supergirl

　　Thanks to 100 readers out there who signed up for Kadus hair workshop @ Marina Mandarin.
　　今天也是第一次和读者见面，发现我们的女性拥护者果然不少，认识了《我报》之友kawaii的Stephanie, 活泼的Shao Qiong,娴熟的 Kelly和大眼妹Serene。
　　女人嘛，三八一下，上台当model给日本hairstylist Yuichi-san剪一个头，就变成朋友了。
　　她们对美容版的支持让我受到encouragement。
　　你们有什么美容的疑难杂症，ask me! And I'd help you to ask local beauty experts like Marjorie "ma-ma" and Dily of Face Bistro.They have been very helpful :)


Today I also had my 1st cable-car ride up The Jewel Box (ex-Altivo) with Glenn and Alisa-美女姐姐, we went for a Martell-cognac relaunch event there.....

It was enjoyable to sit and enjoy the night scene,那一轮月亮……

And the cute model and astronaunt mascot! haha, my fav pix, Superman pose. And the paper-version of "Supergirl" artist健伟did for me after my cable-ski pix were done in Pictoria.....
Before we left, I caught my fav. Wicked Aura! 帅、有型！Fell in love with them 2 yrs back when they performed at the Esplanade, and since then caught them busking at Orchard Road. So cool of them! They make me wanna pick up percussions lessons, but I know I have no sense of rhythm. *argh*Looking forward to WOMAD 2006.....

And we rounded up with a nice taiwan porridge dinner.
My Europe dream......will it come true? :/

Gosh, Tuesday was Mervin reported sick, Wednesday was Glenn (I didn't even get to talk to him before he went back to rest)...... seems like the flu bug is ard, take care. 生活／娱乐版闹人慌……

我的小雏菊

刚好在看一部电视剧，里面的主题围绕在小雏菊, which is my favourite flower, the little white daisy~

Fetishism恋物志2：错失Hello Kitty的童年

　　我的童年过得快乐，却不曾有过Hello Kitty的相伴。这个遗憾在上了中学后才被发现。
　　13岁后之后觉认识Hello Kitty的卡通世界后，我就迷上了它，接二连三拥有了印有Hello Kitty图案的T-shirt、枕头、铅笔盒、包包、文具和大大小小的玩偶，甚至我房间的垃圾桶也是Hello Kitty的。
　　这些收藏当中，有的是朋友送的礼物，有的是用零用钱买来的。久而久之，拥有的周边商品越来越多了。　
　　对我来说，它们很cute，看了后，心情坏也会开朗起来，像朋友一样体贴着我。
　　17岁收看日剧《神呀，多给我一点时间》，看到女主角深田恭子的房间通通是粉红色的My Melody装饰，真想把自己的房间变成Hello Kitty room！
　　是遗憾吧，让我为它着迷。
　　小时候家里并不宽裕，我不曾拥有过名贵的芭比娃娃，也没有Hello Kitty。
　　曾访问过一名银行家，他收藏了许多的美国漫画书。他妻子说，因为丈夫小时候经济不好，当他赚了钱，便猛买这些漫画来送给自己。
　　还有一名guy friend也说，父母小时候没有能力买transformer金刚模型玩具给他。于是他长大后便买给自己，弥补童年的缺憾。
　　我自己何尝不是，正在用自己的方式找回童年未享受到的那份乐趣。　 错失Hello Kitty的童年，变成拥抱它的成年。
　　喜欢Hello Kitty并不幼稚，30多年前推出市场后，可爱的“猫脸”已经成为女性的代表符号，而且地位如日中天。
　　小女孩的世界因为有了它，多了几分纯真和可爱；少女将心事锁进会保守秘密（因为没有嘴巴）的Hello Kitty日记本；女人梦想拥有一间充斥粉红色Hello Kitty家电的厨房。
　　我虽然喜欢，但还不至于疯狂收集。
　　我会一直好好把它们收藏下去，想象将来能把它们传给我未来的女儿，这该有多好呀。
　　自己的遗憾，总是希望由别人补上，不是吗？
　　

fun-o-la

~Durian fantasy @Goodwood Park Hotel for Food Issue...a peek into the kitchen and good "young" chef who brings u the durian puffs n cakes...yummy! I am sure no durian-lover would mind eating the whole tub of durian mixer.

my fav. is durian crepes and durian tiramisu (durian with expresso coffee)....

