Nuffnang’s Movie Screening: Babylon A.D ! Dear Nuffnangers, Missed out on the previous Nuffnang community screenings? Well, we have another great opportunity for you to catch the latest blockbuster movie this September, and hang out with fellow Nuffnangers. In collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox movies, Nuffnang Singapore is pleased to bring you an opportunity to catch the latest action/sci-fi blockbuster: Babylon A.D.. We have 100 pairs of tickets to give away! So why miss this perfect opportunity? How can you win the tickets for this event? Simply write a blog entry and ensure the following are included: a) Embed a video trailer of Babylon A.D. in your entry. Please use the code below: b) Next, you have to include a link to Twentieth Century Fox: Babylon A.D. Website (www.babylonadmovie.com). c) Lastly, you have to provide with a short paragraph expressing why you do want to watch the movie. After the entry is completed, please submit your permalink together with your name and contact number to babylonad@nuffnang.com The closing date for this event is 5 September 2008 (Friday). Movie Details: September 9, Tuesday 7.30pm Shaw Lido @ Scotts Road, Hall 1 We look forward to your participation! Nuffnang launches in the Philippines! Dear Nuffnangers, Today marks a very exciting day for many of us at Nuffnang for it marks the launching of Nuffnang Philippines (Nuffnang Philippines Inc). In the midst of our daily work of growing Nuffanng in Malaysia and Singapore we have all secretly been working behind the scenes to launch Nuffnang in the Philippines to add to our regional expansion. Regional expansion for us does not merely mean we’re accepting bloggers from the Philippines now. No what it means is we have set up an office in Manila with a Nuffnang team there fully dedicated to serving the Community there. Nuffnang Philippines Inc is a joint-venture between the Nuffnang Group and Outcomm Inc, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the Philippines. With this partnership and with the support that many of the bloggers in the Philippines have given us, including BryanBoy, we are confident that Nuffnang Philippines will grow as fast as it did in Malaysia and Singapore. If you want to check out Nuffnang PH, go to www.nuffnang.com and click on the Philippines flag. Canon Digital Dreams Contest! Hey Nuffnangers! Thank you for taking interest in this contest! To guide you all along the lines of what “Creative” photography is, here are some of the good entries sent to us! (Note: These are not the winning entries. Winning entries have yet to be selected.) All in random order: - Techiepie - Vera-DramaQueen - Luffoutloud - Shaikira - Lingblogblog If you think you can do better, remember to post the picture up onto your blog and send the direct link of that entry to canon@nuffnang.com. Please note that ALL ENTRIES MUST BE ORIGINAL. Photos that are not original will not be qualified to be in the running for this contest. Contest ends on the 31 August 2008! Catch Lewis! As the fever surrounding the world’s first F1 night race revs up, are you getting in the mood yet?! Don’t worry, we’ll help you! In collaboration with Nescafé, Nuffnang Singapore is pleased to bring all Nuffnangers a ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to catch Lewis Hamilton in the flesh! Yes, the McLaren Mercedes team’s Lewis Hamilton! Yes, the current leader in this year’s F1 league! And yes, the suave, hotshot rookie who nearly blew away the competition last year! We have places for two bloggers at an exclusive meet-and-greet session with Lewis come September 25th. If you have not already noticed, the folks at Nescafé are already offering this brilliant opportunity to members of the public via their website www.catchlewis.com, but they have kindly allocated the Nuffnang community two spaces at this EXCLUSIVE event. Say a big thank you to Nescafé, Nuffnangers! Ok moving on - how do you take part? Well, simply write a blog entry titled “The things I’d do to catch Lewis” and the most creative post as judged by your beloved Nuffies will win! As a requirement, you need to include the following two items for your blog entry to be valid: 1) A link to the Catch Lewis website ( www.catchlewis.com ) 2) This photo of Lewis Hamilton attached here: That’s all peeps! Send your permalinks to catchlewis@nuffnang.com . Win a Canon EOS1000D just by taking pictures!! Hey Nuffnangers! Ever dreamt of “Flying without Wings” or being “George of the Jungle”, right here in Singapore? Well, now your dreams can be brought to life with photography! Canon, in is holding a contest just for all you Nuffnangers and you stand to win some of the latest Canon products. Prizes: 1st Prize: Digital EOS 1000D 2nd Prize: Digital IXUS 80 IS 3rd Prize: Selphy Compact Photo Printer CP 770 It’s very simple to take part. All you need to do is to take a creative photograph and post it on your blog! So what do we mean by ‘creative photograph”? See amazing samples here: Janvonholleben! At the end of your blog entry, add a link it to Canon’s website: http://www.digitaldreams.com.sg/ with the text: Live your Digital Dream with Canon. After you’ve posted all that on your blog, send us the DIRECT LINK to this blog entry together with your Name, NRIC and Contact Number to canon@nuffnang.com to be in the running for this contest! What are you waiting for? Contest ends on 31 Aug 2008! Wall-E Meme Results and another opportunity to catch Wall-E!!! UPDATE: PLEASE SEND 2nd CONTEST ENTRIES to meme@nuffnang.com Dear Nuffnangers, The results from the Meme contest are in! And there is a clear winner! (Drumroll!!!!). That winner is http://matthew-zachary.blogspot.com/2008/08/private-movie-screening.html, who had a total of 87 VERIFIED tags!!! 