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I can’t believe Ishi is gone…

He was a great dance teacher… A very patient guide… A star so down to earth I just couldn’t help but marvel at the way he carries himself with so much poise and humbleness… A great friend to many… A role model… A talented guy with a bright future ahead of him…

Let us all remember him for his achievements… For the fun and laughter he brought to so many of us… For being part of the fantastic band, SOUL, and for taking Project Superband to another level… For the good he has done… For the immense effort he put into his pursuit for music and dance… For the inspiration he brought to his fans… For simply being the Ishi many of us knew him to be…

We will never ever forget you…

From us at Project Superstar 2, this would never have been possible without you…

Happy 23rd Birthday to myself… And much love and thank yous to all you lovely people who have brought me so much joy on my ageing day… You know who you are - you all have really touched my heart… For making me feel significant, for letting me know I haven’t been forgotten… You are all so special to me…

To my Angel, thank you for the company and everything else you have done… Your thoughtfulness and selflessness never fail to amaze me… Nothing material can compare to your prescence for you have been relentlessly and resiliently there every step of the way. I am grateful and thankful for YOU.

I wish time could hold still during these special moments. I wish for all of you to be happy and well. I wish that my precious family and loved ones will be healthy and blessed with all good things in life. I wish that Dad, Mum and Monkey Boy all things wonderful in life. I wish that the world will be a safer and happier place to be in wherever you all are.

To all my concerned readers, thank you for your concern and messages. I have been rather fine and well. Currently balancing my studies and work. Its been tiring but keeping myself occupied has been my other indulgence amongst the other cares in my life. My greatest regret would be to abandon this blog without bidding all of you a proper goodbye. So hello once again to all my faithful readers… I have not been gone nor will I be gone for a while more…

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Another scale fallen. A flicker of her worn out fins. The glistening ocean waves in the warm sunlight. She sits upon the barnacle dotted rock. The seagulls circle above. The crabs scuttling across the sandy shore. The sights and sounds of children playing along the shoreline. The sail boats bobbing along with the waves. Their sails fluttering with the breeze. With a longing glance, she smiles and dives back into the cold blue ocean.

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Take care people and much love and fishy bubbles to you all… Enjoy the weekend ahead… =)

Its been a long and winding journey. A journey of dreams. A journey of accomplishments. A journey filled with passion and hopes. A journey of friendships and love. A journey I will never forget!

To all the wonderful people who have been constantly supporting me, guiding me, believing in me, motivating me and encouraging me every step of the way, a grateful THANK YOU from the deepest depths of my heart.

From you all, I have learnt so much.

From you all, I felt the true meaning of ‘Friends and Family’.

From you all, I get the strength and will to push on.

My heartfelt thank yous to the following people:

Foremost, thank you to the producers and judges of Project Superstar 2 for giving me this invaluable opportunity to pursue this passion and dream of mine. Thank you to all production crew for looking out for us and for making sure the audience always get the best stuff! You all have been integral to the success of the show!

To the enthusiastic guys of OCS Hotel Wing 58/04 and your partners,friends and relatives who have taken time off week after week to lend me your support - Thank you SIRS! Special thank yous to Ying Wei,Hewen,Caleb,Larry,Leslie,Weiming,Charlie,Kok Heng,Jason,Ray,Chong Boon,Sng and Jerry.

To the Lamers Gang who were always there to keep my spirits up - Special salutes to Mr Pengho,Liquan,Chin Liang,Hock Koon,Chon Eng,Kim Heng,Wei Qiang,

To some good old mates who have always been by me since day one - Special thank yous to Jorwe & Family, Sharlene, Miao Xin, Madeliene,Shu Zhen,Kai Xiang,Neville,Aunty Chia & Family, Aunty Pauline Yang & Family.

To my school staff,mates and classmates from my alumni,thank you for the the encouraging messages, gifts and your prescence - Special thank yous to Hot Buddy Maine,Lydia Twiny,Joyce,Jason,Liang Zhen,Zhi Hong,Edwin and Andrew.

