Will you spend your entire life to save your brother? Get into law school just so that you can clear your brother’s name for a murder case he was accused?

In the movie, Conviction, that’s what Betty Anne Waters did to get her brother, Kenny Waters, out of a life imprisonment sentence.

After going through two years of N.E.mation, my blood is still pumping with adrenaline comes voting phase! All 10 finalists spent great amount of time, put in lots of effort, perseverance and determination into their work. And now its time for judges and you to decide who wins the trip to DreamWorks USA!

Having watched the 10 clips, I’ve to say the competition gets tougher each year! Its even worst for me to decide who to vote as I’ve seen all 10 teams put in all their best into the production. If I run the mint, I would let all 10 teams fly to DreamWorks! They all deserve it! (Dream on Claudia!)

Help decide who wins! Your votes matter! 50% of the total score is from public voting. And from last year’s experience, it can totally change the faith of the teams! Four ways to vote for your favorite clips this year. Oh! And you stand a chance to win prizes too if the clip you voted wins! Pick your favorite clips wisely ok!

Home – We Make or Break.

Vote for your favorite 3 animation clips for N.E.mation! 5 and stand a chance to win attractive prizes. Voting ends 6 Feb 2011.

Remember when you were younger, when your parents buy new clothes, new shoes, new undies and new bags for Chinese New Year (CNY)? Seeing them all around you but can’t wear nor use them can be rather torturous right?

I felt that way too! And I still am trying to keep to the tradition. Though some items just can’t be left untouched for too long. Like my new Kate Spade bag I bought for CNY, I already used it once! Blame myself for having it delivered to me so early!

To lessen the agony of seeing all these new things at home but not using it, I delay my CNY shopping or I buy but don’t wash it so that I can’t wear it! Ha! Smart right?

Do you still wear everything new during CNY? Or have you grown out of it and just treat it like any other day?

This year is my last year in the collection line during CNY. Of course I would like to milk as much as I can! Wahahahaha! Next year I’ll be joining the giving out line, and hopefully we’ll have a small us in the collection line by then too. :P

So which line are you at now? Jumping line anytime soon?

As promised! Here’s the McDonald’s Miniatures set to give away to my dear readers, friends and followers! These cute little things are too hard to resists and I caved into temptation and ended up buying a set for myself and one for you!

I’ve got ONE set of these cute McDonald’s Miniatures (worth $25) to give away.

Relive 127 hours of Aron Ralston‘s life at the Canyonlands National Park of Utah in 94 minutes. If you’ve watched the trailer on Youtube, which I did some months ago, I got pretty excited about the movie. The cinematography seems great and the scenery at Canyonlands was spectacular! One place where I do not see myself venturing to though. (I’m not a mountain person you see.)

Wow! What a mouthful and long title! Just like how one should do when one starts spinning off a business idea – be precise, have a call for action and set a plan on how to get it kicked off.

Participants stand to win up to US$60,000 in cash, prizes and business development opportunities. Overseas finalists will receive 5 night hotel stay in Singapore for 2 core team members. Apart from the top six teams, there will be an individualMost Promising Young Entrepreneur award. The best performing local team in the finals will also be eligible to tap into a S$100,000 HSBC Investment Grant to give life to their businessidea. This year’s competition is also supported by SPRING and Action Community forEntrepreneurship (ACE).

As promised, here are the last 3 pretty notebooks I’m giving away! If you’d missed or didn’t win in the first giveaway, here’s your chance!

The three notebooks up for grab are…

#1 - Dangerous Ideas Notebook (Click notebook for info)