3 Months Later...

No... I didn't stay in HK for 3 mths. Neither did I get lost in HK. It was plain laziness. Guilty!

And I came back to find that my total no. of hits has reached over 10k! Whoa!

Over the course of 3mths (after my 4D3N HK trip), many things happened in my life...

1. April 1st weekend: Warner-Chappell Taiwan invited me to a Warner songwriters music sharing session in KL, and I got upclose and personal with some of the most talented Warner Music songwriters from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, who have written pop Mandarin songs like 人质、平常心、我要快乐、黑白化映、一公尺、爱无力、答案、随堂测验、魅力燃烧、我的爱、眼泪成诗、原点、 and many many more......
2. April 2nd week: In Bangkok with 3 guy friends, and shopped till we dropped!
   
3. Amber got in as one of the top 18 bands in SuperBand (a new competition, following Project Superstar, Campus Superstar & SuperHost, initiated by Channel U)
4. I stood in for Junli as wubbie for some of SuperBand episodes, and befriended the other SuperBand contestants.
5. May: Attended 11th COMPASS Awards Presentation, where I met Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin, Dick Lee, Joi Chua, and a whole bunch of songwriters & music publishers.
   
6. I began a weekly affair with MJ.
   
7. ......
   

Anyways, do stay tuned for more details on the above-mentioned events... and other events that might just pop into my head along the way......

My Long Christmas Break

My friends are mad!!!

For the past 3 consecutive nights (Christmas Eve + Christmas Day + Boxing Day), I didn’t reach home till about 5am.

And here I am, in office already, with only 1.5hrs of sleep from last night. Bye bye long weekend!

I really need to use super high power anti-fatique facial masks with maximum revitalizing concentrated extracts for the next 1 month, to “repair” the 3-day destruction caused to my complexion. No joke!


CHRISTMAS EVE (Saturday)

0700-1000hr
On radio shift.

1000-1230hr
Stayed back in 933 studio to do some production work.

1400-1800hr
Went home to nap.

2000hr
Our 猪朋狗友 gang planned to meet at Raffles Place Coffee Club for dinner. 10 of us. Couple of absentees included Princess Kelly (put us aeroplane) and Weixiong (had high fever of 39.4 deg). Must be from all the SuperHost stress and trainings.

I was on time, also the first to arrive.

2100hr
An hour of waiting. The 2 last latecomers finally turned up. I nearly fainted from hunger. Just then, the waitress came up to our table.

Waitress:
“Sorry but our kitchen is closing now, would you like to place your LAST orders?”

HUH?? We haven’t even placed any FIRST orders yet!

Me:
“Ermm… I thought you close at 11pm?”

Waitress:
“Errr… no, we close at 10pm today.”

Us:
“………………… ”
(Again, thanks to the latecomers!)

2200hr
Ok fine, we quickly placed our orders, and chop chop finished our dinner and was outta Coffee Club.

2200-2300hr
2 more friends turned up. Total number now is 12.

We found a quiet empty area inside a building (can’t remember the building name), settled down, and conducted our 废物大交换.

Now, 废物大交换 is a self-invented new form of exchange of presents, whereby we each bring something (that we don’t need/use but might be useful to others) from home and exchange with one another. Of course, there is bound to be some mischievous people who’ll really bring 废物, that is useless to anyone! Haha!

The christmas present I received from the exchange was a book light, imprinted with the word “LIBRARY” across. Doesn’t matter. It’s useful anyways! I can use it to read Female, Her World, etc.! Haha!

2300hr
Another 2 more friends turned up. Total number now is 14.

It was a quick coffee session at Boat Quay TCC.

2345hr
We proceeded to Boat Quay along riverside, bought a whole carton of snow foam spray cans and secretly planned in our minds, our targets (to spray on) later when midnight struck.

0000hr
And the clock struck midnight! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! It was madness!! It was chaotic!! Everyone was spraying snow foam on everyone else! We were all covered in thick white foam! And the floor was so slippery that some fell. Empty spray cans were being kicked as we ran about.

I reckoned I was one of the easier targets due to my height. Anyone just needed to lift their arms slightly and they would be at my face level already. As such, I kena so much on my face and hair!!! SUCH A MESS!!! But so fun!!!

Lucky I wasn’t dressed in my favourite outfit nor carrying my branded bag. Haha!

After a wild 20mins or so, we used up all our cans and were exhausted from the running and chasing. Perhaps age is really catching up on us! Haha!

0020-0100hr
Photo taking session and washing up at McDonald’s.

0100hr
It was MAFIA time! The full mechanics of MAFIA are too complicated to put into written words. In short, the roles involved consist of 1 or 2 Murderer/s (2 Murderers if more people play), 1 Spy & 1 Doctor. The rest will be Civilians. In short, the purpose of the game is to nap the Murderer/s.

Warning: This game is REALLY addictive! Have to see through people’s lies, watch out for nervous reactions/shifty eyes, etc……

0430hr
Alrighty, going home time. Our eyes were turning red and watery. We were yawning non-stop.

0600hr
ZzzZzzzzZz~


CHRISTMAS DAY (Sunday)

1700hr
I woke up. Shiok! When was the last time I had 11hrs worth of sleep?!

1900hr
Met the 猪朋狗友’s at Heeren Sakae Sushi for dinner. Group was smaller today. 7 of us.

2230hr
Ended up at Mr Bean. Time for MAFIA again!!

0400hr
Gosh! We didn’t realize we’d played MAFIA for almost 6hrs straight! Told ya, the game IS addictive!

0430hr
Reached home.

0530hr
ZzzZzzzzZz~


BOXING DAY (Monday)

1530hr
Woke up.

