Happy Birthday to Yi Qing and Vince NCH
Went to church as usual from 9 to 10.30 am. Then me and family went for lunch at Plaza Singapura. Soon after that, I went to Orchard Road for a while, and then took train to Ang Mo Kio. Camped myself with a few Jolliteers at the stage region located in front of AMK Hub. Artistes involved in the inclined arm flex hang segment were Zheng Geping, Hong Huifang, Gurmit Singh, Brandon Wong, Alan Tern, Dai Yang Tian, Joanne Peh, Jade Seah, Rebecca Lim, Darren Lim and Christopher Lee. The host for this interactive segment was Dasmond Koh. For the next 4 hours or so, the place was jam-packed with tons of people, turnout was no different from the Together roadshow at Jurong Point as well as the True Hearts charity show at Toa Payoh Hub in early June. Lots of photos taken during the 4 plus hrs. For the next 2.5 hrs, there wer about 100 people who did inclined arm flex hang... 5 dollars for every second, means that 1 minute of holding will lead to 300 dollars :-)
After the cast left at abt 10.45 pm (earlier than initial planned endtime), me and 4 more fans headed back to Radiogate by bus to await the arrival of a few artistes. I managed to take pic with Andie and Elvin, left Rg at abt 11.30 pm (had no desire to stay too long anyway), to catch last few buses back home. Reached home at abt 12.40 am. Was glad not to spot MKP amongst the Stefanie Sun fanclub, he must have left early top prepare for another day in school...
Click on the following links to view the photos (540 in all!!)...
SPD charity show Part 1
SPD charity show Part 2
SPD charity show Part 3
Monday, December 07, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Going for 2 events on the 1st Sat of Dec
Happy Birthday to Kang Jia Xi, Kang Cheng Xi and Serena
Oh my god!!! I had no idea that former wrestler Eddie Fatu aka Umaga passed away!!! :-O
I had gone for 2 events earlier today, the Together roadshow at Jurong Point and the Prince n Princess semis-finals at Eastpoint Mall. It's been quite a while since I last attended roadshow events on a Saturday morning...
The first event was something I planned to go in advance, when I reached there at 9 am, the queue was rather long. I did manage to go for quick brunch at Burger King downstairs, then rejoined the queue. By 12 noon, the entire region was packed with lots of people (much like the Little Nyonya roadshow at Compass Point last year). The event started a few minutes early, with Brandon Wong as the host. The artistes involved in the autographed session were Dai Yang Tian, Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Eelyn Kok, Zhang Zhenhuan, Constance Song, Hong Huifang and Zheng Geping. The fanclubs that came in full force were the Elvinology fans, the Jeanius fans and the DYT fans. It was very very difficult squeezing through so many people right after we got our calendars signed. Oh yes, I did notice tht stinkbomb Lei Jun among the queue of 400, he still looked as disgusting and fugly as always. I also saw someone I didn't like, wonder when she would ever lose that pink woolen cap...
The second one was something like a last minute decision, mostly cos it was raining very heavily and most of the celebs involved had to go back to studio for rehearsals for the SPD Charity Show. So after the last 400 calendars were given out, I took train with 2 more friends (they were headed for Bugis for some other event)... since the journey from Boon Lay to Simei was rather long, I decided to take a short nap. To be frank, I was actually a little bored watching the kids perform (that wasnt my main priority btw), the only performance that truly got me lightened was a Malay boy dancing to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". Also, I was clearly distracted by the sheer sweetness of the gals in white giving away the cheques. Genecia sang a decent endition of "You Raise Me Up", she looked too much like Madonna (early 90s era) with her hair tied back into a long ponytail (where's her pointed bra, haha!!). After taking pic with Gene, Ish went back home, and I went for dinner at KFC, then reached home at 8.30 pm.
Oh my god!!! I had no idea that former wrestler Eddie Fatu aka Umaga passed away!!! :-O
I had gone for 2 events earlier today, the Together roadshow at Jurong Point and the Prince n Princess semis-finals at Eastpoint Mall. It's been quite a while since I last attended roadshow events on a Saturday morning...
The first event was something I planned to go in advance, when I reached there at 9 am, the queue was rather long. I did manage to go for quick brunch at Burger King downstairs, then rejoined the queue. By 12 noon, the entire region was packed with lots of people (much like the Little Nyonya roadshow at Compass Point last year). The event started a few minutes early, with Brandon Wong as the host. The artistes involved in the autographed session were Dai Yang Tian, Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Eelyn Kok, Zhang Zhenhuan, Constance Song, Hong Huifang and Zheng Geping. The fanclubs that came in full force were the Elvinology fans, the Jeanius fans and the DYT fans. It was very very difficult squeezing through so many people right after we got our calendars signed. Oh yes, I did notice tht stinkbomb Lei Jun among the queue of 400, he still looked as disgusting and fugly as always. I also saw someone I didn't like, wonder when she would ever lose that pink woolen cap...
