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So I stare to Heaven,
Praying for the words to come,
Lest will I do myself harm.
Alas, I sit and stare,
Beneath the fluorescent glare,
Spirit tamped with despair,
While I scream at the night, “Come if you dare!”
Mystery after mystery,
Clues that lead me to nowhere.
If only, I could find the key
That leads me there.
Reasoning and logic desert me
As I sit, pondering over the affair.
This will be my last post on asking readers to vote for me in the Best What-The-Hell category in the Singapore Blog Awards 2011.
Last post, promise.
Anyway, about two weeks back, I received an email from omy.sg, the media company organizing the SBA 2011. I was asked to send a video to them for two purposes:
In the video, I had to prepare a two minutes rally speech, describing myself, my passion for blogging and last but not least, why people should vote for me.
Pretty simple, right?
The only problem is that I know I don’t have the looks, charm and deep, gravelly voice to convey my sincerity to the people watching my video.
So I decided to do a stop motion film.
I did the stop motion film over two days and sent it to omy.sg. So far, they have not put up my video yet. So I decided to go ahead and put it up on YouTube.
The result is this:
I know the film looks pretty crappy, it was the first time I did a stop motion film.
I think I took slightly more than a thousand pictures just for a 2 minutes film. I now have a lot of respect for people who churn out quality stop motion film. Doing one takes a lot of patience, perseverance and more patience. I almost gave up halfway until my housemate took some time-off from her studying and helped me out with the second part.
So now you’ve seen the video, you know my plight. I’m starving (attention-seeking) blogger who needs more food (attention). You can donate more food (votes) by clicking on the big, blue Vote for me here! on the right column.
If you’re not directed to the page when you click the link, then go here. Click on Best What-The-Hell category on the left column, and look for Mr. Toilet Seat. I’m the 4th contestant on the list.
Do the right thing, vote for me and spread the word. Vote for me daily until 3rd July and you’ll get a chance to win prizes. It’s a win-win situation.
P.S. I did not steal the bathtub. And yes, that’s the same bathtub in the header picture.
I have located the Blogfather’s accommodation in Sydney. Using a twitpic posted by the Blogfather himself, my housemates and I used Google maps to confirmed his current place of residence in Sydney. Thus the status of the mission is upgraded to ongoing:
Debriefing on identifying mrbrown’s locations in Sydney, NSW
Selected point man: Zareth Lim
Target: mrbrown
Target’s last known location: Planking at SPARC 2011, somewhere around Sydney CBD (Circular Quay)
Mission goal: To locate mrbrown in Sydney and get a photo together with him and his autograph
Current status: Ongoing
Method: Twitter updates, Google mapping and good old fashion leg work.
Soon, soon I will meet with the Blogfather. It’s only a matter of patience and perseverance. The 2 powerful Ps, I call them.
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That aside, I just want to let you know that I am one of the top 10 finalists in the Best What-The-Hell blog category! This is exciting, I’ve never been in any major competition before and to have my barely two-years-old blog as one of the finalist is nothing sort of awesome, especially in a competition like the Singapore Blog Awards 2011.
First, I would like to thank Alvin for nominating my blog. I’ve blogged about my nomination, where I did a bit of sleuthing to verify if this competition was…ahem…legit. Turned out it was and I registered my blog in the competition. So thanks, Alvin!
I would also like to thank the judges who have the foresight to choose my blog as one of the top 10 finalists or else I’ll go all private detecting on their asses. Nah, kidding, I don’t have a lot of free time now. I’m suppose to be studying for my last two papers actually. But thanks, judges!
However, the game is not over yet. You see, the overall winner for each category will be determined 70% by a panel of professional judges. I’ve passed that hurdle. The other 30% will be determined by the public.
So yes, this is a shameless plug from me. I need your votes. You can vote for me once a day, every day from 6 June 2011 to 3 July 2011. Tell your family, friends, relatives, SO, even your superiors, because together, we can keep the rants flowing. Together, we can forge a brighter and greater future for this blog. Together, you and I.
So spread the word!
Plug end.
“But how do I vote?”
Excellent question, I have provided links for easy access. The links are here and here. All you need to do is to click on the “VOTE NOW!” button:
Unfortunately, the voting is only open to Singaporeans and Singapore PRs. Not my rules, sorry.
