Due to overwhelming requests by bloggers who attended the Astro B.yond Bloggers Night to extend the deadline of the contest, we’ll be extending it till the 27 January! Hurry and submit your posts!

The Astro B.yond Bloggers Night was a blast last Wednesday. The event might be over, but the prizes are not all given out yet!

A complete Astro B.yond Experience was given out last night (Astro B.yond box, new remote control and new outdoor dish with subscription to Astro B.yond Channels until Dec 2010) to Eric who managed to hunt down the murderer and outwitted his teammates.

Those who have missed out the opportunity to win the Astro B.yond experience during the Astro B.yond Bloggers Night fret not, as you still have one more opportunity to get on the B.yond experience. Astro is giving away 2 more Astro B.yond Boxes and subscription to Astro B.yond HD channels until 2010 and a 32” LG HD TV to the 2 most creative blog posts about the event

Blog about the Astro B.yond Bloggers Night as creative as you can and send in the permalink of your blog post to astrob.yond@nuffnang.com before 12pm, 27 January 2010 (Wednesday).

Start blogging now and win yourself an Astro B.yond Experience!

Project Alpha has come to its next season. We start shooting today, and will be shooting for the whole of January and little bit of February 2010.

For those of you who have not heard of Project Alpha, it’s the first online TV show uncovering Malaysia’s top bloggers. We ran a successful first season and are very excited on what’s in store for Season 2. For those of you who missed out, you can check out Season 1 here – www.nuffnang.com.my/projectalpha

We also ran a contest last season to send the blogger with the most creative video entry on an Adidas Action 3 product to Chelsea to watch an English Premier League game. The winner has been decided and you can watch the video here!

Today is the first day of the shoot for Project Alpha Season 2. If you’re a Nuffnanger, feel free to come by to the shoots at anytime to gain exclusive behind the scenes coverage of Season 2, and at the same time find out who is featured on it! To find out where the shoots are, join us on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ProjectAlpha, or follow us on @ProjectAlphaMY on Twitter, or if you can’t wait and really want to know where we are shooting right this moment, then give the producer for Kyanite.tv, Jayson a call at 012 305 5749.

Project Alpha Season 2 will be aired on April 19, 2010. All of this is only possible with our sponsors who came on board for this season.

Main Sponsor – Adidas Fragrances
Official Broadband Sponsor – P1
Official Flight Sponsor – Malaysia Airlines
Official Cosmetics sponsor – Rimmel
Official hair and Make Up Sponsor – A Cut Above
Official Media Partner – Hitz and Era
Official Social Networking Site – Ruumz
Hotel Sponsors – 360Kuching and Millennium Hotel Group

See you all on the set!

Catch Project Alpha on www.projectalpha.com.my

If you missed out on the previous flymas.mobi contest where we were giving out free air tickets, don’t be sad. You have another chance to be in the running to travel to places like exotic Turkey, beautiful Seoul, or very fashionable Tokyo for Free!

Flymas.mobi makes booking flights so easy, and not to mention environmentally friendly with paperless check in. You could just access details like your flight status and latest deals available from the comfort of your mobile.

Isn’t it nice that booking air tickets and flying is so much easier now? You know what else is easy? Joining this video contest is as easy as 1,2,3!

MAS is giving away attractive flight destinations as prizes for a special video contest coming your way this January 2010. Taking part in it is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1
Shoot a video of yourself rapping, singing, miming or reciting poetry a la Romeo and Juliet. It’s all up to you. The video has to be about how easy it is to fly with flymas.mobi, i.e. “flymas.mobi, as easy as….”. For example, some ideas that have been running through the Nuffies head are: flymas.mobi is as easy as blogging! Or flymas.mobi is as easy as eating pie!

Step 2
After shooting your awesome video, upload it into Youtube and write a blog entry that includes your video and this link, http://flymas.mobi in either Bahasa Melayu, English or Mandarin.

Step 3
Send your Youtube link and your blog entry’s permalink to flymas.mobi@nuffnang.com. Remember to include your full name, e-mail and mobile number for us to contact you if you win!

And that’s it, you’re all set! The most creative video highlighting how easy with flymas.mobi will win

Grand Prize: 2X return tickets to Istanbul
1st runner up: 2X return tickets to Tokyo/Seoul
2nd runner up: 2X return tickets to any ASEAN destination

Need more inspirations? Check this out!

The contest ends on 11.59pm, 5 Feb 2010. Start shooting your video and you could be on your way to exotic Istanbul…

Or to beautiful Seoul…

Or shopping up a storm in Tokyo!

We won’t mind if you do the chicken dance, sing like Lady Gaga or anything that tickles your fancy, really. Just use your creativity. We’re looking forward to watch your videos!

Get the cameras rolling now!

