Singapore Muslims Blog competition

Submit your blogs under any category and stand a chance to win prizes for the best write up on NasiBriyaniLounge.com website. Your blog will be judged by our team in areas of idea, creativity, knowledge of our website, and your unique writing style. All accepted entries will be listed on our website and this blog.

You can also find more information about us on our website and
this blog.

This contest is open to all Muslims with blogs related to Singapore.



Prizes

1st - $100 SGD cash or $120 worth of advertising on nasibriyani lounge.com

2nd - $80 SGD worth of advertising on nasibriyani lounge.com


More Information

For submittion and more information about this competition please click here >
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Do it the Halal way, Pay for ads!

We've noticed an increased number of businesses posting ads in questions despite accepting the community guidelines and rules where it clearly says its not allowed. To do so without payment for advertising is just wrong. If businesses continue to do so, we would not be able to continue running this website for long. We are bearing all the running expenses of this website and as businesses continue to profit from the exposure through our website, we have to incur more cost. As the cost reaches proportions that we cannot sustain, we will no longer be able to run this website and the people who have been benefiting from it, won't benefit anymore. We all lose out in the end.

As a muslim business do not take what you are doing lightly. Rest assured, you will get more business from us, but what you are earning by doing the above is not Halal and your income has no blessing. Putting ads on our site withought payment, asking questions to promote your own business, answering your own questions about your business by signing up multiple accounts, posing as fake customers all to increase your business popularity is considered cheating, stealing and deceiving. Is this who we are as Muslim Businesses?

NB lounge has already created avenues for business to actively participate on this site in a Halal acceptable manner.

1) by signing up for a business account for FREE
2) paid advertising oppourtunities for those who would like to fully take advantage of our strong ranking on the Internet for various things concerning Singapore Muslims ie, wedding, catering, fashion, products and services, islamic classes..etc.

The benefits of being mentioned on our site are obvious. For example a wedding card business is getting thousands of people visiting their website alone per month because someone has truthfully listed their website in one of the questions in this site. Similarly these catering business also get huge amounts of traffic from us. You can see for yourself.

http://extremetracking.com/open;ref2?login=shamente
http://extremetracking.com/open;ref2?login=puteriwe

Scroll down to the last section 'All website referrers' and you'll see a page from our site listed in the top 3 referrers. eg. from sham-enterprise, we are no. 1. bringing them 16.5% of their total traffic from our catering question.

Now imagine, if this sort of exposure is possible from just a question, what could be possible from advertising on the site, where your ad would be visible on all pages.

You can help our Singapore Muslim community and this website including your business by doing the right thing, which is to pay for your ads. Your contribution will fund the running of this site and benifit thousands of people. Allah will reward you more with his approval and blessing (barakah) by increasing your business popularity Inshllah. So, brothers and sisters, do it Halal, pay for your ads.
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NB lounge featured in CSS galleries

Here are some of the galleries that have featured our website.

dzineblog.com
cssbased.com
patterntap.com
cssorgy.com
cssbahcesi.com
css-design-yorkshire.com
cssclip.com
cssperk.com
cssgallerylist.com
csstea.com
webdigity.com
quandtnet.de
onecss.com
logocamp.net

RSS New Question feed? What is this?

Part of our mission on NB lounge is to educate our Singapore Muslim community on how to utilise the Internet in a different level such that it will play a significant role in our daily life. Living in Singapore means that we don't have much time to waste. That is why an RSS is one of the most useful tool you can use that will save you time.  

How do they work? 

With RSS, you don't have to keep vising each of your favorite website manually anymore. Let those website come to you. Be updated instantly when there are new content in ALL your favorite websites at once. It is time saving and extremely versatile. Clueless about RSS and how to use them?

Watch this video and don't miss the boat.

 

To get you started with RSS, subscribe to NB lounge's NEW QUESTION RSS! You'll always be instantly updated on your reader when there are new questions posted. .

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Congratulations to our Top member prize winners!

hand-made cards designed and created by Sultana

NB lounge has just turned 2 years of age and already we rank no. 1 for many search terms to do with Singapore Muslims. Many of our visitors / members have not grasped the idea of this Ask answer website fully. Most of the time someone asks a question but does not think of answering other people's questions which could have easily been answered. If more members answer new questions and not just ask their own questions, they will find their own questions getting more responses.