30 more than our second person! Congratulations Matthew, for having won 50 tickets to a Wall-E preview screening on 23rd August 2008, 1230pm, Lido Hall 2, courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Singapore and Nuffnang, of course! Dissapointed you did not win!? Well don’t be! Because there is a second chance for the wider Nuffnang community! We still have UP TO 50 PAIRS of tickets up for grabs! All you have to do is put up a short blog post (a one liner will do), with a photo of Wall-E, telling us why you’d like to catch this movie! Up to 50 bloggers will get a pair of tickets each if their post is chosen by your loving nuffies! (US!) Submission deadline is 20th August 2359H, and winners will be notified by the Friday 22nd August. In case you are wondering, the movie screening is scheduled on the 23rd of August 2008, Saturday, 1200PM, at LIDO HALL 2. We look forward to receiving your permalinks! And seeing you at one of the coolest movies this summer! Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Happy 43rd Birthday Singapore!!! Nuffnang and the Nuffies would like to wish all Singaporeans a Happy 43rd Birthday!!! We are proud to have Singaporean roots, and wish Singapore and Singaporeans many more prosperous years ahead!!! Best regards, The Nuffnang Team Maintenance Notice: 8/8/2008 Hi Nuffnangers, Nuffnang Singapore will be undergoing a hardware upgrade at the following time: Date: 8/8/2008 Time: 3:00 a.m. ETA: 2 hours During this time window, you will not be able to access the website and your ads will not show. Your earnings will not be affected. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Have a nice day! Wall-E Movie Meme Contest!!! Want your own movie screening? Dear Nuffnangers, Have you ever wanted a personal movie screening for ALL of your friends!!? Well today, in conjunction with Disney • Pixar, Nuffnang Singapore is pleased to bring you an opportunity to watch summer’s latest blockbuster: Wall-E, with 50 of your friends! That’s pretty close to your personal movie screening isn’t it? Nuffnang Singapore is organising a Meme contest on our blogs to distribute these tickets! What is a meme contest and how does it work? OK. Let me just draw it out in stages. It all starts with the originator blog (YOU!)! STEP ONE: You have to complete the statement starting with: “The craziest thing I have done for love is…” and sign off with this line “Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ STEP TWO: You will then have to rally your friends to do the same thing on their blog AND tag you as the originator blog, AFTER the sentence. You will need to ensure 2 things, 1. Your friends have to sign off with “Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ in their blog post, 2. Tag your blog as the originator by specifying after the sentence, (ORIGINATOR BLOG: Your blog URL) This is to ensure that their tag is attributed to YOUR blog as the originator. STEP THREE: You then have to compile the entire meme on your blog by tagging every single friend who has participated. The end result for step 3 will look something like below. The craziest thing I have done for love is (XXXXX) … Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ (YOUR blog URL) The craziest thing I have done for love is (XXXXX)… Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ (URL of Blogger A) The craziest thing I have done for love is (XXXXX)… Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ (URL of Blogger B) The craziest thing I have done for love is (XXXXX)… Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ (URL of Blogger C) The craziest thing I have done for love is (XXXXX)… Catch Wall-E in cinemas from 28 August 2008″ (URL of Blogger D) PLEASE ENSURE that all your friends’ blogs have LINKED YOU AS THE ORIGINATOR BLOG. Note also the opening and closing lines. The blogger with the most number of blogs participating in this “chain” will receive 50 tickets (The winner will then be responsible for distributing the tickets, in whatever way has been agreed upon). In the event there is a tie, judges (your loving nuffies!) will use their discretion to pick a winner. Please submit your permalink to meme@nuffnang.com (You only need to submit the blog entry that has all the blog links in it, for us to verify the chain). Closing date is 11th of August 2008, 2359H. Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Join us on facebook today!!! Dear Nuffnangers, Don’t you love being a Nuffnanger!!? Do you like making money from your blog? Do you enjoy attending our events such as the Pajama Party, Wild ‘Live’ Blogging and Nuffnang Private Movie Screenings? Do you relish participating in our contests? Keep your eyes and ears peeled, if you do, as there is definitely lots more in store! In tandem with our philosophy of fun, we at Nuffnang are always trying to find ways to communicate and connect with our bloggers. In addition to our blog and main site, Nuffnang proudly introduces its Facebook Fan Page here. Show your love for Nuffnang by becoming a Fan of our Nuffnang Fan Page today and you’ll be updated with various announcements and exclusive invitations for events in the future! I’m talking about invites to premieres of movies, events and even concerts! Once you’ve joined, you can participate in our discussion forums to interact with other fans. You are also encouraged to upload photos of yourself or other Nuffnangers during any Nuffnang events at the Fan photo section. You’ll also receive constant updates regarding Nuffnang through this fan page. We intend to bring our bloggers from both Malaysia and Singapore much closer via this Fan Page. That being said, our aim is to have 20,000 Nuffnang Fans on our facebook site by end of this year. Help us achieve this aim! If this figure