Same amount of junk but better skin

Was going through photos in my phone when i saw this. Taken halfway through e competition on a short trip to malaysia... Liked this pic alot because for e amount of junk i was eating then... My complexion is actually kinda Onz! Now my face is nope junk then e food i eat. Ha....

SO sorry...

The gathering this coming week has been postponed... So sorry guys. Sigh, silly me forgot to write down a scheduled filming for some variety show in my organiser. So sorry... so when they called to remind me the other day, i was a bit lost.

Sorry ivon, sorry zijie... for screwing up the plans!

But the gathering will definitely take place, its just a matter of when. =)

I've been sick for the past 2 weeks... even before Krabi i was blogging about being sick. Well, i'm still sick, I have the sexiest voice ever, the leakiest nose ever, and ears that are perpetually stuck. I can't hear properly, can't sing properly, can't talk properly and worst of all!!!!!! CAN'T TASTE PROPERLY!!!! Oh horrors...

but don't worry! I'll get better... i think i've taken too many antibiotics in the course of my life such that my immunity is getting weaker and the germs are getting stronger. I need to get well soon... I need the energy for alot of things so do keep me in your prayers. =)

Perhaps i've been enjoying the amount of freedom i have in my job too much in the past month. I shan't elaborate too much on this lest i bore you with my work... but i failed in my duty at work today. Which hit me quite hard... and perhaps even gave me a good slap in the face to wake me up. Was rather demoralised for half the day... struggled between finding an excuse for to relieve the guilt i was feeling and learning to humble myself and learn from my mistake.

I think as an intern, i've been given many chances to learn... and i guess i haven't fully made use of it. Sigh, sometimes it gets really really tiring... I look at my boss and karen boo, scratch my head and wonder to myself "How in the world do they do this??" I've seen this burning passion and fervent commitment in the lives of both the producers in superstar and now in my office.

How do they do it.

oops. just got a call. got me all distracted... will end here rather abruptly for now! meanwhile take care and don't fall sick like me!

Little fat is getting some exercise!

Working on a trailer and i have 小胖 to accompany me... He's rolling around e room in a blue ball. He can roll really fast! Waiting for e Xin.sg people to come... Ouch! Fatty just crashed into the wall!

Weak, so weak!

I'm at work early this morning... because i was awaken this morning by a bad sore throat. Its not the hoarse, infected kind of sore throat, its the kind that hurts when you swallow... feels as though that little fella hanging at the back of your throat went out clubbing the night before, and got beaten up.

Lots of people getting sick it seems... last week my office was down with the flu...and i've got emails from some of you telling me you're sick too!

I do hope this isn't some kind of an epidemic... do take care of yourselves peeps. ANd if there's one thing I've learnt... is that the act of taking care of your own body is a daily and constant requirement.

I've been getting quite little sleep because of late nights out but when i finally got a good 7 hours of sleep yesterday night, it was already too late. I still woke up with a bad throat.

@#!@~!@~@#%##$~@

A whole lot of work deadlines this week. People in my office are piled....worried about ticket sales for an upcoming crosstalk performance. So i'll elaborate a bit on it here... do help to advertise to your friends about it if you can.

"A night of Maji" is a performance organised to commemorate the 100th day anniversary of the death of a great crosstalk teacher, Maji. To tell you the truth, I've heard of him, but i've never heard of him. By that, i mean that the name rings a bell... but i've never actually heard him performing... but because i have to do trailers on this performance, and create a video on him, i've had the chance to listen and watch a bit of his performances.

I'm surpirsed! I actually enjoyed it very very much. I come from Nanyang Girls' where there are quite alot of students who come from China to come singapore to study. And somehow, they're always into crosstalk and always performing crosstalk in schoool.... back then, somehow we didn't know how to appreciate it. The coolest CCA's in school were probably the sports CCA's... and theatre club(i like to believe its so. because i was from there. haha)

CHinese society... cross talk.... stuff like that people didn't seem to care.

And i think it was only because we told ourselves that it would be uncool to appreciate something like that, that made us under-appreciate the whole art and performance of crosstalk. At least i think that's the case for me.

Just the other day, carrie said that art is dying in this world. When we say art... it encompasses many things, even wannabe singers like us because to me, music is a form of art. SHe said its because nowadays... TIME is the essence. People don't spend time to appreciate art anymore... things move so quickly. They have to move their butts and hurry earn money before its too late.

Which is so true but so sad.