~Tried Cable Skiing @ www.ski360degree.com for a sea sports feature... want to know how I fare? :) read My Paper! But No.. the life-vest shielded my two-piece :P

And me and fren hung out @ The Olive AGAIN at night after a dinner treat :)

~Van Fan fantasy @ Crazy Horse Le Lounge on Sat afternoon. Avant-garde decor for Shopping feature... He is the cutest I have seen so far... ehh... Ashin is cute, but Van is good-looking, he is the happy-go-lucky sort of guy. Bob took some great pix of him at this location (decor was great, what I like) and at Royal Selangor (lighting was excellent!)

contentment

hehe, firstly, I just wanna showcase my Hello Kitty plaster which I tot was darn cute!

Went two places for work today:

1.taking in an awesome seaview at Labrador Park after an interview at The Olive which I went on two consecutive days. This is a MUST-VISIT place which I will be recommending in coming Food Issue...


2.Haw Par Villa~ 华轩 Made in China @ Food Issue......
this place just rakes up fond memories of some 20yrs ago when I visited it with my ah-ma(who has passed away) and parents and cousins. It was the IN place to visit back then, and I remember the water slide... the Dragon-passage boat tour.

A consolation the colours of the monuments never fade much.Sadly, as vibrant as the colours may be, the place's attractiveness seems to fade with time.

Why were we so easily contented by a visit to HPV in the 80s? the happie & simple 80s, the period I grew up in.......

I concluded it was due to the lack of attractions, or rather lesser distractions back then, that made us contented with just a visit to HPV to see the figurines and take pix.Now we have computers, travel made easy etc. to keep us occupied, who still reminiscence about the past or go to parks anyway?

It was bustling, and packed on weekends from what I remembered.A huge contrast to the current state HPV is in now, I'd say. Too bad, I just passed by, didn't have time to go in and take a good look.

Current Song:《世界唯一的你》Gary曹格
Current Mood: happie day

《我报》上Wikipedia中文版

I can't believe a IT-bimbo like me actually managed to set up this page on Wikipedia维基百科中文版!

Look out for my report IT page-Dummy's Guide to WIKI tmr on Friday, 23rd June =)

euphoric

today's a memorable day to get married:20.06.2006. I have tot about these memorable dates before, and hopefully I wouldn't miss my last chance to get hitched on 20.12.2012! (I would be 25+6=31yrs old) haha! Would I be able to? *clueless*

I am on a natural high today.
Dunno why. Could be the coffee or a sip of beer with the sausages. Or simply cuz I clock enough hours of sleepzzz...

Most likely it was becuz I had a happy working day today.

1.nice foodtasting with reader, pls. look out for our recommendations on every Tuesday Food page:
2.Guess what are we doing? Me and Bob and reader checked out a hotel's "secret kitchen" in upcoming Food page, do look out too!

*last Thurs: a million dollars city view from a condo I am going to feature. Curious? look out in Home page on Sats:

*last week: thank you Oriental Hotel for your muffins :) I absolutely adore flowers and sweet stuff!

Current Song: 范逸臣 Van Fan Yi Chen latest album, like the song “Love Story” (gg to interview him this Sat, look out for future reports *drool, he's cute!* )

Current Mood: high + happie

给读者的讯息1

1.for my readers out there, for 7.6.2006 Beauty page where I did a feature on top 8 masks in Singapore, you can buy the jap-Sony coslab-produced VECUA mask at:
Face Bistro/ tel: 6462-4988/27 A Lor Liput (Holland Village)
cuz I have received at least 3 enquiries on it, might as well do readers a favour!

2.“肥or回锅肉”之争
　　谢谢2名读者的email，和我讨论究竟是“肥锅肉”OR“回锅肉”。
在那篇稿子出街之前，Chimology也再三和我确认。
　　我是遵从Silkroad餐厅的师傅在Menu（菜单）上的写法。师傅的发音/用字不一定对，但我尊重菜单 :)
　　谢谢指出，证明“老师有讲，你们都有在看”(famous one-liner from 《全民大闷锅》)，而且看得很仔细！欢迎email我：shihui@sph.com.sg 来交流哦 =)

3.今天编辑大姐Ah Hoon告诉我：“你的blog很好看，很吸引人。”

谢谢！

哈哈，我会继续post我所想说的。Cuz u all are taking time in your spare time to read what I have presented! and yes, I will continue to post pix, cuz I simply adore pix of myself and frens and happy moments :)

还有，今天受到Boss的鼓励：“要加油哦”，heartfelt thanks :)

A sweet day, will blog about it in the following entry.

endurance race

I can feel everyone is slowly burning out.
bad news but seems so. At least I can feel so for myself *力不从心*。

Just read 咏梅's blog, a pity she is losing touch with her 二胡。*Sad*...... For myself, I lose touch with the artbrush as well ever since I left sec. school as I decided to pursue the Chinese Language (LEP at HCJC) path and gave up on AEP. Henceforth, I appreciate the chance to pick up the brush again during IMH painting sessions. I don't see it as volunteer work, cuz it is more like I owe it to IMH for giving me the chance to rekindle my interest in art. (guess it is the "artistic" blood in me, I love writing design stories and reading up on designers, so interesting!)

