My 'Virgin' Hosting Experience

Today was another eventful busy day, but i truly enjoyed it...

Went practicing in the afternoon for monday's major project for the singers' course.. drive here drive there, buy lunch and finally our class combined our powers @ weiyin's house... It was raining heavily, made everything feel so inconvenient... we managed to put the bits and pieces together, and i am happy to see that we are united as one... working very hard together for monday's performance...

After running thru once, i had to leave for hosting as i was going to be late...sky was still dark, rain hasnt stop, traffic would sure be bad... as predicted, i had to detour and travel slightly more to avoids the jams.. i arrival late, and our chairwoman, Jasmine... "kuai qu kuai qu zhao Khim (my co-host)..." :) Jasmine is incredibility good at control and management... Haha.. When she starts her complaining session during debrief, you better had done a good job earlier if not... hahaha.... fierce one lor... lol... anyway i found Khim (the 1st batch campus superstar 'powerhouse') at the cosy corner eating Lay's Chip... discussed about the flow, pre-arranged some jokes and we went up to the cosy little dance studio (wet weather location) and standby for the competition...

I must say me and Khim can work quite well together... she is very accomodating and experienced... i was like the talking kite...talk and fly, talk and fly... and she will hold the string and pull me back.. At one point, i kept talking about 1st time (virgin) experience, and went abit dirty... even the judges were firing me... haha... love the chemistry, like the tv shows... there was one moment i went blank, no vocab to use... lol... and i dig at myself to move on... Super big clown on stage... along the way while contestants sang, Miss Khim continued munching her Lay's Chips, and occasionally we discussed about the contestants... I was also doing my little judging by the side, writing comments on my name list....anyway, the whole flow was ok, just a blink of eye and we are done.... The judges praised the hosts... haha... Khim~ ^5! kekez.. Im looking forward to the next QF, next Saturday, feel free to pop by for music and my crappy hosting @ 76 Neil Road, 7pm onwards.. hopefully its a clear sky and we can set up at the courtyard (bigger) instead...

To the contestants, i know its almost impossible for u guys to read this, but i must say it was a tough decision for the judges... I personally will choose Apple, Yong Kwang, Mireen, Natri, Jayden (Adult Cat.), Mr Justin and Mr Choo (Open Cat.) to enter semi, and Lucius, Daniel, Wayne into revival round. However, sometimes life is just like this, you lose some you win some... Congrats to everyone, cos everyone is a winner, all of us took home some thing... be it advice, experience or actual chance to advance....

Who will help me?

Who Will Help Me?

Recently, a friend of mine is facing financial difficulties suddenly... Didn't expect the word bankrupt to be associated with this person... I was talking to this person whole night, got to know some of his plans and some of his unhappy encounters...

This person might be facing bankruptcy, and will be forced to leave current position due to the status. Imagine a career of 13 years, gone in a wind just because of business failure... And worse, is that this situation showed how sincere these so call buddies and friends are in crisis... I'm refering to those who obvious can provide a helping hand, e.g millionaire... The person's direct boss also a 'friend', who is a millionaire replied "i'm also very tight, my advice is you better quit before you go bankrupt" When i heard this, i went into F* mood... for your info, i know the millionaire too... I cant imagine someone like my friend who have been serving and fighting with this boss for 13 years, contributing the millions of dollars of assets and networth, receive such treatment... its just a $150k, and my friend is willing to pay up by instalment...

I was thinking and reflecting about myself, wondering who will appear and come to my aid if one day i need serious help, might not be financial but something else... seriously wondering....

I was sharing my idealogy of win-win situation with my singing class classmates...maybe i'm too much of a perfectionist...but i do understand that the reality is cruel and brutal...i cant always play the game like a i want to if no one wants to co-operate... i am too kind to be a business person, too kind to be a so call 'insurance agent'... a teacher who heard me sharing my ideas told me i'm not suitable to be in the entertainment industry, but i beg to differ... i may be idealistic, but i'm already in a business thats fighting for survival... my intention in every appointment is to make a difference in people lives and make a difference in my service VS the others... using my small little effort to change... similarly, it just need someone to step out to make changes in the entertainment industry to make small accumulatively positive changes...no matter where i go, i will try to influence with whatever i can...

