Big Blog Exchange 世界博客交流计划竞赛的参赛感想

Instagram的宣传

还记得在三月的时候在FB看到了这项Big Blog Exchange的竞赛是蛮感兴趣的。。。因为我本来就爱旅行和对各国民族的文化风情和历史等都很好奇很感兴趣，也喜欢结交新朋友交换各方面的话题和想法，互相交流及了解大家在不同的国度里在人生中和生活文化上的大不同。

我就这样幻想着幻想着。。。如果能胜利获选那就可以免费出国玩10天又可以学习与体验当地的生活与文化的机会那该是多美妙的事呀！但一想到我的部落格是以中文书写，这样的国际比赛哪能轮到我来参加？所以就放弃了这个参赛的念头。

过了一星期后，当我在做推广LOVE CARE LIFE 爱心关怀生命的计划时；基于考量到我们是个没有营运经费的慈善团体，当然也就没有所谓的宣传费，一切的宣传方式都得要靠我自己亲历亲为和LCL一班团友在旁利用他们各自拥有的专业才能提供互相援助，我们才能这样努力的做下去。。。

那我就想。。。我自己不就是最好的推广工具吗？如果能赢得这样国际性的比赛代表亚太区去到国外交流，这不就等于是个很好的踏板让我去到国外推广由我们新马两地网友义工们一起建立起来的Love Care Life慈善公益宣传吗？“最重要是免费的！因为我们的团队没有钱做这样国际性的宣传广告啦！” 

Whatapps的宣传

所以我就鼓起了勇气发Email给主办当局查问中文部落格是否有参赛资格？反正Email又不用钱，写封信也不会死对吗？

我在默默等待主办当局回复的心情中，是从没回复的失望。。。到在一个下午突然看到了回复说他们欢迎我报名并指出我的部落格内容很有正面的启发性鼓励我参加竞赛！哇塞! 看到这样的回复。。。。告诉你，我是跳起来高声欢呼的咯！Hooray!!! 哈哈。。。
也就这样我就开始了将近一个月的拉票战 ! 

我的拉票战略：
1）Facebook Page / Facebook个人户口
2）Email / Instagram / Twitter / Whatapps
3）用口传，逢人就说好像做销售员一样
4）自制Poster让家人帮我张贴在他们的商店门口呼吁客人或经过的人投我一票。不识英文不懂FB不会Email不懂竞赛规则的年长姐姐也特地去学习如何为我宣传和尽全力的拉票是让我最为感动的！我亲爱的大姐，谢谢你！


姐姐帮我拿着A4的 Poster努力宣传

参赛期中最好笑的趣事：
由于恰逢马来西亚来临的大选倒数热烈宣传期，没想到我参加BBE竞赛的猛烈宣传活动会让一些不太熟悉我的新网友混淆以为我是在帮某个政党造势，甚至有的问我是那个党派的女议员？搞笑的是问我如果投我一票当选后我会为他们作出什么贡献？哈哈哈。。。

我们的得票率和他国的选手比其实不高，但能在短时间的一星期内就筹到不错的成绩进入世界100强的总决赛安全圈我已很满足了！所以我打算不要那么Super Hardcore to Hardsell...Just slightly hardsell will do...LOL.
后期宣传我就干脆直接把自己的宣传海报转换成FB Page的Banner就不用每天一直死命的呼吁，我想经过我的Page看到海报有心的就一定会投一投支持票吧？
再怕输一点就偶尔Post 一下呼吁也无大碍是吧？
（明明就是在进行广告轰炸攻势还死不认。。。当然我也是会怕读者反感因为看太多呼吁广告而想吐的呀！）

我干脆在FB的Page封面Banner做宣传

我的小小分享和感触～

参赛期中的喜：
看到读者网友们反应热烈，有的告诉我他们拉了全家人一起投票支持我，有的拥有多个户口的也大方的用全部的Email户口来投选我，甚至帮我宣传以Email或在Facebook转发(Share)在他们的FB Wall呼吁他们的朋友帮忙支持我。。。我真的是感动到。。。
就算不能入围，也很欣慰了。

