Lookback in the year 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Ling Lee, Brian, Farhan Firdaus and Vanessa

How time passes quickly. The year 2007 is coming to an end, and what a helluva year it has been... making new friends, going thru new challenges, These are some of the most amazing (and not-so-pleasing) experiences I haf been thru...

10) The balance between school and work
The last school timetable was horrible... lessons finishing at 6 pm from Monday to Thursday. And it doesnt help that the school attendance is going from bad to worse (wif more than half the class getting less than 85% attendance). And we changed class advisor thrice!! I just need to hang on for a few more months before I get the F off for good. Nuff said abt school.
As for work, things has been going quite bad between May to October (and Im not just talking abt the countless days of ever-increasing crowds, which happens practically everyday since the workplace is at Orchard). Shortage of manpower means I need to work more often, even at the cost of my sanity. Thankfully, Roy came back as the new scheduler, and his tactics were many times better than those of Edwin (who never plans ahead!! I lost a lot of trust in him as a result). Even more surprising was the discovery that one of the MCS moderators joined the company!! :-O I initially wanted to resign, but decided to hang on for a little longer. Towards the end of the year, more youngsters came in and I opted to work lesser due to school assignments. So things at work are more balanced for now. Even my colleagues tend to treat me better than most of my classmates.

9) Movies
Unfortunately for me, I had not been watching much movies like in 2006. Im not much of a movie buff anyway. However I did watch long-awaited films like Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four ROTSS and Transformers. I also got watch others like Borat (NIIIIIICE!!!), Balls of Fury, Beowulf and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

8) Live The Dream
Between August to October, I got to know a few amazing people like Shauna Simon, Fendi, By Definition and of course, the beautiful (and very tall) Andrea Fonseka. I know I joined the LTD foray rather late, but never too late for anything. But seriously, the show had gotten so much negativity cos way 3 talented solo singers (Olynn, Robert and Shauna) had been robbed of their chances in the finals, no thanks to the tone-deaf and tasteless supporters of a certain VICTOR VON DOOM V2. The show may haf ended on a very good and deserving note wif Fendi and By Def winning, but seriously, NO SEASON 2 PLEASE!!!

7) The Dance Floor
Although I dont really support any group fervently, I had taken a liking to Melvin and Sharon as well as Platinum. I dont really follow groups like JDI or Fantastic Four or Styles From Beyond. I was completely cool wif Vas and Pris winning. Another reason why I follow the show is to see the hot Jade Seah. Couldnt quite comprehend Glenn or FD though. George Chan is so shuai, and Bill Calhoun very funny. I dont quite like Wong Lilin wif her very straightforward mindset. And i think Gladys Tay is chioh :-p

6) Keeping up with the Idol craze
Singapore Idol may have been over, but I am one of the few fans who is still very much into the craze (to a certain extent). In fact, I go for events involving Jonathan Leong. I also got to bump into Paul Twohill and Joakim Gomez at the most unexpected yet thrilling times. Oh, and I also got to see Taufik and Olinda quite often. The only gals I had seen at least once were Daphne (contestant for Dance Floor), Jasmine and Emilee. Hady Mirza is still the only SI 2006 finalist I hadn't taken pic wif, but that doesnt matter. What matters most is that he is the new Asian Idol!!

5) Live shows and TV dramas
This year, I went for quite a number of live shows in the good ol' Mediacorp theater... SPD Charity show, President's Star Charity show, Cancer Charity show and of course, Star Awards! As for dramas, there were shows like "Honor and Passion", "Metamorphosis"

4) Chasing Celebs
I got to attend quite a lot of roadshows and know more celebs, such as Elvin, Nat Ho, Dawn, Fiona, and even this year's MSU winner Jessica Tan. In fact, I realized that I had taken pic wif 6 former MSU contestants within a span of 2 years (no kidding!). And the biggest accomplishment of all was to be an extra for the last episode of "Honor and Passion", which feature both my top fave actresses (see no 3)!! Something like a dream come true, u may say... :-p

3) The princesses in my heart...
None other than Miss Phoenix and Miss Kindness!! The number of pictures taken wif them dont count... it's more on cherishing the memories with them. Miss RE is the reason why I lose sleep sometimes, and Miss FC is the reason for my 'constant weakening effect'. I also accomplished the feat of taking pic wif all 7 princesses... wif the hardest-to-get princess (Jeanette) as the last one.

