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Yes, this entry is solely about my experience at the Symposium – meeting Xiaxue, Singapore’s Blogger Queen, up close and personal. Includes pictures I took with her! So, read on 😀

Nuffnang Blogger's Symposium

This is Singapore’s ever first Blogger’s Symposium, organised by Nuffnang and sponsered by Canon. I’m assuming that all Nuffnang members received the invitation to this event via email just like I did.

Symposium brochure

There were a few guest speakers you can choose to register with and go for their workshop. There was also a lucky draw and mini-photo contest (theme: Happiness) plus all participants would receive a goody bag. I registered with Xiaxue.

Symposium guest speakers

However, due to overwhelming response, they decided to open up 200 more “special slots” for Xiaxue’s worksop specially. And these extra 200 people will not be entitled to the lucky draw, photo contest and goody bag unlike the initial group of people already with Xiaxue.

I signed up the moment I saw the email, but I was still one of these 200 special slots T_T so just imagine.

I hesitated about going since that means I’ll be going there just to listen to her talk etc etc, cannot participate or get anything else. And nobody to go with me also. Plus it’s all the way at SMU, and I also had a birthday celebration to attend the same day.

But I decided to be crazy and was like, oh what the hell, I’m going. Plus not everyone can get such a chance presented to them. Such a special event, a golden opportunity to see Xiaxue up close. And I’m glad I went because it was AWESOME! 😀

I reached there and went to register to comfirm my attendence.
Normal participants not part of the extra 200 special slots received a plain brown and boring-looking sticker thingy card, where you filled in your name and your guest speaker’s name.

People who were part of the extra 2oo like me received PINK cards with Xiaxue’s picture on it! 😀 like so personalised! These card-sticker thingys are for identification purposes if I’m not wrong.

Blogger's Symposium with Xiaxue

Very special indeed!

Blogger's Symposium with Xiaxue

I’m keeping this card with me forever (it’s actually a sticker but I didn’t tear the base out)

At 3pm we were allowed to enter the auditorium and the mighty Xiaxue was at the entrance. Everyone waited for their turn to take a picture with her including me. I took two with her! 😀

Xiaxue and I

This one turned out nicer despite the poor quality, taken with my phone.

Xiaxue and I

This one taken with my digital cam. Better quality but I prefer the one taken with my phone!

I met this 21 year old there called Cassie who helped me take the pictures and I helped her with hers. We sat together in the auditorium and she said she came all the way from Malaysia to see Xiaxue.

Xiaxue's laptop

This is Xiaxue’s laptop – so pink and bling (it’s a rainbow), totally her!

Xiaxue on stage

On stage presenting her powerpoint slides

Xiaxue on stage

Pardon the quality because they are taken with my phone instead of digital cam. I haven’t figured out how to transfer pictures from the digital cam to my laptop yet (I didn’t see the slot of the memory card at the side yet lah!) at that time, but now I know -_-

Xiaxue was so uber funny. She had the whole auditorium in heaps of laughter half the time. Hahahahah you just had to be there yourself! 😀

“How to camwhore and lie to the world that you are gorgeous”

Xiaxue's slides

Printouts of the slides she prepared herself

Xiaxue's slides

Mainly it’s camwhoring and Photoshop tips.

She photoshopped an unglam photo of herself right on the spot to teach us. Really amazing, her skills! Then she took a photo of Kenny Sia (Malaysian blogger) and photoshopped his (very crooked like tiger) teeth on the spot. Crazy hilarious!! 😀

Xiaxue photoshopping teeth

In the midst of photoshopping.
No, this is not “before & after’ slides, they are the same.

Other people stayed for the lucky draw and results of the photo contest. The special 200 people could leave around 4plus and the amazing thing is, despite them stating in the email that we wouldn’t be entitled to blahblahblah… we were still given the goody bag as we walked out of the auditorium! 😀

Inside the goody bag got one vair vair chio black notebook, I like!!! 😀

Canon notebook

Sophisticated-looking beauty (it is a lined notebook)

Canon notebook

K lah picture don’t look very nice but the actual item damn chio 😀

Luckily I decided to siao siao and go! Totally enjoyed myself plus it was kind of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even now I’m still buzzing from the excitement of it all 😀 it still feels very surreal… being able to meet and take pictures with her etc.

