there's this blog post (not blog) that's been making news all over Yahoo! 360. the blogger talked about her unpleasant experience in Hanoi in an unplesant manner that has attracted all the wrong kinds of outrageous attention.

don't be too curious. the blog entry is in Vietnamese. and the writer's a Saigoner, who calls herself a Saigonese. The difference? seems to me that Saigoner refers to people per se, and Saigonese is like an adjective.

thing is, even the sinful "Fucking Ha Loi" title doesn't deserve the unfair "celebration" of boorish linguistic obscenity (i shall not further elaborate. a bit off-colour for the decent me). people hurl the worst of vulgarities to the best of their ability.

Disclaimer: "Ha Loi" is a jeer at the Northern pronunciation of Hanoi, as N becomes L. not my intention to insult any one. just a quote in verbatim.

anyway, i think this is like a case of reverse psychology. the Saigonese blogger simply related her experience, which might be untrue. but its "intensity" provoked the target people to behave in the exact manner she was implying. simply shows that she might well be right =)

yeah, it's unfair not only because the responses to her entry have so far been out of proportion, but also because it's only an entry, not a blog, not the blogger herself. Human Nature in the limelight! we only consume what we're fed with. most people who commented on the blog post do not even know the girl. neither do they take any time reading on her blog. they were there and commented simply because someone sent them the link. and they were curious.

i think the blogger's a hell of a personality. just a few other blog entries and i realize she's experienced things that even i would wish to. she has deep feelings, sensible humour, and i wouldn't be too surprised if she has much more than that.

that's better than many of the sinful commenters out there, who have never seen beyond the walls of classrooms, whom i'm calling commenters out of desperate courtesy!

okay i gotta get back to my exam revision. done with statistics, which was managable considering the mere 8 hours i spent =) must thank Michelle and Asher and Ray and Sherly and especially Xin Yi. The real killer comes this Wednesday. and the ordeal will be over at 12pm Thursday!