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My Story behind Nuffnang Awards
Oct 25th
Proof that girls are more 38 than guys. There were more inquiries from girls compared to guys about this blog post posted 2 days ago.
Well i might offend the girls with that statement above but heck i’ve already offended some certain sensitive people with the blog post mentioned above and i will further offend these same people with this blog post here. So yea, fry it!
The story?
I’m not gonna talk about all these in details nor i will mention the names of the individuals, anyhow this post will still be quite long so read only if you’re interested Thank You.
Since the start of this whole Nuffnang Awards when they announced it officially on all the Nuffnang sites, there were 3 groups of bloggers.
Group 1 – The minority ones who knew what is going on behind the scenes and don’t really care about this.
Group 2 – The majority ones who are unaware of what is going and is totally excited about this event.
Group 3 – The majority ones who are unaware of what is going and don’t really care about this.
Alright then, as for me, getting a fully sponsored trip down to Singapore attending an event as big as this sounds nice to me of course, but seeing the requirements to get the invites which is making 2 blog posts where i need to do quite a lot of things here and there plus knowing how the people work in sending out invites to “bloggers who are qualified” had me quitting the intention of doing the posts.
A few days later, a call from Nuffnang “offering” me passes FOR 2 to the “prestigious” event down in Singapore where passes would be allocated automatically for me once i’ve done and submitted the 2 blog posts. Then i thought it was okay since i’ll get the invites once i’ve completed the blog posts.
Did the posts and submitted them where i got a confirmation mail from them saying i’ve gotten the passes had me applying leave and arranging stuffs. Getting all ready for it then.
One fine day, approx. 1 week before the event, a mail was sent out to get the details of the guests where i was out for lunch and the mails went on like this.
I mentioned that my guest is in Singapore and notified them that transportation is not needed.
Well i didn’t really read the email on the 2nd picture displayed above properly where they were stating that no TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATION will be provided for my guest which is the only mistake i made.
In fact that’s actually their mistake and not mine. Originally, both transportation and accommodation should be provided for my guest because that was what they promised me when they called me in the start.
Continue on the story, just one day before the event, they called me up again and double confirm with me that no transportation & accommodation will be provided for my guest and i was assigned to sleep with another blogger.
With me not knowing about this because i didn’t pay attention in the mail above, i was pretty furious but hang on on my temper and questioned back why is that so.
and the whole thing was furthered to this very conversation.
Joshua Ong says:
There?
Person A says:
yes
Joshua Ong says:
is it impossible for me to have a room for me n my guest already. hmmm
Person A says:
yes
Joshua Ong says:
anthr ques
Joshua Ong says:
why is dat so dat at first u all say i could have a guest with me then
Joshua Ong says:
whether my guest is in spore
Joshua Ong says:
or in msia
Joshua Ong says:
i should have a room for myself and my guest rite
Joshua Ong says:
hmm
Person A says:
when we extend the invitation to malaysian bloggers, we assume that the malaysian blogger will be bringing a malaysian guest
Person A says:
which is what the sponsor wld be glad to have and sponsor the other half of the room
Person A says:
however, if the guest is a singaporean, the sponsor sees not much sense
Person A says:
to provide the acco for a singaporean who’s already staying in sg
Person A says:
which is logical from their view
Joshua Ong says:
my guest is a msian and not a sporean and from start you all did not mention about that
Joshua Ong says:
its logical from their view i know
Joshua Ong says:
but its not logical from our view as we know if we get we can bring one guest and that’s the only thing we know hmmm
Person A says :
your guest is a msian?
