Suggestions for new names for my blog are very welcome! I feel that the name I have right now isn't completely representative of my whole blog since not even the majority of my blog posts focus on food. For example there are blog posts about bedtime stories, video game reviews, and cryptozoology. David suggested the name "Katrina Wong's All-Purpose Blog" but I don't want my blog to sound like a hardware store.
I have toyed with the idea of taking this blog in the direction of... fashion! Okay, so I don't work in anything to do with fashion (at the moment I work in a software company, you don't get much further away from the fashion industry as that!) and most of the clothes I buy are on sale (because I'm Azn, yo... and also a student). BUT maybe that's the whole point! Maybe I can introduce the world to the joys of buying cheap clothes, and haggling to the death in countries that permit such things.
As a side note: tips for people who are considering going to Malaysia for the wonderfully cheap clothing...
- Always aim to pay no more 50% of what the vendor asks for
- Buying in bulk seems to work pretty well, in terms of reducing the price for ya. For this reason I have lots of dresses that are the same but in different colours.
- If you can get away with it (i.e. if you appear Asian, even the tiniest bit so), ham up the accent to seem more like a local, you will get much better prices than you would if they knew that you were a tourist from a relatively wealthy Western country
- Lots of clothes are sold in outdoor markets, which don't have fitting rooms, so heaps of the dresses are one-size-fits-all! Amaze! It's just a matter of cleverly inserting elastic into things, really.
Ahh, another digression!
I've been surfing the net and browsing all manner of fashion blogs for inspiration, but one thing that they all seem to share is a penchant for expensive fashion (I'm talking paying more than AUD$20 for a dress, so really, I mean "pretty affordable fashion but expensive by my cheap-ass standards"). But you don't HAVE to spend $20 on a dress! There are lots of good ones out there for $10! Perhaps I buy the occasional dress at full price for $24.95, but that's when I *really* can't wait until it's on sale. (Seriously I am so cheap that I didn't even buy a new dress for my 21st, instead I recycled the one I wore to my 19th, and hoped nobody would remember).
Edit: I have a guilty confession to make... I actually bought a dress for $29.50 yesterday. I was in Melbourne and took the opportunity to indulge in some proper shopping. Also, everything happened to be on sale anyway and I got this particular dress at 50% off, reduced from $59! So it was a bargain.
However, as much as I would like to start a fashion blog, I also have several hurdles to overcome:
- My wardrobe isn't the *most* interesting or stylish you'll ever see... Basically it's just a collection of dresses. I don't wear trousers because I'm a shorty and can never find trousers that I won't trip over in, and I don't seem to feel the cold as much as the average person does, so there isn't even much diversity in my wardrobe in terms of seasonal clothing. My winter wardrobe is essentially my summer wardrobe, with the addition of cardigans and tights.
- I don't have a whole bunch of fancy looking jewellery or accessories to complement my clothes. Last year we were the victims of an unfortunate incident of theft whereby my jewellery box got stolen. But I found the silver lining! Now I am finally able to do that thing that all the magazines say, that's it's best to have a small collection of classic, timeless pieces that will go with everything. So my jewellery collection is small but pretty classic and timeless, and I am trying to restrain myself from getting too many pieces of costume-type jewellery that isn't as versatile.
- I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea of taking photos of myself and posting them up all over the world wide web for all the world to see. There are creepy people out there, including people who get creepy when the whole concept of photos-of-an-Asian-girl is involved.
- Even if I did get more comfortable with the idea of my photos on the web, I don't have a camera so as to be able to take said photos.
- Even if I did have a camera, I don't know how to do that thing where you get photos off the camera and on to the computer. Something to do with USB cables? Or Bluetooth? Though I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who do know how to do this, who wouldn't mind explaining the process to me.
Anyway maybe these are all excuses... maybe the world needs a fashion blog about affordable clothes that your everyday-Jane type of person can wear, as opposed to clothes that only uber-stylish people wear.
If anyone has any suggestions for a new name or direction for this blog please comment and let me know :)
Dearie me Kitty. You and technology are not friends. That is so un-Asian of you it's actually kind of hurting my brain to think about it. Alternatively, I just have a headache.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the name "Katrina Wong's All-Purpose Blog" sounding like a hardware store name. I'm thinking of changing mine, only slightly, to "Fatshion Hustlings". See the subtle difference there? As for yours, hmmm... "Nintenfoodshion - Because Asian Fusion is so passe". What do you think? :P
Loving the tomato background, btw. I considered using that picture but then thought nah, because I don't like tomatoes enough to be able to justify it. Jelly beans, however, are a very significant food to me.
Your excuses are valid, particularly the one about worrying about creepy stalkers. Thing is though, they can't ACTUALLY stalk you unless they know where you live. Which they don't. Anyway, there are plenty of people who reject trousers (they're a pain in the arse for fatties, for one thing) and plenty still who don't really do much with accessories, including yours truly. Fashion blogs are about wearing things that make you feel good and you wanting to share them with the world.
I like how you seem to have the Nintendo game/food thing working for you. If you throw fashion in there too, then that's a few things to focus on. Mine's basically about fashion, fat acceptance (and therefore inevitably about types of stigmatisation in general) and self-acceptance. The "hustlings" part of my name is originally from a song, but I think it suits me well, because I seem to keep leap-frogging from country to country, hustling around, never staying still.
It's your blog, Kitty-wah. Make it what you want it to be.
Uhm ... it's not easy find a right name for a blog that talks about many different things (and for me it's difficult 'cause I'm not english) ... Katrina's eclectic world :)
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