is successfully achieved, Nuffnang will host 2 Massive Movie Screenings in Singapore and Malaysia simultaneously to celebrate the achievement of bloggers in both countries. So hurry up and join our Fan Page today. Login to your Facebook account and click here to see our Page. Join our facebook page today! Best regards, Robb Chew Blogger Liason Executive Nuffnang.com Apple Contest Winners! Hi Nuffnangers, We have announced the winners and I’m sure you must be wondering who they are! In total, the client chose 3 top winners but due to the overwhelming response and high-quality entries from all of you, (We thank you for it!) Nuffnang decided to choose another 3 more entries to give away MORE prizes! The other prizes consisted of 2 iPod Nano(s) and 1 iPod Shuffle! Out of the 6 entries, we randomly chose the winner for each prize and here are the results! iPod Touch  1. Simply-Shawn 2. Vilevan 3. 12littledogs  iPod Nano 1.  Underage-girl 2. Youthinkicarewhatyousay  iPod Shuffle 1. Shaneypants  Thank you all Nuffnangers for participating in this contest and we hope to get your support for other contests as well as our upcoming community events! Cheers, The Nuffnang Team Apple Contest! Hi All! Many Nuffnangers has been asking when the results would be out so I thought I should give an update here! Winners will be notified by the end of this week! If you are one of the lucky 3 winners, you will receive an email notification from us! So do keep a lookout for new emails sent by us! Cheers, The Nuffnang Team Nike+ Human Race! Dear Nuffnangers I’m sure some of you have seen the Nike+ Human Race skinned on Nuffnang’s page some time ago. “Choose your charity and vote with your feet”: The Nike+ Human Race is a charitable race, where you can pledge to run for the charity of your choice (UN Refugee Agency, Lance Armstrong Foundation or WWF), for just $25 or $45 (depending on your age). The good news is, Nike is sponsoring 10 lucky Nuffnangers complimentary passes to take part in the Human Race! Runners will also receive a FREE T-shirt with race bib printed on it, different from the conventional race tees where bibs are pinned on instead! DETAILS: Date: 31 August 2008, Sunday Race Time: 4.30pm Start Point: The Esplanade Bridge End Point: The Padang Distance: 10 km ENTRY FEE (FREE for 10 lucky Nuffnangers): 24 years and below as of 1st September 2008 - $25 25 years and above as of 1st September 2008 - $45 HOW TO GET YOUR FREE PASS: Simply send your name, contact number and blog address to humanrace@nuffnang.com For more information on the Nike+ Human Race, please vist (http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp) Kidz Walkz: Update! Hi Nuffnangers! We recently had a group of bloggers coming together with their family for the Kidz Walkz event and we all had a great time together!! There was a huge carnival held at Playground@Big Splash in conjunction with Family Day Out and it attracted hundreds and hundreds of people. Kids were running around playing games suited for them. People were having their caricature drawn. Golf, basketball and bumper cars were some of the more popular games that attracted the young and old! Of course I won’t indulge too much here, but if you want to find out more about the event, take a look at the blogs below! They participated and they blogged about it! Find out more at: Hot Strawberries Plus Red Wine Wonderinggg Kisses From A Broken Heart Judging me Those Lies Xiao Daisy Liz De Light Of My Life Cookiellove Uyweis I do hope to see more Nuffnangers at other community events! :D Cheers, Cherie I LOVE MY APPLE! Hi NUFFNANGERS! Nuffnang Singapore is proud to have Apple as our featured advertiser and along with it, we are holding a contest to all Nuffnangers out there! Fell in love with the latest Apple gadget but have no outlet to express it? Or are you one who roots for the classics? RIGHT NOW, you get to win prizes just by expressing your love for APPLE products! Be it the iPod series, Macbook series or the MIGHTY MOUSE! Let us know, share the love! How to join? Write an entry on your blog about which Apple product you love the most and why!   Next, just send us your blog entry direct link to the post with the title “I LOVE MY APPLE!” along with your name and contact number to be in the running for the contest! The email you should send to: apple@nuffnang.com IT’S THAT SIMPLE! The top 3 most creative and innovative post gets to win 3 iPod Touch, each worth over $600!!!! Cheers! The Nuffnang Team KIDZ WALKZ: Upcoming Nuffnang Community Event! Hi Nuffnangers! It gives me great pleasure to announce our upcoming Nuffnang Community Event in conjunction with National Family Council! As part of the Family Day Out Celebrations, the National Family Council is holding another event, Kidz Walkz to encourage more family outings! Nuffnang is one big family and we are proud to announce that we will be having our own “Bloggers’ Contingent” during the march. Bloggers attending the event are encouraged to rope in their family to boost up Nuffnang’s family! Sounds exciting already? WE HAVE MORE! There will be the launch of “Celebrating family: 101 stories on love and inspiration” at 4.30pm for everyone attending to soak up the fun-filled family love atmosphere. Up next would be the 1KM Kidz Walkz, which will let us everyone in Nuffnang exercise together for the FIRST TIME! What could be better than having a movie by the beach after the whole exercise march. Catch the famous animation “Ratatouille” whilst lying down on the soft sand, munching on tibits and drinks. There will be games and performances throughout the entire event that will tug the hearts of both young and old! (which means me, you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, okay.. you got it!) To end of