One of the ways which we have come up with is to credit our members by giving score points, ranking shields and prizes to the top members whose answers have been accepted.

Here are our prize winners for 2009 who have just received their prizes!

1st- Faris

An active member on NB lounge who runs his own website called Islamtouch.com. He's a Muslim living in Singapore passionate about Islam.

2nd - Mehboob

The founding member of Faithhub doing dakwah work to help Muslims in Singapore, especially the converts / reverts.

3rd- Sultana

She's a skilled designer in various platforms.

4th- Ahxuan

A Muslim Chinese revert since 2002 for that plain simple reason, marriage. She learnt more about Islam over the years and is still learning to be able to answer the questions posed by her kids and on this website.

gifts sponsored by Webmack

Our sponsors

Webmack :

One of the web developers who has been involved in creating this website. He specialises in CSS, Ajax, usability study, ASP,  jQuery, front and back end development.

If you wish to continue to see this website thrive and help people, sponsor us by advertising on our website! It isn't as expensive as you might think.

Visit nasi briyani lounge: www.nasibriyanilounge.com

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New re-designed NB lounge site launched

Our re-designed website was launched on the 28th Feb 2009. It's now cleaner and easier to use than ever before with new features like RSS, cool log in, top member cloud, profile bar, browsing new questions and recently replied.

Response to the redesign have been promising as users are viewing more pages as compared to the old designed site. We can say that the new design have created positive changes. Popularity have grown only 1 week after the launch. We will continue to see drastic increase in popularity and usage as more features will be added in the upcoming months.

Nasi briyani lounge is a Singapore Muslim ask answer website. People can ask questions from the multi genre topics listed and get answers/ reply from the Singapore online Muslim community itself. Our website uses CSS, ASP, cross browser capability, Ajax, jQuery, SEO. We are probably one of the very rare websites in Singapore that is using latest innovative technology and efficient programming. We are proud as a Singapore Muslim website to have been featured in a couple of CCS galleries




Visit our site at www.nasibriyanilounge.com
Ask and Reply to interesting question there!!

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Redesigning of NB lounge!

Sneek peeks!
Comming soon in Feb 2009!

We just cannot wait to launch our new skined site. Be prepared, there will be some getting use to that is required. Button will be at a different location and reading will be alot easier on the eyes. Not everything will be launched immediately. There will be some feature that will take a little bit more time to implement.

Soon you will be able to log straight into your profile page and be in control from there. There will be a more social espect to the site. RSS feature which you can import into your blogs, website or emails. No, we are not creating another facebook, but there need to be more interaction between members. Stay tuned for more updates!

Voice out to us what you would like to have or improved. All your comments and votes can be directed through this fun forum that we have set up just for you.

Here's the link: Vote and suggestions

Freelance Graphic Illustrator, Job opportunity

Nasi Briyani lounge is seeking for a freelance graphic designer/ Illustrator to draw a few cartoon Caricature illustrations for us.

Requirements:

-Someone who have stayed in Singapore and knows well about the Singapore Muslim culture.
-You are well versed with using graphic software, like Adobe..etc


Please reply if you :-

1) are interested
2) if you can recommend someone who fits this citeria.

Please quote :

1) - your skills ,
- links to your portfolio
- your fees.

2) - person's name or company name
- website address (optional)
- contact details
- an email



To reply, click here: contact us

We will contact applicants via email.

Tips on how to utilize your business or organisation sign up.

You can now interact with other members by sharing useful information which is quite hard to find online. Thanks to websites like NB lounge, many people are now able to access information which wasn't easily available before.

We would like to give you some tips on how you can fully utilize your business account's features to benefit everyone on this community website:

1) As a member yourself on this site you're a part of this community first and then a business/ organisation member. So please play by the the rules and conduct yourself as part of our Singapore muslim community who support and be of service to others.


3)Participate as much as you can.You profile and signatures below each post will only be seen to others if you post questions and replies.


