1) I got news about Go-Far to Sweden on Labour Day, Thursday.

The email read:


When I read this at 7.30am in the morning, I couldn't fall back to sleep again!

Coz... I was stressed!!! hahahah. When I first read it, I read it with disappointment because I interpreted it as I wasn't good enough to be selected and is sort of on the "waitlist". I saw the word "Unfortunately" as well, which must have set me off on panic mode and thought, wow I must really fight for my spot in Go-Far now. BRING MY A-GAME ON. I interpreted it that way and was about to come here and blog about having given a fighting chance and really wanting to fight it out to get it LOLLL so dramatic.


The rest of the email went like this:



So I thought through my answers and got started right away with my email. Actually I didn't really think through, I just typed and typed and fired away. When you talk about interest, I think it comes naturally lah. I knew I wouldn't have time the next day on Friday to do it, so Labour Day it was. And I was typing frantically, because at that point of time I was still in panic mode. Like I must really show it to him that I want this. That I take this very seriously. So the first half of my email went like this.


This was 'Panic Mode' Si Hui:


I could smell the desperation in that paragraph HAHAHA.

But, at the same time, I felt damn good after writing that paragraph. Coz I had never expressed my passion so fervently before. I used to wonder why I liked broadcast journ more than print journ.

Someone asked me.. No wait, in fact that somebody was a Straits Times political analyst reporter who asked me "Why do you prefer broadcast to print?" And I remembered going wha-? Tongue-tied, I couldn't answer him. After that he said, "Well, people say that tv reporters prefer tv because they like to be seen on tv." In other words, vainpot lah. And I went "Noooo!" But I couldn't give a proper rebuttal. And I frankly told him I didn't have an answer for that but I know that we. are. NOT. vain. Then he said, "Ok, send me an email about why you think not". I didn't email him but now... Almost a year on, and here I am, so sure of my conviction and typing away in this email that I was to send for a school module.

I think I bring out the best in me in times of desperation HAHAHA.

The rest of the email was just presenting my ideas and the stuff I did in school.

After that apparent "heart attack" in the morning, I'm kind of more relaxed about whether or not I will get in to Go-Far. I have given thought to other things I can do in school, so if this doesn't work out, I've other activities I can do to keep me occupied in my final year at University.

So.. I'll leave it to whatever comes, comes.

Sweden, I can always visit you in the later part of my life. It's just that.. damn, this offer is too good to give up! And I'm only excited to do this.


Movin' On,


2) I got news that I WILL BE IN THE FINALS OF 987FM LIP SYNC COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!!


After I submitted this video,




Just one of the many videos I did in hall with my siao friends while we were all freshmen.
With my long hair and braces, I marvel at how much energy I had then.

The prize? A fully paid trip to see Britney live in concert in Las Vegas, and we'll be treated like kings and queens.

So of course, seeing that, I thought, ah, ok, let's just give it a try.

Thing is, I submitted this without knowing that if the video got selected, we'd have to perform LIVE in front of a crowd of people at Orchard Central.

When the person emailed me, asking for my number "just in case", I checked out the link in that email and that was when it dawned on me and saw what I was required to do. I had to perform during the Finals of the competition. What? THERE'S A FINALS??!

I thought I was doomed.

True enough, the person called me and told me I was through to the finals. Long before that, I had thoughts of backing out because, wahlau, I didn't know about this siah. Not expecting this.

But after a while, after a lot and I mean A LOT of coaxing and persuasion from my dear friend Huiquan, who really wanted me to get up there and perform, I relented.

And thought, ah, fine I'll do it. ALL FOR FUN.

The reason why I was so reluctant in the first place was
a) I am lazy
b) I'm not even a Britney fan.
c) When it comes to competitions, of course I wanna win. But I don't want to be competitive and get stressed out.. I JUST WANNA HAVE FUN.
d) I kind of left my 'siao siao' image quite a while back. Hahaha, I found that I have become much more calm and mature (I'm serious) over the years. I grew up. I left that long ago. SO going back to the Year 1 Uni Freshman me was.... a little irksome and ahh.... RETARDED!


But.. I guess, I'm taking myself all a little too seriously.
It's always good to have some fun again.

So, here are the judging criteria for TOMORROW'S performance. YES IT'S TOMORROW WTFFFF I haven't really prepared anything.

I have asked my brother to be my partner for lip sync coz everyone else is 1) having exams and ya, everyone is just having exams. Actually my brother is also having exams hahaha but I dragged him to this because???

IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!!!!!

Exact day and date of the competition... What a perfect way to celebrate eh? ; ) Heehee, I'm the perfect little sista.

