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Holga camera GIVEAWAY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:45:46 PST

Quick question: What does Holga Lomo camera, iPhone 3GS and Nintendo Wii all have in common?

Answer: Any one of it could be YOURS if you take part in SG Tidbits 365 contest!!!

It is a Singapore Discovery Centre initiative and they are having a contest (till 31st Dec) with those awesome prizes for you to win, just by submitting a photo or video with bite sized captions to showcase an interesting or fun fact about Singapore.

That's that...
BUT I'VE GOT MORE FOR YOU!

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In conjunction with the above mentioned SG Tidbits 365 contest, I'm running a mini contest over here too! You get to win this awesome white Holga 135BC camera! *Terms and conditions apply.

Here's how!
Step 1: Guess where the 2 photos below were taken
You can find the answers at SG Tidbits 365 website. You might need to do a little hunting among the growing submissions there.

Step 2: Submit with the form below
You will need to fill in the form below this post with your particulars and answers. If there are more than 1 person with correct answers submitted, a random draw will be conducted to pick the winner.

Step 3: Wait for my email
Wait for my email in your mailbox between 24 Nov to 30 Nov. I will be contacting the winner via email. Winner will have to collect the prize in person at the stipulated date, time and venue, which will be given in the winning notification email.

Location #1 :

Clue: The old Port of Singapore.

Location #2 :

Clue: You can find the grave belonging to the late Major General, Mr Lim Bo Seng here.

Submit your answers here!
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Terms and Conditions
1. All submissions have to be submitted by 2359 on 22 Nov 2009 using the Google Form found in this blog post.
2. Each participant may submit up to three entries but only one entry with both correctly identified locations will stand a chance to win.
3. The winner will be determined via lucky draw from all participants with correct entries.
4. Each winner is only eligible to win ONE prize from this contest.
5. The winner has to collect the prize in person on the stipulated date, time and venue, which will be revealed in the winning notification email.
6. The prize cannot be transferred, negotiated nor exchanged. Only the prizewinner and not any other person or agent, may claim the prize. 24seven, and its partners for this contest, reserves the right to use the winner’s name, picture and information for publicity purposes, including but not limited to print, broadcast and online media.

This will be running from today till 22nd Nov. So start searching for the answers now!

Psst... Location #1 is a giveaway lor! Can it get anymore obvious than that?!

The Red Carpet

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:26:45 PST

I shan't bore you with the winners list or blog about how the event went. You'd prolly read it on the other 80,000 nuffnangers' blogs. So here are the pictures!!!

Sorry if I'd unintentionally left you out of the "red carpet"! By the time I edited until Ming & Tim, I was like, OMG THIS IS NEVER-ENDING, GOT TO STOP NOW!!! (read: lazy)

Nonetheless, here are some more photos for your perusal.

Getting ready at Fabian's house.

Jayden is wearing a tophat. Your argument is invalid.

Alton & my stick! Sounds wrong... LOL

This is my FAVOURITEST photo! Don't cha feel so youthful just by looking at it?! ^^

With the big guys from Pringles!

They just luuurve my STICK, don't they? HAHAHA!

LX3 galore!

That's it! KTHXBAI!

Pardon me

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:46:31 PST

...while I iron out the issues with the exploded bandwidth.

On a brighter side,
My blog looks funky now, doesn't it?

E-Voucher extended!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:00 PST

Advertorial

So did you went to take photo with Dai Yang Tian & Elvin Ng??? ...if you have no idea what I'm talking about, please refer to my earlier advertorial post!

Anyway, a piece of good news for you! The earlier e-voucher redemption has been extended!

Click to access the print version:

It is now redeemable at all Hello stores till 30th Nov! What are you waiting for?!

Jeng Jeng Jeng

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:04 PST

...I don't really know what the title means, but it keeps appearing on blog posts about Nuffnang Blog Awards. Anyone care to explain?

A part of me felt like I'd let you guys down. Hoping that I could present to all of you (who had ardently took part in the voting process like it's your own competition) something in return of your effort, but no - I didn't make it.

At best, it is just THANK YOU, THANK YOU & THANK YOU. Thanks to all of you who believed in me and voted religiously, though you'd most probably cursed me for wasting a whole lot of your time clicking away.

I must say that I was pleasantly taken aback by Xiaxue's very, very gracious deed of "sharing" the Best Original Blog Design award with me. I swore my eyes dilated with delight when I heard my name being mentioned. I can't even remember what exactly she was saying. All I knew was, I kept nodding and mouthing "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" to her.

Awesome trophies - for me not.

Nonetheless, I, or should I say - WE, managed to bagged a whooping $5K with that zombie flick of ours.

Definitely, it wouldn't have made possible without the amazing crew behind it, so I'd thought that this second version of the above photograph deemed better:

Truth be told, though logically $5000 was a lot more "worth it" than a glass memento, I would rather give the money up for the title. It's like an honorary thing, you know?

So I've made my thank-you speech, where do I begin to blog about the event?

