My blog, which was taken down a year ago, is a .com. I have a i.ng sitting around (African TLD) that I may use for a blog of some sort as it is cod.i.ng. I wanted codi.ng but it was taken.
who were you looking at as a registrar? I used Web4Africa and it wasn't bad for .i.ng but I wasn't able to find any .ng that I wanted so I guess I didn't get a good idea of the price.