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09 July 2008
Short Talk:
As a prelude to Rainforest World Music Fest, SingleTrackMind is doing a mini beach concert with a couple of local bands at the Damai Beach Resort, Kuching. Worth checking out if you enjoy live music.
Doing Karen Cheng
This is a story about Karen Cheng.
Karen Cheng is a Perth mother of two who runs a popular blog at karencheng.com.au.
Karen has a typical mummy blog where she shares snippets of her life, covering topics such as women's lifestyle, parenting and fashion.
Karen Cheng also has a very peculiar habit.
Whenever Karen is dressed up nice, she will go in front of a large mirror, whip out her digital camera, snap a photo of herself in the mirror, and then upload it onto her blog.
99% of the time, her camera will be fully visible, her eyes glancing downwards towards her camera, and her head tilted slightly to the left as she does that.
She does this so often, her readers even have a name for it.
They dub it... "The Karen Cheng pose".
One day, Karen received an email from one of her readers.
The reader told her that they were going out for dinner when spotted this large mirror. Since they were all dressed up nice, they decided to take a photo of themselves doing "The Karen Cheng Pose".
SariPartyGirl doing the Karen Cheng pose
A few days later, she received a similar e-mail from another reader. And then another. And another.
Without even realising, Karen has stumbled across a winning formula.
Girls + Nice Dress + Self-Photography = Big Internet Hit.
Before you know it, a Facebook group was created, 1,104 people joined, 664 people posted photos of themselves doing "The Karen Cheng Pose", TVs, newspapers and magazines go crazy over it, and a full-blown internet phenomenom has well and truly taken off.
Karen was on holiday in Singapore last weekend with her husband to celebrate her 30th birthday.
Since she has many Singaporean readers, Karen came up with this a crazy idea to combine camwhoring with charity.
Her plan is to get everyone together at one place, do the "Karen Cheng" pose with THE Karen Cheng in front of a mirror, and get each person to donate SGD$10 towards the Singapore Red Cross.
Coincidentally, I was also in Singapore during the same time to attend my high school friend's wedding, so after some e-mailing each other, I decided to pop into her private function when I was in town.
Waddya know?
Being a mostly girls event, there were babes.
Doing the Karen Cheng with Karen Cheng
More babes.
Doing the Karen Cheng with Sher and Huiwen
And even a dog.
Everyone was dressed up really nice to the point that it was like we're doing a fashion show.
The best part is? I was one of the very few guys there.
So this is what we do.
I was the luckiest man on Earth for 15 seconds.
Fun and games aside, Karen's little gathering did end up going to a good cause.
It was just a short two-hour thing, but over 100 people turned up for the event and raised in excess of SGD$2,000 (RM4,600) for Singapore Red Cross.
So this is a story of a 30-year-old mother of two from Perth, who loves fashion and camwhoring so much that she unwittingly started an internet trend, brought together many people, and ended up doing something very good for charity.
And the reason I'm writing about this?
Well, with so much drama and crap going on in blogging lately, I think we all deserve a little happy story. :)
:: Posted by Kenny at 6:58 PM | Link | Facebook It
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115 Comments:
doing a karen cheng? not bad huh considering how a habit of one person can develop into a phenomenon. and she used it wisely for a good cause. kudos to her.
Posted by: ohkulala at 09 July 2008 4:05 PM | Link to comment
Its stupid, wat karen cheng pose la, wat phenomenan la, we all gals do that pose all the time, even b4 she was born or smtg. Tats stupid
Posted by: nat at 09 July 2008 4:07 PM | Link to comment
Interesting :) so what do you call guys who dress up and take photos of themselves?
Posted by: Impressed at 09 July 2008 4:08 PM | Link to comment
To I'm A Chicken With No Name, you are a loser, seriously
Posted by: nat at 09 July 2008 4:09 PM | Link to comment
erk..
ini mcm pun ade. famous for no reason.
Posted by: maman at 09 July 2008 4:10 PM | Link to comment
haha...we knw bout that since we started 2 become what so called "girl" ...but we didnt bcum famous for that..:P
Posted by: jooh at 09 July 2008 4:11 PM | Link to comment
a very good charity event... salute...