And of course to the wonderful BIT mates - Wei Heng,Yongle,Chun Jie,
Alex,Jeraldine,Clara,Yinghui,Sito and your friends. Thanks so much!

More than words can say, thank you so much to you my Angel,for being there every little tiny step of the way.For not giving up on me,for believing and helping me in so many ways. You really mean the world to me.

Thank you to my lovely and amazing family for all your tolerance,patience and unfailing support.You all have been so wonderful. I love you all so much!

And to my relatives who have shown so much love,concern and support for me each week - Thank you so much for being there. Aunty Rebecca,Ivanny,Uncle Pigu,Aunty Elaine,Wee Jinny,Uncle Steven,Uncle Ted & Family, Cheoky & Family, my beloved Amah, Uncle Tony,Weiming,Uncle Eric,Cheryl and Winston & Family.

A big big thank you to Aunty June for always being there. For your thoughtfulness & encouraging gestures (the t-shirts,the posters,the messages etc),you have been absolutely great!

And to all those who have voted for me through these weeks, thank you so much for your support. I hope all has been worthwhile! Without your support, I wouldn’t have come thus far. I really am very, very grateful to you all.

To Super Fans - YOU GIRLS ARE THE BEST! Thank you for supporting us through this! Special thanks to my self appointed "P.A" Cheng Guang,Lijuan,Weiling,Kejing,Song Xian,Edmund,Kendrick,Yan Shan,Rah,Doreen,Serene,April,Sophia,Evonne,Andrew,Ryan & Xingyu for always perking up my day! I will never forget you all!

And to all the contestants I have come to known as friends,thank you for for making this journey so special.We were part of a dream nobody can take away from us & a common passion we all had for music.Thank you for teaching me so much and for the unforgettable memories! Look forward to our next reunion!

XIE XIE NI MEN!!! JUE DUI SUPERSTAR JIU SHI YING WEI YOU NI MEN, CAI YOU WO MEN!!!… =D

So many things have been going on. Much has happened. My eyes are puffy, my voice is hoarse and my headaches are coming back in throbbing waves of pain to make me feel worst.

Maybe I didn’t handle things well. Because people didn’t understand me. Because I didn’t try to understand people. Both ways, I still think I could have done alot more. Less for myself, more for others. I hate the thought that unwanted eyes rove themselves over my once cheerful blog I called my second home to me and my beloved readers. It kinda scares me now. The ambience here is now… Different. It just doesn’t feel right.

Sadly, I had to make a tough decision yesterday. A choice between 2 things I would have loved holding on so tightly for with all my might. I hope all understanding parties, friends and relatives will support my decision which I had to make.

I am officially withdrawing from the Herbal Essences hair competition due to certain foreseeable contractual complications I would have in future with the Project Superstar 2 competition and one of its sponsors.

I want to say sorry to all my voters whom I know many of as friends and relatives who have been silently supporting me every single day. To all the other voters I’m sure I have never known in my life, thank you for your unwaivering strong support. I know all of you were rooting for me to win right from the start. I am very touched by your kind gestures of encouragement and morale boosting messages.

I know I have let many of you down. I am really really sorry…I am… =(

Most importantly, I want to apologize to my Angel who has been doing so so much to give me his more than 100% support in everything right from the beginning. It was a tough but well-thought through decision I went through with him before we both decided this would be the better way out. I am really sorry Dear… I know it is going to be a tough time for you and no less, for me…

I will make this up to all of you by giving my 100% during the Project Superstar competition. Many don’t see the blood, sweat and tears I have gone through, but I will persevere and give it the best shot I have. I hope you all understand that it was not easy for me to type this out as my heart aches with disappointment in myself and laments on "Why must it be this way?" playing in cycles…

I will get through this… I just need some time…

My new pet Shrimps! =)

Complete with a pretty home from a a biscuit container and a nice drift wood with attached green plants.

Close up of two of them timid crustaceans:

8 adorable shrimps at a super good bargain:

And after a little more haggling, I got myself a free giant shrimp!

