Singapore Blog Awards 2013 - Surprise For Me and MinuteManSG!

This is an EXTREMELY backdated post!
This event happened way back on 06 July 2013 but I didn't have time to blog about it until now.

The Singapore Blog Awards has always been an event I look forward to participate each year. Meeting friends (both old and new), to be in a place where like-minded people gathered together, to be chatting and laughing with friends you know are passionate and fun-loving.



1PM: Off to Shanghai Dolly, here we go!



Caught the early birds - caught me in the glass reflection yet?
I'm one of them. :p



The theme is 60s and here are my shoes of the day.
$9.90 from the neighbourhood market.



The organisers planned a game of hopscotch for us before we head into the main area.





There were plenty of cheering, eating, chatting, greetings going on throughout the 3 hours of event.
Most of the segment was to announce and give out the prizes to each of the blog categories.

A lot of friends who are not in the blogging scene asked, "Don't all bloggers blog the same thing?"

Of course not, our blogs can be divided into many different categories!

Most of us focus on ONE core category and we take up a few others for a good mix.
The titles of the categories change slightly every year - the organisers added Music, Cooking and eco-challenge blog categories this year; a total of 10 main + 7 sub blog categories.

Read about them under 'Categories' HERE.

I'll do a quick jump into the best dressed segment.
To me, this has always been the highlight of the event!


Oh by the way, Singapore Blog Awards 2011 was held at Shanghai Dolly too.
I won the best dressed segment then.
And Steven Lim was EPIC, kicking the beer bottle out of Yongwei's hands on stage.

Catch out my Liang PoPo outfit HERE.
Muahahaha~




This is MyDreamGuy's FIRST ever blog awards~
To fit the 60s theme, minutemanSG has decided to dress up as a 60s Street Hawker selling Char Kway Teow!

This time, it was his turn to be nominated for the Best Dress!




The sunshine towel.
#LastWarning



He made it to Top 2 by bribing the judges with packets of his Char Kway Teow (They are actually sunshine towels wrapped in brown Dabao wrappers).

In the end, the blogger in the 60s Mata Uniform won the best dress, Congratulations!

06 July 2013 happened to be his birthday so we decided to give him a Surprise Birthday Party.
Happy Burstday, Colin Chang!



That's the first surprise - his birthday surprise.
The next surprise is for me - The JBL Best Pop/Music Blog Award!

This award means the world to me.

THE WORLD.

I really wasn't expecting it because everyone was spreading around that the winners had already been notified the day before. Apparently I wasn't called up.

Here's something to William Tan from http://onlywilliam.blogspot.sg: 

Hey William Bro, thank you for bringing and showing me around when I first joined Singapore Blog Awards 3 years ago.  Without you, I'd never have known so many more like-minded friends as well as the happenings in the blogosphere. I would like to share this award with YOU. Can't believe we've known each other for more than 3 years now. Here's to our ever-lasting friendship, Cheers!

My first participation in Singapore Blog Awards 2010: http://mintleong.blogspot.sg/2010/07/singapore-blog-awards_15.html

Let's meet everyone I met at SBA2013:

Left to right: Me, William, Maybeline

My darling Maybeline made the loudest screams and cheers that day!



Everyone, meet Hong Peng from Hpility.SG.
He was the FIRST blogger friend I met at Singapore Blog Awards 3 years ago, together with Goh Yong Wei.



One of the younger bloggers, Yuhao.




Meet popular beauty blogger Joyce and lifestyle blogger Andy from Andystorm.



Sweetie Pie Yingzi with her beautiful vintage outlook.
I'm so blessed to know her.
Thank you for always caring, Love.


My Brother Ang, suave as usual with his killer-dimple smile.
Here's Darren Ang!

FYI, he is the awesomest designer of my blog banner!!!


Arts and Tech blogger, Hisham!


Cutest ever Joey Ong!
She's running a high fever that day, poor girl.

And yes, you can see her mega poster all over Cineleisure because she is the winner of Cineleisure's Next Online Sensation!



Valentine Low.
Her birthday falls on valentine's day.


The ever bubbly Tselyn who's one of the Best Music Blog Finalists.


My agogo style Sis Leong who's also a lifestyle-cum-sex blogger.
Meet Smith Leong!


Cookie Huijin who's also one of the Best Music Blog Finalists!


