SONGKRAN 2014

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So I flew back to Lion City on Friday to celebrate the Songkran water festival in Singapore at WAVEHOUSE! At first I was a little taken a back after looking at the line up ... everyone was a DJ, AKA. MAJOR club dance music and I was, ermm, not so much. Still, I was over the moon with the chance to perform and took it as a challenge to still try and get the crowd going with my more pop-ish numbers. So logically I went for the danciest numbers I had!

Far East Movement at soundcheck. They sounded AMAZING. I always forget how much I love dancing - I rarely go clubbing because of all the alcohol and late nights but I literally LOVE dancing - my body was going crazy trying to sit still and all professional-like.

Soundcheck was long. Like 3 hours long. Luckily the family decided to join me as I was only in Singapore a few days.

Hot weather. Coconuts gone.

Finally up on stage! I'm not gonna lie, I did feel a bit awkward after all that heavy bass stepping on. I imagined later I'd feel a bit like how maybe Taylor or Hilary would feel playing at a club. Had to keep my confidence up!

Michelle at SG <3 FACE at Holland Village is a miracle worker. I always leave feeling like Cinderella!

Show time!

Credit: Jamie Ho

Credit: Jamie Ho

Water was being thrown left right and centre. I was lucky not to get soaked but I unfortunately can't say the same about my poor mother who was CHASED by a water gun!

Credit: Jamie Ho

I had such a great time! I felt like a little pop princess coming on after all the "GET YO ******* HANDZZZZ UP" stuff being all "hi guys!", but I still werrrrked the dancing the best I could! I mean the dance music was amazing but I'm glad I stayed true to my music and didn't spontaneously try and get cool (I'm really not a very cool person - I'll have to work on that.. one day).

Far East Movement! What performers! I was at the stage side dancing my butt off! I really wanted to be in the crowd though. You just know people are watching you go crazy solo being like whaaaat.... but it was all too good not to!

Got home in the early hours of the morning with my family. It was a weird feeling like we'd all just been clubbing together or something. Only thing to do was make a post-night out meal! NOODLE TAIME!

Mum and I then snuggled up and watched the latest episode of SCANDAL. Decided to wait 'til after the performance to make it extra special (All the gladiators out there will relate). Who else watches the show? I rarely watch TV shows but this one has me hook, line and sinker.

Hong Kong Asia Music Festival 2014

Hey hey hey hey hey.. So I've just received the photos from my little trip to HONG KONG for my first performance ever there for the HKAMF 2014! So much fun! Thought it deserved a little blog post (how good have I been at blogging, eh? I think it's going to become a daily thing!).

NEW FLAVOUR!? Instantly snapped chat my other half Bianca Bridges. Like minded sisters.

The gang! 

I LOVE my new Elizabeth & James suit - so fun and sophisticated. Also the fact that it's by Mary-Kate and Ashley just makes me feel so... so? Good?! HAPPY!

Rehearsals were fun. Huge stage, AMAZING sound system.

The press-con was kinda funny. I don't speak cantonese so I was sat with the Japanese guys laughing and clapping and applauding pretending we understood what was going on. It was quite nicely done. We all brought a gift to represent our countries and picked blindly a country to give them to. It was such an honour to represent Singapore and meet the artists from the other countries!

I walked away with traditional masks from Korean group N-SONIC! Was so happy (and the other artists were pretty envious of my gift, hehe!)

I'M A GIANT!!! 

Showtime! We were told to come at 3:30pm for a full run through but, as per usual with such big events, things overran and the full dress had to be missed meaning we were in our changing room from 3:30 'til showtime at 8pm! THE ONE TIME I DONT BRING BOOKS! They accommodated for everyone with individual rooms for each performer + team which was sweet!

I forgot to take a selfie but here is a sneak peek of my snazzy ensemble!

SHOWTIME!

BOOM!

Credits to Daddy Bridges for this one - flew in in time to watch my performance. So sweet! He whats app-ed this to our family whatsapp group saying "who is this chick?!" - makes me laugh every time.

Made some lovely friends. Congratulations to Hong Kong - stunning, gorgeous, friendly girl J.Arie. We are so hitting Universal Studios when she's next in Singapore!

N-SONIC boyzz

Two sweethearts from Japan, brothers Jiro and Taro. Also defers meeting up with them next time I'm in Japan - they were so fun! Mad guitar skills.

 I was STARVING by after-party time!

This is 1/8 ... 1/8 OF THE FOOD. The leftovers. Holy moly, we demolished. I can't control myself at self serving sort of things so I try and fill up with my favourites early on (hello veggies!). I've discovered the skinny secret! Everyone takes like, A BITE of everything. HOW!? I wish I could do that - I'm learning slowly though - hello intuitive eating! I need to learn to slow down and enjoy the chewing processes a bit more I think..

Death by marshmallow bunnies.

February Singapore Photo Diary

Gorgeous dress courtesy of Jones&Jones

I'm sorry I'm sorry! I DID WRITE BLOG POSTS I REALLY DID! But every time I went back through them they just seemed so pointless and .. pointless! Didn't really want you all reading pointless stuff now did I? I shall compensate by including some photos from Singapore in Feb and then follow up with some of MY NEW ADVENTURES IN TAIWAN WAHOOO! Enjoy! I love you all <3

Did a little visiting trip around the stations to see some of my friends and do a few interviews!

HAH. Eric (manager) and I laughed over this 'OMG' button for ages. Such humorous people! Eric also laughed over the fact that I was talking to all the Indian guards in mandarin (its ok, apparently they were very amused - kept forgetting I wasn't in Taiwan anymore!).