Awesome or not?

Lost in the moment

Another late poast, teehee 😀
Rahrahrah it ish vair taxing to keep having to go a few weeks back mentally and try recall the details! But I’ll try my best ^-^ Anw, some photos!

18th March!

Went to Escape with Zikry, Danial and Amos!
I hath free tickets!!! Only 4 though, but just nice anw 😀

Supposed to meet at 1oam but I woke up only at 9am++. I think I’d have continued being dead to the world had it not been for an incoming phone call. The vibration woke me up. LUCKY!

I chiong like crazy and was late (as usual -_-) for ten minutes. All of them were already there and they said they reached at 9.30am???! Omg O_O

I bluffed them that the tickets expired already (show them the date of issue on the front – big, black and bold) and they believed me ;D but the actual expiry date is in very small font at the back lah. They were like, “scare me sia!!” hahaha.

Decided to eat at Pastamania first and we waited like 4o minutes outside for the student discount(30%) to start, messing around with the skateboard Amos brought. At 12noon we went in and the person told us THERE IS NO STUDENT DISCOUNT FOR THE WEEK BECAUSE IT IS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

LOL #%^(*$#?!
Wasted 40 minutes for nothing!

We ordered a lot!
All of us had pasta except Zikry (he had garlic bread and potata waffle which we kept nicking LOL) plus drinks. I had seafood marina plus mocha freeze (coffee + chocolate + milk + whipped cream = HEAVEN ♥ !) which is like an amazing combinationnnn ♥♥♥ Very nice. AND FATTENING xD

THEN hor, four of us shared an apple crumble AND a hawaiiian pizza (the biggest one) .___.

rainbowloveee™ - hawaiian pizza

Okay supposed to be 2 slices each but I was so full and I forgot who I gave my extra slice to. I picked out some of the pineapples as well and put them on Amos’s plate, and then later I asked him, “Why you take out all your pineapple? I thought you got eat? *points to plate*” Okay fail -_-

rainbowloveee™ - apple crumble — Apple crumble! One of Pastamania’s best specialties ♥

Yummy yummy. I ate so much T_T so full!
But vair niceeee 😀

Went to Escape and the guys went to queue for the Go-Kart while I watched. Noooo still got phobia T_T oh well. Try spotting them? Actually not very clear.

rainbowloveee™ - gokart

The only (barely) close-up that I managed to take, because my phone gallery lags (too many files -_-) which causes the camera to lag as well T_T for example:

rainbowloveee™ - gokart

While waiting…

rainbowloveee™ - Narcissist

Zikry insisted on sitting Viking after that !$~#^?!@ even though our lunch haven’t digested yet!
All four of us sat second row from the middle but I still found it !$~#^?!@ rawr. Did the same thing as I did last time (if you don’t understand reaaaalllyyyyy wanna know, go to my old blog dig archives -_-) lol, if you get what I mean ^^

Wheeee. Then went Haunted House and they all very mean, make me stand behindddd. Zikry was the worst, I was clinging onto his bag but later he ran off himself and left me behind -_- Lucky I’m a horror movie fanatic and won’t freak out >:( MEANIE!!!

And the moment we exited the Haunted House, IT RAINED!
Haven’t even gone on all the rides! 🙁 Bad timing.

Ran for shelter but we were still drenched like… ugh.
Decided to go play pool as an alternative though, which was just as nice 😀

Ohno I look awful.
Compare to the above pics -___-

rainbowloveee™ - hat — Danial bought this new hat

rainbowloveee™ - hats — Both hats belong to him

rainbowloveee™ - playing pool — Only picture of pool that I took, too busy playing 😀

Zikry didn’t play. He watched awhile then went to join his family chalet, that lucky ass!
But at around 5pm we returned to Escape and waited for the rides to dry, played awhile then left.

Oh by the way – can you believe that The Inverter, The Rainbow and the spaceship thingy has all been torn down??? WTF! Escape is almost an empty shell now, what a waste of money. Luckily the tickets were free.

Got traffic jam on the way back!! -_-
And the bus was crowded as hell the whole time.

Okay finally reaching the end of this poast!
Almost went nuts while blogging this entry okay!!! Stupid autoformatting, can you stop acting smart?

Let you all see my face first then end;