Anyway the above was beside my point. Back to the work part... Tonight almost everyone was so busy and cannot leave the office to take their dinner at a comfortable pace in the coffeeshop. A sad sign and unhealthy, but it goes to show we are really working very hard.

Now is the time to endure (churn out more good articles as supply runs low) alas losing steam. Must Hang ON!! me too.. You too, everyone too. And adverts (my worry of the day)... keep coming in, will you? :P

Current Song: 日剧《一公升的眼泪》歌曲“3月9日”
Current Mood: want to relax

微凉 Sunday

好久没有像今天骑脚车了，雨后的温柔包围着我们。
微弱的雨点打在身上，不疼却鞭策我们要骑快一点，回到终点。
人生上的小风小雨，何尝不在推动我们前进？


没有想到East Coast Park可以这么唯美。
cloudy的悲郁在冷空气中打转，闭上眼睛告诉自己：这就是台北街头。
同样时晴时雨，拿不定主意。

轻浮的微风亲吻我的脸，它对我说：年轻真好。
向前冲吧，在那无止境的公路上。


[can anyone tell me where to buy this piglet?]
《金三顺-ing》my latest drama obsession.
血液里的B.J. (Bridget Jones)情结再度作祟。
我的单身日记，自己主宰、自己享受。

finding my new pace

today's weather is cloudy and cooling... Spending the day to rest at home, after a jam-packed weekend last week, feel that I need time for myself.

left this comment on fren's blog last night:
I prefer to have quiet Fri's now.. work burns the Energiser rabbit out.. or maybe I am used to clubbing with big crowd like with JH and co. now *shrug* Life has taken a diff dimension for me reallieee... searching my own pace

There has to be a time to work and play and exercise (ehh, my biggest procrastination)...... still working out my pace after 1 and a half months into this job.

当上生活版记者，我开始学习和掌握美好生活。

用心良苦

没有争取报分的挣扎，我们的新闻绝对善良，但不失素质。
却有了语言的挣扎，原本我担心我是不是每天都在写Singlish，担心误导大家之余，自己的语文掌握也退步。
但Chimology说“敢敢来”，他都敢走在我们前面了。

我还是尽量不要太Singlish，虽然香港杂志都是这样，才COOL，代表作者懂/可以show off English。这样才stylo-milo。
但在本地/《我报》这么做不是为了show off,而是要attract all the English-educated out there who wants to pick up Chinese again to LEARN.

Hope our language formulae works out and no one throws bad eggs at us :P

老师有讲，你们都有在听嘛……

喜欢看台湾综艺节目《全民大闷锅》的朋友应该听过股票老师的口头禅：
“老师有讲，你们都有在听吗？” 然后生气地丢笔，因为股民都没有在听他的分析和劝告……

很高兴我不用学剧中人物股票老师丢铅笔，因为你们（readers）都有在仔细地阅读My Paper，让我非常之感动！

昨天一名女读者打来问我，上星期六出街的“free Lobang@ Orchard”报道中提到的７岁打鼓小神童Ethan，和４岁弟弟几点、在哪里表演。我于是打电话给男童的父母（刚好上次我在街上拿了他们的联络，他们的人很友善），帮忙询问时间：这个周末4pm, outside Paragon。

今天，Beauty> My Favourite Sheet Mask报道（我在My Paper写的1st article）终于刊登了，一名男读者email我，问我这些产品哪里可以买到，因为他要买来送给他的老婆。*so sweet!*

