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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

SuperStar Virgo Re-launch Event

 Smithankyou     2/08/2012 04:27:00 AM     cruise, event, omy     No comments   
I never had a great impression about all the cruise thanks to movies like Titanic and Poseidon. I always have this fear that something bad is going to happen and the next thing before I know it I have too say the epic "You Jump, I Jump" line and to realize that it ain't really that romantic to die during a holiday.

I mean on top of that, I also never like the idea as I thought that it ain't really fun to be trapped on a ship for whichever number of days? I guess I was wrong cause being on a cruise can be really fun especially when you have the right group of people!

I was on the SuperStar Virgo with Mint, Silver, Rachell, Alvin and William! We were lucky that it's CNY period and we get to do our lou hei ! Not just any lou hei but one which is on the sea!

Mint, being special and eating it with fork n spoon!

And a CNY event will never be the same without a lion dance celebration right? And did the Lou Hei and Lion dance bring us any luck? 


We had a test of lucky immediately on the cruise, we had some games of bimbo! I mean, BINGO!


Sad to say ladyluck weren't on our side as none of us won anything from this games. And in fact we lost pretty badly! Badly as in like we were nothing near. -.- 

And there after we were brought around to enjoy a tour on the cruise. And that is when I realize that the cruise actually has a lot of facilities! We were pretty amazed by the facilities and we actually got separated from our tour guide shortly into the tour but I am pretty sure we didn't miss anything even without him.

They actually have this very nice looking theater which comes with they own showtime. Too bad there weren't any shows when we were there but this place sure reminds me of GLEE! 



                                                

And they actually have a writing room and library too! So would there be where all the bloggers are just to do their writing? And guess what else I found right beside? 



A MAHJONG ROOM! I suppose we will spend a lot of time in there if we are really there to stay overnight. HAHA! 


And they even had some outdoor activities like golf! It was a shame I didn't get to show off my skill to the rest of the bloggers! Actually no.. I have no clue about golf. HAHA. 


There were also other facilities such as a casino, a pub with live band, arcade, night club, swimming pool and many more! 


 And we were also brought around to look at the suite! I must say their suite looks way too awesome! It was so awesome that I stare blank and didn't take any pictures. But lucky for you guys that Rachell took some really awesome pictures of the suite.


That's Rachell, Silver and me photobombing. heh! oh wait. I was talking about the suite! 


SEE! The bed makes you feel like an emperor from China!! Super awesome! You can check out the rest of the pictures from Rachell's blog! :)

Although we did not get to sail out into the sea or try out some of the facilities, we still did enjoy ourselves talking, walking around and camwhoring. I must say that the cruise is really huge! We were all so tired after the event! And I was actually surfing their website for offers! I wanna bring the family onto the cruise too! And if you too are interested you can check out their website! I heard they will be having some awesome deals in the upcoming NATAS FAIR!

http://www.starcruises.com/newweb/homepage.aspx



SUPERSTAR VIRGO!! I WANNA GO!! (Hey see! it rhymes okay!)

Mr.Smith, row role roll your boat.. eh wait.. cruise no need roll one right?

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Monday, February 06, 2012

The Proposal Video

 Smithankyou     2/06/2012 06:26:00 PM     HappyMrAndMrsSmith, Proposal, Video, wedding     1 comment   
After a long wait, the video is finally ready!

Sorry for the grammar mistakes during the proposal hor. Very gan cheong you know?




Enjoy the video! And I shall blog about it on HappyMrAndMrsSmith soon!

Thanks everyone for being there and helping out!


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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Our Booth

 Smithankyou     1/26/2012 09:58:00 AM     EmoSmith, Friends, HIMYM, life, Thoughts     1 comment   
For you guys who watched the most recent "How I Met Your Mother" should know what I am talking about. Like I was talking about how I love my life to be like a sitcom previously? One of the main reason was actually because of how I like the feeling of always being in a clique.I meant isn't it good to have a good group of friends who will laugh with you, laugh at you and totally no hard feelings at all? Everyone has their good qualities as well as things that really pisses us off but it's about how we fight and we still love each other after. You do not even need to look for dinner kakis, they are like just there for you.

