Derrick He Wei Jian’s Press Conference

Last Friday saw me and Shanice going to attend He Jian Wei’s Press Conference at Fashion Bar @ The Cannery. At first I was very blur blur as to who he was since I couldn’t recognise him from pics and I’m bad with names. He’s an ex ngee-ann student though.

Fashion Bar – I would say I love the decor of that place! I especially love the plush purple seats and the black chandeliers that hang so gracefully from the ceilings. Asked Shanice to help me take a pic of the black chandelier so I’d always remember it, she thought my request was weird. bahhh.

See pretty right? As shown on website lar

Anyways, waited around with the other media before he was finally on the scene 🙂 I think he looks pretty cute, but totally different in his pictures or MTV. They changed his whole image to coolness >.< Still ok lar, I think he looks better in real life. Hehe.

That’s the album cover. Looks too cool for school. Haha.

You know, it was darn funny when all the different media are trying to snap pictures of him at every opportune moment? Every single time he looked in one direction (where all the photogs were), you’ll see tons of flashes going off all without missing a beat! I was trying hard not to laugh for fear it might interfere with the recording I was trying to do.

They invited his Superstar friends to come down to congratulate him. They all look so different compared to being seen on tv a couple years back! And some of them were very jovial and funny.

Oh forgot to mention – the videos that he made with his songs.. ahhhh! I can’t get the songs out of my head! My personal favourites are wu fa gui lei, and ni zou tian qiao, wo zou di xia dao (I just realised I don’t know how to change the language preference on my mac argh). You NEED to have a listen to them especially if you like him. However, you might have to wait till his new batch of CDs get in – They are now completely sold out in Singapore music stores! What an acchievement!

He did a liner for us! YAY! Thiang, waiting for your pics 😛

Doing His Part For Charity

On the June 2008, Jaycee Chan released his first single named 《一路好走》.This song was put together by Jaycee himself, dedicated to Jaycee’s dear grandfather who passed away earlier this year.
With music and his memory of this grandfather in mind, Jaycee also wished to unite fans and friends worldwide to do their part for the people who needed help, such as the victims from the Sze Chuan Earthquake.

Artistes from different countries and companies all over the world have also come together to perform and raise awareness.
All proceeds from this CD single will go the victims from the Sze Chuan Earthquake.
Now do your part for the greater good! 😀
Check out his song here:

Heatwavers on Skype!

Hahahah, they’re gonna hate me for doing this but really… do I care? 😮

Anyway, I was on Skype with some of the Radio Heatwave part-timers because we were too bored. The part-timers were being irritating making silly faces at Lamont and I so I decided to take some screenshots and post them here! 😀

First up, Sylvia! Couldn’t get a shot of her doing a silly face, but I’m gonna post the only pic I took of her anyway.

See, I wasn’t joking when I said they were stupid pics.

Up next, Alicia! This one, now… what can I say. She’s pretty “obliging” 😛 She’s the one with the most stupid poses.

Hahahah, alright, that’s all for Alicia. Personally I think the last photo is a classic, a panda-pig kinda face XD

Last one! Our favourite resident minah, Marissa!

I apologise, forgot to put it to full screen for Marissa’s first two pictures x.X

Just a pointless update, until next time! XD

Nokia Launches Music Store Locally!

Last week we were invited to sit in at Nokia’s launch of Music Store here in Singapore as well as the introduction of their new phone – The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic

Kym, Lamont and I headed to their main office and was ushered into a big conference room.

The presenters gave all of us good rundown of all of its functions and let us put our hands on their devices as well as purchasing system for Nokia Music Store.

In a nutshell, Nokia users now can purchase music on both their laptop/desktops AND mobile phone online! Both devices could be synced easily and all you need is the credit to buy your music.

At the site, there a millions of tracks for you to choose from, artistes include major international singers, independent label as well as Asian content, so you don’t have to worry about not finding your latest Gary Chaw song.

Alternatively, you can find out more about this service HERE.

We were treated to a healthy sandwich meal of Barn Farm (or something along this line, heh) while playing around the new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic.

This phone features Music Features such as:

• Storage for up to 6,000 songs with optional 8GB microSD card
• Dedicated music keys
• Hi-Fi quality audio with dedicated audio chip
• Voice-controlled Music Player: Say and Play
• Instant access to Nokia Music Store Over-the-Air and via PC
• FM stereo radio with RDS

and more.