Met Deborah, a fashion and music blogger.
I voted for her in the Best Music Blog Segment because she can really write wonderful music!


Noelle Mikazuki, who has a great voice and she's a great friend to offer a hand when I did my Showcase earlier in Jan this year. Must check out her emcee/host/singing performances at Pika Pika Meido Cafe.



Say Hi to JuJu and Darren Ng.
Two very unique bloggers with hearts of gold.

Juliana is a food and fashion blogger while Darren Ng is a lifestyle-travel blogger.
He has won awards for this blog too, including best photography and best lifestyle blog award.

Both my blogging seniors are totally awesome!


I fell in love with JuJu's Daisy necklace that day.


Photography blogger Sze Ping
another senior blogger of mine who has been upgraded to the blog judging panel.

His photos are always inspiring to look at.



My Penpal Joanne-Marie Sim.
She's also the Singtel Youtube Star - Model, Emcee, Actress.
Gorgeous + Cool + Sexy + Fun-loving all packed into one petite body.



Let's see how I missed out here from the group photo.

Oh yes, back row first guy on the left, Jeremy (Jalormee).
We met at the Singapore Social Media Day Event.

4th person to the left on the same row, that's Claire who won the Levi's Best 501 Interpretation Blog Award.

The person on my left, Malcolm Sunny,
also the big bear in the NDP Parody we did 2 years back!
The world is so small right!




So awesome to catch up with everyone once again.
See you in Singapore Blog Awards 2014!

Oh yah, I really wondered how the 60s people survived blisters and cuts from their footwear.
I had to wear Minuteman's hawker slippers and walk down Orchard Road after that.

Morale of the story: Don't get plastic pumps.



Happy Monday!!!

[Mint.Music.Journey] Shubacs + 木头人 - I Was Stalked!!!

Yes I was stalked at NUS that day…. ….



By the cutest stalker ever in a Music Video. :p

Mu Tou Ren (木头人) is a band formed by 3 of my WDA Classmates and we collaborated to film a Music Video for their Original Song, Mu Tou Ren Gen Zong Ji（木头人跟踪记).

As the title of the song suggested, it's about a girl (yours truly) being followed by a geeky guy aka woodblock.

Behind The Scenes: 木头人跟踪记 Music Video


Left to right: Me, Lan HuiShan, Zhi Hao, Daniel Ong

Mu Tou Ren Zhui Zong Ji came in SECOND in the Impresario 2013 Original Composition Category in March this year.

Impresario is an annual Nationwide Talent Search competition organised by CAC. It's founded in 1992. You can take part in categories including Dance, Original composition, Vocal and Vocal group.
Impresario has always been a highlight in NTU's calendar of events and has gained national recognition in its efforts to be one of the main channels of talent emergence in Singapore.


--- MV Filming In Progress ---


The team trying to do the finger-walking segment.

Zhi Hao, the guy holding the macbook, is in charge of playing of the song in the background so that we are able to follow the lyrics and rhythm of the song.


HuiShan's star-pose so that she can balance herself at the edge of a slope.
Dangerous Stuff A Videographer Does Just To Get The Best Shots.

Try to spot where I took this photo from when you watch the Music Video later:


The team shifting all the brang-barangs from location to location.



What can they NOT do?
So pro to be all-in-one: film directing, acting, singing, song composing, planning the MV…

Look at the credits -


Singers: Cheng Zhi Hao, Daniel Ong
Composer: Daniel Ong
Lyricist: Lan Huishan
Music Arrangement: Cheng Zhi Hao, Daniel Ong, Lan Huishan
Guitars: Cheng Zhi Hao, Daniel Ong
Mixing Engineer: Lan Huishan


Here's to the PROS and great team effort by Mu Tou Ren!


Left to right: Daniel Ong, Lan Huishan, Zhi Hao

《木头人跟踪记》is an original song written by Daniel Ong (composer) and Lan Huishan (lyricist).

You'll definitely enjoy the Music Video.

Also, you'll be so tempted to share it with your friends because the male lead, who's also one of the singers of this song and the owner of Shubacs, is just too good.

Aspiring young man yet humble and friendly.
Meet Daniel~

木头人跟踪记 mini-MV is out, share share share!





