Kenny Sia
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Kenny Sia |
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| Origin | Kuching, Malaysia | |
| Date of Birth | 27 November 1982 | |
| Occupation | IT Management | |
Kenny Sia Tze Fook 谢致富 (27th November 1982-) is a Malaysian who is prominently associated with his blog kennysia.com
Blog Slogan : when routine isn't exactly normal
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Personal life
Kenny Sia was born and raised in Kuching, Malaysia. In 1997, he moved to Perth, Australia to pursue further studies. He graduated from Beaufort College in 1998 and Curtin University in 2003, with a Bachelor's degree in Physics and an Honours degree in Electronic & Communication Engineering. He worked with Spectra Engineering as an engineer before returning to Kuching in March 2005.
He is currently working full-time in the IT-management field, and besides authoring kennysia.com, he also writes a regular column in KLue Magazine. He leads a low-profile life as he frequently stresses the importance of maintaining his privacy in Kuching. He openly states that he hopes his family and people in Kuching do not discover his blog to avoid misunderstandings in his life.
Kenny is able to speak and write in English, Malay and Chinese. He is also able to converse fluently in Hokkien. Sometimes he uses Manglish in his blog to parody ah beng culture in Malaysia.[1]
Sometimes he consults Feng Shui masters when he needs to make major decisions.[2]
Blog
He blogs through kennysia.com. He started to blog in January of 2005 so as to "chronicle the drastic changes over that tumulous period" of his life.[3]
His blog comprises a myriad of topics: satire and crude humour, day-to-day life, personal experiences, his travels, product reviews and politics. He also blogs about his hometown Kuching, and Perth. He writes with a good sense of humor. Some of the articles have generated vigorous discussions, as some find the articles controversial, and even potentially offensive. However, Kenny generally maintains a hands-off attitude on the comments unless he sees the need to reply or intervene.
He frequently satirises international and local celebrities, his fellow bloggers, and himself, often using photoshopped pictures. However this has led some readers to criticise Kenny for insensitivity. Ironically some companies parodied by Kenny have sent him free gifts as appreciation.
He is a spokesperson of many commercial products, and gets money and free gifts for promoting various products ranging from shoes to cellphones.
Kenny Sia expressed his disdain towards blog elitism, which is rampant in the Malaysian blogosphere, where popular bloggers tend to dictate blogging "rules" and interfere with other bloggers' blog contents. He admitted that he has a bad relationship with some of the prominent Malaysian bloggers due to elitism. He is a firm believer in freedom of blog expression. He coined the term "Bloglitics" to describe the political nature of blog critics.[4] He once commented that he dislikes some of the blog layouts and he parodied such blogs by creating a fancy blog with crazy frog video.[5]
Each post has a "Podcast" feature where the audience can choose to listen to his post verbally.
Kenny Sia is currently a supporter of Bloggers United campaign to defend the freedom of speech in Malaysian blogsphere.
Popularity
Kenny Sia's blog has won a number of awards, such as PPS Blog of the Year 2005. His blog occupies a fairly high ranking in Technorati.[6] Although Kenny Sia is from Malaysia, he is more popular amongst Singaporeans. [7] In 2005, his blog was nominated for the Asian Blog of the Year Award. [8]
He appeared in one of the The MrBrown Show podcasts as a guest.
Controversy
Kenny Sia came under heavy criticism for posting a naked picture of Isabella Tan aka SarongPartyGirl. He also received attention in several posts related to religion and politics. He responded by posting less and publishing milder content in the posts that followed.[9]
Trivia
- Kenny Sia is keen to lose weight. He goes to fitness center regularly.
- Kenny Sia frequently goes to the Hilton Hotel to spend his quality evening.
- Kenny's favourite food is the Kuching Kolo mee.[10]
- Kenny Sia is a frequent casual traveller.
- Kenny Sia has a liking towards abstract art.
- Xiaxue, a Singaporean blogger, asked Kenny Sia to marry her. He rejected her in a parodical way.
- Kenny Sia is in a very good relationship with fellow blogger Nicole Tan.
See also
References
- ^ Kennysia : Writing An Ah Beng Blog. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
- ^ Kennysia : What The Fortune Teller Said. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
- ^ kennysia.com: About Me. Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
- ^ Kennysia.com : Bloglitics. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
- ^ Kennysia.com : Blogskin Sins. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
- ^ Technorati Search: www.kennysia.com. Retrieved on October 29, 2006.
- ^ Kenny Sia comes to town. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
- ^ Asia Blog of the Year. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
- ^ Kennysia.com : kennysia.com Turns Two. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
- ^ Kennysia : Authentic Kuching Kolo Mee. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
External links
- Kenny Sia's blog
- Kenny Sia's autobiography
- "Popular blogger - Kenny Sia", The Urban Wire (Ngee Ann Polytechnic newspaper), 16 July 2005. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
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