We went back to the office with each of us having $16 worth of music credits to download songs from the site. 😀

Hoyu Hair Fashion Show!

This time round, we are invited to Hoyu’s launch held over at The Arena! It was the launch of two of their hair product series, mainly the Glamage – Hair Manicure, as well as Mallia Hair Care Products.

At the entrance, we were greeted with enthusiasm and given a media pass each to wear on so have have the permission to enter the backstage. As the very nice lady ushered us to our couch, we were also handed a couple of goodie bags, which contained the media kit and complimentary Mallia shampoo and conditioner.

We arrived there early so we managed to catch the second half of the rehearsal. While waiting for the fashion show to commence, guess what made Kym and Darrick very happy? – Alcohol.

We each ordered housepours and sinked into the happy music and atmosphere.

The lights dimmed as the dancer emerged from the darkness, a Geisha dancing gracefully to the Japanese-influenced music. For this fashion show, there was multiple themes.

Glamage:

• Bold, outrageous hairstyles in black colour presented by a group of hyperactive dancers in black, sexy leather costumes
• Models with their hair in brown/blond shades, wearing all-white to highlight the purity
• Models in similar gilttery short dresses sashaying down the runway in their glamourous hairstyles, each very unique
• My favourite goes to the models who wore long, loose-fitting dresses in their outrageous square-cut hair.
• Last but not least we have the extremely beautiful Geishas in their intricate costume and thick make-up, along with their exquisite hairdo.

Let’s not neglect the male models shall we? The guys came out strutting down the runway coolly, showcasing the vibrant and vivid hair colours.

And with the final parade, the show ended with cheers and applause from the audience.

We were very pleased and awed by the good-looking models. Thank you Hoyu for inviting us! :

Oh my, how I wished I was a model too…

Photos:

The Bloody Bunch ……… of Failures

So like Shanice said, Mario, Darrick, Lamont and I went for the blood donation drive that the for the Singapore blood bank organised @ Block 16. We were all pretty excited and yet at the same time, nervous because it looked really scary. It was mine and Lamont’s first time. ):

So anyway, as you all should know. Not everyone can donate blood. There has to be prior checkups and your vein has to be visible and sturdy so the needle won’t accidentally slip out of the vein in the middle of blood transfusion, which could be dangerous.

The truth is… Darrick, Mario and I didn’t manage to donate blood in the end. ): Well Darrick was more of a failure than Mario and I because he failed the initial checkup due to a persistent diarrhoea. Meanwhile Mario and I passed all the tests and were sitting on the reclining chairs, ready to save the world, and his veins couldn’t be found and mine were too soft. D:

So immediately, the Fantastic (Bloody) Four got reduced to only one, and that was Lamont. So, all hail Lamont! And if you guys see him, do give him a pat on the back. Or give him some candy/milo/ribena, the extra sugar might come in handy now. 😛

The Bloody Bunch

Just received this in the Inbox:

Mario, along with Kym, Darrick and Lamont, have decided to shed some blood for the greater good. 😀

They’re now at Blk 16 donating blood at the drive.

Wish them the best of luck!

P.S. I hope Lamont won’t cry and shout “I’m going to die!” when he comes back. Haha.

Ah, this is so very interesting.

Hancock The Movie

We were invited to the premiere of Hancock the movie in Singapore on Monday night. It was held at Vivocity, and screened on 9PM.

There, we saw familiar TV faces like Randall Tan, alongside with wife Melody Chen, and the Power 98 DJs Jensen, Harry and our mentor Mario Ocampo Lajarca Jr. (quite a mouthful).

We bumped into CTV’s Daniel and Mr. Foo (so quiet nowadays) too.
In a nutshell, Hancock is not your average superhero who saves the world and the neighbourhood and well-liked by the people. On the contrary, the citizens hates him for his cockiness and arrogance that the Goverment decided to put him behind bars. On an occasion where Hancock saves a (useless) PR man from a train accident, he decided to help Hancock – to change his entire image.

It turns out that the PR’s wife was Hancock’s ex wife and they are of the same kind of  species with special power. The story ends with a twist, where Hancock learns humility and let his ex wife be together with the PR man.