4) Use your signature well. Set your phone, website and contact details to display on your posts and in your profile. This more than anything will benefit you in combination with your useful replies.

5) Increase your reputation by making your replies to members qustions useful. Replies like this -> "Hi, I do this service, so call me on my mobile number 999 999 999." is not useful. This is spamming and not allowed, unless the asker of that question only wanted a list of company name and contact number. Promoting your business in this manner does not make people want to hire you for your services.

6) Share your knowledge with members. If someone asks about something that you have knowledge about, share it with them. For example if you are in the wedding industry and a member is asking about where to get an affordable wedding dais, do not reply like this "I do beautiful dais, contact me..." Instead reply like this, "Salaam, my business is dealing with wedding dais. it comes in an aray or styles and price. $400 for a 5ft dais, $500 for 6 ft etc. We use satin fabrics for the backdrop and special lightings...etc etc..."
Bottom line is give useful and detailed information. Our members will love you for it and so will the search engines. Do not be afraid to give prices or recomending to other business or giving people tips on how they can save money. That is what people want to know most of the time.

7) Try to gain more points and get yourself the top member shields. It really shows that you are someone who know your stuff and your replies have value.

8) Our site ranks very high on search engines (i.e google, yahoo , msn..) People normally come to our site searhing for something specific. so make good use of this by providing excellent specific replies.(as mentioned above).

9) We wish to raise the efficiency, justice and honesty of how businesses conduct themselves. These are the main ethics as a muslim that Islam recommends when dealing with clients which in turn increase your revenue, inshAllah. Many have complain on how they have been 'cheated' by businesses. Use this as a platform to improve your business, getting to know your potential clients and to give excellent services to others.


For those who would like to Sign up for this FREE business or organisation account, please proceed to Sign up! Fill in your details and click on "i would like to promoto my business or organisation". We are giving away this account free for a limited time.

Free Trial to promote your business or organisation on NB lounge

A few business and organisation have contacted us to be able to interact with our members on our site. We came up with this fantastic idea which would benifit everyone. If you own a business or an organisation and would like to promote it, just sign up for one of this account. As you use our site to ask a question and answer question, you will be promoting your business. How?...well, your details and your business banner will be seen on each post. Members can click on your profile page to learn more about you and your business. So as you interact and create your repo with others so will your business. You are also given a special badge when u create this account with us.

We require 50 sign up to trial this. It's FREE so jump on NasiBriyani lounge and sign up for one! It's in beta stage, so would appreciate if we can hear from all those who have this account for more feedback on how to improve it.

View our live example --> Promote your business or organisation on NB lounge !


Sign up Now!

Step 1:
go to the sign up page

Step 2:
fill in your details

Step 3:
click on "I would like to promote my business or organisation"

Step 4:
activate your account and you will be up and running.


Stay tuned for more tips on how you can utalise this feature!

NB lounge 1st Gathering and Night Cycling Event

Our Very 1st Gathering!

NB lounge is organizing our very 1st gathering event ever! This gathering main aim is to break the ice, get to know one another and most importantly is to enjoy and have fun! We have put up a question under announcement on the website seeking for your suggestion and input to create this event. This is your opportunity to tell us what you can possibly see happening and if you'll like to join this gathering.


Please click on the question title below to read details and to reply:-

Question Title: NB lounge 1ST EVER GATHERING, Suggestions?



Night Cycling Event for youth


Al-Mukminin Mosque is organizing a night cycling event from East Coast Park to Al-Mukminin Mosque 9th to 10th February from 9:30pm(Sat) to 8.00 am(Sun). Hurry! The registration ends this 4th of February. For more information check out this website:www.youthalmukminin.blogspot.com

In the light of supporting the cause of health and fitness in our community, NB lounge is one of the sponsors for this fun filled activity. We request your support by sponsoring this event or by participating in it.



Assisting on Nasibriyani Lounge website

We are always on a look out for individuals who would like to make a difference and assist to grow this website. If you are looking to improve or acquiring certain skills like communication, moderating a website, writing, organizing event, creativity, team/ community building, finance, etc This is the place for you to built your talents and really shine for the community. If this appeals to you and none or something of what you would like to do is here, reply to this email and tell us what you want with your contact number and we'll be happy to have a chat with you about it.