The second one was something like a last minute decision, mostly cos it was raining very heavily and most of the celebs involved had to go back to studio for rehearsals for the SPD Charity Show. So after the last 400 calendars were given out, I took train with 2 more friends (they were headed for Bugis for some other event)... since the journey from Boon Lay to Simei was rather long, I decided to take a short nap. To be frank, I was actually a little bored watching the kids perform (that wasnt my main priority btw), the only performance that truly got me lightened was a Malay boy dancing to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". Also, I was clearly distracted by the sheer sweetness of the gals in white giving away the cheques. Genecia sang a decent endition of "You Raise Me Up", she looked too much like Madonna (early 90s era) with her hair tied back into a long ponytail (where's her pointed bra, haha!!). After taking pic with Gene, Ish went back home, and I went for dinner at KFC, then reached home at 8.30 pm.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Cosy Affair with Jasmine, plus SI Top 4 results
Happy Birthday to Jasmine Tye, Lydia Lim, Samantha Whang, Bernard Awyong and Kevin Geow
Wednesday, 2nd December (yesterday)
Yet another busy day at work yesterday, it couldnt get any worse with me being asked to do multi-tasking. Right after I was done with aother gruelling task by 6 pm, I did a quick Pontius Pilate (i.e. washed my hands and dried them totally) and took a long bus ride to Marine Parade Community Center. Turns out that the few of us guys (myself, Ishardi, Edmund and Gerald) would be among the earliest to reach the place at 7.20 pm, besides Jasmine's family of course (Kendric would arrive a little later). Once there, the few of us occupied the second row and snapped away. It was certainly worth the 3 yrs' wait... Jasmine's concert was a fabulous showcase of her singing prowess. Also featured during the 1-hr performance were performances by her sister Joan, a singing quartet from NUS known as "Voices", Levin from SI 2 Top 28 batch and a few other guys. To mark the end of the show, Matthew led everyone into wishing Jasmine a Happy Birthday.
After that, I went on to take pic with Jasmine, Levin and another SI 2 semi-finalist, Terence Tay (best known for his role as Billy Bong's son in "Living With Lydia"). I also took pic with Jasmine's siter Joan (sweetie) and Grace (hottie). The 5 of us helped Jasmine's folks carry the fans, goody bags and other stuff into the car, then had a bite of the birthday cake. Ken and Gerald went their own way, whereas the 3 of us watched the results show through Edmund's phone (visual reception wasn't very good, but sound system worked perfectly). Sylvia and Tabitha were both announced safe!!! First time in SI history we have 2 girls and a guy, alright!!! :-D The unlucky fella being sent home turned out to be Charles, but he was totally cool with it, he even said he saw it coming (quite expected, in other words). He ended off the night with an awesome beatboxing session. Edmund and I chatted in the bus heading home, and after I dropped off at S11 region, I took pics of a few cats, then reached home at about 11 pm.
Thursday, 3rd December (today)
Another slack day since I need only work on odd days. Bad thing is, I was down with a slight bout of flu, I think someone might be cursing me in secret. I spent most of the afternoon surfing Net at home, then I went out to MediaCorp to collect tickets for the last Spectaculars which is to commence next Tuesday. Other than the fellow Idol fans I met amongst the superbly long queue, I bumped into a few faces I didn't like... namely that faggot in the midst of an identity crisis (he's a Malay guy, yet he imagines himself as a Chinese Diva... yes, I'm talking about Sherry Tan!!) as well as some mutant toad who tends to leave unnecessary, OTT poems in certain celebs' Walls (why not settle for something short and simple?). Anyway I can't wait to see Sylvia and Tabby again (more on the hot babe Sylvia actually)... I like them so much, I even created Divas in my WWE SvR 2010 game loosely based on them!! Can't wait to find out which babe will go on to the Finals on Dec 27th... and yeah, I had dinner at Amk Hub before heading back home :-)
Oh yes, there's one more thing I forgot to add... for the 8 days 1000th issue celebration party at Iluma on December 13th, a certain Princess is making her return after months of hiatus (from filming a variety show in Malaysia)... that's right, I'm talking about the Vitagen girl, none other than FELICIA CHIN!!! :-D
Wednesday, 2nd December (yesterday)
Yet another busy day at work yesterday, it couldnt get any worse with me being asked to do multi-tasking. Right after I was done with aother gruelling task by 6 pm, I did a quick Pontius Pilate (i.e. washed my hands and dried them totally) and took a long bus ride to Marine Parade Community Center. Turns out that the few of us guys (myself, Ishardi, Edmund and Gerald) would be among the earliest to reach the place at 7.20 pm, besides Jasmine's family of course (Kendric would arrive a little later). Once there, the few of us occupied the second row and snapped away. It was certainly worth the 3 yrs' wait... Jasmine's concert was a fabulous showcase of her singing prowess. Also featured during the 1-hr performance were performances by her sister Joan, a singing quartet from NUS known as "Voices", Levin from SI 2 Top 28 batch and a few other guys. To mark the end of the show, Matthew led everyone into wishing Jasmine a Happy Birthday.
After that, I went on to take pic with Jasmine, Levin and another SI 2 semi-finalist, Terence Tay (best known for his role as Billy Bong's son in "Living With Lydia"). I also took pic with Jasmine's siter Joan (sweetie) and Grace (hottie). The 5 of us helped Jasmine's folks carry the fans, goody bags and other stuff into the car, then had a bite of the birthday cake. Ken and Gerald went their own way, whereas the 3 of us watched the results show through Edmund's phone (visual reception wasn't very good, but sound system worked perfectly). Sylvia and Tabitha were both announced safe!!! First time in SI history we have 2 girls and a guy, alright!!! :-D The unlucky fella being sent home turned out to be Charles, but he was totally cool with it, he even said he saw it coming (quite expected, in other words). He ended off the night with an awesome beatboxing session. Edmund and I chatted in the bus heading home, and after I dropped off at S11 region, I took pics of a few cats, then reached home at about 11 pm.
