Go to here to vote :

http://www.singaporehitawards.sg/Category1.asp

Closing date 21st sept 2008 11:59 PM

海内外华人歌手百家争鸣，百花齐放，他们在华语流行乐坛的贡献、地位和成就有目共睹。最终鹿死谁手，将依据60%醉心龙虎榜成绩以及40%你的线上票选成绩来计算。线上投票期限 – 2008年9月1日早上10点至9月21日晚上11点59分。


最受欢迎男歌手

Most Popular Male Artiste (Listener’s Choice)

曹格

陈伟联

方大同

林俊杰

林宥嘉

罗志祥

王力宏

伍家辉

杨宗纬

周杰伦

http://www.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200808291216-44963.html

Hello WL fans, do get copy of zao bao today. I must have the feeling there is his news. I had to use toilet urgently and went to coffee shop to use the toilet. Then sat down had a drink and get copy of Zao Bao, open then WL news. So happy !

Inside it covers news on WL's appearance at Paralympics opening and him being ambassador for Paralympics duet a song with one China Female singer (unknown who at the moment).

He also revealed that he has submitted 8 songs to his company and 2-3 songs were said to be not bad and had a chance to be in his next album early next year.

WL Jia You !

I am shocked to read this news. Its been long time I last heard from Tank. He seems to be a nice guy and so many positive news about him but today I am really disappointed.

Besides this irresponsible behaviour, he is a heavy drinker (despite his heart problems) and womanizer. He has 6 gf at the same time in the past while having a steady one. They broke off and now he seems to go night spots often to meet with ladies ...................

550元和解 阿婆：给年轻人机会
TANK母出面，2500新元和解，被撞老妇人：给年轻人机会。　　
据悉，事后TANK母亲出面，与被撞老妇人的儿子黄先生达成和解，并赔偿对方2500新元。　　
黄先生说，事发后，TANK在妈妈带领下多次登门探病，表现得很有诚意，他不想多计较；当TANK母听到只需赔偿2500新元时，当场还感动得痛哭流涕。　　
记者往访时，黄先生和他母亲都希望媒体能“给年轻人一个机会”，但他俩异口同声，希望TANK真能记取教训：“喝酒开车，不要说撞到人，其实是拿自己生命开玩笑，没人能保证下次大家都还这么幸运。”

被TANK撞到的梅姓妇人，至今左脚脚掌以及脚趾头骨头断裂仍未痊癒
前女友爆：TANK很花心形象纯情，实质花心，TANK被爆用情不专，同时劈腿6女。　　

唱片公司所塑造TANK成一位“不烟不酒又专情”的优质男人，以“纯情羞涩”模样示人。他曾对媒体透露，自己只谈过一场2年多的恋爱，对象是从小一起上同个教会的青梅竹马，后来对方误以为他花心而分手。　

但记者找到一名自称TANK的前女友却踢爆，私底下的TANK根本是个花心的“玩家”，不但爱混夜店，还喜欢把妹，还透露TANK的性能力颇强，一晚可以“炒饭”好几次。　

More news can get from here :
http://www.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200808281359-44912.html

柬埔寨今年物价高涨，贫民没有能力购买肉类，只得改吃鼠肉，导致鼠肉价格暴涨三倍以上。　　

据柬埔寨中央银行最新的估计，通货膨胀率高达37％。民众对鼠肉的需求随之上升，造成1公斤鼠肉的售价，从去年的1200瑞尔（0.42新元）涨至目前的5000瑞尔（1.81新元）左右。

在牛肉每公斤卖2万瑞尔之际，香辣的蒜炒田鼠肉，成为大受贫民欢迎的美味佳肴。柬埔寨官员昨天告诉记者，低洼的湄公河三角洲洪水泛滥，迫使田鼠逃往高地避难，使村民更容易捕鼠下菜。

http://www.omy.sg/News/World%2BNews/Story/OMYStory200808281230-44909.html

Do watch out for Paralympics games in Beijing 2008 from 6th to 17th Sept. ( 4th to 11 th Sept WL will be in China)

近日，新加坡盲人歌王陈伟联受邀担任第13届残疾人奥运会帆船比赛开幕式表演嘉宾。这个消息让这位新加坡家喻户晓的盲人歌王兴奋不已，他说特别荣幸有这样的机会参与到残奥会的开幕式活动中来，会用自己的歌声给现场的残疾人运动员加油，希望他们勇创佳绩。