Ok, back to judging criteria:

Lip Sync: 40%
Costume: 25%
Showmanship: 25%
Audience: 10%

My bro and I... we're NOT gonna wear any costumes. I can't envision what to wear, I think we'll look ridiculous. So we're just bringing ourselves down. But! I think we do need to choreo some moves. I really hope our brother-sister pairing will interest the judges coz it's SPECIALLLL.

Also, my friends and cousins will be there. And I don't really wanna disappoint them with a bland performance. Not worth their coming down.

So my bro and I really gotta get this down man. We gotta burn up the stage with our moves and lip sync TEH HEH.

I've always lip synced. Even on buses and trains I kid you not. Sometimes I wonder if people looked at me other than the fact that they think I'm chio but also because they think I'm talking to myself. I can't listen to music without mouthing the lyrics out and I can't imagine people not doing that. I HAVE to lip sync coz that's how I groove to the rhythm.

Come to think of it, maybe this IS the competition for me eh? Hahahah.

I'm honestly quite terrified lah, wahlau I have to throw my face in front of people and make sure I don't screw up my mouth. In front of a panel of judges somemore.

And I watched the other contestants' vids, THEY'RE SO GOOOOD!

I'm not a Britney fan, but I'mma gonna have to channel Britney for this one.

Haven't told you the song we're lip syncing to!

It's this one:




Love how Britney flicks her hair.

I know it's not the most well known of Britney songs, and it was our third choice. First was "Lucky" and "Me against the Music" coz they have good storyline and high lip syncing difficulty respectively. But they've been snagged by other contestants so I was looking through Youtube and I went OMG, THIS SONG.

Coz I remembered for GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON, I started singing the chorus of this song in Laos last year December. Oh I know why, coz the villagers were staring at us strangely and I HAD to sing the chorus "I SEE YOU LOOKING AT ME, LIKE I'M SOME KINDA FREAK.... "

Came home to Singapore and searched up the song and started singing it at home. And here I am, gonna lip sync this kickass of a song with my bro tomorrow. Lord, help me. Hahaha. I guess it's all meant to be lah.

My wkwsci senior, Kim, who is a dj on 987FM fb messaged me good luck and she'll see me there tmr with her on stage. She said she's so excited for this event because I'll be up there awww! I told her of my reluctance to be in costume and she said we should AT LEAST bring props. Show the judges at least got some planning lah. And ya lah, true lah, cannot anyhow chapalang go up and shake shake hor.


I expect drag queens and stuff, but I JUST WANNA BE ME. My bro and I just wanna be US!

I saw this lip sync vid of Emma Stone and she simply is THE BEST.




I heard stuff about her before and couldn't understand why people were so in love with her and raving about her.

But after watching this vid... I WAS SOLD. Brilliant. I really like her now. I loved her second song... killer that one. And I was laughing at Jimmy Fallon's moves during his own lip syncs and his reaction when Emma did hers.

Wonderful, these Americans. They can be stupid but when they have fun, they REALLY know how to have fun. And that's freakin awesome.

Hilary sent me a few more lip sync clips of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Stephen Merchant on the same show doing the same shit and they're simply HIL-AR-IOUS. I think that's the beauty of lip sync, you just can never possibly imagine a song to be stripped down and redone by another person who interprets it through their very own version by lip sync.

Alright... My bro and I need all the support tomorrow, or else we'd be goners.


SO GUYSSSS SEE YALL TOMORROW AT ORCHARD CENTRAL 4-6pm ALRIGHT!!!


I reckon we'd only be up onstage at 5pm so you can head down then!!!

It's absolutely crazy, I hope we get consolation prizes heh.

On to other news,


3) I got news that... Cheryl Fox has returned to our programme.

I KNOWWW.... CHERYL FOXXXX. On the Red Dot's original presenter! Back to work after 10 months of maternity leave. And I met her last Monday. I was so excited when I saw her and got to TALK TO HER. In fact, I will be the first one directing her in the episode I'm producing with my friend since she's back!!!! We'll be working with her.

I was so starstruck by her, but at the same time, she has such a down to earth, pleasant personality with no diva airs, that it was easy to speak to her. No nerves whatsoever. She didn't put on much make up either, made her so reallll. And my colleagues say she's nice lah, so.. I'm really excited to work with her!

At the same time, it was sad to have Otelli Edwards leave. After 4 months of heading out to shoot her Piece to Camera (PTCs), we've to see her go~

So my colleague and I took a selfie with her. If you haven't seen it yet, scroll up to my Instagram header above, or here:


Anyway, she gave my colleague and I a gift and note.. so sweet of her!!!! :')

She even said before we all parted, "For someone who doesn't like people, I really enjoyed working with you guys man"
Aww!! Surprising eh, she says she's not a people-person. She's so amicable and friendly! Since the first day till the last.



So yeap, 3 news I've shared with you guys.
Didn't expect all these to happen within a week haha.