Interview on Radio 1003

Date: 26 Nov 2010

Time: 7.30pm - 8.00pm

Radio Station: Radio 100.3

Hi everyone!

Guess what? I was asked to be part of this SDN dating show hosted on radio 1003 this evening. The game plan was for me to get to know these 2 lovely ladies whom the deejays (Jianwen and Limei) called. One of them was known 爱爱 and the other her pet name was 绿草.

The entire segment was so fun and as it was my first time on national radio talking about myself, my expectations about my life partner, etc. I was totally unprepared!

And after the conversations with the 2 lovely ladies, I was asked which one of them I think I would like to get to know better. Both were equally good, but still had to choose one. So I went with my instinct and said the first lady. In any case, at the end of these series of programs, there is going to be a big gathering and I would get to meet all of them, including the guys and gals from the different episodes. Hehe, and boy! I am sure it would be really exciting~!

Here are some photos taken in the studio to share with everyone:

Posing with DJs Jianwen and Limei in Radio 1003 studio

Zumba - Michael Thomas & Marta

Mike T going through the routine with the other Zumba instructors

Posing with Zumba Education Specialists - Michael Thomas (Mike T) & Marta

style! emcee:

Zumba really rocks! For just 15minutes, and I was perspiring from top to toe. But it was so fun, seeing so many participants all geared up and enjoying themselves at the event. dancing and moving to the beats.

Apart from the Zumba dance sessions, 6 teams walked away with fabulous Watson's goodie bags after participating in the Zumba Battle of the best contest.

We were honoured to have Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef (MP for Marine Parade GRC and Advisor to Marine Parade GRC GROs) to grace the event and her enthusiasm in putting up on stage a Zumba performance.

The success of the event was brought about by People's Associate Life Skills & Lifestyle Divisions, Zumba Fitness and the following Community Clubs:

1. Pasir Ris Elias Community Club
2. Sengkang Community Club
3. Punggol Par k Community Centre
4. Geylang Serai Community Centre
5. Pasir Ris East Community Club
6. Rivervale Community Club
7. Punggol 21 Community Centre


I totally enjoyed hosting the event and joining in the fun games segment. The finale workout, I was pulled in by Mike & Marta. Zumba is real fun~!







Zumbathon @ Zirca Mega Club (20 November 2010)


Event: Zumbathon @ Zirca Mega Club
Date: 20 November 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Address: Blk C, The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, S(179022)
Price: $12 PAssion Card Member / $20 Non-PAssion Card Member
(includes 1 drink coupon / goodie bag)

Dear all,

Zumbathon Dance Fitness Party - Party away with a new fitness regime! Zumba fuses hypnotic latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves for a high energy workout that will blow you away. Featuring fast and slow rhythms and resistance training, combined to tone and sculpt your body. Get ready for an exciting mass dance-a-thon workout for all!

Join this dance fitness part led by Michael Thomas, who has over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry and is currently heading the training and development team for Zumba in Asia.

Style! emcee: I will be bringing the heat on for the event. Looking forward to see you all there!!

Halloween Night @ Tampines North

The event was a great success! The families came with kids all dressed up in various costumes. One of the special highlight of the event was fancy dress costume contest, using only recycled material. The "go-green" idea was well-received and a very innovative idea by the organizing committee to link Halloween with being environmentally friendly. Well done! I met great people within the organizing committee, Shahreen, Ken Toh and Angela Ho. Very delightful people and certainly filled with zest. Contributing their time and effort to organize and make this a great success for the community. Well done! There were performances by Vivian as Sweetheart the Balloon Witch and also Alfred the Magician. It was so much fun for the kids~! Happy Halloween to all!!

Wedding Emcee Photos... Back in 2007


Great Eastern 2010 Dinner & Dance






Event: Great Eastern 2010 Dinner & Dance
Venue: Ritz Carlton (Singapore)
Date: 17 Oct 2010

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance...
Starship - We Built This City...
Alan Tam - Peng Yao (Cantopop)...

CATCH me this sunday at Great Eastern's 2010 Dinner and Dance, in a song and dance performance! Dressed up in a 70s-80s rock star outfit, I am looking forward to be on stage, to give the ~1,000 audience a rolling good time!!

