This is not for competition, but we just want to do a little extra for our dear visitors. After a few days of planning and construction, finally we finished our own version of “in Plain English” series, which is named by ourselves “WeLoveYOG in Plain English”.

We use this video to tell the story between Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and WeLoveYOG.com, we described why we created this blog, how did we do for this blog and what’s the relationship between this blog and SYOGOC. Using “in Plain English” style can make our video much more comprehensive and of course, more interesting. Actually we did something creative, we added some interesting sound effects to fit the theme – “youth”.

Urgent to watch this wonderful “in Plain English” video? As usual, recommended to watch under HQ mode.

Plus: The sound track is recorded by myself, sorry for my bad English…

Over the past 40 years, Singapore has emerged from a small fishing port to one of Asia’s most prosperous economies with a gross domestic of US$51,142 per capital which is currently ranked 4th in the world. Its innovative yet steadfast form of economics has given it the nickname the ‘Singapore Model’. Dubbed as a “relatively corruption-free” country with a stable government, Singapore has received zillion praises from tourists around the world.

Some of these wondrous traits Singapore posses have contributed greatly to the conspicuous success of winning the bid to host the first ever Youth Olympic Games. Next year, the inaugural world-class sporting event will be held right here in Singapore from August 14 – 26.

I was exultant but also stupefied after the announcement of the successful bidder. I didn’t expect that a relatively diminutive country with a population of close to 5 million is able to host such an event of world-class standard. As a loyal Singaporean, I will continue to give my replete support by contributing to the YOG community such as participating in most of the upcoming events and promote YOG to whole using the power of social websites.

Here, I’ve compiled a list of 40+ fantastic and gorgeous HDR photographs of some of Singapore’s iconic landmarks. After viewing these really impressive and beautiful photos, you might have a plan in mind to watch the full action of top-notch participants from around the world exhibiting their sports talents and challenging with one another. Hope to see you guys next year! Read the rest of this entry »

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We are very active and zealous in the upcoming inaugural Youth Olympic Games which is to be held next year during the month of August. For the past few months, we have participated in countless events related to the Youth Olympic Games, such as the learning journey to the YOG learning center, Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games One Year Countdown at Padang and the list goes on. For every event we took part in, we will showcase our photos and videos we have taken and share them with people from all over the world – all thanks to Twitter and Facebook. Till date, we have garnered over 10,000 unique visitors (most of which are from the United States of America) and close to 2,000 users following our Twitter feed @WeLoveYOG. This is indeed an impressive feat for us! Read the rest of this entry »

HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques or photographic prints. When applied, it creates fantastic pictures that blur our senses of the difference between reality and illusion.

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There is no doubt that last year’s Beijing Olympics was indeed a success. Despite the fact that Tibetans were boycotting and protesting against the staging of the world-class Olympics Games held in China’s capital, Beijing, the international sporting event had scored a great success with the support and help of the whole international Olympic family.

What’s more is that foreign leaders even congratulate the success of the Games. Israeli President Shimon Peres said that the Beijing Olympic Games is an incomparable and splendid global event and presents a glorious new China to the whole world. The Games passed the message of pace and displayed the grand picture of solidarity. He expressed confidence that the Beijing Olympic Games would become a landmark. “One World, One Dream” has got well known and the cold war mentality will be finally replaced by the warm concept of harmony. The grand sports event also put into practice the idea of “environment-friendly, technology-empowered and culture-enriched Olympics” and facilitated cultural exchanges among countries in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

After a week of preparation, plus the participation of Singapore Youth Olympic Games One Year Countdown, we recorded lots of useful video clips and finally, we mashed them up into a fantastic and exciting one-minute-video greeting to all the participants of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Besides finishing wonderful product to take part in Video Challenge, we also learned lots of useful video post-processing skills. Most importantly, we really enjoy the work we did and abilities we showed.

Can’t wait? Let’s watch the exciting video, with the whole world, TOGETHER! Don’t forget, click “HQ” for best quality of view!

See you in 2010!

Welcome to Singapore!

Let’s gather in Singapore!

Yesterday I went to the Padang for Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games One Year Countdown, I got lots of interesting materials regarding the YOG, and also including the most expected booklet –  Singapore 2010 CAN! Digital Media Edition.

Actually we are interviewed by an interesting guy – Ephraim Loy, which is now working for SYOGOC, in this booklet, luckily we are featured for two pages! It’s a chatting history taken from MSN, the tool we use for interviewing.

Can’t wait? I’ve uploaded the photo, let’s enjoy together. The same approach, click for LARGE view.

This is the 3rd challenge of the Singapore YOG Blogging Competition organized by the folks at Singapore Polytechnic. In this challenge, we guys are supposed to design an attractive 1024 by 768 pixel wallpaper that is related to sports, youth or the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. Making use of the world’s most popular graphics editing platform, the Adobe Photoshop, we’ve designed an eye-catching wallpaper by integrating the 3 important and crucial Olympics values into it. Check it out below…to view the larger size of the wallpaper (1024X768 resolution), simply click on it! Thanks for the support!

This is the second part of our competition and in this challenge, participants are required to submit a maximum of 10 photographs regarding the title – ‘Snapshots of Singapore’. Anyway, below are 8 stunning photographs we guys have taken at several iconic landmarks such as Sentosa, Marina Bay and the Singapore Business District.

Check it out and enjoy! If you want to view the large size photos, simply just click the photo, and the lightbox effect will lead you to a more wonderful and enjoyable slideshow. Read the rest of this entry »