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05/11/2005
10,047 words!!!
I can’t believe it, I reached the 10,000 mark!!! Yippeee!! Hey there, people. You’re going to be reading my raunchy, nasty, boring, sexy, nasty, nasty, nasty novel soon!!
For all those times I wished that I can actually complete a fiction novel….here’s a toast! I can!! I will. It’s not been easy cause there’s some struggling and a lot of caffeine involved….but I am sure some of you good friends out there will get a free copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning piece from me soon!!
Ha ha ha!!!!
*caffeine drunk*
Marsha
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My blog's worth
Someone created a ‘something’ to help people gauge the value of their blog. First off, I didn’t even know a blog is worth anything at all. But hey, who am I to be a ‘clever-person-wannabe’ to judge, eh?
Some people’s blogs were worth $30,000 or even $150,000!!! Mine? A measly $2,200 (more or less)?? Go get a life. Get real.
My blog is damn expensive. Try and buy my blog and see.....
Harumph!! What do they know anyway?? Nuts. They won't know what hit them even if I threw two marbles at them right now. :-)
My blog is worth $2,258.16.
How much is your blog worth?
Marsha
www.marshamaung.com
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04/11/2005
50,000 words in 28th days…
It’s only the fifth of November, you can still make it! Check out this site www.nanowrino.org to join in the challenge of writing a short novel in a short period of time. This challenge is designed to push those who want to write a novel, have been dreaming of writing a novel, wish that they can write a novel, very damn well should write a novel to actually write a novel.
You know, I think this concept works. No novel is written in one shot. I mean, let’s face it, the biggest challenge is to get past the 3 chapter mark. If you’re a writer, write for a living or have been writing for fun, you know what I mean. You start out gung-ho about everything thinking that you have the funniest, greatest plot in the Universe, thinking that you’re going to get that Pulitzer prize next year…and 3 chapters down, you think it all suck and they all don’t tie together. The characters start to dull down and you lose track of all the characters you introduced and….worse…you run out ideas and no longer have any inkling what you’re writing about.
That, my friend, is the classic symptom of writer’s block. Every writer faces this one. (Back me up here, writer friends).
So, the only way to go…the same advice I gave a friend…is to go on, go on, go on, push yourself to go on. Don’t look back, just write. Whatever it is, write. No plot, get that extra caffeine push. No more characters to introduce, look back into your photo albums, you’ll find some funny characters that’ll fit right in. The point is to continue trudging on till the end. You’ll have plenty of time to edit, proofread and re-edit it.
And trust me, the bulk of the time, you’ll spend editing it, not writing it.
So, this challenge makes sense to all you budding writers out there. Just go on. Write that 50,000 words. I mean, I write about 10 articles a day, each article containing 400-500 words. That makes 4,000, at least. Don’t tell me I can’t push myself to write 1,600 words a day. And if I lag off one day, I still only have to write 3,200 words a day….nothing compared to what I normally write anyway, right?
So, go on to www.nanowrimo.org now and sign up for the challenge. I already did and have passed my 5,000 mark. It’s still far off the target but the amazing thing is that I am actually moving along with my storyline.
So, all budding writers, go push yourself and write now!
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03/11/2005
Nicknames galore....
While I am out of the public eye because of unsightly sores, blisters, crusting wounds….i am telling you, this is no fun whatsoever. Right now, my mind is spinning with ideas on how to look ‘presentable’ again when I finally get rid of this stupid, stupid, stupid disease! (I have chicken pox at the ripe old age of 32, by the way). I am thinking along the lines of….egg yolk mashed with strawberry, avocado and yoghurt. Or maybe I dunno….sandpaper.
I’ve never looked to dirty and down in my life. Even those times when I have been out partying and drinking till the cocks crow in the morning, I don’t look this bad. Now, I look REALLY, REALLY bad.
And since I can’t get out of the house, I have all the time in the world to indulge in nonsensical things like folding lucky stars, painting t-shirts, work, work, work, paint my toenails, work, write my blog, work, surf the internet, work…etc.
So, I surfed around and checked for nicknames. You know, the youngest member of the family is always stuck with a really baby-ish nickname.
The most popular among Malaysians or Singaporeans, maybe….
Boy
Girl
Baby
Ah-b
Dah-dah
Or mere repetition of the last name in the case of a Chinese name. e.g. Lai Yee – Yee Yee. Su Wai – Wai Wai. Wei Kim – Kim Kim. So on and so forth.
I dunno, can you think of others? I don’t have a nickname since I am the eldest in my family but I call my sister ‘girl’ and my brother ‘boy’. I suppose I did have a nickname for a very short period of time before my sister emerged. When new baby comes along, I lose my baby appeal and my parents decided to pass on the privilege to my sister.
I remained nickname-less until I started high school? And from then on, I was called many different names like ‘marshmallow’, ‘martian’, ‘mushy-mushy’ and the likes.
Well, do you have one? And if you know of a popular baby nickname, please share? In case, I missed it. Chicken pox has a way of reducing brain activity…..
Marsha
http://www.marshamaung.com
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01/11/2005
I finally get my chicken pox....
As expected, I contracted the chicken pox from Jared!! At the ripe old age of 32 too! This is a childhood disease and I feel funny getting it at this age. People look at me funny…like I’ve just suddenly lost a baby teeth or something.
It itches like crazy and I can’t do anything about it. I’ve trimmed all my nails to mere nothings (good for keyboard typing, though) and applied calamine lotion EVERYWHERE on my body. Yeah, like they help at all. Tomorrow, I am going to get my husband to go out and get me antihistamine. I haven’t slept a wink yet cause of all the itching.
And I didn’t know people actually DIE from chicken pox…now THAT is scaring me but accordingly, only people who are immunocompromised should worry about that. as far as I can tell, I don’t think I am immuno-compromised…yet. I may have a weak immune system but I don’t think I am THAT bad yet.
Hey, people, please wish me luck. Please pray for me.
Please shoot me.
Marsha
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