Sunday, April 4, 2010

Counting Down (4 weeks)

With exams round the corner, our school has stepped up in the number of revisions. Hence, our Sundays have been officially classified as a school day until exams. Today was a 6 hour lecture day for me. And this is me, feeling emo on the way to school. Haha.


After school I went to Bugis to pray. On my way there I saw this interesting man standing very still in the middle of the street. He only moves when someone puts (or donates) money into his box. After that, he goes back to this position until the next person puts money again. It's buskering, so there's no fixed amount of money you must put in. But if you want to see him move or entertain yourself, then you can put in some money the next time you see him. I remember seeing this in the taiwan movie 听说. It's not easy work having to stand there like a statue for hours under the sun not moving. Truly respect these people. It's entertainment in another level, and this also sums up "entertainment trade" as something very wide and varied.

After praying we went for dinner at Uncle's place and that sums up my Sunday for this week.

Was going through OMY.sg and I came across an article with the header, "Rain 被指上海耍大牌". Read HERE.

Maybe it's a publicity stunt. I dont know. Lol. But that's not the point here.

More often than not, since eons ago when I first entered the industry till now, I've been told this many times by people all around me.

"Next time, when you're famous, dont forget me." (以后你红了,不要忘掉我啊。)

The weird thing is, it comes from the mouth of people of all walks of life. From my family members, to my friends, to my supporters, working partners, big bosses, even the aunty of some coffeeshop, or some random people, you name it, you get it.

Which makes me wonder, does one person really changes when he or she tastes success? If yes, then why? I dont know. For one I'm sure, I'm stubborn as hell. Even now, when someone treats me specially because I'm a celebrity or what, I will insist in getting the same treatment as any other person. I just dont feel good troubling other people or giving other people unnecessary stress just because I'm from a different profession as them. I feel that, we're all human beings and there's no need to specially treat someone if there's really no need to. I believe everyone is already good in their own way. You no need a celebrity or someone important to go and make sure you prove your point.

Maybe some people views differently from me. Maybe I'm not qualified yet to express such views. Maybe one day, when I'm successful, I will understand why people do the things they do. I dont know. All I know is now, I'm determined to be successful and yet remain as the way I am. Ironic eh? Lol.

It's also funny how a celeb can create a hoo haa in everything they do. I remember a fan of David Beckham collecting his uneaten fries off his tray and then auctioning it on ebay. Or if some celeb dig his nose in public and is captured on camera, he will surely be fried by the media. What if he was just another man in the streets? Who cares if he digs his nose! Haha. And it's the truth man. People wants to know more about Jacky Cheung digging his nose in public than a random stranger donating $1000 to a charity. Right? Lol.

Ok. Kinda tired now. Gonna rest. Take care everyone!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Hello FM 全新年轻娱乐 . 体验 HAPPY HOUR

Hello! Haha. This "Hello" is special because it's not the usual Hello that I wanna use as but rather I wanna introduce a new online radio station set up by my group of friends, Hello FM (哈啰 FM)


The link to their web is www.hellofm.weebly.com. Or you can also Click HERE for a direct link.

In there, there are various genres of songs being broadcasted 24/7. Also they update regularly and therefore keeping the web and radio station up to date and interesting. Come May, they are going to launch the station officially with a series of podcasts and live broadcasting coming in play. Apart from that, they have also quite a number of interesting radio programs that are surely set to capture the listeners.

Please do support my friends by tuning in to the station! Thank you very much! :)

I'm feeling much better today. But I feel a very uncomfortable pain in my abdomen. It's like a muscle tear or like a constant "stitches" around my abdomen. Whatever it is, it definitely feels painful and uncomfortable. Cannot walk properly. =\

School tomorrow and 1 months to the BIG exams. :(

Friday, April 2, 2010

Backlash

As mentioned in my posts back dated, I mentioned how hard it is to be an artiste and how difficult it is to stay in the limelight and be well-liked. Hmm.. Recently, as most of you may know, our famous former beauty queen Ris Low is under the subject of scrutiny again for her "stunt" that she pulled on her fellow colleagues at 98.7FM. Poor girl, meant it as an Aprils' Fool joke, didnt see the backlash coming and once again she was embroiled into a series of tirade from Netizens and listeners and the public.

For Video, Click HERE.

Anyway I do hope everyone can still give her a chance. We all know she hasnt been doing very well on screen and stuffs like that, but she's a newbie in the industry and she has so much more to learn - the rules, the etiquette, etc. We expected too much from her la. Give her some time to learn how to be a proper artiste. We all make mistakes. As for her Engrish........ Well.. Some of us.. We all speak like that too dont we? Guess we shouldnt be too criticising on one's grasp of language. To each of its own. Anyway Ris, wish you all the best. Work harder and 加油!

On the other hand, I realised Youtube has a VAST number of talented people out there. Really alot of raw talent not yet discovered. Really talented musicians. Just too many. I'll probably share a few every few days.

First is this duo Kurt and Sam. Very nice coordination and vocals. Just listen and you'll understand what I mean.


Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-vorcTAHGQ

And the same duo did this too.




Now, how cool is that? Note that it's one person singing everything. Then mixing them together to get one song. A one man Acappella. This, is one of the best I've seen online. Plus the effort took in doing the video, one man taking up all the roles. This is some serious shit. Haha. Should be quite difficult, but they did it anyway. Dont you just admire these people and their talents? Dont you wonder why they arent superstars today? Well I guess it's down to choice, luck and perhaps fate.

I hope you guys enjoyed the videos. You can search for more of them on Youtube. Anyway if there's anything interesting anyone of you saw online or somewhere, dont hesitate to share them with me ok! :)

I think I've been overworking and stress (due to work and exams coming) these few days. Plus lack of sleep. I'm down with fever. :(

Good night everyone.