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Revision as of 01:41, 3 February 2011 by Riceandsushi (talk | contribs) (→Controversies)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Xiaxue is the pseudonym of Wendy Cheng, a Singaporean blogger and freelance writer. She has won the titles of "Region's Best Blog", "Most Influential Blog" and "Best Blog Design" in the Asia Pacific Blog Awards. She writes about things that everyday people go through but have never spoken about and presents them from a refreshing POV. Her website has been added to the National Library Board's list of blogs for archival.
She co-starred in a reality television programme called Girls Out Loud. In 2008 she started hoating a fortnightly series, Xiaxue's Guide To Life, on the web which is still ongoing. In these episodes, she teaches people how to do everything. From changing the diapers of a baby to painting a self portrait.
Controversies
On July 20, 2005, Wendy's blog was hacked into and defaced; the hackers also gained access to her gmail account and deleted many of her e-mails. She eventually regained access to her blog and e-mail account, and made a police report.
In October 2005, Xiaxue criticized a disabled man who scolded an able-bodied man for trying to use the handicapped toilet. The former had not locked the door and the latter had opened. Two of her three then-sponsors terminated their endorsement deals with her as a result of the post.
Xiaxue was accused of making a racist post in December 2005. The post was about how foreign workers spray foam spray in faces of girls in Orchard Road during Christmas Celebrations, then molest them while the girl is trying the wipe the foam away. A netizen started a petition to have the authorities take enforcement action, by banning her from Orchard Road. Needless to say, the petition failed.
In July 2008, blogger Dawn Yang launched a lawsuit against Cheng for allegedly defamatory remarks made in a blog post on June 30.
Personal life
The blogger was engaged to American Michael Sayre in December 2009, whom she allegedly met online.
She married Michael Sayre on 13 March 2010 at Italian restaurant Forlino.
References
- Does blogger deserve a place in S'pore's history?, http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/Features/Story/A1Story20080110-44388.html
- Girl Power Blogger Takes Singapore By Storm, http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/21/xiaxue.blog
- "Don't let attacks bog down your blog",The Straits Times, 27 March 2007
- Chua Hian Hou, "Blocked out of their own blogs", The Straits Times, 22 July 2005
- Jeremy Au Yong, "Toilet blog whips up more stink", The Sunday Times, 6 November 2005
- Jeremy Au Yong, "All flushed over toilet blog", The Sunday Times, 30 November 2005
- Serene Luo, "Hard-hitting blogger flushed with success", The Straits Times, 31 December 2005
- ^ Arlina Ashad, "Netizen petitions against blog", The Straits Times, January 29, 2006.
- Debbie Yong, "Xiaxue won't say sorry to Dawn", The Straits Times, 23 July 2008
- Blogger Xiaxue's web proposal,http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_466754.html