Thursday, 3rd December (today)
Another slack day since I need only work on odd days. Bad thing is, I was down with a slight bout of flu, I think someone might be cursing me in secret. I spent most of the afternoon surfing Net at home, then I went out to MediaCorp to collect tickets for the last Spectaculars which is to commence next Tuesday. Other than the fellow Idol fans I met amongst the superbly long queue, I bumped into a few faces I didn't like... namely that faggot in the midst of an identity crisis (he's a Malay guy, yet he imagines himself as a Chinese Diva... yes, I'm talking about Sherry Tan!!) as well as some mutant toad who tends to leave unnecessary, OTT poems in certain celebs' Walls (why not settle for something short and simple?). Anyway I can't wait to see Sylvia and Tabby again (more on the hot babe Sylvia actually)... I like them so much, I even created Divas in my WWE SvR 2010 game loosely based on them!! Can't wait to find out which babe will go on to the Finals on Dec 27th... and yeah, I had dinner at Amk Hub before heading back home :-)
Oh yes, there's one more thing I forgot to add... for the 8 days 1000th issue celebration party at Iluma on December 13th, a certain Princess is making her return after months of hiatus (from filming a variety show in Malaysia)... that's right, I'm talking about the Vitagen girl, none other than FELICIA CHIN!!! :-D
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Storm Warriors' gala premiere at VivoCity
Happy Birthday to Jason Chan, Christian Cage, Carrie Yeo, Irvin Liang and Pamela Han
The long-awaited sequel to 1998's "Storm Riders" is finally here!! HK megastars Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng reprise their roles as Cloud and Wind in the sequel and they were greeted by hordes of screaming fans... also making their appearances at Vivo were the directors of the action-packed film, the Pang Brothers. All 4 of them reached Vivo at 8.30 pm, following an appearance at Plaza Singapura earlier on. Aaron and Ekin thrusted their swords into the stand to mark the official launch of the world premiere in Singapore. Then the 4 of them went straight inside, they spent less than 10 minutes on stage. Hosts for the event were DJs Cruz Teng and Siau Jiahui.
This was my second time seeing Aaron and Ekin in person. Last time I saw AK was at Iluma before my birthday... last time I saw EC was last yr March at VivoCity alongside Shawn Yue and "who-cares-about-Miss-Xie", at the gala preimiere of "Rule #1". After staying around VivoCity for a while (eventually seeing a queue of people handing over all electronic devices at some counter), I headed back home.
More photos can be seen here.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Singapore Idol Top 4 roadshow
Happy Birthday to Benedict Goh WH (my schoolmate) and Megan
This was what I did yesterday and tody...
Saturday, 28th November
Finally, I get to work in morning shift at last after nearly 2 months of working in afternoon shift. Unfortunately, I don't need to work on Saturdays from next week onwards... will try and see if I can request to work voluntarily. Anyway, after knocking off at 1 pm, I headed down to VivoCity to have lunch as well as to check if there's really any upcoming roadshow there (results are negative). Then I took train to Dhoby Ghaut and changed to Somerset... was one of 3 to 4 people to reach the place the earliest at 3 plus.
987 DJ Rosalyn Lee (man, she's tall!!) was the host for this event (first time we see a female host in SI roadshow history, I believe?). The Top 4 belted out a few songs, Charles topping it up with some beatboxing sessions. Sylvia looked like an angel in that white dress, got me totally mesmerized yet again (not that I can help it). 4 fans got on stage to play some onstage game, something like "Dont Forget The Lyrics". As the roadshow came to a close, it was extremely difficult for me and a few friends to take pic with any one of the 4, with so many fans crammed up around them. Actually, I could have gotten my chance to take pic with the hottie Sylvia, but it was not meant to be... Ish and myself had dinner at Burger King with Syazali aka the Jeff Hardy lookalike and his friend. I went around Orchard for a while and headed back home. Computer time from 8 to 11.30 pm.
For the full pictures, click here... SI Top 4 finalists at Orchard Cineleisure
Sunday, 29th November (aka today)
Church service started off with a major surprise... Rev Peter Koh and Rev Tay KL are going to be transferred to another church come January next year, with 3 new reverends taking over them!! Anyway after service, Mum and I went to Compass Point to have lunch as well as try to trade in for new phone model, but to no avail due to overwhelming queue at Singtel Center. Nevertheless, I took a bus to Paya Lebar region and took train to Expo... it was at Expo that I went for the Sitex fair, spent slightly more than 30 minutes there. After getting out of Hall 5, I went on to the John Little Christmas Expo Sale at Hall 3... whoa, lots of toys (particularly Power Rangers) being sold at very low prices!! Unfortunately, don't have the ones I want (damn!!). At abt 3.40 pm, I decided that I had enough, and so i took bus back home. Spent the rest of the night slacking on computer as well as playing on PSP...
This was what I did yesterday and tody...
