Kenny Sia
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| Origin | Kuching, Malaysia | |
| Date of Birth | 27 November 1982 | |
| Occupation | IT Management | |
Kenny Sia Tze Foo (27th November 1982-) is a Malaysian who is prominently associated with his blog kennysia.com.
One of his favourite food is Kuching Kolo mee. Sometimes he consults Feng Shui masters when he needs to make major decisions in life.
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[edit] Personal life
Kenny Sia was born and raised in Kuching, Malaysia. He moved to Perth, Australia in 1997 to pursue his studies. He graduated from Beaufort College in 1998 and Curtin University in 2003, with a Bachelor's degree in Physics and a Honours degree in Electronic & Communication Engineering. He worked in 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, 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 was once parodied to marry Singaporean blogger Xiaxue but he humourously denied it, saying that Xiaxue is not his type of girl. Kenny also show great interest in fellow blogger Furong Jie Jie.
[edit] 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.[1]
His blog comprises a myriad of topics as satire and crude humour, day-to-day life, personal experiences, his travels, product reviews and politics. 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.
Kenny is well known for posting photoshop enhanced pictures to create comical effect in his entries.
He is a spokeperson of many commercial products, where he get money and free gifts for promoting various products ranging from shoes to cellphone.
[edit] 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.[2]
Although Kenny Sia is from Malaysia, he is more popular amongst Singaporeans. [3] In 2005, his blog was nominated for the Asian Blog of the Year Award. [4]
He appeared in one of the The MrBrown Show podcasts as a guest.
There are critics of him saying that his blog is too commercialized and has too many endorsed products.
[edit] References
- ^ kennysia.com: About Me. Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
- ^ Technorati Search: www.kennysia.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
- ^ Kenny Sia comes to town. Retrieved on 2006-06-19.
- ^ Asia Blog of the Year. Retrieved on 2006-06-19.
[edit] 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 2006-06-19.
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