Posted by: ford at 09 July 2008 4:12 PM | Link to comment
Charity...Very meaningful indeed!!!
Posted by: windwalker at 09 July 2008 4:18 PM | Link to comment
YOu are one lucky guy Kenny!
Posted by: Mr. Rajawang at 09 July 2008 4:19 PM | Link to comment
is that really karen cheng pose.... because i think many people already use this pose.... but however.... doing charity is good thing to done and we need always doing it...
Posted by: catega at 09 July 2008 4:21 PM | Link to comment
lol. the world is not fair. =) guys like looking at girls, so traffic flows if a woman camwhores in her blog, regardless of content. but you'll never hear of a guy becoming popular for a camwhore pose...oh wait, is there a kennysia pose? (male looking nonchalant while females are touching him?) grin grin.
Posted by: steph at 09 July 2008 4:24 PM | Link to comment
Umm ... did you purposely leave out the "The" in this post's title?
Posted by: Miss Loi at 09 July 2008 4:27 PM | Link to comment
I love Karen Cheng! Been reading her for a long time. Such a happy blog kan? =)
Posted by: Aishah at 09 July 2008 4:33 PM | Link to comment
Haha~ A pose can be soooooo popular!
And doing charity with it too! Nice!
Posted by: Reiko at 09 July 2008 4:34 PM | Link to comment
hmm nice of her to actually make good use outta a pose =D
Posted by: sue at 09 July 2008 4:34 PM | Link to comment
Lucky bastard... ;(
(right place at the right time....so to speak....)
Posted by: Fido Dido at 09 July 2008 4:44 PM | Link to comment
find Karen Cheng with the light blue dress ...picture number 4 ..
you can see her nipples..
Posted by: gapnap at 09 July 2008 4:47 PM | Link to comment
awww kenny.. i'll fly over too if you decide to hold your own kenny sia charity event!
Posted by: huiwen at 09 July 2008 4:50 PM | Link to comment
no offense really but wtf? whats so special about her? i know she did a good cause (charity) yes, but to reckon that she got famous from posing in front of the mirror and post the pics in her blog while women have been doing TKCP way before her is just plain ridiculous. well, just my 2 cents anyway.
Posted by: pineapple at 09 July 2008 4:54 PM | Link to comment
u look like a penguin in the blue shirt,kenny...not nice...
Posted by: fleet street at 09 July 2008 5:04 PM | Link to comment
Doing Karen Cheng. Haha. You better not let her husband see the blog title.
Posted by: May Zhee at 09 July 2008 5:06 PM | Link to comment
I have been to Karen Cheng's blog.
To me, she seems more famous among Singaporeans than Australians.
Posted by: Kym at 09 July 2008 5:11 PM | Link to comment
she looks nice..
Posted by: shun2u at 09 July 2008 5:18 PM | Link to comment
Kenny you look like a penguin.
Posted by: May Zhee at 09 July 2008 5:54 PM | Link to comment
Nice post !!
Posted by: ~T@!ra~ at 09 July 2008 5:57 PM | Link to comment
At last, something not unpleasant to read about.
Posted by: joy at 09 July 2008 6:04 PM | Link to comment
I read her blog too :D
Posted by: ahlost at 09 July 2008 6:06 PM | Link to comment
Read her blog too!Nice post
Posted by: Steven1996 at 09 July 2008 6:09 PM | Link to comment
-.-'' karen cheng pose ar? i do it all the time without looking at her blog even once.
actually all womans do it.. BUT still, at least it brings benefit to the society :)
Posted by: reen at 09 July 2008 6:58 PM | Link to comment
it is really a healthy and meaningful event! for a good cause:) i trust red cross instead of other unknown students who step to u when u are having lunch and ask for donation
Posted by: tw at 09 July 2008 7:15 PM | Link to comment
Wow, stmg new to me! if hv time, i wil try try Karen Cheng pose//(^^), it would be weird for a guy though.
