Joanne-Marie Sim

She is Joanne-Marie Sim and she walked away with a SGD$10,000 cash prize and a SGD$10,000 contract to host the new weekly lifestyle series on YouTube called TGIS (Thank Goodness It’s SingTel).

This new weekly lifetstyle series will premier on Tuesday, 6th December 2011 on SingTel’s YouTube channel and SingTel’s Facebook page.

SingTel Casting Call Finalists

This contest is opened to all Singaporeans and Permanent Residents from 15th October 2011 to 8th November 2011. The winner of this contest will walk away with SGD$10,000 in cash prizes and a 1 year contract with SingTel to host the YouTube program.

The weekly programme will showcase the latest in consumer technologies, local news and events, how-tos, as well as content aimed at engaging social media users.

To participate, first of all, you need to be female aged 18 years old and above and submit a photo, short video introduction, and bio of yourselves to the SingTel Casting Call Facebook App on SingTel’s Facebook Page.

From the public submissions, only 20 will be shortlisted by the judging panel that consists of SingTel’s Representatives and Panel of Guest Bloggers.

From the 20 shortlisted, there will be only 1 winner and they will be judged by Celebrity Judges/SingTel Senior Executives (70%) and Public Voting (30%).

For more information, check out the SingTel Casting Call App on Facebook!

Singapore, 28 March 2011 – The three mobile network operators in Singapore – M1, SingTel and StarHub, and Ericsson’s global mobile commerce enabler IPX are pleased to announce that post-paid mobile customers in Singapore will be able to make a $5, $10 or $20 donation to aid victims of the Japan disaster by sending an SMS to the common short-code 78888. Donations will go towards the Singapore Red Cross Society’s relief efforts in Japan. This mobile donation campaign will continue for one month, starting from 6am on 28 March 2011 till midnight on 25 April 2011.

M1, SingTel, StarHub and Ericsson, which provides the technical solution, have jointly agreed to waive all administration fees associated with such premium SMS, and forward the full proceeds to the relief organisation.
The donations will be reflected in customers’ next monthly bill from their respective mobile service providers.
Donation details:

• For a $5 donation, SMS RC5 to 78888
• For a $10 donation SMS RC10 to 78888
• For a $20 donation, SMS RC20 to 78888

Donations are not tax-deductible and persons below the age of 18 years will require parental or guardian consent before making a donation.

Mr Lim Theam Poh, Director of Operations and Head of International Services of the Singapore Red Cross Society, said, “We are grateful to the mobile industry in Singapore for coming together in support of the Singapore Red Cross Society’s relief efforts to aid the victims of the Japan catastrophe. Many Singaporeans have approached us to volunteer their assistance, and financial contributions are the best way to help, especially in an international disaster. The popularity of text messaging and the simplicity of the SMS donation channel will allow us to harness the compassion and generosity of Singaporeans and turn it into positive action for the disaster victims.”

To commemorate this day in Singapore, the Disabled People’s Association (DPA) is holding a “East Meets West” football match on 27 November 2010 to raise funds.

You can help by buying a ticket to the “East Meets West” football match! Feel free to bring along your friends too!

SingTel’s promotion at Sitex 2009.

• Apple MacBook 13″ (White) worth $1,588 with 10Mbps Premium Plan @ $88/mth. Upgrade to 15Mbps for just $10/mth more.
• Free Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium Upgrade worth $219 @ with 10Mbps Premium Plan @ $49.90/mth OR 15Mbps Premium Plan @ $62.90/mth
• 15% off 6Mbps No-Frills Plan with free wireless modem @ $33.92/mth (U.P. $39.90)
• Receive free 2 months subscription for a new 10/15Mbps mio Home plan by signing up for Barclays Premier League or Barclays Premier League + ESPN Star Sports Channels.

SingTel’s Partner promotion at Sitex 2009. The partners are located in Sitex.