the whole event, there will be awesome FIREWORKS DISPLAY! It’s not everyday that you get to see fireworks so this is a great opportunity! Date: 28 June 2008 Venue: Playground @ Big Splash – East Coast Park Time: 3pm – 10pm Attire: Anything comfortable! What’s a fun-filled event without any prizes? The “most creative family attire” stands to win attractive prizes worth $500! If you are interested in this event, (which i really hope you are uberly excited by now) email to kidzwalkz@nuffnang.com with your name and contact number right now! Nuffnangers who attend the event will be included and linked in our post-event blog post writeup. What are you waiting for ? This is a one time opportunity for you to brush shoulders with other bloggers and get to know one another within the community! Email us now! Cheers! Cherie Singapore Movie Fiesta (CONT) Huiwen and I went down to Vivocity on June 4 to check out the launch of the Singapore Movie Fiesta, where on the last day, there will be the unveiling of our very own Singapore’s Superhero (PROUDLY DESIGNED BY ONE OF OUR NUFFNANGGER!) and was delighted to see many “Superheroes and Villians”, mutants and non-mutants strolling around without being caught by the fashion police! Storm, Dr Doom, Cloud and Cyclops are the very few we saw roaming the concourse of Vivocity! Even Speed Racer was here & both Huiwen and I had fun snatching his helmet away from him.   & if you are wondering if you can join in the fun, well… YOU CAN!   There will be a Superhero Factory booth at Level 1 where you can be transformed into your ideal superhero!   Professional make up artists from MAKE UP FOR EVER will be there to make sure you are beautified and/or uglified depending on your chosen character. You can also turn into a 80’s Saturday Night Live band with your friends! (The organisers are a fun crowd to be with) All proceeds will be going into the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, so while you are having fun, you are donating to charity! “That’s killing 2 villians with my sword!”   Do remember that there will be a “Superhero March” held on Sunday, 8th June 2008 at 9am! Registration costs $30 but you will walk away with a goody bag worth $200!! “& with that, I just killed another villian” on the computer itself this time.. Registration will be held at Vivocity, Level 1 from June 4 – June 8, the earlier the better! Remember, early superheros catches the villians! Singapore Movie Fiesta 08 Event Highlights! Special Effects Make-up Demostration There will be LIVE professional movie make-up demostration that will be conducted from 4th - 6th June 08, by experts Frances Richardson and Luke Hawker from internationally renowned special effects company WETA Workshop. (They did LOTR and King Kong movies! GASP) Date: 4 – 6 June 2008 Time: 3pm Superhero Cosplay Competition Be part of the action and show off your Cosplay style! Win super prizes for Best Costume, Best Act and our Judge’s Favourite. Pick up your entry form from the Customer Service Counter on Level 1 or 2. Date: 7 June 2008 Time: 5pm Movie Preview Showcase Catch a glimpse of the latest movie that will be hitting our shores, together with the latest gossip and news on this year’s hottest big screen offerings. From Sci-fi to Adventure, from romance to comedy, this is your ticket to previews galore of this season’s hottest blockbusters. Redemption details at the exhibition stands. Movie Fan Gatherings & Bazaar Meet and share your passion for your heroes from the big screen with people who share the same love. This is Singapore’s first and biggest fans get together. So don’t forget your costumes, props and famous quotes! Take home movie merchandise from your favourite hits. Stock up or swap gems from past classics or upcoming big screen hits and join in the movie-related games. DO come and support Singapore’s Superhero and our Nuffnanger on June 8 at 1030am! It is the first ever unveiling of the Superhero! & don’t you just want to know who won? :D Cheers! Cherie The Nuffnang Team Singapore       Singapore Movie Fiesta! Dear Nuffnangers It gives us great pleasure to bring you another community event at the Singapore Movie Fiesta! What you can expect at the Singapore Movie Fiesta: 1) The unveiling of Singapore’s very own Superhero, created by one of our very own Nuffnanger! 2) FREE tickets to watch the movie, “Shaolin Girl” 1) Unveiling of “Blog-tastic Contest” Superhero The Singapore Movie Fiesta will be held on 4-8 June 2008, from 10 am - 10pm, at VivoCity. On Sunday 8 June 2008, the winner of our Superhero Blog-tastic Contest will be unveiled to the public, along with the Superhero he/she created! Prior to that, there will be a Superhero March, where you can dress up as any Superhero you want and march along with other Superheroes. Ever thought of designing your own Superhero costume? Here’s your chance! For those Superheroes who are too busy to make your own costumes, you can always go down to the Superhero Factory (Level 1, Concourse, Vivocity) to grab your own favourite Superhero costume. Registration for the Superhero March is at $30 each, with all proceeds going to the “Straits Times Pocket Money Fund”. Furthermore, you will receive a goody bag worth $200 packed with attractive gifts! Exclusive to Nuffnangers, those who register will receive a FREE $20 Superhero Factory voucher, which allows you to transform into a Superhero! So, what are you waiting for? Superkids, Superdads, Supermoms, Supergrandparents and Superpets are all welcome! Just let your imagination run wild! For more information, visit www.singaporemoviefiesta.com or email us at superhero@nuffnang.com. (Nuffnangers who wish to participate in the Superhero March and hence get a free $20 Superhero Factory voucher, please do email us at superhero@nuffnang.com so we can prepare your vouchers!) 