Updates: The D&D was a great success! Will be posting more photos and videos when they are ready.
Cheers to all!

Olympics Team Singapore Celebration in Beijing

Date: 23rd August 2008
Venue: Grand Millenium Hotel Beijing
Time: 6.30pm - 9pm

Style! emcee:

This event was organized to bring together Singaporeans overseas and celebrate Singapore's first Olympics medal after 48 years. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Mr Ng Ser Miang and Dr Tan Eng Liang were all there too. Take a look, I had the chance for photographs beside our Table Tennis athletes!

Posing with Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan


It's me with Wang Yuegu!


Here's the heroine... Li Jiawei!!


And not forgetting Jin Junhong too!


Upclose with Li Jiawei (Too bad photo blur)


Mr Ng Ser Miang - Chef De Mission for Singapore


Beautifully taken - Dr Vivian Balakrishnan & Me

I realized that there were a lot of Singaporeans either working or studying in Beijing! The event was filled with good fun, good food and good company!

Photos: Singapore Airlines New Products Launch

Style! Emcee:

Here are some of the photos for the event!

The first session of the event was for the media...


Backdrop in chinese...


Welcoming the event with excitement and enthusiasm...

"We are giving away free business class tickets!"
Describing the Airbus A380...

"Did you know that the Airbus A380 is HUGE??"
Guest of Honour delivering his speech...


When the night falls, the ballroom was rearranged with cocktail reception...

Behind the screen is a marvel of display
The PPS Club members and their guests

Here we go round and round... Who's the first lucky winner?


Squinting my eyes. The name is in fine print...
As our lucky winner comes onto the stage...

"Ahh.. There you are. I can see you from afar!"

Me stealing glances at our pretty SIA stewardess

Finally, at the end of the event, had a chance to take photos with some of the organizers

This pretty lady and I are born in the same day, month and year! I think even same time!
Another member of the organizing committee...

How come most events organizers are ladies?

An Invitation - Touring the new Boeing 777-300ER

Look of success - Sitting on the throne of the first class seat
The new business class section...

Someone thought that I was the steward!

Singapore Airlines New Products Launch in Beijing

Event: Singapore Airlines New Products Launch in Beijing
Date: 27th Jun 2008
Venue: China World Hotel, Beijing, China
Event Production: TBWA - Auditoire China
Pax: 120

Style! Emcee:

My first debut event in Beijing and second event in China. The first was in Dec 2006 in Shanghai. Now here's the second one.

The event was held for the whole day, with 2 sessions, one from 2.30pm - 5.30pm and the other from 7pm - 10.30pm.

First Segment: Media Launch (2.30pm - 5.30pm)

Audience from major media companies, including broadcasting stations, were invited to catch a glimpse of the latest products offering on the Airbus A380 (super jumbo in the sky) and the Boeing 777-300ER.

There was a question and answer session, with our guest of honour from Singapore Airlines Mr Yap Kim Wah, Senior Vice President Products and Services who chaired the panel of speakers. The guest of honour also delivered his presentation earlier, sharing with everyone some of the luxurious features found in the cabin of the two new aircrafts.

The finale of the session was amazing. After a video presentation, the huge screen was slowly drawn to the side, together a spectacle of lights and sounds, revealing the tempting A380 suite, B777-300ER widest First Class Seat and other wholesome surprises. Audience were invited to step up to the stage and right into the exhibition behind the screen.

Second Segment: PPS Launch (7.00pm - 10.30pm)

The evening event was catered to the PPS club members, also known in full as Priority Passenger Service (PPS). Membership for PPS is earned via miles and value flown with Singapore Airlines. Invited guests brought along their partners and business associates, all waiting to witness and discover for themselves the splendour and delight of the new A380 suite class.

The fifth Airbus A380 delivered to Singapore Airlines will be used on the Singapore - Beijing sector for a week (2nd - 8th Aug) leading up to the Olympics. Additionally the Boeing 777-300ER will be flying the Singapore - Beijing sector from 1st July. For our frequent flyer passengers, it presents a whole new flying experience.

As Singapore Airlines puts it "Travelling in a new light"...