Saturday, 28th November
Finally, I get to work in morning shift at last after nearly 2 months of working in afternoon shift. Unfortunately, I don't need to work on Saturdays from next week onwards... will try and see if I can request to work voluntarily. Anyway, after knocking off at 1 pm, I headed down to VivoCity to have lunch as well as to check if there's really any upcoming roadshow there (results are negative). Then I took train to Dhoby Ghaut and changed to Somerset... was one of 3 to 4 people to reach the place the earliest at 3 plus.
987 DJ Rosalyn Lee (man, she's tall!!) was the host for this event (first time we see a female host in SI roadshow history, I believe?). The Top 4 belted out a few songs, Charles topping it up with some beatboxing sessions. Sylvia looked like an angel in that white dress, got me totally mesmerized yet again (not that I can help it). 4 fans got on stage to play some onstage game, something like "Dont Forget The Lyrics". As the roadshow came to a close, it was extremely difficult for me and a few friends to take pic with any one of the 4, with so many fans crammed up around them. Actually, I could have gotten my chance to take pic with the hottie Sylvia, but it was not meant to be... Ish and myself had dinner at Burger King with Syazali aka the Jeff Hardy lookalike and his friend. I went around Orchard for a while and headed back home. Computer time from 8 to 11.30 pm.
For the full pictures, click here... SI Top 4 finalists at Orchard Cineleisure
Sunday, 29th November (aka today)
Church service started off with a major surprise... Rev Peter Koh and Rev Tay KL are going to be transferred to another church come January next year, with 3 new reverends taking over them!! Anyway after service, Mum and I went to Compass Point to have lunch as well as try to trade in for new phone model, but to no avail due to overwhelming queue at Singtel Center. Nevertheless, I took a bus to Paya Lebar region and took train to Expo... it was at Expo that I went for the Sitex fair, spent slightly more than 30 minutes there. After getting out of Hall 5, I went on to the John Little Christmas Expo Sale at Hall 3... whoa, lots of toys (particularly Power Rangers) being sold at very low prices!! Unfortunately, don't have the ones I want (damn!!). At abt 3.40 pm, I decided that I had enough, and so i took bus back home. Spent the rest of the night slacking on computer as well as playing on PSP...
Friday, November 27, 2009
Totally slack day on HRH
Happy Birthday to Benedict Goh, Terrence Quah, Meixin Chen, Meryl Joan Lee and Cindy Yap
Ok to make things easier, here is an account on what I did during the past few days...
Wednesday, 25th November
Went to work as usual, and right after knocking off at 6 pm, I took the longer route to MediaCorp... take bus to Orchard, then train to Ang Mo Kio, and another bus to MDC. Lucky I never took cab, cos I was running very low on cash. Once I reached Mdc at 7.20 pm, I went into the theater with friends (about 10 of us) and we were saeted at Sector C (quite similar to the sector as used during Top 6 Spectaculars). We watched the Top 4 Idols sing 2 songs each... a cover song as well as an original song written by the Idols themselves.
During the 1-hr break, there was a special performance by 2 local guys (man, I don't even know their names) at the stage area. Gurmit chatted with Dick (looking really gay in pink jacket, white shirt and white pants) on his thoughts on the performances during the Channel 5 News live coverage. Oh, and I happened to see SI 2 alum Gayle Nerva among the crowd, but I gave her the cold shoulder (like totally), I wouldn't even bother to ask her about her current squeeze Mr Foster. I did however take pic with Nurul Huda and Malaque, as well as with Farhan Shah and 3 other fans. It was at around this time that a few of us decided to station ourselves at the Mosh Pit region for the Results Show.
The results show was clustered with performances by Jack n Rai, Nathan Horanto and Jasmine Tye (yes, my 2rd time seeing her in person this month!!). And yes, my prediction really came true... it was an all-safe round, i.e. Charles and Tabby are both safe, and the entire show is totally identical to "Idol Gives Back". Already I could sense some bookies and fans alike feeling damn pissed. I left the place for home right after the show ended, but not before playing with a spotted brown cat at the Mdc taxi foyer. As well as 3 more cats near my house region.
Click the following link to view the photos... SI Top 4 Spectaulars: Song For A Cause
Thursday, 26th November
Worked like mad from 10 am to 7 pm, with too many tasks to do at one shot... only this time round, some of us stayed behind a little longer in order to paste the necessary banners to prepare for the upcoming year-end sales period. Already the overflooding reservation shelves are enough to drive some of us bonkers, and if that wasn't enough, I was given a bout of 'bad news' upon receiving my pay check for the month (not to worry, I'm still employed, but the scenario will be a little different, more on that in a later post). I left the place at 7.20 pm, and reached Zouk within less than 10 minutes by foot (my 2nd time going there btw). Ishardi and myself saw Nur Amira, and we took pic with her. We were allowed entry into the place at around 7.45 pm... did a bit of recce around the ground level... it wasn't til about 8.45 pm then did the event start proper. About 48 men and women came out to grace the stage, in about 3 different sectors. Event hosted by freelance actress Jacqueline Chow and actor Bobby Tonelli (I had no idea he was involved!!).