The first week of 2010 has gone by just in the blink of an eye! But 2009 was an awesome year for all Nuffnangers and Nuffies alike, wasn’t it? We started off with only two offices in Malaysia and Singapore, and now we have expanded the community to serve Australia and the Phillipines as well. We’ve grown by leaps and bounds since we first started out in 2007, and we couldn’t have made it this far without the neverending support from all of you! Here’s a recap of the year that was 2009:

5
Nuffnang offices worldwide

28
Nuffnang events worldwide

40
Nuffnang staff worldwide

43
Nuffnang movie screenings worldwide

4,697
Bloggers following Nuffnang on Twitter worldwide

9,768
Nuffnang Facebook fans worldwide

118,817
Bloggers on the entire Nuffnang network

1,838,722,862
Nuffnang network page views

And finally…

5,110,861,010
Number of ad impressions served on the entire Nuffnang network

Quite impressive, if we may say so ourselves. And it’s all thanks to you! All of us at Nuffnang would like to express our gratitude (and give you all a big group hug) for your continuing enthusiasm and support, as you bloggers are what keeps us afloat through thick and thin. We’ll continue to grow and expand our family this year, so do stay tuned for latest developments via our blog and Facebook page. Here’s to an awesome year, and to many more after it!

*All statistics are as of 31 December 2009.

Nuffnang Malaysia will be undertaking several measures to increase network performance over the next few weeks. The first of which is a migration of our servers to a new data center.

This exercise is scheduled to take place at 0100 hrs, 9 January 2009 (Saturday). The migration is expected to take 6 to 8 hours. During this time the Nuffnang website, related sites and the ad syndication system will be offline.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for bearing with us as we improve our services.

Our family is the most vital part of our lives, and we are glad to be able to honor our parenting bloggers by organizing events for them and their families. Nuffnang and Friso Gold were very glad to be able to organize the Nuffnang Friso Gold Family Day Out for the second time. In case you forget, you can read about how much fun parent bloggers and their families had at the last Family Day Out here.

This time around, we had just as much fun too with kids enjoying themselves in One Utama’s Kizsports & Gym, Friso Gold’s nutritionist giving talk to mummies and daddies, magic show, and a lot more! Ruth Liew, the renown child expert who authored several parenting books was there too to give a talk to our parenting bloggers.

See if you can spot yourself and your family here having fun! If not, you can visit our Nuffnang fanpage for more photos of the event here.

Mrs Nor Rosmini (from mombloggersplanet.com) was the lucky blogger who won the pre-event contest for the Nuffnang Friso Gold Family Day Out. The grand prize is a trip for 4 to Hong Kong Disneyland.

We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to FrisoGold , because without them, we would not have been able to organize such an excellent event for our parenting bloggers and families. We would also like to thank all our parenting bloggers who came and supported us that day. Without the parenting bloggers supporting us, the event wouldn’t be half as successful! Worry not; you haven’t seen the last of us as we’re looking forward to organizing even more exciting events for parenting bloggers.

Before we end this, we would also like to announce that there is an additional RM1,000 cash prize up for grab from Friso Gold! This contest is open to all bloggers who attended the event, and all you have to do is blog about your experience at the Nuffnang Friso Gold Family Day Out. To enter, just send in the permalink to your blog entry about your experience to frisogold@nuffnang.com with your full name and e-mail address. The contest will end on 19th January 2010.

Start blogging about your wonderful experience with Nuffnang and Friso Gold now!

Just in case you didn’t already know, Astro recently launched Astro B.yond, a new entertainment experience starting with the first High Definition broadcast in Malaysia. Home entertainment will never be the same with Astro B.yond. Don’t trust me, see it yourself as Astro invites you to Astro B.yond Bloggers Night.

Date : 13 January 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 7:30pm till 10.30pm
Venue : Modesto’s, Desa Sri Hartamas

Expect a fun filled night along with a brand new viewing experience like never before as Astro B.yond will enhance your visual and audio senses. Refreshments will be provided for and we have a total of 3 units of Astro B.yond set comprising 32” LG High Definition TV, Astro B.yond box, new remote control and new outdoor dish to give out along with free subscription to Astro B.yond channels! Will you be a proud owner of one? You’ll only find out if you are attending the Astro B.yond Bloggers Night.

Make yourself available on 13 Jan and you might just be the lucky ones watching the World Cup 2010 in High Definition Broadcast by Astro B.yond in a spanking new 32” HDTV courtesy of LG.

We’re looking for 100 bloggers to attend this exclusive event with us and if you wish to be one of them, kindly email to astroB.yond@nuffnang.com with your full name and blog URL. We only have limited spaces for attendees, priority will be given to Nuffnang Glitterati bloggers.