2) Shaolin Girl As part of the Singapore Movie Fiesta, we will be holding a movie screening of “Shaolin Girl” this coming Sunday, 8 June 2008, at Vivocity, 1630H (Full details will be released to winners). 100 tickets are up for grabs for Nuffnangers and their guests! All you have to do is send your Name, IC and contact number to superhero@nuffnang.com The first 50 bloggers to send in their emails will win a pair of tickets. Please note that exclusive Nuffnangers (GLITTERATI) will be given priority for selection. Last entries will be accepted on Thursday evening (5 June) 2359H. Successful applicants will be notified on Friday and Saturday. The Nuffnang Team looks forward to seeing you at the event! SYNOPSIS: Produced by Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, CJ7), Shaolin Girl tells the story of a girl by the name of Rin, who is compelled to take over her late grandfather’s kung-fu dojo. She endures 3,000 days of brutal training at the Shaolin Martial Arts School in China before returning to her native Japan. But what awaits her is a dojo that lies in tatters and students who have abandoned the true discipline of Shaolin kung-fu. While struggling to restore her grandfather’s school to its former glory and spread a genuine Shaolin philosophy, Rin attends university where she becomes the star member of the lacrosse team. While Rin’s exceptional physical abilities being a string of victories to the team, her teammates in turn come to her aid by helping her reestablish the dojo. Just as fortune seems to smile upon her, a dark incident from a past Rin knew nothing about rears its ugly head and throws her into a fantastic showdown with tremendous evil. Is the Shaolin Girl up to the challenge? Cheers! Cherie & Huiwen The Nuffnang Team Global CPC campaigns open to ALL! Dear Nuffnangers, A while back, we opened up a Cost Per Click (CPC) option for bloggers with less than 20 unique visits a day (i.e, Band 0). This option was available to them on their blog manager, and allowed these bloggers to generate income with Nuffnang. After a successful trial with this group of bloggers, the Nuffnang team has decided to open this option up to EVERYBODY! This means that you have another way of earning money! To do this, kindly go to your blog manager, and select “Show Global CPC ads”. This means that as and when we have CPC campaigns available, the ads will automatically appear. We have several CPC campaigns running this week, starting Sunday (So take advantage of this today!) Do note that whereas Cost Per Unique Visitor (CPUV) ads do not require any user interaction for you to earn income, CPC campaigns require your readers to click on the ads before you earn money. Do not abuse this scheme, the backend is loaded with a sophisticated click fraud detection system. All earnings are audited before they are credited into your account, and those who are found to have commited click fraud could face a ban from recieving this type of ads. Enjoy the weekend and I look forward to seeing some of you at the screening of Prince Caspian on Monday afternoon! Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Exclusive Community Screening of the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian! Dear Nuffnangers, It gives me great pleasure to announce an exclusive screening of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian! The Gala Premier will be held this coming Monday, 19th of May 2008 (Vesak Day!), at Bugis Junction, 1530H (Full details will be released to winners). 200 tickets are up for grabs for Nuffnangers and their guests at this no frills community event! The requirements are SIMPLE! All you have to do is to simply go to the website http://www.fighttosavenarnia.com.sg , watch the trailer and share with us on why you would like to catch this movie in your blog! Our suggested format, is a picture of Prince Caspian, your entry and a link to The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian website: http://www.fighttosavenarnia.com.sg. Email your blog entry url to us at princecaspian@nuffnang.com The first 100 bloggers to send in their entries will win a pair of tickets. Please note that exclusive Nuffnangers (GLITTERATI) will be given priority for selection. Last entries will be accepted on Friday evening (16th May) 2359H. Successful applicants will be notified either on Saturday or Sunday. The Nuffnang Team looks forward to seeing you at the event! SYNOPSIS OF THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN The characters of C.S. Lewis’s timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. One year after the incredible events of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia’s rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, Trumpkin, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz’s tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land. Directed once again by veteran director Andrew Adamson, screenplay by Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and produced by Mark Johnson, Andrew Adamson and Philip Steuer, the film reunites the original cast and creative team behind the blockbuster first film in the series. Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Nuffnang Family Day Out!!! National Family Celebrations 08 Dear Nuffnangers, Its gives me great pleasure to announce that Nuffnang.com.sg, in conjunction with the National Family Celebrations 08, is giving away a total of 215 tickets to various attractions in Singapore! 