2) New friends
What else can be more important than true friends... esp new ones like Karen, Estelle, Ishardi, Rachel Elizabeth, Karlyn, Pamela, Fiona, Kelly, Atiqah, Kenny Ter, Johann, Jerena... and the list just keeps counting. And not to forget mentioning the many other friends I had known for the past 2 to 3 yrs... Kaileng, Kailin, Ryan, Steph, Joanna, Syazali, Rachel Lin, Twyla, Avril, Grace, Meiling, Audrey, Rina, Joyce Stella, Adria, Joey, Peiling, Zixiang, Zahirah, Terence, Edmund, Kendrick, Gerald, Jeremy, Eric... the list is never-ending!! How not to forget the few army friends whom Im still in contact wif... Kenneth Soh, Fauzi, Faizal and Roiswandi.

1) The Lord God Himself
Without God, I wouldnt be able to accomplish all the above pointers. I thank You for all the good and bad times that have happened this year, and I thank You too for guiding me to be the person I ought to be and in resisting the worldly pleasures.

In loving memory of...
Shocking and saddening demises these may be, but let us not forget the celebs who haf left this world for a better place... people like U-Nee, Hsu Wei Lun, Chris Benoit and family, Ishi from Soul, the Fabulous Moolah, Luciano Pavarotti and Benazir Bhutto. Even one of my friends, Jasmine Seah, met wif a tragic end in the middle of the year, when she was only 15 yrs old. We will miss them greatly. :-(

Im off to work now, cant afford to be late... after which I will be zooming off to Vivo City for the Nation's countdown. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!! ;-)

Getting way too love-sick liao

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Sharifah and Marcus

Thank you for making this year's Christmas as memorable as the one a few years back. Thanks also for making me weak once more and risk getting nosebleed (haha, kidding!). I must admit that my confidence level has boosted up by so much compared to the other time, though I still remain shy for a while whenever I see you. The feeling gets even worse whenever I see Miss FC or Miss AF. I dedicate yet another song to you, Miss Kindness.
I know I may sound a little bian tai (NOT obsessed!!), but I wanna say this to Miss FC, Miss JP, Miss FX, Miss DY and even Miss AF...
WO AI NI MEN!! (blushes)

For those movie fanatics who subscribed to Star Movies via Starhub cable, dont forget to watch "X-Men The Last Stand" tonight!!

Westlife- Pictures In My Head

Thank you for tomorrow
When you gonna call me (call me)
Thank you for the weekend
When you gonna see me (see me)
Thank you for the memories we haven't made yet
You've always been a part of me
Even before we met (we met) yeah

Thank you in advance for the love you give me
I've had a glance of the good life (good life)
You'll be there when nobody believes me
I've gone through it all in my mind

CHORUS
I can see me looking at you
At the start of the day for all my life
I can see me dying to hold you
On the way when I'm driving home at night
I've got these pictures in my head
These pictures in my head, yeah
I've got these pictures in my head
These pictures in my head...

Thank you for tomorrow
When you gonna call me (call me)
Thank you for the weekend
When you gonna see me (see me) yeah

Thank you in advance for the time you'll notice
I'm all you've wanted all of your life
Thank you for every single moment
I've gone through it all in my mind

CHORUS

Pictures in my head...

Thank you for the best times, thank you for the journey

I can see me looking at you (yeahhhh...)
At the start of the day for all my life
I can see me dying to hold you (hold you)
On the way when I'm driving home at night
I can see me looking at you (pictures in my head)
At the start of the day for all my life (pictures in my head)
I can see me dying to hold you (pictures in my head)
On the way when I'm driving home at night
I've got these pictures in my head
These pictures in my head, yeah
I've got these pictures in my head
Pictures in my head...
Pictures in my head

Recce around Vivo City and Punggol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Roy and Bee Leng

Today being my off-day, I woke up damn early at ard 0630 hrs, mostly due to the wonderful encounter from Monday that I still hadnt truly 'gotten over' (or is it something else?). I then went for a haircut at ard 11 am, and yes the first thing me and Uncle Zali talked abt was about Hady winning Asian Idol, what else! These are the pics to prove that I really went for a haircut... unlike a certain egoistic and arrogant person who 'claimed to haf gone for a haircut', yet his current hairstyle still looks like crap!! And yes, I am purposely posting pics of myself here to spite that fella!!