　　自加入娱乐圈后，身为盲人歌手的陈伟联一直给外间一种乐观、自信和开朗的印象。推出专辑《I伟联》进军内地后，更不断参加公益事业为慈善活动演出，用自己的歌声告诉人们无论遇到什么样的逆境，人生的真谛在于勇敢地接受和勇敢的前进。用歌声告诉世界所谓命运其实并不是可以成为牵绊人们前进脚步的理由，成功是属于那些勇敢无畏的人们，要相信希望。

　　所有听过陈伟联歌曲的朋友都有共同的感觉，他的歌声非常能打动人，抚慰人心，给人力量，让人觉得人生充满了希望。正是他的歌声，他这种乐观、坚韧的奋斗精神，深深打动了此次开幕式的导演组。而且其自身的经历与残疾人运动员坚强不屈的运动精神如出一辙，所以，特别邀请陈伟联献声残奥帆赛开幕式。届时，将有各国嘉宾、国际残奥委会、国际帆船联合会、北京奥组委和25个国家，地区参赛代表团的运动员、教练员到场参加。

　　获知被邀担任开幕式表演嘉宾，陈伟联觉得非常荣幸，自己与残奥会的选手们可能都有不同的身体缺憾，但大家都非常坚强面对人生，在不同的领域里面不断奋斗，打拼出一片天空。成为歌手后，想做得最多就是把乐观、自信及积极的生活态度传递给那些需要关爱的人们，尽自己的绵薄之力唤起社会对特殊人群的关注和人与人之间的“关爱”,并鼓舞各国参赛者在帆船比赛中能拼出好的成绩。

http://ent.cqnews.net/yy/hyyt/200808/t20080827_2239511.htm

Well the list is out for coming season 7. I am looking forward :

Here’s the rundown of celebrity contestants and their professional dance partners ready to mambo for the mirror-ball trophy:

• Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and season one DWTS champ Alec Mazo
• Lance Bass, singer, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
• Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
• Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
• Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
• Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 41, and Karina Smirnoff
• Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
• Maurice Green, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
• Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31,
and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
• Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
• Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne Hough
• Brooke Burke, 36, TV personality, and Derek Hough

I am looking forward to those in Bold to perform

For more details:
http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/08/25/dancing-with-the-stars-lineup-officially-announced/

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary.

Kara DioGuardi says she's "gonna speak to Simon the way I speak to everybody."

But Kara DioGuardi, the newly-installed fourth judge on "American Idol," is confident she'll find her niche within the bickering, ratings-tested judges' panel where the line between love and hate is blurred with every critique.
"I'm just gonna speak to Simon the way I speak to everybody," DioGuardi told reporters during a teleconference Monday. "I'm just gonna have my opinion, be honest and I don't foresee any problems. I'm really excited about this, and up for the challenge."

The Grammy-nominated songwriter will make her debut when the eighth season of "Idol" premieres in January, the Fox network said Monday.
"It's really flattering too, you know, to think that ('Idol') even thought about me," she said. "I mean, when I got the call, I thought they were calling the wrong person. So I'm the new kid on the block, and I'm hoping everyone's gonna go easy on me -- and that I bring a lot to the table."

It's not yet clear how ties will be broken in the audition process -- in past seasons, two out of three judges had to agree to advance aspiring pop stars to the Hollywood round. And something will have to give during the telecast that barely has enough time to fit in three judges' opinions.
DioGuardi, now the youngest "Idol" judge at 37, said she leads a "low-key" life. In that case, she'd do well to prepare for the instant celebrity that comes with appearing on the most popular -- and lucrative -- reality show on television.

Which begs the question: Who is Kara DioGuardi?

Read more:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/26/tv.american.idol.ap/index.html

I did this quiz and categorized as someone who brighten others :D

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Dear WL fans

WL and SH will be appearing at Foon Yew Primary 5 school in Ulu Tiram Johor this sunday.

Those who can attend do take note and will post more details when its confirmed.

More details refer to above news article. Before information I get from SH fan club. Thanks to the fans who posted this news !

好消息。。久违的陈伟联和石欣卉将会到新山东北区《同欢共乐。携手前进》嘉年华会为民众献唱，让大家见证他们的歌唱实力和欣赏他们的风采。
喜爱听好歌的朋友们不容错过哦~~

Good news for everyone. Sin Huey and Wei Lian will be performing at JB Malaysia this sunday. Songs and music lovers would not want to miss this event~!