1730hr
Fell asleep while watching TV in the living room watching TV.

1930hr
Just as when I thought I could retire early tonight, in preparation for working day the next day, my mobile phone beeped. The sms read: “Dear all, shall we meet at 9pm, Plaza Sing TCC for more MAFIA?”

I nearly fainted… again (but not from hunger lar). My MAFIA addiction was kicking up.

I thought, “What the heck! Just go lar! Tomorrow then worry about how to stay awake at work lar!”

So off I went.

2100-2200hr
3 of us reached on time. We shopped around Plaza Sing, waiting for the latecomers.

2200hr
2 more 猪朋狗友’s arrived. And so, 5 of us headed into TCC, ordered drinks and continued to wait for more people to come.

2230hr
Waitress came to our table.

Waitress:
“Hi, any last orders?”

NOT AGAIN?!?!

Me:
“Ermmm… what time do you close?”

Waitress:
“We close at 11pm.”

Us:
“………………”

2300hr
We ended up at Mr Bean… again. Oh, can I just say their service sucks… BIG TIME!!!

By this time, 5 more friends had turned up. Total 10 of us now.

It’s MAFIA time!!! As much as I’m hooked to this game, I quite sucked at it. I can’t lie/act well! They could see through me almost instantly everytime I kena Mafia. Sigh…

0400hr
I didn’t quite realize it was already this late until I start yawning continuously. Looked at my watch and… O H M Y G O O D N E S S ! ! ! ! ! I had to be at work at 8.30am later!!!

0405hr
I bade the gang farewell. They stayed on and chit-chatted. POWER!

0530hr
ZzzZzzzzZz~


THE DAY AFTER BOXING DAY (Tuesday)

0700hr
Time to wake up. This single question kept popping into my head – “Should I call in sick today?” After much struggling, I decided against it and pulled myself outta bed… very reluctantly.

0845hr
In office with sibei heavy eyelids.

TV12 X'mas Idol 2005

We had an office function cum X'mas party yesterday evening.

The Mechanics...

All staff were split into 7 teams. Each team had to put up a performance revolving the theme "X'mas Idol". When I first learnt of the theme, I was like, "For goodness sake, this is so overdone! Can't they be more innovative?".

But it turned out to be a very enjoyable evening - the first time I've ever laughed so hard in office premises! The performances made me change my perceptions of many of my colleagues. Behind their ritual straight faces (on normal working days) lie a rather naughty side that I never knew of! This is what I call “闷骚”.

The Award/Prize Presentation...

It was time to give out the awards and prizes to some outstanding staff performers. I knew a particular colleague expected himself to clinch one of the awards. He had put in a lot of effort and sweat into his segment. However he didn't get it. He appeared to be real calm and smiley. But I guessed his heart, in fact, was bleeding.

In case you're wondering, nah, my team didn't get anything. We only started our rehearsal the night before! Strictly speaking, it wasn't even a rehearsal to begin with, more like a read through. What to do, the people in my department are all super busy folks. Always on the go to bring in money for the company. Otherwise, how did we achieve a 30% revenue growth in just one year? Haha!

The Tranformation...

Our reception desk was being transformed into an open bar! Poor receptionist... I don't know how she's gonna deal with all the stickiness (from alcohol residues) when she comes in this morning!

(PS: Will upload some pics once ready.)

My SuperFriends - The Dinner

Last night - I had dinner with Kelly (yes, Channel U Project Superstar's Kelly Poon), Weixiong (our very own 933 part-time DJ cum SuperHost finalist), Kewei (the vocalist cum erhu player cum Tango dancer at the recent David Tao's Singapore concert), together with the bunch of our common friends.

Kelly has already started recording her album and it should be out in January 2006 (if all goes well, that is). So all those who've been waiting till their necks have grown longer, just hang on there for a while more!

Weixiong has been very busy with SuperHost preparations, having to be at MediaCorp almost everyday that kinda stuff. Btw, who watched the opening dance (by all 16 finalists) on Tuesday? We kept teasing Weixiong that his dancing was "superb" and that it was one of a kind! Hahaha... well, Weixiong isn't exactly the hip-hop kinda person. But let's still give him a pat on the back for his efforts and diligent practises. Hahaha... (I can't help but laugh again, at the thought of him dancing.)

The first females' round just ended on Tuesday. Next week, it'll be the males' first round. Yes, harsh reality (or some may call it pure cruelty) has sunk in. Everyone's on the tip of their toes, and watching their own backs.

娱乐圈是黑暗的。

Having ended his Love Can World Tour 2005 in Singapore last Saturday (26/11/05), David Tao has departed Singapore. Singapore's the 3rd Asian stop, after Shanghai and Beijing. His next destination will be Taipei in January. If you didn't manage to catch his concert, all I can say is... what a pity!! It was SUPERB! Much better than his 2003 concert. This time round, he was in tip top form, hence was able to deliver his singing very well!

My seat was GREAT! My view was GREAT! (Thanks Kewei, for choosing the seats!)

What was extra special about this concert was that my friend, Kewei, was part of the concert, taking on the roles of David Tao's vocalist AND erhu player AND Tango dance partner. Overall, Kewei played David's "love interest" throughout the concert.

The feeling of seeing my idol and my friend performing together on stage was beyond what words could describe. I was so high that night! I'm exhilarated for Kewei. It's her dream come true. Imagine, being able to travel with David Tao and Kheng Long (the concert's music director) and the entire band (who are all extremely talented people) all over Asia! After Taipei, they'll be heading for Hong Kong, Malaysia and even the States, I heard.

Oh wellz, what else can I say except that I have SuperFriends!

Woohooo...~