Posted by: xjion89 at 09 July 2008 7:16 PM | Link to comment
MILF ALERT!!! Karen is a milf!!! Yes i know... i'm stating the obvious.
Posted by: Andrew at 09 July 2008 7:26 PM | Link to comment
how to contact the SariPartyGirl?
Posted by: DSvT at 09 July 2008 7:35 PM | Link to comment
you wore a satin collared shirt... you've been reading to many seduction manuals kenny...
Posted by: itchycock at 09 July 2008 7:41 PM | Link to comment
anyone can be famous all of a sudden. way to go karen cheng! =)
Posted by: Jitty at 09 July 2008 8:09 PM | Link to comment
guy + nice dress + self photography = DOnT DO IT KENNY !
Posted by: chee hong at 09 July 2008 8:59 PM | Link to comment
Seems that my kind will liberate Australia from the white skin
Posted by: Ah Beng at 09 July 2008 9:00 PM | Link to comment
This post is so refreshing! Thanks Kenny
Posted by: TY at 09 July 2008 9:53 PM | Link to comment
who?
Posted by: skim at 09 July 2008 9:57 PM | Link to comment
Kenny I give you SGD$10 to pose with me want?? Hee..
Posted by: nicki at 09 July 2008 10:18 PM | Link to comment
And I was wondering who was Karen Cheng? Thanks for the summary!
Posted by: dead_cockroach at 09 July 2008 11:14 PM | Link to comment
Actually i find that this pose is very normal.. i do it quite often when i try on clothes in shopping centres, just that the difference is.. i don't post it up on my blog... hmmm...
but again, she gained credits because of that... so we just have to congratulate her on that...
Posted by: GraceOng at 09 July 2008 11:22 PM | Link to comment
Never mind Karen Cheng - what's the make and model of her camera?
Posted by: Giant Sotong at 09 July 2008 11:53 PM | Link to comment
Nice tettas.... Wanna motorboat ... Brrrrrrrr ....Brrrrrrr...
Posted by: Mike Foo at 09 July 2008 11:58 PM | Link to comment
I like this this post very much. It adds to the balance that we are in a dire need of.
Posted by: Azman at 10 July 2008 2:24 AM | Link to comment
O... kenny u very lucky ho~ surround by bunch of GIRLS~!
Posted by: Senel at 10 July 2008 2:55 AM | Link to comment
Great post Kenny! You're always on top of the good stuff ;)
Posted by: Dave Lucas at 10 July 2008 3:55 AM | Link to comment
haha... good for you... :) *nods and agrees that there's a lot of bs that's running around lately...*
Posted by: YuV at 10 July 2008 8:52 AM | Link to comment
Kenny,
Looks like you're the guy with the biggest camera there!!
Posted by: cincaluk at 10 July 2008 9:11 AM | Link to comment
i read about this on FB prior to your post. u sure seem to always be at the right place at the right time eh?
Posted by: Jay at 10 July 2008 9:12 AM | Link to comment
Oh~~~~~~~
Now only i knew this is 'Karen Cheng pose',
This pose seem comes up very natural while try our clothes in fitting room.
PS: Kenny, nx time dont wear satin ok?
Posted by: rhu at 10 July 2008 9:29 AM | Link to comment
Nice of her to think of doing charity :)
Posted by: WP at 10 July 2008 9:35 AM | Link to comment
All for a good cause!
Posted by: The Horny Bitch at 10 July 2008 9:42 AM | Link to comment
That's why I said i always HATE you, Kenny. I also want to take pictures alone with the ladies!!!!!
Posted by: Karen Cheng's Opponent at 10 July 2008 9:47 AM | Link to comment
Yes we do..need a post like this.
Thanks for the lovely post.
Posted by: Selina at 10 July 2008 9:54 AM | Link to comment
nice story man. good to know that she used her newfound trend to good use- charity. it's also a brilliant pose for you to showcase your pic with a bevy of beauties ekekekeke
[howshouse.com]
Posted by: howshouse at 10 July 2008 10:15 AM | Link to comment
beautiful story. very heart warming :)
Posted by: jules at 10 July 2008 10:22 AM | Link to comment
LOL... I wonder Karen Cheng pose... well, no wonder it's become a phenomenon already
Posted by: Daniel at 10 July 2008 10:34 AM | Link to comment
isnt this something all camwhores do since like, cheap digital cams?
dont think it's a "karen cheng" rather the essential basic camwhore pose.
btw, saripartygirl did a better version coz got full boob view HAHAHAHAAHA!