Class Outing

Class Outing

3 April 2009, not our first outing/gathering but it shld be the most memorable one... i went down to OB early as i need time to write a msg over 2 pages(cos the big too many pages so we were forced to use 2 pages...) for the dance teacher who is leaving.. the day before, i went to shop for bling blings and DIY stuffs to deco the pages, cos the teacher is a DIY lover + i really dont know how to write over 2 pages.. 1 group in my class was having a discussion on a project so i 'pestered' them... we were all so excited and nervous about the project... they kept practicing and practicing till we overshot our timing to meet...

we rushed over to vivo, where we supported one of our classmates who was a finalist of mypaper executive look... too last min liao could prepare anything for her, so i ran to "toys r us" to search for noise maker toys... after going rounds and rounds i spoted some toy instrument - cymbal and tempolin...grabbed and ran to pay... when i used the cymbal, everyone looked at me... cos its so unusual to support with that...thought got lion dance... lol.. anyway we couldnt stay long to support her as the dance instructor was waiting for us in OB and we rushed back to fetch her and we headed to nearby, keong saik road a tze cha stall for dinner.... ordered i think 8 dishes... and the 12 of us sat together in 1 table, like a big family... very nice feeling... we chated while eating, though we werent as talkative as the prata shop session but guess we all enjoyed the dinner...

The highlight of the evening was KTV session! went to sing and we sang like nobody business... my throat was protesting before the session so i didnt sing much... anyway see them enjoy can liao... happy enough for me as an organiser... kekez... during the session really saw a lot of cute and funny sides of the dance teacher... haha... hope she enjoyed the session... in the middle of the session our vocal teacher + her hubby and a friend joined us too... we were all more than crazy till towards the end we all die down... energy dropped drastically, but a 'peng you' suggested by shiying, brought us together again in the finale... our class bonding increased by another zillion times~

after k-ing session, sent some of them home... when i reached carpark, ideas kept flooding my mind and hungry oso... so i called Gabriel (our ban zhang) told him my idea for project and funny thing was both of us were equally hungry and not sleepy... so i asked him out at 4am! lol... and he was steady, so i drove all the way to hougang and both of us went jalan kayu ate and talked till 730am... haha super nice long conversation... long time didnt have this kind of buddy buddy talk liao... i love this guy man! haha... We have so many things in common, namely, surname, dialect, forefather origin, mums r used to be malaysian, both in insurance, same ns unit, same ns vocation...etc....

anyway, i hope VS3 can stay one united and we will prove our strengths to others! :) jiayou!

Singout 09

Singout 2009



Remember the competition that i participated last year? My very first singing competition... Singout is back~!

This year's Sing Out '09 targets at both the ADULT Category (Age 13 - 39) and OPEN Category (Age 40 and above), in search of the BEST VOCALIST and PERFORMER.

PRIZES for both Adult & Open Category
1st - $2000 cash & prizes
2nd- $1500 cash & prizes
3rd - $1000 cash & prizes

Last 2 audition dates: 3 April & 4 April, 7pm @ Music Story


HOW TO REGISTER ?
1) Download the REGISTRATION FORM from http://www.musicstory.com.sg/
2) Print & Fill up the form.
3) Dial 6223 0012 to confirm your audition dates.
4) Prepare 2 songs for audition (e.g. 1 fast 1 slow)
5) Make payments together with the form to Music story on your audition date.

Registration fee: $18 (non MS students) / $15 (MS students)

For enquires: 6223 0012 (11am -7pm)

Though i'm not a student with MS, but have been in touch with them and i'm happy that they are always so welcoming... The students really put in alot of effort to organised this competition. I'm honoured to be invited to join their team, and will be hosting the competition... Looking forward for the hosting job, haha its my first time too... Really thanks the committee for trusting me, I will do my best for the competition... Doing 'homework', watching youtubes of talent-search programs... :)

No matter you learnt singing or never learn singing before (like me), whether or not you are a MS student, Singout09 welcomes all... Join today! :)