Date: 24 Aug 2008 (Sun)
Time: To be confirmed
Venue: 新山茂奥斯汀宽柔五小
Event: 新山东北区《同欢共乐。携手前进》嘉年华会

Map to the location:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=1.556472&lon=103.779254&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=foon%20yew%205

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Me and Dawny

HP, Me, HW and Stella

Another potential singer

This HP say cannot sing but surprised everyone by her

low and strong voice :)

Very "red" long time friend missed the time we used to go out!

My didi and mei mei

Kath, Wei, Cheryl, HW and Mei Mei

I am being attacked

My hair all stucked with the colorful spray

Now you see the culprit !

Aftermath

This is my new boyfriend (ahem sorry its Hui Ping with her new boy cut)

Me and my favourite brother didi Da Niu

Now Jermaine good singer sang a great song for me :)

Potential superstar in the making

This Da Niu so old liao still play with kids haha.

My dear didi and Jermaine

Me and 2 ladies

Judy and me

Group photos, everyone looked tired after hard days' work

This is my main dish costs $24 not worth the money It is definitely not taste like western

My tiramisu dessert nice !

It just happen this week we have colleague came from US to work on projects. As usual we have team dinner at Indochine restaurant Wisma Atria. Tonight one colleague was missing unable to join. We have 6 of us, my company gave staff Birthday voucher every year. My boss take this opportunity to present me the birthday card and voucher during dinner. So this is my 2nd celebration for my birthday. On Monday one of my user invited me for lunch. That is my first birthday celebration (Thanks Jac !)

Finally my birthday and I am sharing same birthday with Chan !



Not going to reveal my age but Chan is younger than me :)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHAN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND CHAN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US !

HAHAHA!





I have many plans this year I am going to celebrate with my colleagues together as a team dinner as well on 20th Aug night after work.



On 21st Aug I have another party and maybe arranging another one next week with my other friends.



2008 August is special for me this year !

CSI has been my favourite US drama since it started in 2000. Now just ended season 8, I find ever since William Peterson is getting less and less airplay (He was too tired and needed break has been on/off since Season 7) the show is getting less interesting. I can say out of the 20+ episodes per season only about 10-12 episodes is good the rest can skip in compared to season 1-6 almost all the episodes were great. Now its finally time come where he has to really leave the show for good to pursue his own career advancement. Wishing him all the best.

Lawrence Fishbourne is not someone I think CBS will hire to replace William Peterson but something I never doubt is he is a great actor and looking forward to Season 9 where he will appear from episode 9. I hope with him, CSI will be better and closer to earlier seasons. Besides him there will be another new female cast joining CSI. With Sara already left but coming back in Season 9 as guest star. The other long time cast is suppose to be killed in Season 9. I hope he is not dead but just leaving the show temporary and coming back in Season 10.

Many changes but hope for the best for CSI Las Vegas !

More news here:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080819/ten-entertainment-fishburne-dc-db3f2d5.html

I missed PI's YM message and did not know Chan is in Singapore for meeting. Managed to get hold of her through PI and Herman. Chan finally called me yesterday and we arranged to meet today. Chan looked better than last time I see her 2007 Aug during my birthday dinner. She also lost weight. We met for a quick lunch at Din Dai Fung Raffles city. After that she went back to her friend's place to pack and catch the 4 pm flight back Jakarta.

I believe Chan will be alot more relaxed when home and will be refreshed when return to work at Germany as what I experienced this time.

Its been like 3 months since my last trip back Malaysia. Its a right time to go back as I really need a break. So busy at work with a big project going on and has not had good sleep for weeks. So much stress to get work finished before leave for my vacation. I am glad I came back feeling more relaxed and refresh but I am sure from tomorrow this gonna change.

Things I did during my one week:
1. Completed 3 TVB dramas
2. Renewed my international passport within 3 hours
3. Spend quality time with family, esp my parents
4. Celebrated my 2nd sister's birthday
5. Watched olympics (mainly badminton and swimming)
6. Went to gym twice
7. Went shopping at Subang Parade twice
8. Met 2 friends

I really felt this whole week was worth it. The last time I went back Malaysia for a week was during CNY in Feb. Usually I go back for 3-4 days only.

I am glad that the Immigration office has improved its service that now for renewal of international passport can get it within same day.