无聊捣蛋的黑心鬼

参赛期中的怒：

无聊捣蛋的黑心人在竞赛的最后两天才来恶意举报(Reported Abuse) 我的参赛部落格，当主办当局检查我的内容无伤大雅后就立即恢复我的名单却又马上被人举报我的部落格，害我的名单遭冻结而且是两天内连续五六次。这样严重阻碍了正想要支持投选我的读者朋友们都不能进行投票了，大大的影响我的排名成绩，很无助也很无奈。

　
最可恶的是黑客在竞赛的最后一晚进行了全面性的捣蛋袭击去恶意举报多个国家的博客企图影响竞赛的进行，此一搞就把竞赛的所有博客名单和排名搞到一团乱。。。让很多博客都心惊胆跳不能安心，因为好不容易等到最后一天成绩揭晓时刻，而且这是自己和支持者们努力的心血，大家当然会担心一切努力化为乌有呀！
还好只是虚惊一场，专业的主办当局有效力的迅速采取行动修复了竞赛系统和恢复受影响的博客原有的票数。更明智的作出决定直接拿掉那讨人厌的<<Report>>功能！
值得掌声鼓励和给于BBE团队的努力与付出大大的赞！真棒！

最后一天拉票了，分秒必争！

参赛期中的哀：
主办当局为顾虑参赛者的感受也为了以示公平而延长加多一天的投选活动。
我是很支持啦。。。不过当到了傍晚我的排名从原先的世界第39名跌倒第44和亚太区第16名跌倒第21名...OMG!

我开始担心了！我想如果我不努力做些什么万一到了明早一起身看到我已跌出了总决赛圈的25强排名那我不就会哭死吗？没办法咯，安全起见我还是劳动进行最后的冲刺来拉票吧！

我是用最传统的拉票方式：一对一的聊天室(chatroom)死缠烂打的请求网友们帮忙投我一票。在我努力不懈拉票到凌晨三点多的付出下，出乎我预料的是我的得票成绩从原本的285票到截止时间前票数竟然突飞猛进的飙升到463票， 排名晋升到世界第27名和亚太区第12名，我得到比原先更好的排名！

黑客袭击者Spammer和恶意来举报我的黑心捣蛋鬼。。。还真谢谢你们的“用心良苦”才能让我的战斗力变得强大，越挫越勇！ 所以说：什么杀不死你的会让你更坚强！What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Yeah! 我进入了世界博客100强!!!

参赛期中的乐：

当然是辛苦了一段时候终于看到了亮丽的成绩单，稳坐世界博客100强内的总决赛圈。
我想我最开心的是当静待成绩公布的同时，因为参加了BBE而让世界各地的博客来游览我的部落格并收到了不少非华裔非中文读者所留下鼓励性的留言相信是我最大的肯定和收获之一！

原来不知不觉我已跨越了之前语言障碍的忧虑成功的吸引了非中文读者，让他们也能读懂我的心声和想法。就算没被获选出国交流计划，比赛过程中一切点点滴滴的感触与感动已经让我获益良多！
Andy, 谢谢你的评语和鼓励！

"解开自己设下的束缚障碍，勇敢的为自己踏出第一步。。。你永远不知道你比你自己想象中还强大"。

很开心，感觉一股强烈的肯定和被鼓励到！

我第一次亲手制作让人看了开心色彩缤纷的甜甜圈造型手工肥皂

既然我在积极推广宣扬正能量，那么我的想法当然也该超正面和充满希望呀！
要对自己有信心！所以我和义工们做好准备，亲手做了代表Love Care Life的天然手工肥皂，为了是当我能顺利获选出国做亚太区的交流代表时，我就会带着这份小小心意满满诚意的礼物送给外国的朋友作纪念，把爱心关怀生命的正能量传送分享给他们！