Throughout the movie you will get to see Will Smith signature pout, as well as his funny “good job” that will bound to crack you up.

I give Hancock a 3.5 out of 5.

Last but not least, Radio Heatwave thanks Sony Pictures and Golden Village for the wonderful time! 🙂

Kenji Wu is…

… definitely a charmer. 😀

Shanice and I went down to Copthorne King’s Hotel @ Havelock Road for this Meet-the-Media session with Kenji Wu, a Taiwan-based singer/songwriter. Kenji has just released his fourth album and is currently on tour in Asian countries to promote his album and to also get ready for his upcoming concert slated to happen end of this year.

The session was pretty small with only us and 3 or 4 other publications or media around. Also, it was held in Kenji’s hotel room itself so it felt pretty cozy! Kenji charmed us with his megawatt smile and witty sense of humour and by the end of the interview, he managed to get Shanice swooning over him. But okay, I have to admit, I was swooning a little too, but not as much as Shanice was! 😛

Alright I won’t go into details, but if you want to know more about the interview, look out for this podcast on our Radio Heatwave main website! It should be coming up soon! I’m in the midst of editing it. ^^

For now, I’ll let the pictures do the talking!

Whiteboard Hassle

In our mission to cut cost while interning at Radio Heatwave, we decided to pick up somebody else’s rubbish and make it into our treasure.

What I mean is that while the office opposite is undergoing some kind of big renovation, we saw the workers carrying the big-ass whiteboard out to the corridor, waiting for the presumably (Bangladesh) workers to throw away.

Darrick suddenly thought of an idea and thought we could use that for our new continuity room (located at Atrium).  Though it might be super super super dirty and very big, we decided we shall clean it and send it to some carpenter who can do the cutting job for us.

So Lamont and Darrick took a good 10 minutes carrying it into the office before we girls start on the cleaning. And trust me, it’s not easy feat.

Firstly, imagine this board is a very badly stained one. We were already halfway done when I took this.

The stains were there hell-knows-when and it’t not removable by just normal water + soap combination.

This auntie passed me a “Strong” spray for whiteboard and we started spraying it o the tough spots. Well, initially I was just spraying and telling Mag and Rick to wipe here and clean there. 😀

Then Kym took over my responsibility and I had to wipe instead. =,= I must have lost 1 kilo there from cleaning or something. Kym said her fingers are sore from spraying! What logic!

Darrick, despite the lethargy, seem to be having a lot of fun…

Scrubbing and more scrubbing… and we took another bottle from CTV – some kind of cream based lemon flavoured detergent.

Now if you step into our office, you’ll see the sparkling whiteboard leaning proudly against the cabinets.

Mind you, normally the cleaning work are all mostly done by ME, and Yi Yuin. Just thought we should take the credit. Hahahaha!

UPDATE: We picked up a notice board too! 😀

RHW @ Power 98!

It’s been quite a couple months since Radio Heatwave has been on our Power 98 show, Campus Radio. So far, it’s a wonderful experience and we’re always learning new stuff there as we go along 🙂 It’s an eye-opener and a change from the school environment. We get the chance to see how things really work out at an actual radio station in Singapore… we produce our own capsules that get aired on Power 98 and it’s just basically a whole lot of fun! Mario (the person who was in charge of us) has been a great teacher, role model, and friend who shares with us jokes and different experiences from places he has travelled to or worked at. Here are some pictures of the Campus Radio DJs over at the Power 98 studios.

In the money making studio with Mario and Fendi

In the on-air studio! There’s lovely aerial view of the area around! You can see it sunny or rainy 🙂 perfect for reading the weather. haha.

A couple of us fooling around in the studio during Mario’s shift, only at Power 98!

Mario on The Daily Dose!

another pic of Mario doing his thang, and he was trying to dance to the music! 😛

Oh and as a side note, I realised alot of the DJs there love to rock to the music. hahaha. I nearly got a video of Harry dancing in the studio while he was hosting. We were in the next room and could see him, but I only had my handphone with me… no digital camera. But it was so funny I swear. Haha.

