Write-up on UOL-SIM Pageant...

http://www.funkygrad.com/campus/displayarticle.php?artID=1041&subcat=rave

Here's the link to the write-up on the pageant by FunkyGrad. Anyone interested can take a look. :)

-LeB-

Truly an UNCLE at heart...

I am so proud of myself for putting the Imeem device on my blog. Wahahha... I admit, I'm a nut at computer related matters. Sadly. I think that contributes to another aspect of me being an uncle or old man at heart. The clip on my blog is the song I sang on 97.2FM, 'ai de jiu shi ni'. It is pitchy. Give your comments! Shoot me! I wanna thank Ally for recording it for me. Thanks dude.

Next up for the uncle. To set up his Internet Banking Account. Shuan2 was mocking me for being so out-dated and still using the ATM to check my bank transactions. Wahahha... Thinking about it, I think so too... I need to UPGRADE! So she went to the ATM with me to set up my Internet Banking Account. I need to be more tech-savvy!

-LeB-

97.2FM live show!

Yeah! I think the 97.2FM live show is the last "gig", "performance" or "show" that I'll be doing for the year. The year is coming to an end and this year has been eventful. Hopefully, next year would be even better! Anyway, it was a great experience going on air. Indeed as Minhui said, Cai Leelian the Deejay made the whole atmosphere relaxed. And, I enjoyed the whole process of it. :) Coolz... Before the whole show, Edmund was so nervous... I could sense it all from his silence. But, everyone did well. Great! As for me, I shall improve... Improve on my diction, my Chinese, vocals... I said the phrase "chao ji xing guang da dao" with a STRONGLY accented american slang. I was shocked when I heard that coming out of my mouth through the headphones... And the rest started giggling. My elder bro kept playing back that part recorded on the radio, he finds it most amusing. Arggh... But, it was quite funny I thought. How did it happen!?!??!? Pics below...


Final rehearsal... Simin, the guitarist... Suave!


Couple shot... Simin and Edmund


In the mood for pictures! I was in a cheery mood... (Was Edmund meditating?)


Whats with the face, Edmund...


Me and Simin... Goodz!


Thats LeeLian the Deejay. And me singing!


This is a totally UNGLAM expression of myself.


What were we even happy about? Or smiley about?



Final pic... Singing with headphones and 2 microphones. :)

-LeB-

97.2FM... on air...

271207. I will be going on air. Doing an 1-hr live show with Edmund, Simin and Feng. Its my first time and its... Nerve-wrecking! Hopefully all goes well. I will be singing 2 songs.

1) Ai De Jiu Shi Ni - Wang Lee Hom
2) Na Shou Ge - Lin You Jia

8pm-9pm...

Thanks for the opportunity. Commiting everything into the Hands of God.

-LeB-

More pics of the Pageant!

Casual Wear segment (Courtesy of funkygrad)


What kind of pose is this?


I think I managed to maintain my cool look here!


Beach wear segment... Did my efforts pay off?


Upclose!


Final segment... 'Formal Wear', couple. Romantic?

-LeB-

Pics from the Pageant...

After the crowning... F5 & M5


Before the whole show started... NERVOUS!



A pic with the female contestants...



M5 & F5 in their 'casual wear'


Posing on stage...


So... this is the beach wear segment? Surprisingly the crowd looks...


The female contestants in their evening gowns...



The male contestants in their 'formal wear'... I was trying to look cool...


Our last segment... We were in love...


Q & A...


Eagerly waiting the the results...


Results out...


What was I doing?




With Xingyu... Thanks for coming down to support. She's a pageant queen!



AVS! My army pals! Where's woman??


Echo peeps... thanks for the support!!!


Err... so I wasn't in the pic. They didn't care too... haha... Still, my biggest group of supporters! Thanks everyone! Whats with the pose!


My banner... which says... Leb Shake Ur Neh Neh. Thanks ah... Wahaha

-LeB-

Many words of thanks...

The UOL-SIM pageant '07 has finally come to an end. And, I won! Yeah! Praise the Lord! I am glad I won. Who would want to join an event and not win right? :)

The very reason why I joined the pageant was to challenge myself. I wanted to challenge myself on my speech. And thank God on that very day, very stage, I answered the question confidently and fluently. :) I did put in some work on my speech also. Not only to challenge myself, I thought why not give the competition a shot. I was approached to join such a pageant in Junior College too, but I didn't. And, evofus had always encouraged me to join it. So, I did it. Thanks Wanping, Jasmine, Jiarong and Kelvin for the support throughout the competition!

