Writer's Block

I'm not a writer (well, at least not professionally). But I sure have been suffering from Writer's Block, truly.

O K . . . K I T T Y . . . C U T T H E C R A P ! ! ! ! !

*SLAPS*

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It's been 8.5mths since I joined my current company. And that's how long Keishi's been in London.

Keishi, hurry come back!!!

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I travelled twice in the last 1.5mths.

Hong Kong --- April 24th - 28th
Travelled with family. To visit relatives. If you do not already know, yes, I have grand-uncle, uncles, aunties, cousins, etc. in HK.

The story went something like this...

Many donkey mule years ago, my grandma + siblings left China (our hometown was Fuzhou) in search of greener pastures. My grandma decided to settle in Singapore, whereas the others opted for HK.

Yes, that's how I ended up landing in Singapore. I could have carried a Hong Kong passport, lived in a country with 4 seasons (although no snow), and worn pretty winter clothes. My circle of friends could have had more cute guys!

There could have been many more "could have's"... but... oh well... that's life for ya....

Bangkok --- May 8th - 11th
Travelled with friends. 10 of them to be exact. Lemme share with you our manifest.

Initial group to travel consisted of 4 poly friends -----
Jordan + Arthur + Kendrik + Me

Then 2 more joined in -----
Jordan + Jordan's GF + Arthur + Arthur's Colleague + Kendrik + Me

Another 3 decided to tag along -----
Jordan + Jordan's GF + Arthur + Arthur's Colleague + Kendrik + Me + My Best Pal + My Best Pal's Hubby + My Best Pal's Hubby's Younger Brother

Before we could say "HUH?!", Traveller #10 booked his ticket -----
Jordan + Jordan's GF + Arthur + Arthur's Colleague + Kendrik + Me + My Best Pal + My Best Pal's Hubby + My Best Pal's Hubby's Younger Brother + Our Poly Pakistani Friend

Verdict --- Always keep to maximum 5 in a single travel group to avoid over-exhausting yourself.

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ZPGY has been Sugie-less since March '08, eversince he received the Golden Ticket to Taipei to compete in 星光大道3. Who would expect that the first to be eliminated from 绝对Superstar 1 would make it this far in an even bigger scale singing contest!!

Correction.

I have expected this day to come. From the first time I saw Sugie perform on TV in 2005, I knew there was something special him, but, sadly, his hidden appeal wasn't appreciated/ discovered by many then.

Sugie, you've made ZPGY proud, for making it into Top 9 in 星光3. You may be taking a break now. But you'll shine in the upcoming revival round. We root for you.

We miss Sugie.

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Wejian's gone to Taipei too, for a month. Finally recording for his debut album has completed. Warner's arranged for him to take dance lessons from a very reputable Taiwanese celebrity dance instructor. Another SUPER reputable MV director will be taking care of his MVs! Whooosh!!!

Jian's becoming a real celebrity singer! Whooosh!!!

We love Jian. He's suchhhhhhhhhh an adorable boy. So genuine and real. He's a gem.

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Chanel was deeply saddened by Sichuan Earthquake, which in turn, inspired her to write a song "谢谢你，就是你". Because ZPGY is made up of so many multi-talented talents, the song was very quickly passed on to Ein, Mark & Jinsei for arrangement.

Kewei hooked us with Stereo Image (Thanks Michael!) and before we knew it, over 20 ZPGY friends were walking into recording studio and singing Chanel's song!

I just listened to the first mix. Though still raw, it's incredible!!!

The voices you'll hear:

1. Chanel Pang 冯靖莹 (绝对Superstar 1)
   
2. Ruth Chua 蔡诗妮 (绝对Superstar 1)
   
3. Dawn Wong 黄川美 (绝对Superstar 2)
   
4. Tay Kewei 可为 (Need no further introduction)
   
5. Lee Ein Ein 李盈盈 (SuperBand 1 "Amber" -- 著名音乐创作人 -- 作品包括 潘嘉丽 "印象派的爱情")
   
6. Lin Juan 林娟 (著名音乐创作人 -- 作品包括 周惠 "Hold Me Tight")
   
7. Xie Buwei 谢布玮 (著名音乐创作人 -- 作品包括 楊宗緯 "幸福的风")
   
8. Mark Shi 施于淳 (SuperBand 2 "三月" -- 著名音乐创作人 -- 作品包括陳曉東-灰飛煙滅)
   
9. Kitty ALA ME!
   
10. Alfred Sim
    
11. Wilman Lau
    
12. Laxe Yong
    
13. Juliana Poh
    
14. Josh Bryan Ho
15. Siow Bih
16. Ah Gong
    
17. YC
18. Mad Chen
    
19. Steph Lee
20. Edmund Cheh
    
21. Donny Cheh
22. Augusniko Loh
    
23. Biqin

We'll be producing CDs for sale to our friends/ colleagues/ families/ relatives/ classmates/ fans/ ex-girlfriends/ ex-boyfriends/ what-nots. Proceeds raised will be in aid of the unfortunate. If you belong to any category above, good luck to you. We'll be knocking on your doors soon.

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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......

Wait for me... HK!!!

Bwahahahahaha... 17 more hours and I'll be on my way to Hong Kong!!!

Woohoooo....~~~~~~~~~

See you guys next week!!

男人 vs 女人﹖

畢業旅行那年﹐我們一夥人去了香港和台灣。就在台北﹐我們正乘坐在小巴裡﹐朋友甲(女)突然冒出這樣一道問題﹕

“如果有來世﹐你們想做男人還是女人﹖”

大夥楞住了五秒。之後﹐就捧腹大笑起來。有些乘客也拋了異樣的眼光過來。

朋友乙(男)回答說﹕“除非我會是個大美女﹐否則我還是選擇做回男人。我承認﹐我們男人是屬於視覺系的﹐特別是在女生這方面。一個丑的女生﹐不管她人再怎麼好﹐男生還是不會心動。但是一個丑的男生﹐還是可以憑他的真誠和毅力﹐取得佳人芳心。”

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