Dateline to form your team is now extended to 12pm Wednesday 6th January 2010. Last chance, so hurry up!

We are sure the DiGi Pimp My Broadband campaign did leave quite an impression among all of us. After all, DiGi is always in tune with the current issues faced by bloggers who use the Internet a lot. Well, the good people from DiGi is back and this time, they’re going to pimp your day!

On the 9th of January 2010 will be a day you’ll never forget as DiGi brings you the DiGi Pimp My Day Challenge! It will be an on ground challenge where the winners will win 4 personalized laptops, external hard drives, routers, modems, headphones, thumb drives and many more!

The DiGi Pimp My Day Challenge is an on ground challenge which will require you to work in teams of 4 where you’ll be given clues and tasks to complete inside a shopping complex. The tasks will require you to search for information on ground and online at the same time. It will not be very difficult, but you’ll definitely need to work your brains a little to complete the tasks.

The first 3 teams that complete all the tasks will win themselves;

1st prize – Personalized laptop + Speaker + Modem + Headphones
2nd prize – Router + External hard drive + Headphones + Modem
3rd prize – Modem + External hard drive

That’s right! The 4 bloggers from the winning team will each win a brand new laptop along with other prizes! The same goes for the second and third prize! Isn’t this great?

The event will take place on;

Date: 9th January, 2009
Time: 4pm till late (there will be a night ‘partyyyyy’ as well)
Venue : Mardi Gras @ 1 Utama

Each team will be required to bring along the following items in order to complete their tasks;
- Laptop
- Camera (Video compatible)
- 3G Phone
- Cables (to transfer files)

As the DiGi Pimp My Day Challenge is an exclusive challenge we only have spaces for a total of 20 teams. Now if you want to be one of the 20 exclusive teams of bloggers taking part in this DiGi Pimp My Day Challenge, you’ll have to complete the following;

1. Team up! Find yourself 3 other Nuffnangers to take part in this challenge.
2. Send an email to digipimpmyday@nuffnang.com with the name of your team (make it as creative as possible), all 4 bloggers’ full name, email addresses and blog URLs.
3. In the same email, you’ll also be required to submit a video and/or photo of your team’s ‘War Cry’ telling why you wanna take part in “DiGi Internet Pimp My Day” in it. You can refer to the Nuffies team example below.

Submit your email by 12pm 5 January 2010 as we’ll be selecting the best 20 teams to join the DiGi Internet Pimp My Day Challenge on 9 January! Start teaming up right now. Look for your other 3 teammates and send in your emails to us before the deadline is here!

P.S. Let us know if you don’t have a team. We’ll team you up with other Nuffnangers!

P.P.S. The good people from DiGi are giving out a Mystery Prize for the team that comes up with the best video of their War Cry. So for you video makers out there, you know what to do. ;)

The only broadband that really rocks with FREE unlimited songs download! Yep you heard it right! Broadband by DiGi is offering 1 year FREE unlimited music for all its subscribers, new and existing, with any plan subscription.

Superb ha, not only do you get stable connection but you also get to download songs legally. That means you really get to enjoy All American Rejects’ “I wake up every morning” knowing that the band is getting paid for you listening to their music (thanks to DiGi).

The most affordable package is priced at RM58 monthly with a Likely Average Speed of 700 Kbps Download / 200 Kbps.

RM58 is all you need to pay to avoid cursing and getting high blood pressure all because of lagging connection!

So if you’d like to know more, check out:
http://www.digi.com.my/internet/broadband/packages_affordable.html

You can build your own music list from favourite local and international artist such as Misha Omar, Faizal Tahir, Wang Lee Hom, Eason Chan, Lady GaGa, David Archuleta, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas songs and many many more!

Sign up for Broadband by Digi Internet now and start downloading as much as you want!

I am interested in DiGi’s broadband + FREE unlimited song downloads package. How do I get it?
All you have to do is to drop by at any DiGi outlets and sign up for any DiGi Broadband plan. Do 80 push-ups and once you are done, visit http://www.digimusic.com.my/ .Click on the button “New User? Start Here!” and log into your OSC account to register by clicking on “Broadband Subscriber”. Everything is just a mouse click away! If you are an existing subscriber, just visit http://www.digimusic.com.my and perform the “New User? Start Here!” step (We were just kidding about the push-ups by the way).

You can start enjoying the free music downloads once you have completed those simple steps. Besides downloading, you can also create your own playlist and also look into other member’s playlists as well. Cool eh?

Be one of the earliest to grab this awesome promotion as it is only valid until 31st March 2010 and the free unlimited music subscription is applicable for the first 12 months of subscription!

Caution: You’ll probably need to double your mp3 player’s capacity after this.

To find out more on the promotion, visit : digi.com.my/broadband