真的不能乱混了，哈哈……因为我们的努力成果，你们都有在看噢！
同事们，ganbatte kudasai!＊_＊

Current Mood: Energised亢奋
Current Song: peace

转变

有人问，做了2年意外专线记者出身的我，会不会想念以前的日子。
　　我总是回答“嗯，不一样咯”。
　　我的生活因为加入《我报》而改变了。
　　以前，轮早班到殓尸房、轮晚班跟进新闻，挖掘新闻的最新进展，当中有苦有乐。
　　苦的是读者看不到的守候受访者家门口，或是到意外死者的灵堂探听消息，职责所在；乐的是能参与重大的意外采访，如突发的谋杀案，都叫喜欢跑新闻的我心跳加速，充满刺激和挑战，要如何在最短的时间里，在中午截稿前，与同事合作把新闻呈现给读者。
　　做意外之前，我是一个怕血（现在还是怕，所以不敢捐血）、怕鬼的胆小女孩，可是当我得去意外现场、去殡仪馆、灵堂，这些人们避而远之的场所成了我工作的一部分时，什么害怕都烟消云散。
　　2年下来，我变勇敢了，勇敢到连我自己都不相信。（我去年1月敢在海啸之后，一个人睡一间酒店客房，当时是工公干）……
　　我在刘红梅分尸案和抛女童案凶案现场的采访是意外记者生涯里最难得的经验，迄今还记得当天早上挖掘这个new case(新案子)的点点滴滴。
　　现在，我的工作从动态（随时侯命，无法规划，因为你不知道意外何时发生、怎么发生）变成静态（有时间规划）。
　　最大的转变是性质上，却也增强了我其他方面的训练，例如现在我必须好好地规划自己的行程和时间管理，也要多和商业公关接触，需要另一套沟通技巧。
　　以前上班不能穿大红大紫，为了尊重哀悼中家属的感受（这是礼貌），所以都买一些暗色的衣服。现在，不用了！我乐得每天都dress up in anything trendy and pretty，look good自然会feel good. =)
　　对年轻的我来说，转变是好的，多做不同的尝试，增加自己各方面的经验和技能。年轻是最佳的磨练时候。
　　我在我自己身上看到了好的改变，重新燃起了我对当记者的这份热忱，也因而重新认识了什么叫做执著。
　　虽然开始时会想念以前的工作伙伴、和挖掘突发新闻那种站在新闻工作前线的刺激感，但人总是要move on。
　　与此同时，我也同样享受着新的尝试和挑战－－例如，如何一个星期去平均２－３个food tasting，然后还不发福，哈哈。

享乐……想乐……

Blog Princess之所以玩4个Blog，除了练英语外，也是要借Blog收藏记忆，纪录自己的青春成长：不开心的心情或精彩的片断，都值得记得。
因为我知道青春是消纵即逝的舞曲，时间不会为任何人停留。

现在的周末很宝贵，睡饱后难得和朋友见上一面，当然是不枉费光阴地玩乐！

1.IMH mural painting on 03.06.06

如果有一阵微风吹过，
它会提醒着我有你的存在。

2.Sunrise from fren's condo on 04.06.06 morning

在麻将桌上消磨青春，
用一宵不眠来增进友谊。

3.HS & M pre-birthday KTV.


人到了一个年龄，会念旧，要回首走过的青春岁月。
当晚的派对服装主题是Retro（复古），
只允许点2000年以前的“老歌”，
以证明我们是有过去回忆的人。
郭富城的“对你爱不完”为全晚压轴歌曲，每个人都超high地跟着他比招牌动作。

４.Life's like a bowling game.

久违的保龄球，４年大学里不记得碰过它。
４人分成２组比赛，重要的不是胜负成绩，
重要的是放手溜球的那一刻，有没有打赢对手的斗志。
那晚，有幸坐到朋友的跑车噢。　

5.Fear of getting fat w/o exercise and average of 2 food tasting a week, but I am not complaining......*lazy me*
~Tiramisu: I said before in my food review published 06.06.06 on Gordon Grill, I'd marry the man who makes the best tiramisu!


~Durian pudding @ Swissotel Merchant Court is sinfully sweet...but it finds its way to my heart, haha!

2 worries

Today, my mind's been occupied with two worries with regards to My Paper.

Firstly, a friend commented that our newspaper lack focus, like U know Wanbao's readers are looking for gossips, ZB has good reads on political and current affairs news. What is our focus?

I thought through it, and felt insecured. Am I losing faith in what we are doing? *scary*

I know our slogan is news for PMEB aged 20-40, and our focus is feature stories and lifestyle reads. But I panic at the thought that a 25 yrs old well-educated in Chinese medium cannot find focus in My Paper...

The 2nd thing that half bothers me is the circulation of My Paper, felt it is not WIDE enough. Friends working in Kallang tech park who take bus to work and friends who drive don't get a copy. And in Bugis area, friend's colleague tried getting one at Yishun/ Bugis MRT and failed.

Can't help but feel the system is not quite established yet.
When free things become a rare commodity, who would bother to go all the way out just to get it?