This is not advertorial... haha, but that said, let me just give you the details for this performance. I trust it'll be a night that will open up your eyes to something different, something the chinese culture here in singapore has been lacking in and something which i believe, no matter how much or how hard they try... will slowly die out. Sigh........................................

"A Night of Maji"
Date: 31st of March (saturday)
Time: 8pm
Place: Downtown East D'Marquee
Cost: $16/= or $22/= (inslusive of sistic charge)
Call 62962929 to book your tickets now!
For bulk orders...(which come with good discounts!) call 63597369

CNA's coming into my office later at 3pm... so i better try to get some work done first. OH.. I'll be going on the game show "Music in the Air" sometime soon, think the date is tentatively confirmed as 7th of april... so stay tuned. =)

Thin superman

Just finished performance... Zijie was wearing his superman belt when he got laughed at by a few kids... "superman so thin!!! Ha ha ha ha!" that's when i caught such a 难得 unglam photo of friend... Liew Suyi!

My friends performing!

Watching my friends performing now at payar lebar kovan cc at hougang street 21! They sing till 12 tonight... Come down if you're feeling bored...

I'm ok!

Read e tag board and realised that I'VE got you all worried... Sorry! I'm ok now. Not fully recovered but much better! Thank you for all your concern... Warms my heart! You all do take care of yourselves too ya...don't fall sick!

Longing...

Took some time for me today to decide on a title that would most suit how i'm feeling now. I miss calling my churchies churchies...i miss going to bible camps year in year out without fail. I miss them all. I miss the kind of rapport we would always have in church, how we'd be the "rebels" and yet still stick close together and provide the kind of warmth and support that i could never find anywhere else.

But so much has changed, so much has moved on, and i guess we can't always be peter pan's.

Many things i've done, decision i've made has also resulted to who i am today and the sacrifices i've had to make.

I've made some stupid choices in life, i've made some great choices in life.

I've made so many great friends in life, and i know, i'll have all of you forever and ever. Please be true. =)

To my dearest ESSR, I love you all the most. I hate to be biased and say this. But i love you all SO so so so so so much! Praying and hoping that each and everyone of you will conquer everything that comes your way and come out of it stronger and wiser. I hope nothing, nobody, anything ever tears us apart...

I wish we never had to grow up.

In life, there are so many people you can't live without.

I don't think i could ever live without these darlings.

I miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Under the weather

Its been a busy busy one month, but i haven't lost any weight. As a matter of fact, i believe i have increased in mass because of all the continuous mouth exercise and full body exercise. Which means i accumulate fats and then allow these fats to turn into muscles during the Renci rehersals. Haha... And muscles are heavier in mass than fats! So i won't say i'm fat. I'll say i'm muscular. Hahahaha...

Fell sick on saturday though, it was quite sudden. One moment i was jumping around feeling on a high, the next moment my throat felt horrid and i felt lethargic. The next morning, i woke up with a terrible terrible sore throat... and because i had to wake up early to make sandwiches for a 95.8 event that morning(since i couldn't make it down to help out, i undertook the task of providing food. =P) i didn't have time to visit the doctor...

Everytime i'm sick, my mum either gets very jittery or gets angry and completely ignores me. Today, she got jittery and concerned because i still had a long day ahead at Renci... SO...

my mum visited the doctor on my behalf and got me the medicine i needed.

Haha... My mum is cute.

Talking about my mummy... her birthday is coming! Yesterday, i finally thought of something to buy for her! But my silly daddy went to tell her about my plan and she immediately called me to tell me not to buy it because its not a good idea and i shouldn't waste money. Bleah.

Wanted to get her a nice comfy sofa from ikea so that she could lounge in it and watch tv. SHe said she'd rather watch it from the bed. Siannnnnnnn... so i don't get to buy my mum a present after all...?? flowers. i shall purchase flowers.

I have a uber interesting mummy... but maybe this is not the right subject to explore today. Haha, maybe when its nearer to mother's day, i'll post something more about my lovely mother. Whom the whole world thinks is feirce and is angry that i lost to Daren because of the uptight face she had at the Grand Finals.

My mum is cute. Quite the disciplinarian, but very cute, friendly and hospitable. She just has a phobia for the camera and media in general... If you don't believe me... ask carrie. =P

Alritey, back to work... *cough cough* haha. U-weekly coming down to 95.8 to do an article on my internship... tonight i have an interview with my alma mater, NTU's tv programme, SPECTRUM... followed by a full dress rehersal at the Budget Airport.

Till then!