The intermission that came at abt 9.30 pm was rather dull, in spite of 2 deejays making an impression with their disc-swapping talents. The male winner was some Eurasian guy named Adrian (he won a subsidiary award for forgot-which-category), whereas the female winner was a sweet-faced babe named Annabel, she won 4 subsidiary awards as well. Right after the show, the foreign workers came in to dissamble the stage boards to revert it back to the ordinary look. Me and Ish managed to take pic with Khym as well as with Bobby, who was his way out of Zouk (he said he had to have an early rest cos he had to catch a morning flight to Hong Kong). I reached home at 11.30 pm, with great satisfaction on my face.
Click on the following links to see the photos taken at Zouk...
Part 1 Part 2
Friday, 27th November (Hari Raya Haji)
Aka today... but thing is, I don't need to work at all, whoppee!! Hence I stayed at home mostly to upload lots of pictures as well as update this blog while I can, in a bid to overcome writer's block. Of course I did go out for a while, to buy lunch for Mum and myself as well as deposit the cheque (me won't tell any of you the amount, so keep guessing... I'm not a money-minded desperado like Sean Koh), as well as to have dinner at the food center behind our house. Oh yes, I did manage to buy the newly-released Terminator Salvation DVD... not sure whether to buy the G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra DVD next week.
Ok to make things easier, here is an account on what I did during the past few days...
Wednesday, 25th November
Went to work as usual, and right after knocking off at 6 pm, I took the longer route to MediaCorp... take bus to Orchard, then train to Ang Mo Kio, and another bus to MDC. Lucky I never took cab, cos I was running very low on cash. Once I reached Mdc at 7.20 pm, I went into the theater with friends (about 10 of us) and we were saeted at Sector C (quite similar to the sector as used during Top 6 Spectaculars). We watched the Top 4 Idols sing 2 songs each... a cover song as well as an original song written by the Idols themselves.
During the 1-hr break, there was a special performance by 2 local guys (man, I don't even know their names) at the stage area. Gurmit chatted with Dick (looking really gay in pink jacket, white shirt and white pants) on his thoughts on the performances during the Channel 5 News live coverage. Oh, and I happened to see SI 2 alum Gayle Nerva among the crowd, but I gave her the cold shoulder (like totally), I wouldn't even bother to ask her about her current squeeze Mr Foster. I did however take pic with Nurul Huda and Malaque, as well as with Farhan Shah and 3 other fans. It was at around this time that a few of us decided to station ourselves at the Mosh Pit region for the Results Show.
The results show was clustered with performances by Jack n Rai, Nathan Horanto and Jasmine Tye (yes, my 2rd time seeing her in person this month!!). And yes, my prediction really came true... it was an all-safe round, i.e. Charles and Tabby are both safe, and the entire show is totally identical to "Idol Gives Back". Already I could sense some bookies and fans alike feeling damn pissed. I left the place for home right after the show ended, but not before playing with a spotted brown cat at the Mdc taxi foyer. As well as 3 more cats near my house region.
Click the following link to view the photos... SI Top 4 Spectaulars: Song For A Cause
Thursday, 26th November
Worked like mad from 10 am to 7 pm, with too many tasks to do at one shot... only this time round, some of us stayed behind a little longer in order to paste the necessary banners to prepare for the upcoming year-end sales period. Already the overflooding reservation shelves are enough to drive some of us bonkers, and if that wasn't enough, I was given a bout of 'bad news' upon receiving my pay check for the month (not to worry, I'm still employed, but the scenario will be a little different, more on that in a later post). I left the place at 7.20 pm, and reached Zouk within less than 10 minutes by foot (my 2nd time going there btw). Ishardi and myself saw Nur Amira, and we took pic with her. We were allowed entry into the place at around 7.45 pm... did a bit of recce around the ground level... it wasn't til about 8.45 pm then did the event start proper. About 48 men and women came out to grace the stage, in about 3 different sectors. Event hosted by freelance actress Jacqueline Chow and actor Bobby Tonelli (I had no idea he was involved!!).
The intermission that came at abt 9.30 pm was rather dull, in spite of 2 deejays making an impression with their disc-swapping talents. The male winner was some Eurasian guy named Adrian (he won a subsidiary award for forgot-which-category), whereas the female winner was a sweet-faced babe named Annabel, she won 4 subsidiary awards as well. Right after the show, the foreign workers came in to dissamble the stage boards to revert it back to the ordinary look. Me and Ish managed to take pic with Khym as well as with Bobby, who was his way out of Zouk (he said he had to have an early rest cos he had to catch a morning flight to Hong Kong). I reached home at 11.30 pm, with great satisfaction on my face.
Click on the following links to see the photos taken at Zouk...
Part 1 Part 2
Friday, 27th November (Hari Raya Haji)
Aka today... but thing is, I don't need to work at all, whoppee!! Hence I stayed at home mostly to upload lots of pictures as well as update this blog while I can, in a bid to overcome writer's block. Of course I did go out for a while, to buy lunch for Mum and myself as well as deposit the cheque (me won't tell any of you the amount, so keep guessing... I'm not a money-minded desperado like Sean Koh), as well as to have dinner at the food center behind our house. Oh yes, I did manage to buy the newly-released Terminator Salvation DVD... not sure whether to buy the G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra DVD next week.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Randomness on upcoming attractions...