The "perfect" friends.

The formation of cliques can come in many forms, like mention earlier the easiest way will be either your school or work place and some will be due to common interest and met at night spot or even the more geeky ones like forums/twitter or even facebook these days.

Although I look like I am a social butterfly who will flies around different social groups, I do really care about my close friends and always like the feeling of bringing friends together and hope that they will be one big group of common friends but sad to say it is very hard to achieve. For the simplest reason is that we are humans and we have difference in everyone. I am not talking about ironing out the differences but it's more like how do we compromise as well as is it worth the compromise. We have different interests, we have different daily happenings, we have different ideas, we have different experience and even different sense of humor but that is exactly what makes a group interesting! We do not see 5 barney(ies) hanging out and neither do we see 5 Joey(ies) eating together at the dinner table, no?

Not to make myself sound like an Anime character but friendship and human relationship is one thing i really treasure and as much as possible I want all my friends to move on together and have a good time every time we gather.

I use to be in so many different cliques that I can remember, from primary school to current days. What happened between all of us that drifted us apart? Did we not maintain our "close" relationship or did we just got "too busy" with life? Is it true that there are only so many friends one can keep? How many good/close friends can one keep? People grow up, people move on and people's interest changed. Is that what happened?

I suppose one person can't win it all?

I am not saying that I do not have good friends now, I still have my buddies who will meet me every now and than and you guys know who you are.(I suppose you guys don't even read my blog. -.- I sounded just like Barney.)

This post sounded emo-ish at this point of time which was totally not part of the plan. I was simply planning to talk about how I love to have a close group of friends and that's about it.

All I wish is to have a good group of friends where we know each other so well and we just talk and do everything together. Me, and you and our booth.

Vacancy up for grabs.

Mr.Smith, quality > quantity?

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I hope my life is like a sitcom.

 Smithankyou     1/24/2012 12:45:00 PM     2BrokeGirls, diary, Friends, HIMYM, random, Sitcome, TBBT     No comments   
You have no idea how much I live my life around sitcom. Okay fine. Maybe you do know considering the fact that both my cats are named after Ted and Marshall from How I Met Your Mother. What? Oh yeah, I am crazy enough to actually name my company as WADDUP, which is one of the catch phrase by Barney Stinson from How I Met you Mother as well. (I mean I can't use LEGEN..DARY, Suit Up or Awesome right?)

So what are the other Sitcoms that I really like? Of course, the mother of all Sitcoms, F.R.I.E.N.D.S! In fact I started watching all these Sitcom really seriously thanks to F.R.I.E.N.D.S when they still air it on TV.



Another of the older ones that I really enjoyed was Fresh Prince of Bel Air!



No, I could hardly remember what happened in the show cause it goes really way wayyyyy back.

And of course life watching Sitcom ain't easy in Singapore cause the TV doesn't show a lot of them due to the language which is very often very awesome cause of the sexual content.  Although they do not show those overseas ones, local TV did produce quite a bit of them for a period of time. Like Under One Roof, Phua Chu Kang, Happy Belly, Sassy Neighbor, 剪剪大家乐, 播音人 and even 敢敢做个开心人 was pretty good too.


How come huang wen yong like never grow old at all? 

Thanks to the internet we have sites that allows us to watch these shows.(Paid or not) And sitcom came crashing back into my life. How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory and my most recent love, TWO BROKE GIRLS!

I am such a fan boy that I actually have books by Barney! Both the Bro Code and Playbook!