Joshua Ong says:
yes
Person A says:
aiya
Person A says:
then u shldn’t have told me
Person A says:
that your guest is a singaporean blogger
Joshua Ong says:
i even gave a msian ic number
Joshua Ong says:
no
Joshua Ong says:
my guest is a msian blogger
Joshua Ong says:
even registered under nn msia
Joshua Ong says:
not nn sg also
Person A says:
now this is difficult
Joshua Ong says:
actually i duno why u all assume my guest is a sporean
Joshua Ong says:
dat i’ve sent in ic number indicating a msian
Joshua Ong says:
wait ahh lemme finish
Person A says:
okok
Joshua Ong says:
i dont intend to quarrel
Joshua Ong says:
ok
Joshua Ong says:
nyways
Joshua Ong says:
i send in msian ic
Joshua Ong says:
and den on the fon
Joshua Ong says:
all i told the other staff dat time
Joshua Ong says:
my guest will be in spore already dat time and no transportation is needed
Joshua Ong says:
dats it
Joshua Ong says:
so it CAN be either my guest will be heading to spore a few days earlier
Joshua Ong says:
to do some stuffs and join me on the weekend
Joshua Ong says:
or it CAN be my guest is already there permanently or so
Joshua Ong says:
but its impossible my guest is a sporean cuz i’ve sent in the ic number…
Joshua Ong says:
but from start, like i’ve said
Joshua Ong says:
you all mention tat bloggers from anthr country can have accomodation for 2, the blogger and the guest. You all didnt mention dat guest should be under wat requirements right?
Joshua Ong says:
am i right hmmmm
Person A says:
there are always terms and conditions
Joshua Ong says:
hey
Person A says:
for every stated sentence
Person A says:
it cannot be possible be all put up front as it may cause even more confusion
Person A says:
for laymen
Person A says:
i understand how disappointed u are
Person A says:
at this moment
Person A says:
and i wish to help u
Person A says:
but at this point of time, it is simply not possible anymore
Joshua Ong says:
you dont tell me got terms and conditions man
Joshua Ong says:
wat stated there
Joshua Ong says:
is a pair of invites
Person A says:
the fact that ur guest has a permanent residence (be it student hostel or rented unit), does not qualify you guest to be sponsored acco
Joshua Ong says:
terms and condition thing was not under that field also
Joshua Ong says:
no offence but this is quite bullshit
Joshua Ong says:
Foreign Bloggers (Asia-Pacific)
* A pair of invites to the Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 23rd October 2009.
* Transportation and accommodation would be provided
* Bloggers’ tour: A sponsored and planned itinerary on 24th October 2009, including attractive tourist and local destinations.
Joshua Ong says:
beneath there no terms and conditions
Joshua Ong says:
even the whole page of awards.nuffnang.com
Joshua Ong says:
no such thing as terms n conditions
Person A says:
u are right
Joshua Ong says:
i dont mean to offend u ah
Person A says:
the web designer didn’t put the t&c page
Joshua Ong says:
im just talking about this matter with u
Person A says:
despite the hard time i have to craft it
Person A says:
damn it
Person A says:
i’ll drop a note to scold him
Person A says:
joshua
Joshua Ong says:
no use now u tell me dat
Joshua Ong says:
hmmm
Person A says:
as much as i wish to help
Joshua Ong says:
yah
Person A says:
as i said
Person A says:
at this point, it is no longer possible
Joshua Ong says:
and u know what
Joshua Ong says:
i know there are bloggers’s guest who are already residing in spore
Joshua Ong says:
but is malaysian
Joshua Ong says:
but they can have a room
Joshua Ong says:
sigh..
Joshua Ong says:
i dont know lah
Person A says:
the directions from sponsors and management is clear to me, if i find out any guests who are residing in sg, this has to be done
Person A says:
of cuz i dun purposely go dig out
Person A says:
who is who
Person A says:
cuz i want u guys to be at peace as well
Person A says:
but when i got information that your guest is currently residing in sg
Person A says:
i have to pass the info upwards
Joshua Ong says:
fyi i didnt say my guest is residing in sg…
Joshua Ong says:
i jz mentioned that my guest wont be following us to sg
Joshua Ong says:
as i mentioned above
Joshua Ong says:
u all can assume my guest will be there earlier or my guest is already there permanently
Joshua Ong says:
so why assume the later and not clarify with me
Joshua Ong says:
further more, i wasnt even told i was assign to stay with anthr blogger
Person A says:
joshua
Person A says:
can i just check
Person A says:
wat are u trying to look for from this conversation
Joshua Ong says:
find out answers to questions that are in my head since yest evening
Person A says:
going thru the communications that took place is nt gonna get anything solved, so let me know what is it that u’re looking for
Person A says:
u just want answers, right?
