Today, I will show you a picture of me pretending to use a Macbook.
I took this picture for Star Blog, actually. We were asked to photograph ourselves with our favourite gadgets.
But this photo didn’t appear in my entry. I think there’s something strange in the neighbourhood. See, the SOP is for us to write our entries on MS Word, then e-mail them to our editor, after which the team will publish them for us. (Our entries are unedited and published verbatim.)
I sometimes like to end my posts with a photo. For a while now, I’ve noticed that my last photos never make it to publication, although I never bothered to tell anyone because it’s, like, not really a big deal. It’s just one photo.
This week, I decided to end my blog with one sentence after the last photo just to experiment. And STILL the last photo didn’t appear, although my last sentence did. But you can see a space where the photo is supposed to be.
Click here to see what I mean.
See the space at the end?
That tells me that they’re not deliberately axing my last photos. It must be some kind of programming or data entry bug or something.
Any guesses?
On a side note, there was this incident once when I talked on two phones at once, looking rather idiotic as I did so. I was going to blog about it but then this week’s Star Blog topic was quite relevant, so I told my story there, instead.
I’m becoming quite the Apple fan. To think I used to get annoyed when Apple fanboys acted all crazy over Apple products. I can totally understand why now. It’s something you can appreciate only after being a user yourself.
So, I have ordered my iPhone 4 and iPad. The worldwide shortage irritates me much. Does Apple do this on purpose to increase the hype and fanaticism? I was going to wait till the stampede dies down and there are actually stocks in the stores before I buy them. But it seems my impulse got the better of me this week.
I am expecting to receive my iPhone 4 and iPad in the third week of August, when I will be away in China. BRILLIANT, YES? I didn’t in fact realise it until the Goonfather pointed it out to me.
“I’m getting my iPad on August 20!!”
“Aren’t you going to be in China then?”
“Argh!”
We’re planning yet another China trip from August 17 till August 23. So, the 20th is smack in the middle of our trip.
HOW AM I TO ENJOY THE REST OF MY TRIP KNOWING THAT MY IPAD IS SITTING IN A BOX AT HOME WAITING FOR ME AND FEELING NEGLECTED AND LONELY?
It’s times like this when I feel like tearing my hair out and burying myself in the ground. Although that would technically be quite painful so I only do it in my imagination where it’s safer.
Okay, I’m done rambling about virtually nothing. I must bugger off and do some real work now.
I’ll leave you with this link again to my Star Blog entry. It’s also Star Blog chat day today (technically tonight) so see you there at 9 pm!
You said come back again, so here I am.
About the Star Blog editors not publishing your last picture in your SB post:
Even the SB editors are tell you to back off the self-absorption thing a bit. They’ve removed your pictures from the end of posts a few times now, and you still don’t get it (or you chose not to). I tried to tell you that last night, with my comment on you last entry here, but again, you didn’t get it. So let me be very clear here: Self-absorption is NOT a good look.
You don’t get out much, huh?
Enjoy your trip to China. Always good food there.
hahaha…MYT@ your so funny… maybe its the reason that Sheylara’s photo are not publish anymore cos its too cuty cuty and more cuty cuty thats it! so get over it girl lol.
@MYT: Thanks for your astute observation. You’re a shining beacon for lost ship! :)
@maddy: Whee! That’s a good reason too! :)
I can help u verify if your iPhone 4 and iPad is working while you are enjoying your holiday in China ;)