So how to make an awesome sitcom? (Taken from somewhere awesome on the internet - 9gag)


Living life like a sitcom is way too good. And below are some of the reasons why I wish to be a sitcom character: 

1. You might be an architect or whatever job you are doing, you are always spotted at the bar, coffee place or your friend's place. Almost no work stress.
2. You might have a big social circle but these guys always hangs out with you and they are ALWAYS there. And they stays near you too.
3. Problem from the current episode will always be solved right at the end of that episode. No carrying over of problems.
4. All your friends speak in witty lines and it's always funny and nothing much depressing. 
5. You will always have hot girls coming in and out of your life.
6. Your favorite coffe joint, bar, comic shop will always be so near your place and everywhere seems to be in walking distance. 
7. You will not have issues like money issues or what not. Look at Joey, although poor but still survived. 
8. You can be old and fat in season 9 but all you have to do is re-run the season 1 shows and you look hot again! 
9. THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER~~~ 

Okay, this is a super random post. 

Mr.Smith, I wanna be on a sitcom titled - Hum Sup League 



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Monday, January 23, 2012

The Reasons Why I Hate Chinese New Year.

 Smithankyou     1/23/2012 01:47:00 AM     angst, chinese new year     1 comment   
If there is such a thing as the Chinese New Year Grinch, I might be one of the best representation of it in a fat ugly human form.

I know I am a bummer or a killjoy when it comes to CNY but seriously I think CNY is more like a killjoy and bummer to my life. It screws my life up in too many ways and causes too many inconvenience if you ask me.

Not in any order of why I hate CNY but below is a list.

1. The Freaking Relatives. 
- This is the ONLY time of the year that you probably meet them every year.You have to start ridiculous topics to kill the awkward silence. You have to act like you are even interested in anyone's life and what they are doing. You have to go through long hours of chat and listen to how your aunt or cousins show off how awesome their life is and probably the fact that I have nothing to show off other than my big belly makes me really angsty during visits. Irritating questions such as when are you getting married, what degree you have and what car you drive piss me off too. Some people will tell me that ang baos is like a pay and just take it easy but I will go to the extend of "You may take your ang bao back and just leave me alone" That is how much I hate meeting these irrelevant people of my life. I choose my friends and people around me and sad to say I am not given a choice to share my last name and my bloodline.

2. All the freaking shops are close! 
- They give you 2 freaking days off work and ZERO entertainment. Every other place is closed and what can we do? Even getting breakfast is super irritating. Only Macdonalds' right!

3. Long Queue at the Cinema.
- One of the very few entertainment left and it is always long queue!

4. Every freaking thing is EXPENSIVE! 
- Those shops that are not closed and not long queue are all EXPENSIVE! Freaking price hike by 20-30%? Are you freaking kidding me? I know you sacrifice your CNY but hello? I can sacrifice my CNY too you know?

5."Let's talk after CNY".
- Being a business owner, it sucks to get 860498621983124 E-mails and call from clients telling you to talk only after CNY. Than? I stone in front of my business for the past 2 weeks! Damn you stably paid workers!

6. Auto Out of Office replies.
- This is just as good as point no.5 but when i say just as good I meant just as bad. Y U PEOPLE NO WORK!!

7. Buying of new clothes.
- I dunno why we must buy new clothes. Like really, I like to buy clothes as and well I like and not buy during CNY. I am a plus size and it's not easy to hunt for something. and this also reminds me that my pants size just got larger again.

8. Spring Cleaning.
- Seriously? Spring Cleaning? Why must we clean those awkward places that nobody ever sees? Throw away old things? But I am a freaking hoarder lah!

9. It's not Sexy at all.
- You know how people will have higher sex drive during festives like V.day, X'mas, 1st Jan New year, thanks giving and even days such as st pats day or halloween where people will party, drink and then make love? When was the last time you have some passionate and hot sex because it's CNY? "Hey! Thanks for visiting, wanna have sex?"

10. Difficult to travel around.
- What is worst than this? Packed SBS buses, expensive taxi fare, highly possible failing trains and expensive car rental. Even buying a car is no joke, Expensive COE. Basically it's freaking irritating to travel during CNY? Can someone make a teleporter already?

11. FUCK UP TV PROGRAMS
- Dear Mediacorpse, can buy better shows? Can air better shows? I seriously hate all those "special" programs. Freaking lousy and retarded.But I must say 2012 ain't too bad a year cause got Ip Man 1 and 2!