Person A says:
or do u still intend to push for a room with ur guest?
Person A says:
it is important for u to be clear in ur aim
Person A says:
so i can rectify this in the best manner
Joshua Ong says:
of cuz its best if there’s a room for me n my guest cuz dat was wat i was told and know from the start
Joshua Ong says:
i was trying to look fault at myself you know and i was blaming myself like hell yesterday dat i didnt read the mail
Joshua Ong says:
i know organizing such stuffs is freaking stressful as i was involve in an international conference 3 yrs ago so i try not to find fault on nuffnang first and see what did i miss throughout the whole thing
Joshua Ong says:
dat is why i didnt jump on conclusion yest yet as i dowana add stress to u guys seeing u all have been goin thru alot of sleepless nights
Joshua Ong says:
now the point is yes of cz i intend to push a room for me n my guest, cuz from my point of view, im the guest here.
Person A says:
joshua
Person A says:
i hope this doesn’t sound rude
Person A says:
but i have to inform you that your wish will not be granted
Person A says:
and the worst part is, i do not have the luxury
Person A says:
to talk to u properly
Person A says:
on the entire process
Person A says:
to ensure u’re properly briefed on this decision
Person A says:
if u want me to put it out front, it is impossible for us to get u your own room with your guest
Joshua Ong says:
okay totally understood =)
Person A says:
i’m sorry i can’t talk to u further on this
Person A says:
i need to ensure the event runs smoothly tmr
Person A says:
i hope u’d understand
Joshua Ong says:
nvm
After that conversation, i’ve made up my mind to reject going to this event, even though i can still opt to do so with me having thicker face acting as though as nothing have happen.
Frankly speaking, for me, most of the dialogues/answers given were pretty lame/crappy and even ridiculous to an extend. Graphic designers were pull into the picture taking the blame as well. I mean, for an event like this covering a few countries with around 300++ people attending it, a name THIS BIG,
NUFFNANG, ASIA PACIFIC’S FIRST BLOG ADVERTISING COMMUNITY
should be more professional on this whole matter. Especially when i’m not like those few months old blogger who just started appeared out of no where jumping in the bandwagon creating a blog and start blogging.
I doubt even the few months old bloggers will take all the explanation above as a valid one. They’ll just swallow it all down and keep quiet.
Just like what i’ve blog on Nuffnang Awards previously, this is an event with sponsors and i fully understand that Nuffnang have to consider a lot of stuffs business-wise.
but, again and again when i inquire stuffs from the past till now, stupid excuses and ridiculous answers were shot back, SHOT back not replied!
Thanks to some fellow friends who are kind enough to advice me not to blog about this where i was questioned what will i get from this whole blog post putting it up to the internet, it will do more harm to me than good in the long run, my reply is, i have my limits, it is not this matter alone that i made a decision to blog a post so long about this.
I may sound like a sore loser here but hey I rarely blog a blog post this long with such amounts of words and i don’t expect you to sucked up to me telling me i’m oh-so-awesome-making-such-a-stand, i just hope that you’ll think again after reading this post. Of course, if you would like to bash me, feel free to do so. =)
So, to those people whom i’ve offended, especially the ones who have the power of command in their hands on top of the whole community, i seriously hope that you read what i’ve written here, every single word.
