The Best of 2012 on Darren Bloggie

The year is coming to an end soon and as what i will usually do in the past, i will be consolidating all the highlights of darren bloggie in the year 2012 in this entry. 🙂 at the same time to recall what i’ve done or achieve for the past one year. So let’s begin with the first month of the year!

Januaury

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Went for a 3D2N Bangkok Escapade with my boss and colleagues as out company retreat! 🙂 just in time for me to shop for my cny clothings! 😀

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

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February

Did a mini revamp of my room just before the cny and i love it so much till now. though am thinking of making it even better and more cosy after im done with my spring cleaning hahaha~

Introducing you my “NEW” room!

and not forgetting a chance to watch SuperShow 4, Super Junior World Tour in Singapore!!

I went WOW~ at the Super Junior Super Show 4 Singapore Concert!

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March

I went bangkok again with Calvintimo and thanks to DEAL.com.sg for sponsoring this trip! 😀

4D3N Bangkok Shopping Spree with DEAL.com.sg!

and my getting my first hair sponsor! 😀 thanks to 99 Percent Hair Studios for creating all these wonderful hairstyles and colors for more till date 😉 looking forward to more in future!

Now my Hair goes Lighter & Lighter with a New Hairstyle!

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April

My first overseas trip with my amblove and we got ourselves a wonderful villa in bali and i must say, this got to be the most relaxing trip i went in 2012 ! 😀

Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03

Other than a trip to Bali, i went on a 2D1N Cruise ride with Calvintimo too! 😀 Courtesy of star cruise where we get to tour around the newly refurbished superstar virgo! 🙂 the last time i went for cruise was like many years ago during my primary school days lor~ hahaha~

2D1N Cruise with Newly Re-Furbished SuperStar Virgo

and i also went for a 2D1N short trip to JB with my bbfs! cheap and good! it’s also one of the trip that i look forward to as it’s been quite some time since we travel together le~ though it’s just a short trip to JB, i enjoyed thetime spent with them !

2D1N JB Trip with BBFs!

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May

Finally going on a family trip with my parents and we are going Taiwan!!! 😀 it’s been very long since we last went overseas together.. so i decided to bring my parents for a trip out~ 🙂 and it’s also my first time venturing out of taipei to taichung for a one day tour…

Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04

and one of the main highlight from this trip was that i got to see my S.H.E!!!! and this is the first public appearance by them after selina was badly injured!! wah~ i tell you, i almost teared when i saw them.. really very gan dong okay~!!!

[Darren Bloggie 台北直击] S.H.E.Reunite! 强势合体，出席Top Girl蝴蝶起飛公益記者會！附完整视频

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June

June is a wonderful month for me as i got to travel to one of my dream destination, KOREA!!!! 😀 and i felt like some celebrities or wat filming over there in korea!! 😀 and at the same time, this is my first time hosting a travel program too!!! all thanks to Korea Toursim Organisation and Chan Brothers Travel!

Trailblaze Korea in 72 Hours with Darren Bloggie!

Episode 01 | Episode 02 | Episode 03 | Episode 04 | Episode 05 & 06

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July

Attended the annual Singapore Blog Awards as one of the finalists in the Best Shopping Blog category at the Singapore Flyer. Though i didnt get to win but i’m glad to be there to catch up with the rest 😉

Congratulations to the Winners of Singapore Blog Awards 2012!

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August

The month of August is specially dedicated to myself! hahaha~ as i had 2 awesome birthday parties with my bbfs and amblove. Both with a theme of its own and it’s just SOOO Fun to spend it with them! 😀

The first party was with my BBFs, held at Hard Rock Hotel in Resort World Sentosa, with the theme ,

PARTY LIKE A KPOP STAR!

and the other theme with my amblove was

SUMMER BLUE!

and a surprise celebration by calvintimo and juliana!

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September

Septemeber was another traveling month for me and guess where i went to? KOREA again! hahaha~ but this time im going to gyeongju and seoul for the Hallyu Dream Festival concert which featured lots of KPOP artists like Infinite, Afterschool, KARA, SISTAR, B1A4 and many many more!! all thanks to Korea Tourism Organisation once again! 😀

Part 01 | Part 02 | Part 03 | Part 04

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October

The launch of the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Camera and i’m lucky enough to be present there! 🙂

Samsung Launches Galaxy Note 2 & Galaxy Camera with 2 Local Ambassadors!

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November

Glad to be one of the Marina Bay AmBAYsador and to be part of the Loving Marina Bay Photo Exhibition 🙂 Not only that, am glad to be take up the creative design project for this campaign! 🙂

Check Out My Photos at the Loving Marina Bay Photo Exhibition!

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December

Published my first ever photo book collaborated with lomography singapore 😀 and im glad that the response was pretty good!

[Photobook] Darren Bloggie X Lomography Singapore Lookbook Collaboration

Filled with lots of love this month as it’s the festive seasons whereby we celebrate christmas and new year with our loved ones! I had 4 awesome christmas parties with my loved ones, from staycation to potluck and bbq! 🙂

Staycation, Potluck & BBQ Christmas Celebrations with All My Loved Ones!

Was also glad to be one of the official blogger for the Marina Bay Countdown 2013 whereby i got to go behind the scenes and attend various activities to bring you guys the latest updates to the biggest countdown party in singapore!

Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2013 Official Blogger

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Lastly i would like to thank every single one of you readers for your support all these years. To the wonderful sponsors for their awesome products and services, to all the restaurants for the yummilicious food tasting sessions, and not forgetting to the tourism board & travel agencies for the sponsored trips! 😀