So... ya.. I really hates CNY in all ways. So, I am very sorry if I do not paste any happy new year message, I did not reply any happy CNY text or anything. I know CNY means a lot to many chinese friends and it has a great history and what not. I do agree that it is important to a certain level but I can't deny my negative feelings towards CNY. I do not know how this happen but it is like this for me. I am not sure if it is because how westernize I have become over the years or because of the environment I am living in but I do not like it. In fact I never like it since I was young, or do I use to? Anyway, I hope I didn't pass any negative vibe to you and I still hope you guys have a good celebration in which ever way that can make you guys happy!

Dear CNY, Thanks but No thanks!

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

有华人的地方就有Beyond的音乐

 Smithankyou     1/19/2012 12:28:00 PM     beyond, EmoSmith, music, Video     2 comments   
This is something I am very proud of. No, I am not part of the band but I grew up listening to their music. I might not be one who follows their news very closely, I can't memorize all their song lyrics and neither do I know all about them. But there is a special place these guys stand in my heart.

I was reading iWeekly and the reporter was talking about the recent drama 天与地 and how inevitable it will bring Beyond into our mind once again. Call me dumb or a fanboy but it has been awhile since I read something off a lifestyle magazine and I actually feel touched. It was a very weird feeling, an emotion I do not experience often. The journalist pointed out something very interesting, not just about the talent of Beyond but about what this single young man has in his head back than. How much he wanted to change the world with music and wanted things to be different. He made it happen using music. Too bad heaven needs talent and he was taken away at a young age of 31. He is none other than the talented lead singer/song writer of Beyond. - 黃家駒.  I can't say that I have heard it all in the music scene but I have heard him and it makes a difference in my life. It is not just about how his music touched me but it's the passion he had for music and for a bigger change in the world.

Beyond might be a reason why I am a dream makers, passion chaser and even a freedom fighter. I like how they have a passion for something and they do it with their best ability and not all commercial like music these days.

The journalist also pointed out something which is so damn true. When was the last time you heard people in the Chinese music scene writing about world peace?



When was the last time you heard people writing about his love to his mum?



I am not sure how much of Beyond do you guys know but I must say their songs ain't just like those recent emo bullshit that just goes i love you and Y U NO LOVE ME. I know this is the trend and I am sure love song is always a trend but they never move with the crowd. Instead they create new trends.





The short speech before the song was really touching. I do not believe he said that to make himself look good but instead he really mean it. Singing about world peace and anti-racist.



This has to be one of the KTV favorite? Singing about passion and life.



Although I am a Beyond fan but I never pick a Beyond song during KTV session cause 1 is never enough. I will go on and on. My heart goes to their song everytime I hear their song being played live even not by them. The time I 1st went dragonfly. I feel so at home when a band plays Beyond's music and play it well. The time I 1st went to live impact which is a thai pub. The thai performers sang a Beyond song. Although in Thai Accent but I still sang at the top of my voice and dance around. The time when the two Malay dude performed a Beyond song during Singapore Social Media Day. My heart almost dropped out. It was so blardy awesome!

I have no idea how the current guys hate each other or not but my heart still goes to the Beyond when
駒 was still with us. I have no idea if we can get a band to be like Beyond in the current market but I must say there will be no band that will be able to replace them.

Beyond is not just about good music but it is about how they touched people and change the world with their music for a bigger course.

 Beyond的音乐是永恒的。。。
 Beyond的传说是不会变老的。。。
 有华人的地方就有Beyond的音乐。。。





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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Xiaxue VS Silver is so yesterday. Alvin VS Smith is THE news

 Smithankyou     1/17/2012 09:28:00 AM     bloggers, Humour, singapore, spoof, Video     4 comments   
I think this is one of the hottest gossip in the blogosphere this few days right?

So our Blog Queen XiaXue went and slam another CB (Chio Bu) blogger Silver Ang about some thing she did(Or at least according to her source. Yah hor, as a blogging queen she should have stated her source right? Or else also like not very credible.). As I am very sure they are much much more popular than I am, I do not think there is a need for me to hyperlink their brog when I mention them.