I know its pretty hard to please every one and single blogger, but when shits happens, please stop bringing out lame excuses and such, we aren’t 3 years old. With the minority bloggers who kept their mouth shut tightly about the ugly stuffs behind, some with benefits on hands where some just opt to swallow it down their throat, i hope you enjoyed reading this “drama” i’ve created.
To Nuffnang, for the millions of us bloggers out there, Nuffnang is more than a company where its not just business and business alone where profit of the company plays the main role in the whole picture. With the amount of power you guys have in hand, much more could be achieve and people are putting their faith on you guys.
There are quite a number of disappointments already so please don’t make the numbers rise anymore.
*unless you guys don’t give a damn about it then i have nothing else to say.
Interviewing Tata Young
Sep 29th
It was early this month that i have the privilege to meet the top female singer of Thailand, one name that is well known even out of the country Thailand itself.
Knowing the amount of achievements she achieved along the years with that record of being someone that big, i couldn’t say that i’m not nervous at all.
Its just a short 10 minutes interview on the 10th of September 2009 where i was arranged in a slot with this Yea! Magazine reporter Janice. So yea, please do read the whole text and comment on my questions as its my first time doing so, so i need some thoughts and insights from you all. Critics. =)
Here it goes.
Me : Congratulations on the release of your 3rd English album. So with this 3rd English album, is there any favourite song for you personally or any song in this album that you could relate to yourself?
Tata Young : Every song, every song has a personal influence on me, but its about different timing and my rule is i would only sing songs that i believe in so every songs that i sing is basically songs that i believe in and i have experienced with. My all time favourite song at the moment, if i get to perform, get to sing it today, is Mission Is You.
Me : In the process of making this album, i believe that there’s some interesting stuffs and happenings, could you share some of it?
Tata Young : Well I get to live in Berlin during the recording of this album, so i kind of change countries that i lived in, living in Berlin a little while recording this album, and then when we did with the production side of it i got to work with a Korean team, so its very international, i get to move around a lot and get to work with many teams so that’s a wonderful experience.
Me: There’s a strong value in this album which is love, can you elaborate more on what you would like to convey through this album?
Tata Young : Fun! I want everybody to listen to the album and feel like its all so fun, apart from just feeling love, feeling that there’s fun!
Me : Are you looking forward to more English albums in the future?
Tata Young : Definitely for sure! i’ve just started this one though so i’m still trying to make this one work out. I’m going to keep singing.
Me : Do you intend to go into acting again,and what kind of role would you consider
Tata Young : I would love to pursue my acting career again, its just so i probably need to clone myself before i can act because at the moment i am just promoting this album and i would feel so bad for my co stars because i would have only like one day in a week to shoot the movie and the director would probably be killing me. I would like to be in a Hollywood movie, with Will smith maybe one day, i would like to pursue my acting career again one day and maybe play a role, a psychotic women perhaps?
Me : You have mentioned in 1 of your interviews that you are always excited in the future, so what are the dreams that you would like to achieve in the future?
Tata Young : I would love to be the first Asian to breakthrough internationally if i can but if its not me at least i’m one of the first people to kind of make it happen.
Me : Between acting and singing, which do you enjoy more doing?
Tata Young : Singing, singing it is for sure!
Me : Who is your role model, is there any person that you look up to & why?
Tata Young : I love Madonna, i think she’s done very well in her career and she’s pretty much my role model, i see myself being like her, maybe not as famous as her but being like her as in like as you know, she’s married, she’s got children, she’s singing, she looks good, she keeps it up so probably Madonna is the person i would say!
Me : If you were to collaborate with an artist in the future, who will it be? If its Asia then who will it be?
Tata Young : Justin Timberlake, he’s not bad. Jay Chou or Rain!
Me : You’ll be performing live in Perth in One Moment Showcase Music Festival in October, what could your fans in Perth expect from you?
Tata Young : A good show, a bad ass show like last night, maybe not the grand entrance but yes a good show
Me : What is first reaction when you know that you’re going to make a grand entrance on an airport runway for this 3rd English album?