Posted by: naeboo at 10 July 2008 10:38 AM | Link to comment
eh?!! u deleted link to xiaxue's blog from ur page????!!! hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........................
Posted by: misteri at 10 July 2008 11:27 AM | Link to comment
misteri, please refer to my reply in my 'Najib vs Anwar' entry.
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at 10 July 2008
11:30 AM | Link to comment
I heart Karen Cheng!
Posted by: savysugar at 10 July 2008 11:41 AM | Link to comment
hgahaha... i've always wondered who this person was..
Posted by: abby at 10 July 2008 11:50 AM | Link to comment
well, at least she put her new found fame for a food cause.....kudos to her!! :D
Posted by: racoon at 10 July 2008 12:28 PM | Link to comment
Nicely done :)
Posted by: Calvin at 10 July 2008 1:00 PM | Link to comment
HAHAHA.. Somehow I think that the picture is just too much.
Damn, all guys would be so envious
Posted by: alexis-marie at 10 July 2008 1:14 PM | Link to comment
Im a reader of Karen Cheng's blog. Saw ur pic in her blog and knew u would blog abt the event too... so typical of kenny siaaaaaaa.... *yawn*
Posted by: M at 10 July 2008 1:21 PM | Link to comment
I looked at the pics u took .. whah lau eh.. you very fat and short la. what a fantastic fatty blogger from malaysia. I pressume you face willl get fatter as you blog along the years since you are going 2 eat more and your metabolism is slowing down as you age.
Posted by: Jon at 10 July 2008 1:23 PM | Link to comment
wow...lucky you!!!
Posted by: cynthia lim at 10 July 2008 1:29 PM | Link to comment
heartwarming
Posted by: ahber at 10 July 2008 1:48 PM | Link to comment
MMMMmmmmmmmm ....... for Karen Cheng.
I hope Kenny is not Mr Hunt.
lol ! =)
Posted by: KiLLeR at 10 July 2008 1:58 PM | Link to comment
kenny, please ask Karen what's her CUP SIZE.....
looks very bouncy....cant believe she's a mother of two.
For sure she did not breastfeed her child.
Posted by: Fabulous Babes at 10 July 2008 1:58 PM | Link to comment
Hey there Kenny,
Why don’t you make your own charity drive? Since you don’t have a signature pose nor do you camwhore a lot (tough luck being a male huh?), you can use your blog here.
One idea came to mind (while I was answering nature call) is to offer to add blogger’s link/url in your blog to all your readers (those who have blogs la).
Whoever die die want to get link by you (to get traffic) will surely would sell their grandmother even.
To add a link in your blog (why do I have the feeling I’m repeating the same word here?), one must pay say RM5 to you and that RM5 will go to charity (like maybe my pocket or something since I am poor, pathetic and pelik)
How are you going to collect the money? paypal... maybank2u... TT... get a dove to fly it to you...
The link will stay in your blog for a year (up to you on how long you feel like it. Not my blog so not my call) and well, erm… the rest is up to you to decide since I am NOT getting paid for this.
If you don’t like it, just flush my idea away just like I flushed my shit today.
Later days!
Posted by: Balqiz at 10 July 2008 1:59 PM | Link to comment
this is indeed meaningful. Kenny, you should learn from her, ok?
Posted by: cool at 10 July 2008 2:47 PM | Link to comment
lots of babes ler!
Posted by: vialentino at 10 July 2008 3:29 PM | Link to comment
Kenny, have u asked her? 32B ? Ask leh....Please..... Cup size ah.....