The audience came from all parts of the world and have been flying with Singapore Airlines for many many years. Some of them have businesses here and some of them specially flew in for this event. It was indeed my honour and pleasure to meet these well-acoomplished guests and to host the event for them.

There were free flow of red and white wines, beers, cold canapes and other delicacies that were served rounds after rounds.

One of the highlight for the night was a lucky draw and two lucky winners were drawn and they walked away with krisflyer miles that are equivalent to a free return ticket on the Singapore - Beijing sector on business class! I could share the elation and thumping joy when names were being announced. Just imagine if you were one of the winners....

The event company that managed the entire production was Auditoire China, a subsidiary of TBWA.

I had a wonderful event. Guests were enjoying themselves. It was awesome!

Singapore Airlines A380 flying to Beijing for the Olympics


Style Emcee:

Singapore Airlines will be flying the new A380 to Beijing to welcome the Olympics! I am sure it is a great news for all travelers whom will be coming in to Beijing via Singapore. Just imagine your itinerary....

1. Fly A380 on SQ802 and arriving in Beijing in the afternoon around 3pm.

2. Proceed straight to the Olympics for the grand opening ceremony

3. Stay throughout the entire month (8th Aug - 24th Aug) and watch the adrenaline rushing games and soak in the atmosphere as everyone gathers to cheer for their teams.

How nice would that be.... Imagine flying here on the new A380 suites, having a glass of champagne and tucking in to succulent and tender beef steak or fine cuisine, followed by hours of entertainment watching the 23" LCD TV with Bose headset, and finally a heavenly nap on the new flat bed.

I am looking forward for a chance to view and enjoy the new features and products of this great new aircraft!

Look out for my next post!

New Beijing CCTV Headquarters!

I think this is a great wonder and a magnificent work of excellent architecture and civil engineering!

Take a look, it is the new headquarters for Beijing CCTV.

2 towers leaning towards each other, and the top connecting piece is connected at right angles.
Impressive!


And viola! Here's how it looks when it is completed!



Don't miss this tower when you come to Beijing!

Beijing Olympics Here I Come!

Style! Emcee:

One day I got a phone call...

"Hi Richard, you are going up to Beijing for the Olympics!"

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that.

Now here I am in Beijing, typing this entry. I am excited about the Olympics, about the sports stars that I will have a chance to meet. Not too sure how it is going to be like, but I am sure that it will be a fantastic opportunity and experience!

I was there in Sydney when they had the Olympics in 2000. Everywhere was crowded and full of people all watching the Olympics at every television at every corner of the street. The streets were filled with people, shopping, but many were standing and sitting, just waiting for their countrymen to do them proud. You could feel the suspense and when the race was over, there were loud cheers of joy! The atmosphere was immense and awesome.

Right now in Beijing, the winter is reaching the end and weather's turning warm with occasional downpours and thunderstorm. Everywhere you can see posters, banners, billboards, signs and other forms of media talking about the Olympics. Everyone seem to be preparing for this grand moment to arrive. Hotels, airports, trains, taxis, buses, restaurants, bars, pubs and every other tourist related industry are all getting ready to rock and roll. Prices are also rising and more and more people are coming into Beijing.

There's a little statue, like a monument somewhere near where I am staying in Chaoyang district. This is the Olympic monument. It shows the number of days left to the Olympics, right to the very second!

I wonder how's things in Singapore? Is there a big Olympics fever brewing? I am sure our athletes are all preparing for the showdown. I wish them all the best!

I will periodically update my blog and post photos to share with everyone.

Olympics, here I come!!!

Harry Potter Dumbledore or the Wizard of Oz?

I found this photo that was taken last year when I dressed up in costume and supposedly to look like the wizard Dumbledore from Harry Potter.

Harry Potter Dumbledore?

On another occasion, I met this caricature artist who was engaged for pre-dinner activities during one of the Dinner and Dance.
This is me, striking a Kung-Fu Smash!... *watch out!*


Another photo that I found was this photo taken when I hosted Johnson and Johnson "Kids @ Work" event in 2007. The employees were invited to bring their kids to work to learn about what daddy and mummy do in the company. The kids had a chance to visit all the different departments and to learn more about the businesses.


Big Kid @ Work?