References: http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/57760.html
http://bongqiuqiu.blogspot.com/ and http://www.clicknetwork.tv/

Background:
Recently, there is an increase in number of bloggers who are appealing on their blogs for free sponsorship on either clothing, surgery or food. An example of a blogger is Bong Qiu Ting (better known for Bong QiuQiu) who appealed for free boobs surgery on her personal blog on 13 May 2010. This news was also reported by the local press, in the Chinese newspapers and Stomp. It caused quite a stir at that time of point because everyone feels that it is already not ethical for a blogger to ask for sponsorship on clothes, hair treatment and needless to say, now a sponsorship on boob job. Several weeks ago in November, a cosmetic surgeon Dr Jonathan Lee offered her a breast enhancement procedure for free. Qiuqiu has gladly accepted.

Here is the sequence of feeling that i feel:
I feel that it is not ethical for bloggers to keep asking for FREE sponsorships. The main reason that i disagree is because i feel that technology is made readily nowadays. At anywhere, anytime or any place, people can just use Internet freely. Since Internet is made available for people, children are definitely not excluded. Furthermore, social networks like Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Formspring.com and tumblr.com can definitely allow news to spread fast. The point that I'm making here is that the future generations will not take more than a week or so to learn about free sponsorships through social networks. By learning about the existence of free sponsorships, there might be the tendency that our future generations might rely on hoping for FREE items, privileges and surgery from sponsors and not work hard for the wants. This is definitely not the situation that we hope to happen to our future generations. I personally feel that there should be a limit to where bloggers can request for free stuff and they should never push their luck any further beyond the limit. I also can't deny about the win-win situation for both parties (the sponsors and the blogger) where the blogger gets his/her wants satisfied and the sponsors gets their items advertised on the blog.

Recently, i view a video from http://www.clicknetwork.tv/ on bongqiuqiu's plastic surgery. At the beginning, i feel that she is very much fame hungry. I said that because the moment she accepts the boob surgery offer, she will receive more attention from the public. These includes more hits on her blog, more people viewing her videos on http://www.clicknetwork.tv/ and news articles on her surgery etc. There might also be a possibility that she will earn a higher income because there might be more sponsorships for her and she might earn more as a model. (She has been working as a model since the age of 17) However, after viewing the video, i feel that she truly deserved the offer because we really didn't know what she has gone through for the past 6 to 7 years of her life. Imagine all the criticisms, sarcasms and the emotions that she has to go through. If you were in her place, how would you feel? To emphasize further, previously she couldn't even fit into the minimum bra cup size and now, she can finally fit into one! Picture the joy and excitement she would feel.

In conclusion, like what I've mentioned "there should be a limit to where bloggers can request for free stuff and they should never push their luck any further beyond the limit". To add on, not all bloggers should be deprived of the FREE items as it varies from case-to-case basis.
Sheridin Tan:)