So what happened?

Read it from Alvin's blog if you are interested. See, I need to hyperlink Alvin's blog cause although I like to read his blog but his blog not as popular. Why? Cause we have no cleavage to show or maybe cause two guys fighting ain't as interesting. You don't believe me? We had this discussion over twitter earlier today and we decided to try it out.


So after he scold me ah pui and all and wanna fight with me, he still went on to facebook to look for another argument. But he see me no up and only wanna fight with Mr. Brown wor. No give me face? 


So now what? Cause Mr Brown can make video than he more interesting meh? You think I cannot make video?  Okay, I admit Mr Brown more popular than me, cause people mentioned by Minister so I bo wei gong lah. But because I am jealous so I am not hyperlinking his brog also lor. But I ish can make beedio too hor! 


I nailed this video in Aaron Tan Nina Wantyouonly Style! BAM!  


Scare or not now? 

So anyway, jokes aside. I am not surprised that such things happened online within the blogosphere. Our blogosphere is just pretty much like a very big organization where everyone works in but for different client and different purpose. I am sure there are a lot of people out there who do not see eye to eye to another blogger/tweeple online. In fact I am very sure there are a lot of people out there who doesn't like me but I mean we do not need to tell the whole world how we feel about everyone right?

In fact I am sure some of your guys who are reading this post will automatically link me up with one of the person who I had a little "history" with online previously. Too bad none of us is as popular as these two ladies, else we would be on the papers too. Or at least I am very sure that is what he wish. All I can say is that we are all humans and we all have differences and there isn't a need to iron out everyone one's difference. I do not hate him as a person but probably just do not agree to his action over certain issues but end of the day I do not see a need to create a post to tell everyone what action of his turns me off.

Although I have never met XiaXue and I am friends with Silver, I am taking this very objectively. I am sure some of you who are reading this must be thinking that I am saying this is simply because I dare not offend XiaXue. No, I do not have this kind of "fear" within me and who am I to offend her anyway? I am not at all surprise about how some "younger bloggers"(sorry I can't find a better word) will feel that there is a power distance between the popular bloggers and the "not-so-big-time" bloggers. This "caste system" is inevitable thanks to marketing people like us which I am not totally not proud. It is the numbers that we are looking at when it comes to KPI calculation but end of the day we are all humans. I have very close friends who are "bigger time" bloggers like dweam, holly, beatrice, nadnut (dont ask me why all ladies) and a few others but that doesn't make them being a snob when they see me. I still remember how we become friends. No, I am not defending XiaXue but I am saying that caste system does not work in making friends, less clicks or less followers does not make you a lesser person. All these could just happened simply because of a few small misunderstanding.

End of the day, I felt that although we know each other through online and all, there are things that we can take it off the internet and work it out without making a big fuss online. Unless getting (in)famous is one of your target for blogging. I always preach this to every blogger is that, blogging is an interest for me, it is a hobby, not a tool to get rich or get laid.(Although I do not mind the latter happening). 

Hope you guys enjoy blogging at it's purest which is simply writing. 


Mr.Smith, I WONG YOU HOR! 





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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

I used to blog more until I got an arrow in my knee.

 Smithankyou     1/10/2012 12:40:00 PM     Game Reviews, meme     No comments   
Happy New Year Everybody! It has already been 9 days into 2012 and this is actually my first post of the year! So what happened? Yes, I used to blog more until I got an arrow in my knee. If you have yet to read this meme - Where the hell have you been? If you have been seeing this meme but no clue what is happening, I am going to share with you. This meme happened thanks to our 2011 game of the year - Skyrim. So many of their NPC will just tell you random things like " I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee."



True Story.

Anyway, so yup. I got wrapped into Skyrim too, thus I blog a little less. In fact I am half way in my game while I am typing this post. So what is Skyrim about? It is like a mmorpg but you do not get the MMO part. Just another RPG? It's an open map RPG which means you have a choice of you own legacy, there are certain quest that are not needed and there are random people you can just slash and yes dragons too. So if you are familiar with other games, I would say that this is pretty much like GTA set in a different universe and you try to kill dragons instead of helicopters.