Right, my two outfits!

Didn't realise some of you were waiting for it till my blogger friends nudged me for the blog post on my outfits. So here you go!

Outfit #1: The Willy Wonka-inspired look.

Tophat, checked.
Trenchcoat, checked.
Bowtie, checked.
Walking(?) stick, checked.

Not a exact replica, but you can read how I came about this idea over here.

Btw, is that considered a trenchcoat? I'm not too sure, but you wouldn't believe me if I were to tell you that I bought it at the Salvation Army thrift shop. $21 after an unexpected 30% discount on the already cut-rate price.

However, it didn't exactly came like that though. The bottom of the coat was tailored by my fashion designer friend, Suzsu!

Here's a clearer view of the bottom hemp:

And of cos, the awesome disco stick that I DIY-ed.

Once again, you would not believe that the metal pole was actually the handle of a mop - $3.90. But that discoball is not self made lah! It happened to be lying around in my room and I figured that it would come to good use rather than collecting dust at a corner.

So, in the metal pole goes. *does a suggestive moan* And voila! My very own disco stick!

Outfit #2: The "normal" black-tie event look.

Thank you very much, I love my "gravity-defying hair" (quoted from Fashion Nation!) :D

It was rather painful on the wallet though. The inner black shirt (outfit#1) from Top Man, the shoes from Pedro & the top hat from 4skin are all new!

And also, the new iris-enlarging contact lenses. Struggled initially cos it was a good five or six years ago when I last put contacts on. But all the time & effort proved to be worth it when my eyes looked like I was perpetually liquifying them.

Okay, I'm actually done with the editing of the rest of the photos taken during the event. But I think I shan't flood them here at one go. More often than not, you will simply scroll all the way down to look at the photos and skipped whatever I've written.

I KNOW COS I DO THAT TOO.

So, UH-AH. Thou shalt read over and over again until I post up the photos in the next entry!!!

"I" to the "N" to the "Q"

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:41:47 PDT

Advertorial

Remember the contest I hosted on my blog last month? No, I haven't run away with your prizes! In fact, I'm here to announce the winners!

Here are all the winners who took part via the 10 bloggers!

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And the grand prize winner of S$500 Cash goes to...
Sparklette.net - Daphne

Besides that, INQ Mini 3G will be having its second roadshow this weekend at Plaza Singapura from 11am to 10pm. And this time, they're giving out even better deals when you purchase your INQ Mini 3G at the roadshow.

Simply print out the e-voucher below and redeem the following when you buy the phone during the roadshow:

1. Free pack of 3 INQ Mini 3G battery covers (worth $34.95)
2. Waiver of registration fee and SIM card charge (worth $42.80) when you sign up for the INQ Mini 3G handset

While you're there, don't miss the chance to catch Mediacorp celebrity, Dai Yang Tian and Elvin Ng at 8pm! They'll be there to meet you and you can grab the chance to take photos with them!

Get your cameras ready for these heartthrobs!

Did I mention that there will be a lucky draw too for anyone who purchases the INQ Mini 3G during the roadshow?! One winner each day will be picked to win a 12-month SingTel mobile subscription!

This is definitely an opportunity not to miss if you have been eyeing on the INQ Mini 3G phone!

Click to access the print version of the e-voucher!

This is it!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:44:42 PDT

No, please don't mistake the blog entry title for Michael Jackson's concert-turned-movie. Tonight's Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards! Definitely very excited to meet all the bloggers from all walks of life and from the different countries!

Don't really know what to expect but hopefully everything will turn out fine.

Anyway, a little onto my outfits for tonight since I've been raving about them on Twitter for the past week!

So when I know that I'm gonna attend this event and especially after hearing how Ming and Huiwen described that it is going to be damn glamourous for it being a black-tie event, I had only one thing in mind - The outfit must look akin to what celebs would wear to the award shows.

Googled for pictures of male celebs on red carpets, and to my dismay...

...A SEA OF BLACK!

Didn't expect formal events for the guys to be so boring! So with that in mind, I'd already come up a set of outfit for the night. It's definitely safe, not over-the-top but looking glam & all suited up.

The only lacking thing for that outfit was the shoe though, so during one of the weekends I went to hunt for one. While doing that, I saw a pretty nice looking top hat and went to try it on.

It fits me so nicely that got me thinking, "Hey! Maybe I should wear this to the awards night!"

But the hat didn't really fit the outfit that I'd already prepared, so I was hesitating whether to get it or not. Then the idea of having two outfits struck me! Why not something more dramatic for an extra outfit?!

One thought after another, and I thought maybe I could go in a look inspired by Willy Wonka!

That's actually an idea derived from Lady Gaga!

If you're a fan, you'd definitely know that all her six outfits for the VMAs are inspired by Alice in Wonderland!

DARN COOL RIGHT?!

So getting an outfit inspired by a fiction character, it was another huge hunt - for the perfect trench coat!

