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The results are out!

Behold the top 20 blog entries submitted for the Grand Final Round of our I am @ Youth.SG Blogging Festival. Which one of them will get to walk away with the Apple MacBook Grand Prize?

This will depend on two factors:

1. Scores given by our five judges (50% of final score)

2. Public voting (50% of final score)

For the top 20 bloggers, get ready to rally for votes. For everyone else, do support your favourite blogger with your VOTE - CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW!

Voters stand to win a variety of vouchers, kindly sponsored by Borders Book, Miss Clarity Cafe, Matsu apparel, Uzumaki ice cream , Pitstop Cafe and Nokia.

VOTERS STAND TO WIN one of the following VOUCHERS:

5 x $10 Borders Book vouchers

10 x $10 Miss Clarity Cafe food vouchers

10 x $5 Uzumaki ice cream vouchers

10 x $5 Matsu apparel vouchers

3 x $10 Pitstop Cafe food vouchers

5 sets of Nokia Nseries premiums (1Gb thumb drive,namecard holder and memory card reader)

In addition, to help everyone better decide on who to vote for - Youth.SG will be announcing the scoring criteria and the scores given by the FIVE JUDGES daily, for the whole of this week.

Without further ado, let's welcome, the TOP 20:

Briax23 B1: Braix23

He's a Fillipino who came to Singapore two years ago - that does not make him any less Singaporean. Read his post about his life here as a youth in Singapore.

READ HIS BLOG

B2: Theodorerex

This is the same Theodorerex whom you met in Round 1 and Round 2. Read his post about his trip to Batu Puteh in Borneo which changed his perspective.

READ HIS BLOG

B3: Ice-Angel

Esther wrote about BGR issues - covering everything from public display of affection to losing of virginity.

READ HER BLOG

B4: Guttercat

The old cat is back again after winning ROund 1. This time, he shares more about himself and his family.

READ HIS BLOG

B5: Soupcanfairy

Yes, she's back again, fresh from Round 6. This time, she did a video too - about a super hero who cries.

READ HER BLOG

B6: Aliltwist

She does some part-time modelling and photo-shoots here and there. Read her entry about plastic surgery.

READ HER BLOG

Juni B7: Juni

Juni currently holds the unsavoury job of a call operator - read about his experience. He was one of the finalists in Round 6.

READ HIS BLOG

Yuting B8: Yuting

The same Yuting in Round 1 and Round 5. She's back again - this time, she wrote about the advertising industry.

READ HER BLOG

Iammyy B9: Iammyy

The girl with the very unreadable nick. She's back again from Round 4.

READ HER BLOG

Jiayi B10: Jiayi

Her blog's got some scary pictures… and the f-word. Young kids please steer clear.

READ HER BLOG

Unclie Sha B11: Uncle Sha

Uncle Sha has an inspiring story to share - about how running changed his life.

READ HIS BLOG

B12: Nathalie

The winner of Round 6 is back again. This time, she tackles the homosexuality issue in Singapore.

READ HER BLOG

Emelia B13: Emelia

She tackles the topic of Stayers vs. Quitters. Read to see if you agree with her views.

READ HER BLOG

B14: Joyce Lee

Joyce was one of the finalists in Round 3. She's back again with a secret to share - she has a twin sister!

READ HER BLOG

B15: Voxy

Voxy does not like Friendster. Read his blog to find out why.

READ HIS BLOG

Emelia

B16: Xing Ping

She wrote about Singaporeans' neighbourly ettiquette. Do her little test to see how well you will fare.

READ HER BLOG

Issac B17: Issac Lim

He wants to quit smoking and hopes to share his story with you.

READ HIS BLOG

Ben B18: Ben

Ben does not like the word 'Worx'. Read his blog to find out why.

READ HIS BLOG

B19: Thegreatsze

He sent in quite a 'chim' article on the topic of 'female mediocrity' - read his entry to see if you agree with his view.

READ HIS BLOG

B20: Mr Otaku

Rambling on and on about himself. This is the same Mr Otaku in Round 2 and Round 3.

READ HIS BLOG

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Enjoy!

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To vote, please visit http://www.vote.youth.sg

To find out which FIVE lucky voters last week (24 to 29 March) won the $10 Sakae Sushi Dining Vouchers*, click here .