Posted by: Fabulous Babes at 10 July 2008 3:46 PM | Link to comment
Yay! A fellow Perth blogger... gaining some fame. Well done to her. I'm not sure why she is famous.. Sure, she was on TV last month(Channel 10), and she's listed in all types of blog directories. But I'd say it's what she writes about interests people. I think her quest to get pregnant has been a hit. People *love* hearing about her husband's sperm count and related matters haha. Also I notice, her blog pics are often snipped around the edges at an angle..is this the Karen Cheng blog pic style? Pity she doesn't allow comments on her blog.
But how did Kenny Sia get involved in this, beats the hell out of me?
Posted by: Jeff at 10 July 2008 3:59 PM | Link to comment
let's do a scolari and go coach a rich football team!
Posted by: aaron tan at 10 July 2008 4:28 PM | Link to comment
-to aaron tan
but 1st u nid to find a boss like Roman Abramovich..
Posted by: CKW at 10 July 2008 5:23 PM | Link to comment
No offence to anyone out there, but THAT pose is so typical, it bores me..almost every girly blogs have that sort of photo...I guess I'm just that kind of person who doesn't follow the trends.
Posted by: M! at 10 July 2008 7:43 PM | Link to comment
Can I have SariPartyGirl's blog and contact, pleeeeease !!!
Posted by: Titan71 at 10 July 2008
7:46 PM | Link to comment
I think it is awesome that such thing could lead to charity :)
Start a KennySia pose.
Posted by: murderina at 10 July 2008 9:24 PM | Link to comment
er, girls do that all the time la. why is it a karen cheng pose.
Posted by: yada at 10 July 2008 9:26 PM | Link to comment
landeh!!!! sari party girl's boobs damn nice wei....
kenny, u're hte best!!! keep 'em coming
Posted by: red at 10 July 2008 10:53 PM | Link to comment
how come karen cheng's entry becomes sari party girl's entry....
HAHA
Posted by: Caine at 10 July 2008 11:49 PM | Link to comment
Pay to take photos with her?
Not bad...
I like her blog, stumble across it blog hopping every now and then.
Posted by: SheenaLiam at 10 July 2008 11:58 PM | Link to comment
What is a KennySia pose? Is it the jump-out-of-water-like-a-fish-to-eat-mister-potato?
Posted by: dead_cockroach at 11 July 2008 12:19 AM | Link to comment
Kenny, you lucky fella. Can share some of the ladies contact or not?
Posted by: peteformation at 11 July 2008 1:23 AM | Link to comment
shouldn't this pose be call
"point n shoot"?
Posted by: Miu at 11 July 2008 2:23 AM | Link to comment
it really is a most common pose. girls have been doing it ever since the first digital camera came out =.=
Posted by: bunny at 11 July 2008 9:59 AM | Link to comment
wow. somebody actually changed something.
Posted by: jessica at 11 July 2008 11:11 AM | Link to comment
So what if someone is famous for something that seems pointless. Welcome to the 21st Century. Obviously sex sells. So what. At least she got the sarong party girls to donate money to a charity.
Posted by: balrmyry at 11 July 2008 11:13 AM | Link to comment
wah... I was doin the Karen Cheng pose without realising it a few days ago... and doin the pose leading to charity fund raising is a great cause... hopefully we can c more...
Posted by: faith at 11 July 2008 11:32 AM | Link to comment
Yeah, Jessica. SOMEBODY actually CHANGED SOMETHING. The comments left by A Chicken with No Name has been deleted by Mr Sia. GUILTY as PROVEN. NOW WE REALLY WONDER whether the MONEY actually went. I guess not many people saw that comment. For those who wants to know but didn't see that comment, ask those who saw.
"Another Chicken With No Name"
Posted by: I'm A Chicken With No Name. BWAK BWAK BWAK! at 11 July 2008 1:59 PM | Link to comment
Any girls game for a Karen Cheng Pose'r?
This is how you do it. Get naked in front of a mirror and snap away while looking at the camera but licking your lips at the same time and giving a victory sign.
Sure going to catch up real quick, then we can do a
charity for autistic kids in Rwanda. Naked...
Posted by: KennySuia at 11 July 2008 2:55 PM | Link to comment
Dats chelle with the bob!My mate fr perth.Omg..sexy bomb!
