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Ping.sg First Anniversary – sparklette.net Thanks You!

Yesterday was a special, special day. Not only was it 070707 (July 7, 2007) where many couples chose to tie the knot, it was also the day when popular local community metablog, ping.sg celebrated its first anniversary.

Ping.sg is rather special to me personally. I remember it was about 8 months ago that U-Zyn, the big boss of Ping.sg, approached me to give the website a redesign. I agreed immediately because I love the concept of the website, and saw its potential.

At the Ping.sg first anniversary party yesterday, U-Zyn announced that the website has grown beyond a 1000-strong community. That’s no mean feat! (at the party, U-Zyn also disclosed that the idea for Ping.sg was conceived when he was alone in his bedroom one day. Now we know how some big ideas are born.)

This party was the first big event of Ping.sg. We found sponsors, a suitable venue, had food and door gifts catered for, and a fun socialising session, plus booze at Brewerkz! Sure, there were hiccups along the way, but it was a great party for a first-time effort considering no one in the organising committee had any prior experience in managing or organising events of this scale.

A fun awards ceremony was threw in to reward bloggers from the community. Out of the 11 blog categories, there were interesting ones such as “most entertaining blog”, “most controversial blog” or “most insightful blog post”.

A few posts ago, I had ~~shamelessly~~ rallied for your votes in the 3 categories that Sparklette had been nominated for — “Best Blog Design”, “Most Entertaining Post” and “Most Insightful Post”!

I’m pleased to announce that Sparklette won the awards for “Best Blog Design” and in addition, “Blog of the Year“!

I have no words, but to thank my supporters and all the people who voted for me! As for winning the “Blog of the Year” award, I totally didn’t see it coming. I believe my exact words when I went up to receive my award were “i really want to thank my supporters and all the people who voted for me! I totally didn’t see it coming.”

Haha thanks folks! I love y’all so, so very much :)

070707 was a special day. You made it special. The awards do not belong to me — they belong to all of you.

Much love,
Veron

(A quick shout-out to the peeps I got to finally meet and speak with at yesterday’s party: paddy of bak2u, josh of advertlets, talented web designer aen, local entrepreneur bjorn, and long-time blog supporters daphne and nay min thu.)

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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Miccheng
90 comments

Congrats, Veron! You really deserve both the awards! Dun worry about the naysayer(s) cos they probably haven’t got to know u and your blog well enough.
Looking forward to seeing u soon…
With love from Gold Coast, Australia
Michael
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 1:16 am
Veron
3439 comments

Thanks Mikey!
I don’t mind people blasting me for the quality of my blog. But to make highly and purely personal attacks against me (because I won and they didn’t), that’s a new low I haven’t seen in the blogosphere for quite a while.
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 1:23 am
sylv
5 comments

never mind the harsh words lah.. You won because you deserved it :)
congratz.
Oh and jayson is your brother right? Well, small world, obviously.
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 1:30 am
Veron
3439 comments

Yeah! You are so sharp! He’s my brother. I love him very much :)
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 1:31 am
Daphne
22 comments

waaa.. im mentioned! :) im VERY HAPPY to meet u leh! :) finally. haha. u know, if i never joined ping.sg, i would’ve just gone on reading ur blog, without ever possibly meeting u in person n getting to know u better :)
congrats on your awards! :)
btw i jus remembered how cleverly you and jayson averted my attention when i asked you both a question about something yesterday.
hmmm!!! *raises eyebrows*
hmm. u really COULD have just told me that u are siblings, instead of distracting me with the story abt the blog entry abt the telemarketers. bleah!!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 1:32 am
Veron
3439 comments

Thanks Daphne!
I was quite excited to meet you actually. Until yesterday I didn’t realise that you started visiting my blog even before Ping.sg came about! Wow!
Okay I shan’t play with you gals anymore. Jayson’s a friend who happens to share the same surname, as well as a talent for writing poorly-constructed haikus.
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 2:08 am
Paddy Tan
14 comments

Hi there! It was great to meet you too :)
Congrats.
Paddy
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 2:11 am
Wen You
1 comment

Congrats!!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 2:27 am
Veron
3439 comments

Paddy Tan: Great meeting you finally! Can’t wait to try out your company’s software :)
Wen You: Thanks!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 2:33 am
Daphne
22 comments

i think what readers love about u is ur charisma, charm, ur humble nature, friendliness, and how u don’t ever put on airs :)
but i stil dislike u lah. cos u cheaterd my feerings. bruff me one u. all the time lo.
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 2:45 am
Deb
3 comments

Congratulations! I’ve only started reading your blog off and on this year. I must say you have a charming looking blog. But to me, I think it’s the content of your posts which attracts me the most. Not many people have the gift being able to write and make readers want to read more. Thumbs up for your effort. Congrats again! :)
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 3:07 am
Priscilla
2 comments

Congrats! Girl power! haha
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 7:51 am
Nicole
15 comments

Congratulations Veron, you truly deserve the award :) hee… keep up with posting!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 9:05 am
astroboy
4 comments

Congrats for winning 2 awards! I think your blog rocks!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 9:16 am
Veron
3439 comments

Daphne: Whoa, that’s way too many good things you said that I can handle. Thanks babe! I’m sorry for bluffing you in that ten minutes earlier.
Deb: Thanks Deb. You won’t believe how much that means to me. People see a pretty blog, get distracted and stop reading, and then assume there is no content. Your words gave me the assurance that my blog content actually means something. So… Thanks!
Priscilla: Girl power indeed! I love the sound of that!
Nicole: I will. Thanks!
astroboy: Thank you so much!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 9:42 am
ClappingTrees
2 comments

Congratulations, Veron. This is a really cool blog. Not surprising at all that you’ve won the “Best Blog Design” award. For folks like me who are viewing this on small notebook screens though, would truly appreciate a larger font size.
Congrats too on the “Blog of the Year” award. I think you’re an all-rounder blogger – artistic, thoughtful and sometimes very humorous. Would be great to see more bloggers like you.
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 9:50 am
fluencev
10 comments

Congratulations！
i have visited the site from your like just now!
lol
so cute!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 10:13 am
Veron
3439 comments

ClappingTrees: Thank you for your wonderful words! And I’m not just referring to your comment here :) With regard to the tiny font size, you can use the tool bar near the top of each post to increase the size. (This works by switching stylesheets, and you only have to do this once.)
fluencev: Glad you like my blog!
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 11:28 am
Jayson
44 comments

Hey Veron Veron,
Congratulations on clinching to the 2 awards!
I’m ecstatically happy for you.
And I sincerely hope that the 500 clicks will benefit you and your blog in the long run!
With that, I want to dedicate a Haiku for you,
Thank you for your Love,
All my fans around the World,
Awards goes to you!
-Jayson
Haiku Black Belt turned Guru
(^.^)v
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 12:19 pm
BL
2 comments

Hi Veron,
Congrats. :)
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Posted July 9, 2007 at 12:40 pm