BEFORE (emo hairstyle a la Peter Parker's dark turn... urghhh, so not my style!!)


AFTER (ahh yes, much neater now, I look more like Eddie Brock this time round. Gone are the 'eyeliners' too)

Then after I went back home to wash up, I set off to good ol Vivo City to haf lunch at good ol' Superdog, then I went up to see if there were any artistes rehearsing there. True enough, Revalina was there, and one of the songs they will be singing is Backstreet Boys' "Inconsolable". Then I went to Toys R Us for a while to look for the usual stuff (Ryukendo, Power Rangers, Transformers, etc), before taking train to Sengkang.

Some pics taken at the upper level of Vivo City... poor gigantic Merlion forever trying to find a way to break free from Sentosa and swim across to the main island...

Reaching the Punggol East region was no problem at all, esp since I can take LRT from Sengkang Interchange to Rumbia station. Upon reaching Riverdale Crescent, I was surprised to know that the tent that is to be used for the countdown party for Hady, Jon and Miss Kindness in 2 days' time is rather... small and unflattering. Its not even as big as either temple along the edge of the open field! Seems way too ulu...

Super-duper loooooong name lolx...

Then I went back to Compass Point to hang around a bit longer... and took a bus back home. The moment I was about to reach the lift lobby. a heavy downpour came forth!! Thank goodness Im not soaked at all... -_-"

Another song I wanna dedicate to Miss Kindness and Miss Phoenix...

WESTLIFE- When I'm With You

Refrain

When I'm with you, when I'm with you

When I'm with you you you you...

When I'm with you

What good's a memory

Without you there with me

The morning sun ain't the same without you here

You are the summer breeze

The wind blowing through the trees

You make the loneliness all just disappear

Nothing replaces your touch

Never stop believing in us

They try to break us but we stand strong in love

They'll be no distance too far

I gotta be where you are (right where you are, yeah)

Chorus

I don't wanna face this world alone

Without you by my side

You're the only one that makes it feel like home

And I need you in my life

When you're not around I'm feeling

Like a piece of me is missing

When it feels like the day is closing in (closing in)

Somehow I find the faith to make it through...

Refrain

What's a photograph

If you're not in the other half

Why even dream if I'm not dreaming of you

You make me a better man

Promise I'll do all I can

Your love keeps me bringing me closer to the truth

Nothing replaces your touch

Never stop believing in us

They try to break us but we stand strong in love

They'll be no distance too far

I gotta be where you are (right where you are)

Right where you are...

Chorus

Refrain twice

Hey I questioned whether time or fate

Would ever show me a sign (oh)

The moment I saw you that's when I knew...

I feel it when I'm with you...

Chorus

When I'm with you, when I'm with you

When I'm with you you you You...

When I'm with you, when I'm with you

When I'm with you you you...

When I'm with you

Countdown events and shocking news!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELIZABETH

I just survived yet another gruelling period of time known as Private Sales... my 8th one to date, and my very last one. I shall not comment too much on this (i usually dont blog abt work), but i haf to say that I dont feel so stressed like before, mostly bcos I was doing drinker, and bcos... FEI MAO RETURNED!! :-D

Got so many countdown events coming up... but in the end, my mind is still set on going for the one at Vivo City, esp since I got quite a lot of tickets for it. And also bcos I wanna see Fendi's and By Def's long-awaited showcase!! The other events (which I know) are...

1) Miss Phoenix, Dasmond Koh, Kym Ng and Aliff Aziz at Boon Lay Place on 31st Dec, from 7 pm to 1 am (sorry, too far for me, I not going... can always see Fel next year)

2) Taufik at Hong Kah North CC on 31st Dec, 2030 hrs (after which he will rush to Vivo... sigh, poor guy)

3) Early countdown at open space next to Hougang MRT station (same place where I saw Miss kindness perform some 2 yrs ago) on Dec 30th, 7.30 pm... artistes there are Bryan Wong, Shawn Tok and Keely Wee. HA!! As if I would go there to root for 2 youngsters... some more I working on Sun evening.