Starring...
Female Lead: Mint Leong
Male Lead: Daniel Ong (http://www.youtube.com/wassupdan)
Cool Guy: Cheng Zhi Hao
Skater Girl: Lan Huishan (http://www.youtube.com/lanhuishan)

Here's a better description what Mu Tou Ren is about taken from their Youtube Video description:

The term《木头人》has two meanings:
1. The literal translation of 木头 is wood and 人 is a person. The term《木头人》refers to a geek who doesn't know how to express himself, pretty much lacking in social skills.

2. There is a childhood game called《一二三，木头人》. One person will back face the rest
and shout "一二三，木头人!", and then turn around. While the one person shouts that line, the others will creep towards him/her. But when he/she turns around, all of them will have to freeze on the spot, otherwise they will be out of the game. This game is similar to the scenario of what the boy is going through -- creeping up to the girl, but afraid of getting caught, which will result in his elimination from her list of potential suitors. The childhood game reflects his innocence, that he has no ill intentions.

The song is presented in a quirky manner to complement the silly yet cute thoughts of the geeky boy.

Mu Tou Ren Facebook Contest

Mu Tou Ren is holding a special contest for all our Facebook fans!

STAND a chance to win a pretty pretty shoe bag of YOUR choice, proudly sponsored by www.shubacs.com, PLUS a mystery gift and a digital copy of this single!

To participate, simply
1) Like their page @ www.facebook.com/mutourenMTR
2) Watch the MV and share the video on Facebook (**via MuTouRen FB page!!**)
3) VOTE for your favourite choice on what 木头人 should do by leaving a comment!

They will be choosing ONE lucky winner!
Deadline of the contest is Tuesday, 24th Sept, 2300h!

About Shubacs

You keep seeing the name Shubacs, but what is Shubacs?
It's an online boutique shop featuring their in-house designed shoe bags!









My Favourite ShuBacs?
It's the Havana Red!


Screenshot from HERE.

The shoe bag is not only designed to carry your slippers, sneakers, court shoes, platforms, heels or other forms of footwear with ease. You can even squeeze in a towel and change of clothes if you please!

I'll update a photo with my new Havana Red here tonight!
It's so pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

==== Updated on 26 Sept 2013 ====

GULPS!
My Shubac is here!




It comes with a dustcover & towel too~








Dear Team Mu Tou Ren,

I had so much fun making this video with the three of you! Reminds me of the all the good times I had when I was working backstage of film making. Videography remains one of my favourite interests and something I'd love to do over and over again. 

Let's do it again for your next song!
Whee~


Thanks for reading everyone and remember to SHARE the Music Video VIA MU TOU REN Facebook Page to win a shubac okies!

Sharing its Youtube link is not counted. ;p

HAPPY MONDAY and please LIKE me too:

RaceMe: Singapore's Soap Box Derby Race Event by Mediacorp

Hello!
Here's MinuteManSG & Me at the Raceme event 2 Saturdays ago!


Photo credit: RaceMe Facebook Page

RACE ME is the biggest scale Soap Box Derby event in Singapore so far!
Last year they saw entries of close to 50 Soap Box Cars competing for the top prize of $1000.

The categories for this year consist of:
Open: For everyone
Corporate: For companies
Tertiary: For school students
Celebrity Race: For the celebrities & their fan club members!

Read about the categories and prizes here: http://raceme.sg/prizes

Just so you know, Soap Box Derby is a popular car race that officially started in America in 1934. The race was originally created for the youth but slowly developed into a race for everyone. The race involves gravity cars that are always unpowered, relying completely upon gravity to move.

Together with Michelle and Ruo Xuan, we caught amazing happenings at this year's Raceme 2013 since early morning at National University Of Singapore (NUS).

Raceme is not just simply a go-kart race. There were fringe activities, stage games, special guest appearances and more; an event for both the young and old. (I BELONG TO THE YOUNG :p)




Left to right: Me, Michelle, Ruo Xuan


What's the most HENG thing?
It's sunny yet not scorching hot.
Probably due to the rain which has been pouring for the past few days.

Not to mention, I was star-struck.
(Put this sentence on loop mode)

Most of the Mediacorp's artistes came down and supported the event.
#LikeFamilyGathering~

Here's a list of the celebrities who came:




The Soap Box Derby Race

Super long dolly camera to record down the kart race.
The corporate practice run had begun!




Even the little kids are warming up, having so much fun screaming at the top of their lungs at 11am.

