Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011

Hey peeps… Sorry for flooding today’s post with Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011 but I just feel the urged to post more *lol* Well done to the organisers for putting up a great show last night. I just thought the “pole dancing” act didn’t fit the bill but I enjoyed the rest of the entertainment and the food was great too (thumbs up to PJ Marriott).

Nuffnang started back in 2007 and it has grown so immensely over the period of years and now they have offices regionally to keep up with the growing demand. Their presence have somehow prolong the existence of bloggers. I can say for Brunei that the blogsphere isn’t what it used to be – happening. Blogs have plummeted as they embraced micro-blogging through Twitter and other social media platforms.

Anyway enjoy the rest of pictures posted last night from #NAPBAS and thank you, Nuffnang. See you in 2013 :))

The room was packed with bloggers

The Best Fashion Blog went to Cheeserland.com *congratulation*

@ytravelblog (travel) @lizosaurus (blog design) @aliciahnaomi (lifestyle) – bloggers from Australia

I should have used the pick up line – “Yoo.. what’s your url? *lol*

@beautifulnara won Best Entertainment Blog. Two years ago, it was @kennysia

Geekout from the Philippines won the Best Geek Blog

@JenniEpperson from the Philippines won Best Lifestyle Blog, beating the likes of popular blogger @Xiaxue who didn’t take it well

Apparently a lot of mixed reviews for @kennysia when he was nominated for Travel and Micro-blogging because of his lack of updates on his blog. Nonetheless he’s quite active on Twitter and no surprised that he bagged Best Micro Blog award

@harithiskander was pretty entertaining with his humorous story.. I like the Bruno Mars one

I have no idea who ladies are but worth deserving to be posted on RA :p

You’re on Nuffnang, ladies…

@childhood101 won Best Parenting Blog

@noelboyd (Do get “inked” from him) and @openthetoy, my new friends from the dinner table 🙂

It was indeed a glamorous night with lots of programs to entertain the guests

The atmosphere at the ballroom at Putrajaya Marriott last night #NAPBAS

The bloggers from the Philippines and they did make their presence felt last night

A teary @Xiaxue accepting the Region Best Award and she thanked Nuffnang and her fans for supporting her and she hopes that bloggers can make a difference. She shot down her critics too. Congratulations and well deserved!!

The scene before dinner started #NAPBAS

@PruneNurture one of the finalists (Best Parenting Blog) being interviewed

Liang and @NadiaHeng were the co-hosts last night *Good job*

Are these bloggers from Thailand?

The winners being interviewed by the press after the event

The technical side made a small bubu.. The recordings of the announcement of Best Travel Blog came out when EatShowTell received Best Blog Design Award. The winner is @NinaWanders (Justwandering.org) for Best Travel Blog

@Xiaxue was the biggest winner of the night, bagging Most Influential Blog and Region Best Blog. Earlier on, she didn’t take it well when she missed out on “Lifestyle”

@dblchin (right) is still recovering from her red eye.. It was great to see you again

Eat, Show and Tell won the Best Blog Design

The winners of Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011 – bloggers of eatshowandtell.com, @childhood101, @beautifulnara, @kennysia, photoblog.hk, @JenniEpperson, @cheesie, @xiaxue, founders of Nuffnang Cheo Ming Shen and Timothy Tiah, @ironladychef, @NinaWanders, representative for Geekout.ph and the last two are from Googlygoeys.com (Hidden Gem)

What a privilege it was to be part of the prestigious ceremony where bloggers are the celebrities regionally (7 countries were mentioned but not Brunei, maybe because I was the only Bruneian there *lol*). The Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011 #NAPBAS took place at PJ Marriott Hotel and it was attended by 500 invited guests regionally. Singapore and Malaysia had a bigger presence among the guest lists.

Thank you Nuffnang for making my trip worthwhile though I missed out on the after party at Zouk last night. Like one of the co-founders of Nuffnang said, this is like the Oscars for Bloggers. Indeed it was. I realized how small I am compared to the nominees of the #NAPBAS. I spoke to @beautifulnara and he said that he gets like 230,000 readers compared to 20,000 readers on RA *lol* I was kinda anonymous in a way and it was like being in a foreign land. Nonetheless I made a few acquaintance and hopefully it will grow from there.

Anyway, here are the quick results for last night’s event.

Best Parenting Blog – Childhood 101

Best Geek Blog – Geekout

Best Photography Blog – Photoblog.hk

Best Food Blog – LadyIronChef

Best Fashion Blog – Cheeserland

Best Lifestyle Blog – Jenni Epperson

Most Original Blog Design – Eat, Show and Tell

Best Travel Blog – Just Wandering

Best Entertainment Blog – Beautifulnara

Best Micro-Blog – @kennysia

Hidden Gem – Googly Gooeys

Most Influential Blog – Xiaxue

Region Best – Xiaxue

Finalist Sea of Ghost being interviewed before the event

There were loads of beautiful bloggers.. *Amazing*

The Philippines contingent had a fair share of the limelight, grabbing four awards

Blog celebrities @HanisZalikha and @Xiaxue were some of the big names that attended #NAPBAS

There were more female bloggers last night

@dblchin was there too.. Too bad we didn’t catch up in Singapore but at least caught u last night

@Xiaxue bagged Most Influential Blog Award for the 2nd time *salutes*

A down to earth lad @beautifulnara who won Best Entertainment Blog

Nadia Heng was a co-host for #NAPBAS

A cool gimmick to promote your food