Renci charity show

Practising for e show right now.. Woo. Hopefully we'll be able to put on a good show tomorrow. Do support us for a good cause ya! 19001128888

Unfocused

There is seriously either something wrong with my contact lenses or my eyes... Somehow i always suspected that in some secluded part of my brain, a tumour of sorts lays inactive until some day when it will awake and stomp around on e nerves that transmit information to the other parts of my body. I think this fellow is doing something to my eyes... Either that or i need a new brand of contacts. Argh. Can't work like this. Everything's a blur. Shall head down to e nearest optical shop during lunch... Bleah. :-S

Carrie me and Zijie!

Been a long time since we last took a pic together! Funny... Zijie's head looks huge... Ha ha ha ha

Zijie acting cool

Ha ha right below his house... And showing off my phone blogging function.

It gets demoralising sometimes

Alone in this room rushing out a trailer so i can make it for dance rehersal before 6 later. It gets demoralising because i'm really tired and maybe i haven't been sleeping well. But i know that a good performance requires everyone's utmost effort. So i can't let anyone down. But just give me a moment to savour this helplessness.

Macs for supper

Trying out blogging with my phone for once. This is what i had for supper ... Fattening. Woo. But i didn't have dinner so i guess it all adds up. Heh.

Mono Quek Huimin

I have a good friend called Huimin...she's quirky, nice, helpful, generous, selfish, cynical, critical all at the same time. And that's what makes her such a real friend to me... and i love reading her blog, beacuse she always looks at things from a different viewpoint and never fails to amaze me with the amount of thought that gets processed in her head every minute.


She watched "I'm a cyborg, but its ok" and i think her movie review rocks. So huimin... if i may.. plagarise your blog. =)


"If there's one film you should watch this year... it will be I'm a cyborg but that's ok Kinda like a romanctic comedy but without all the mushy cliches, the buckets of tears and the third parties etc... this film moved me and touched a chord in me which all previous three films I watched failed to do so ( hugely overly hyped Tea Dance, arty film Big Bang Junvenile Love and famous award winning filmmaker Almodovar's Volver) Deeply philosophic, filmmaker Park Chan-Wook cleverly struck a beautiful balance as he brought across his meaningful, profound messages about serious and solemn issues such as death and one's purpose in life in a delightfully light hearted manner. It does not preach but invoke thinking. It is complex yet simple. It is cynical and yet hopeful. the shots are also quite cute with great detail put in the set up and props. I particularly love the part when the female lead went around killing the medical people in a rather pac man style shot. though it did seem to have tried too hard to draw laughter with the mentally-illed characters doing absolutely crazy stuff, I must admit that some of his ideas are really cute and creative... what with the man who is so polite and humble, he walks backwards, the flying socks, the elastic band around the waist... all the psychosis up for interpretation... Relatively, a little too much about the crazy antics of the people in the mental hospital and the cyborg girl as compared to the more interesting developments betweent the two leads later on in the show... I find myself hoping that the movie is longer with the interesting bits more elaborated, but I guess this means the film is more of a success as you want to watch more of it."

I watched the same movie... possibly enjoyed it as much as she did, but never spent anytime thinking about why i loved the show or what i took home from the cinema that day other than the random pop corn stuck to my clothes from my usual messy style of eating(oh wait. i didn't buy popcorn that day....)

She's amazing i tell you. I never want to lose such a loyal AND interesting friend like her. Never. SO... I am so going to need to pay you back the money soon! Ahhh just give me a rough figure and your account number huimin!!!!

Oh, its the one week school holidays now. Hope you peeps out there who have the fortune to enjoy such a good break cherish the time you have... make the best out of it ok! And for those overseas having a holiday(like a particular one in shanghai), take care and enjoy yourselves. =)

Here are some pictures i've been randomly taking with my new....

Sony Ericson W880i

where i've been working at... this is where the DJ's do their thing, I'm mostly upstairs though.

Oops I have no idea why this is lopsided. haha... too lazy to change it now. plus mossies are biting me. So... haha flip your computer screen the other way round to look or something... this is something we did when we were feeling poor the other day but were toying with the idea of taking neo-prints. hahahaha...

Oops. another lopsided one. hahaha... ah well. =P that's me enjoying my ice cream one hot sunny afternoon...its been uber hot these days.

nothing beats having a good game of scrabble after a hard day at work
and dance practice!Wheee!!!!

Say hello to the hamster in my office whom
i have to feed and clean after..."xiao pang"(little fat)

and this is the wallpaper on my phone now...
haha... My shoes. I like this pair of shoes.