4) Jon, Hady and Miss Kindness at Punggol East countdown party, Dec 31st from 11 pm onwards... like I said earlier, i already told her that I wont be going.

And now I know the real reason why my eyebrows had been twitching non-stop after the Private Sales last night... as I entered Wikipedia, I was shocked to read certain news at the side panel... BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSASSINATED?!?! :-O I am at a complete loss of words, really... @_@

Rest in peace, Bhutto... although I dont know much abt you, I respect you greatly for your courage, determination and strong fighting spirit. you will be greatly missed... and may Allah bless your soul.

For links to the shocking news, click on these 2 links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto_assassination

Another song before Private Sales

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Aaron Stanford (Pyro), Daniel Ong, Shirley Cai and Rachel-Charlotte

Privates Sales is coming today... I know it's gonna be a very busy, crazy and stressful day like before. I hope I can get it over and done wif. This will be my very last Private Sales... cos I am gonna f-off from my job early next yr anyway. before I set off for Doomsday, here's another song dedication to the princess I mentioned in an earlier post... also dedicated to Miss SY, Miss JL, Miss FC, Miss DY and Miss JP.

Ok ok... this is a negated-cum-posterized picture of that princess that I took a few days ago... surely u know who this is, dont u? ;-)

Us Against The World- Westlife

Us against the world, against the world...

Us against the world, against the world...

You and I, we’ve been at it so long

I still got the strongest fire

You and I, we still know how to talk

Know how to walk that wire

Sometimes I feel like the world is against me

The sound of your voice, baby that's what saves me

When we're together I feel so invincible

Cause it's us against the world

You and me against them all

If you listen to these words

Know that we are standing tall

I don't ever see the day that

I won't catch you when you fall

Cause it's us against the world tonight

Us against the world

Against the world

There’ll be days we’ll be on different sides

But that doesn’t last too long

We find ways to get it on track

And know how to turn back on

Sometimes I feel I can’t keep it together

Then you hold me close and you make it better

When I’m with you I can feel so unbreakable

Cause it's us against the world

You and me against them all

If you listen to these words

Know that we are standing tall

I don't ever see the day that

I won't catch you when you fall

Cause it's us against the world tonight...

We’re not gonna break cause we both still believe

We know what we’ve got

And we’ve got what we need alright

We’re doing something right...

Cause it's us against the world

You and me against them all
If you listen to these words
Know that we are standing tall

I don't ever see the day that

I won't catch you when you fall

Us against the world

You and me against them all

If you listen to these words

Know that we are standing tall

I don't ever see the day that

I won't catch you when you fall

Us against the world

Yeah it’s us against the world, baby

Us against the world tonight...

Us against the world

Against the world

Us against the world

Meeting up wif an old friend, and some discoveries!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Eddy Fairuz and Raymond Chan ME

I went to meet up wif Kenneth Soh at Parkway Parade today. He said he would be arriving late mostly bcos he was busy wif some job interview, but I was totally cool wif it; I spent a good one hour going around the place that I hadnt been to for more than a year. At 1530 hrs, Ken arrived, and we went upstairs to talk abt what we've been up to lately. I also showed him pics of the numerous celebs I had taken pic within this year (including the 7 princesses of course). He said he had to leave in order to meet another friend elsewhere, so we parted ways right after I handed to him the Christmas gifts I bought for him (something I know he would like very much, hehe!!).

