Since WaiYan has been posting up super a lot of pictures of herself, I thought I'd do this blog some justice by posting up waaaaay nicer pictures of me!!!! Ahahaah

Its not that I have nothing better do to, just that I got hit by a cam-whoring bug!

Which remainds me, I've always wondered why taking excessive pictures of yourself is denoted as cam-whoring. In the first place, there is no such word found anywhere in the dictionary or thesaurus. To feed my evergrowing curiousity, I've decided to do some extensive research! Here's what free.dictionary.com has to say:

cam play_w2("C0046400") (km)

whore play_w2("H0225000") (hôr, hr)

Cam-whore is not available in the general English dictionary and thesaurus. Try:

Wikipedia

A cam whore (sometimes cam-whore or cam-slut)^[1] is an individual who exposes himself or herself on the Internet with webcam software in exchange for goods, usually via enticing viewers to purchase items on their wish lists or add to their online accounts.^[2] While the label is usually considered derogatory and insulting,^[3] it is also used by these people to describe themselves, occasionally in a self-deprecating manner.

The term "cam whore" is also used to refer to individuals who post pictures or videos of themselves on the Internet to gain attention. The term disparages those who post pictures of themselves at inappropriate times or places, and usually implies self-absorption. This second usage of the term, deriding vanity and histrionics, is overtaking the prior, more intuitive definition. It is usually synonymous with attention whore.

It baffles me why any person would want to define taking wholesome pictures of themselves as a CAM WHORING. In the first place, I am not using any eccentric curved wheel to take pictures of myself. And secondly, the last thing I want to associate myself as in this world is a prostitute I am not using my camera to have any sexual relations with prostitutes nor am I accepting payment for any sexual-interests I might have aroused though my sampat pictures. And I am definitely not posting up wholesome pictures of myself on the Internet to gain attention! (or maybe, just maybe...I am? haha)

Which brings me to question, who is the smarty-ass princess that came up with the briliant idea of coining the words 'cam' and 'whore' together to un-explicitly delineate people who take wholesome enjoyable pictures of themselves?

Unless of course I've been living in oblivion to the fact that the term cam-whore was all the while meant for people who post up promiscuos pictures of themselves to gain sexually-unwanted attention. But for as long as I can remember, whenever a group of girls have nothing better to do, the scenario would be like this:

GIRL 1: (nudges and calls out to all her girl friends)'EEeeehhhhh come lets all take sampat pictures of ourselves!!!'

GIRL 2: Ooooooh ok, I always like cam-whoring!'

GIRL 3: Yay, let's make it a good cam-whoring session!!!

(all runs to demonstrate their poser and 'lala' picture taking skills)

Kill me for being obsolete, but is there a new term for 'cam-whoring' in my context?

Aha. So, shown below is not cam-whoring pictures of me.( Nope No!) I rather prefer the term Photo-Posing.

pos·er ¹ play_w2("P0463300") (pzr)

So I am but a poseur here below in my pictures. Make that a professional poseur. Aha

Professional yes?

Couldnt have done it without my posing buddy Sue Lyn!!1 Aha Love you you crazy blur girl!

Which reminds me, Its been long since I photo-posed with my buddy Wai Yan! Was suppose to meet up with her last wednesday but someone *ahem ahem* ditched me again last minute to meet up with Andrew! tsk tsk.

My finals is up next week so I doubt Ill be able to go out. Wait la, till after 22nd, then Im free from imprisonment.