I won't. It just ain't rational. It is a clear waste of time and effort (unless I have a fav. column I covet reading, I quote my own fav. as Mr Brown's column in Today)

Then again, this is out of editorial's control, so I would just FOCUS on getting my stuff done and editorial's directions right for now =)

And since I am on this topic, I want to cite that many readers above 40 yrs old are complaining My Paper is practising age-discrimination. Eh, I would like to think this is our market strategising, just like a handphone product, phone A is targeted at mass market, but a 3-G-enabled phone B is clearly for a niche market. Right? So our philosophy here is everyone have a newspp product suitable for them, and U are welcome to read as well if U are above 40 :)

After last fri's FM100.3 Radio show...... a listener SMS and commented I used too many English vocab in a singular sentence. Yes I know I did, that was at 850AM, I just woke up not long and my brains haven't started functioning yet (considering I reach home at 12.30am and slept at 3am).

However, when I gave my "speech" on blogging at 9.40am or so, I made a conscientious effort to speak in perfect mandarin, because I was more composed by then =) Ok, I shan't "argue" :P I would watch out next time. Thanks for kind feedback and it goes to show U are really listening :) *heart-warming and paiseh*

And I have 1 worry down, thanks to Chimology and Yongmei and Sin teck's encouragement.

It has certainly helped to steer me back to the original direction of my blog :) (I was really thinking thru last Thur night...censoring blog and analysing things)

with your 加持，I have courage to go "all out" (okay, almost all out, heee) and blog to my heart's content! =)

I can't believe who read my blog

Yest at the launch @ Raffles Place when we were getting ready to take grp pix.

Boss:So you are a regular at Ministry of Sound?

Me:*blur* HUH?! what?...

Boss: Do you go Ministry of Sound often?

Me: ehhhhh...eeee...wooo.. (everyone's in a frenzy cuz taking big grp pix, I murmured a "yes" I think out of frantic and sudden shock)

Me:How did you know?

Boss:cuz I have seen you around haha (laughs)

Me: (In BIG shock upon the answer)........

after quick thinking and linking things out, I quickly figured he read my public blog!

GOSH! *embarrassment*
Let me clarify......I have only been there twice, on the 1st occasion it was JH birthday bash and being a reporter in the lifestyle beat, it is high time to visit e place and end my "swa-ku-ness". The second occassion was to bring Lin and XP there cuz they have never been there.

On top of such sporadic, clean-fun clubbing when I am in the mood and feeling energetic, I do other activities too!

Like painting murals at Institute of Mental Health (IMH) on some Saturdays (tmr has one session, yeah!), and I like meeting up w frens. In case U all are thinking I am a super-duper chiongster. No, I am a well-behaved and sensible one =)

I am struggling 模棱两可......as I ponder on the appropriateness of my blog content and what or how much I should share. Much as I love posting my own (chio chio) pix and all my tots here, cuz I believe in the entertainment value of a blog, I feel ....... uncomfortable in this public space.I blog more than I read other pple's blog.

How would you perceive me thru my words n pix? *clueless n vulnerable*

on radio FM 100.3, 830am-10am on fri morning. gonna talk abt Blog。。。

特别的一天

thanks 2nd commander in chief for the beautiful Sunflower stalks for each and every colleague :)
还记得3月16日一句“我愿意（来《我报》）”掀开了我人生的新里程碑。
从4月10日的集训:





1. Celebrating Glenn's birthday at Pan Pac hotel trg room.
2.Taking cover page shots for SPH Pressline Magazine.
3.七剑giving us tutorial in SPH function room.

经过5月初的大选，到5月9日和10日的trade launch，我们建立起了自信和默契。

1.到Ikea选meeting table。 2.Minwen and Me looks alike according to many =) yes, we were supposed to wear this for trade launch =(

3. Sam dances so well. 4.Bye, the masthead that will remain in our heart forever.

同事之间的凝聚力叫人感动。Pix of our Kl retreat whereby we visited 星洲日报+南洋商报as well:

1.after a meal 2.in the KTV room

紧密又认真的筹备让5月份一幌而过。
一转眼，今天就是《我报》正式推出市场。I love doing roadshows...haha,i simply love interacting w pple.

1.reader reading My Paper on 1.6 morning on train 2. thanks to SPH marketing team! *applause n impressed* 3.me and adorable 冠芳jiejie.

这一段日子叫我难忘，看和听到朋友的positive feedback 和加油的鼓励的话，让心暖，动力也加倍。

I believe My Paper is unique.
等着看《我报》发光发热 =)
最后，谢谢你的鼎力支持！

Current song: 五月天的《第一天》
Current mood: procrastinating, contemplating, pondering......