21st Birthday Concert PartyOk, a long long blog post. But I'm also sure many of you are waiting for this, right? Sorry for not blogging on 6 September, as I m giving myself a day off. Lol!
First and foremost, thank you everyone who have wished me be it sms, phone call, facebook, friendster, blog chatbox, msn etc. Thank you so much! I apologise for not being able to reply to each and every single one of it, but I really really appreciate them!
Also, BIG thank you to everyone who attended my birthday party concert at Singapore Marriott Hotel. Sorry I couldnt invite everyone due to the limited spaces we have, but still to those who were part of it, thank you so much for creating the history in my life and walking with me through my route towards adulthood. Thank you to all the production team, crew members and everybody who organise this wonderful party! (",) I really appreciate deeply in my heart.
It has been a long long day for me. Lol! Woke up early morning to prepare for the day. And the day before I slept quite late due to the late night movie. (",) Practiced my keyboard and guitar as well as downloading and printing all the lyrics and mmos. Before I knew it, it was 2.30pm already. And so I went to prepare and Dewei and Carol came over to help me carry my stuffs to hotel.
Poor Desmond and his colleague from Jean Yip The Makeover, waited for more than hour for me. I'm so sorry! Anyway, he did the make up and hairdo for me. Thank you so much for the lovely image. 谢谢你Desmond大哥!
Preparations begin after the make up. The backdrop, the 5 tier Donut Cake,specially sponsored by Donut Empire, the stage, sound check the everything. Soon after that David came and passed me his guitar, which he borrowed me for the night. Thanks David.
Also one more person I would like to thank personally is James! He was the man of the night! I called him on Saturday and I asked him if he could host my event and he said yes immediately. And he didnt want a single cent from me. Not only that, he didnt eat because he was too busy hosting my event. Among all that, he helped me to calm down by assuring me and telling me jokes and stuffs. A BIG BIG Thank YOU to you James!
Soon after people came and there were some problems with the table arrangements. In the end we added more tables. I apologise for this to everyone. It was unexpected. But thank you for being so patient. In total, we have 218 guest turning up for the party. Wow! I didnt expect that much actually. Lol!
RING! THE PARTY BEGINS!
James did a great opening and I went up stage to give my Thank You Speech. It was impromptu in case you all wonder. Boss say no need script because it's bad for me. Lol! After that I showcased two of my own songs on guitar. I sang "If Only You Knew" for the first time in public. I hope it went well with everyone.
After that we had games and it was fun seeing people coming up playing games. Lol! Then I presented my 2 songs on keyboard, "Saranghamnida" and "每分钟". After which was followed by cake cutting. The Donut Cake was so so nice! Very beautifully decorated and very delicious as well. Not a single one did not compliment the cake. 5 tier Donut Cake! Thank you Steven, Azahari and Desmond from Donut Empire for sponsoring!
After cake cutting I decided to do another impromptu stunt. Lol! I felt that I should personally thank every single guests of mine. So I went around shaking the hands of every single person in the room. Today a friend of mine smsed me and said I missed him out. Oops! Sorry!
Anyway after that was group phototaking as well as free and easy. Speaking of phototaking, I would also like to thank Kenny from Jean Yip The Makeover for helping me take pictures for the night. He was supposed to be guest but ended up doing OT by helping me take photo. Thanks brother!
That was a brief outline for the entire party. I had fun and I'm very happy. Just that I felt bad I couldnt mingle around with each individual. There were far too many! Like more than 218 people present! (",) Anyway, do pass me the postcard and I will sign for you guys in near future.
Thank you to everyone for making the trip down personally to attend my party and thanks for all the gifts and red packets. Here I would like to thank a few important people.
Mum, Dad, Sis, Aunty May - Thank you for the help and support. Mum and Dad sponsored the Wine for the night too and also helping us to link up with the hotel and everything else. Most importantly, thanks for giving birth to me so I can have my 21st Birthday celebration! Loves!
Godma, Godpa, Godsis - You all have been wonderful all these while. Taking great care of me and loving me for who I am. Thank you all. Love you all.
Organiser - Premium 24
Management - Royal International Group and SHINE Models
Media - Gordon (Mediacorp), Mirza Malik (SPH Men's Health Magazine), Jeannie Ang (Radio 1003), Steven (Spartans AMC), Lawrence Wong (Local TV Celebrity), Steven Lim (Local Blog Celebrity), Alicia Koo (Local Singer), Uncle Vincent Tee (Local Movie Actor), thank you all for coming and for the wonderful gifts and well wishes!
Sponsors - Angelsky8, though J.Ai didnt come, Darren came as a representative. Evergreen Group, Crown Motors, Kinderland, LePizzerie, WaterSource, Robin 大哥 (足浴阁), 刘老板 and wife (刘三阁), Desmond and Kenny (Jean Yip Group), Steven and group from Donut Empire, Eileen (Bukit Timah Plaza), Peggy and staff from K Box, David and Joyce from Mee Mee Optics (thank you for the wonderful sunglasses. I LOVE THEM TO BITS!), Betty (Zi Diamonds), Amy 姐 (Amy-Link), Xpress, Seasons Perfection, K Box, WTS Travel, Make Up Artist Shop, The Hidden Place, Trust, Killiney Kopitiam, I 喜喜 Games, Francis and Jean, and many other sponsors who made this possible (sorry if i left out any). Thank YOU!
James Yang for hosting the great show.
To all my teachers - John Lee, Pin Ming, Jensen, 蔡萱, Alex, Chin Koh
Jason, Mandy, David, Jasmine for running about here and there.
Crews - The ushers, the team and all that helped out in one way or another. Thanks!
Guests - Relatives, friends and guests. Thank you for coming!
Last but not least the most important person: Boss! Without you, all of these wont happen at all. Thank you so much! I will work harder in both my music career and study. I m an adult already, so dun always nag at me all the time. Lol!
Woo. Finally an adult. But still feel very much very young at heart. Lol!