35 lucky bloggers will stand to win sets of 5 or 7 tickets each, to bring their family out to the Singapore Flyer, Bird Park, Zoo, Night Safari, Hippo Tours, Duck Tours, or Rhino Tours! All you have to do is compose a blog entry, titled “My favourite family routine”, and send it in to family@nuffnang.com, it could be anything, from the simple Sunday Lunch, to wacky days out. It can be as short or as long a post as you want it to be. The deadline for submission is May 20th 2008, 2359H, and winners wil be notified via email on May 21st. Winners will also have to blog about their outing with their family, and a dedicated page on www.nuffnang.com.sg will be set up to drive publicity and traffic to these blog posts! This event is brought to you by the National Family Council, Singapore and proudly supported by Nuffnang.com.sg. Click here for more information about the contest. NATIONAL FAMILY CELEBRATIONS 08 Organised bythe National Family Council, National Family Celebrations is an annual event which celebrates and reinforces the importance of families and family life. This year, the nation wide celebrations will run from 24th May to 28th June 2008. National Family Celebrations 08 will bring together activities, and events organised by community organisations and private organisations. Singaporeans can look forward to a line up of events and activities for families to spend quality time together. For more information on the NFC 08, please click here. Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Singapore Movie Fiesta 08 Dear Nuffnangers, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Nuffnang Singapore is the official blog community for the inaugural Singapore Movie Fiesta 08. The Singapore Movie Fiesta is a Uniquely Singapore event that celebrates Movies. This event is set to attract the largest congregation of cosplayers and movie fans across the region, and features blockbuster movie previews, movie fan activities, and for the first time ever, unique costuming arts and creative activities, such as the Singapore Superhero March, and the Singapore Superhero Factory. The centre of all activity will be Vivocity from 4th – 8th June 2008. In conjunction with this event, Nuffnang is organising a “Singapore Superhero” contest. Entrants will have to blog about what they think a Singapore Superhero should look like, what powers he/she will have, what he/she should embody, etc. Of course, sketches and drawings of your own Singapore superhero would be cool too! The grand prize is a high end Acer Laptop worth $3,300, and there are prizes for merely being the FIRST 25 entriies! For more information about the contest itself, please click here. For more information about the movie fiesta itself, click here. Do note that all entries (permalinks) should be submitted to superhero@nuffnang.com, this has been missed out on the contest page design, so do take the email addy down! Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Nuffnang Launches Smart Poll! Dear Nuffnangers, When our developers at Nuffnang are not spending time improving our site’s backend, adding new internal features or fixing any small problems we encounter every now and then, they’re adding small improvements and features to Innit or developing tools for our bloggers. One of the new tools they’ve come up with is a poll that we can all add on to our blog to learn more about our readers. All Nuffnangers have access to the poll of their own blogs but only Nuffnang Glitterati will be allowed to customize their own questions. The new Nuffnang poll is a new state of the art tool with many new cutting-edge features. For example, the intelligent poll learns about you every time you do a poll on an individual blog. For example, if you do a poll on Blog A and answer that you are between 19-23 years old, the same question will not appear when you visit Blog B with the questions in the poll. Instead, your answer from Blog A will be carried and stored into Blog B’s profile to give you more information about the people who read your blog. Reducing the frequency of the same poll being answered repeatedly also reduces the sampling error of your results, giving you more accurate results. If you wish to activate or deactivate the poll, please login to your Nuffnang account and click on the “Blog Manager” tab. If you don’t find the tab then click on “More” to see more tabs. Alternatively if you run into any problems, you can contact us via our Helpdesk. Have fun with the new tool everyone! Electrico - Everybody’s Here Dear Nuffnangers, Nuffnang Singapore is proud to be involved in the launch of Electrico’s new song, titled “Everybody’s Here” For those who do not know them, Electrico is Singapore’s very own award winning indie rock band. The band comprises five people, David Tan, Daniel Sassoon, Desmond Goh, Amanda Ling, and William Lim. They have recently released a new song titled, “Everybody’s Here”. What is the song about? According to lead vocal, David Tan, Everybody’s Here is “about how we take for granted that we are never alone in the problems that we face, and if we look hard enough, there are always people that we can turn to for help or advice or just support.” Catch the full interview with electrico on www.everybodyshere.sg, and also the exclusive download of the song! Best regards, Ming Youth Aids Blogger Forum Dear Nuffnangers, It gives me great pleasure to announce, that in conjunction with the Health Promotion Board, Nuffnang Singapore is hosting its first formal blogger forum ever. The topic? AIDS. This event will be taking place at Cineleisure, this Saturday on 29thMarch 2008, between 1500H and 1800H. The event will entail visiting a photo exhibition, where bloggers can let their thoughts on the topic settle in, a formal forum led by HPB in the Preview Lounge (which has been booked just for all of us) where opinions can flow freely, and TEAAAA with makan to replenish all those braincells! And of course loooots of mingling after! There are 50 places in total, but 25 bloggers have been handpicked by our team and given exclusive access, which means 25 more places available for the wider network. