GREYSON CHANCE

greyson chance
the first ellen degeneres' discovery off youtube popped by our shores
to promote his self-titled debut album, 'hold on til the night'!

we met him shortly after he touched down onto our soil after he completed his part one of his promo duties in malaysia
he was a really nice young chap but he looked really tired,
probably cause prior to getting on the plane,
he was still tweeting at 3AM!
and also judging by his tweets,
it seems like the people in malaysia were trying to squeeze every inch of the 14 year old dry
by lining up loads of events for him.

anyways together with him were about 5 other people
including his mum, lisa, who was very nice to have introduced herself to us!

and there were a handful of people at the airport
and greyson agreed to autographs and photographs despite how tired he was
before we were being told that he'd be in a hurry and wouldnt want to be late for the show later that evening heh

and here comes dramamama..
as roxanne was asking if he would take a quick polaroid, of himself,
he 'fought' with roxanne saying 'i do not take pictures alone..'
and roxanne was very persistent to have just him in the polaroid!
so what happened was greyson even went on to try to pull the camera strap off her neck!!

it was a hilarious scene, no kidding! HA HA!!

well, he's a kid afterall... heh heh

and here leaving you with my signed stuff..

SYNDICATE - LIVE

SYNDICATE

GREG AGAR
VOCALS

JASON RUSSO
DRUMS

KRIS PETERSON
GUITARS

MATT DEAN HUNTER
BASSIST

this is SYNDICATE

you prolly havent heard anything about them

but this four-piece australian band, from sydney, 

have already scored their first aussie number one with their first single, 'shout'!

they released their debut self-titled album in july and 

it debuted at #20 on the album charts and on the fourth position on the australian album charts.

so, need i say more?

anyways, lead singer greg, guitarist chris, bassist matt and drummer jason were recently in town to promote themselves and we were all invited to watch them play at a closed-door, invite-only show at TAB late last month

(T H A N K  Y O U  C O L I N!)

and they played a second show the next evening at the pump room in clarke quayy..

their trip to singapore and their performances here marked their debut show in the whole of asia - singapore's sure to be honured!

and just bout 30mins before their show at TAB,

colin brought us to the holding room where the band was chilling and getting themselves ready for the show

we chatted and hung out with them for a wee while 

and they were awesome, quirky and funnyy 

very easy going guys who obviously are happy and proud to be in a band and doing what they love - music.

and shortly after, they had to get themselves ready for the big show,
well we all know bands and pre-show rituals so we let them be

and when they came on stage,
besides the music was louder than greg's vocals,
they were awesome.

they did a bunch of songs from their album and we loved what we heard!
be it acoustically or plugged,
these guys are really really good!
did i also mention that jason is mad mad mad on the drums?
i told him that, and he know it! HA HA!

we're also pretty sure with the right people to market them,
they'll could be H U G E ! !
and we were told that they will be releasing their album in the U S of A next year
and are managed by the same people who managed nickleback!
okay, I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot from them in 2012!!

anyhow, here are some snaps from the gig!

DITA VON TEESE

okay this is so long overdued but i just remembered!!

so dita von teese was in town last month to do a couple of cointreauversial performances and attend quite a number of events.
just as we thought there'd be no chance of meeting her,
we bumped into her as she made her exit from the singapore jewel fest at takashimaya!!

i approached her asking if she'd sign an autograph for me but the security guard surrounding her sort of try to push me away,
but lucky me,
dita heard me asking and she said, yes and she walked right over to me,
and signed a couple of autographs.
though she did mention that she was in a hurry so she couldn't take a picture,
i totally understand cause she's got a show to go to in under two hours!!

i was shaking with excitement!!

cant believe we met her,
she was so pretty and so doll-like!!
she's like a walking porcelin doll!!

and honestly,
she is one of those celebrities whom i think look exactly like how she looks like in photoshoots!

i wish we have had taken a picture together just to prove my point..
but here's a sneaky shot i took as she's walking away to her vehicle.. heh

and here's my dita autograph, which left me a happy bunny hee :P

ASHANTI

im not always there when you call but I'm always on time...

those were the memories arent they?

anyhow ashanti was in town as part of the david and friends' tour
and yes she was a friend of david,
who would have known, right!

well it was already such great news knowing she's here!