So that’s all, people. Remember to vote for me! I’ve just broke my Twitter virginity about 24 hours ago (due to the Blogfather’s unexpected arrival in Sydney), so you can follow me on Twitter. Just click on the Twitter button on the right.
Good night, and good luck.
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This is how I feel right now. I know I shouldn’t be elated when it’s not over yet but I can’t help it:
I was going through my email when I decided to check my Junk folder yesterday.
I hadn’t checked my Junk folder in dunno-how-many-months and made the decision to check it since I haven’t heard back from my presentation group regarding our group meeting.
Unfortunately, my group has not got back to me about our group meeting (our presentation is on FRIDAY). I can’t blame them though, since I’m also taking a very relaxed attitude to our presentation (10% of course marks? Meh).
Fortunately, something else better awaited for me in the Junk folder.
I saw an email from an Alvin informing me that I have been nominated for the omy Singapore Blog Awards 2011.
This was how I felt:
Special thanks to my friend who took this sibeh tulan photo of me.
At first, I was extremely skeptical. I mean, how often do people come up to you and say you’re nominated for the Singapore Blog Awards? Not very often.
Another reason why I was skeptical about the email is because I seldom update my blog and when I do, it’s usually filled with random ramblings and musings. But hey, it’s my blog after all.
Anyway, curiosity got the better of me and I opened the email. This was what I saw:
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Seems pretty legit.
But you can’t be too trusting these days. So I decided to do a bit of ‘detective work’.
First, I checked the email address of the sender. When I saw the email address, using my ‘amazing’ deductive skills, I went straight here.
Yep, it’s a blogger. A very well-known Singapore blogger.
But I was still slightly skeptical, so I went to the “About Me” page and searched for the email address. I found it in two seconds.
The email address in the blog corroborated with the email address of the sender.
But wait! What if some spammer got his email and was sending out some spammy emails to other people telling them that they have been nominated for the omy Singapore Blog Awards 2011? That’s just cruel. Imagine a blogger celebrating the nomination, thinking that his/her blog has finally gain some recognition, only to have their laptops/computers infected with malicious viruses after clicking on the link. Talk about crushing someone’s dreams.
So I decided to do another check. On his blog (the blogger who nominated me), I did a search for “Singapore Blog Awards 2011”. The search gave me this post.
Okay… so now I’m semi-convinced.
But being the semi-paranoid fuck that I am, I decided to sent an e-mail to the man himself and asked if he really nominated my blog for the awards:
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Now I’ll just have to wait for his reply. I set a deadline of 24 hours. If I didn’t hear back from him within 24 hours, I’ll just delete the email and continue with my university life.
But I got an email from him within the hour:
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I felt a bit paiseh (Hokkien for ’embarassed’).
But now I was pretty interested in the blog awards. So I clicked on the registration link and saw this:
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I guess I’ve been blogging too much about toilet seats.
So what now?
I’ve decided to enter omy Singapore Blog Awards 2011. As Alvin said in the email, I can enter as many categories as I want to. I checked all the other categories and found only one more category relevant to my blog and that is Best Individual Blog.
So this is it guys. I’m gunning for Best What-the-hell Blog (nominated by Alvin) and Best Individual Blog (nominated by myself). I don’t think I’m going to win both, but it’ll be an interesting experience.
BUT
Before I can do that, I’ll need your help, dear friends and readers, to choose three blog posts that captures the essence, or best represent my blog.
Or you can choose your top 3 favourite posts.
So choose 3 posts and you can FB message me or send me an email. My email contact is in the “Contact” tab at the top. Don’t worry, I won’t go Sherlock Holmes on you.
You have up till 21 May 2011.
Mr. Toilet Seat wants to know your favourite posts:
Hurry! The Blog Awards nominations close on 22 May 2011!
Once I’ve register my blog for both categories, my blog will go through one round of judging by a panel of judges. This take place on 23 May to 5 June. The panel of judges will select 10 top entries from each categories. If I make it through this round, then I’ll enter the next round where the public will vote for their favourite bloggers. This takes place on 6 June to 3 July. The overall winner will be the one that get the most points (30% from voters and 70% from judges).
Exciting, eh?
To find out more about omy Singapore Blog Awards 2011, click on the bright, pink link on the right.
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So how did Alvin discover my blog? Well, I was blogging about the 2011 Singapore GE and linked his blog in the post. The rest is history.
Once again, thanks Alvin, for nominating my blog!
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This is how I feel right now:
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