It is not as if a lot of people are interested in my statistics but I mean it does not matter. I shall just do this so that I do not have to reply the same questions or something:

This is a blog. My name is Becky and I am the owner of this blog.

It had been an arduous task trying to tell you who I am. I find it hard to talk about myself. I always tripped by this who am I paradox. Thus I may not be painting a very objective picture of myself. Guess I am like everyone else, entwined in the vicious circle of life. Sometimes I can be detached and spaced out and I find the sunless silence best for thinking and what you see in my blog is only a small slice of my life.

In Latin it means "everything changes, but nothing is truly lost".

I am pretty much agnostic ( though I used to go to church in the past for a while ) but I like to read up on books on Buddhism these days.

You can also read up more on the link below if you would like to have my views on religion:
http://beracahvalley.blogspot.com/2008/12/apatheism.html

Becky was the most popular ( top-voted blogger also known as the Popstar ) in this blogging contest organized by OMY.sg. She was among one of Singapore’s top youth bloggers gathered to witness the award ceremony for omy.sg’s Y Bloggist competition and the EASB Best Youth Blog category of the Singapore Blog Awards 2009.

Here are some photos taken that day by OMY.sg and fellow bloggers in this contest:


( With the rest of the top bloggers in the contest )


(The Next Big Blog Gathering By OMY.sg)


1. With Danny Yeo, one of the judges for this contest.
2. Group photo with the rest of the top bloggers in this contest.


(Hehe)


(Group photo with some other bloggers )


(Pack attendance at the event)

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Lastly, thank you for all the support!
Look, what you have done:




For more details go to:
http://yzone.omy.sg/index.php?articleID=15010&&option=com_article&task=detail&type=

The Weblog Award is the world's largest blog competition, with over 525,000 votes cast in the 2006 edition for finalists in 45 categories. It is about honoring hundreds of blogs (nearly 500 this year) versus the same couple blogs over and over.



I am one of the finalists for best diarist 2007 and I also realized that I am the only Asian there for Best Diarist and the youngest too. Among those finalists, the blog called Little Nuances*1 looks pretty impressive and he is an author and freelance writer with more than 300 writing credits in various newspapers, magazines, and websites. Dooce*2 is also one of those blogs. Neil Gaiman's *3 journal is also one of the finalist but then he is under literature since he is an author. The more notable bloggers in the local blogging world in Singapore includes Xiaxue *4 and Mr. Brown*5.

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1.http://littlenuances.blogspot.com/

2.Dooce is one of those blogs! If you have yet to hear about it, it is a blog that became so famous after Heather Armstrong lost her job for writing posts that included people in her workplace that the term "dooced" is now routinely used in the media when a blogger gets fired for doing the same thing Armstrong did.

3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman

4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrbrown

5. Xiaxue's blog has won several online awards, mostly for popularity: Best Singapore Blog 2003, Best Asian Blog 2004, and 2005 Blog and Best Asian Weblog. Since then her blog attracts a bit less than 20,000 readers every day with her take on current events and her life which makes her a celebrity and runs her own shows such as her TV show called "Girls Out Loud"... also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaxue

Announcement:

I am officially joining certain networks of the blogging communities. At times, I may be invited to write certain reviews and so on for certain advertisers for a small fee. However, I will be careful with what I write and choose something I believe in.

I have been thinking about blog and commercialization - yes, advertisers are there and I have some small offers. Blogs are, right now, still an new platform for marketing, and I believe it has potential to take over some traditional media. So then if an advertiser asks me if I can write a review or do a small advert for him or her, do I say no?

I guess well, it depends on the product. I will not promote things I personally do not believe in. I guess it is all about integrity and that is the promise to my readers.

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With tons of advertisers and increasingly more marketers using blogs as a new tool, I think it is only important to disclosure things. I am currently using a disclosure policy here: I wish to be and will be open, honest and transparent about the things that influence my blogging :

This policy is valid from 01 November 2007

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact Beracahvalley@gmail.com.

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

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http://www.disclosurepolicy.org/

I can be contacted at Beracahvalley@gmail.com

You can invite me to events and if I like it I will blog it or something. Or any other matters other than trying to sell me some cheap Viagra. Hah!

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