仅此一家由LOVE CARE LIFE用关爱制作的纯天然手工肥皂！

人都应该有梦 有梦就别怕痛

温暖推荐 阳光小品 淋雨一直走
歌手：张韶涵
[改编词]：姚若龙 [原词曲]: Hermanni Kovalainen/ Ilanguaq Lumholt/ Henrik Tala

张韶涵Angela
credits: http://www.1ting.com/cover/cover60745.html

Oh~人都应该有梦 有梦就别怕痛

有雷声在轰不停 雨泼进眼里看不清
谁急速狂飙 溅我一身的泥泞
很确定我想去哪里
往天堂要跳过地狱 也不恐惧 不逃避

这不是脾气 是所谓志气(与勇气)
你能推我下悬崖 我能学会飞行
从不听 谁的命令(很独立)
耳朵用来听自己的心灵

淋雨一直走 是一颗宝石就该闪烁
人都应该有梦 有梦就别怕痛
淋雨一直走 是道阳光就该暖和
人都应该有梦 有梦就别怕痛

有前面盘旋的秃鹰 有背后尖酸的耳语
黑色的童话 是给长大的洗礼
要独特才是流行 无法复制的自己
让我连受伤也有型

有时掉进黑洞 有时候爬上彩虹
在下一秒钟 命运如何转动 没有人会晓得Oh~
我说希望无穷 你猜美梦成空
相信和怀疑 总要决斗

歌曲主题(部分文摘自专辑简介)
《淋雨一直走》这首歌，是张韶涵(Angela)将自己追梦的艰辛旅途，她一路走来勇敢地面对泥泞、挫折的那种永不放弃、“打不死的蟑螂”的精神和人生经历融入歌词的抒情小品。

Angela的坚定歌声如一道暖阳带来了希望, 传达出这些年来她所历经过的低潮并没把她击倒。她将坚强的意志化为旋律，将挫折化为前进的力量，期待能带给更多人永不放弃的信念。如歌词中提到[所有的悬崖秃鹰 耳语 黑洞]都是成就我们拥有更坚强完整的人生，[黑色的童话是给长大的洗礼]就算面对挫折也从未退缩害怕，以及重新出发的正面态度。

谁说遇到挫折低潮就该伤心流泪？ 天堂和地狱只是一线之隔，只要相信自己,即使前面困难重重，我们还是要坚定地大步向前走！

我听这首风格清新的歌曲时是轻松又开心的，歌词励志向上旋律更是让人有想大步迈进的动力！“Keep walking and never stop/ 一直向前走”的精神，是Angela想表达的生命态度也是歌曲的中心思想，和我现在的人生态度是相同的。

有梦想就别轻易忘记；敢于梦想能带来更多阳光朝气与希望！

歌词写到：“你能推我下悬崖但我能学会飞行，”而我已经准备好了要振翅高飞，既使跌到了也不会怕痛！

所以我参加了这个比赛 Big Blog Exchange 勇敢地往自己的梦想大步前进！
我希望能成功获选为亚太区的代表到外国进行文化交流，并希望借此机会宣传[LoveCareLife 爱心关爱生命]宣扬的正能量到世界的任何一个角落！

酷爱自助旅行的我正幻想着像MV里的Angela那样当起背包客，比出“赞”的手势要搭便车！在外国来回跑动，边走边唱一定会很开心”更期待在国外交到朋友我想会是一件很快乐的事啊！

Big Blog Exchange 2013 让[爱心关怀生命]随着梦想飞翔到世界各地散发正能量！

“人能因梦想而伟大”有梦就去追！
One becomes great because he or she dares to pursue their dreams. Do not ever give up on yourself or your dreams. Keep on trying until these dreams become reality.



Hi everyone! I have decided to participate in the Big Blog Exchange, an exciting, unique and exclusive project where sixteen passionate bloggers would be selected at the end of the competition phase to swap lives, blogs, cultures and places simultaneously in real life for ten days.

