Tuesday, March 23, 2010

What Photoshop does for Xiaxue!

Bah, I also kepoh max wanna blog about Xiaxue's solemnization! Really such a big hullaballu over just a solemnization. You know where my sister's solemnization took place?? In the Civil Registration office then after that go home tidur!!

Eh wait...

Solemnization is the one got rings and I-do whatever nonsense kah? Ok fine, then my sister's took place in a church. After that, a semi-fancy lunch. LOL!! Sorry, little confused.

Anywhooo, I was looking at all her wedding photos on her blog (just like about 30,000 other internet junkies out there I suppose) then I actually bothered to click on the extra photo links she provided, which reveal un-Photoshopped wedding photos on the official photographers' blogs!

In my honest opinion, the real photos are much funner to look at! No, not because I wanna go "hohoho, she's so hideous irl!" cause I happen to already know that and like her despite it.

But because you get a feeling that what you're looking at is real and true and not just a vain fallacy. I'd prefer looking at real, ugly photos rather than fake, pretty ones any day. I don't like to feel cheated. But that's just me.

(Which is why I stopped Photoshopping months ago. And because it's also extremely bleeping tedious T_T)

Compare this (so chio hor!)...
A fake Photoshopped (by her) photo of Xiaxue at her solemnization to...

This...
The real actual photo without any touch-ups, after being tended to by "the best make up artist in sg. If you are lucky enough to know the two of them [Clarence Lee and Keith Png, her dress designer] together they have the power to make you look fucking gorgeous!!! LOLOL" - Text credited to Xiaxue's blog.

Another one...

(I've realized through training that all you really need to do is fix your jawline and it'll improve your whole look very significantly.)



Now will people finally start believing that she Photoshops herself silly and isn't actually that gorgeous at all?! I mean, she unabashedly admits it for everyone to read, except that most people are usually so gobsmacked by her fake beauty that they don't bother reading captions.

(I have a personal vendetta against people who don't read captions. Sorry lol.)

And still there are people reluctant to believe me when I inform them that her photos are not real. Haiyah, this is why got what some fucking Nigeria scam can happen la, too many gullible people in this damn world wtf!

She does already look much prettier than her usual self cause after all it is her wedding day (sort of), but the Photoshop before and after's are still plenty shocking!

Amazing right? From this...

You can become this. A quintessential Asian Barbie doll.

Now you know what a little (or a lot) of Photoshop can do for you and just how powerful a tool it is to master :D

(Wow, I almost sound like an advert for Adobe Photoshop.)

Don't ever believe what you see. On the internet and in magazines, photos can be so, so deceiving.

Her solemnization is so chio though! Pity no church, but the Italian Mafia theme is such a cool and creative idea. Trust Xiaxue to be anything but ordinary, even where her wedding is concerned!

For more of her "real" solemnization photos, go to the photographers' blogs HERE and HERE. I'm surprised she didn't threaten the photographers with her big guns not to display any un-Photoshopped photos, lol! Cause very seldom do you ever get to see any real photos of her.

Though I guess when blogging is your entire career, like it is for Xiaxue, the perfect image is everything.

Anyway, this is the reason why I don't feel jealous of Xiaxue very often. Yes, she's blessed with love, riches, fame and kickass blogging skills. But God balanced it out by throwing in some less-than-ideal looks. Maybe sometimes you really just can't have it all?



P/S: For people who love to misinterpret, the tone of this post is not spiteful, it's supposed to be informative. And I suppose a tiny bone for all the girls out there who are jealous of Xiaxue's money, love and beauty. I'm a regular reader and in some aspects she is truly beyond lucky. Wishing the Asian queen of blogging a long and happy marriage!


P/P/S: Are you a blogger too? Have you noticed that lately much fewer posts than usual are showing up on the main page of your blog? Maybe even only 1 or 2? This, friends and foes, is the work of Auto-Pagination!

As long as you have a Blogspot blog, big or small, new or old, you are gonna be affected by the new Auto-Pagination restriction, whether in a good or bad way. Most bloggers as of right now hate Auto-Pagination. Anything with the word "automatic" can't be good when it involves blogs.

For me, Auto-Pagination sucks balls. I was doing just fine without Auto-Pagination, and now I have a stunted main page, and my poor readers (those who bother) need to keep clicking Older Posts. And what's gonna happen if I wanna change to the Classic HTML template?! :(

If you care at all about your blog, I suggest you read up about Auto-Pagination as much as you can (I've provided links), then figure out how it's affecting you and if you like it or not. And then decide what you're gonna do about it. Good luck!

Links from Blogger Buzz and The Real Blogger Status provide information only. If you want to hear opinions and find out how AP will affect your blog and what you can do about it, the Blogger Help Forum links are what you want.

Auto Pagination on Blogger - Blogger Buzz
Auto Pagination Feature Receiving Mixed Review - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination Is Not Optional - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination And Broken Links To Archive And Main Pages - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination And The Difference Between Blog And Static Web Sites - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination And Read More Solutions - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination And Shared Network Resources - The Real Blogger Status
Auto Pagination  - Good or Bad - Blogger Help Forum
A Generic Auto-Pagination Problem - Blogger Help Forum
Please remove Auto Pagination - NOBODY LIKES IT - Blogger Help Forum (Lol Xiaxue posted this. She's obviously very pissed off by it.)

It's like Google/Blogger created this stupid Auto-Pagination to make their jobs easier and at the same time screw up all their bloggers' lives and annoy the hell out of everybody! Ugh.


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