so we met her shortly upon landing into our changi airport
and you would spot her from afar
she was in neon pink tracksuit, with sunglasses on and a surgical mask
okay, in case you're wondering why the hell she's with a surgical mask,
it was cause she was coughing while on her way to singapore and the air stewardess made her wear the mask!
and ashanti was such a good girl to have listened to the flight attendant all the way till she gets into her vehicle!!

so we approached her and she looked shocked to have been recognised
and she was such a doll to have taken her time to make sure she's signed everything nicely for us
then we asked her for a photo
and she told us to follow her to her vehicle as she's got the surgical mask on

once we were outside,
she moved her luggages into the waiting car and removed her mask and signaled us over to have the photo taken

such a doll, right? ha ha

anyways, as usual,
here are my signed stuff..

SHIN MINCHUL [T-MAX]

so this is min chul of t-max,
one of the members of a gazillion other kpop bands out there..
as you can see he was fidgeting around too much,
the picture is like.. that. heh heh
can't complain much for a korean artiste ehh!

this is what we call purely coincidence

while waiting for some other artistes to pop onto our shores,

we managed to meet k-pop boy band t-max's leader shin min chul as he landed into changi for 'a very important meeting over the next three days.'

he seems really nice and all
and obviously he stopped for autographs and photos
and those fangirls were so excited to meet him prior to him landing,
they were all dolling up, combing their hair and screeching in excitement - i dont blame them
we've been there done that (though sometimes, i still get that kinda expressions!! HA HA)

here are some quick snaps of him while he was interacting with the other fangirls + boys..

pure coincidence ehh ha ha

and here's his very adorable autograph.. (:

MTV EMA 2011

Photo - mtvnimages.com

so it was yet another crazy night at the ems,
well especially for biggest winner mama monster!!
momster won biggest fan, best female, best song and best video for 'born this way'

BEST FEMALE/ SONG/ VIDEO/ BIGGEST FAN - LADY GAGA
lmonster-heart.deviantheart.com

and what she's worn had easily made it to her list of crazy outifts
she had satellite dishes on her head,
one in purple, gold, silver and blue - wow
and during her performance of her latest single 'marry the night',
she had something which bears a lot of similarities to that of a lingzhi on her head
which didnt fall short of any form of craziness heh heh

Photo - fashioncelebritieswonder.com

Photo - take40.com

still love momster and congrats on her big win!!

also for k-pop seungri, t.o.p, g-dragon, taeyang and the usually forgotten member, daesung
well, collectively known as big bang
they swept the first ever award - best worldwide act
beating femme fatale, britney and okay, the rest of the nominees are almost 'who cares?'

BEST WORLDWIDE ACT - BIG BANG
Photo - bryanlyt.com

asian pride indeed
i thought it'd have been awesome if they had performed as well
using the emas as a platform to showcase k-pop to the world would have opened doors for the zillion other k-pop bands me thinks
oh well, i guess being there and being nominated are good enough
let alone winning such a major award, W.O.W!
congrats though!

katy perry won best live.
this one, to me, was the most astonishing.
cause she's not even that good a live singer.
she's entertaining but she's not that good a live singer, is she?
i guess her katycats are doing very well in voting arent they?
thought the monsters would have beat those kats to it but never mind.
she deserve to win something seeing as she's got 5 #1 billboard singles and teenage dream is a rather good album heh

J-J-J-JESSIE J
Photo - bryanlyt.com

katy's original support act for her northern america's california dream tour, jessie j was back in full force
she looked as good as i remembered but seriously,
her curls on the red pink carpet was a defo no no
but her almost flawless performance of 'price tag' and sitting in for nicki minaj on the guetta track '
was just amazing, i really dont like taio cruz, just saying heh heh

and dont we all agree that selena gomez was such a doll?
she was the triple threat - the host, the nominee and the performer
well i must say she's not the best host in the history of the emas,
but she sure is one of the most stunning one.
her multiple outfit changes was just wow, after another wow.
and how can anyone say anything bad bout her performace of her upcoming single 'hit the lights'?
i was in awe, really.
although i'd have loved if she released 'my dilemma' as the next single and performed it heh

HOST/ NOMINEE/ PERFORMER - SELENA GOMEZ
Photo - eyesonstars.com

and on the other hand,
selena gomez's boyfriend, the biebs sure is looking more and more feminine isnt he?
pardon me but me thinks he is looking a lot like samantha ronson at the emas.
and how come he got to perform two songs on the show?
in any case, congrats on the win for best male (i know right!!) and best pop (W.T.H.)..

