Sunday, August 8, 2010

Hello Campus/Challenge the Celebrity 2010

Today is a happy day! Why? Because the date is auspicious. Haha. Besides that, it's the first time RIG is organising Hello Campus 2010 and also, Challenge the Celebrities 2010 is back again! I remember my first time performing at Bt Timah Plaza was during the first season of Challenge the Celebrities. It's the first time I met so many people. Eileen 姐, 刘老板,David and Joyce from Mee Mee Optics, Adrian from Kids Art, and many many more friends. Not forgetting my first group of friends who supported me when I first started out after army - Daniel, Carol, Yuan Zhuang, Nicholas, Keng Huei, Gilberto, Dewei, Tony, Mandy and Yu Jing. It's also the first time I came in contact with Bryan. It's been a year now. Everyone has grown.

Carol say I look fierce. HAHA. Do I? (",)

A big thanks to all the organisers and sponsors today for making today such a wonderful and memorable and successful day. Headed to Team Salon for hairstyling. Great place to do your hair. Excellent service too! Two thumbs up! (",)


Today I'm very proud of 3 persons. I'm very happy to see them standing on the stage and shining so brightly! First is of course my new junior Faith!
师兄文笔没有你好,只能用简单的话对你说:你的努力,大家今天都有目共睹。你今天真的表现得很好。要继续努力,不断求精,不断进步,这样才会一直闪闪发亮!加油师妹!Hope everyone can support Faith! (",)

Second is of course my long time no see buddy Bryan! I'm so happy to see him after almost 1 year. He put on a little weight since the last time I saw him, but nevertheless still as good looking!
And his singing is really BEST! I love it especially when we both sang 逗号句号 on stage. Cant wait to get into the studio. Lol.
Lastly think everyone already guess it. Yes, I'm very proud of our 亚洲后天 Joseph! What a dazzling performance he put up today. Despite being touted as one of the weak ones before the competition started, he put up a good fight and impressed everyone present, including the judges! And he looked really handsome today with his new hair! HAHA.













The most touching part of the event today is leading the entire group of artistes and singing my song for the nation, 梦想起飞!



Today is truly awesome and fruitful. I actually learnt something today, and that is we all dont know where our limits are until we really try. I would say I'm really impressed by Li Hong and Wei Qiang today. And our guest performer Natri. Their vocals are so powerful. Joseph also did a breakthrough. So did Faith. However, guess no one expected me to sing 离歌 today, not even me. But I dared to try new things and luckily I managed to pull it through. But I think I wouldnt have done it if not for the encouragement from Edwin 大哥, my mentor!

Got to know a new friend today. He's Louie from Aphrodite, a friend and working partner of Ice. He's charming and friendly. Learnt quite abit from him also.

Also happy to see Ice after her child birth. Havent seen her for so long. Nice to catch up after so long!

PG was here too today. She became prettier already. Haha. Didnt manage to talk much to her because we were seated so far away from each other. But I promised her we'll meet up for a meal someday!

Met Liz today also. She is always being so encouraging as always and giving me some really good advices. Also thank her (Team Salon) for personally styling my hair today. Really didnt want to bother her, but she had done a really great job on my hair today!

Eileen 姐 as usual her bubbly self. Happy to see her. Sad that 刘老板 wasnt around. Though he's not physically present, he still managed to give me my favourite Chocolate Fudge cake as always and my Earl Grey tea! Haha. Super touched!

Edwin 大哥 as always, I dont know how to thank you. You've played a very important role in my upbringing as an artiste and have always been there for me and helping me in whatever ways you can just to see me shine and grow. All I can do is to promise that I'll work hard and be the best that I can!

Today is also Cat 姐 birthday. Happy birthday Cat 姐. And thanks for your present. I should be the one giving you present instead I know. Hope my birthday hug suffice! Haha.

Last surprise of the day is seeing Andrew after so many years. The first batch of artiste of Royal. He changed alot. More man and handsome now. Lol.

Thank you all for coming down to support too. Every performance, every event, you guys never fail to turn up for me. For that, I'm really grateful. Love all of ya! (",)

Lastly before I end my post I would like to thank everyone today who have played a part in making today's events a success! Congrats to all the winners of Hello Campus as well as Challenge the Celebrities 2010!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

An Interesting Read

Suddenly while blogging, I start to run the thoughts through my head. I'm starting to miss people. People whom I havent seen for a long time. Too many, I cant possibly list out everybody.

I miss Yuan Zhuang, Carol, Yu Jing, Shi Xian, Shi Xuan, Silly Kid, Evon, Shu Ping, Shirley, Yvonne, Shing Hong, Kenneth, Joanna, Jasmine, Esther, Jane, Mandy, Dewei.

I miss J.Ai, Edwin 大哥, 刘老板, Eileen 姐, PG, Helen, Ice, Jud, Sky, Joy (Donut Empire), Steven, David & Joyce (Mee Mee Optics), Robin 大哥 (Bath Culture), Micker from WTS, 老大,老二 from Party World KTV. I miss 李毅老师, Nicole 老师. I miss my vocal teacher John Lee. I miss my dance teachers Alex and Patrick. I miss my drum teacher Jensen. I miss Alex my so caring make up artist. I miss Chin 老师, someone who taught me how to put on my make up. I miss Mrs Kim from Hairdo.

I miss my godma Irene from Genting International. I miss my god sis Fiona also from Genting International. I miss my godpa and another godma Mr and Mrs Wee. I miss my dearest Sister Sarah and Loveena.

I miss too many people. I cant seem to list down every single one. My mind is in a mess now. Too much emotions running through.

Also to the people who are now part of my life everyday: Boss, Serena, Joseph, RIG Family and everyone else that I missed out.

