Links to photos on the events I went to during the weekend

Happy Birthday to Ron "R-Truth" Killings and Sylvester Sim

Just one more day to Barack Obama's Inauguration Day!! This will indeed be a day worth remembering... :-)

Since I can't spend too much time blogging due to work, I guess I'll provide links to my Facebook photo albums as well as to the 7-Princesses blog, so you can view the pictures I took during the events for the past few days. ;-)


Rui En autograph session at Jurong Point (17.01.09, 5 pm)
Facebook photo album link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82503&id=556354026
7-Princesses blog entry link: http://7-princesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/pictures-of-rui-en-at-jurong-point.html


Carlsberg roadshow at Ang Mo Kio Hub (17.01.09, 9.20 pm)
Facebook photo album link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82504&id=556354026
7-Princesses blog entry link: http://7-princesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/pictures-of-carlsberg-ambassadors-at.html

Love Matters roadshow at Ang Mo Kio Hub (18.01.09, 2.30 pm)

Facebook photo album link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=83737&id=556354026

Felicia at Sun Plaza (18.01.09, 5 pm)

Facebook photo album link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82505&id=556354026

7-Princesses blog entry link: http://7-princesses.blogspot.com/2009/01/pics-of-felicia-at-sun-plaza.html

Lowdown on events during the weekend- part 1

Happy Birthday to Dave Batista and Kimberly Anne

What a mad rush... I just got back home from yet another crazy day... this was what I did for yesterday and today...

Saturday, 17th January (yesterday)
Before I left the house at around 1 pm, I had to leave my phone off for a while cos I was getting nuisance calls from someone who is attempting to 'manipulate' me into going for some wedding (see aforementioned post). I already had in mind what to do with the extra copy of Rui En's CD which I bought at Heartland Mall (sorry, can't tell you). I took a long train ride from Kovan to Boon Lay terminal, and entered Jurong Point with a surprised look on my face, cos the place had changed a lot since the last time I went (which was abt 18 mths ago). Matter of fact, it had gotten BIGGER!! I found the centrestage without mch difficulty and it was there that I watched the semi-finals for a certain singing competition known as "I Just Wanna Sing", sponsored by a certain W3M entertainment music school (or something like that).

After the event came to an end at around 4.25 pm, the stage 'metamorphosised' into Rui En's autograph space... the red veil over the stage background was simply removed to reveal a huge picture of Rui En's 2nd album cover. Quite a lot of people within the 1st and 2nd levels, though there were fewer people at the 3rd level. Dennis Chew from Yes 93.3 was the host for the event, he gave away 3 pairs of tickets for Rui En's birthday bash which is to commence this coming Friday (I couldnt go unfortunately). Rui En came up on stage a few minutes later, to talk about the reason behind converting back to her original name and what she's been busy with lately. She then sang "Qing Wa" and "Chuan Fan", before getting on with the autograph session. This time round, fans got the option to take picture with Rui En after getting their albums autographed. Soon after Rui En left the palce, myself and Naomi took a train out of Boon Lay to our respective destinations.

I changed train at Jurong East and took train to Ang Mo Kio, and it was there that I had dinner with Ryan and Source. We then headed to Basement 2 of AMK Hub where FairPrice Xtra was, and no sign of the Carlsberg team. It was a superbly long wait, til they finally arrived at abt 9.20 pm, nearly an hour late. But no point blaming them cos they came all the way from their earlier event at Tampines. The game segment had to be done rather quickly, and they all left the place at abt 9.55 pm, but not before taking pictures and going for a beer toast with the Carlsberg crew and the staff of FairPrice Xtra. The 3 of us then took bus back to our respective homes. These were the games that the Carlsberg Ambassadors played...

• Michelle Chia- toss the huge dice to get 2 similar results
• Fiona Xie- do as many hula-hoops-twirls as possible
• Allan Wu- trivia between close friends
• Michelle Chong- stack 20 cans of Carlsberg to the maximum within 20 seconds, without them toppling down
• Mark Lee- put in the stated amount into the gold teal as fast as possible

Carlsberg event at Yishun

Happy Birthday to Lauren

Before I begin, I would like to make myself clear once more to my 'dear friends' Muhd Fauzi and Sufian... I AM NOT GOING FOR ISNAEN'S WEDDING!!! And that's the bottom line, cause Tanat said so!!

Yesterday I went for a Carlsberg event at Yishun Avenue 5. Wasn't much of a problem reaching the place, but then the region was rather crammed cos it was in the midst of a coffee shop (not a very pleasing sight in roadshow standards). The event started kinda late, and by the time Pornsak and the 5 Carlsberg ambassadors arrived, there were plenty of people at the place!! Thankfully I was standing somewhere in front, so I had no problem taking pictures. Event ended at around 8.05 pm, and the 6 of them stayed behind a little longer to take pic with fans. I managed to get Mark Lee's and Michelle Chong's autographs on the i-weekly magazine before they all left for the big yellow bus to Tanglin Halt Road.

I then took a bus to Northpoint, where I had my dinner. After that, I took bus back home in time to watch another episode of WWE Smackdown. Happy for MVP to end his losing streak by scoring a win over Big Show in a Last Man Standing match with some help from Triple H... a bit saddened over Victoria's decision to retire from wrestling, and quite stunned over Jeff Hardy being blinded by stray fireworks on his way to the ring for "The Cutting Edge".

