Worked at Backstreet Boys concert on Tuesday, and in honour of the 5 not-so-young singers (can i even call them that?) on stage who had gajazillions of gals screaming for them, presenting today’s wiki

Extract:

Equally important to the group’s commercial success is the group’s image, carefully controlled by managing all aspects of the group’s dress, promotional materials (which are supplied to teen magazines), and music videos, the most famous boy band manager being Lou Pearlman. Typically, each member of the group will have some distinguishing feature and be portrayed as having a particular personality stereotype, such as “the baby,” “the bad boy,” “the nice boy.” Whilst managing the portrayal of popular musicians is as old as popular music, the particular pigeonholing of boy band members is a defining characteristic of boy and girl bands.

Has anyone seen this??

First-ever Blogging Competition in NUS

Written by Lin Na Do you blog? If you are one of those with a love for blogging, then watch out for “BlogFest 2006”, the first-ever blogging competition in NUS! A celebration to honour the invention and appearance of the variety of blogs out there in cyberspace, the Arts Club and CNM Society is proud to present “BlogFest 2006”! It is slated to be held from 1 Feb to 31 March 2006 where students and staff across the NUS campus are welcome to take part! Whether your blog is two-years-old, one-month-old or newly created, look forward to become one of the winners for “Best NUS Blog”, “Funniest Blog” and “Best Blog Design”. Prizes include MP3 players and vouchers! One of the voters will win a mystery prize too! Eager to fill in that registration form? Can’t wait to vote for that favourite blog? Or are you already devising the most juicy details for your blog to win the top prize from us? Good things WILL be worth the wait, details on registration, rules and regulations and judging criteria will be unveiled in the next issue of Hooked! Clues to “BlogFest 2006” will be creeping around NUS soon! hooked

Twelve Reasons Why I wun win best NUS Blog

1. The sheer fact that i name it this way
2. Trying to proof that NUS is copying SMU
3. Complaining about CORS for being too boring
4. 2-hit combo, NUSSU and CORS
5. Writing into papers to attempt to complain about CORS (again)
6. Laughing at lecturer’s booboo
7. Complaining about the same lecturer’s stupid test
8. Introducing u ppl to the most professional professor
9. Science Club is not spared
10. my latest pet issue - carparks!
11. Ranking drop nvm, but cannot lose face
12. and lastly, Dancing Professor!