Most Kissable Guy

Girls and ladies reading this.. do take some time to cast a vote for stanley toh!!

Here's stanley's clip

This voting this open to the guys and girls... but only girls will win the date with mr kissable.. can vote here

Leaving for Turkey

Cruz was leaving for turkey, he was tasked to lead a group for a tour in turkey by chan brothers.. it was his first time taking up such a task, totally not knowing what to expect, but i think it's a fun job, get paid to travel man!! he was so busy that the only time he's available to meet was at the airport for dinner before he flies... dinner was settled at crystal jade at t2 together with jan and ryan. super bad experience, expensive and totally not nice, coffee shop tze char stalls have nicer food!! details here..
Went over to t1 cos we weren't satisfied with dinner and wanted to have some popeye's butter milk biscuit, and got turned off by the horrendously long queue. though of having ice cream at swensons, and found out that swenson is no longer at t1...
Had to settle for some fruits at the food court, this small cup of fruits costs $5, wow!! but it's the most attractive dessert we can find at t1. now cruz should be halfway through the trip and he has been blogging quite constantly from turkey. check it out at his blog.

Also, we gotta congratulate him for clinching most popular 933 dj award at sra 2007 3rd year in a row!! clap clap..let's hope he's enjoying himself at turkey right now!!

On a seperate note, just knew that jan's an agent for suzuki, so if anyone is thinking of getting a suzuki, can contact her, see if she can give you good price.. then must tell her i reccommend one so that i can ask her for referral commission.. hahaha, she just got herself an sx4 sedan, interior quite chio, almost like a bmw with the orange displays.

The Mission

Huanghui was telling me about her part in the show on the mission on selling prata some time back.. and not long ago, ripple suggested giving yunying a surprise visit for a belated birthday celebration, and yunying is involved in the same show.. wah jia lat, go there gotta buy prata from both teams...from sources, we got to know that they are filming on sat morning at fong seng prata. together with borong ripple js and bangzhi, we woke up early, met up and drove there. upon arrival, we realised there were no cameras, no lightings, no mediacorp people, hhmm did we get the location wrong? call up the info source, but no answer.. in the end called up huanghui to realised that it's the next day!!!

So we ended up going to the new balance warehouse sale nearby and we spent a total of around $700!!! huge damage to pockets.. cake was half melted in the sun, got it into the fridge and then brought it along the next day... woke up early again.. this time, filming crew could be seen even before we parked.. saw huanghui immediately after alightling and caught a few shots of her.. and with the slr attracting lot's of attention from the crew, i was asked to pose as her fan trying to take her photo and then the host will came over and get me to participate in their "most creative prata photo" contest to stand a chance of winning a digital camera and a photo printer.. the prize was quite attractive, so i agreed, before knowing that i have to buy 5 pieces of mushroom and cheese prata at a whooping $20!!Ok... paid up and waited a long while for the prata.. but there were free gifts.. 5 packets of vitagen collagen, 2 bottles of shokobutsu bady wash and 2 bottles of shokobutsu face wash.. not the $20 seems worth it.. and so with such a creative art director like ripple, we submitted this photo for the contest.

After finishing the 5 pieces of prata, we proceeded to the other side where yunying was.. she was really busy looking for customers, going all out to get curious people walking by to sit down and buy some prata, even had to get kids to go on stage for karaoke, and sing along with them..

Here, the pratas were cheaper, only $2 a piece, but it's prata kosong!! 10 pieces entitles you to a lucky draw chance to win a karaoke entertainment system!!
Other then lucky draw, they even invited a guest star, this person called wang chuan yi from taiwan, do you know him? i dun even know who he is when he walked in, but ripple went bersek on the sight of him, while we asked one another who this person is... they decided to give away his album if someone is willing to buy the pratas in huge amount... and ripple (the only one) offered to buy 20 pieces!!
So we ended up with 20 pieces of prata kosong for take away!! nearing the end of the session, it's time to surprise birthday girl with the half melted cake, cos it was a hot day and the cake was kept in the car for a few hours.. but it's the thought that counts right!!


At the end of the filming session, it was time to announce the 3 winners for the "creative photo" contest!! luckily there weren't too many entries, only about 12 photos to choose from, and from what we see only 1 other seemed more creative than ours!! haha our halloween mask entry got selected!!! yeh... new digital cam and photo printer!! if you want to try for the prize, you can go down this sat (not sun), same place. 9am to 12pm...