HOW TO WIN?
Teams have to beat the fastest timing in order to win the race.
In addition, they can compete for the Best Dressed and Best Crash Award too!



Already saw a few crashes and I went 'OUCHHHH!" even though I wasn't the one in the kart.

The driver of this kart had a really BAD CRASH.
He fell forward, his kart turned upside down and he was bleeding when he emerged from his capsized kart.


"Are you ok are you ok?"


"Let's carry the kart that way, go."


This is what I called TEAM WORK!

Fringe Activities

Sign up for the play-card, complete the games and win home nice Goodie Bags; a carnival for all!










Ah Boy ah, you so scared for what. Uncle is holding you and you won't fall. 
Relax and play! 


I wanna play but i'm overaged~




I also want to take part in the race with my mini kart, beep-beep!
*EXTREMELY DETERMINED RACER LOOK*


Minuteman had a fair share on the games as well.



弟弟好像跟游戏很有仇。
The whole time I was so scared he'd aim the ball at me instead of the clown's face.





Stage games with celebrities:


Meet the Mediacorp Celebrities

This is probably the highlight of the event.
Everyone hopes to get a glimpse of their favourite stars up-close.

The stars were set to appear at different intervals.



As the celebrities approached one by one, I parked at the autography-corner to take pictures of them.
See if you can name them all!

















Here's shy Natacia Leong (Smith's niece) asking for Elizabeth Lee's autograph on her cup.
She's so adorable because as much as she's star-struck like me, she was afraid to ask for autographs and whenever the stars came close, she became so stiff!



Glad that she eventually opened up and Uncle Smith, you're really so awesome to bring your niece to find her idols! I'd love to have an uncle like you, who have backstage passes and bring me up close to my idols for photo-taking session & autographs, even though I'll FAINT big time and you have to fan me up like 1975689 times. HAHA.

I'm so thick-skinned can; here's me asking Natacia if I can have a piece of her notepad with my favourite STITCH printed on it!



Hey Natacia, we have the same surname - LEONG!!!


OLLIE from Okto, wheeee~!
I refuse to budge from the stage area because I LOVE OLLIE and he's on stage!

I stayed until Ollie completed his dance.







The happiest moment of my life, shyly asking for a photograph to be taken with our Zoe Tay Ah Jie~




I'm excited about the Celebrity race later but first, let's check out some of the karts, can see cannot touch!

Wacker wonderland: The drivers & crew were dressed as the characters of Wizard Of Oz.



Tow Truck:  Exterior made of wood, the driver's son sat behind him while he raced.




Wolverine: Won 2nd in the Tertiary Category
Wait. Is this a tricycle?




This kart is built from scratch.
The whole time I kept wondering how the driver is going to drive this kart.

Apparently I didn't manage to find out.






Ruston: The team was still stapling Egypt/desert/pyramid-related photographs to the kart.


Fass & Furious: This green dino with big yellow polkadot is cuteness over-dosed!


Turbo the snail: Remember the snail kart?
Let's fix it in time for the next race!












After five: Came in first in the OPEN category, congratulations!





Are you able to make out this kart design?
I spent 10minutes reading ALL the text written on this kart:





SO TRUE!

Manage to guess the idea of this kart-design yet?
Yes, it's a TOILET SEAT!






The driver is so cute to think of this.


He even created poop for the seat, just for laughs.
I asked him if the toilet seat will flap down and hit him, he said yeah but it's okay because he's wearing a full face helmet so it's not painful anyway. LOL.



Stinky… NOT!
They are made of Styrofoam~



Team Bonding & LOVE 

Do you still remember the kart which did a flip earlier in the morning?
I couldn't help but went up to the team to check with they were okies.



Here was what actually happened.
One of their team members managed to capture the whole process:


Photo credit: Absolook ID

Poor driver got a cut under his chin and some scratches on his arms.
But he's OKAY!


Photo credit: Absolook ID

Absolook ID is an interior design company.
The team consists of a group of like-minded friends and interior designers.


Photo credit: Absolook ID

The team Members are Lionel How, Aaron Poh , Adam Meng and Marcus Law
When I visited their booth, the team were back into action - trying to fix their ride.  I admire their positive attitude: Trying their best in the race despite the difficulties they face.









I decide to KPO a bit and help them glue back part of the board.






Is it done?
I think so.
BLEAH~


When I asked how they manage to build this kart, they showed me their 3D drawing:

Photo credit: Absolook ID

Looks just like it!