Happy Birthday to Beth Phoenix, Nat Peter and Qing Hui
I can't believe it, the Monopoly promotion for McDonald's had come to an abrupt end without warning... I felt so screwed cos I was looking forward to collecting all the tabs for the Toys R Us coupons worth 200 dollars. In place of the discontinued Monopoly promo, is the return of the Chicken Teppanyaki Burger and Seaweed Shaker Fries in lieu with the release of the upcoming 3D sci-fi film "Avatar".
Ok, enough whining... the WIN (Worship & Intercession) session for this week was cancelled beforehand due to some pastors' meeting for TRAC, which is why you see me blogging at this period of time (I am assigned to do projection duty for WIN every 4th Tuesday, you see). Problem is, I gotta do TWO WIN duties for the last 2 weeks of December. Suddenly I feel like finding an excuse to get away from one of the dates... but I have to worry more about the upcoming Christmas sales at my workplace which is to commence sometime next month (still unconfirmed as of now).
Tomorrow after work, I will be going to good ol MediaCorp to watch the Singapore Idol Top 4 Spectaculars (World Aids Day Special)... I have this feeling that this Wednesday's episode is gonna be something like "Idol gives Back", meaning that the money made from the numerous calls are going to charity proceeds, and the vote tallies for all the 4 finalists snowballed and to be totalled up for next week's votes. Of course I could be wrong, but this is only pure speculation on my part. What I know is, I won't be going for next week's Spectaculars due to a certain concert I plan to attend... it involves the guest performer for tomorrow's results show (I actually saw her last Saturday lor!!).
Upcoming events include 50 Gorgeous People Finals at Zouk on Thursday night (me and Ish going there to root for Khym Ong from Miss Earth S'pore and Miss Singapore World), Sitex Fair at Expo from Thursday to Sunday (I predict a very huge turnout for Friday aka Hari Raya Haji, yikes!!), Singapore Idol roadshow at VivoCity and Orchard Cineleisure (I think I'm going for the one at Cine), and who knows what else. But the events I'm really looking forward to are the Storm Warriors gala premiere at VivoCity next Monday night, and the 8 days 1000th issue celebration roadshow at Iluma from 12th to 13th December.
I can't believe it, the Monopoly promotion for McDonald's had come to an abrupt end without warning... I felt so screwed cos I was looking forward to collecting all the tabs for the Toys R Us coupons worth 200 dollars. In place of the discontinued Monopoly promo, is the return of the Chicken Teppanyaki Burger and Seaweed Shaker Fries in lieu with the release of the upcoming 3D sci-fi film "Avatar".
Ok, enough whining... the WIN (Worship & Intercession) session for this week was cancelled beforehand due to some pastors' meeting for TRAC, which is why you see me blogging at this period of time (I am assigned to do projection duty for WIN every 4th Tuesday, you see). Problem is, I gotta do TWO WIN duties for the last 2 weeks of December. Suddenly I feel like finding an excuse to get away from one of the dates... but I have to worry more about the upcoming Christmas sales at my workplace which is to commence sometime next month (still unconfirmed as of now).
Tomorrow after work, I will be going to good ol MediaCorp to watch the Singapore Idol Top 4 Spectaculars (World Aids Day Special)... I have this feeling that this Wednesday's episode is gonna be something like "Idol gives Back", meaning that the money made from the numerous calls are going to charity proceeds, and the vote tallies for all the 4 finalists snowballed and to be totalled up for next week's votes. Of course I could be wrong, but this is only pure speculation on my part. What I know is, I won't be going for next week's Spectaculars due to a certain concert I plan to attend... it involves the guest performer for tomorrow's results show (I actually saw her last Saturday lor!!).
Upcoming events include 50 Gorgeous People Finals at Zouk on Thursday night (me and Ish going there to root for Khym Ong from Miss Earth S'pore and Miss Singapore World), Sitex Fair at Expo from Thursday to Sunday (I predict a very huge turnout for Friday aka Hari Raya Haji, yikes!!), Singapore Idol roadshow at VivoCity and Orchard Cineleisure (I think I'm going for the one at Cine), and who knows what else. But the events I'm really looking forward to are the Storm Warriors gala premiere at VivoCity next Monday night, and the 8 days 1000th issue celebration roadshow at Iluma from 12th to 13th December.
Monday, November 23, 2009
The weekend in brief
Friday, 20th November
As stated earlier, I knocked off from work at 1 pm due to the half-day off which I used due to public holiday incentive. I went to Orchard Road to have lunch, and then I went to Orchard Central to buy the all-new Smackdown vs Raw 2010 PSP game. In spite of the heavy rain, I managed to reach home safely without getting wet, and then surfed Internet for about 2 hours. Left house at 5.30 pm, reached Expo at 6.15 pm and had quick dinner. Went to Expo Hall 4 to reconnect with some old friends (namely fellow MediaCorp fanatics) see 4 types of dances, and a hosting segment by MediaCorp artistes Rayson Tan and Koh Yah Hwee. Wah sei, Ya Hui's heirdo super short like mushroom eh. A few fans managed to take pic with the 2007 Star Search starlet before she and Rayson got escorted off to car park region rather quickly. Right after they left at around 8.50 pm, I took train and bus back home in time to watch another episode of WWE Smackdown.