Anyways, do watch this space as we bring you more pictures when we can 🙂 For those who are free over the weekend, do listen in to our show as we bring you all the fun, entertainment, celebrity news, interesting topics and of course, awesome hit music! you can catch us every Sunday, from 10-11am, only on Power 98!

love,

mag

RHW’s Barbecue!

Instead of using the typical “it was a blast!”, I’m going to describe this BBQ as an unforgettable one.

The event took place last Tuesday over at Marc’s place, The Belleforte, and it took six people to make it happen.

In order to save time, Darrick ordered from BBQ Wholesale, which I think has a pretty good website. The party was organised for all part-timers and I think they had a hell of a good time.

We went over early to help out. Kym, Darrick and I helped carry the first batch of food downstairs, while the others were upstairs *coughs* gaming *coughs*

You know the big styrofoam box you use to store things? The entire bottom piece of the styrofoam broke apart, thanks to Darrick’s clumsiness. What was supposed to be the ice cooler snapped, became the tool to help us pick up the frisbee when it fell into the pool many many times. 😀 Water was flowing freely all over the ground and Darrick wet himself, in shock.

The frisbee was the main entertainment we have there and many times it went in the wrong direction, thrice entering somebody else’s house. 😡

If you’re just curious about what our frisbee is for, check this VIDEO.

So anyway, I helped the fire (yay!) with Darrick and Kym, as the part-timers start to fill in.

The green flame toy was purchased at Daiso the other time and it’s pretty cool actually, just that it burns only for 5 minutes, what a waste of $2, no wonder people want to steal the green liquid only.

Surprisingly, for the first half of the BBQ, Khurshed and I were the cook, so we had to stand the heat and oiliness to serve everybody. Talk about community service. Heh. The food was fantastic (I didn’t eat the chicken so I don’t know how it taste like) but the salmon, sotong and otah are damn goooood. That also explains the cost of them.

Darrick and Kym were fascinated by the squirting sausages that I think so-so only lah.

With great company and all, we did not neglect to prepare drinks, that resulted in a very hyperactive group talking gibberish. It was all in good fun.

Amidst the mingling, Khurshed was standing in a corner palm-reading the part-timers. He was quite spot-on.

The party drew to a close with everyone laughing and further interaction – a very successful BBQ!

The happy Heatwave people! These include: Sylvia, Taina, Alica, Donovan, Axel, Elise, Marissa, Pei Xuan, Ching Sze, Aqilah, Matthew, Neng Hao, Mok, Khurshed, Beverly, Chong Ern, Alfred, Sheryl, Priscilla, Shi Qi, Lamont, Mag, Darrick, Kym, Marc and me! (please email me if I spelt your name wrongly or forgot to include your name! {shanice@radioheatwave.com})

And here are some of the photos! ^^

xoxo

Thiang

Launch Party of TRACE TV

On the 16th of June 2008 over 100 media executives gathered at Barfly, Clark Quay to celebrate the launch of TRACE TV, the latest addition to Singtel’s MIO TV family. The night started with free flow conversation and drinks while the VJ prepped himself for the highlight of the night – video mixing.

After the speech by Chairman and CEO of TRACE TV, Olivier Laouchez, a group of dancers performed a high energy hip-hop dance to kick start the night. VJ Hi-Grade wowed the crowd as he showcased his talent in video mixing – live.
The crowd continued to mingle and dance as the night came to a close. Guests were given TRACE TV goodie bags as they exited.

And here are the pictures! 🙂

KEN LEEEEEEEE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, the whole song was in none other than English. >.>

Oh, and this is the same woman, they actually let her perform on stage. Yes, she sang the same song and she improved!

Notice how the audience mocks her, LOL.

Wu Jia Hui Press Conference

On 11th April, Darrick and I went down to K Union @ Kbox (Cineleisure) to attend the press conference of up and coming Malaysian singer/songwriter Wu Jia Hui. We were in for a surprise when we were greeted at the reception and given a door gift of a red egg and an ang ku kueh. Apparently the red egg signified the birth of a newborn and the kueh represented the newborn being a baby boy.

Before he became a singer, he started off as just a songwriter and he would sell the songs he wrote to record labels for other artistes to perform.Wu Jia Hui has been working on writing songs ever since he was a teenager and has written over 500 songs to date. This time, 8 of the songs in his debut album are written by himself. Here are some pictures from the press conference.