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Ping.sg Blog Awards II - Why People Should Self Nominate

Published
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krisandro
on June 11, 2008
in Announcements and My-Views
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Ping.sg Blog Awards II nominations are NOW OPEN!!!

Er… actually, it has been open for a few days already, just that I am too WOLS to announce it. BUT! Since the nominations will be open for a week, it’s good for everyone to talk/blog about it periodically isn’t it?

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Like all most some of the Pingsters, I am very excited about the awards as this only happens once every year and since I only joined Ping in February this year, this is my first time taking part in this event! So what are you waiting for? Vote your favorite and deserving bloggers NOW!

The categories are:

1. Most Entertaining Blog
2. Most Interactive Blog
3. Most Insightful Blog
4. Best Photoblog
5. Best Audio/Video Podcast
6. Most Controversial Post
7. Most Dramatic Post
8. Most Entertaining Post
9. Most Insightful Post
10. Best Citizen Journalism Post
11. Best Review Post

12. Post of the Year (not open for nominations)
13. Blog of the Year (not open for nominations)
[ results will be determined by voting results of the above other categories ]

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Click Here to VOTE NOW!

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Well if you own a public blog and haven’t even joined Ping.sg…

WHY?

Don’t want traffic is it? GO WRITE A DIARY INSTEAD!

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Before the nominations opened up, I thought that I would easily find nominees to fill all the categories up but I actually had to browse through 25 pages of the top posts of the year to find suitable candidates.

Which brings me to my main point.

I do realize (again) that the most Pong-ed posts in the year does not equate to the best blog/post in ping. It’s just a confluence of factors like popularity, post title, topic & time that brings a post to the top. I am sure that there are many hidden gems in Ping.sg that get pushed down the every flowing page and chucked away like some forgotten treasure.

So, all you bloggers who think that your blog/post is worthy or knows someone who is like that, please nominate yourself or your friend! Nominate yourselves so that the committee at Ping.sg can scrutinize your blog and if it’s good, they will put you up for the voting round!

And if it isn’t good…. well, nobody will know that you nominated lar.

Nobody except….

Uzyn…

and…

…the TWENTY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

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But in all seriousness again, please nominate yourself or your friends if you deem it worthy!

Oh by the way, I am also in the committee and the bribery may begin now~

WAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA!!!!

 

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I Succumbed. I Joined the S’pore Blog Awards 2008.

Published
by
krisandro
on May 5, 2008
in My-Life
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When I first came across the S’pore Blog Awards 2008 by omy.sg, I was very interested in joining. Being such a n00b in the blogosphere, I wanted to see if people like to read the rubbish I spew on this digital space of mine. And it wouldn’t hurt if I would miraculously win it to get the top prize of a laptop!

A LAPTOP! Imagine what I can do with a LAPTOP! I COULD SAVE THE WORLD!

Well, not really lar….. But, It will be nice to be able to surf pR0n on the go.

I was all ready to enter my details in the competition when I thought I should checkout omy.sg to see what kind of traffic the website gets.

This is what I found…

omy1
Chinese…

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CHINESE…

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MORE CHINESE…

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AND EVEN MORE CHINESE!!!!!!

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I have nothing against people who like Chinese websites but I thought that my blog is much catered to English reading people. My Chinese is REALLY BAD and the ONLY post where I attempted to type in Chinese was this.

When I was in secondary school, I hated my mother tongue (Chinese) so much that I would purposely infuriate my Chinese teachers till the point that they gave up on me. During spelling lessons, I would just nap or doodle stuffs in the answer booklet. During exams, I would fill in my name, tikam the MCQ and leave the rest blank.

I got an F9 during a mock exam and it was a surprise when my teacher announced my results…

Teacher: “You got an E8.”

Me: “E8????”

“Yes. Do you wish to retake the paper?”

“NO!”

“Why? YOU GOT AN E8!!!”

“ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I won’t be that lucky the next time leh!”

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I probably got lucky at tikam-ing the MCQ on that paper.

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After much thought on it, I decided to just try my luck at the Blog awards under the “Most Entertaining Blog” category. I wanted very much to submit the “Kristy in #Cybersex” posts as it is quite popular, but I decided to submit more ‘toned down’ ones.

#1. I Was Once Molested Before… (People like to read leh… you pervs! :mrgreen: )

#2. Singaporeans Love MRT Seats (It is a topic close to Singaporean hearts)

#3. Some Questions Are Better Asked In English (To cater to the chinese reading community)

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Lets see if I even make it by the 1st round!

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Can You Beat Me at Sudoku?

Published
by
krisandro
on April 9, 2008
in Entertainment
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If you have watched TV commercials recently or visited STOMP, you might know that Brand’s is holding a Sudoku Challenge.

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If you have been living in Singapore’s drainage system for years and don’t know what Sudoku is. Here is Wiki’s defination.

Sudoku is a logic-based number placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid.

sudoku

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Sudoku is actually invented by an American but only popularized by Japan. Luckily, it wasn’t Singapore that popularize it. Cool name like ‘Sudoku’ might have ended up being named ‘The-Singapore-game-with-81-squares-lor”.

Prizes for the competition are as follows:

The BRAND’S® Sudoku Challenge 2008 Singapore Open winners will receive

  • 1st prize winner - $8,000 cash prize, $300 BRAND’S® Hamper, Trophy and Certificate
  • 2nd prize winner - $4,000 cash prize, $300 BRAND’S® Hamper, Trophy and Certificate
  • 3rd prize winner - $2,000 cash prize, $300 BRAND’S® Hamper, Trophy and Certificate

All 100 Singapore Open Finalists will receive $100 cash
All Singapore Open Semi-finalists will receive BRAND’S® goodie bags worth $60 each.

More details of the competition can be found here.

If you want to practice before taking part, click here!

After a few tries, my best timing is as such…

brands-sudoku-4min-1sec

Don’t know if I am fast enough to put up a fight.

Can you beat my timing? Try it here and then post your timing in the comments!

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