Looking for the trenchcoat wasn't that tough afterall, but I was left with the stick that Willy Wonka held...

...which looked a little off for such a glamourous event like this.

An idea stuck me again and I DIY-ed an AWESOME alternative to Willy Wonka's stick!
But I'm not going to reveal it here just yet!

You'll get to see it later tonight if you're attending, or much later, when I blog about it!

...psst! Or you can follow me on Twitter! I'm @jayleif and I might just twitpic about it during the event tonight!!!

That's it! Wish me good luck okay!!!

Where are all the male blogshops?

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:31:05 PDT

I'm almost done with getting my outfits (YESSSS! If nothing goes wrong, I will have two) for Nuffnang APAC Blog Awards. But since I've not found my ideal inner top shirt, I'm turning to blogshops for help!

Similar to the problem shopping outside, the ratio of guys stuff to ladies is like 1:10.

So I asked on Twitter if anyone knows of any male blogshops, and suddenly there was an influx of URLs! Well, good stuff are meant to be shared so I've decided to list down the blogshops for anyone that has similar issues trying to find guys stuff online!

I believe the list is made up of locally set up blogshops, somehow, I feel they are faster and more reliable in a sense?

The BlackDog Store - I personally visit this blogshop every now & then and it's the only one that I could remember off hand. I find their items rather unique and stylish!

Modparade - More of a female blogshop but they carry cool male apparels too. But can someone get the model to smile or something? The face very kian-pah.

GTCY - Don't really fancy their stuff but they are said to be "mainly imported from Korea, Japan and Taiwan".

Disapprovalfashion. - Plugging for a friend, Alfred! I love the stuff there 'cos they are mainly S size!

Access-ed - Spotted a few cool graphic tees. And there are nice shorts too (but pssst, Bugis Street sells as cheap as $8 per piece).

hiscupoftee - Mainly graphic tees. Nice alternative to Threadless, but not very sure about the sizes though 'cos they measure in inches.

Fred Perry Plimsoll - Fred Perry kicks for 20-50% cheaper than retail. What say you? I say YES, YES, YES! BUT do triple check the authenticity though.

knackforwords - Quite a unique range of items, and, to top it off? A rating meter for "uniqueness" on each piece of item. LOL

Suicidal Sense - Got a hunch that the stuff are all the impulse buys from the blogshop owner. Nevertheless, some high street brands items available over there.

UPDATES:
Altitude-Homme - Tons of cool jackets, shoes and shirts, and if I'm not wrong, they design their own t-shirts too!

StoneForGold - Accessories-centric blogshop. They also have cool add-ons for your old shoes to make them look like a new one!

DYXEL - Don't really fancy their stuff, but hey, the model's one of the Kiehl's Boys! Charming dude deserves a visit to the blogshop right? Haha!

Since I'm at fashion talk, I'm going to blog about XSQUAD's opening soon! So, stay tuned!

P/s: If you know of more blogshops for guys, do leave a comment with the URL, I would like to expand this list if possible!

Behind the Zombielious Scenes

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:08:46 PDT

Alright, first and foremost, I would like to thank all of you guys who have voted religiously for me! Fate of winning or not has already been determined and we'll just have to wait till the awards night!

Anyhoo, let me get to the main point of this blog entry. Yes, it is going to be about the Pringles Krrunch video, and more of what you don't get to see in that two and a half minutes of action. Gotta warn you first though, it's gonna be a photo-intensive entry!

It all started with me texting Audi if he's interested to work together to enter the Pringles video contest. He was very excited about it when I told him my ideas UNTIL he found out the dateline.

"When's the submission?" he asked.

"Oh, it's on the 11th," I replied nonchalantly.

"WHAT?! Isn't that like one and a half weeks from now? Are you crazy? Cannot lah!!!"

The next thing we knew, we were at Heeren talking discussing the storyboard!

That is Audi's illegible handwriting for you.

Storyline done. Storyboard done. ...the actors! And thankfully, Audi's resourceful enough to gather a bunch of friends to help out.

I had initially managed to get Peggy to star as the main lead! Unfortunately, she had to turn the role down last minute due to some personal commitment. If not, this zombie flick could actually become a hawt Tomb Raider-ish action flick!

Anyway, fast forward a few days, we were all on set, ready to shoot this zombielious video.

Here's the video taken on-set during lunch break!
I LOOK OMFGISH CHUI INSIDE THE VIDEO. PLEASE DON'T JUDGE HOR, YOURS TRULY ONLY SLEPT LIKE A FEW HOURS PRIOR!

We started at 10am so when it was lunch time, Fabian and Nick were kind enough to walk all the way out of the jungle to buy food and drinks for all of us!

Zomie eating chicken rice, bet you've never seen this scene before! Haha!

Oh, by now if you're wondering why there're like vast differences in the photos, well it is because some of them are my own edits and some are Audi's edits of the "production shots".

Make up's done by Gigi.

It's freaking awesome, isn't it?!

Looks like Jeff needs a "MTM treatment" pronto! Hahaha!

