Local video blogger Chayapa Boonmana a.k.a. Bubble is one of the winners of Samsung’s Global Blogger competition who will be representing Thailand at the London 2012 Olympics as a global video blogger. She is flying to London for the first time in her life and will be spending ten days there to capture the action of the 2012 Olympics. During the campaign you can follow Bubble and other bloggers at www.samsungglobalblogger.com or her personal twitter: @BubblyBubble. The video that set her apart from the other competitors was about the Asian Dream Cup 2012 press conference which can be viewed here. It showed her passion for capturing and sharing news through videos, great interview skills, and creative video editing.
Why is your nickname Bubble?
Everyone around me says that I’m bubbly like my name.
What do you normally do?
I work as an online media planner and I’m a co-founder of BrandBaker and digital agency. I’m a social media queen and my work is in the digital field so I use and always have to try new things. Social network is now part of my life, I can’t live without it. My business partners and I also met on twitter we became friends for a year until decide to open a company together. I’m active on twitter have 4,200 followers mostly I tweet about events that I got invite to, life, relationship, nail art and salsa dancing. For Facebook I have over 4,000 fans on my page about nail art Nailing You Nail Art. My personal Facebook account I have 1,700 friends and mostly they are people who work in the digital industry. My expertise is planning bloggers and online influencers. So the digital world is my life, I tweet, I share almost everything. All my best friends work in the digital industry.
How did you hear about the Samsung Global Blogger competition?
I saw the advertisement on TrueVisions and saw couple of bloggers tweet and blog about this campaign.
Why were you chosen as one of the winners?
I’m not sure, but from what I heard the Samsung team said that all 4 winners have a strong passion for video blogging. The rules stated that the judges were looking for creativity and knowledge on video editing and presentation.
Have you been to the Olympics before? Are you a fan?
I’ve never been to the Olympics before and I’m not really a fan, but I do watch it on TV every 4 years.
Have you been to London before? Where have you traveled around the world?
I’ve never been to London but I have been to France, The United States, Australia, and most of the countries in Southeast Asia.
What do you look forward to the most about this trip to the Olympics in London?
I would like to see the excitement, people and culture. I’ll be at the opening ceremony so it’s going to be big!! I want to capture the PEOPLE, lots of people screaming, cheering. I want to capture the moment.
What do you have to do as a winner of the competition?
For our 10 days in London everyday they will give us assignments. We need to be with bloggers from other countries and produce a video blog together every day. We also need to write a blog with photos everyday as well. The assignments will cover a variety of subjects from museums, markets, fashion, and transportation. I’m looking forward to it!