NOTE: Voting Closed at 2359hrs on 29 March 2007 - B19 Nathalie won

Juni

B1 of Round6
Name: Juni
About his blog: Juni is back again fresh from Round 5! His 21st birthday is coming and he wrote about his big fat, greedy birthday wish list. Do check out his blog to see what the list entails. By the way, he’s also the dude who contributed the funny article on The Messenger to Youth.SG blog.
Click here to read his blog

Sarah

B2 of Round6
Name: Sarah
About her blog: Sarah migrated to Melbourne five years ago, but is back in Singapore now as an exchange student in NUS (National University of Singapore). Read about her experience with having two ‘homes’.
Click here to read her blog

Moon

B3 of Round6
Name: Moon
About her blog: Moon says she’s a Republican – hence she studies at Republic Polytechnic. Read her blog entry on how she is dealing with her break-up with her boyfriend and how badly she wants a digital camera.
Click here to read her blog

B4 of Round6
Name: Kar Liang
About his blog: This guy is brave. He admits that he supports Wee Shu Min. Read his blog to understand the perspective of how it feels like to be branded as an elite just because he is one of the “Rafflesians”.
Click here to read his blog

Kasand

B5 of Round6
Name: Kasand
About her blog: She’s 17 and has been blogging for some time, having her fair share of spamming and flaming. Read her blog entry musing about her family and loved ones.
Click here to read her blog

Xing

B6 of Round6
Name: Xing
About his blog: This guy is no stranger to Youth.SG – he came to our office before to collect a rare Mr Kiasu book autographed by the creator, Mr Johnny Lau himself. Xing still has the Youth.SG badge pinned to his bag since that day.
Click here to read his blog

Zhicong

B7 of Round6
Name: Zhicong
About his blog: He knows wushu – don’t play play or he cut you with his sword. He lusts for more freedom as a youth and says life sucks. Read his blog to see if you agree with him.
Click here to read his blog

DINEy

B8 of Round6
Name: DINEy
About her blog: She’s back again from Round 2. This time, on a new blog URL and a new blogskin! Her entry is about celebrities… by the way, you guys realize she look like local singer, JJ Lin from her pictures?
Click here to read her blog

Farhan

B9 of Round6
Name: Farhan
About his blog: Farhan says he’s joining this blog contest because he is kiasu like other Singaporeans.The word “youth” reminds him of Sentosa and his friends. Read his blog to find out why.
Click here to read his blog

Ephraim

B10 of Round6
Name: Ephraim
About his blog: Ephraim is back again after a long hiatus after Round 2. This time, he wants to tell us about creativity as he takes on our challenge to show the world that Singapore bloggers are not a boring bunch.
Click here to read his blog

Edmund

B11 of Round6
Name: Edmund
About his blog: This guy can take good photographs – we especially like the one he took of a fly. Vote for him if you think he deserve a digital camera to make complement his photography skills.
Click here to read his blog

Marilyn

B12 of Round6
Name: Marilyn
About her blog: Marilyn is back too! Fresh from Round 5 like B1 Juni! Her entry is light-hearted and entertaining as always. Do vote for her if you failed to do so in the last round.
Click here to read her blog

Rachel

B13 of Round6
Name: Rachel
About her blog: Rachel is amazing – she managed to compose a blog entry based solely on defining the world “blog”. Read her blog for her well-crafted literature piece.
Click here to read her blog

Bessy

B14 of Round6
Name: Bessy
About her blog: Bessy really loves her hair. She devoted her whole blog entry writing about hair and how it affects people. Read her entry to see if you agree with her hairy view.
Click here to read her blog

Janice

B15 of Round6
Name: Janice
About her blog: Janice says she is “fairly thick-skinned” and has the photographs to prove it. We agree. From her boyish passport photo to other pictures that are dated circa 1990, she exuberantly shares more memorable highs than lows in her tender 17 years.
Click here to read her blog

Cindy

B16 of Round6
Name: Cindy
About her blog: We think Cindy still looks incredibly youthful at 31. We also applaud her confidence. Do vote for her if you think she’s youthful too.
Click here to read her blog

