Radio 1003 - 下班来聚会

Event: Radio 1003 - 下班来聚会 Date: 23 Dec 2010 Venue: Settlers' Cafe (North Canal Road)

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Radio 1003 DJ Jianwen and myself Everyone posing for a group shot

style! emcee: A great evening of making new friends, board games, good food, great fun and lots of laughter! To all my new found friends, wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you all soon~! Cheers, and toast to all my readers. Love you all! Richard

Richard Wishes You Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Dear friends/ associates/ partners,

Thank you very much for your support in 2010. Let's look forward to a great year in 2011!

Here's wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Cheers, have a toast~!


Warmest wishes,
Richard Siaw

Flash mob audition

style! emcee:

Today I went down for a dance audition to be part of a 100-man flash mob for an event in January. The audition was held at Danz People Studio @ Pomo (formerly known as Paradiz Centre). The participants split into 2 groups and within the 2 groups, we were shortlisted based on our ability to learn the dance steps by the choreographer and whether we have the flair/ personality.

The flash mob will dance to a tune of 4 pop songs, including Kesha's Tik Tok.

I am so happy, that after the shortlisted, I was selected for the A-list team, which means to say that this is the group of people that are able to dance better and will be dancing from the 1st to the last song. The rest of the groups B, C and D will be dancing shorter segments.

After we were shortlisted, we had to pit against the participants from the other group. This group is alot younger, and most of them were 18-20years old. Finally, we confirmed all the A-list members. Sad to say, I am one of the only three guys.

I was wearing long-sleeved shirt and black pants. Didn't expect the audition to be so long and strenuous that by the time I was done, my shirt was all wet.

But yes! I am so happy that I am in the A-list. Will practice and train hard, so that on the actual day, will be able to showcase and impress everyone around. Will also upload the video once I get it after the event.


Cheers,
style! emcee Richard

2010 Sulzer Pumps Dinner & Dance @ Traders Hotel (Singapore)

Event: 2010 Sulzer Pumps Dinner & Dance
Date: 10 December 2010
Venue: Traders Hotel (Singapore)
Theme: Weirdo Night

style! emcee:

A big thank you to the organizing committee (Shirley, Barbara, Wendy, and group) for taking great efforts and going to great length to put together the event. I salute you guys for the hard work put in to give everyone in the company a really really good time!

The theme for the D&D was weirdo night and all the guests came in different fashion. There was a Bob Marley look-alike, babies in diapers, rock star, Chinese traditional costume, angel, witch and many many more! The more people take the effort to dress up, the better it becomes. The atmosphere, the mood, the setting, all blended in extremely well.

Although there were only 60 in the audience, but it certainly felt like there were 600 within the audience, with people dancing, cheering, laughing!

We did a bingo segment and played with real money, and the lucky winners walked away with their ROI (return on investment) of more than 3200%!

Throughout the games, the audience were so spontaneous and it just went on and on. Each one got bold and bolder and shook their booty like nobody's business!

I am thankful for the wonderful crowd. At the Oscar's, the emcee is just the prize presenter. The real stars are those seated within the audience. To all my friends in Sulzer Pumps, thank you for making me part of your event and I certainly enjoyed myself with each one of you!

Richard
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I am Simon Cowell today!

Dear readers,

Today was an interesting day for me. I was asked to be a judge for a company's talent time audition as part of their selection for the finalists whom will perform at the company's dinner and dance in Jan 2011.

Interestingly, most of the contestants were foreigners. I begin to understand why there is a need for foreign talents. I was dumbfounded by the level of talents and creativity of the contestants. From song to dance to musical, you can imagine how thrilled and impressed I was with each contestant. These guys are good~!

So, we tried to en-act Singapore's Idol (Foreign talent version), I conducted some interview with them outside the audition studio with our videographer. I have the encouraging and supportive personality, so gave all the contestants assurance and after their performance, shared with them some pointers on how to further improve.