• Free Acer Aspire one 10.1″ UItra Slim Netbook (AO531h) worth $999 with 10Mbps Premium Plan @ $56/mth. Upgrade to 15Mbps for just $10/mth more. (SITEX 2009, Singapore Expo Hall 6, Foyer 2, Booth 6C20)
• Exclusive 500GB Hard Disk Drive: Free Acer Aspire Touch and Rotate Notebook (AS1820PTZ) worth $1,498 with 10Mbps Premium Plan @ $69.29/mth (SITEX 2009: Booth 6C20).
• Exclusive Model: Free Lenovo IdeaPad U150 Notebook (Black) worth $1,299 with 10Mbps Premium Plan @ $69.29/mth. (SITEX 2009: Booth 6A20).

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There are no promotions for SingTel mobile because they just have that during the Suntec Christmas Fair which took place on the 21st and 22nd November 2009.

Sitex 2009 is happening at Singapore Expo on the 26th to 29th November 2009 at Hall 5 and 6. Check out all the scanned price lists of Sitex 2009 by Boot Strike.

World’s Longest Chain Of Light-Sticks Beckons Singapore’s Youth To Come To Where The Bright Lights Dance – Singtel’s ZoukOut 2009

Singapore’s youth will feel the light on the night of the 20th of November, as most parts of the island frequented by young people will be draped in possibly the world’s longest chain of light-sticks. This unique and record-breaking installation is one of the highlights of SingTel’s on-going campaign for ZoukOut, which it is presenting for the fourth consecutive year.

The chain of close to 10,000 specially designed red light-sticks is about 8.09km long, and will stretch from SingTel’s Comcentre headquarters at Exeter Road through Skate-Park, Orchard Cineleisure, ION, Wisma Atria, Ngee Ann City, Heeren, Centrepoint, Plaza Singapura, Cathay Orchard, Singapore Management University, Raffles City, Esplanade, Collyer Quay, Keppel Road and Vivocity to Siloso Beach (Sentosa). Each light-stick bears an invite to “Come where the bright lights dance” at SingTel’s ZoukOut 2009.

The region’s biggest music and dance festival presented by SingTel, will take place on the 12th of December, 2009. Sentosa’s Siloso Beach will be rocked by the vibes of DJs such as Armin Van Buuren, Martin Solveig, Bob Sinclair, Ame and Kings of Tomorrow.

“SingTel is pleased to present ZoukOut 2009 for the fourth year running in partnership with Zouk. ZoukOut 2009 is an ideal platform for our customers to be entertained by world-class acts including an impressive line-up of international DJs. This partnership further demonstrates our commitment to reaching out to youths through music and entertaining lifestyle-related activities, and our customers can look forward to more similar events from us,” Ms Sarah Chua, Vice President of Consumer Marketing, SingTel, said.

“ZoukOut is a dusk to dawn event, and bright light-sticks are a common sighting amongst the partygoers. SingTel has hence decided on the deployment of brilliant light-sticks as the invitation to our young customers to the region’s biggest and wildest music & dance festival. At ZoukOut 2009, our customers can also look forward to more delightful surprises at the SingTel VIP zone,” Mr. Derrick Heng, Director of Segment Marketing & Communications, SingTel, said.

ZoukOut 2008 saw SingTel’s customers chilling out on board a specially erected VIP yacht. Customers can gain free entry to ZoukOut 2009 by signing up to any SingTel youth plan. SingTel customers also enjoy free-flow from 8-11pm at the VIP zone, which structure still remains a mystery.

Youreka! treasure hunting is simple. All you have to do is spot a coloured Ticket – Red, Blue or Green – hidden on Yahoo! Singapore. Register online and you’ll receive a confirmation email that you can exchange for a corresponding Tag to redeem a special premium from Yahoo! and adidas.

Claim your premium. Or if you are lucky, you may end up exchanging your eDM for a purple tag that gives you a chance to participate in YOUREKA! Finale Event organised by Yahoo! on November 28 at the Singapore Flyer. Purple tag holders stand a chance to drive home a customised one-of-a-kind 1.3L Honda Jazz.

The first Youreka! hunt pit-stop is at adidas. Red tag holders will receive 20% off adidas products and free adidas premiums – for a limited period only and while stocks last.