BEST MALE & BEST POP - JUSTIN BIEBER
Photo - au.launch.yahoo.com

so congrats to the rest of the winners,
bruno mars for best new and best push
(which he snatched it from tyler glenn + co, neon trees)
jared and shannon leto + tomo for best world stage
eminem for best hip hop
linkin park for best rock

GLOBAL ICON - QUEEN
(seen here with ADAM LAMBERT)
Photo - alltimefiona.tumblr.com

and queen was presented the global icon award!!
besides that, closing the evening was american idol alumni adam lambert teaming up with the two legends on stage!!
the did a medley of the classics 'the show must go on', 'we will rock you' and 'we are the champions'!
no doubt adam's vocals was powerful but with the legends, W O W ! !

now who's ready for MTV EMA 2012?!!
I KNOW I AM!!

BLUE - Meet & Greet + LIVE

so, all thanks to a particular mark walton, blue's manager,
we all gained access to the band's meet and greet just hours before their performance at the open area just outside the louis vuitton store at ion
it was an exclusive, invite-only thing for winners off ion's facebook page,
where they were running a contest where you need to tell them in 50 words like why do you wanna meet the band, blah blah..
big big thanks to mark ehh!!

anyways, here are some photos from the event..
huge thanks to ROXANNE for allowing me to use these photos here!!

and i have to say - ion sky is really really beautiful ehh
standing on the 55th in the heart of orchard road,
you wouldnt expect anything less right? heh heh
(okay, that is another story altogether ha ha)

and after a really long wait in the mad heat,
after some burlesque performances + fashion show,
blue finally took the stage!!

and im damn sure that it's in the wrong order, the boys sang..
- all rise
- u make me wanna
- fly by II
- breathe easy
- sorry seems to be the heardest word
- one love

and here's a quick snap off @officialblue

ALL RISE!!
Photo - twitter.com/officialblue

and here are some more..

Photo - entertainment.xin.msn.com

Photo - entertainment.xin.msn.com

Photo - entertainment.xin.msn.com

and i kid you not,
it brought us way backkkkkkk...
was pleasantly surprised that they were still good,
and even more surprised knowing that they were probably better than i remembered!! :D

super big shout out to the rest of the blue 'entourage' who were with them on the trip -
mark, nicola and celine - pleased to have met you guys and SEE YOU IN 2012!!! X

ONE LOVE!
Photo - mypersonalrecount.blogspot.com

BLUE

ANTONY COSTA

DUNCAN JAMES

LEE RYAN

SIMON WEBBE

so just a week before the boys men from blue were dued in singapore for ion's second anniversary 's celebration,
the announcement was made that they were gonna come to singapore and perform for us - five years since they were last in singapore
obviously we had to meet them again and since the last time they were here duncan was ill and antony was in such a bad mood,
he refused to take photos with anyone.
but i blamed it on their tight touring asian tour schedule

so i met them as they were at ion for dinner after popping onto our shores a few hours laterrrr..
first it was ant and lee as they were going out for a quick puff
then it was duncan who needed to take a leak
finally simon as the entire group of them were leaving the restaurant.

all of them actually looked good,
even better than the last time i could remember.
and simon actually looked just like 10 years ago,
from the 'all rise'-era.
and here's a picture to prove it!!

SIMON WEBBE

and here's what i have them signed for me..

and as much as we were all contented with what we got on that evening,
we all went back for more..

DAVID GARRETT

one of the world's most successful cross-over violinist, 

david garrett returned to singapore earlier last month 

as part of his promo duties for his sixth studio album, rock symphonies.

we met david and his team when they arrived in singapore

just in time for his album showcase at 

one of singapore's newest party playground, avalon, 

co-organised by universal music singapore. 

he looked tired getting off the flight from seoul 

but he still looked as good as we could remember from bout four years ago, 

when we met him when he was in town to promote his debut album, free.

well, not sure if you knew but he used to be a model and

had even done campaigns for calvin klein jeans heh heh

so we wouldn't have expected any less than someone 'hot', right? 

ha ha

david garrett, 2009
calvin klein jeans
Photo: brigitte.de

and here's what he signed for me..