Here are a few pictures taken at Yishun ave 5... more pictures can be found in my photo album on Facebook... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82502&id=556354026

Carlsberg event at Balaclava on Boxing Day

On Friday night, I went to Suntec City with some friends to attend the Carlsberg roadshow at Balaclava featuring the 3 Carlsberg Lucky Ambassadors Michelle Chia (Love), Fiona Xie (Health) and Allan Wu (Friendship). This is the first of 3 events, all hosted by comedian Irene Ang. Almost couldnt recognise "Rosie", who was wearing a green dress similar to the one Fiona wore the previous week.

The main difference for this event was, only patrons aged 25 and above are allowed to enter the place, and they have to show their ICs to the security for proof. The rest who do not meet the minimum age requirement would have to wait outside. The security guards weren't totally convinced that me and Eric were above 25 even though we had already showed them our ICs, and asked us to say out our ICs, and we did so withour stopping... proof that the ICs are authentic (I mean come on, who can fake that??). I only went for the first one, then went home soon after they left for the next location, but not before taking picture with Fiona! :-p

Pictures taken during the first few minutes outside the bar

Pictures taken inside Balaclava... focusing more on patrons playing games with Allan, while Mich and Fiona were having a drink at the corner.

The 3 ambassadors filming for the next Carlsberg ad, firstly in English then followed by Chinese (which proved quite a challenge for the American-bred Allan).

This pic actually consisted of myself, Fiona and Eric... but then Eric requested me to remove his image from the pic and send to me a separate copy of the original pic to him...

The autographed pages of the 8 days magazine :-)

Gala Premiere of "The Leap Years"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Calvin Lim Wee Hong, Rihanna and Farizan
Start of the Pisces Star

Yesterday I decided to go to Vivo City at the 11th hour... mostly because there was a gala premiere of an upcoming local film titled "The Leap Years" (and also partly because I didn't wanna slack at home in the evening). The film was made 2 years ago, and the release date was pushed to this year, since 29th February aka Leap Day happens every 4 years. Based on a novella titled "Leap Of Love" by well-acclaimed writer, Dr Catherine Lim, the story talks about a young Singaporean girl named Li-Ann having chance upon her special someone (a guy named Jeremy) on 29th February. Li-Ann decides to base her intuition on an Irish leap year tradition that no man will refuse any request of a lady and invites him out for a date. Together, they embark on a romantic journey that spans over 12 years, meeting three times, on the leap year.


After school ended at 5 pm yesterday, I headed back home, changed to outdoor clothes, then took train to Harborfront terminal and had my dinner at Superdog. It would be better if there were more outlets for Superdog, not just at Vivo. After which, I went up to the GV theaters, where I met Rachel (still feel like pinching her!!), Liting and Esther (plus a few more gals whom Im not too familiar with). I later saw Kaileng, Kailin, Joyce and Xueting there too. Being the quiet and 'mysterious' kind as always, I spent most of the time loitering aimlessly around the upper levels of GV Vivo City. Until... the event started at 8 pm finally... the reception area was starting to pack with many guests around that time.


Not much artistes were invited... I did see Irene Ang and a certain model named Rebecca Tan (with husband... sorry guys, but the Eurasian model got married recently). I also saw Andie Chen Bangjun and Jerry Wu Weilie from Star Search 2007, they spent most of the time chatting with 'F4' (the 4 gals). I also noticed Tracy Tan (skinny yet chioh babe) and Jason Chan (Cameron the Green Samurai Ranger!!) among the crowds... they both used to appear in "My Sassy Neighbour". Til now I find it hard to believe that Jason (who used to host "Stress Out" a few yrs ago) is already in his mid 30s... he still looked like early 20s!! (arghhh picture too blur)


Then at 2035 hrs, the emcee got on stage and kicked off the event... bringing up first Mr Lucas Chow (CEO of Mediacorp), some other VIP (I think he's the head of Raintree Pictures? Sorry forgot his name), Dr Catherine Lim (author of "Leap of Love" novel) and Jean Yeo (director of "The Leap Years" film).


Then afterwards came the cast of "The Leap Years"... Wong Li-Lin (with husband Allan Wu), Ananda Everingham, Qi Yuwu, Vernetta Lopez, Nadya Hutagalung (who is pregnant AGAIN!!!) and Paula Mala Ali (hot chick presenter from Star Sports).


Afterwards, the cast members signed their names on the poster, before gathering with the crew for a group photo.

If I have to be honest abt one thing, I kinda dislike Nadya for some unknown reason (for quite a long time actually)... maybe it's the fact that she can be rather sui bian when it comes to choosing men? I mean she's been married three times (and she is expecting her third child)!! Her oldest son should be 14 now if I remember correctly, since she became a mother at 20 and is now 34 yrs of age (but to me, she sort of looks older than her actual age). Somehow I wonder if she wants to compete with close friend Wendi Jacobs (who is a mother of 4 kids)? HAHAHA just kidding, no offence! And as for Paula, I guess some of you know that she is a divorcee? And ermmm... don't ever ask Vern who she was once married to. :-X She is gonna get married to her new boyfriend of 6 yrs in a few mths time

The event ended too quickly at only 10 minutes, with the cast members heading into the theater by a separate path, and all the guests (Jason, Tracy, Irene and so on) heading for the theater. With nothing else to wait for, I headed off for a quick stroll around good ol' Toys R Us, before taking a train back to Kovan. I think I'm gonna go for the special screening of "The Leap Years" at the same place next Monday evening! :-)


Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leap_Years