The initial round of this competition kicks off with the selection of the top 100 from the thousand of participants through an online voting process. A panel of jury members will then review each blog on its content and inspiration for taking part in the exchange, before whittling them down to just 14 finalists. Additionally, 2 more wildcard bloggers would also be selected based purely on their passion, inspiration and their motivation in being one of the 16 ambassadors. Finally these bloggers will be sharing on their personal experiences while they immerse themselves in the local cultures of the different places they are going to visit for the next 10 days and the voting site will be open for voters to pick their favourite blogger!

I really hope that I will get the chance to represent Asia for this event and to at least make it into the top 100 most prominent blogs. I am certain that my success if it should come would also be the success of my dear supporters and readers who have help me realise and fulfil this dream together believing that we indeed can become great because we dare to pursue our dreams and make it a reality.


Please follow this few simple steps to cast your vote for me.
Step 1: Please go to this website http://www.bigblogexchange.org/blog/182006
Step 2: Click on the pink coloured VOTE button
Step 3: Key in your EMAIL address into the type box
Step 4: A verification email will then be send to your EMAIL account. Please click and verify your vote by clicking on the link provided. The vote will only be counted upon clicking on the verification link send out to your email.
The closing date for this voting process will end on the 15th of April 2013.

Lastly, please do post this blog link on your Facebook wall or email and share my participation with all your friends help me to make this dream a reality by encouraging them to vote for me. Please allow me to express my heartfelt thanks and to let each and every one of you know that I am really grateful for all your support.

My Motivation
Dear Readers, I would like to start off by sharing a bit about myself. I was born and raised in Johor, Malaysia but has resided in Singapore for a few years now and is now holding a permanent resident status in Singapore. My initial purpose of starting this blog was to express my inner feelings and emotions with regards to a series of unhappy incidents which had happened to me leading up to the last minute cancellations of my planned wedding. What make the hurt and pain I felt more immense was the fact that this sudden cancellation was due to a betrayal in the relationship and the involvement of a third party.

Somewhere in December 2012, the series of events of my story were published on Facebook and attracted the attention of tens of thousands of netizens. The sharing of my pain and setbacks of the events which eventually led to the calling of of my wedding has also attracted a high volume of netizens who have also experienced the same and were able to relate to what I am going through. Words of encouragement pour in by the hundreds and thousands and a lot of these readers also came to the Facebook page to share their views on what has happened to me.

While sharing my experiences, I came across a particular reader who was suffering from severe depression due to her husband’s extramarital affair. She told me that she has been following my Facebook blog since its launch and revealed to me that she has planned and attempted suicide multiple times. Through our numerous exchanges online, I share with her my experiences on how I attempted to overcome the hurt and betrayal I went through. We were able to relate to each other due to our similar experiences and we ended up supporting, counselling and encouraging each other on. Eventually with the aid of my much needed helping hand, she decided to drop the idea of suicide totally and muster her courage to face up to life bravely. With the constant support and advice of not only me but also a group of friends I’ve gathered, she managed to salvage her family and her husband acknowledge his wrongdoings and ended his affair. Words cannot express the happiness and warmth in my heart when her husband contacted me to apologize for his wrongdoings and thank me for helping him and his wife through this testing stage of their life.

It was through this life transforming event that motivated me to finally decide to setup my YUKI NG FB BLOG not only as a form of two-way communication for my readers to stay in touch with me, but also for them to relate with and share their own experiences. Subsequently, the [LOVE.CARE.LIFE] Facebook community page was also launched by me as a charity campaign to call forth and gather volunteers from every corner of the world to participate in the mission of impacting lives and to utilize the social media as a one stop meeting point to plan for future events and activities relating to our cause. The purpose of the [LOVE.CARE.LIFE] campaign is to create a circle of trust and care to reach out to people who are in need of a helping hand with the hope of helping them to overcome their struggles and difficulties in life. Most importantly, we most hope to reach out to those who are suffering from depression, psychosomatic traumas and suicidal tendencies by being there for them to aid them to recover and to help to successfully reintegrate them into our society. I sincerely hope that I can contribute and play a part in this humanitarian project in creating a more gracious and loving society.