Event Details
Date: 31 October (Saturday) & 1 November (Sunday), 2009
Time: 12 pm to 9 pm
Venue: adidas Flagship Store at The Cathay Singapore
Address: 2 Handy Road #02-06/07, Singapore 229233

How to enter
Log on to and start looking for YOUREKA! Tickets. Yahoo! users can start hunting right away, while new users need to register.

Note
Only one coloured Tag can be redeemed with a confirmation eDM coloured Ticket for each redemption period. Redemption items are non-exchangeable and strictly while stocks last.

This what you have to do:

• Tweet the following “Win F1 Rocks & F1 Bay Grandstand tickets at http://pea.to/f1R. Contest ends 21st September 2009. #f1 #f1rocks”
• Fill in the form at http://pea.to/f1R and two lucky winners will win a pair of Bay Grandstand tickets for the race on 25th (Friday) or 26th (Saturday) September 2009.

If you participated in the F1 Rocks Tickets Contest, one of you will win a pair of F1 Bay Grandstand tickets for the final race day on Sunday, 27th September 2009.

Here is what you have to do to win those juicy tickets!

• 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!
• In your post, insert a link to http://www.visitsingapore.com/sgpseason so that your readers can find out more about the F1 season.
• Have a return link to Singapore Blog Press post on the contest at http://pea.to/f1R
• 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.
• Each blogger will only be eligible to win 1 pair of the tickets.
• 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”
• Both winners must attend a blogger F1 Rocks stage tour on 22nd September 2009 at 6pm.
• Contest runs from 16th September 2009 to 2359(11:59pm) on 21st September 2009.
• Contest is open to all Singapore Citizens, PRs and Residents.
• Join Uniquely Singapore fan page on Facebook for more news!

Links

• Singapore Blog Press: F1 ROCKS Tickets Giveaway
• F1 Rocks Official Site
• Singapore GP Season 2009

Proudly brought to you by Singapore Tourism Board and 24seven.

New Gems Up Logo

GEMS Up is the second phrase of this national movement represented by five agencies, SPRING Singapore, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), the Institute of Service Excellence at the Singapore Management University (ISES) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).

Mike Barclay, CEO of Sentosa Group

Mr Lim Swee Say, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office and Secretary-General, NTUC

GEMS Up supports the Are You Being Served? initiative. Are You Being Served? is a blog that centers around a passionate “Service Squad” which seeks to provide a reality check on service standards in Singapore and to find out if Singaporeans are being served well. Members of the service squad visit different locations to conduct “Missions” testing the standards of service around Singapore and posting the mission’s results on the blog.

Everyone are welcome to post comments regarding the service squad’s mission in the blog as it aims to highlight the pluses and minuses of service in Singapore, with the hope that when people discuss service, standards can improve.

My mission date is from 28th September to 12th October 2009!

PS: Are You Being Served? is using my WP-Polls plugin!

• Ang Meng Kok: SXXXX834C
• Loh Guan Liang: SXXXX627D
• Lim Pei Yi Esther: SXXXX698Z
• Johan Yu : SXXXX555Z
• Tan Hong Liang: SXXXX686F

Congratulations to all winners! You all should have already been contacted via email on how to collect your copy of Birthday Party Bash from Take 2 Asia office. If not, just drop me an email and I will hook you up.

Submit your answer to this simple question by 7th August 2009:

• Birthday Party Bash by 2K Play is exclusively available on Wii. True or False?

Sent your answers to Albert.Hoolsema@take2asia.com with the following details

• Full Name
• IC Number
• Email Address
• Mobile Number
• Occupation

Winners will be notified and collection will be at Take 2 Asia office in Newton, Singapore.

Check out my blog post on Birthday Party Bash.

Questions:

• How many games are in Wii Sports Resort?
• How many games that use the Motion Plus are for sale in Qisahn.com (Names of the games please!)?

The contest will end on 4th August 2009!

Seriously I have no idea on the answers myself maybe if you do know it can share it with me in the comments.

Source: Hot Potato Giveaway!

