Part of Singapore’s commitment in its bid to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games is to connect youths globally through the digital media.

WhyOhGee is part of this commitment and aims to get youth around the world excited about Singapore 2010 and engaged through content developed by other young people.

WhyOhGee will house the most up-to-date information, facts and trivia on the 26 Summer Youth Olympic sports as well as stories of sports personalities.  The website also aims to make concepts like “Olympism” and the Olympic values relevant to young people.

WhyOhGee will bring young people together to Create Action Now! for Singapore 2010, featuring news on the Singapore 2010 CAN! Festivals and other school and youth-initiated events in celebration of Singapore 2010.

The Name

The name was the result of a massive brainstorming session at the headquarters of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee in November 2008.

60 young sardines people packed themselves into a meeting room and they came up with a list of thoughtful, funny, intriguing and scary names for us, like ‘Yogogo’, ‘Youthanasia’, ‘Yogee’...

We couldn’t really decide after that, so we rounded up another 20 volunteers for a second round of brainstorming and WhyOhGee was born! (In case you missed the pun, it sounds like Y...O...G... ! Get it? Get it??) And we love it because we can now say “Y.O.G.” with so much more emotion.

How to say WhyOhGee

Why? Don’t be shy. Always be curious about everything around you. Ask! Why did the chicken cross the road? Why didn’t the road cross the chicken?

Oh! An exclamation of surprise and discovery. WhyOhGee is all about learning new things and discovering the hidden surprises tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the (online and offline) universe.

Gee. An expression of wonder. “Gee, I didn’t know that.” Or “Gee, I wanna be a sportsman too.” It also happens to rhyme with See, Bee, Tree and Me.

5 reasons to set WhyOhGee as your homepage

1. WhyOhGee wants young people everywhere to get pumped up about Singapore 2010. Like now.

2. WhyOhGee thinks text is boring. So we keep you up-to-date with useful info presented in videos and pictures too.

3. WhyOhGee is on YouTube, Flickr, Wordpress and more. We’re using what you’re using. We’re cool like that.  

4. WhyOhGee keeps you up to date with the CAN! Festivals happenings that kick off in April 2009.

5. WhyOhGee is all about action. Join in fun, online activities that we’ve lined up for you all the way to Games' time. Watch this space!