Back to blog more about SMU’s Starry Night VIII.

From what I know, Starry Night has been a tradition since the start of SMU and it marks the last day of classes for SMU Students. A night where we can let our hair down and forget about mugging for awhile (though alot of stubborn people were at library mugging while we party our hearts out.lol)

From last term’s experience, it wasn’t very enjoyable because

1) The bands were not very exciting.

2) It was very humid and people were drunk.

3) The only reason I went was to support Nair because he was the emcee.

4) The BE seniors were there,so I tagged along.

This year,it was different because we had an “objective/mission” and it was our very own BE band, TLP ’s debut gig.

We went down to the Big Steps (where it was held) and the whole BE gang took up the front seats (I told you we had a mission) around 7pm. Our dearest new emcees, Marcus and Seema were doing a pretty good job in warming up the crowd. (I’m so proud of my VPH “babies”, just caught Hui Ying and Michelle on MTV on the Wang Lee Hom coverage as well. *sniff*) Ok, back to starry night.

The featured band was no other than Timbre’s Goodfellas who was awesome. They totally got the crowd moving and everyone was rather high by the time they ended their set. I managed to record their first 2 songs and my handphone died on me afterwards…boo!

The Goodfellas #1 from Ingrid on Vimeo.

The Goodfellas #2 from Ingrid on Vimeo.

After almost 5 songs or so, it was time for the SMU bands to shine. We had

Chordless - Elissa

T Wrecks - Alvin

The Spunkies

and of course our very own TLP !

TLP - Ivee,LN,Lynn,Paul,Jinfu,Anthony,Yi Hui

The atmosphere was awesome. I did not exactly drink and I was quite high already =x Drinks were on sale, thanks to the Treehouse and you could see empty beer bottles everywhere after the event. It was chaos (shall not go into that). So back to the gig, it would be better if the bands knew they won’t be playing repeated songs but it went fine. The crowd was crazy by the time TWrecks was out and there was this indian uncle whom Kelv and Ken nicknamed “Muthu” who drove the crowd insane. He was hilarious !! Till now,we’re still unsure who the hell he was and we couldn’t understand a single word when the gang sabotaged him up stage for a game segment. You may catch him (in white) dancing on stage in this clip.

TLP performance was awesome ! I’m so proud of the guys. They took old school to a whole new level. We had Don’t Say you love me from M2M, Aqua Medley , All Star and the surprise from Yi Hui who sang on that day for encore!

But I think most importantly was the special song from the band/LN to Jacjac =) Yes. Our dearest “grandmaster” proposed !!  (you can watch the proposal in the video) It was soooooo sweet ! All of us wanted to cry and I think LN has become the latest marketspoiler by bringing the girls’ expectations up. HAHA ! Nobody can use the same trick twice – to propose during starry night !

LN's Proposal to Jacjac

Congrats to the couple and we’re really really very happy for them ! The BE people spent hours blowing up balloons and keeping this “open secret” unknown (hur.we’re BROADCAST and entertainment afterall. It was hard for everyone to hush from the female lead) I feel very blessed to share this special moment with the two of them and suddenly, I feel like there’s still hope for true love =) *awww* LN & JACJAC, BE LOVES YOU =) May the two of you have a blessed future together. Don’t forget to invite us to the wedding *DUH*

Alrights. I shall end here. =) Would really love to write in details but I’ve got to rush my term paper =(
I had a great starry night and it was the best night ever spent in school so far. haha.

I don’t know why ain’t my vimeo videos showing and I’m not sure if you guys can view the facebook videoes =\ But try clicking on the link ?

(pictures thanks to Jun Kwang, Anna Vanessa and not forgetting Shah’s FB videos)

As I mentioned in my earlier post, today’s theme shall be “S-Moody Monday”, let’s stick to MM.
(read: “S-Moody” = “SMU-dy” aka SMU-related/SMU-Moody post! haha,cheesy I know)
So today, I am going to talk about one of the event that I’ve been busy with recently – Voice Personality Hunt 2008 (VPH).