I am so Aunty… Shrimps! ^_^

Remember this cute little kitten that captured the world’s attention?

I hereby present to you:
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!!!!!!! Cute right…

I found this little furball under a bush with 2 other siblings of his and started flicking a twig with a leaf at it in a bid to lure it out for a good warm cuddle.

No gun mah, use leaf loh.

I know I am not funny. Bye bye.

This must be the most beautiful dress I have seen…

Frederick’s Of Hollywood Handkerchief Ombre Halter Dress

Makes me feel all Mermaidy inside… ~tingles~

I can only dream and fantasize about it… cause I’ll never in a million trillion gigallion years be able to pull something like that off lah.

Dammit.

Firstly, sorry for the lack of updates… I’ve been terribly busy with stuff… Merschool is draining away half of my gills’ capacity… But I’m swimmingly fine.

Secondly, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH to all those who have voted for me. Its heartening to note that I’m now finally comfortably in the running for the title despite not having a dedicated marketing and promotions agent with a fat pay package reining in support for me. I am really touched by the turnout. I really am. Highly unexpected I must say.

Special thank yous to my very sweet Love and his army buddies, wonderful family and relatives, supportive friends, nice strangers, my dedicated readers, IT Savvy Ah Pek and Ah Mas and all other men, women and animals…

Please continue voting for me ok!!! You can vote once per day per belle everyday! Xie Xie Ni… =)

Some pictures from my school’s Dinner and Dance (1st September 2006) which I was invited to for FREE (the tickets cost $100). 8 course sumptuous oriental dinner shared among only 5 people at the table (most tables had 10, 5 didn’t turn up)… Shiok ah, eat until full! The dinner was to commemorate TMC Academy’s 25th year anniversary as well as Teachers’ Day. The school unveiled its interesting new logo, held some boring speeches, gave out some long-service awards, gave out big fat bonuses, more boring speeches, held the finals of the TMC Idol and even presented a humungous $25,000 cheque or something to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund in a bid to contribute to charity. Talk about garnering publicity. How tactical.

The Stage Was Set - Orchard Hotel Singapore

Me eagerly waiting for dinner to start so I could go home early… And yes, I still can fit into my beloved doped dyed chiffon dress ok!

Me with some of the school’s amazingly pretty staff. I felt like the roots beneath the roses.

I had the golden opportunity to get a shot with the boss himself- CEO Dr Chin.

And guess who came to entertain us? My favourite Ms ABIGAIL CHAY! ~claps feet in delight~ She flirted, she teased, she sang and danced, she fed some men and molested a few, she dished out the lamest jokes and in a jiffy, left the ballroom before I could even get enough of her.

Dammit.

So I quickly got up from my table and fleeted out the door and caught up with her to tell her how big a fan I was of her.

And my oh my…was Abigail obliging…



She was so skinny that I was careful not to crush her when I gave her a warm hug to tell her how much I admired her and how thankful I was about the fact that she decided to come clean about her life and that I was glad she had taken this path of entertainment. She was MY STAR!

Unassuming and a very very filial daughter. She apparently had to rush off to get porridge for her Dad who was ill that evening when I ambushed her outside the ballroom.

So one last shot before Abigail disappeared down the escalators without a trace…

The dinner was so darn boring after that, I decided to leave at 11pm sharp right after the last dish was served.

THE END.

ME!!! Please please pretty please…

Maiden hair pageant!

I swear I didn’t say "Virgin Hair" during the interview… But ya, I have virgin hair…Hmm…

Please visit: http://www.styleacademy.com.sg/ to check out the other bevy of beauties…

I know its a little cumbersome as you’ve got to get yourself registered before logging in on the bottom right hand corner of the main page to cast a single vote. But I know I have the best readers in the world who would go that extra mile to click away for me hoh.. =)

Anyway, here are exclusive pictures from the mini photo shoot for the selection process…If you’re sick of me already and if un-Photoshopped long haired females scare the shit outta you, please don’t scroll down to view ya.. Here goes:

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Like what you see? Then get clickety clicking for me ok! Thank you thank you thank you!