Our zombies are a tad too white, but well, we are not professionals! Still have got a lot more to learn in the future!

Now that our zombies are well fed, it's time for some action!

KENA HUNTER!

There are 3 main action "hype" in the video. Glass smashing, gun shots & the flying "ninja chip". And thanks to Audi's resourcefulness again, we actually have that kind sugar glass that people use in professional productions!

Awesome stuff!

Next up for the revolver gun shot scene, we had a *erm* conveniently placed *erm* dead police man. WHICH IS ME CAMEO-ING IN THE VIDEO! Sorry I'm shameless, but I had to find a way to be inside the video right?! MUAH HA HA.

I WILL HAUNT YOU IF YOU HATE ME!

If case you're wondering, yes, it's those old school Mediacorp gun shots! Sparks, smoke and bursting of blood packs! Not CGI okay!

On to the NINJA CHIP!

Well, for that, I'd came up with the idea to green screen a spinning Pringles chip and make it similar to the gun shots in The Matrix! Here's how we did it!

Video of spinning Pringles chip...

Chroma-keyed the greens away on After Effects.

HAAAAEEEEEEE-YAH! Flying ninja chip!

Jeff's a superb actor! I don't have to repeat how convincing is the main zombie right?! Mannnn, we should really star him in some serious role soon!

So anyway, the rain started to come in and we had to finish shooting asap. Thankfully, we're on our last scene (the funny zombies dancing one) and we quickly cleared up and managed a group photo!

Nick's missing though, he went to get Fabian's car to fetch us.

Looooooong walk out of the jungle!

But we're not done yet! After the actors and photographers went home, we washed up at Audi's place and headed back to my house to shoot the ninja chip clip and the Pringles tubes scene!

My grey wall rocks! :D

It's a wrap! And from there was intensive post production!

...and doing the trippy scene was just madness!

Well, for the last time, IT'S KRRUNCH TIME, GET PLAYFUL! :P

What did Jayden see?!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:11:50 PDT

Here's my submission for the Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards video contest!

This the "part 2" to the Krrunch-leidoscope video, which explains the psychedelic scene at the front!

Youtube link's here if it's laggy or you want to enjoy it on a bigger resolution!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD7qzjraupo

"Its Krrunch Time, Get Playful!"

Indulge in the Uniquely Sg experience

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:11:00 PDT

If you were to ask me, I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with my own country. This place is great to live in, but, *in Singlish accent* DUH PEE-PER AHH HORRIGIBLE EEW KNOW!

Well, my hatred for its system and the people will be another story for another day. Put everything aside, the food has got to be the main reason why Singapore is irresistible.

image via Trends Updates

And if you can't find a reason to come here for a holiday, just simply think about the myriad choices of food you'll be able to find.

Funny thing is, though I'm not a food blogger, I'm always very hyped up whenever I'm blogging about food. Hell, my imaginary superheroes, Makan Man & Dessert Girl won me a laptop sometime ago!

So if I were to plan a perfect 1-day itinerary for a foreign friend, I'll make sure the friend indulges in so much good food that he/she doesn't feel like leaving this place!

Here's how it goes:
We'll kick off the day with the classic kopitiam style breakfast - The Kaya-Butter Toast with Soft Boiled Eggs and a fulfilling cup of Kopi!

I personally love the eggs from Ya Kun Kaya Toast - They have the biggest I've ever eaten.

If you're not yet satisfied with the breakfast, you can head over to Fandi Mona and Family food stall over at Haig Road Food Centre to try their Mutton Mee Rebus. Mmmm mmmm.

As recommended by ieatishootipost

What a hearty breakfast!

Next, for lunch, Prawn Noodles at Lavender Food Court.

...or Hainanese Chicken Rice

I like going to Chinatown or Far East Plaza for it. These two places have Chicken Rice of Boon Tong Kee's standard, but cheaper!

After lunch, head over to Tanjong Pagar Hawker Center to have some chilling Peanut Ice Kachang. Perfect for such a sunny afternoon!

Not enough? Grab a few Tutu Kueh from Bugis Street!

image via lemonshortbread

AND, for the awesome dinner, it has got to be the XO Crab Bee Hoon from Old Airport Road!

Well, if you are not quite done after dinner, I would definitely bring you to Wan Toh Sek, otherwise known as 126, at Geylang.

And with that, it completes a fulfilling day of food glorious food! OM NOM NOM! Okay, all these pics are making me hungry! Gotta go and grab something now!

"Indulge in the Uniquely Singapore EATING experience!"

Twitter is down...?

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:24:09 PDT

No updates since like 2 hours ago. Meh. But it's kinda scary, isn't it? Like how our lives revolve so much around technology that if one day it suddenly disappears, we actually can't function properly.

Anyway, I'm still kinda busy with some stuff and hopefully I get to rest proper after the blog awards. Haven't been getting enough sleep, so here's my eyebags galore for your scrutiny.