This charity Auction is to raise funds for Brother’s adopted charity organization: Asian Women Welfare Association (AWWA). The Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) is a registered voluntary welfare organization that has a membership body, its own constitution and by-laws. AWWA was established in 1970 and has been maintaining comprehensive programs that target children, youth, adults and families to empower them by maximizing their potential for independence. As a charitable organization they do not receive regular corporate support and hence Brother Singapore is the ‘pioneer’ of corporate participation in AWWA activities.

20 Brother laser and Multi-Function inkjet printers will be available at the charity auction. On top of that, there will be two special deal auctions and the minimum bid starts as low as $10!

Many of us sleep with a thick and comfortable mattress when we get home after a tired day of work. However, there are many unprivileged people who do not even have a mattress to sleep on.

Beds.sg is an online retail store in Singapore dealing in Mattresses and Bedroom Furniture. They are giving away a brand new mattress every week to the poor and needy in Singapore in this Free Mattress Program. Anyone could apply or refer someone else for the free mattress program.

The first mattress has been given away to John Lee who is currently serving NS. is mom passed away, leaving him with his ageing dad and an elder brother. His dad and brother were not employed currently, with his dad staying in the 3-room flat (2 bedrooms + 1 living room) most of the time.

Organized by The Digital Movement (TDM), Blogout! ’09 aims to help make sense of the social media landscape in Singapore. It is an event to celebrate bloggers’ independent voices, emergent forms of social, web technology, to create change for their organizations, communities and society.

There’s something for everyone at Blogout! this year. If you are an executive or business owner who wants to see how social media can work for your organization, you definitely do not want to miss Day 1 (Corporate Track) where we feature some of the best speakers and practitioners in the social media scene. Here’s a sneak peak of our programme:

• See what other corporations around the world have done right and wrong
• Enough of the buzz. Get the real deal of what social media strategy will work for your company
• Maximize the effects and potentials of your social media strategy
• and more! See below for detailed program

For Day 2 (Open Track), we welcome everyone (bloggers and non-bloggers alike) to join us for a fun-filled day of learning and sharing. Topic includes “Fire your boss! Ways you can turn your blog into a business in 2009″, “WordPress as a Blogging Tool” and more!

I will be speaking at the Open Track and my topic is “WordPress as a Blogging Tool”. Hopefully, I will not speak too fast and goes out of point. lol

Register: BlogOut 2009
Official Site: BlogOut 2009

For example, http://lc.sg/1 will map to http://lesterchan.net and http://lc.sg/1y will map to this post.

Visit: lc.sg

Tim Huckaby’s Profile

Consistently rated in the top 10% of all speakers, and currently focused on Smart Client Technologies, Tim Huckaby has been called a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution”. Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world.

Event Outline

Innovation is touching down in Singapore! See it with your own eyes and hear it directly from Mr Tim Huckaby, a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution” as he shares on Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight and Microsoft Surface!

This session will be heavily demo focused to accentuate how the power of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight 2.0 can be used to visualize data.

WPF is the next-generation presentation sub-system for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.

Microsoft Silverlight is a plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

Microsoft Surface a multi-touch product that allows a user to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects.

Event Details

Date: 10th December 2008 (Wed)
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 21, NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Microsoft Singapore
Email: MSDPE@crystaledge.net
Call: Meagan at +65 6293 4947

Registration is free, so if you are interesting please RSVP at this link.

Full Details: Mix-It-Up December 2008: Touch-It-Up

PS: Weiquan and Suqin, if you are interested want to go together?

Were giving away SGD$85.40 off the existing discount price for ATOM1000. Its a SGD$85.40 discount worth about 12 Big Mac Value Meals!

Thats a whooping 68% DISCOUNT!

For more information about this promotion, visit our CRAAAAZYYY APRIL Promotions page!

Would you please tell us something about you and your site?

My name is Lester, I am currently 24 this year, studying in National University of Singapore. Majoring in Information Systems. My site http://lesterchan.net started out as one of my assignment for one of my colleges module. As time goes by, I changed it along the way and now it has become my personal site and the based for my WordPress Plugins.

You can read the full interview transcript here.