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to discuss a poignant and current topic, and the chance to meet other bloggers! If you are interested in attending this event, do reply to scott.chua@nuffnang.com , by this Wednesday 26th March, 1700H. Thank you and see you there! Best regards, Scott Blogger Liason Executive Nuffnang Pte Ltd Nuffnang 1st Birthday Bash a.k.a. Pajama Party Incoming mails to request for invitations to the Nuffnang Birthday Bash a.k.a. Pajama Party never stopped till the day itself. Invited guests and bloggers came as early as 5.45 p.m. as they can’t contain their excitement to party in their pajamas. Registration for our party was not the same like any other. We had Nuffies taking care of the registration booth. Who are Nuffies you ask? A policewoman, French maid and nurse taking care of your needs during registration. The policewoman was there to ensure that no one misbehave while registering, the French maid to keep things tidy and the nurse to take care of anyone who’s feeling a little under the weather. Some of the bloggers who misbehaved was literally spanked by the policewoman. Of course, the presence of such wonderful caretakers won’t go without noted by bloggers who wasted no time to take pictures with them. A Pajama Party would be meaningless if there’s no one wearing Pajama right? We used to think that Malaysians are a little conservative in taking part in costume parties. But we were DEAD wrong. These guys were literally yawning all the way into the party with their pajamas. By passers who see them would definitely think they’re heading to bed.Not only were people coming in with the regular pajamas, some even came with the local flavor! Kain songket! Okay, everyone was trying to look their best in their sleeping outfit. Accessory was mandatory! There were so many cuddly toys all over the place that at times we thought we were organizing a kindergarten outing. Pajama checked. Cuddly toy/Bantal bucuk checked. Is there anymore accessory to the sleeping outfit? Oh wait, what are you wearing on your feet? Oh wait a second. I thought this was a Pajama Party. How come Optimus Prime showed up? Over 300 bloggers from all over Malaysia and Singapore attended our Pajama Party last night. Among them are our homeboy, Kenny Sia. Then we have celebrity bloggers from Singapore, Dawn Yang and XiaXue. Nuffnang Pajama Party would definitely be impossible without the support from Chipster who’s the title sponsor for the entire event. Thus, those who were partying with us last night did not have to worry of running out of Chipsters as there were aplenty. Once all our guests have arrived, our party kicked off. All eyes were on Ming and Tim. Ming and Tim took turns to welcome everyone who was there. When the microphone was passed to Tim, he had his hands full as his other hand is holding on to his bantal bucuk. After the speech, Liang, our emcee conducted an ice-breaker game for the party to help bloggers from Malaysia and Singapore get to know each other better. Winners of the game were given prizes. At one point, there was a tie between two lads. And when it’s a tie between 2 men, it’s only fair that a competition of physical strength should be next. They had to outdo the other by doing push-ups with a Nuffie on their back. After the ice breaking session, dinner was served. Bloggers and our invited guests helped themselves with the generous amount of food served by Borneo Baruk Club. People were definitely enjoying themselves in the party as we caught them cheerfully dancing around the line of the buffet table. The entire night was filled with games with attractive prizes to be won. Some of the things that participants had to do to win prizes were thumb wrestling,.. .. and imitating a pose from one of the finalists of Malaysian Dream Girl We gave out the prizes to our winners who wrote the post themed “I Sleep Better With Chipster” on the night as well. David Lian won the Quirkiest Post award and landed on a brand new Nintendo Wii for his creativity in making a pajama out of Chipster packs. Valerie from Singapore won an iPod Touch for having the best pajama in her blog post. All hail the Chipster Girl! The grand prize winner was Johnathan from Penang who won an Apple Macbook for having the most number of actual Chipster packs in one photo. The number of Chipster packs he used for that photo was 400! A well deserved win. It was a night of rewards for everyone as the Nuffnang staffs got something for the two bosses, Ming and Tim. Brand new underwears! And due to the pressure from the emcee and the floor, they had to put them on right away! Panasonic gave out Lumix Cameras as prizes to the winners of the ‘Lumix Bidding Game’. The high bidders were the champion thumb wrestlers. Kenny Sia stepped in as well to pose and promote the Lumix Cameras. Among his favorite pose - Furong Jie Jie’s Pose. It was a night of joy and laughter for most of us. The party would not have been possible without Su Ann a.k.a. Pinkpau as she was the Event Coordinator for the party. We thank her from the bottom of our heart for helping us organize such a grand event. We would also like to thank Chipster, for being our title sponsor, Borneo Baruk Club for providing us the venue, Panasonic, Tune Hotels and Kid Chan Studio for being our official photographer for the event. Not forgetting the bloggers and advertisers from Malaysia and Singapore who have gave tremendous support to Nuffnang, without all of you, we would not be where we are today. Thank you very much.Happy Birthday Nuffnang! Here are some videos from some of our bloggers wishing Nuffnang a Happy