Anyway an interesting review from gamespot.



And yes, it is the 5th installment of the elder scrolls. So what about the other games before this? Check out the bluffer's guide!



If you ask me what is so fun about this is that the story is actually very interactive and you just wish to seek the answer to each stories and on top of that it is not difficult to play at all. Each quest is being monitor with the help of journals and maps so even though you have 809670512893124 quest to do it ain't that difficult to keep track. And the irritating part about this game? Traveling around from mountains to another is really a pain? You hardly know which way leads to which mountain at times! And like mentioned in one of the review videos, your AI partner can be very much an idiot at times. almost all the time.

On top of these points, the lack of online version of this game is both a plus point as well as a minus for me. I love the fact that I could play anytime I wish without finding irritating online players or the need to find friends to complete certain quest, but that being said it also means that we are not able to trade items or complete quests together. Overall this game is really an addiction and I read that there are people who spent like 300hrs on a single character? WTF?

I suggest you pick up this game if you are a gamer. It's on Xbox360, PS3 and even PC. It ain't the game of the year for nothing!

Mr.Smith, OUCH~ MY KNEE~

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Future World Best Point Guard - Kiwi Gardner

 Smithankyou     12/30/2011 02:41:00 AM     basketball, rookie, scout, sports, Video     No comments   
Before we go on to words, watch this video 1st.



This dude is 171 cm and is still in his high school. And according to articles, he didn't make it to NBA yet is simply because of his age issues.

From this video, we can see that he is fast, aggressive, creative and accurate. Not to take credit away from him, I would like to point out a few things to viewers, be it you are NBA fans, basketball fans or simply just my fans. (puke), this is a mashup video which means he could be scoring 3-18 per match but we are not seeing the 15 misses here.  He might look fast and accurate on the video cause the defenders are slow and young. Considering that they are highschool kids as well. No? What he is doing in his league is known as creative for now but in NBA, you might be known as unorthodox and unpredictable. Basketball is a team game and it might be tough for you to bring your team any further.

Than again, he might be the future of tomorrow. His speed and size reminds me of Allen Iverson. His creativity reminds me of Gilbert Arenas and even Magic Johnson. Another point to note is that he is only a high school kid and imagine his puberty just decides to come late and come anytime soon, you will have  a 6"9 point guard. Familiar enough? No joke he will be the best if this is going to happen to him.

NBA is a very intensive league, physically no doubt, you play 82games each seasons with back to back games and against 7 footers veteran who are out to crash you and end your career anytime you mess with them.

So will he be the best point guard ever? Only time will tell!

Mr.Smith, I can be the worst point guard ever.. no?

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Mr.Smith's 2011

 Smithankyou     12/28/2011 09:36:00 AM     2012, diary, summary     No comments   
Just when I thought 2010 was mad, it just got crazier as the time goes. 2011 is ending in a few days time and let's take a look.

1st Qtr

What can be a bigger highlight of 2011? Bigger than having your very own startup? Waddup Events Pte Ltd. A new baby started by myself and two others. Although a humble startup but I was blessed and lucky. I was offered warm welcome back when clients started giving me jobs and referral. And point to note none of my current clients are clients from my previous companies.  (P.S: Very much appreciate if you could help me like the facebook link. :x)

And also in this Q i kinda got myself quite a bit of places on the local cyber scene. I was featured on sites like OpenRice, CozyCot and even Temasek Poly!

And of course, the annual event - Twestival! And this time round Waddup was part of it! Coordinating as well as sponsor for good cause!

Twestival Team by Picture by mycake.sg

2nd Qtr

This is a sad Q I must say. I lost. Lakers lost in the NBA playoffs to Mavs who went on to become the champion in a most unwanted fashion. 4-0 Sweep. 

No 6th ring for him. No 4th 3peat for Old Man Phil.