Click here to see the photos... Asian Pacific Food Expo 2009
Saturday, 21st November
Internet time in morning. Work in afternoon. Then after me and 3 more guys rolled down the shutter, we went separate ways... myself heading to good ol' Orchard to watch some performances at YouthBox Star semi-finals at Level 1. To my surprise, there were a few old friends there, whom I hadn't seen for about 2 years. Main purpose of going there was obviously to root for Jasmine Tye who was one of the semi-finalists (turns out that SI 3 semi-finalist Benjamin Chow was also involded). Joselin Ng was the guest performer, and man did she look really HAWT!! Us SI fans took pic with Jasmine and left the place at 8 pm. By the time I got back home, i got an sms stating that Jasmine has proceeded to the finals. Whee, congrats!! :-)
Link to photo album... Youthbox Star Finals at Far East Plaza
Sunday, 22nd November
Start of the Sagittarius Star
This truly is a crazy day. After doing contrast-and-brightness control for morning service, I went down to Suntec City to have quick lunc, then loiter around a bit. The moment I got to LEvel 3 of Suntec Convention, I was trapped in a huge crowd full of shutterbugs taking pictures of various Cosplay characters (there was an Anime Festival going on at Level 4).
After staying there for about an hour, I went up to Hall 601 to escape the madness as well as await the arrival of 2 MediaCorp artistes who are set to promote their upcoming drama "Together"... Dai Yang Tian and Eelyn Kok!! I seriously didn't expect to see Eelyn again after so long (abt 6 months, to be exact)... yep there was a photo taking sesssion for the fans, you bet I was delighted to take pic with Eelyn again (as well as DYT). Me and the DYT fans (the ever-lovable Hui Si meimei included) went to see the starlets off in the lift lobby. Stayed around the place a little longer to snap more pics of Cosplay characters (most particularly the hot babes!!), before heading down to Bugis region to have dinner, and take long bus ride back home... reached home at 7.40 pm.
Links to photo albums...
SingTel Christmas Fair at Suntec Hall 601
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Part 1
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Part 2
As stated earlier, I knocked off from work at 1 pm due to the half-day off which I used due to public holiday incentive. I went to Orchard Road to have lunch, and then I went to Orchard Central to buy the all-new Smackdown vs Raw 2010 PSP game. In spite of the heavy rain, I managed to reach home safely without getting wet, and then surfed Internet for about 2 hours. Left house at 5.30 pm, reached Expo at 6.15 pm and had quick dinner. Went to Expo Hall 4 to reconnect with some old friends (namely fellow MediaCorp fanatics) see 4 types of dances, and a hosting segment by MediaCorp artistes Rayson Tan and Koh Yah Hwee. Wah sei, Ya Hui's heirdo super short like mushroom eh. A few fans managed to take pic with the 2007 Star Search starlet before she and Rayson got escorted off to car park region rather quickly. Right after they left at around 8.50 pm, I took train and bus back home in time to watch another episode of WWE Smackdown.
Click here to see the photos... Asian Pacific Food Expo 2009
Saturday, 21st November
Internet time in morning. Work in afternoon. Then after me and 3 more guys rolled down the shutter, we went separate ways... myself heading to good ol' Orchard to watch some performances at YouthBox Star semi-finals at Level 1. To my surprise, there were a few old friends there, whom I hadn't seen for about 2 years. Main purpose of going there was obviously to root for Jasmine Tye who was one of the semi-finalists (turns out that SI 3 semi-finalist Benjamin Chow was also involded). Joselin Ng was the guest performer, and man did she look really HAWT!! Us SI fans took pic with Jasmine and left the place at 8 pm. By the time I got back home, i got an sms stating that Jasmine has proceeded to the finals. Whee, congrats!! :-)
Link to photo album... Youthbox Star Finals at Far East Plaza
Sunday, 22nd November
Start of the Sagittarius Star
This truly is a crazy day. After doing contrast-and-brightness control for morning service, I went down to Suntec City to have quick lunc, then loiter around a bit. The moment I got to LEvel 3 of Suntec Convention, I was trapped in a huge crowd full of shutterbugs taking pictures of various Cosplay characters (there was an Anime Festival going on at Level 4).
After staying there for about an hour, I went up to Hall 601 to escape the madness as well as await the arrival of 2 MediaCorp artistes who are set to promote their upcoming drama "Together"... Dai Yang Tian and Eelyn Kok!! I seriously didn't expect to see Eelyn again after so long (abt 6 months, to be exact)... yep there was a photo taking sesssion for the fans, you bet I was delighted to take pic with Eelyn again (as well as DYT). Me and the DYT fans (the ever-lovable Hui Si meimei included) went to see the starlets off in the lift lobby. Stayed around the place a little longer to snap more pics of Cosplay characters (most particularly the hot babes!!), before heading down to Bugis region to have dinner, and take long bus ride back home... reached home at 7.40 pm.
Links to photo albums...
SingTel Christmas Fair at Suntec Hall 601
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Part 1
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Part 2
Friday, November 20, 2009
6 months on and counting...