When the resuls were released, you could see the joy in their faces, especially some took leave to practice, while some went to the extent of coordinating on the outfits. I wished I could have everyone in the finals (because it was so great to watch each one of them), but I guess that's the nature of competition - Not everyone wins.

We had the program meeting and I am honored to be hosting with a Mediacorp artiste (shall not reveal who for now. Wait for my video~!). With a 1,400 pax Dinner and Dance, we are going to rock and roll!

Update everyone again~!

Richard
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Converge Asia 2010 Year End Celebration (Hard Rock Cafe @ Resort World Sentosa)

Event: Converge Asia 2010 Year End Celebration
Date: 03 December 2010
Venue: Hard Rock Cafe @ Resort World Sentosa
Theme: Occupation Costumes!

style! emcee's note:

Question: What do you get when you mix a seemingly mild and dovey-looking crowd with good food, drinks and loads of music and fun?

Answer: A wild night of party and lots of spontaneity. You guys blew my mind~!

As the emcee for the night, I reached Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) at around 5pm, together with my coordinator and account executive Joshua (from RiTZ Events). The whole cafe was booked and nicely decorated. The committee members (Andy, Azlina and Zita) were already there, ensuring that last minute details and preparations were not overlooked. We ran through the program and locked in all last minute changes.

"Okay, it looks like we're all ready to rock and roll and bring the house down" - I said.

Even though the rain was pouring and the entry into RWS was really jam-packed, the crowd came in and everyone got settled in, in no time. Tables started filling up with drinks and chatty voices. The adrenaline was growing within the crowd. The guests came in all sort of costumes, including master chef, soldier, gothic french maid, cheerleader, nurse, basketball player and many more.

7.45pm - "Alright Richard, we are set to go. Kick start the show!" - Andy, one of the members from the organizing committee

I went in with my Afro-looking Bob Marley wig and a pair of dark sunglasses looking like Korean K-pop star Rain. "Hi Everyone, my name is Brain (Bob and Rain)". It was hilarious.

I did some introduction and got everyone all hyped out for the evening. Invited the VIP on stage to deliver the opening address and of course, everyone was famished and we dived into the sumptuous spread of 20+ variety of buffet spread.

The stage program resumed with the awards ceremony for outstanding staff performance in the month of October. (This is good HR practice I feel. Monthly award to motivate staff to constantly outperform themselves.)

I started the night with a little ice-breaker and got everyone moving around passing envelopes. It was just so fun to see everyone trying to avoid the envelopes, thinking that some kind of forfeit was waiting for them. Somehow when people start moving instead of seated on their chairs, the energy starts flowing and they start feeling really excited about the whole event.

The next segment was the in-house band belting out great songs with the audience dancing and moving to the beat on the dance floor. (Did I mention that I love the song by Justin Bieber - Baby?) One of the guest volunteered to sing a song and he sang Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight. Cool!

The games segment continued and the crowd's participation and interaction grew more and more intense. (In emceeing, this is is the best part once you strike it off with the audience. I always look forward to this moment and I called it the "tipping point".)

Stand-up Joke: 1 in 10 Singaporeans are obese
- I think the statistics did not include the crowd here. Else, the ratio would be 1 in 20.
- As the situation gets more severe, the government may introduce a slew of measures to curb the situation:
- Compulsory health screening for all Singaporeans (similar to yearly car inspection)
- Introduction of CC ratio to determine COE and road tax
- CC ratio stands for Ca Chng ratio. COE stands for Certificate of Enlargement. Road tax is "rou" tax

At 10.40pm, I announced to the crowd that the bus will be leaving and I was surprised that many of them stayed behind to continue the fun! So to reward those whom stayed behind. I played this comedy stage acting game which I originated, called "Mi-lo Ice Cream " and got the crowd laughing on their belly. (A pity it wasn't recorded down)

The event ended on a high note and I am so glad to have been part of their celebration. Thank you Converge Asia!

**To everyone at Coverge Asia, you may find me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/style.emcee.richard. Looking forward to all your postings and photos of the event!