B17 of Round6
Name: Michellethy
About her blog: Michelle writes her blog entry with a lot of cancellations – visit her blog to see what we mean. She shares her Five Steps on advertising to win a blog contest in her entry submission. She’s already halfway to winning; do support her with your vote if you want her to win.
Click here to read her blog

Veron

B18 of Round6
Name: Veron
About her blog: Veron is now in London, but she misses her Singapore dearly. Read her blog to share her experience.
Click here to read her blog

B19 of Round6
Name: Nathalie
About her blog: Nathalie writes about the slimming culture in Singapore. A well written entry supposed with statistical figures. Do support her if you agree with her view.
Click here to read her blog

B20 of Round6
Name: rainyuki
About her blog: Rainyuki was our iPod Shuffle winner for Round 2. Not satisfied with just winning the iPod by sheer luck, she is trying to root for the Sony camera by fighting for her place in the Top 20. Do vote for her if you like her blog entry.
Click here to read her blog

NOTE: Voting CLOSED at 2359hrs on 15 March 2007 - B1 Crazy Hamster won

B1 of Round5 (Winner of Round5)

Name: Crazy Hamster
About his blog: Victor is back again after a long hibernation since Round 2! This time, he is dedicating his 100th blog post to Youth.SG and also showcasing his artsy side by sharing with us, two of his self-produced videos. He has a new blogskin too – do check out his blog.
Click here to read his blog

B2 of Round5(Special Mention)

Name: soupcanfairy
About her blog: This entry is fantastic! There’s a nifty self-produced video on the Sisters Island and a very nicely done graphic artwork on Singapore. I know we shouldn’t be biased, but this is probably the best entry we have received so far. Do vote for her if you agree with us.
Click here to read her blog

xuehua

B3 of Round5
Name: Xuehua
About her blog:
Xuehua’s blog is kawaii ne! There are cutesy hamster photos, lots of anime reviews and a pink blogskin. The only thing that doesn’t match is the manly Manchester United logo. Nevertheless, do vote for Xuehua if you share her interests.
Click here to read her blog

Vivian

B4 of Round5 (Special Mention)

Name: Vivian
About her blog: To Vivian, "being youthful is NOT about the age, NOT achieved by using SK-II products, but all about the burning passion". Read her blog entry to share her experience performing at big events like the National Day Parade and Chingay 2007.
Click here to read her blog

Juni

B5 of Round5
Name: Juni
About his blog: Juni's definition of being a youth in Singapore revolves around three items: food, self-image and air-con. His top motto in life, other than "Don't Worry, Be Happy", is "Live to Eat, not Eat to Live". He is also not afraid of posting photos of his belly on his blog - do check his belly out.
Click here to read his blog

WingG

B6 of Round5
Name: WingG
About his blog: WingG is 32 years old, wheelchair-bound, but he is still a youth at heart. To him, being youthful is about hope and aspirations - read his blog to find out more about his life experiences and attitude towards life.
Click here to read his blog

chuwen

B7 of Round5
Name: Chuwen
About his blog: This guy is a self-confessed metrosexual (as his blog domain suggests). He is also everywhere… Tomorrow.SG, eBay, MSN, SgBlogs, Straits Time's Digital Life!, etc. Do visit his blog to get to know him better and vote for him if you like what you see.
Click here to read his blog

may

B8 of Round5
Name: May
About her blog: May is not afraid of making herself look funny in photoshopped images. Do check out the pictures on her blog for a quick chuckle. We especially like the one where she morphed into a "thousand year old demon".
Click here to read her blog

saragunan

B9 of Round5
Name: Sargunan
About his blog: This dude is a primary school teacher with a healthy sense of humour. Read him lament how being a teacher nowadays is like being on Singapore Idol. If you enjoy his blog, do remember to vote for him so that he can become a true Teacher Idol (at least online).
Click here to read his blog

Angelin

B10 of Round5
Name: Angelin
About her blog: Angelin's blog entry reminisces her past 13 years of education and the friends she’s met along the way. The graduation video she posted evokes a common bittersweet experience that most of us would have gone through at some point in life. Do vote for her if you’re a friend she’s mentioned.
Click here to read her blog