There were a total of 28 people who came down to support me... I want to thank Jon Wong, Joel, Isaac, Geraldine, Roanna, Rochelle, Daniel, Karen, Matilda, Gail, Timothy, Diya, Carrie, Zijie... Minhui, Wendy, Simin and Edmund... Fabius, Loy and Khian Pang... Xingyu and friend (thanks a lot for all the advice, encouragement and really taking time off and the effort to come and support, even standing alone :)... Jasmine, Wanping and Kelvin... My brother and Xiaoping. Yilin who had wanted to come but couldn't make it in the end :( But it was quite sad that some of them came late and missed some parts, and couldn't really see what was happening nor hear the sound. :(

Also, I want to thank my SIM friends... The monday gang! My only friend, Cindy, with her buddy Tania for the words of encouragement. People in the pageant committee and all the pageant contestants! Friends who messaged me to encourage me... Helena (thanks for always being there and being concerned!) Simon, Sun Quan, Weiwei, Ereen, Clarice... Thanks! :)

Finally it is all over. And, I can have endless suppers, eat to my fill and not worry about my bod. Yeah!

I shall post up photos soon. Once again, thanks to all my friends... I felt I was doing this and I could do this because of all the support I have from all of you. Thank you!

-LeB-

Wedding Gig 161207 (Part 2)

I think I forgot to mention 2 things that I wanted to say...

I forgot to say that the wedding was a very small scale celebration, only 5 tables. Unlike the last wedding I went to... Panliang's wedding where there were I think at least 20 tables? So what I had imagined was different. Still... It was a good beginning. :)

I want to thank Cindy for sending me a sms of encouragement for the gig. Thanks my fren... I really appreciate such actions. :)

Lastly, pics below...


The team for the night! GIGERS... Myself, Edmund and Wendy.


We ate some of the 10-course dishes backstage, "Tou Tou Muo Muo"... I had very cold "Sharks Fin"...

-LeB-

My 1st Wedding Gig @ Fort Canning (The Legends)

I have attended quite a number of weddings, usually invited by friends from church or cousins. This time round, I went to a wedding but with a different purpose! I am a wedding GIGER... Ha! The new term coined by WangDaJie. "GIG-ER". And Edmund is the upcoming and going to be the best GIGER. Edmund totally rocked the night... So what if we played songs like "Shower me with your love", "Wonderful Tonight". I think Edmund really did well :) I personally like his guitar playing, very jazzy, very acoustic.

So what happened was... 1 week ago, Minhui asked me out of the blue if I can do a wedding gig. Err... Me? Playing for a wedding gig? Frankly speaking, I have no confidence in my keyboarding skills and I know I have a lot a lot to improve. Thus, I am really really thankful for these people around me who believe in me. Thank God :) Even though I've been really really busy, somehow I accepted the gig. And I got only even busier. But I told myself, this is what I want... This is what I've always been hoping for. To be a performer... to be paid for playing the keyboard. It really means something to me. I do not know whether my friends out there understand why I've been so busy and whether what I've been doing is worth... etc. But yeah, this was and is still what I've wanted. Next up, LOVEMEKNOT to be established!!!

At the wedding. It is really a joyous occasion to see someone getting married, throwing a celebration... no matter how small or big, it still is a celebration. And so, the whole occasion was a happy one :) I enjoyed myself in the presence of the celebration. However, I really didn't play well tonight. Sadly. I made major mistakes like PLAYING IN THE WRONG KEY!!! :( I felt I was saved by Edmund's "best performance" in his 26-yrs. Ha... I shall take it as a learning experience and IMPROVE! Wendy... You have that jazzy-blues feel in your singing. Good attempt on "Fly me to the moon" and "Close to You" :) Hopefully, I will have more opportunities and I would cherish every single one of them!

I spent quite a lot of time preparing on the gig and used a lot of resources... I didn't earn much cause I specially bought new clothes for the gig. BUT! The money earn is SPECIAL! I'm waiting for the money to come in man... Not because I'm in lack, but because its just simply my HARD-EARNED money... and not only that, earned by doing something I like! Way cool! :) :) :)

1.30am now and I'm feeling happy :)

-LeB-

UOL-SIM pageant...

Woo... I'm on the net. Some publicity for the UOL-SIM pageant... Here's the link...

http://www.funkygrad.com/simuolbash07/

Tickets can be purchased from me at $16 (bought in bulks of 10)... It would be nice to have some support :)

-LeB-

Busy Busy Busy... My first wedding gig!

I have been so busy. Sometimes until the point that I don't know what I am exactly doing. I just do, do, do... go with the schedule, with the flow. And... Next week is just going to be worse. I skipped 1 and a 1/2 lecture this week. My plan next week is to attend 6 lectures, 2 more than the usual. Hopefully I'll be disciplined and focused enough to do so.

A midst all these busy-ness, Wangdajie asked me to do a wedding gig. I think we'll need to prepare 20songs. Thats a lot in a week! At least for me. However, such chances don't come by everytime and she encouraged me to do it. So, I'll be doing my first wedding gig on the 15th of Dec. Yeah! My first... Really hope we will bring greater joy to the wedding :) Looking forward to the gig. First time performing with Edmund also. :) Thanks Dajie and Simon for the opportunity!

Discipline... Determination... Focus...

-LeB-

Thoughts...

It would not be good to know you are not good at anything.

A novice, a mediocre...

-LeB-