Posted by: desdy at 11 July 2008 4:23 PM | Link to comment
SHE IS CUTE... BUT TOO BAD SHE HAS KIDS... OTHERWISE HER BOOBS WILL LOOK EVEN NICER...
Posted by: ALBAGMANE at 11 July 2008 9:12 PM | Link to comment
I start reading your blog last year and get boring few months ago and back to read one month ago, then I read the cat fighting stories in sgp skies and so yaki yaki,then I realise how humble is your blog compare to the yaki-yaki blogger out there,pls stay on earth kenny, dont join the yaki landers...peace man
Posted by: Lilian at 12 July 2008 12:12 AM | Link to comment
It's all very cheesey and daggy. Very Singaporean. Hey aren't there laws in Singapore that don't allow gatherings of more than a certain number of people? Or is that only for political protest?
Posted by: Hanna at 12 July 2008 10:43 AM | Link to comment
shit so lucky again.. popular blogger like u really enjoy ah
Posted by: Crazyfool at 12 July 2008 3:04 PM | Link to comment
Karen Cheng is sexyy!!
Posted by: cool at 12 July 2008 9:39 PM | Link to comment
what an unique charity event. Can't wait for Doing Kenny Sia Charity 'public' function!
Posted by: henry at 12 July 2008 10:59 PM | Link to comment
Reading Karen Cheng's blog as well as your blog already become my favourite pastime for the past one year. She is kindhearted and looks gorgeous...hey Kenny, yot gotta shed the extra fat on your body, looks like you have put on several kilos...take good care..
Posted by: winnie at 13 July 2008 1:22 PM | Link to comment
Camwhoring with style!
Posted by: Marc at 13 July 2008 11:44 PM | Link to comment
I think Karen Cheng's photos are A HIT because of her dresses, not because of her pose. Her pose is boring. Her dresses are TO DIE FOR!
Perhaps we all should start posing in ridiculous ways to get famous.
Posted by: bernard at 14 July 2008 12:15 AM | Link to comment
yesh! that was a darn hit.. It made its way into facebook and IT WAS SUPERB! instantly u can see how many members joining it.. and it's increasing day after day.. wootza!
*DARN, smacks my head* Wish I could join u guys in Singapore for that event, alwez wanted to meet Karen Cheng in person..
Posted by: Jeff at 14 July 2008 2:25 AM | Link to comment
i think you are the famous KENNY003
Posted by: 007 at 14 July 2008 8:55 AM | Link to comment
i did that pose even without knowing who is this karen cheng le...
Posted by: ed at 15 July 2008 12:14 PM | Link to comment
y dont u cover for rapper in sarawak?
Posted by: umai at 15 July 2008 2:19 PM | Link to comment
stuff karen cheng. she didn't bloody invent that pose, so it shouldn't deserve the 'karen cheng pose' as people put it. BILLIONS of teenage girls have done that before she has, how bout giving some credit to them as well?
Posted by: dora<3 at 16 July 2008 4:51 PM | Link to comment
i love karen cheng's outfits!
Posted by: JOY at 16 July 2008 5:14 PM | Link to comment
Dang, some jealous readers out there. She didn't invent the pose, yes, but her readers coined the phrase for her. If you actually read her blog, she is pretty down to earth. She likes girly things and wants to show people stuff she tries on. And since she had so many readers, they started saying that she posed the same way all the time, thereby coming up with "Doing the Karen Cheng."
Posted by: C at 24 July 2008 11:55 PM | Link to comment
damn, you guys are real idiots, she never claimed to invent the pose, it's just something she did a lot and other girls obviously relate to her because they do it too. credit goes to her because she's being smart about it and decided to make it more than looking good and being vain. what do the millions of other girls do?
Posted by: cg at 25 July 2008 11:22 AM | Link to comment
more and more people are becoming famous instantly...
Posted by: make money online at 12 August 2008 9:03 AM | Link to comment
okaaay.
people have been doing it since forever and why does she get credit for it? heck, i've seen people doing it tons better than her.
Posted by: swt at 01 September 2008 1:09 AM | Link to comment
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