Marilyn

B11 of Round5
Name: Marilyn
About her blog: Marilyn has joined our blog contest for the third time - this time, she made it to the top 11! Read her blog entry to share her experience of being a 17-year-old Yishun Junior College student who is still using Windows 98. Do vote for her if you like her entry.
Click here to read her blog

NOTE: Voting Closed at 2359hrs on 1 March 2007 - B3 frozenpapa won

B1 of Round4
Name: Sunnybaby (Ann Choo)
About her blog: Ann is back again - fresh from Round 3! This time, she's blogging on her own blog space and is now known as Sunnybaby. She has no qualms taking pictures of strangers (or even herself) in awkward scenarios and posting them on her blog. Do check out her entry for a chuckle.
Click here to read her blog

odj

B2 of Round4
Name: odj
About her blog: odj can't decide if she loves or hates technological evolution. Read her blog entry to read her rant about this dilemma and for a dose of nostalgia on games she used to play 11 years ago.
Click here to read her blog

B3 of Round4 (Winner of Round4)

Name: Frozenpapa
About his blog: This guy is definitely a force to be reckoned with during this round - his other half (frozenmama) won the Canon Ixus camera in Round 2. He has created a blog skin that looks like a Nintendo interface, you gotta see it for yourself. (note: his blogskin only works with Firefox browser)
Click here to read his blog

B4 of Round4
Name: Jsquares
About her blog: Jsquares think she's growing up too fast! In her her words, she is @ Youth.SG because she "dont want to grow up too fast, and maybe you can help me find myself back". Read her blog to understand her better and vote for her if you like her writing.
Click here to read her blog

Yuting

B5 of Round4
Name: Pang Yuting
About her blog: Yuting is back again! After a long break from Round 1. She wrote a post based on 'true feelings' rather than humour this round and is dedicating the entry to her brother. Do read her blog to find out more about this NAFA student and how she chose to take the path less traveled by choosing to study Art.
Click here to read her blog

iammy

B6 of Round4
Name: Iammy
About her blog: Iammy sure knows her online games - The Sims, Yahoo! Games, Neopets, etc - she played them all. Read her musing about the games that she played since young from Hopscotch to the current online games. Do vote for her if you think she deserve one more avenue to play games with - the Nintendo DS Lite.
Click here to read her blog

Izzat

B7 of Round4 (Special Mention)

Name: Izzat
About his blog: Here's another guy (other than frozenpapa) who has the strong backing of his lady to watch out for this round - he's the boyfriend of Diyanah (who almost won the Motorola KRZR phone from Round 3)! Will he emerge victorious? (note: his blogskin does not work well with Firefox browser)
Click here to read his blog

B8 of Round4
Name: Joan Ang
About her blog: At 20 years old, Joan feels she is too old to be considered a youth. The team at Youth.SG thinks otherwise and have placed her in the top 11 here. Oh, we can't help but notice from her blog that she must be a big fan of Hokkien rocker, Wu Bai.
Click here to read her blog

Shu Yen

B9 of Round4
Name: Shu Yen
About his blog: Shu Yen describes himself as a "photographer, writer, blogger, citizen journalist and paparazzi". He wrote an entry to explain that playing computer games is good for you. If you agree with his argument, do vote for him to show your support.
Click here to read his blog

Donovan

B10 of Round4
Name: Donovan
About his blog: Donovan from Round 1 is back! This time, he morphed from an apple to a teddy bear. Still as humorous as ever, check out his quirky entry on the various kinds of games that youth enjoys. Do vote for him if his entry tickles your funny bone.
Click here to read his blog

B11 of Round5
Name: Diecreation
About her blog: Diecreation is a talented filmmaker who wrote a blog entry in the format of a film script. At 25 years old, Diecreation thinks he is neither young or old and is trying to find his direction in life. Do check out his video portfolio too on Youtube and vote for him if you like his blog or videos.
Click here to read his blog

NOTE: Voting Closed at 2359hrs on 15 Feb 2007 - B3 Jus JK won

Ann

B1 of Round3
Name: Ann Choo
About her blog: Ann wrote a blog entry interviewing herself… how strange. She claims to be a bimbotic chiobu and would have gone after MM Lee Kuan Yew if he was 50 years younger. Check out her eclectic post to learn more about this whacky girl.
Click here to read her blog

