HAPPY NEW YEAR!

...from VivoCity's Countdown Party 2007. Don't be misled by our grins and cheerful dispositions. We were in fact, quite bored.

Hm, make it, extremely bored, and restless.

I had a pair of VIP tickets to the countdown party, and why not right? Haven't got any plans, weather's not that great to camp out in East Coast to catch the first sunrise of 2007, food's free, entry's free. Why the hell not?

*Yawn*

We sat at the VIP tent till our butts were sore, and live shows are nothing like those seen on TV. Seriously. The hosts will just get the people around them to act 'happening'. In fact, the crowd could be as dead as the walking zombies in House of the Dead 4, gathering in front of the stage for fresh meat. Singapore is probably the worst country to hold a concert for an aspiring twinkly-eyed starlet. Interacting with such dead crowds which show their appreciation with sheer silence and blank stares, could easily kill any budding star's enthusiasm.

And then there were rehearsals, and they talked nonsense which didn't entertain.

Then the mediacorp artistes started to swamp the VIP tent to get their food and drinks and hugsy-hugsy, air-kissing supposedly mediacorp familiar people. And ah! It's prolly the most interesting part of the entire party. I get to see them in real person. And my, Jaime (pardon my spelling error, I can't differentiate between these two "Jamie/Jaime") Teoh, is surprisingly, very pretty. I don't know if it's her makeup tonight - but she is... ya, surprisingly good-looking. At least, I thought she was pretty much a plain Jane who is a bit "Ah Soh" and irritating because she has a whiney voice. Very undeserving to be a Miss Singapore, I ever thought. But I actually couldn't take my eyes off her - cos I was marvelling about the vast difference of the persona I see on TV and her in real person.

Jessica Liu aka "Ruan Mian Mian", is as pretty as she is on TV - only skinnier. Constance Song looked worse... I mean, better in reel than in real person.

(I took their backsides - cos I don't want them to think I'm taking pictures of them when I did. Hur hur)

I and JX saw JJ Lin earlier in VivoCity before the party and he was actually quite short and plain. He blended so well in the crowd, that no one was even looking at him. Or following him, singing his songs or fainting in his path. (I mean, is he that big? Then what's with the screams and bodyguards at the party?)

JX was very upset that he didn't manage to take a picture with pretty Michelle Chia but when he finally got to her at the end of the party - I had to ruin it (hehe).

It's blurry. Cos it's the wrong mode. Milo Bing seems to be nice chaps - so he grabbed them to take a picture too. :)

Hee. Blurry too. (No time to change mode no time to change)

And........ of all people, Emilee Kang. You know, from Singapore Idol 2?

She didn't seem that nice to me. JX thinks she's prettiest of the Idol 2's contestants - even prettier than Jasmine. (o_o) ...I don't get it.

(I don't take pictures with these 'celebrities' [didn't think Emilee was one] cos I think they're just normal human beings like all of us. Methinks, it's silly to let them think we idolize them because we want to take pictures with them. Like they think they're superior or something, while we're just lowly beings who yearn to be photographed with them. Nope, I won't take pictures with Keanu Reeves if he's at the Countdown too. I would be probably just hyperventilating. Heehee)

OH OH!! I take back my word that the artistes getting up close to us was the best part of the party. Because, I think this is the best.

At his first song, before he even started. He lay there for a while (probably dazed or wondering if he should fake it and said that he fainted momentarily due to stress and excitement) before clambering up, muttering sheepishly that it was very slippery on stage (cos it was drizzling). OK, that's mean of me, but HAHA(!!!) there goes his cool "wassup" image. You can yell yourself hoarse as much as you want, you can rock your head and have your flaying hair looked like a looney's... but I still remember the expression when you fell! I still am laughing now as I replay the scene in my mind. Oooh, bad karma bad karma! (Anyways the unfortunate burly guy is eXe and they 5 guys make up Firebrands, and they're up and coming. Extreme left = my JC friend who turns to a Rock star and is now "Ghost")

And well, finally, at the final countdown, there were big and small balloons flying everywhere, and we were so focused on that, we forgot to look out for fireworks. The main part of the party.

(-_-)

Haiya, I think I'm getting old. Countdown parties aren't supposed to be like this, no? I and JX left shortly after. Didn't feel any upbeat to this party. Not much of a crowd left as well.

The only thing good about the party was the cheesecake (not even the freeflow Carlsberg beer) and the company of JX and (coincidentally) my colleague with her family. But anyhoo...

Happy New Year, everyone. May 2007 be a better year for me and you.