Blogging for Leisure vs Blogging for Profit – Insights from Singapore Bloggers
We have all read horror stories of diva bloggers misbehaving, demanding fees from restaurants for positive paid reviews, bringing along many friends to eat for free at food tasting, among many other...
View ArticleHoliday Creativity with Canon PIXMA
Holiday Creativity with Canon PIXMA Workshop @ Sheraton Towers Just before the June school holiday, Canon Singapore and omy.sg held a Holiday with Canon PIXMA Workshop on May 25 at Sheratons Towers....
View ArticleBye bye omy.sg
Today is my last day working at omy.sg. I have been with omy.sg for close to seven years. I joined the team before it was even launched in September 2007. Click here to read through all the projects...
View ArticleMany Stories, One Singapore: 48 Singapore Blogs I Read
Happy birthday Singapore! The theme for this year’s National Day Parade is “Many Stories, One Singapore”. To join in the celebration, here is a list of 48 Singapore blogs I read (in random order):...
View Articleomy.sg Turns Four
The omy.sg team Check out this special music video which my fun colleagues at omy.sg have created specially to share with everyone. I missed the recording as I was stuck in camp for reservist: [youtube...
View ArticleSteven Lim vs Ris Low
Meeting of two web titans – Steven Lim and Ris Low The floor was packed that night at one of the hottest new club in town – Movida, St James Power Station. It was the Singapore Blog Awards 2010...
View ArticleSingapore Blog Awards 2010 – Event Videos
Me with some of the young bloggers who attended the event The Singapore Blog Awards 2010 successfully concluded during a fun-filled award ceremony at Movida, St James Power Station on 10 July. This is...
View ArticleJack Neo Affair Scandal Press Conference – Full Video Recording
Jack Neo and wife speak to the press The full video recording of this morning press conference where shamed local movie director, Jack Neo and his wife, Irene Kng spoke to the media is now available on...
View ArticleProject R: Wedding Proposal 2.0
Thank you for visiting my humble blog. Whether you are a regular reader or a first time visitor, I, Alvin Lim (Alvinology) needs your help. You see, I was racking my brain juices for the past month,...
View ArticleProject R in the media
Project R was reported in the two evening Chinese newspaper, Shin Min Daily and Lianhe Wanbao yesterday (27 Oct). You can read the article HERE via omy.sg. There’s also a vodcast covering the proposal...
View ArticleBras Basah Bugis Trishaw Night Tour with Radio 100.3 DJs Jianwen & Kemin
Hosts for the night – Radio 100.3 DJs, Jianwen and Kemin Singapore does has a vibrant night life – you just need to know where to find it. Together with Radio 100.3 and Radio 91.3, omy.sg organised a...
View ArticleHey look! I am on the SPH building!
Spiderman! Yes, the guy in the blue shirt is yours truly. The giant poster is done by my colleague, Marc. Nice or not? He’s a very creative guy. The current set of omy print ads you see in the various...
View ArticleSingapore Blog Awards After Party @ Supperclub
The Singapore Blog Awards 2009 is finally coming to an end after four months of activities from April to date. Check out the official press release on the award ceremony today at Supperclub from...
View ArticleHas the recession affected you yet?
It had for me. Last Thursday, I received notice about my first ever pay cut throughout my working life. To be fair, it was across board and nobody in SPH was spared, including our CEO and senior...
View ArticleAlvinology reaches 1 million hits
Thank you for supporting Alvinology It took a while. After blogging for approximately one year and eight months, my main blog has finally reached the 1 million hits mark. If I were to include the...
View ArticleSingapore’s first post-independence Olympics Medal
Congratulations to our Singapore Women Table Tennis team for a group well done on Sunday. They brought Singapore out of a 48 years Olympics medal drought. They may have lost the Gold medal to China’s...
View ArticleBeat It – Kids, Don’t Be A Hero 别做什么“少年英雄”
Teen slashed to death at Downtown East I saw this series of disturbing pictures via omy.sg today. A 19-year-old boy, Darren Ng Wei Jie, was slashed to death in a gang fight at Downtown East yesterday....
View ArticleCheck out the omy crew!
Recorded this lip sync video together with the rest of the omy crew. There’s two versions – one with our big boss, Robin Hu and another one with our boss, Chua Chim Kang. Chim Kang version: Robin Hu...
View ArticleCan you calculate your taxi fare?
Let omy show you how. At the end of it, most Singaporeans are just baffled and will pay whatever fare thrown at them. I see a loophole there for errant cabbies to exploit. Technorati Tags: omy.sg, taxi...
View Article2007年最具代表性的汉字!
Cast your vote for the most representative Chinese character for year 2007! Click HERE for more details. This voting exercise is jointly organised by Radio 1003, omy and MyPaper. The winning word last...
View ArticleHow to make a FAKE ghost video
Lately, there have been quite a bit of media buzz with regards to an alleged ghost sighting video in a Raffles Place office building posted on youtube. You can watch the video for yourself here: They...
View ArticlePublicity Video for Singapore Blog Awards
I burnt my Sunday night shooting and editing this. Concept behind it is on the power of blogging to augment social changes as well as the main Singapore Blog Awards theme of ‘new age warfare’ using...
View ArticleFaye Wong (王菲)’s husband, Li Yapeng (李亚鹏) attacked Paparazzi
Watch this video before you comment: The paparazzi were obviously daunting Li Yapeng to agitate him into a fight. Although violence should never be condoned, in this case, I am inclined to stand on Li...
View ArticleAlvinology in a music video – Kuso版《你是我的花朵》
Together with the omy team, I recorded a lip-sync music video for omy’s first anniversary, based on the song, 《你是我的花朵》by Wu Bai (伍佰). I am one of the supporting dancers in the video, try see if you...
View ArticleDay Trip to Resorts World Genting, Malaysia
About a month back, I made a one-day trip to Resorts World Genting together with five omy Blog Club bloggers, Melicacy, Shine, Miyo and Grace: Group photo of the five bloggers with their mothers at Min...
View ArticleAn Underage Prostitute and 44 + 4 (NEW) Horny Men in Singapore【名人嫖雏妓案】
In the latest development in the Singapore crime case involving 44 horny men and an underage prostitute – another 4 men have been charged in court for the same offence. Gosh! 44 +4 (die die die in...
View ArticleMovie Review – Ghost on Air《靈聼》
Fans of horror movies, are you ready for “GHOST ON AIR”? 你准备好《灵听》了吗? GHOST ON AIR 《灵听了》is a made-in-Singapore ghost movie, starring famous local deejay and artiste, Dennis Zhou Chongqing (周崇庆) as a...
View ArticleTattoo-ed Fish: Cruel or Creative?
These tattoo-ed Molly fish are available at Qian Hu Fish Farm as well as other pet shops at between $3 to $5 a piece. You can read the full story and watch all the vodcasts HERE on omy.sg. Personally,...
View ArticleEng Kai Er, the A*STAR scholar/ Holland Village streaker
Picture of Eng Kai Er, via omy.sg I wasn’t sure if the A*STAR scholar called Eng Kai Er was the same Eng Kai Er who was charged in court on Thursday for walking down Holland Village, totally naked with...
View ArticleRestylane and Plastic Surgery
Restylane – a widely used dermal filler Once considered taboo, plastic surgery and facial enhancements are better accepted with changing times. I am neither for or against it as I see it as a personal...
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