The Tattooist: Gala Premiere

Remember these 2 posts from a year ago? here and here. finally, after a year's wait, the movie is finally out!! most excited person is none other that bangzhi himself. imagine watching yourself on big screen, a person who fear watching horror movie had to watch himself die in the show. how does it feel? weird? gotta ask him. i was invited by him to the gala premiere, with the huge camera, i think i look like the event's photographer, some people actually mistook me for the official photographer and wanted me to take photos for them.Lots of people at the premiere, posters of people with tatoos on their bodies was hung up, they even got a person to tatoo on the spot at gv vivo!! not many stars seen there though. but today's star is bangzhi, so let's not care about the rest.

Interview cannot siam, this group of students from i cannot remember which poly conducted quite a pro interview with him, and andie as well, win star search getting busy, need to go for interviews and lot's of photo taking with fans.. i lost count of how many people wanted to take photos with him and of him that evening.
The bang brothers, took me quite a while to photoshop the oily faces man!!
The tattooist is showing at cinemas from this week onwards, remember to go watch it, support bangzhi, support local talents. it's a good show...

For the Supporters

If you have been reading this blog.. you would have known that andie won star search 2007, you can check on previous post of it here. to thank all his supporters, from family to friends to fans, he organised a gathering and had some food catered.Sweat baby article on zaobao, they purposely chose the photo where he looked really sweaty, or isit the oil on his face causing that. haha



By the time i got there, most of the people had left, i couldn't attend it earlier cos was in malaysia, wasted, didn't get a chance to take photos of andie with his fans.. but at least there are some small fans around, cousins, relatives, parent's ex student's children etc..

And since there's some time, it's time for some group photos, as of course it has gotta be the newest most in pose..

Congrats once again andie.. enjoy your holidays before work starts next year!!

Star Search 2007 Grand Finals

I guess many are waiting for this post.. and since cruz had put a link to my blog and somehow he declared this as the official fan blog (later i get eggs thrown at me), i will put up this post first although there are still a couple that's supposed to go up before this.

According to andie, tickets were very limited for the finals, every contestants were only given 50 stalls and 30 circle tickets, i guess it must be because of the numerous guests and that it's the finals, everyone wanna watch it live.. An hour before the show starts, there's already a long queue outside the theatre, i think they arrived early, hoping for good seats, and later did they know that seats have been allocated, nothing much to choose from..
Everyone was really excited before the show, andie's supporters were all dressed in red, together with the red and gold banners and glitters, we look really striking as a block of red and gold glitters at the top corner of the audience crowd.Friends, family members including grandpa, grandma, the 2 bang brothers, cousins, parents, their students etc etc... all anticipating a good show and hoping for good results.
Yes... this is the reason why most of us ended up with sore throat, loss of voices the next day.

Andie performed very well in all the segments, and he had quite a number of costume changes.First a group dance, followed by iconic protrayal of willy wonka and he topped this round. he came in second for the acrobatic stunt section, which we feel so much like watching a charaty show. next was a test of eloquence, his performance with patricia mok was fantastic, getting him top again. and in the final round, acting, all of us can see that he's really putting in his best, under the many layers of clothes, he had to "fly" around the stage, engage in fights etc... oh and i found someone who blogged about all the items and the results, you can take a look here.

And the result announcement, this is the most exciting part, everyone of us had out hearts thumping really fast, and they hold on to the final result for so long. ok dun wanna type too much. relive the moment here..

And a star is born. andie did it, he's the champion of this star search. i think from that point onwards, his life will never be the same again. and i think it's really an honour ro be able to receive the award from our president, andie must be really proud, oh no, his parents must be even more proud that they have a son winning the star search and getting the award from the president!!

He was too busy after the show and we neer had a chance to talk to him at all, the press and the media people were too busy hogging him, and he went supper with the costestants and the production crew after all the ra ra... so we had to go supper withot him. but we had the throphy with us!! and everyone wants a photo with it!! how often do you get to hold a throphy like that!!
It was indeed a job well done by andie, he was interviewed on the morning show on tv the next day (without sleep) and then on 933 too, you can hear the podcast of the 933 interview on cruz's blog (click to get there)..

All the best to andie and we'll see a superstar in the making!! he's going to be the next king of caldecott (copied this from cruz)...

Andie into Finals

It was the semifinals for starsearch last sunday, and i can see that andie has got more supporters in the studio this time. it was a sea of red, taking up the centre area of the seats, right behind the judges. everyone was excited and a little worried, he's injured, and 2 contestants will be out and not be able to go to the finals... will he succeed? we all have strong faith in him!


We all turn up in red, and this colour coordination really makes the supporters look very unified, i think this does help in boosting andie's confidence when he's performing on stage and looking at this whole big group of fans in red. of course, the cheers led by our cheerleader helped a lot too.