Hiccups!

Been hiccupping non-stop for the past 15 minutes... and its starting to get a bit unbearable~!

Started hiccuping yesterday... recovered for sleep and welcomed it back at work.

But its getting worse... it comes at like 10hpm. (hpm = hiccup per minute)

I've tried gulping down 7 gulps of water. Held my breath. Thumped my chest.

What else am i missing?

I know. I need a good lunch. Heh.

THANK YOU.

"
Dearest all,

Have i ever spent some time to thank you guys for all the time and effort and money you've spent on me? If not... allow me to say it here. Thank you so much for all the little messages you've left for me, for the concern and sometimes anxiousness that you feel for me and my career.=) So many of you to thank, i might not be able to remember your names... but i recognise your faces. Kailin, Kendrick, Xue Ting, Ivon, Joyce, HUiyuan, SAbrina, Sianx, Delphina and many more... And i really need to mention these few names. Kelly, Zijie, Melvin, Trecia mei mei, Carrie Yeo(haha!), Helena, Shunyi and MANY MANY MORE.

WHere would i be now without all of you!

I hope those who came down to Hwachong yesterday... enjoyed the performance. I'm sorry i was so nervous... haha, somehow i couldn't help it. I felt as though i was back in 2003, before i knew how much i enjoyed singing on stage. But i really hope you all enjoyed it. And thank you for coming down specially to support... =0)

Came online just now to download songs for tonight's performance and i saw the email by ger_dine about "chu mo" being in the top 20 on 93.3fm. I was speechless. Somehow i felt as though i was "chu-mo"-ed by the effort you guys have put in.

From the very beginning of the competition, i joined with the sole purpose of wanting to sing and to pursue singing. I never imagined it would bring me so much love and support from all of you. To tell you the truth, when i first heard that Daren's song was in top 20 i was happy for him and in fact was not surprised. That's the thing about daren... his charm, the support from his fans. And maybe a small part of me said "don't think i have as much as him..."

But i was wrong. I might not have won, i might not have the kinda of charm he has, but i realise that what i have, is good enough. And i am more than thankful and contended for every little bit and everyone of you.

So for this, i thank god. I thank him for taking me this far unscathed. I came out of this competition stronger than ever, more determined than ever. I am not perfect. In fact, i'd say i'm far from perfect... and yet i still receive so much. Been spending some time these few days... thinking about what i want to do in the next year or so. I haven't reached a conclusion. but all i can say to you all here and now... is that "I will work hard."

God bless you all, I'd want each and everyone of you to be successful in school, in work, in life. you don't have to be cream of the crop. Just do your best, with no regrets... YOu can do it. let's work hard together. =)

Cheers,
diya "

Cabs in Singapore ought to be smacked.

Waited for a cab for half an hour today between 9-9.30pm outside Red Dot Traffic Building which is in the CBD area.

THERE WERE SO MANY CABS AVAILABLE BUT NONE WANTED TO PICK UP CUTE INNOCENT PASSENGERS LIKE MYSELF!!!! ARGGGhhhh!!!!!

THe moment i stepped out of the building, i saw a cab parked by the side with its nice friendly blue light on. Moved closer and the driver waved his hand dismissively at me obviously telling me to GO AWAY.

So ok la, i thought to myself. Maybe he's having an important phone conversation, with his girlfriend or something, don't distrub.

Moved further up the road to wait for another cab.... after a futile 5 minutes, suddenly this cab driver backs up to me, i open the door and he mumbles something like

"I pick this guy, Here, On call... you want?"

And i'm like want what?!

"Huh? On call...ok...."

"Yah, you want, charge you on call fee, four dollars."

"waht?!?!??! NO. "

So for half an hour, i waited in vain for a cab who would prove me wrong. Prove to me that the cabbies in Singapore, may not be rich, may not be poor but at the very least have the right ethics and responsibility towards people in Singapore who may be rushing somewhere. Instead of taking advantage of the whole situation to earn more money...

I'm not saying its wrong that they want to earn more money. But for goodness sakes! there were so many available cabs just driving around and ignoring poor me standing on the pavement int he slight drizzle. SERIOUSLY.

How can Singapore improve this situation? We need cabs, but cabs need us too...!

NEW YEAR HAPPENINGS!

jeff gets bad cards... =(

Jon and his uber cute neice!

me and Uber cute Christian... =)

Updates: Sony events tomorrow... I promise you pictures. =) Maybe with the new phone we're getting... whoopee!