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Hello! I'm Liwen, going to be 18 soon, and this is my second year attempting NaNo. :)

heeelloooo! i'm Cara, I'm fourteen and this is my... third year doing NaNo. I'm Singaporean but I lived in China the past two years so... I guess I'm a semi-newbie? Hah. Yay I'm looking forward to the word count refreshing again! :D

Hello (: Hahahas, I'm Nicola. I'm 14, and this is my first year attempting Nano. I've always enjoyed writing stuff though hahas. (:

Nic(:

Out of curiosity, where in China?

Jeffrey, but I'm more accustomed to the name "Laxaria". Yea yea I know it sounds like a girl's name but shush you people! :D

First NaNo. Looking forward to it XD

Every story has a main character.
Be the main character of your own story.

Hello forums, it's nice to see you again. Oh and fellow nanowrimoers as well.

My name's Justin Lau, nickname Jusco.

Not really a newbie, some of you may remember me from 2005 (when I was actually in Singapore) and 2006 (writing in Japan). I just graduated from High School this past June (Christian Academy in Japan) and am back in Singapore for NS. Unfortunately instead of enlisting in the fall batch (since it was full), I have to wait till February and this is extremely aggravating as it means I'll be heading to college in America 3 years later, not 2.

Since I'm free now (not really, but I am done with school and work for the meantime) I decided to do Nanowrimo this year as I've been writing quite a bit recently.

jusco

Hihi! I'm Caroline!
I'm 14 (okay turning 15 in a month or two)
Been occupying myself with fanfiction but I'm right on ready to get back to the boys and girls that've been running around in my head ( and making a lot of noise ).

"CAN YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN BACK THERE?"

First time attempting NaNo:D slightly mad but that's totally fine (right...?)
I spend far too much time making funny random animal noises and waving to random people who happening to (unfortunately) cross my path.

All in all, nice to meet you!!

:D

Being slightly mad is perfectly okay! I'm beginning to think that it's pretty much the norm; we're attempting to write a 50,000 novel in 30 days, after all XD

Co-ML for Singapore

Well hello Justin all grown up!! I still owe you $25 so call into the Kick-off and I'll pay you your royalties for the last book. You might have to make yourself known to me since that last time I saw you you only came up to my elbow!

Former ML for Singapore 2005-2008
Possibly my last NaNoWriMo.

No, being slightly mad is not ok.

You need to be absolutely batguanory Oreillery insane before you can hope to finish wrimo.

I qualify with ten seconds still on the clock.

It seems that some degree of insanity is needed when attempting NaNo. So madness kinda runs through everyone.

~ Raven Azure

~ Joelyn Alexandra

joelyn.alexandra@gmail.com
http://joelynalexandra.wordpress.com

Yep. I'm back.

Hi.

This will be my... third year trying this? And feck. It's probably gonna be my best try at it, because of the sheer UNBUSYNESS that comes with waiting for NS.

So yeah.

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QUISQUE EST BARBARUS ALIO
"Everyone is a barbarian to someone."

My blog!: http://jibber-jabberwocky.blogspot.com/

I'm back for my fifth NaNo.

Who cares about exams and full-time jobs and everything when you're writing NaNo, right? Right?

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~ E.L. Doctorow

Hello!

I'm Pei Yun, 15, second year attempting NaNo. I'm a semi-newbie too; it's my first year in Singapore. That said, I'll spend half of November, give or take a few days, in each Singapore and Malaysia. So... yeah. HELLO!

I am prepared to war with words this year! I mean, who cares about Chinese O Levels when there's NaNoWriMo?

(On second thought...)

well, tried it once in 2004, but only managed about 10,000 words!
back again this year, hopefully, being older and more disciplined will work!

forgot to introduce myself! joyce here!

Su Wai here! Second year trying NaNo. Keyword : TRYING.
My last year's attempt went somewhere down the drain, and since school hols start exactly in November, I thought I might give this a try again.

Testing this out! Hope that I can make it!

(: This is my first time trying... Glad to see so many Singaporeans here!

- I must be crazy.

In no particular order, welcome new WriMos, Come on in and say hello!

tracyliuhj
xaralind
leshwt
dreamsmoke
Noia
Milan
yannaungoak
cartiliel
Moira-Rose
whimsicism
Kuda Api
teegeearass
jolantru_blackwolf
connieee
BRsoldier
robynbrees
doctorrif
yousterer
alisonpen

Former ML for Singapore 2005-2008
Possibly my last NaNoWriMo.

Hai gaiz.

You can call me leshwt, or just lesh for short. This is my first NaNoWriMo- I first heard about it in June and decided to actually go through with this just yesterday night.

