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Just got back from a fun and super short road trip to KL, and I bought this mag about the Beatles over there. I barely flipped thru 2-3 pages and could feel the excitement that the BIGGEST pop act in history EVER went thru since 1962. As I glanced at the insane sales figures/crowd and imagined the crazy royalty figures up till today, I was also thinking….hmmm…50 years…

It’s only 50 years ago, I know laah, some of you younger people will think, waahhh 50 years is a long time…

But to me, 50 years is not a that long a time for the whole business to change so dramatically. Even just 10 years ago, the music industry is way different from now and the songwriters/producers/artistes, especially the aspiring new comers had it better than right now.

However I also think, whatever it is, we can compare and complain forever, but the fact is we should be grateful with what we have.

The moment the money upscales the passion, I think it’s time we quit, coz this is not what we’re in this for.

So meanwhile I’ll relive the craziness just 50 years ago. Salute to the Beatles!

R.I.P to our local theatre stage actress Emma Yong’s recent passing from stomach cancer. I did not know her personally, however quite a number of my friends were affected by this tragedy. Over the last few years, I have encountered people that I know personally who lost the battle with cancer. Cancer sucks:(

As we grow older, our live’s perspective and focus will change together with the experiences that time brings us. Which is why now U or me do, say or plan for certain things that we might not have considered a few years ago.

Apart from that ‘Do what u wanna do NOW’ mentality, I also recognise the importance of health and happiness first, without these 2, the rest doesn’t really make much sense anymore. I’ve seen people stressing about their business, love life, $$$, family, passions etc and it does take a toll on their mood and health. And I also see that it ages them very fast. However that doesn’t mean I’ll be heading to the gym everyday etc as I’ve also seen people in the pink of health suddenly having the time cut short for them.

So recently, I’ve been saying to myself. Health and Happiness 1st. Of coz we can’t have total control of it, but we must cherish it. With these 2 in place, I believe strongly that success will follow, and even our definition of success, changes with time.

For those who don’t know, 小寒 and me have been writing for 老九 the musical by theatre 前辈 Kuo Pao Kun!

For those who don’t know much about this musical, it speaks about the main character, Lao Jiu caught between pursuing his dream(mastering the traditional art of puppetry) or continue upon the well-trodden scholarly path. I personally totally identify with the story of following your passion/dreams as I’m living it =D

This is the 2nd time I’m writing for a full length musical. It’s been fun writing over the last few months in China, Taiwan, Thailand and at home. I find it easier that I just pick up a guitar or piano and lalalala however 小寒 gotta write a hell lot of words! haha…

This time round, Mr Bang Wenfu is gonna arrange all our songs, I’ve heard some of the stuff already and it’s sounding great!

I’ve heard that there are already a few pre sold out shows already! So this is gonna be cool.

Come July, support Lao Jiu! For more info…

http://en.practice.org.sg/lao-jiu-the-musical/

Yay! I got my Iphoto happening again! Here are pics of Jiahui and Serene at 河岸留言!

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After show craziness!!

The show was a blast! And it was a great gathering of old friends too:) including Jing Ru，Dong Liang, Yu Heng, Ah Guan, Coldplay Sister(冷玩妹）and Da Ge Jonathan Lee! It was very heartwarming of them to come support Jiahui and Serene. It was cool that it was a sold out show! And we had 3 encores and we only had to stop coz the venue had to close:) aiyah yeah I’ll get the photos up soon!!!

Yeah, these 2 have been playing to packed houses for their shows in cafes + bookstores + live houses all around Taipei, Tai Zhong, Gao Xiong for more than a month. I dropped by since last Sunday and joined them and they’re having a great time! Plus they have gathered quite a fan base here, having new faces as they do more and more gigs and today I joined them for an impromptu jam today!

It was their last unplugged performance so the mood was quite emo, I saw some hardcore fans shedding tears as we do our last show tomorrow at 大河岸 tomorrow. There’ll be quite a few friends dropping by tomorrow! =D

It’s gonna be a blast!

PS : My Iphoto library went crazy Will fix it up and upload photos soon!

U HAVE to celebrate life. I just had 2 great short get aways =D. As we all get older, we gather experiences of how freaking fragile life is, and they hit you so hard that U just can’t ignore that fact. I can’t emphasize enough how much we have to take control of it(life). When U need to work your ass off to prove who you are, do it. When U wanna have fun, do it. And when U feel the need to take a break, just go…

U CAN want what U want with your life, it IS in your grasp, afterall, it’s yours…

Yeah, slept at 5am after Guinness Live! Finale to waking up at 8am for the Lion Befrienders Walk 2012. I roped in Ming, Aydan, Kenny and Regine from Guinness Live! Li Min from St James and our FM Pop Music School performers to do a fun sing along. Amazingly, we had lots of energy during the performance. Ming wowed the crowd (wah! Ang Moh sing Chinese songs!) and we even got an encore:). It’s all good, for a good cause, plus we could see the old folks happily singing along, dancing etc.

I’m glad we did this!

Last weekend marked the end of the 4 month long event that was Guinness Live! Just got back from KL recording tracks for the Guinness Live! winning song… I’m glad my flu bug was obedient, only kicking in when all that was over =Dmeanwhile I’ll get some much needed rest from that last crazy week! Share with your guys some pics 1st!

Dragonfly packed to the max! Queueing started at 3pm!

Mentors with babes!

I think we all went a bit crazy on that day =D


Setlist for the headliner, 动力火车！

We all had a great time! Been 2 years since I hung out with them, totally enjoyed ourselves!


Guinness’s been too kind! Hard work is not work when U’re having fun!

Speaking of helping people…Do join us for the Lions Befrienders, ‘Befriending Walk 2012′! I’ve decided last year that I wanna be more involved helping others in need. Yeah yeah I know it’s 2012 now, well, better late than never! We all gotta start somewhere, with a little help from my friends…

Dear Friends,

Your donation will help establish better community bonding for seniors and support the Outreach programme for the seniors at
Lions Befrienders Seniors Activity Centres

Come join us for a good cause! It’ll be fun =D
For more info, click on the poster! or go to

http://www.lionsbefrienders.org.sg/bw2012/

Or you can purchase tickets at our FM Pop Music School too!