VPH is one of the signature event of  SMU Broadcast & Entertainment (SMUBE).Perhaps I should briefly introduce my CCA first. Established in 2003, SMUBE has been recognized as the official media club in SMU. Home to two of the largest media broadcasting platform here on campus, SMU Campus Radio and SMU Campus TV. Under the care of the Artiste Management Team, our artistes which include emcees, VJs, TV& Radio Presenters are the first choice for most student and school events as well as many external functions. In fact, our alumni consists of MediaCorp Artistes such as Jade Seah, Pornsak, Sim Yunn Ying and Jackson Tan. If you think that’s all for what SMUBE can offer, you’re so wrong ! Our club consists of 13 departments and Events & Backstage (E&B) is definitely one of the hottest department as every other club seeks for technical/sound support from us !

By the way, I am currently the Marketing (Design) Deputy Director of the 5th Exco, killing everyone with my voice on air for an hour on Campus Radio as well as PR record label rep for Sony BMG. SMUBE is almost like a media company but student-run aka restricted budget. And I have to admit, without SMUBE, I don’t think I can survive in SMU.*awww

Back to VPH, it has been an annual talent competition where SMU students showcase their talents in emceeing, radio and TV presenting. For the past years, it was held within SMU’s city campus but this year, Terence (my co-partner) and I are bringing it out of school. The finals will be happening on 17th October (Fri) from 7-9pm outside The Cathay! And previously, it has been an internal audition and straight to the finals. As for our 14 finalists, it has been the usual with a twist of an additional semi-finals to make sure only the best stays in the game. After spanning a total of 9 weeks, I am quite sure the finals will be exciting to watch. Not only that, the audience will stand a chance to win Kanye West concert tickets as well as lots of attractive prizes !

The planning process for this event was a pain in the ass due to our budget constraint and balancing school+”work” isn’t easy at all. If you’re from SMU, you will probably understand the frustrations of coping Week 7 (midterm+quizzes week) together with meetings with sponsors,rushing out marketing materials, auditioning the contestants, finalizing details of the events, updating the management, getting permits from school etc, I’ve really learnt alot through the planning – HR management, PR skills as well as nitty-gritty details that usually go unnoticed. (The backstage people are always the unsung heroes, now I really understand it all.)
I am thankful that I had a great team to work with despite the little disputes we have here and there (and the expected “I-am-going-to-kill-XXX” tantrums.) Hopefully the event will run smoothly and let the best man/woman wins !

I would like to invite each and everyone who’s reading this out there to join us for the finals! We want your support !

Date : 17th October 2008 (Friday)
Time : 1900-2100
Venue : Outside The Cathay, Singapore

Do drop by and say HI ! =)

“Not again ?” – Yes, this shall be my new blogging platform as I’m pretty sick of the usual livejournal and wordpress.
Tumblr has been good so far in terms of updating random things but it is not exactly a blog that I can call my own.
So, here I am at Vox and trying out this blogging service/platform instead. Back at wordpress!

Also, trying out something new inspired by Daryl and his Music Mondays, I am adding a “theme” to my entries.
This will probably be a good way to be more disciplined and motivation to blog. So to start things off, here’s Friday Fives !

Since I don’t exactly have questions to ask myself, am going to rely on last week’s thefridayfive for now !
Feel free to email me five questions for the next entry ! =)

• What did you want to be when you were a kid?

I wanted to be a teacher,veterinarian,actress,pilot,cartoonist, radio deejay,designer,model,chef (yes,laugh all you want!) I have actually managed to get a taste of being a teacher (Guzheng),radio deejay (campus radio!), designer, child model ! Not too bad afterall !

• What is your proudest accomplishment so far?

It has to be getting into Singapore Management University (I kid you not!), you should see the tears in my dad’s eyes when the enrollment letter arrived in the mailbox. (haha ! Just kidding about that) Honestly, nobody really thought I’ll manage to enrol into a local university due to my years of lousy academic results, so I’m actually quite proud of myself !

• What is your dream job?

To be honest, I have no idea what is my dream job. For now, I’ll like to have my own little cafe which is also a design/production firm with my close friends. Who knows, maybe that might just happen in years to come.

• Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Alive and happily working from home. (Married ? I’m not sure. Currently marriage is just not in the picture at all, can’t see it in 10 years from now as well.)

• What does it take to make you happy?

Simple things like a pretty flower or chocolates. Being with my friends and just cracking silly jokes. Getting away from the crowd and chilling out with a drink. Too many to name ! =)

Let’s see how long I can maintain this blog. So far so good !
I quite like the interface and functions.

Switched back to wordpress because Vox is not reader/comment-friendly.