Today is officially my 6th month in my current workplace, I somehow managed to strike a balance between work and leisure time. And in case you're wondering how come this entry could pop up in the middle of Friday afternoon when I should be working, that's because I made use of half-day off from public holiday! :-)
It's really a blessing to grow deeper with God and learn more about myself every day as I attended to customers from all walks of life. Resiliency and confidence are some of the main factors that got me going. I never thought that time could pass so quickly from the time I went for the interview on that Friday afternoon. Had it not been for the Hope programme I had attended in early May, I would probably be wasting my time away, either using Internet for too many hours or going for countless interviews with very little luck. Unfortunately, it is mostly due to my work commitments that I am somewhat suffering from a moderate case of writer's block. Which is why I don't update my blog as much as I used to nowadays.
Ok, enough for now, I gotta log off, will be going to Expo later to see a certain Miss Koh Yah Hwee... watch this spce ;-)
It's really a blessing to grow deeper with God and learn more about myself every day as I attended to customers from all walks of life. Resiliency and confidence are some of the main factors that got me going. I never thought that time could pass so quickly from the time I went for the interview on that Friday afternoon. Had it not been for the Hope programme I had attended in early May, I would probably be wasting my time away, either using Internet for too many hours or going for countless interviews with very little luck. Unfortunately, it is mostly due to my work commitments that I am somewhat suffering from a moderate case of writer's block. Which is why I don't update my blog as much as I used to nowadays.
Ok, enough for now, I gotta log off, will be going to Expo later to see a certain Miss Koh Yah Hwee... watch this spce ;-)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Surprises and shocks during SI 3 Top 5
Happy Birthday to Andrew and Grace
Sigh, I can't believe it. Faizal Isa, the same guy whom I befriended 3 years back during Singapore Idol season 2 roadshows 3 years ago and had gone all the way to the Spectaculars, had been eliminated last night.
Just when we thought that Faizal, perhaps the only one who has never been in bottom position due to the huge amount of support from family and friends, would be anounced safe, it turned out hat it was he who got the lowest number of votes, lower than Tabby and Charles who were already in the Unsafe Zone. Like Duane before him, it was his first and only time in the bottom half, and his elimination was just as jaw-dropping as Mae's elimination.
After my shift ended at 6 pm, I took cab to good ol MediaCorp theater to watch Singapore Idol Top 5 with about 6 friends. The special segment that took place from 9.30 to 9.45 pm involved ousted Idols Malaque, Farhan and Duane doing a Sing-Off and Dance-Off. For the live feed, it was Gurmit asking Florence on her opinions about the Top 5's performances and whether the song choices from their friends/fans did them justice.
During the Results show, Gurmit had a 'face-off' with Phua Chu Kang who was working backstage (footage actually pre-recorded). When it came to the results, Sezairi and Sylvia advanced to the Top 4, while Tabitha and Charles were sent to the Bottom Half corner. And yet another surprise came forth... Faizal Isa, the only contestant whose fate had not been determined, was indeed the one whose Idol journey came to an end. And with the Judges' decision not to use the stupid Judges' Save on Faizal, the veto cluase is no longer effective. It was truly a shocking and surreal moment for everyone in the theater... oh, and the Pink Team led by Sherry that Chao Ah Quah were crying nonstop!!
After the show, we headed to the reception. I managed to take picture with Faizal's pretty sister Nurulain as well as with the gorgeous Sylvia (yeah baby!!). All the Top 5 Idols came out rather early this time round, including Malaque, Duane and Farhan. No prizes for guessing which Idol finalist drew the biggest crowd... :-)
For more photos, go here.
Sigh, I can't believe it. Faizal Isa, the same guy whom I befriended 3 years back during Singapore Idol season 2 roadshows 3 years ago and had gone all the way to the Spectaculars, had been eliminated last night.
Just when we thought that Faizal, perhaps the only one who has never been in bottom position due to the huge amount of support from family and friends, would be anounced safe, it turned out hat it was he who got the lowest number of votes, lower than Tabby and Charles who were already in the Unsafe Zone. Like Duane before him, it was his first and only time in the bottom half, and his elimination was just as jaw-dropping as Mae's elimination.
After my shift ended at 6 pm, I took cab to good ol MediaCorp theater to watch Singapore Idol Top 5 with about 6 friends. The special segment that took place from 9.30 to 9.45 pm involved ousted Idols Malaque, Farhan and Duane doing a Sing-Off and Dance-Off. For the live feed, it was Gurmit asking Florence on her opinions about the Top 5's performances and whether the song choices from their friends/fans did them justice.
During the Results show, Gurmit had a 'face-off' with Phua Chu Kang who was working backstage (footage actually pre-recorded). When it came to the results, Sezairi and Sylvia advanced to the Top 4, while Tabitha and Charles were sent to the Bottom Half corner. And yet another surprise came forth... Faizal Isa, the only contestant whose fate had not been determined, was indeed the one whose Idol journey came to an end. And with the Judges' decision not to use the stupid Judges' Save on Faizal, the veto cluase is no longer effective. It was truly a shocking and surreal moment for everyone in the theater... oh, and the Pink Team led by Sherry that Chao Ah Quah were crying nonstop!!
After the show, we headed to the reception. I managed to take picture with Faizal's pretty sister Nurulain as well as with the gorgeous Sylvia (yeah baby!!). All the Top 5 Idols came out rather early this time round, including Malaque, Duane and Farhan. No prizes for guessing which Idol finalist drew the biggest crowd... :-)
For more photos, go here.
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