He Married A ...(Gasp) MAN..

and he doesn't give a rat ass! He loves the guy - his wife (the are legally married in the UK) - whom he met in Kuala Lumpur.

They're in his home country -- the UK -- now.

Ian Young and his Malaysian wife, Fatine ( who was born Mohammed Fazdil Bin Min Bahari), were happy after they got married. His family and friends accepted her for what she was and is.
But Fatine now faces deportation because of some immigration problems with regards to his, I mean, her passport.

Of course, if and when Fatine is forced ro return home to Malaysia, it won't be hunky-dory. Poor chap.

Here's Ian's story that was published in The Sun (of the UK).

WHEN Ian Young sat down next to a beautiful woman in a packed cafe in Kuala Lumpur, he had no idea they would one day be married.

Nor did he know that his pretty companion was a man.

In just three years, Ian has gone from being a straight lad from Derby - who was with his previous girlfriend for eight years - to being in a full-time same-sex relationship.

Ian married 36-year-old Fatine, who is a pre-op transsexual, in a British civil partnership ceremony in May.

But now Fatine faces deportation back to Malaysia, where homosexuality is ILLEGAL.

Ian, 30, who owns his own property maintenance company, says: "I know it is hard for people to understand but I love Fatine. I feel lucky to have met such a caring, wonderful person.

"It doesn't matter to me that she is a transsexual - it's the person she is inside that I care about and love.

"I can't contemplate the idea of us not being together. I look at her and see a beautiful woman."

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Blogging Moms Wooed By Food Firms

And waddya know. You can make something out of blogging. I'll say!
I know that this is happening, to some extent in Malaysia. Some foodie bloggers do get invited to "review" dishes in restaurants and cafes.

Of course, the question of ethics comes in.
But what ethics are blogger bound by? Journalists of traditional media have got their "rules" and
honor code".

Here's a Los Angeles Times story about how food firms have found a shrewd marketing ploy by courting blogging moms:

Reporting from Los Angeles and Fort Wayne, Ind. - On most days, Andrea Deckard can be found in her home office, digging through stacks of coupons and grocery receipts for money saving tips and recipes that she can share with readers of her Mommy Snacks blog.

That is, when the stay-at-home mom isn't being wined and dined by giant food companies.

Earlier this year, Frito-Lay flew her to Los Angeles to meet celebrities such as model Brooke Burke and the Spice Girls' Mel B, while pitching her on its latest snack ad campaign.

More recently, Nestle paid to put her and 16 other so-called "mommy bloggers" -- and one daddy blogger -- up at the posh Langham Huntington hotel in Pasadena, treated them to a private show at the Magic Castle in Hollywood and sent packages of frozen Omaha Steaks to their families to tide them over while the women were away learning all about the company's latest product lines.

In return, Deckard and her virtual sisterhood filed Twitter posts raving about Nestle's canned pumpkin, Wonka candy and Juicy Juice drinks.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

How cool is that?
But, bummer if we have to deal with the ethics issue!

Getting That Instant Attention From The Guys

I'm way past wanting to attract guys. Let's get that straight.
I've got my Antonio and don't need no other -- period!
Fidelity is my middle name, people. I shan't speak on his behalf. He is, after all from the planet of the male specie. They think using a different part of their brain and they breathe a different kind of air.

Now, I cannot resist telling everyone about things that I read -- man-woman stuff.
Here's one such:

According to a new study, a person’s physical appearance allows others to form surprisingly accurate first impressions. So you may want to think twice about what kind of image you’re projecting with these traits dudes check out immediately. Now find out 18 things that that he won't notice!

1. Your Smile

Does it seem sweet and genuine? Does it seem awkward and forced? Does it seem like you ate a sesame-seed and parsley salad for lunch based on what’s lodged between every single one of your teeth? Steal these tips to glam up your grin.

2. Your Hair

Guys have no idea what split ends are, and if you mention roots, they just think of the band. But they do look to see if your hair looks 1. soft and 2. as though it would smell good. So don’t request “The Gosselin” at the salon, and wash it every so often. That’s all guys ask. If it's time for a cut, our Ultimate Hair Makeover Tool will hook you up with ideas for a killer new style.

3. Your Cleavage

Newsflash: Dudes like to look at your chest. (They aren't the only ones who like to compare cleavage. We're addicted to this new game.) Now, that’s not to say they think all women should unbutton their shirts to their bellybuttons at funerals. (Though really, who are guys to judge?) But they will notice how you’re showing off what you’ve got. Read our tips to make your cleavage even sexier.

4. Your Skin

You know that blemish you’ve been obsessing over all day because it’s so huge? Chances are guys won’t even notice. What will they notice? If you look like a jaundiced Oompa-Loompa because of overenthusiastic tanning. Another reason to Practice Safe Sun.

Now here's what I have to say.

Okay. Run through that already?

Isn't it amazing what these experts are tellling you. That guys are so goddam superficial.

What a load of bull!

I Want To Hang My Laundry Out To Dry!

One day, this will happen to us in good old Malaysia -- when we cannot even hang our clothes out to dry.

This is sheer madness and an infringement of our rights.

Somewhere in the US of A, where not everything is of milk and honey, some house-owners are fighting to hang out their laundry under the sun.

Can you ust imagine that?

Take a look at this Reuters report:

PERKASIE, Pennsylvania – Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.

Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal.

Although there are no formal laws in this southeast Pennsylvania town against drying laundry outside, a town official called Froehlich to ask her to stop drying clothes in the sun. And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.

"They said it made the place look like trailer trash," she said, in her yard across the street from a row of neat, suburban houses. "They said they didn't want to look at my 'unmentionables.'"

Froehlich says she hangs her underwear inside. The effervescent 54-year-old is one of a growing number of Americans demanding the right to dry laundry on clotheslines despite local rules and a culture that frowns on it. READ THE FULL STORY....

(Picture:From Reuters of Carin Froehlich with her granddaughter Ava hanging some laundry in the front yard of her residence in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, November 12, 2009)

Boy, Am I Glad My Partner's Not An Actor...

You betcha...
Let me say that once again -- boy, am I glad my partner's not an actor... especially not one in Hollywood.

Can you just imagine going through a relationship with a man who makes a living having to caress, kiss and kiss and kiss and smooch other women....even if it was acting, faking it all??

Tha's how some actresses get hooked up and into a relationship with their leading men...and vice versa.

So not cool for me.

I can imagine myself as an actress, in Hollywood, of course, having to take on roles that require me to be physical with another.

So, as you can see, I'm so not into that mould. And so cannot understand the whole acting thing.

Taking things nearer to home, or back to home...still not for me. Nor for my partner.

Oh..you know. All those dialogues must be said with feelings and emotions. Can get carried away to dangerous waters. Have been known to happen.

Shudder.

Thank God, we're not actors.