Random Ramblings: Social Media

If you know me, you'd know that I'm not able to live without my social media. Obviously the iPhone is a big part of my life, but then, I also can't live without the other stuffs, like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and many many more other social media sites, but most of all, my Twitter. I tweet like crazy and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me (so to speak!), as I believe in the freedom of speech. As long as I don't spread malicious rumors about anyone, I don't see how "voicing" what I feel is wrong.

I was completely a-okay with my little joys of tweeting and facebook-ing and checking-in on-the-go. And honestly, I wasn't hurting anyone in terms of "revealing descriptive malicious/fake information". But when someone tweets/blogs/facebooks about people like me who are into social media and asking questions like "why you people like to be on facebook, etc?", first of all, ask yourself. After all, you did ask the question on FACEBOOK/BLOG/TWITTER right? Doesn't that then, make you a person suitable to answer that question?

I honestly am uncertain if those posts/tweets were meant for me, per say, but I am still super offended! Basically, what this person is "saying", is that, it is wrong for us to socialize via these media platforms. Do correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that I spend relatively enough time OUTSIDE my social media circle but I also maintain my social media life. If you think that you're not spending enough time with the people you want to outside your social media cycle, don't lump all of us in one group and then blame your bad choices on people like me who didn't even bother to question your behavior toward people!

More importantly, my joy of critisizing hypocrites. WHY in the world would you ask these questions (ie. how social media is affecting our lives) USING SOCIAL MEDIA platforms? Like dude! Is that ridiculous or what? You're saying how bad social media is, and yet, YOU ARE USING social media! Like WHY? Why would you ridicule yourself in such a way? I honestly dislike hypocrites, but sometimes, you guys are just too funny! Even if you wanna be hypocrites, don't be so silly and let me catch you la! :P

Thing is, I am very into what I do, what I've been doing, and will continue to do. I'm not going to stop just because you have "opinions" and I'm not going to apologize for what I have been doing and in my use of social media tools. Call me whatever you want, but I believe that as long as I don't judge you, you don't have a right to judge me too.

"When you point a finger at someone, 4 of your other fingers are pointing back at you"

Love, Sheryl1986 <3

Day[9]'s interview on Forbes :)

As some of you may know, I once stood up very strongly when someone mocked Sean "Day[9]" Plott. How strongly you ask? That's for you to determine!

Anyway, the reason why I'm blogging this is cos I've always admired what Day9 does, and always will. All the more when I saw how tired he was during MLG Raleigh and YET, he managed to pull through the ENTIRE event! I was so proud of him. At one point, which if I'm not mistaken was a few days ago, his internet was either down or very bad. He was so so upset. I wouldn't say that he didn't curse at his telco company cos he did (haha!), but he tried to pre-record his daily and he went to stream it later! I thought that that was very cool of him and most importantly, very dedicated of him!

So, I really do admire him. Story time!!!!

Once upon a time, someone from somewhere called Day[9] "overweight and pathetic". Calling Sean "no outside life. Has he even seen a girl?" and all other nonsense. Even going as far as to say this, and I quote, "people who play online games have no social life". I admit, I don't really have THAT much time to play, but I love watching people play. On top of that, I play on the ladder which I have strong intentions on climbing. So, whatever the someone said, obviously and clearly upset me, so I retaliated and called him "NARROW-MINDED" on my blog. The post has since been removed as although it was targetted only at ONE person, I had failed to control my anger and I had insulted this person's community. Anyway, the whole entire incident only made me get compulsively obsessed with how HUGE the StarCraft 2 community is growing to, and how many people have been affected by this game, me included.

So here's where I boast like CRAZY about the fact that Sean "Day[9]" Plott has been interviewed by...... FORBES MAGAZINE!

So, before anything else, I apologize, but to whoever who commented on who, what, when and how Day[9] is and should be, this is for you.

Day[9] is on FORBES.