Then after Ken left, I went inside Parkway Parade basement to develop some photos, and soon enough there was a heavy downpour!! Thank goodness I was indoor at that time... so I waited for the rain to stop, then I took a bus to Bedok, and then back to Hougang to haf dinner wif Mum. I realised that my hair is getting damn crappy (worse than Peter Parker's emo hairdo in Spider-Man 3 in fact), and since I got off-day on Sat, I'm gonna make good use of this opportunity to visit Uncle Zali for a good haircut and talk to him abt the Asian Idol as well!! :-p

Oh and after much contemplation, I decided to buy a certain magazine titled "Choices"... simply cos it got 2 mei ren yus... Felicia and Nicole Chen!! If u wanna see more pics, i suggest u buy the issue at any newsstand or any 7-eleven outlet. The magazine even comes wif a very pretty bookmark wif the very beautiful Nicole on it!! Oh behave baby :-)

Xmas dedication to 2 Mei Nus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Farid, Michael Ho and Karlyn

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE

Tis the season to be jolly, falalala, lalalala!
I have passed the test, and my mind is still in one piece!! But not without going weak all over and blushing non-stop the moment I saw that princess... I must admit that my nose was gonna drop off at one point, esp after seeing how beautiful she was from both inside and outside. I not gonna tell u how this amazing encounter came to be, nor will I even post any picture here, in due respect to that princess' privacy (as well as my own, for I am not a boastful person)... I will only dedicate this beautiful love song (which I had picked from my loooong list of my fave songs within my MP3) to the princess whom I so adored for a very long time (I think u know which one already). And also to the other princess who just came back from Taiwan (whom I also love dearly) :-)

Drowning- Backstreet Boys

Don't pretend you're sorry, I know you're not
You know you got the power
To make me weak inside
Girl you leave me breathless, but it's okay
'cause you are my survival...
Now hear me say
I can't imagine life without your love
Even forever don't seem like long enough

CHORUS
'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love

Maybe I'm a drifter, maybe not
'Cause I have known the safety
Of floating freelyIn your arms
I don't need another lifeline, it's not for me
'Cause only you can save me
Oh, can't you see
I can't imagine life without your love
And even forever don't seem like long enough
Don't seem like long enough, yeah

'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love

Go on and pull me under
Cover me with dreams, yeah
Love me mouth to mouth now
You know I can't resist
'Cause you're the air that I breathe

'Cause everytime I breathe, I take you in
(Everytime I breathe again)
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it (baby I can't help it...)
You keep me drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
And baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love...

Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
I keep drowning... got me drowning
You keep me drowning in your love
Baby I can't help it
Can't help it no, no (keep me drowning)

'Cause everytime I breathe, I take you in (I do)
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it (baby I can't help it)
You keep me drowning in your love (I keep drowning)
Everytime I try to rise above (got me drowning)
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in... your love

Strange dreams and 'final year exam'

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Seth, Angeline and Timothy

I know this sounds quite crazy, but I haf to make this known here... I got a very strange dream just 2 nights ago... that I bumped into Miss Peh in Changi Airport after returning to Singapore from a certain country (either Malaysia or Thailand)... and then at the counter, I was even more surprised to see Miss Liu there!! If that were to happen in real life, I sure will go weak all over... @_@

I got another dream last night... involving yet another princess (cant reveal which one; leave u to guess who). In fact, it's a recurring dream that I had on Thursday and Friday night. It may be an indicator of what is to come very soon... probaly linked to the 'final year exam' that I haf to take later today no matter what. I made a promise to be discreet and not go overboard... and I am sticking to it, even if the odds are against me.

Wish me all the best later... I hope I pass the 'psychological exam' and come back in one piece. I hope I don't lose my soul to the pure evil nature of the symbiote, like it did Eddie Brock.

Pictures taken at Popular Bookfest

Continued from last post...

First few pics taken at Suntec Convention Hall

Olinda singing "Karma Chameleon" on stage

Olinda signing autographs and taking pics wif fans... I wanted to buy her album too, but I didnt haf enough cash :-(

Nick Shen and another guy as the emcees for the day... Nick is already 32, yet he looks so much younger than Olinda and Jonathan leh!!

Jonathan on stage... wah piang, the lighting is still so terrible!!

Some fans on stage... first one is none other than Kaileng. Zero pics of me (cos I brought my digicam along), but thats ok. Lol, the little gal in pink very cuuute!!

Spooky as it may seem, this pic looks quite good, dont u think? :-)

Autograph session time

Yep, I haf no regrets supporting Mr 'zui chun hen xin gan' :-p

Now you see him...

Now you don't

My autographed Xi Ji Qing Qian 25 album :-)