Happy Birthday to Ping.sg. Congratulations to Uzyn and all those involved in Ping.sg! I just came back from the party. The party was a dull affair, apart from the socializing with some of the bloggers that I know and getting to know some new friends. I felt like being bored and awkward at many times during the party.

Why do I feel this way?

1. The party was delayed for about half an hour. Waiting can be frustrating. Delaying for 15 minutes are acceptable. Anything more than that are no good for the organizer's image.
   
2. The MCs looked and sounded LOST. At some points, they don't even know which award was to be presented during the award presentation. I'm not sure if they had prepared well or it was just meant to be spontaneous with "LA-ME" jokes (rinaz pronunciation of lame). But I did laughed at some of the jokes.
   
3. Bad organization of the party. I felt sorry for the sponsors - BAK2U and Advertlets. Sponsors who sponsor event was to create awareness and hope to interact with the participants in order to get quality feedbacks. But sadly, they did not get good response. Also, time slot for the sponsors were arrange wrongly. It was a very awkward situation just now when Josh Lim had to say that he felt bad luck because of the slot that he got to speak.
   
4. Non-responsive and tongue tied bloggers. I believe that many of those who attended just now was very good in expressing themselves with words, especially those nominated for the awards. They write good articles which never fails to entertain their readers. Sadly, almost all can only utter a "thank you" after receiving their awards. That's the only appreciation given to those who voted. I think many bloggers are better sitting in front of the computer with some exceptions like EastCoastLife and DK.

The list could go on a few more points. But, I think it's better left for you guys to think about it. I hope that you understand that I'm not criticizing anyone here. What I want to drive at was how the party was not organize well. Also the supposed closely knitted community of bloggers in Ping.sg could have contributed more to make it a livelier party.

Well, I think there are definitely more rooms for improvement in the future Ping.sg events. I hope to attend the next one, if there were any.

So, how do you find the party just now? How do you feel?

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