Invite your family and friends to use NB lounge

Click on the link here and fill in the details and click send. We do not collect your friends and family name / email address or generate spam.

If you do have any concerns, questions or difficulty about anything on our website, please contact us.



Regards,
NB lounge Team

Eid- ul - Adha greetings

Here's wishing all our members on NB lounger, readers of our blog and multiply a Happy Eid. May Allah grant us Jannah in the hereafter and create a clearing within our Muslim communities worldwide for our vision of a community which supports each other through our differences. Inshallah.


W'salaam
NB

Site Down for maintenance on Sunday 9th December

Our site will be down on Sunday for maintenance. So don't be alarm if you can't log in on Sunday.
We'll be back online on Monday.

Top score member on the Hall of Fame charts

This month we have an interesting addition on the Hall of fame charts. Please click here for more ranking.

Mehboob is now our top ranked member on NB lounge with a score of 2404 points. He is just 596 points away from his next ranking Shield!

While Fariz received his first ranking shield 'Fresh' as well as being rank #3 on our charts with 1293 score points.

Sultana is now ranked #2 with 1634 score points and Ebonytigress ranked #4 with 785 score points.

Well done guys!! Above is a table on our top 4 members. For more information on how our ranking and score points works please check out details by clicking here <<

The new face of NB lounge

Nasi Briyani lounge is picking up like crazy!! Do you know that Last week, We have about 15 new members who sign up. Each week the number have been increasing. We also have new questions being asked and replied to each day!!

A request on behalf of all members. If you've replied to questions before, try asking one. If you've asked one, try replying to a few. Contribute your support to others. If you’ve done none, get out there and start participating and earn credits and ranking shields. If you've done both, AWESOME!! Try doing more and get into the hall of fame!

Most active member on NB lounge this month?

A special acknowledgment to an inspirational member on our website; Fariz. He has been answering as many questions as he could on NB lounge this month. He continues giving replies to other members and supporting them in whatever way possible. Please view his profile and drop him a line for his contribution.

Please visit Fariz Profile here >> Fariz Profile



Meet our new volunteers!!

NB lounge team would like to introduce to you our new volunteers who are assisting in improving our website further. They are dedicated members of NB lounge who saw the potential of what our website can offer to our community and for them to gain some knowledge and experience in the process.


Moegsin
(nick: zoomie )

Web Programmer

Moegsien says:
I've recently joined Nasi Briyani lounge team as a web programmer and will be helping to make the site even better, while learning more about programming for the web.

I'm a Cape Malay from South Africa, living in Australia at the moment and find the similarities and differences between Malays and Cape Malays very interesting.


Check out Zoomie Profile click here <<




Nazihah
(nick: constant_searching)

Public Relations & Media coordinator

Nazihah says:
"I'm just an ordinary person from Singapore. An ordinary person who talks to herself and who is a friend to herself. LOL. Is that any ordinary to you? And also, ever heard of the term Internet freak before? Well, guess what? You are meeting one here. =)

A freak or not, Internet is my best friend! I can go sleepless nights with the net. By the way for those who don't know me (which I guess almost everyone of you all), I go by the username 'constant_searching'. You'll pretty much have a rough idea why I'm using that nick. As for age, gender & country, I'm giving you all the chance to fill up the particulars.

Check out Nazihah Profile click here <<


Volunteering opportunity

We welcome you and anyone else to take on this volunteering opportunity to make a difference and have fun and learn something in the process. You don't need experience, you don't need to be in Singapore. No constraints. Just your enthusiasm, commitment and sense of humor oh and of course an Internet connection :)

Nasi Briyani Lounge Sponsorship Program

We are please to inform everyone that we have started our Sponsorship Program.

Our website is increasing in popularity as the days goes by. We are also now expanding our website globally as well as developing new features and rewards for our members.

We would like companies, businesses and organization to take this opportunity to support NB lounge in our cause in providing this platform to our members.