Birthday. We hope you would enjoy it as much as we did. If you’re looking for pictures of our Nuffnang Pajama Party to put on your blog, please click here. Credits to Kid Chan Studio, our Official Photographer for the night. Significant LR and LB CPM Campaign for all bloggers above Band 0! Dear Nuffnangers, Nuffnang Singapore is happy to have secured a significant deal with a blue chip client. We are unable to release the name of the company yet, but it is a reputable one, with an exciting new service to offer! This ad is applicable to ALL BLOGGERS ABOVE BAND 0 (Meaning, you will get one for sure, if you fall in this category), AND IF YOU HAVE THE LARGE RECTANGLE AND LEADERBOARD UNIT UP. We would therefore like to request that you add this category of ads onto your blogs. How do you do that? 1) Well, on your navigation dock panel, click on the more link *The little green link on the bottom*. 2) The first navigation link you see there is the add ads page. Click on it, and use the 1st or 3rd code there. 3) Cut and paste the code into your html template. If you are unsure of how to do so, there are tutorials on the side. 4) If still in doubt, please contact our helpdesk for assistance. Staff will be on hand to help you. Don’t forget, you can also minimize the ad unit when it is not in use (meaning, you will only see a tiny little image there, and it won’t take up space). You can do that on the blog manager page. Don’t miss this great opportunity to secure paid ads for sure on your blog! Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Nuffnang Turns 1 today!!! Dear Nuffnangers, It is 2AM in the morning now, and exactly 1 year ago, Nuffnang was launched! It has been a great year, and I’ve summarized my thoughts on my personal blog, so do have a read and comment with your birthday wishes for our community! On a separate note, there are still a significant number of places up for grabs for our Pajama Party (1st Birthday Bash). Having spoken to some bloggers, I feel a further clarification is in order. All you need to do, is take a photo of yourself with a chipster packet, in your PJs (Preferably), title your post “I sleep better with chipster!”, and you’re done! Whilst there are prizes for most chipster packets, quirkiest post, and best pajamas, there is no need for an elaborate, detailed or lengthy post. Do not miss this opportunity! There will literally be hundreds of bloggers at this amazing event, and all transportation and accomodation is taken care of! In lieu of these clarifications, the deadline is now extended to 2nd of March, 2359H. So buy your pack of Chipster, take a photo and post it up now! Send your links to pajamaparty@nuffnang.com.sg Best regards, Ming Co-Founder Nuffnang.com Durex Singapore, our latest Valued Partner! Disclaimer: This general post relates to a topic of a sexual nature. As a result, it is directed at Nuffnangers aged 18 and above. Kindly read on only if you fall into that age group. Dear Nuffnangers, It gives us great pleasure to announce a new valued partner in Durex Singapore. If you havn’t already noticed, Durex is currently running a “blog shaking” campaign across hundreds of blogs signed up in the Nuffnang network. The quirky ad units look like this: Yes, Durex is looking for vibrator testers! Come out all you closet vibrator fans! Nuffnang has just found you a dream job! You’ve got to be 18 to apply, but the requirements stop there! Click on the ad, which will bring you to http://www.durexplayshop.com.sg/testerform.php, fill in a form, and you could be receiving a little surprise in your mail box soon enough! Look forward to one of these two innovative products from the market leader of branded condoms! Have fun! Play safe! Courtesy of Durex Singapore! Nuffnang Birthday Bash Postponed to the 15th of March 2008 & Bonus Cash Giveaway for Nuffnangers! Dear Nuffnangers, CHANGE OF DATE Yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi announced Malaysian elections on the 8th of March 2008! As you know, that was the proposed date of our First birthday Bash! To minimize the disruption to our Malaysian Nuffnangers who vote, and with consideration to other factors, the Nuffnang team, having consulted with our valued partners, have decided to postpone this event to the 15th of March, 2008, SATURDAY. The deadline for Blog entry submissions has also been extended to the 29th of February 2008. All OTHER details remain the same. CLARIFICATIONS FOR BLOG ENTRY As you know, to be eligible for a ticket to the party/trip, Nuffnangers have to write a blog Entry with the title “I sleep better with Chipster”. We have received some quality entries so far, but have noticed that some people are submitting entries incorrectly. What you need to do, is to go out there, buy a pack of chipster, and take a photo of yourself with it, in your Pajamas (Preferably…Or anything you sleep in). This is in line with our theme for the party. Here is a model entry: http://boonage.pjss2.net/2008/02/14/i-sleep-better-with-chipster/ There are prizes involved with this blog entry too! 3 categories! 1) The most chipster packs in one post- Prize: Macbook 2) The quirkiest post- Prize: Nintendo Wii 3) The best pajamas- Prize: Ipod Touch So what are you waiting for!!? Go out to your nearest 7-11 or supermarket, grab yourself a pack of chipster or more (if you’re ambitious), get into your PJs and snap away!!! BONUS Cash Giveaway!!! As a bonus, and considering, the Nuffnang team is in EUPHORIC mode right now. The first 50 CORRECT Entries from Singapore will get SGD$10 credited into their earnings (that’s on top of the tickets to the event)! That’s all! Remember, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS! Get writing! For more info on your event, click here Best Regards, Ming & Timothy Tiah