YAY FAMILY WAS FEATURED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES! Was kinda cool/weird doing an article with the fam but our little awkward family photoshoot made the whole thing worth it. Yes we had to do the whole 'hahahaha we are having so much fun hehehe this is so awkward haha why are we laughing' thing which then made us laugh even more because my dad was SO HORRIBLE AT IT (sorry daddy hehe) but it was so so funny!

My sisters original answer (which mum made us remove) HAHAHA. NOW THAT should have been published.

Also got the opportunity to special guest in the new show 'LOL TOGGLE' which is 'an infotainment TV show of what's in and what's happening in Singapore' (super super funny). You can check them out on Facebook here and on their website here. AND Facebook has just told me that you can see a sneak peek of my episode here! Everyones currently asleep while I'm typing this so I can't check it out before you do.. dammit! Hopefully nothing too cringe worthy.. I still get nervous during interviews. They lie when they say this all gets easier!

HELLO KITTY!

MY WONDERFUL FANS ARE SO WONDERFUL!

So sweet coming to support me and baring gifts! My favourites! Food! Hello kitty! Pink! YOU GUYZZZ KNOW ME SO WELL!!

Interviewed by the lovely Judee Tan!

Falalalala..

How gorgeous is the studio setting! I'm so excited to watch their show they had some crazy crazy stuff!

Dolcetto by Basilico @ The Regent Hotel

Hmmm what's next! Ah! Thought we'd get some 'father daughter' time in while we could! Dad brought me out to try some new lunch places. This one was SUPER EXPENSIVE but how cute are all their goodies!

It must be getting pretty well known as I saw it featured this month in a magazine as one of the new 'go-to' places to eat! Might be worth trying out on a special occasion. We went back to grab some yummy cakes for CNY which were THE BOMB.

Benjamin Brown's

Mmmmmmm I love sticky toffee pudding. And this wasn't any normal sticky toffee pudding.. ohhhh nonono, don't be fooled. The ice-cream was HONEY FIG and literally oozed out some gooey yummy caramel stuff. Urgh. Delicious and messy. Just the way I like it.

Okay so AFTER ALL THAT I did try and be healthy. But its not really healthy when you get healthy stuff and then eat it all in one go. Doh.

On to plan B..

MY NEW SHOESIES!! I love them! It's true that getting new gym gear is such BIG BIG motivation to go out and get fit! I was so fit during the summer and it was so nice just trying to get back into it all again! I get bored of things so easily so I love mixing fitness workouts. What's your favourite thing to do to keep fit?

Obsessed with these Ball Mason jars! You can find them here on amazon!

Halloooo interviews!

Mum told me not to put this up but I think it is very important for ones fans to see a singer at her best.

WENT TO MY FIRST MAAD EVENT! With my gorgeous eurasian gal pal Becca! It was actually really cool. A market once a month featuring loads of local brands, designers and artists. It was a lot of fun! Who doesn't like a bit of late night shopping?

Also made a quick trip to my happy place.. it took so much planning to even get down there. 1 hour of play time and then had to rush back to a last minute meeting (what a life huh), but alas, I was very thankful to get to go with my cousins. Themepark's make me SO HAPPY. The music makes my heart do backwards flips and I get so excited. It's so fun embracing your inner child and running around like a crazy kid high on sweeties. NO SHAME. NO. SHAME.

The height of coolness

Gorgeous meal at KU DE TA - grandma was visiting! Singapore you are so unbelievably gorgeous!

Birthday dessert for my friend Alex at this beautiful restaurant called Valentino's! You can read my friend LadyIronChef's review on it here. He says its one of his favourite restaurant's in Singapore! My parents were so jealous - dad's in love with the place (and I could see why)! Definitely one to go back to!

YAY FINALLY MADE IT OVER TO GARDENS BY THE BAY! One again due to meetings the trip was short lived but I was so excited to get to go (thanks grandma for loving food just as much as me). We made our trip to POLLEN.

Beautiful? Yes. Pricey? YES. Worth it? OHHH YES.

They have a set lunch menu and ohh my goody goody goodness I love food presentation. The instagram crazy girl inside of me goes wild!

Such a lovely treat from my parents. It's so nice to be able to go out and have a beautiful meal once in a while with people you love. Was really something special just to even have the time to be with them.

Although expensive you do get free access into the flower dome which (if I'm not wrong) costs 20 dollars per person.

AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WALK!

Don't I just have the classiest grandma in the whole world? She's so elegant.

Wahoo! Behind the scenes of Campus Superstar! Was so amazing to get to be on the show! Was also my first performance EVER by myself playing my guitar STANDING UP! I know its weird but I just have never done that before.. (and yes I did take this as the perfect excuse to whip out a pink guitar strap.. GIRL POWER WOOOOOO). Not that girl power has to be pink but.. er.. it helps!

And thats it! I'll do a post with a few pics from Taiwan tomorrow and try to get back into the habit of keeping you guys up to date. I'M TERRIBLE I KNOW, TERRIBLE!!

Currently writing songs, learning mandarin and DRAGON BOAT TRAINING AHH! Things are very stressful but your lovely messages on twitter/Instagram/facebook are what keep me smiling. So thank you!

Remember to keep voting for me for the E-AWARDS here! And 'Sweet Misfortune' is the theme song for Media Corps new online show Get Social! ANNNNDDD I AM IN GHOST CHILD!! FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS! I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT (not because I'm scared out of my mind even thinking about watching a horror movie..) because I haven't been in the country so let me know what you think! My first movie role!

LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE!
Ming xx