Tata Young : My first impression was what i’m going to do next, that is very big, i’m screwed because i don’t know what i’m going to do next, but yea it sure was great and i had alot of fun and i think a lot of people did too.
The interview then ended with 2 questions from Janice.
Janice : What is your future plan?
Tata Young : My future plan at the moment is promoting this album and hopefully i’m going to tour in October, in Asia and then in Japan in November, then next year to Europe and coming back to Thailand having a big concert in March next year
Janice : Anything that you would like to say to the Malaysian fans?
Tata Young : First of all i would like to thank all my Malaysian fans for all the support, for always believing in me for who i am, so ya, please support the album Ready For Love.
So yea, what do you think? Hmm…
That was like one of the fastest 10 minutes for me i must say!
Shake hands, intro, interview, end.
And as i’ve mentioned before in the blog post of Tata Young’s Take You To The World Press Conference, i had a whole list of more qualified blogger compared to a small fry like me that should be attending this very event itself as well as interviewing Tata Young.
I’m really thankful for the things that comes my way. Thanks to the one above who’s watching over me every single moment. Of course, thanks to Sony Music Malaysia & Kel Li as well!
Pitt, Sonida and Me.
Last but not least, thanks to the people from Sony Music Thailand for a really warming and friendly stay in Thailand.
Music Video of Ready For Love.
Related Links :
Video Compilation of Tata Young Take You To The World Press Conference
Grand Opening of Take You To The World Press Conference + Tata Young performing Ready For Love
Tata Young performing My Bloody Valentine at Don Muang Airport
Tata Young performing Dhoom Dhoom at Don Muang Airport
Sony Music Malaysia
Sony Music Thailand
Bloggers Gone Crazy Past Midnight
Aug 14th
The last time i saw a bunch of bloggers gone crazy in the middle of the night was like lotsa months ago earlier this year. They even got horny and such started talking stuffs about ***.
and just only, all of a sudden, there’s this random group of bloggers started going crazy on Innit chatbox. AGAIN. T_T
and because i was freaking hungry, i joined in the craze too…. *laughs*
Yea, as stupid as it seems, we’re a bunch of uber-super-sangat-very-很-非常-超级-hyperactive bloggers getting excited this very hour at this very weekend. I don’t really know why the others got excited but i’m excited because of this!!
See You There! =)
Men look for Sex and Women look for Affection
Jul 30th
It was yet another random conversations i had.
With a random anonymous girl on MSN. Read on…
joshuaongys says:
ask u
men need sex and women need affection
agree or not?
anonymous says:
haha not really
joshuaongys says:
den..
anonymous says:
women need affection
guys need trust and approval
joshuaongys says:
trust and approval
hmm
elaborate
anonymous says:
hmm well
like if a guy feels like his gf accepts him for who he is, and not try to make him change
and trusts him in whatever he does, and approves whatever he does
then he can love better
joshuaongys says:
wahh
anonymous says:
thats why guys dont like it when girls say “maybe we should ask for directions”
joshuaongys says:
best..
anonymous says:
he will feel like the girl dont trust him, like he dont know how to go to that place
joshuaongys says:
pls tell every other girls dat!
anonymous says:
guys need love and care and all la
but trust and approval comes first
followed by the rest
do you think thats true
joshuaongys says:
in some way yes its true
can u like go tell every other girl in this world
cuz many girls out there are like, i wana change my guy i wana change my guy yer why he like dat wan this dat…
anonymous says:
its like that wan la
joshuaongys says:
and sometimes i wonder den why at the first place u accept him duh
anonymous says:
cause guys and girls are diff, you should know
girls think that there’s always room for improvement
joshuaongys says:
so sometimes u’re lidat also lo hahaha
anonymous says:
when they love something, they will try to make it better
i try not to be lor
but it’s girl’s nature
guys is like if something is fine, don’t fix it
it takes training la
girls show their love by offering suggestions and all
but guys “respect” each other by not offering help unless they are asked
two different things
but if a guy feels that his gf loves and accepts him
he himself will try to change himself
joshuaongys says:
CORRECT!