My current objective is to bring my volunteers into the understanding of the simplicity of kindness and care aiming to awaken the good nature of humanity. What I hope to do is to leverage on various technological platforms to bridge the communication and distance between my volunteers to strengthen cohesion and team work. By leveraging on each others’ strength and uncovering the hidden potential within, we hope to be able to spread love, hope and faith to every corner of the globe. We hope that by doing so, we can awaken the fighting sprit from within of those who needs help to spur them on towards overcoming each and every obstacle and challenge that stands in their way. Our world will only change for the better if we believe so and by participating in the Big Blog Exchange, I hope to be able to help spread the cause of [LOVE.CARE.LIFE] around the world.

关于我 General Information About me:
♥ http://www.facebook.com/iamyuking
♥ Email: yukinstar@gmail.com
♥ Twitter: Yuki Ng @Iamyuking
♥ Instagram: yukidehappiness
♥ http://www.facebook.com/LoveCareLife
♥ http://www.facebook.com/events/292458117524538
♥ Email: yukinglovelifecare@gmail.com


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大家好！我参加了这项全球性的博客交换国家交流计划的竞赛! 
比赛是先从世界各地投选出100最强的博客，然后由国际委员会选出16个超强博客和其他国家的优胜博主交换居住的国家，在10天内沉浸在当地文化洗礼过后为读者们分享旅程的经验。
希望我能有幸成为亚太区的博客代表，想要胜出入选100强完全是依赖你们读者大力的支持，请协助我的梦想起飞吧！让我们相信人能因梦想而伟大

如何投票:
1) 请按网址http://www.bigblogexchange.org/blog/182006
2) 请点击【投票填入电邮地址】再点击【确认投票Link 】投票方才有效!
    *可看指示附图*
比赛在4月15日截止

最后，请帮忙【发电邮】或【传分享】在Facebook邀请你的家人朋友一起来投票吧！请帮YUKI NG达成梦想，美梦成真！谢谢您的支持！感恩♥

我的推动力
我出生在马来西亚，目前定居在新加坡。开始写Blog原先只是想舒解与释怀内心压抑着因婚变所带来的伤痛,Dec 2012在FB公开部分Blog内容后引起了多个国家读者们的高度关注以不同角度和观念来议论这起事件。我分享的伤痛经历吸引了一大群同病相怜的心灵创伤者与我交流，其中一名忧郁症患者追踪我的Blog时透露了她想自杀的倾向。我马上用互联网联系的方式关心和鼓励她并集合网友们正面的精神支持成功感动了她放弃自杀的念头选择勇敢的活下去。这股具影响的力量让我有了使命感想继续写Blog, 开设了YUKI NG FB Blog来联系网友读者的交流并成立了[LOVE.CARE.LIFE]FB PAGE公益活动集合各国各地自愿的网络义工们利用网络资讯和计划筹办团体活动，共同努力献出互相关爱互助共存的精神来帮助受重创伤后无法走出困境阴影而引发的后遗症包括患上噪郁忧郁症, 自虐自残, 自暴自弃糟蹋人生甚至是放弃宝贵生命的人, 我希望能为社会人群做一点贡献。 我的目标是以真诚来唤醒人们心中最初那真善美的灵魂, 利用多媒体科技拉近人与人之间的距离, 团结互动, 一起散发出超强正能量在世界每个角落, 让世界每个人的心灵都被温暖着充满了希望, 凭信念坚强的站起来勇敢面对人生中的每一个挑战和挫折。 改变观念和角度, 世界也会随着你而改变! 我参加这国际博客交流计划就是为了鼓励读者们, 人能因梦想而伟大,不要放弃自己, 勇敢让美梦成真!

人生就是不断的奋斗，让我们一起加油吧！

♥ Yuki Ng