Promise to blog about the overdue events soon!

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR ME PLEASE!
It's the last 3 days before voting closes!!!

Its Krrunch Time, Get Playful!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:24:09 PDT

(please wait for the images to load if you're on a low bandwidth)

First up, the materials you'll need!

Step #01:
Cut the Pringles tube into 2 parts! One of it being about 1/5 of the length.

Step #02:
Cut the plastic mirror into 3 long parts that will fit nicely into the tube.

Step #03:
Slot the plastic mirror sheets into the tube and glue them down to secure them into place.

Step #04:
Cut the base off from the smaller half of the tube.

Step #05:
Stencil the circumference of the tube and cut 2 pieces out from the transparent sheet.

Step #06:
Glue one of the transparent sheets on to one end of the tube.

Step #07:
This smaller tube will be the image that will be reflected, so decorate it with the shiny/translucent stuff. You do not need to actually glue everything down; You simply place the stuff into it and glue the other side on. The shiny/translucent stuff will move about as you turn!

Step #08:
Cut out one wide strip from the foam sheet.

Step #09:
Wrap it firmly around the two parts of tube and glue it together. *Don't glue it on the tube though!*

This is the "handle" of the Krrunchleidoscope!

Step #10:
Cut out the circumference of the tube from the foam sheet and puncture a hold in the middle. This serves as the peephole!

Step #11:
Glue it down to the top end and TADAA~! It's a kaleidoscope!
OH!
NO!!!
IT'S A KRRUNCHLEIDOSCOPE!

Take a look inside!

And now to prove to you that it actually works...

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4aacXP5V2A

Stay tuned for the video contest entry!
Mark your calendars! It's 10th October 2009!

“It’s Krrunch Time, Get Playful!”

Crazy week!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:07:26 PDT

The past week was a crazy one! Tons of Puma events and parties, and F1 related events!

Psst... Black Eyed Peas and Beyonce totally rocked Singapore.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Don't forget to keep voting okay! :D

Krrunching my way to Asia-Pacific Blog Awards at Uniquely Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:39:52 PDT

I'm extremely elated to be shortlisted as one of the top five finalists for "Best Original Blog Design". It's like a pat on the shoulder especially after I'd just revamped the blog design.

To be honest, I feel really really proud to have the honor to pit against Xiaxue! It's like saying I'm such a excellent blogger like her, but well, CLEARLY I'm not. Haha!

With that said, it also means that I'm up against the strongest competition ever. Even with Xiaxue aside, the other finalists, from the other parts of the globe, are very good too. We have a very popular Malaysian comic artist, and a very creative Filipino web designer (who bagged a similar award in her homeland last year)!

50% of our fate has already been determined by the judges.
The other 50% is IN YOUR HANDS!

Voting is rather simple. No registration is required! And it comes in two ways!

#1. You can go to http://awards.nuffnang.com/votes.php to vote.

OR

#2. You can vote via the 'voting poll' on the right side bar ---->

It's only a lil troublesome when you'll have to vote for every category each time you do. After selecting all the 11 blogs, the last button to click is "Submit Votes".

Here's the catch, you can vote again after every 2 hours! So technically one person can only vote 12 times per day! Voting ends in about 2 weeks' time, 11th October! And trust me, I would need a ton of support, please do ask your friends and family to help me vote okay?! Spread the luuuurrrve!

Well, with that, let me give you the...

I know I gross people out by point #5. Oh well, with all the different sick reasons you'll want to see me in trunks on Orchard Road, here's your chance.

Help me vote as much as you can, preeeetty please? *puppy eyes*

Do you know...

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:17:16 PDT

...that I'm part of a very cool clique called, Friends of Puma?

I've started blogging over at PUMA's website for quite awhile now, and it has been an awesome experience! More importantly, I'm trying out a different blogging style over at there!

Not only that, I'm giving out tons of goodies and party/event invites every now and then on the blog!

The current giveaway is this Friday's F1 Rocks concert tickets! And the only thing you'll have to do is to comment!

>>>Hurry over before it's gone!

Oh, and while you're at it, do grab your free copy of the awesome FOP magazine over at the puma blog! Nadia & I am on the cover of this issue!

Having a voice in Crocs.

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:18:25 PDT

So, in the previous entry, I asked you guys to make a wild guess on the brand of the shoes in this pic!

That entry received a whooping 40 comments! And to my surprise, most of you guys are correct! But there were also guesses like Uniqlo, Timberland and even Pedro! LOL!

Anyway, I can't deny that I was originally a hater, which was under much influence by Xiaxue and William Sledd. But before you check out the links and be converted to another Anti-Crocs, hear me out!

I believe a lot of people hate Crocs 'cos its very first design is, well erm, not very fashionable.

The classic design seemed to have left a very bad impression and didn't receive a good response from the public. Somehow, Crocs are then being stereotyped as an ugly footwear.

BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE LATEST DESIGNS???

They're actually quite neat! Like this one I've gotten (courtesy of the kind folks from Crocs).