Janel

B2 of Round3
Name: Janel
About her blog: Janel is 16+. She calls herself your "average, cynical, sarcastic little girl who loves durian". Janel likes many things in Singapore such as kite flying at Marina and taking funny photos in the MRT train. She loves her friends too - do give her the support she needs if you were one of the friends she blogged about.
Click here to read her blog

Jus JK

B3 of Round3 (Winner of Round 3)

Name: Jus JK
About his blog: Jus JK thinks that nothing can be worse than mugging for his A level… not even serving his National Service in the army. Read his post lamenting the tonnes of mugging that Singaporean youths face these days.
Click here to read his blog

Nurul

B4 of Round3 (Special Mention)

Name: Nurul Diyanah
About her blog: Nurul is a student at Pioneer Junior College (PJC) and is really good at using Photoshop. Check out the beautifully Photoshop-ed pictures on her blog that detail her vibrant life.
Click here to read her blog

Pamela B5 of Round3
Name: Pamela Yeo
About her blog: Pamela just survived her ‘O’ levels at Anderson Secondary School. Read her blog entry on how to make mugging more interesting. Oh… and Pamela said her mobile phone is spoilt recently - if you are her friend, do help her win one this round.
Click here to read her blog

Joyce B6 of Round3
Name: Joyce Lee
About her blog: Joyce is currently a student at Commonwealth Secondary School. She loves fast food - Pizza Hut, Fish & Co, MacDonald, KFC, etc. Check out the cheery blog of the equally cheery and happy Joyce to brighten up your day.
Click here to read her blog

B7 of Round3 (Special Mention)
Name: Mr Otaku
About his blog: Yes! He's back again… the same Mr Otaku from Round 2. This time, he claims to be "bigger and better". Check out his very honest blog entry on his life as a transfer student to Maris Stella High School from Xinmin Secondary School.
Click here to read his blog

Roxanne B8 of Round3
Name: Roxanne Lum
About her blog: Roxanne chronicled her life into various stages from Primary School all the way till her ‘O’ levels. Do read her blog entry to find out more about this chirpy girl. If you are one her classmates mentioned in her entry, do vote for her to show her support.
Click here to read her blog

B9 of Round3
Name: uglyfatchick
About her blog: She's neither ugly nor fat… why is her nickname 'uglyfatchick'? We can't figure it out either. You may want to read her blog to find out more about this interesting lady as well as learn why she is "@ Youth.SG" in her interpretation.
Click here to read her blog

Zi Ming B10 of Round3
Name: Zi Ming
About his blog: Zi Ming blogs with a lot of honesty. We can feel the sincerity in his blog entry. He is the only boy in his family, with three elder sisters. His parents have high expectations of him. Do read his blog to find out more about Zi Ming and vote for him if you like his entry.
Click here to read his blog

Sandy B11 of Round3
About her blog: Sandy is an ardent supporter of our blogging festival. This is her third time joining and she made it to the top 11 on her third attempt. Will she carry on her winning streak and win the Motorola phone? That will depend on your support for her. Do read her blog to find out more.
Click here to read her blog

NOTE: Voting Closed at 2359hrs, 2 Feb 2007 - B4 Frozenmama won

Amelia

B1 of Round2
Name: Amelia
About her blog: Read what this girl from Pioneer Junior College have to say about youth being a "misunderstood bunch" in Singapore. Also, do check out the cute doodles on her blog.
Click here to read her blog

B2 of Round2(Special Mention)

Name: Wei Kiat
About his blog: Wei Kiat is a young Technopreneur. He invented the online puzzle game, which was reported in the local newspaper. Read his blog for his candid account on how his blog slowly grew to what it is today.
Click here to read his blog

dine-y

B3 of Round2
Name: DINEy
About her blog: DINEy loves to take photographs. There are lots and lots of photographs in her sweetly decorated blog. She hopes to win the Canon Ixus so that she can take better photographs to post on her blog. Do support her if you are her blog fan.
Click here to read her blog

B4 of Round2 (Winner of Round 2)

