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Holga camera GIVEAWAY!!!
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! . . . . . . 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.
Terms and Conditions 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
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
...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!
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
...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"
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! Sparklette.net - Wei Wen 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)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!
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?
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
 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?!
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!"
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