Absolook ID took 3 days to build the kart despite all individuals were busy with their tight schedule for their sales appointment.  Here are some behind-the-scenes shots:


Photo credit: Absolook ID


Photo credit: Absolook ID


Photo credit: Absolook ID

So what memorable experience did the team gained after participating in the Raceme Event?

Here's what they say:

"This is absolutely fun because we normally don’t do all the labour work. As interior designers, we'd give the 3D drawings to the carpenter and ask them to do exactly same as the pictures. This is the FIRST time we get to use all the big machines to cut the plywood and nail all the pieces together. 

The expressions when we started to use the machines to nail plywood/cutting it were memorable as we were all afraid we might get ourselves injured. 

One of the challenge we faced was when we first had our 3d drawings and the kart that we bought, we didn’t know how to make into that shape. So we simply boxed up the whole kart . It was after getting the frame done that we tried to do the appearance. Getting the team members together to make this kart was another challenge to us as we were all busy with our schedules. 

One other thing we remembered was when we were done making the kart and about to head home, a sudden huge downpour came and drenched us all. We were shivering in the middle of the night while waiting for a taxi. 

RaceMe is absolutely a joyful event which bonded us - the colleagues - together."

I agree.
Taking part in events like these definitely help to bond families and friends closer together.
We learn & grow together; find things to do otherwise life would be so boring.

My family often organises gatherings and we'd attend block parties together.
It's enjoyable as we get to know one another better.

Don't just meet during Chinese New Year.
#LastWarning

This is another of my favourite team - Vicious Cycles:


The kart raced through the track and obstacles without breaking a sweat!



Meet the driver, who's also a stunt-rider.





Now meet the team of boys - big and small but all equally playful!






Sitting in their rides make me feel like I'm very handsome.



They were invited to perform breath-taking stunts on their scramblers before the celebrity race - the first stunt-bikers in Singapore - while the celebrities are busy making their rounds to grade the karts.



Team Vicious Cycle came in first in the Corporate Category!








Preparing for the Celebrity Race!

Most of the celebrity karts were made by the fan club members and company.
Which means it's the first time the celebrities see their karts.



Standby everyone, the celebrity race starts now!






The motorbike stunts sprung into action:

Zoe Tay flags off the race at the starting line!



First up: Ann Kwok's kart made by her fans.





"GO!", says our Ah Jie.

The TAParazzi kart done by Toggle.Sg is probably the only kart which involves celebrities during the making. Jeffrey Xu was one of them.

Here's Yuan Shuai and Wei Lie posing with TAParazzi:





So  many eyes watching the road!



Left to right: Me, Jeffrey Xu(helmet), Yuan Shuai (Black top), Desmond Tan and Wei Lie.

Memoreel is Romeo's kart made with love by his Fan Club - The Juliet Club.
It came in FIRST in the Celebrity race!







The ice-cream cone kart named Flavours Of Suria came in second in the celebrity race.





Channel U's kart makes me feel like dancing, so disco-like:




Channel News Asia's kart is up next:


Coming up, Channel 8's kart featuring Tak Gor as the driver of the day!


Even the ride-off is so drama.
They prepared the whole crew with reflective boards, PA, boom mic set up~

Their crash was even more DRAMAtic and You HAVE TO watch the telecast!!!
Guaranteed to make you laugh like madness.
Everyone else who witnessed the crash did.
All the judges gave the crash FULL marks, 10 out of 10!

The team won the Best Crash prize!

I'm not going to spoil the fun here.
Go watch the telecast okies?


Catch the Telecast Of Raceme On
Channel 5: Friday 20th Sept 2013, 9pm - 9.30pm
Channel U: Sunday 22nd Sept 2013, 8.30pm - 9pm




Mata Mata Kart:





I absolutely like what Zheng Huan's fans did for his kart.
The photos pasted on it were so heart-warming.

Anyone can tell how much they LOVE him.








The judges panel:


Judges flashing up their score cards at the karts.
They were invited to judge for BEST CRASH.

"No Crash, No Marks," they commented, "If there's a zero, we'd have given it."



So once again, remember to catch the Telecast Of Raceme On

Channel 5: Friday 20th Sept 2013, 9pm - 9.30pm
Channel U: Sunday 22nd Sept 2013, 8.30pm - 9pm



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