Name: Frozenmama
About her blog: Frozenmama needs to win to prove to her mom that hogging the computer is not such a bad thing after all. Friends are important to her as a youth - if you are her friend, do remember to vote for Frozenmama.
Click here to read her blog

B5 of Round2
Name: Crazy Hamster
About his blog: Crazy Hamster is a motivated youth who started giving tuition to supplement his family household income at 16. He wants to win the camera for his Dad.
Click here to read his blog

B6 of Round2
Name: Mr Otaku
About his blog: Mr Otaku claims he's "hip, cool and sexy". He also proclaims to have an obsession with narcissism and have no qualms about posting hilarious and strange photographs of his friends on his blog. Do check out his blog for a quirky read.
Click here to read his blog

Katelin

B7 of Round2
Name: Katelin
About her blog: Katelin's not too sure if she's still a "youth". She come from the generation that grew up with SBC, Pagers, a SLIM Chen Li Ping and when Michael Jackson was still the King of Pop. Read her blog to see if you can identify with her "youth" experience.
Click here to read her blog

Ephraim

B8 of Round2
Name: Ephraim Loy
About his blog: Ephraim shares his blog with Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo. Read his musing about how the youth of today should learn to connect with the older generation.
Click here to read his blog

B9 of Round2
Name: Lao Youth
About her blog: Lao Youth claims to have a "Mooncake Face" and seems to have a hard time rationalising to herself that she is still part of the youth generation. Check out her funny ramblings on her blog.
Click here to read her blog

Kumaran

B10 of Round2
Name: Kumaran
About his blog: This Energizer bunny is a youth who is actively involved with community work. Also, he has tonnes of photos on his blog entry. Kumaran just turned 17 not too long ago - check out his blog entry to see how he spend his last few hours as a 16-year-old boy.
Click here to read his blog

Theodorerex 2

B11 of Round2
Name: Theodorerex
About his blog: Yes, he's back again! The same Theodorerex from Round1. This time round, Kane shows us that beyond just good writing, he can also take great photographs.
Click here to read his blog

NOTE: Voting for Round 1 CLOSED - B5 GutterCat won

B1 of Round1
Name: Apearledupgirl
About her blog: Read what this self-confessed ex-rebellious lady has to say about school discipline.
Click here to read her blog

sanuseeker

B2 of Round1
Name: SanukSeeker
About his blog: SanukSeeker is an English teacher at Yishun Junior College (Don't play play!) Read what he has to say about Singapore youth and putting his "personal and professional lives" on the line by taking part in this blogging contest.
Click here to read his blog

B3 of Round1
Name: SelfShiok
About his blog: SelfShiok is a media executive who "lub to draw". He really wants a Sony PSP as he claims he's sick of playing x-box games.
Click here to read his blog

B4 of Round1
Name: MervKwok
About his blog: Merv is "half Malaysian, half Singaporean" by his definition. Read what this humorous guy has to say about being a "Youth.SG".
Click here to read his blog

B5 of Round1 (Winner of Round 1)

Name: GutterCat
About his blog: GutterCat is a 26-year-old father of a cute, two-year-old girl. He is also a cat lover who loves tattoos. Check out his rants on his dreams for his little girl.
Click here to read his blog

Vintage Apples

B6 of Round1
Name: Donovan
About his blog: Donovan is 16 years old and he likes apples a lot. Read what this quirky dude has in common to Youth.SG in his own words.
Click here to read his blog

tryflydie

B7 of Round1
Name: Beverly
About her blog: Beverly is an intellectual blogger - but she is not a cynical "World Weary Youth". Read what she has to say about "I am @ Youth.SG".
Click here to read her blog

gemssty

B8 of Round1
Name: Gems Sty
About his blog: Gems Sty knows a thing or two about 'blog-whoring'. Read his funny musings on taking part in this blog contest.
Click here to read his blog

Genesis of Mind

B9 of Round1
Name: Yu Ting
About her blog: She admits it herself - she is a "hardcore blogger" - videos, graphics, photographs, etc… you name it, she got it on her blog. Do check out her candid ramblings.
Click here to read her blog

B10 of Round1
Name: Bleeding Dirt Doll
About her blog: This lady is really an individual. She claims to be the "girl that every mom fears her daughter/s will grow up to be". Read her blog to find out why.
Click here to read her blog