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

Brides, Babies and Dinner at ChoPSuey!

In our lives lots of people will come and go, but a few stay on and become life long friends. At 15 I was lucky enough to get involved in a TV program called REM: The Next Generation where I met two girls who I know I will be friends with for life. We spent 2 seasons on set drowning ourselves in red bull, gossiping about boys and struggling to keep each other awake and remember our lines together. It will always be a massive chunk of my life - they were like sisters to me and I grew up so much during my 'REM years'. 5 years later and it still only feels like yesterday that our biggest off-set problems included figuring out how long to wait before replying a guys text message and now two of my closest friends are getting married. Wait, scratch that, JERILYN GOT MARRIED! AND SHE'S PREGGERS! AND JAMIE IS GETTING MARRIED! Where did the time go!?

Jamie, Jeri and I playing charades

Amazing times

Words cannot express how happy I am for both of them, in fact, right now as I type this I'm trying my hardest not to cry (but failing miserably). Unfortunately, due to work I didn't manage to make it over to LA for Jerilyn's wedding but luckily she held a dinner in Singapore which I flew back from Taiwan for. AND I GOT TO GO TO HER BABY SHOWER AHHHHHHH! BABIES!! Although I still have a long way to go I am SO EXCITED AND SO JEALOUS! Her baby shower was absolutely adorable and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It was also an excuse for me and mum to enjoy our favourite past time without being complete weirdos - baby shopping!

AHH SO CUTE!

I WANT MY BABY TO HAVE PEGASUS TO PLAY ON (hercules is my fav fav). Ok I'll stop before I scare you all too much.. I can wait.. I promise.. ANYWAY. Now for some lovely photos of the shower!

I opted for a more floral look (dress from H&M) and my favourite yellow cardigan - seemed appropriate! 

REUNITED WITH THE GIRLS!

I want to look as amazing as Jerilyn when I'm pregnant. I didn't even see the baby bump when I first walked in! 

Ok these photos are in a really random order (photos courtesy of Jamie and Jeri as well as my own) but I want to share them with you guys anyway. I'm not even joking, everything Jerilyn does is beautiful. You only need to go to her instagram (here) to see how pretty everything is. She's like my ultimate disney princess asian barbie. Her baby shower was, of course, no exception to this and was nothing less of spectacular, adorable and pretty pretty pretty! I went photo crazy.

Even her food list is pretty!

Party Favors

After uploading a photo of the cupcakes someone tagged the amazing creator on my instagram (here)

and I must say - I am SO ordering cupcakes from Miss Goob the second I have a proper excuse (or even if I don't) they are so cute and tasted DELICIOUS (I have a video, you'll see in a few ticks..)

YAY BABY SHOWER ACTIVITIES!! 

Jeri's sisters got plain bibs and stuck on stencil outlines for us to decorate and give to Jeri for the baby. SUCH an amazing idea! Very very fun and perfect for those who are artistically challenged *ahem*, like me.

Me and Jamie's creations

AHHH even with the stencil outline I managed to mess up BECAUSE I CAN'T SPELL WAAA. I was going for Mr Gorgeous but some how managed to go more towards Mr Geo.. Geography?

Oops

Sigh. I really don't help myself do I. Got a good laugh out of everyone at least!

Everyone else did such cute designs! Some people are so creative (very envious, I've always wished I was more artistic! So pretty!)

Even mummy herself!

Tadaaaa! Unforunately I had to leave the party early to go and sing to all my lovely fans (lalalalalaaaaa) so I left my mess of a bib hoping for a miracle to happen. THANKFULLY Jeri's cousin had the amazing idea of turning Mr Geo… into Mr. George Clooney. Genius! Absolute genius I tell you! Later on when I had to write down my favourite baby boy name I wrote down George (to try and be funny, har-har-har) as it would be very fitting for my bib, hehe. But I know Jeri has probably the most amazing name planned. It's a secret but I'M SOOOO EXCITED TO FIND OUT!!

Other games included guessing what day the baby will be born!

Measuring the mummy-to-be's tummy (which I sadly missed!).

… and leaving messages for the baby!

Jamie and I's

And of course Jerilyn's mum prepared an absolute feast for us!

I had the most amazing time!

Photos from Jamie's instagram (which you can view here).

However, this wasn't the only exciting thing going on…

yes yes yes!!

AHHH JAMIE IS GETTING MARRIED!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HER!

So cute!!

So beautiful! And it won't be long til Jamie's making mini-me's too! They both told me I had better hurry up so that my first child could go on play dates with their seconds! Hah! My two gorgeous girls are making their own families, I just can't believe it.. (over the moon).

As for me, I'm still waiting for fate to happen (don't think I can't see you rolling your eyes - I'm a HUGE hopeless romantic). Don't you think its strange/weird/amazing how every single moment can make such a difference in your life? By being 5 minutes late, or walking down a different street, deciding to move or even saying an extra sentence to someone you could meet different people, have different thoughts which lead to different things, change your life path completely. My grandma ended up with my granddad purely due to walking down a different street one day. Can you imagine if that small act had not happened I wouldn't even be here? It's crazy. Ok I'm getting carried away now, haha, but what I'm trying to say is that I find fate so peculiar, so magical.

ANYWAY. While in Taiwan I was randomly on the PS Cafe page looking up the menu for their new pizza joint and I saw that a new branch called ChoPSuey was about to open (see what they did there with the sneaky PS.. clever clogs). Had a quick look at the menu (as you do) and immediately fell in love. I actually went with my cousins after my homecoming gig in Singapore (was too excited) and loved it so much that I wanted to bring the girls back! I'll include photos from both meals (excuse the iphone quality!).

So pretty!

I LOVED the asian/frenchy type concept! The food was Asian but the decor was very old time chinese chic with french music playing in the background. Ab-so-lute-ly breathtaking.

Food!

I really really really really REALLY loved that all the items ordered were for sharing. I've been twice now for dinner but really want to go back for their dim sum brunch as they have some pretty unique looking dim sum on offer in the menu (yum yum yum)! I want to try their duck and lychee salad too! Take a look at their menu's here.

After my homecoming gig with the family

I love trying bits of everything! I love going out to eat it's just such a nice way to celebrate... anything! Food, friends, family, fun - eating is just one of the best times of the day hahaha.

Crispy Duck Pow! Pockets

Yummy!

Dessert round 1 and 2. The Chilli Chocolate cake and French Apple Galette were recommended to us. On night number one (right photo) only the cake was available - it was the bomb. SUPER SUPER RICH (and I normally don't find many things rich) but 100% worth trying. However on the second visit I grabbed the apple galette while it was still around (must be pretty popular!) and ohhhh my goshhh - love at first bite! I don't even like apple pies/tarts that much and now because of this I LOVE THEM. Well no, I'm always now in the mood to order them but every time I do I'm always disappointed because THIS ONE WAS JUST SO FRIKKEN GOOD! Get it - trust me.

Ok, come on. Fortune cookies? How is this not the best restaurant ever!

How detailed.

Ok maybe not the best fortunes ever but whatever, a cookie is a cookie! I wish I had taken a photo of my cousin's one actually. He had a really romantic liner.

The REM girlies!

Jamie, Jeri, Cherlyn and I!

The night ended all too soon and after lots of giggles and excitement about babies and weddings and growing up it was time to go home! Jeri passed me one of her darling cupcakes from the baby shower (as I never got to try one) and I must say..

AH-MA-ZING.

I tried with Vine, I really did.

Anyway this post has left me feeling very happy but very hungry so I think its time to hit the hay. Hope you enjoyed the post, do leave me your thoughts below!

Love,

Ming xx.