Those who want to renew their Malaysian passport, you can do it in Malaysia be at the office before 3 pm. There is a machine in a small room that you can pay and get passport renew then come back in 2 hours to counter 13 to collect passport. This is done at the old Subang airport the location is right before Terminal 3 left turn you can see green sign on right that shows the immigration office. Its quite small but fast.

Other than this I find that the Malaysian restaurants now full of foreigners. Cannot imagine how they can take orders when most of them those from Vietnam and Myanmar cannot even speak a word of Malay or English. One of them tried taking my order only to go find a more senior Filipino staff to talk to me. In Singapore we will see alot of Filipinos in service industry esp cinemas and restaurants/fast food or department stores. But Malaysia now has a high increase of Myanmar and Vietnamese.

The KTM train was so full and pack with people after the petrol hike. I tried pump my sister's small car used to pay RM30+ for full tank. I pump RM49 for 2/3 of tank. I am shocked. Anyway I only drove once to KL and glad I do not need to pump so many times for petrol.

Other things I gained from my trip:
1. A lot of mosquito bites on my both hands and legs
2. Catch up on Malaysian badminton players. Never watch for past 7 years. Did not know Malaysia still have strong male single and doubles players. Too bad doubles lost in qtr finals.

Can watch short video about 15 mins of Beijing Olympics Opening ceremony and other news here:



Official song and MV You and Me (Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman)



http://uk.youtube.com/beijing2008

http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp

Official website:
http://en.beijing2008.cn/en.shtml



Read full story here:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2703

Yesterday was the Olympics Opening at Beijing watch a bit at gym before 8 pm on the crowd waiting outside the Stadium. Too bad that I have no tv at home so I tried search internet but not able to watch as mostly only allowed watch within China. Hope can find some videos at youtube or somewhere can watch. I do not like the part on the athletes coming out by country. Such a bore.

Today is Singapore National Day! Again day started off being me in bed early last night to rest wake up around 6.30 am to check emails then I saw reply from my developer so I had to login to system and reply to complete. Last night CIO sent one email I was very tired at first thought I dont want to reply then think again better for me to reply.

Today I wanted to go out to post something only to realised its National Day and public holiday so I had to come home with my parcels and only can post mid Aug.

Tomorrow is my day to go back to Malaysia ! I am meeting a few KL friends and try to catch up. One of them already mother of 2 now.

Malaysia here I come !
I need rest and sleep...............!

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Pss1 friends (with WL) at Derrick's album press conference.

Yesterday news interview.

PSS1 alumni including WL was interviewed:
(From 0:55 can see WL in black)



WL look refreshed hairdye seems no more now its black hair.

Derrick Jia You !

1:40 to 5:40
Sugi's version

7:20 to 8:20
SYK's fast tempo version

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=B0hOdSQmSsc&feature=related
"Sorry" at 超級星光大道 偶像合唱抗壓賽:


WL's version (last year)


You can see who sang with most emotions and with the most "gan ching"
and sincerity.

Hoho SYK and WL Bravo !!!

So many days to look forward to:

Aug 2nd - My Mum birthday

Aug 9th - Singapore National Day

Aug 10th to 16th - Vacation in Malaysia visit friends and family and my lovely parents

Aug 15th - My 2nd sister birthday

Aug 20th - My birthday (Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate kakaka)
&
Chan birthday !

Aug 30th - old friend Jo Birthday

Aug 31st - Malaysia National Day

Today so early morning got issues. Wake up see all the emails on my company BB then I started to reply. Not long after I change wanting go to work wa so "sui" my door knob locked from inside but cannot open. I thought my landlord is pulling my leg I scream bang on door but cannot open so how leh.

Later I found 2 scissors and with my strength I just tried my best and open the door using the scissors. I spent 10 mins and sweat my whole face doing it inside locked room. Later I realised the door knob spoilt. Well need to spend $$$ again to get new door knob.

Further to this I have whole morning fixing issues, I will share more about the tragic project that I am assisting but eventually end up I am the one handling almost everything by myself. Thanks to everyone including my "lao ban" who tell me I should just focus do my own thing and not get too involve. At the end........... sigh !

Glad its over at least for now and resolved on my part.

Pat's Thoughts

If music be the food of love, play on. This is a blog where I share with people about myself and my favourite Singaporean Singer Kelvin Tan Wei Lian. All who are my friends, colleagues and family are welcome to come to my blog and get update here. I am part of Kelvin Tan's FC who is named the Blue Angels since he won PSS1 in 2005

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