Quite nifty, eh?

Ahh, a couple of months ago, Crocs contacted a bunch of us bloggers and held a little sharing session over at The Screening Room @ Ann Siang Road.

We got to share our frank views and impression on Crocs and also looked at their latest line of shoes.

We met JP McCarvel, who has been with Crocs since 2007 and he's also the moderator of the new Crocsideas.com site.

What is Crocsideas.com?

It's basically like a speaker's corner for Crocs! It is dubbed as a laboratory for Crocs customers to share, innovate, express and explore ideas around Croc's products and services.

So you like tell them, what's nice, what's not, what needs changes, and you can even suggest your own design ideas into their shoes. Your voice gets on to the website, and it gets viewed and voted and eventually the best ideas get integrated into upcoming product lines!

More importantly, credit will be given to you if your idea is being executed!

I had this glow-in-dark idea!

Don't you have to agree that it'll be like a perfect pair for clubbing if you crave for some attention?!

Ha!

Anyway, talking about the design, here's some of the new shoes displayed during the session.

Aren't they a whole lot different from the classic design?!

That's a huge ass classic "Beach" Crocs! So anyway, my favourite one from there is the "Realtree Yukon". It looks artsy!

Do head over to Crocsideas.com and give some guru advice of yours on how to improve on the classic "Beach" design! Have your voice in Crocs!

P/s: This is NOT an advertorial even though I've gotten a free pair from Crocs! I genuinely like Crocs better now 'cos they're new range is quite impressive!

Happy Long Weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:49:54 PDT

Woot! Here comes the looooong weekend, aren't you excited about it?!

Anyhoo, if you've yet to know, INQmobile, together with Singtel, is having a INQ Mini 3G roadshow at Ngee Ann City for the whole of the long weekend!

For those of you who are dying to get hold of the INQ Mini 3G, here's your chance! You'll just have to head down to the roadshow on any of the 3 days and take part in a lucky draw!

Here's the important thing, remember to indicate you're a supporter of me (i.e. my name/blog url) on the lucky draw coupon and you'll get to win the INQ Mini 3G when they announce a winner at 6pm everyday!

I'll be heading down tomorrow (Saturday, that is) at 4-6pm and I'll be hanging out with the other bloggers in a glass house set up specially for us! You're welcome to join us at the glass house too! Do get me on Twitter at @jayleif if you can't find me tomorrow!

More details are up on the Facebook event page!

Oh, let me have to honour to entice you further with a preview of the mini "product photoshoot" that I did with the Mini 3G set!

I can't really blog about the INQmobile event yet 'cos the photos are still with Nadia! Do stay tuned for it and more 'photoshoot' photos to come!

On another note, I'm flooded with the comments guessing about the shoe brand in the previous entry! I'm going to reveal it in the next blog post and approve all the comments!

Guess where these are from?!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:29:28 PDT

Been donning this pair of new loafers-looking shoes recently.

Are you able to...

Leave your guess as a comment! :D

(Pssst! I shall not publish the comments until someone gets it right!)

F1 Rocks tickets up for grabs!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:18:39 PDT

YEEEEEESSSSSS! You heard it right!

24seven is giving out 2 pairs of F1 Rocks tickets worth $390 (for Fri 25th Sep) for 2 bloggers!!!

No Doubt will be performing that night!

'Don't Speak' is one of the greatest song ever!

And... the other bands include ZZ Top, Simple Minds and N*E*R*D!

Here's how to win!

1. Post an entry on your blog to tell us why you deserve to win the F1 Rocks tickets. The post with the most originality and desire will be chosen!

2. In your post, insert a link to http://www.visitsingapore.com/sgpseason so that your readers can find out more about the F1 season.

3. Have a return link to Singapore Blog Press post on the contest at http://pea.to/f1R

4. Submit your blog post and your details to the post at Blog Press so that we may contact you via mobile phone if you win.

5. Each blogger will only be eligible to win 1 pair of the tickets.

6. Each blog post will earn one chance in the lucky draw, and if you tweet this phrase in your twitter, you'll get an additional chance of winning in the lucky draw - "Win F1 Rocks tickets at http://pea.to/f1R. Contest ends 20th Sep 09. #f1 #f1rocks"

7. Both winners must attend a blogger F1 Rocks stage tour on 22nd Sept 2009 at 6pm.

8. Contest runs from 16th Sep to 21st Sep 2359H.

9. Contest is open to all Singapore Citizens, PRs and Residents.

10. Join Uniquely Singapore fan page on Facebook for more news!

Do comment here with your direct link to your entry post!

Good luck y'all!

new blog designnnnnn!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:17 PDT

Initially I thought of writing in a entirely new post about the new blogskin, but since the comments had already came into here, I'd might as well update here right?

Before I begin, I have a pet peeve about the term "blogskin". I cringe whenever I hear that word. I don't know who coined the term first, but it is apparent that BlogSkins.com is a site that provides free blogskins.