Singapore was nothing but simply the Election. Voting is a secret and I lost. :x 

Like what people say, in life we lost some we win some and I did win quite a bit too. Together with 1stjournal, we did a video for my little Nat Nat and her cold storage run. And of course, with our professional Ideas and equipment, winning it was a piece of cake. 

Social Media was the way for me. Not only did we win the youtube video contest, the company and I was part of Singapore Social Media Day which was powered by a group of youth volunteers and Omy.sg. Very eventful event and I made so many new friends! 

And the best of the qtr has yet to come! It's the arrival of little Marshall! Half brother of Ted! Spent quite a bit of time to get them to love each other and they never looked back! 

@TedDawesome and @MarshallLegend

3rd Qtr

As usual, we always kick off 3rd Q like a boss cause it's my birthday. Although I was really lazy and didn't throw a party this year, no birthday is a low key birthday with Social media tools like twitter and facebook. I think I had almost close to 200 birthday wishes. Longest Post of the year thanks to all the screenshots. Thanks guys! Needed the love!

Talking about love and social media, the girl next door I met on social media became a beauty queen overnight. Valerie sure made me proud. Not too sure how proud I am about here? Here's how proud I am! Yes, I did a post just to show off we are friends. HAHA. 

And of course, another life changing event that happened in my life was joining of Lions Club Singapore. I never imagine joining a community service club. I am helpful within my friends and community(at least I believe so) but I never believe that I would want to serve the community. It started off as a "help" I am giving a special friend but it ended up as a commitment that I pick up myself. It's nothing like joining a community service club in a school, we are talking about the world largest service organization and I am actually part of it. No joke it will take up time but I actually enjoy serving the community as a whole. Go ahead and be shock about it, cause I am just as shock as you are.

Yes, I am a proud member!

Just when I thought 3rd Qtr is more often a quiet one, it just got louder than I thought. I was actually part of Singapore Blog Awards. Nope, I did not win any awards but the company and I was awarded the job to run the event! How cool is that? Working with the omy team is one of the best experience. They are experienced and really easy to work with. And best of all, through this job I manage to meet liked minded people and the hidden gem! Chrispytine! 



4th Qtr

The time of the year I fear most. I can even get depression just by thinking about it. It is the month where I(and the company) earn the most, most tired and sleeps with my tiny eyes open. And all the paper work I am struggling with every day when it comes to account closing. -.- 

I mean on top of work I did have my fair share of fun like attending events, in fact there are too many events to attend in the 4th Q! I am always glad that the guys can come to my events when there are so many events in this Qtr alone. Talking about random events, I suppose the best have to go to International Suit Up Day which was started by my Bro - Barney Stinson. 

This is THE picture of me. 

Most breath taking moment of the Qtr - Nope, not the one where I proposed. In fact I have yet to blog about it cause my video is still not up. *beam at Mr.Ma AGAIN*. it has to be the moment where my little marshall left home! Silly Marshall left home for 5 days and I swear almost half the local social media scene was helping to find him? I got like 7-8,000 blog visits on the day itself and RTs. Too much help. So glad the silly boy just came home after 5 days.

And, bye Kaplan~ Finally graduated from the stupid school after 18 months. Bye Bye Stupid School!! 

Oh ya, back to the proposal, yes, ladies, I am now officially engaged and has a blog - happymrandmrssmith.blogspot.com. We are going to blog about our wedding planning journey and share with other soon to be married couples! Hope it's fun to read and not too boring! :) And thanks for the crazy numbers of grats on my fb wall! 


And of course I was really busy this Dec with jobs and different clients and I guess the one that gets the most attention must be the Haagen-Dazs journey of indulgence. Truly awesome event for both the guys working and those guests on the trip. I sure hope the client felt the same. HAHA. And I am sure they are reading this cause they have google alert for their brand name. :X 

And what is going to happen to us next coming year? I have no idea but I am sure it is going to be much crazier than 2011. This is life, it just gets better! 

Mr.Smith, See you in 2012!





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