First segment was singing, he appeared in a totally dashing outfit, just like a prince, sang well, danced well.. even the judges thought so, and he topped the segment!!
At sebsequent segments, accumulated scores got him top in ranking too, and i felt that he acted really well in the final segment, and of course, he's on his way to the finals.. to be held on the 4th movember, remember to tune in to channel 8 at 8pm for the live show. and meanwhile, do support him for most popular award, call 1900-1125004, 60cents per call.. lets hope he'll clinch both the most popular award and the champion for the competition!!

Jia you andie!!

Andie Into Semifinals

Date: 25 Sept 2007

It's an evening at mediacorp again, it's round 2 of the competition at star search for andie. this time, 2 guys and 3 girls will be competing and 2 of the 6 will be dropped out. First segment was dancing, and the 3 guys are dance quite well, andie was quite impressive though. next was question and answer, and he did very well, he definitely left a stronger impression as compared to the rest of them..

Ok a little sidetrack, i was quite shocked to see more and more photographers in the studio as the show progresses, i dun remember seeing them in the last show, why does mediacorp need so many photographers? later i realised they were not interested in the show, they are interested in the judge who has been getting on the headlines... alex man...
Ok, back to the competition, last and most important segment, acting. andie was fabulous, because unrehearsed situations were put in to tekan the contestants, he handled them really well.. some of the other contestants couldn't handle them and even laughed.. he really deserved the top ranking for thos round!! looking forward to more exciting performances from him.This time round, i managed to catch hold of him for a pose after the show, the previous time, he was too busy being interviewed.. this was his nerdy look for the act, i wonder what image will he sport for the semifinals!!
Kelvyn with the most provocative poster of andie.

And here he is after changing out of his costume, as usual, the reception was full of fans waiting for them to come out so they could talk to them, take photos etc. hhmmm, oh i did that too.. aarrgghh .. so i'm labeled as a fan? haha.. will always be a fan of the bang brothers

Dark Alley

This photo has been shamelessly grabbed from cruz's blog... even without askingFor the fans of fm933, you would have remembered the 5 episode long radio production called dark alley in april this year.. if you have no idea about it, you can read all about it here.

The reason for this post is that, starting monday next week, dark alley 2 will be airing on 933 and it will be staring cruz, of course, he's the producer and also zhentao!! after not being in the media for some time, this ex superhost is back!!! so remember to tune in every night k? there's repeat telecast around noon on the next day too!! and the theme song of this production is very nice.. it's xiao qing ge by soda green!! and it's dark alley (first season) that made the song popular!! soda green should give cruz a big treat for that!

Star Search Round 1

Bangjun's first round of the competition was held a few weks ago at mediacorp. i had to post this now, cos there will be more updates after the next round which will be held tonight.It was quite obvious that bangjun's supporters are more than the rest, it was a sea of red in the studio. there were lots of banners and small items made by friends and family to be distributed to the supporters before th show begin, everything was red and gold, it was quite a wonderful site, you should be able to see it from your tv screen at home.

He did quite a good job in all the segments, esp the dancing one. and he got through to the next round, let's hope that he'll continue the good work and work his way to the final round!! remember to tune in to channel 8 tonight for the show!!

Keeping the props after the show, to be used in the next round. and i waited quite a while to get a photo of him, but he was busy with the interview and didn't look up, and before he showed us his face, someone came over to me..."sorry no photos!!"
As usual, we proceeded for supper after the show. some time ago, when there was superhost, the super had to be chop chop cos it's back to the studio at 11pm for the result. this time, no voting, thus results are released immediately, so we have all the time after that for supper. but the star had to stay back for briefing, and he couldn't join us.Jia you bangjun!!

251- The Real Poster

Here's the 2 original photos.. the poster and a photo i took of ripple, i forgotten where she was supposed to look so i told ripple not to look into the camera, and i was wrong... anyway,,, hope everyone had a good laugh, and remember to go watch the show ok?
It will be showing from 5 to 15 april at the esplanade theatre studio. ticket prices $33 or $26 for full time students. should be able to get more info from the sistic website. i have yet to check that out.

The Story of Annabel Chong

Ripple is involved in the production of a new show called 251. it's a story about annabel chong, i guess many of us would have heard about this big name. this time round, ripple is still the set designer.. the show will be shown at the esplanade theatre in march, so be ready to go grab the tickets and or see the set design by ripple and also enjoy the show!.here's the poster.

Remember to click on the poster to see a larger version!! all comments on the poster are welcomed.

Dorina is on Sunday Times

Did any of you read last sunday's sunday times, i never read the papers, it was dawei (my brother) who came across this article!! WOW, an almost full page coverage of dorina!! as a successful businesswoman.. remember to go take a look at the article especially if you know her personally, how often you see your friend being covered on the papers. hai... haven't got the chance to visit her riyuegu hot spring, dunno when will i find the time to go there!! anyone on for a retreat to xiamen?