Somehow "blogskin" and "BlogSkins.com" seemed affiliated and so, calling my design a blogskin will seemingly degrade from an exclusive one it to a common one found on that website.

But well, I crumbled. It's a weak argument and "blogskins" is an easier and more catchy word anyway. Kua kua kua.

That aside, it's time to rejoice!

It's quite a huge revamp in terms of the look of it!

One major change is the inverted colour scheme! Ever since the I started this blog, I'd always done up the designs with white text on black/dark background, for I'd always feel that it makes the words more striking.

But now, it's the reverse! I'm still trying to get use to it though, but thank god it didn't turn out looking crappy!

And if it isn't obvious enough, you can click the red "Jayden's Blog" sign to switch to a 2nd part of the flash!

The bulk of the flash animation was actually done more than a year ago during my last year at Lasalle! It was actually meant for my portfolio website, Jaydenation.com. It's inspired by the propaganda era hence the very self-centric design and the appearance of Mao.

What seemed like a never ending self project eventually got scraped as I got stuck at coding the website and grew out of the design eventually.

I pulled this little piece of work out for the new blog banner as I thought it could very well be served as one!

Though there wasn't any specific qualification to be eligible for the nomination of Nuffnang Blog Awards, I was hoping I could get nominated for the new design since the old one was done so many years ago! And when I made that decision, I had only 4 days left till the nominations close!

Thankfully, I have my recent doodles to add on and save the day! And yes, they are namely the blogathon and the 'obsessed' doodles!

The layout is pretty much the same, just that I'd cleared and tidied up the side bar!

The previous sidebar/s was getting a little too cluttered and I felt the urge to take a few things out and combine the 2 columns into 1.

In fact, nowadays a lot of bloggers try to clump too much information into one single page that it becomes so disorganised and distracting for blog readers. It is especially so to the blogspot users! Prolly they think they know a lil bit of HTML so they have the right to stuff every goddamn thing at the side!

I've removed the Plurk widget but you can click the red TWITTER and PLURK words in the flash to access to them! I've also changed the Twitter feed to the speech bubble like one!

Well, if you were to ask me what's my favourite part of the new blogskin, I would say it's the BLOCKQUOTES!

Look at how chio they are now!

It's a really simple touch but the grunge look makes it so gorgeous! I might just write an entire entry in the blockquotes! Ha!

One final thing that I'd like to mention is that, I've dropped the tagline "I Can Give You Gatsby"! It is now, "La Propagande de Jayden" which means "The Jayden Propaganda" in French! Got the recent French craze after watching 'Coco Avant Chanel'! Haha!

Anyway, finding a nice and catchy tagline was tough, and probably the coolest one ever is, "Everyone's reading it." LOL

Oh, and if you miss my old design, it's still available at http://jayleif6.blogspot.com!

By the way, I'm thinking of making new blogger namecards, but the problem is that I still have a ton of the namecards I've made last year!

So comment away if you'd like to have one! I'll be mailing it to anyone who wants one! Do also indicate if you want the Windows IE or Mac Safari one (or both)!

Awesome food, and even more awesome bill.

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:57:29 PDT

This is another case of photos that got chucked at a corner and were long forgotten. Anyway, I dug them out and did a slightly different photoshop treatment from the usual blog photos.

So anyway, this happened a few months ago when I told Fabian that we should really try some foie gras since I've never had any before!

He found this rather atas restuarant belonging to a hotel at the corner of Chinatown.

Alright, without further ado, here comes the food!

The appetizers:

Foie gras taste AWESOME!

The main courses:

The desserts:

Top it up with some Long Island Tea!

Mmm mmm.

Here's the most awesome thing of the day. THE BILL.

WANNA WIN SOME COLD HARD CASH & SHOPPING VOUCHER?!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:25:10 PDT

Advertorial

As usual, I’ve been too busy lately to sit down and blog proper. If not for this exciting contest, I wasn’t gonna be able to squeeze time to write this either!

Oops, let the cat out of the bag too early! But you’d heard me, it’s a contest for you to win $100 cash and $100 shopping voucher!

First, let me introduce to you the lifesaver of the day: ...INQmobile!

OKAY WAAAAAIT A MINUTE! Before you roll your eyes and think that I’m doing another sales talk, don’t you jump into conclusion just yet!

I’m pretty sure yours truly is one of the first few to talk about INQmobile here in Singapore! And I’m here to break the discovery about this up and coming mobile phone brand. Yay or nay to INQmobile, it’s up to you to judge!

I had personally roamed around its website and I must say I’m rather impressed with the brand!

In a nutshell, INQmobile phones are like your iPhones and Blackberries - only simplified!

Think mobile connectivity around the clock with NO frills and NO exorbitant price tag. Okay, I will kill the simplicity of it if I’d to describe further, so check this video out.

I believe by now a lot of people understand the idea of staying connected 24/7 and the affect of mobile connectivity.

Mobile broadband services have been slashing their prices to cater to the masses and so what about mobile phones?