This year is perfect for it, actually, seeing that I'm in my second year of NS and I'll have lots of free time in November before I ORD in December.

I'm 20 this year, and am going to study in NUS next year. I'll be in FASS, so here's a premptive "Hello!" if there's any Humanities people out there.

Great to meet you all!

Hi, I'm Oblivion-Soul, I'm 14, and this is my first year attempting NaNo as well. Uhh, writing is my hobby and plot bunnies are my bests friends. I have not much experience in writing, save for fanfictions, but I'm willing to try. Looking forward to November xD Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.

In this world, there is no such thing as coincidence.

*Waves*

My name's Joel, but I go by the handle gamers2000. Why? My sis has a '2000' suffix in her username, it was the year 2000, I was ten and I loved games (still do, by the way.)

This is my first time attempting NaNoWiMo, and I have absolutely NO idea what I'm getting into. (Especially in a polytechnic, where Novembers are when the term STARTS. *Grimaces*)

I haven't written any full length stories at all. In fact, the last time, as well as all the times before that that I wrote were for assignments, so this is probably the first time I'm just writing for fun.

I'll probably never reach near the 50k mark, as school's gonna be crazy, I don't even know what I'm going to write about, but it's probably gonna be pretty fun, so.

Mmhmm. Hi.

Hi All,

Kenneth here, and my second year doing Nano! School's out, so I don't have to worry about thesis statements, conclusions, introductions, supporting examples, paragraphing...

-Rolls up sleeves-
Now, about getting past that 50k mark...

Btw, I was wondering, about the 50 000 words, can they be about anything at all? Like say, can we write a 50 000 word fanfiction?

In this world, there is no such thing as coincidence.

It can be absolutely anything you want, including fanfiction. Basically: if you consider what you're writing as a novel, then it's a novel.

Co-ML for Singapore

Hello! :D

juzblue here. Not exactly a newbie - I've done NaNo since 2004 when I was 14 (with the exception of 2007), but this will be my first year doing it in Singapore. :) I'm Malaysian, uni freshman this year. Nice to see a lot more students here - at least I know I'm not the only one balancing my finals and NaNo. (And no, we didn't need that reminder, did we?)

I have no plot, no story and no idea how uni finals are like. Oh well. Some people say 'Not knowing where you're going is half the fun'; I shall hang on to that. :)

Hello, I'm Koon Hui. I start calling myself Raph, short for Raphael because I think people suck at remembering chinese name, some months ago. Don't really have a pen name but I do go by "Yours Truly". Which means I. Because I am I. Got it? Never mind, not important.

Never really written a novel before. Prose's not really my genre though I do want to try out at writing. Do have some ideas here and there but I'm quite sure it would suck. I'm more of a poet than a novelist really.

I'm 20. Single(very much available in fact since I've never been taken before). Got into NaNoWriMo because Leshwt introduced it to me. First year doing it. Arguably excited. Affirmatively apprehensive. Just quantity and no quality so I'm going to just whack.

Serving NS. Ending on the 8th of November. Heading for NUS FASS next year. Probably majoring in lit.

And that's it.

Yours Truly, Goh Koon Hui
Raphael

Hello, My name is Jack , 18 this year :D
nice to meet you guys, was quite shocked to discover so many singaporeans are participating in the event! Q_Q This is my first year, got the ear of word from a oversea friend. Alway had dreams that was interesting and wanted to write them down or make them into a story, but never really had the motivation to do so. I'm hoping NaNoWriMo will help me =O

Hi I'm blacklilac,

Malaysian but studying in Singapore, fourteen in a week or so,prone to having to write my ideas on tissue paper and napkins because I forgot to bring my notebook, and always coming up with really weird ideas before I sleep.
Its my first NaNo, and I'm kinda terrified. I'm terrified of everything, so I don't think this counts.

I think that purple is a great colour, and it isn't a gay colour! That's horizontal rainbow stripes on a rectangular piece of cloth they call a flag. Too many explanations seem to have taken their toll. ish.

anyone love phineas and ferb? I think I have to log off now. I keep feeling compelled to edit, edit and edit!

okay I'm running out of things to say. greetings again and a happy new year! (coming or belated, take your pick)

bidding you goodbye,
.blacklilac.

woop made a mistake there and I can't figure out how to delete it so I shall fill it with crap. and flowers.

smell their sweet scent.

sorry for being a nuisance. apologies by the truckload, and really sorry. Is this spamming?

In a nanowrimo sense, no I don't think so... Come to the kick-off party! Hope you RSVP on the thread!

Co-ML for Singapore