Are you?! :)

I honestly don't think that I'm a mean person. But DON'T ever step on my tail. You never know what you'll be getting yourself into. :) Read his interview and enjoy! This will be especially enjoyable to e-gamers, LIKE ME <3

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/09/06/sean-day9-plott-talks-starcraft-esports-and-nerd-pride/
P/S: The video at the end of the interview, if you do have 2 hours to spare, please watch. It made me cry. :')


Love, Sheryl1986 <3



FormSpring Question: Relationships!

I have a Formspring account and I was asked a "weird" question today. So the question was: 


"If a guys cries in front of you, because you had hurt him, what does it mean?" 


The reason why I think this question is weird is because, never ever have I considered myself good in relationships. In fact, I don't think I'm quite good at it. But then again, since I've been asked, I might as well answer it properly. But before I get sued or whatever:

DISCLAIMER: All thoughts poured out here are of my own opinions. It is based on personal experiences and no thorough research has been done on this issue. Therefore, do not hold on to my advises and then sue me later, ok? :P 


So, back to the question. If you have hurt a guy somehow, and he cries? I can come up with a few reasons:

• He really is hurt. No explanation needed. 
• He trusted you, and you broke his heart. This could only mean one thing, he will never trust you in the same way he ever did. 
• He has lost all hope on you. Again, no explanation needed.

If it's the first option, there are certain things you can do to "brighten his day". The best thing is to take him on a date, like how he would to you. Just basically "manja" him, but don't overdo it. Just make him realize that you really care about him, and apologize a million times until he accepts it and forgets the whole thing. Secret? They will never forget what you did. 

If it's the 2nd option, your relationship won't last very long. Because no relationship will last without trust. Trust is a HUGE part of your relationship. It takes a lot of work to trust someone, and sometimes, you may never ever trust someone. This goes to show that you're not with the right person yet. Or at least that's what I think. 

If it's the 3rd option, again, your relationship wouldn't last. I mean, ask yourself. Why would a guy be with someone whom he has lost hope on? And I would agree with him. 

Personally, the right way to feel about a guy, and a guy about a girl, should be that, "I can live just as happily as I can without him, I just choose not to". 

Again, I am not a professional and I believe that everyone has their soulmate. Every one has to find the wrong person, to know that they've found the right one. This is my personal motto. Please do not hold on to every word I say and then sue me after that. The disclaimer is up there. READ IT!

I also believe that everyone deserves to be in love, and stay in love. SPREAD THE LOVE! <3 

Love, Sheryl1986 <3 

Update: Missing in Action!

Hey guys! I know I've been kinda MIA and all. Sorta had to take a break from blogging and going online in general. My physical health is in really bad condition. This update isn't going to be too nice, because I sorta have been sick and just wanna update those of you who really care about me :)

Since last Tuesday/Wednesday, I've been very very ill. It was worst in the first few days. I felt very nauseous and kept throwing up. I've basically been vomiting everything that I've been eating, and it's been going on for almost a week. I've been to a doctor whom thinks that this is hormonal, as it happened one day after I got my period. She gave me some anti-vomit medication. The pills don't work AT ALL! I'm supposed to take one before I eat. Did the routine twice and I still threw up anyway, TWICE! So when I told my bf, he thought that I have food poisoning and advised me to eat charcoal tablets. I still threw up a few times after that, and to be honest, has not stopped. Today, he asked me if it was psychological. I got quite "defensive", as I was bulimic/anorexic for almost 3 years! But he asked if I was stressed or anxious about anything. I told him that the only thing I was anxious about was that he isn't here. So in terms of my physical condition, I'm not feeling too well and I still am super nauseous and I just had dinner :(

Within the past week, I have learned a very valuable/expensive lesson. This lesson involves me not thinking with my emotions. This is and has always been a very bad habit of mine. But I realize now, that nothing good can come out of using emotions. However, thinking with your head, can make you seem brilliant and smart! I really learned my lesson, and cannot wait to put my lessons into actions :)

Again, please subscribe to my YouTube channel as I have posted up another short video. Can't wait to make more! Please subscribe and do leave some nice comments ok? Enjoy!