Like Frank (CEO & founder of INQmobile) said in the video, the phones are not out to go head-to-head with the atas smartphones in the market. However, it’s to cater people who want to stay connected but without the extravagant gadgets.

Quoted from their blog:
The services we’ve built into the device are there to be used, and not sit stranded and unwanted in some obscure sub-menu.

It is as simple as it gets – The Social Mobile!

Aside the simplicity of the phone that attracts my attention, I love how they put such delicate effort into their packaging!

The concept behind this arty farty packaging is to create an object of beauty – something to cherish and not chuck. The design ideal is to let people to keep the box, use it, and treasure it. And hopefully not to land up in landfills or recycling bins.

Bad news is, it’s not available in Singapore yet! It’s currently selling in UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong and Italy. But who knows, if we talk enough about it, it might just pop over right?

However the good news for you is, even if you talk about it and it don’t come to Singapore, you readers and friends stand to win both $100 COLD HARD CASH and $100 shopping voucher!

Talk about giving back to the community. You’d better start thanking me for this! :P

Basically, all you have to do is to tell me what you like about INQmobile and help spread the word!

1. Go find out more about INQmobile from their website – http://www.inqmobile.com

2. Post in the comment below this post, what you like about the phones by INQmobile.

3. Tweet, plurk and/or facebook update about this contest I am running and get more chances of winning! The more you spread this, the more chances you’ll get to win in the draw!

You can copy & paste to tweet, plurk and facebook update this phrase:
I discovered a new phone on @jayleif! Go check it out and you may win $200 cash + voucher! Details at http://pea.to/inqjl #INQmobile

* Don't forget to include the following details in your comments if you have them so that you can up your winning chances!

Twitter ID: _______________
Plurk ID: _______________
Facebook URL: _______________

** Remember to include a valid email address in the “Email” field when you comment so that I can contact you if you are the winner.

*** Contest period will be from now till 2359hrs 14th September 2009, and is only open to Singapore Citizen, PR and Singapore Residents.

Good luck y’all!

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:09:01 PDT

Here comes another overdue entry that is supposed to be up last month!

So Fab and I went to the Science Centre for the Da Vinci exhibition early last month. And we did quite a lot that day; Viewed the exhibition, tour the entire Science Centre and caught a show at the Omni theatre!

The sea monster show was meh. But I'm quite amazed at how the theatre still looks so clean and well furnished after so many years! The last time I was there was like what, Primary 5?!

The Science Centre chop and the koya-looking chop for the exhibition.

The bummer was that we can't take photos in the Da Vinci exhibition. And it being a tad boring unless you're like a super fan of Da Vinci. Other than that, I would say it was still quite enriching.

And instead of boring you with all the photos taken in the Science Centre which you'd prolly seen before, here's a short random video montage!

MEH.

Singapore, I fucking love you!

noreply@blogger.com (Jayden) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:14 PDT

said Lady Gaga.

Nope, I didn't go to the full concert yesterday. Not a fan of uncategorized seating (standing?) and the possibility of getting shoved around by sweaty bodies, or even better, blocked by the tall guys in front. But I still wished I could watch her live performance again!

Well I figured I have yet to post up the photos taken during the showcase two months ago. So I'd better be doing so since she's already here for the second time!

So anyway, got my media invites thanks to Nadia and Singtel!

The press conference happened in the morning and we sat through the talks of the launch of Singtel AMPed and after quite some time, the emcee announced her name and SHE STRUTTED INTO THE ROOM! The entire room went into a paparazzi-snapping-superstar-aura frenzy. And it still feels very surreal to have her being only just a few meters away. OH HOW I WISHED I'D CAME EARLIER TO CHOPE THE FRONT SEATS!

Nevertheless, I went trigger-happy.

Sorry that I have to tag it with my ugly URL as a small precaution in case anyone uses it without lim peh's approval. The untagged ones are on my Facebook account and there are more photos over there. Not gonna link it here though since I'd set it to friends-only.

WOKAY, BEFORE I CARRY ON. PHOTO INTENSIVE ENTRY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
ALL IN THE NAME OF Ϟ Ϟ Ϟ GAGA Ϟ Ϟ Ϟ !!

Some reporter asked her a long ass question in a rather Singlish tone, which explains her expression in the photo above.

When the press conference was about to end, she stood up to receive the plague and everybody beetled towards her to take closer shots. And for some reason, I stood rooted and continued struggling with the heavy zoom lens to shoot at the exact same spot. By the time I realised everybody has crowded near the stage, she was already walking out of the room!

That was just part one!

Part Two, we were at the very cool and huge tent called Dome to catch the showcase!

Enjoy the photos!!! Though it was only like five or six songs, I got to see the disco stick, gaga vision, and her eccentric antics LIVE!!! Maaan, I can die happily already.

Looking forward to yesterday's pictures! I hope you guys took a ton!
...and yes, she indeed said that she fucking loves Singapore. :D