like today’s blogs. As a HUGE Michael Jackson fan, I created a web shrine for him. It was very detailed with his biography, discography, lyrics, photos and what-not. Rather popular, I had teens (mostly from the USA) thanking me for the shrine.
I was very involved with my local Young Buddhist Fellowship (YBF) activities and had a large section on Buddhism, alongside my youthful rants. Think of what and how a young 20 year old would write then apply it to me.
Year 2003 – 2004
I bought the domain ‘Suanie.com’ for a year or two. ShaolinTiger decided to build me a proper blog using bBlog as a birthday present. In 2004 the domain name expired. No thanks to cyber squatters, I could not renew it using a different domain reseller. I had to get ‘Suanie.net’ instead and live with it. Moved most of my blog posts there except for a large chunk that I did not backup.
Year 2005
In Oct 2005 I switched to Wordpress, deleted a lot of my old blog posts in the process. 2005 was also when my blog first received publicity in the local mainstream media.
Year 2006 – 2007
I tweaked my blog templates a couple of times; here’s what it looked like with a background drawing done by KY.
On another heavily-customised Wordpress theme that I used for a rather long time:
Why do I blog?
It’s my cyberspace life canvas, blogging de-stresses me and makes me happy. Should I stop liking it, I’ll stop doing it.
Policy on Sponsored/Paid Blog Posts
Sometimes I accept money, trips, gadgets, pork, beer etc from business owners, PR and advertising companies who think that I’m deserving of such. In return (sometimes) I blog about their related products and/or services.
I try to mention if the blog post was a paid/ a freebie. Sometimes I don’t do that not because I want to hide it, but because I’m old and forgot to do so.
I’ve turned down more requests than I’ve accepted.
I accept stuff based on these easy guidelines:
I believe in and endorse their campaigns, I like their pork, I enjoy their gadgets, I love their cars, I absolutely LOVE their free beer, I want to share with my mother the new things and experiences, as well as you whom I know will love them too.
I only say yes to stuff that I’ve used and like and would have no qualms endorsing. I pride myself in my own code of ethics that I apply in life and on this blog.
I believe my readers are able to appreciate the distinction.
I do not do paid text links and/or link exchange. Sorry.
Policy on Comments
Look, if your comment sucks, it’s not going to be published. Sorry.
Copyright Info
All content and words by Suanie unless stated otherwise. If you nick ‘em, either acknowledge the original author(s) or knowingly live the life of a miserable bitch who can’t come up with anything of his/her own.
Copying without accrediting the source is STEALING. Plagiarism is STEALING.
I’ve licensed my blog and its content under Creative Commons – Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. It means:
You can copy, distribute. transmit and adapt my blog content, AS LONG AS:
1) You attribute the work to me. In normal situations, this means a link to the original blog post and/or my blog and my name;
2) You do not sell my work for $$. A blog with the appropriate, acceptable and reasonable amount of advertising (i.e. Google Adsense, blog advertising networks, affiliates etc) is fine;
3) You license your own work under the same license, if you edit any of my work.
For more information, read this. If you are uncertain/ need clarification/ other permissions, contact me.
Disclaimer
1. Whatever I wrote are my own opinions.
That means the words I spew, sputter, strangle, misuse, misplace and misspell on my personal blog are mine, and do not necessarily reflect people around me including but not limited to my family and my employers.
2. Whatever my commenters wrote are their own opinions.
That means I bear no responsibility for what or how my commenters opt to respond to my blog posts. They are grown-ups, they can bloody well take care of themselves. I hate to be Captain Obvious, but sometimes certain things need to be spelt out.
3. I disclaim everything.
That means whatever you think I mean when I wrote what I wrote and published is most likely a figment of your imagination.
You can contact me here.