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我和《心情溶剂》

I still remember my NTU Geyong friend Yongwei called me one nite while I was sleeping saying she will help me register my rap song 《心变》for me to enter the 5th XQRJ (心情溶剂) National Songwriting Competition 2003.

The song managed to get into the top 12 songs in the Grand Finals held at NUS University Cultural Centre!

In order to bring out the hip hop feel of the song, I got 4 SMU dancers to dance with me... My 1st time doing hip hop dance on stage!! ( also the last time ...LOL ) Spent a few days practicing the dance with the dancers at their SMU dance studio. I won Best Performer that nite.

And from then on, me and XQRJ 结下不解之缘。 =)

The very next year in 2004, I was invited to be emcee cum guest performer for 6th XQRJ Semi-finals. That year, both Kelly Poon and my brother Zen got into the Grand Finals. I played keyboard and backup vocals for my brother's song 《看不透》during the Grand Finals.

And in the subsequent years, I was the emcee cum guest performer for XQRJ's roadshows at Youth Park & Bugis Junction, Music Seminars at The Ark Cafe ( 木船民歌餐厅), The Substation as well as NUS LT 27. I was even requested to write a 2 page article on Stage Performance which was printed in the 2006 programme booklet! 我何德何能？感谢XQRJ抬举！=)

And a big thanx to the XQRJ committees from 2005 to 2009, me and my band Azure were invited to perform as guest performers for XQRJ Grand Finals! We must admit we aren't the best Chinese band around in Singapore, so we really appreciate XQRJ very much for giving us the opportunities to be a part of their grand event every year. Therefore I tried my best to come up with interesting repertoire every year for the event. =)

XQRJ made a big difference in my life and music journey. (虽然我在音乐领域，成绩平平。一首歌都没卖到。哈哈！)所以对XQRJ有一份特殊的感情！ XQRJ 不只是一个比赛，它是一种精神！每年的筹委会尽心尽力把比赛办好，忙忙碌碌，为的是让参赛者有一个耀眼的舞台，美好的比赛经验。这一点让我感动。

或许明年，我可能不会再次出现在XQRJ的舞台，但仍然祝福这项创作比赛继续发光发热！

XQRJ加油！！！

P/S: Check out the photos below to see how I from slim turned fat and then back to slim for the past 7 yrs...LOL.

Yup! I was 1 of the 12 finalists of Giant Stars 2009!

Yup... I was busy with Giant Stars 2009 for the past 2 weeks...

Last nite was the Finals recording at Mediacorp TV Theatre.

Everyone had their own "fan club" , so do I!

A big thank you to those who came down to support!

Guanghan and the cell were GREAT! U guys weren't the biggest fan club last nite, but I could hear u guys from the stage!!! LOL!

A big thank you to Alicia who encouraged me to join the contest as well as making the giant banner and posters!

Most importantly, my Dad came! Looking at him cheering loudly with the rest holding signboard with my name, my tears almost fell... Those who know my Dad, will know he is a very traditional father who seldom express his love for me directly... I had to control cos im supposed to continue smiling big big showing my teeth!!! LOL!!! I saw his disappointed face when they announced the results. My heart sank quite a bit.

Many of u kept asking if I'm ok... no worries! =P

我难过，不是因为没得奖而难过，我失落，是因为看到爸爸失落而失落。。。:(

I'm really glad to be a part of this contest! Cos soon I will be too old for all this already lor...

It was a fun experience and most importantly, I've got myself 11 new good friends!

P/S: Was told to smile all the time on stage and in front of the camera during the few days of the contest... Guess what! Last nite I was paying at the Prata shop counter, another customer came towards me to pay as well, I actually smiled at him... 2 seconds later, I stopped smiling and was thinking to myself: Why did I smile at him for??!!!

It was so embarrassing... he must have tot I was interested...WHAHAHAH.

郑重宣布，再次强调，我是“直”的。

I'm a gentle Chinese Rocker...

Something heartbreaking happened that nite just before I perform... But the show got to go on...

I will never forget the ache & pain... But life goes on... I will only get stronger and happier... =)

我是一个很感性的人。

Ok.. I came back from a super long drive around East area.
Basically from Pasir Ris -> Tampines ->Bedok then finally to my destination Simei.

Dun ask me why... LOL.
I never like reading maps from the Street Directory...
I like to 跟着感觉走。很感性对吗？

感性啰。。。每次感性到petrol 没有啰。

So tired... Good nite...

Btw, today I was asked to think about a moment that I feel proud & confident about myself...

I was thinking of this... I love my Azure ( my band ).




P/S: ok.. not quite confident in the video above... Im a keyboardist not a guitarist...