Love, Sheryl1986 <3 

P/S: do leave a comment if you have an idea of what I can do a video of? (ie. a certain shopping mall or certain retail store, etc).  

Anger and Rage vs. Diplomacy part 2!

If you have read the post before this, you would understand what I'm saying. But here, I would like to stress on how "two-faced" people can be. They could be smiling to you and nodding to you, but behind your back, they are bitching about you like nobody's business.

Through this ordeal that Cempaka Schools is going through, I learned a lot. About anger, rage, job security, diplomacy, elegance, experience, and many more. Sometimes, what you see, is not what you get, and don't ever bite off more than you can chew. I think what people don't realize about this ordeal, is that an innocent party was literally spat on, IN PUBLIC (as this malicious and vindictive letter was posted on Tumblr.com). No matter how "uncouth" you are, you shouldn't do this to people. I believe in defamation. Although I hate hypocrites, and in all honesty, I have blogged privately about how much I hate and resent them, I have never once mentioned their names. I don't think it's right, and I don't think it's in anyway honorable. If you believe that someone has done something wrong, judge for yourself and then let it go!

To be honest, I was relatively close with Mr. North. In actual fact, in the back of my naive and stupid mind, I thought we could be friends. Miss Samantha, made known to public, was a very close friend of mine. But now, look at what they did. They betrayed me, by doing this to my "family". They hurt so many students of which I care for, and they obviously hurt someone whom I look up to. Although I would like to watch what I type, I don't think that they deserve it anymore. Samantha used to tell me how upset she was as no one understood how she felt, and we would vent to each other. But look what happened? She un-friended me on facebook, she won't reply my messages, etc. She took our friendship like water. Something that could be thrown away whenever she wanted to. This was not how I felt. She even mentioned that we could be good friends, even after she left the school. I had known that she wanted to go back to the UK. But I didn't know that she would leave this way. Do you honestly think that I could befriend someone like this? TOTALLY NOT WORTH MY TEARS!

And then, the people whom I'm MOST UPSET with, are the so-called "Cempakans" who turned their backs so quickly when this happened. I haven't been a "Cempakan" as long as these people have. They studied their secondary school here. I only did my A-Levels here. And even then, I had decided that this was the place which I love, and came back here to work. Don't ever forget, that you are where you at because of this school. I'm not really sure of the mechanics, but coming to a school like this, and not taking advantage of it, is a complete waste! Take this from a person who was in a secondary school and the only musical I've ever been in was "My Fair Lady" and "The King and I". And even then, music was from a CD, the costumes we had to rent. We didn't even have our own costumes. No skin mikes. You had to hold a microphone and sing into the mike. Can you imagine how uncomfortable that is? Well, lucky for you, you won't have to. Seriously, the sports and arts programmes in Cempaka is totally amazing! I'm only starting to pick up sports now and be more active now. That's like 17 years too late! But it's okay. Thank you Cempaka for Senior Games Carnival. BEST IDEA EVER! :)

All in all, this ordeal has taught me a lot. The biggest lesson I learned was not to trust people as much as I used to. I have this problem and my boyfriend told me the same thing. I trust people too much, and then I get hurt by them. Big thing for me to watch out for.

I have been scolded and yelled at in terms of me not doing my job properly. What happens after that? I definitely don't do what they did. I buck up and try harder at doing my job better. If it's not enough, then the company has a right to fire me, of which I understand they have done to some ex-staff who are "joining in the fun of Mr. North". This is really dumb and petty of them.

I know that this is a long post. But I feel that I have a story to tell as well. Everyone thinks that I am a "bootlicker". Call me whatever you want. You're just jealous cos I have a stable job and you're now out there, jobless. And think about this really hard. Who would wanna hire someone who does this to an organization when they leave? You just jeopardized your own chances of ever getting a stable job, you morons!

It may sound like I'm taking sides, but I'm actually not. I'm just saying how this ordeal affects me personally. I promise to blog about more viable things in the future, but this one, I have to rant out.

Love, Sheryl1986 <3

P/S: Look out for my haul video which *hopefully* will be out within the next 2 weeks. :)