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Michelle Oon ♥
"It's Belief that gets us there. Keep dreaming till the dream comes true"

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The name is Michelle Oon, also known as Michy Oon. Believe that everything is possible and each and everything that you and I do has hope in it. Never lose hope, because it is what that keeps you moving on and striving for success.

“What doesn’t kills you will only make you stronger”.


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"If you want to Dream,
Dream BIG
Otherwise there's no point in dreaming at all"
(Angelyn Looi 2010)


"Don't make someone
a priority in your life
when you are only an option in theirs"


"The difference between can and cannot
are only three letters
Three letters that determine your life's direction."


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Do you believe in dreams coming true...?

CEO of my own company
Graduate from UNISA
Travelling to US
iPod Touch
Being happy everyday
Successful !


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A.Blogging: The current phenomenon

The size of the current blogosphere has been increasing in the last few years, and at the current moment, Blogplus (2010) has identified about 146,784,856 blogs and there are about 55,868 new blogs created in the last 24 hours. In this technological world that is rapidly expanding, overall bloggers created nearly a million blog posts each day, and they believe that in the future, blogs would become a primary source of news and entertainment (Technorati’s 2008 State of the Blogosphere Report as cited by Marketing Charts).


There are many types of blogs such as personal, collaborative, corporate, and topical and spam (Blogging the Phenomenon n.d.). Brown (2006) mentioned that ‘Technology’ (21%) is the leading topic, followed by ‘General’ (20%) blogs. He also mentioned that ‘political’ (19%) blogs are popular among Americans. Microsoft (n.d.) indicates that Asian bloggers “are primarily driven by the need to express themselves and share their lives with family and friends”. Hence it supports Press Microsoft Malaysia (2006) statement whereby “50% of Malaysian respondents like writing about their thoughts and commenting on the world around them”.


(source from: Modern Life)



The blogging community is also a “public sphere” whereby public opinion can be formed in all the realm of our social life. In an unrestricted frashion where there is freedom, bloggers act as a public individual when they write a blog posts, considering the ‘guarantee of freedom of assembly and association and the freedom to express and publish their opinions’. (Habermas as cited by Gordon 2004).

Thus, Malaysian blogs usually focus on the political aspects and often create controversies because they often misuse their freedom of speech. Bloggers such as Jeff Ooi and Raja Petra Kamarudin would voice their opinions through blogs and they would influence the Malaysian communities to see towards their point of view. This is because the newspapers that are reporting are more biased towards the government and sensitive issues cannot be raised to avoid conflicts. Hence, Malaysians are able to benefit by having a different point of view.




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References:


Blogging the Phenomenon n.d., Types of Blogs, Text based, Blogging the Phenomenon, viewed 21st September 2010, http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01130/typesofblogs_othermedia.html

Blogplus 2010, Blogplus Stats, Blogplus, viewed 20th September 2010, http://blogpulse.com/

Brown, S 2006, Leading Average: Top Blog Trends, Common traits of the top few blogs, modern life, viewed 21st September 2010, http://modernl.com/article/leading-average-top-blog-trends


Gordon, J 2004, Does the Internet provide the basis for a public sphere that approximates to Habermas' vision?, Jake Gordon, viewed on 26th September 2010,

http://www.jakeg.co.uk/essays/habermas.htm


Marketing Charts n.d., Blogging Hits Mainstream, Integral to Media Ecosystem, Marketing Charts, viewed on 20th September 2010, http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/blogging-hits-mainstream-integral-to-media-ecosystem-6256/technorati-state-of-blogosphere-size-2008jpg/

Microsoft n.d., Blogging Phenomenon Sweeps Asia, PrNewswire, viewed on 21st September 2010,
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blogging-phenomenon-sweeps-asia-56531722.html

Press Microsoft Malaysia 2006, Women rule in Malaysian blogosphere, 21st September 2010, http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/press/archive2006/linkpage4337.mspx


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