Shoutbox

hello people.. ive searched on !plus settings but didnt found anything..
it seems that when iim on a custom status. away or busy, the emoticons on my nick show up as theyre shortcut like ( L ) ( & ) .. it really sox.. lol.. because i set away to go to sleep, but i would like that people  can still see the emoticons on my nick instead of ( ) and stuff.. or while im busy but talking and stuff.. its pretty stupid in my opinion .. is there a way to fix it? thanks in advance