anonymous says:
like decide to go gym etc
joshuaongys says:
BINGO
anonymous says:
yaaaaaaaa true right
i noticed too
haha
i tell my boy that
and after a while, he wants to diet and all
joshuaongys says:
lol
u genius
why u so clever wan
anonymous says:
i read a book
haha
joshuaongys says:
………………
cheh
anonymous says:
WOI
HAHAHA
so bad
at least i learn ok -_-
everyone should read lor
if not they would never understand
girls think that guys should think like them
joshuaongys says:
shud go thru it b4
anonymous says:
vice versa
joshuaongys says:
better than reading it
anonymous says:
we all go through it
just dont realize
joshuaongys says:
hahah
how bout guys side hmmm
jz now was on the girls side
tell me bout the guys side
anonymous says:
what about guys side?
joshuaongys says:
wat should guys do
how guys act generally
anonymous says:
well like i said just now, guys offer solution only when they are asked
if you noticed, girls like to complain
esp if they have a bad day
and guys will always try to “fix it”
best thing to do is listen
and try to understand
and just let them talk until puas
when puas, tell them like
“oh you had such a bad day, let me give you a hug”
and the conversation went on and wandered of somewhere else eventually. Anyways, its some common general stuffs/problems among boys and girls/men and women. Started from a statement that i heard previously from someone – “Men look for Sex and Women look for Affection“.
From what i think, generally, Men do not look for sex ultimately but YES Women DO look for affection ultimately. In this age where most people insist on equal rights for both females and males, the strong almighty position of the males is really weakening already throughout the years and the more softer side of the males were shown with more females being independent having full control of their own lives.
Being on the side of the male myself, i must say that acceptance and understanding is what i’m looking for, and of course affection as well which involves love and care.
With lotsa girls nowadays who tried very hard to change every bit of their bf nowadays rather than totally accepting them for who they are, i find it pretty funny that why at the first place they would want to be with the guy then. Well of course, no offence to the girls, its something most girls need to go through.
Same goes to the guys, that we need to be a little bit more sensitive, less forgetful, and paying more attention to the girlfriend plus other more stuffs to cover as well being in a relationship. With that saying, i am still in the life-long process of learning. Not an easy lesson but it’s definitely a very interesting and rewarding one i must say. =)
and about how this whole blog post was started with the statement :
“Men look for Sex and Women look for Affection“.
There’s a reason why God put us human as the rulers of the world and not any other living beings on earth and obviously, there’s a big difference between dogs and humans. That’s if you understand what i’m saying.
*of course, there’s always some exception where some people are in a very sick & serious state already getting addicted to it. and i do believe that every single person seeks love ultimately.
Struggling Complications
May 5th
How would you react and reply if you get a sms with these contents?
Let’s say if the sender is someone who’s someone close to you, say like your best friend, or your sister/brother or even your girlfriend/boyfriend?
and that was a sms i received 2 days ago.
then, just yesterday i received 2 more sms on the same matter.
Seriously, i couldn’t resist myself from feeling all funny and such getting such smses talking about a lousy driver and no offence to the female earthlings, the driver is actually a female and with me knowing that very one fact, i felt much more funnier.
but WAIT!!
the sender is someone important to me and its actually quite dangerous to be in the same car with such driver and so i’m quite “konpius“
The stuffs that happen after i sent that sms, it went pretty far away where the topics were totally different from what i’ve shown in the pictures above already… and well
The whole thing developed into something pretty awful and all i can do now is to look up to HIM and hope that everything will go fine.
i just don’t know what else can i do anymore………..
Almost A Year
Apr 8th
This conversation below was on the 5th of May 2008.
and this conversation below just ended minutes ago…
Ahh, it’s almost a year!!!
Stay Tuned!