I just wanna say thank you for being part of my life and for giving me the things that makes who I am today. I'm grateful to have found every single one of you and I hope our relationship can last for as long as we all live, ok? I love all of you. (",)

I happened to stumbled upon somebody's blog today. I wish I can reveal who but I guess it's not the time now. I can only say that it's a girl. Her way of writing and the words she uses truly amazes me. I was hooked on her blog for hours, reading entries after entries. She wrote so beautifully what I had difficulty expressing in words. I'm amazed at how someone at her age can write such philosophical stuffs. I would really like to share. I hope she doesnt mind though. (",)

This is taken off one of her entry, one of the one which I like the most.


很多时候,我们在找的东西,早已经在我们手上..

别人的幸福

看起来比较幸福

别人的快乐

看起来比较快乐

所以我们觉得自己不幸福,不快乐

拼命地找

盲目地找

找到累了

就开始抱怨

这个时候

应该停下来

好好看看自己手上有什么

你会发现

你拥有的

就是你一直在找的

Isnt it beautiful the way she writes? Simple words, yet how many of us can express our inner thoughts like that? She gave me the inspiration to add on to my own thoughts.


最近感触很多

想了想

有些东西,失去得太快了

原本想做的一切没意义了

原本想说的话也变得没必要了

能不能再次拥有?

再看吧..

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

大发现

Made an amazing discovery today. Lol. I realised the way Boss groom him artistes is the same as Jay Chou - Quick, impulsive and affirmative. He's very spontaneous when coming to select his next uprising artiste and believes in making a star than grooming what seems to be already a star. He builds his own masterpiece with his own values and beliefs and believe it will shine. However while they are both very forgiving persons, they will let go if they have to. I guess that's the trait in every Boss of an artiste management company.

That brings me to something which I felt pretty much disappointed recently. I wouldnt say much, just that some things I felt people could have handled it in a better manner. Let me ask a simple question before starting off anything:

In any company that you work it or in every job that you do. Can you be or arrive later than your Boss or Client? Is it right?

In this industry, everything is handled by the second. Time is very precious as every minute counts as money. Be it a TV commercial, Radio airplay, TV program, make up artists, Recording studios, even limousines and photographers, they all count and charge by the second. For example TVCs have a certain restrictions of a certain TVC to air on a certain time and the TVC itself has a certain duration it has to follow. Any increase or decrease in time means additional costs or unnecessary losses.

However, people tend to overlook this fact. Because they are not the ones paying. Talk is cheap. In fact I would say it's free. Sometimes people say the wrong stuffs, which would mean having to pay a price. People hate paying but the fact that you said it, you've got to accept the price to pay.

Ask yourself what have the company gave you. Sponsorships, Media exposure, helping and encouraging you to set up blogs and Facebook pages gathering supporters for you. End of the day who gets the good stuffs? Who gets the fame and glory? Whose face is it on the backdrop? Whose album is it selling out on CD stores? Who gets the supporters' affections and gifts? Who gets everything? YOU.

But what have you given to the company? NOTHING. Not even a single cent. Yet how many people would be more than willing to pay to get what you have gotten for free? Have you thought of it?

Ok, maybe some of you may think that I'm blowing things out of proportion, dismissing whatever happened as a "Small Matter" or that I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. I can only say it's the little things which shows a person's character and attitude. These small things in life are rehearsals and trainings for the BIG things that are going to happen in life.

Ask if one day you are late for a $100K assignment, who is going to compensate to the client? Who makes the most loss? It's the company. Yes, you may argue that you also lose the "artiste fee" that you were suppose to get out of the assignment but think again, who invested in you? Who threw time, effort and money in you? So who's making the most losses now, again?

What the company does for you doesnt happen overnight. It's a result of a series of planning and arrangements and meetings before any decision is being made for any job or assignment that you got to go. Yet, one can just destroy weeks and days of planning just by one stupid action. Worse still if there's no reason or because of some unconvincing reason that your pet is sick or what. Just for the record before anyone starts to say that I'm not compassionate. 2 years back my grandfather passed away. That evening itself, I have a performance scheduled. I could have taken the day off and proceed to the funeral. But still I finished up whatever commitments I had before the funeral and then proceed to attend the rest of the funeral. That's professionalism. Not just in the entertainment, but for any other industry, the rules are the same.

I'm not singling out anyone in particular, just hope some people to wake up their idea before speaking or doing anything out of impulse. People dont see the big picture and therefore wont understand how the other party feels.

Hope this helps.

Anyway I do want to single out one person in particular though. For the good reasons though. That's Jessica! Why? Because through the days we spent together, I truly respect the way she handled the sticky situations. The passion and dedication she puts in for others, yes, OTHERS, is totally deserving of my respect. First was the MV shoot. Despite working her ass (pardon me) off, burning the nights, paying stuffs out of her own pocket, the car, the props, the fuel and not getting anything in return for doing something which doesnt directly benefit her at all, she has never once complained. That's even after getting reprimanded by Boss in between the shooting and editing, getting scolded for nothing, she just smile and say she will do it. Never once I see her flare up or get upset. For that moment, I truly admire her for her attitude. Something lacking in me myself.

Then came the photoshoot. She knew she was late but she still finished up the shoot with dedication, doubling up as the photographer despite being "blamed the most" for being the latest. Apologising to Boss after that, taking responsibility for the entire group as she was the latest to arrive. How many of us can do that?

And she's a girl, mind you. How many MAN can do that?

Ok, that's rhetorical. Lol.

Before I end my post I wanna say that it's really unusual of me to write such harsh stuffs in my blog. My intention is not to embarrass anybody or to make anyone hate me or whatsoever. I just want to put things in a clearer picture for people who dont understand why things have to happen the way it had happened.

Clean up your act before it's too late.

Peace. (",)