Depending on the amount that your company is willing to sponsor us, we can offer you one of our smart advertising options. Sponsorship amount starts from a product cash value of SGD $50 – SGD $1000 per month. Instead of sponsoring product, sponsors can also opt for cash itself.

This sponsorship will be used to reward our members with prizes and to pay for running of NB lounge’s server on top of improving our website further with new development and technology.

To give an idea of what Sponsors will be sporting, here are a list of what our website aims to do.


Aim of this website:

• Nasi Briyani Lounge hopes to create a thinking, supportive and helpful community, where useful and resourceful information is gathered and can be found easily by everyone to use and share
  

• Finding quality information that is relevant to Singaporean/Asian context can now be a click of a button.
  

• To educate the community on how to harness the power of the Internet effectively in Singapore
  

• Making new quality friends who supports each other
  

• Participated on a website that makes a difference to people’s lives, especially when someone shares a question or an answer.
  

• Going global. Providing this platform in different countries all over the world.

For more information and a copy for your brochure pack, please e-mail us using our contact form on our website. Leave your contact number (doesn't matter which country you are at) and an existing email address so that we can provide you with the best assistance possible.

Click here to contact us <---

Regards and W'salaam
NB lounge team

Flood of new Questions!

Nasi Briyani lounge have been busier and busier. As NB lounge's popularity is gaining, more people are begining to post new questions on our site ranging from various topics, like divorce, marrige, how to get married, weddings, social issues..etc. This is so encouraging!

We are inviting you guys reading this to participant in asking and answering to these questions our site. Our website has provided hundreds of people with the information they need thanks to the generous community in providing these information to them.

To view our new questions, please click on the link below:
NEW QUESTIONs

One of our member Thanking NB lounge for transforming his life!

Salaam everyone,

I’ll like to share this with everyone. One of our members on NB lounge had taken up landmark education in Singapore. (scroll down below for what he said)

I'm just thankful to Allah, our programming team, and members of this website for making it possible to cause this to people around me and even member on this community website.

Alhamdullilah. We are very thrill on your new transformation and endless possibilities.
W'salaam
NB

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Thank you email from member
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Name: Mehboob
Subject: Thank You

Message: Today I am a new man writing this email because of a transformation that was made possible through your website. I posed a question on your website and one of the members on the network provided a possibility that I tried out. Alhamdulilah the results are beyond my wildest imagination. I have created for myself possibilities which never existed for me previously. All I can say is that Life is what you make out of it and during your dark moments, you need help regardless of how strong you thought you were and the fact is that , there is help out there if only you are willing to reach out and ask for it. I thank your website for what it has done to me and my life and am hoping that you will be able to touch, motivate and inspire many more people out there. Keep up the great work and may Allah bless your noble intentions and deeds , Ameen.

Link to the Question: http://www.nasibriyanilounge.com/topics/Hobbies/Q275.html

Eid Festival in Melbourne. 2007

We had a fantastic week for Eid. Each year in Australia, Melbourne there's always an Eid festival and this one was the biggest we've seen so far. It was amazing with rides, Nasheeds, Movie presentation, and some performance. There's stalls for everyone in any age group and the finale the fireworks. There are Muslims in every walk of life who turned up for this festival. And although the night soon turn quite chilly, people were still hanging around with a nice cupa coffee and kids running around.

courtesy of Sultana.
http://www.nasibriyanilounge.com

Donate your bone marrow this Eid and help this child live!

Request for bone marrow transplant deposit- patient Abd El Rahman Omar Mandour, hrn no. XE3121450

Abd Rahman is a 17mth old boy egyptian child who is diagnosed with a gentic disorder, Mucopolysaccharidosis at the age of 10mths. His family needs S$250,000 for his treatment. His article was featured in Berita Harian, dated 22 and 25 sept.

Before he reaches 2yrs which is 6mths from now, his brain cells will start to deteriorate. He need treatment as soon as possible. Please help to disseminate this information.

If you need further info/clarification, pls call Dr Tyrone Goh, Director of Ops, NUH at tel; 67725030 or abd rahman
father- Mr Omar 90864144

Here`s wishing all Muslim bros and sis, a blessed Hari Raya...

rgds,
Jimmy
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