After allegedly experiencing the third blackout in his home since his return to Muar, Name Wee decide to visit TNB personally and give them a piece of his mind:
Sibei brave xia. Is this how it is to get things done in Malaysia?
I am quite sick of seeing her grabbing media headlines actually. However, if you are not sick of her yet, here’s a video of an interview Ris Low did with Shan and Rozz on clicknetwork:
In the video, Ris Low spewed swear words openly and coined another term, “Shingz” to add to her “Boomz” dictionary. She also stripped to her “bigini” at the ending. No doubt a publicity stunt.
If you don’t know also, Ris Low has started her personal website/blog – http://rislow.sg/
Clearly, she loves all the attention, regardless if it’s positive or negative. Are we all going to still lap it up to her to inflate her ego?
The way I see it, she is following closely in the footstep of another Internet superstar – Steven Dragon Lim. Will Ris Low also be opening a modeling agency too in the near future?
Melvin Ryan Tan is one of the few common close friends that Rachel and I share. He left for London to pursue his dream in fashion at the London College of Fashion on 13 September. Always loud and cheerful, we missed his presence.
Rachel and I went to the airport to send him off on the day he left Singapore. We were surprised to see a whole entourage of Melvin’s fans and relatives there, macham like celebrity.
When we arrived at the airport, being the usual diva, Melvin was still busy trying to rearrange his luggage as he had brought too much stuff. It was quite a sight.
Anyway, here are the photos taken on that day:
The diva ordering people to repack his luggage
Melvin's signature cheesy pose
Rachel, Hock Chuan, Melvin and me
Rachel and Melvin
Farewell hug
More hugs
Hugging his best friend, Eunice
Cry baby
Bye bye Melvin Ryan Tan!
All the best to our dear friend Melvin for his fashion career. May he return triumphant to Singapore as the next Ashley Isham.
Project R was reported in the two evening Chinese newspaper, Shin Min Daily and Lianhe Wanbao yesterday (27 Oct). You can read the article HERE via omy.sg. There’s also a vodcast covering the proposal process and photo gallery in the omy.sg article.
Shin Min news report on 27 Oct 2009
Wanbao cover page - 27 Oct 2009
Wanbao inside article
Rachel and I also went on air at Radio 100.3 last evening at 7pm with radio deejays, Anna and Ken. Here’s the interview if you missed it (I edited away the songs and commercials):
Rachel and I have both been receiving well-wishes aplenty since yesterday and we are both thankful and appreciative that so many people care for us.
I know this proposal is not perfect and some have voiced concern that it’s a tad gimmicky and I seem to be using “gatecrashing” tactics on Rachel. To clarify, I spent three months planning the execution of the proposal so that everything would go smoothly. Would a person playing hard to get put in so much effort?
I wanted Rachel to have an enjoyable time solving the clues instead of feeling like she is being “sabo-ed”. For instance – I knew Rachel had classes that day, and had planned the clues such that she can solve them quickly during the lunch break and continue after her lesson ends at 5pm. Transport arrangements were also made for her so she did not have to run around tired and sweaty. The collaborators who helped me also knew about this and were helping to manage the timing.
Both Rachel and I are not fans of cheesy gate-crashing and ragging where the groom is made to do silly, meaningless things like putting underwear on his head or drinking questionable fluids, in the name of fun. That’s why I paired a resolution and a gift with each clue. The last thing I want is to humiliate and shame the love of my life on the day of proposal day.
Having said that, as both Rachel and I are work for a media company, we understand the workings of the mass media and communication. Hence, we are taking both positive and negative comments (and headlines) in our stride. Our mood hasn’t been affected at all and we are just glad to have each other. The only reason why I am blogging about this is because some of our good friends expressed concern.
Rachel and I would like to thank everyone who made this union possible. I would particularly like to thank Mark, Meiyen, Wei Chian, Rachel’s parents and my parents, Han Joo and the rest of the omy.sg team, Josh from Advertlets.com, Uzyn from Ping.SG, Lai Chow from Youth.SG, all the bloggers and friends who helped viral my proposal message yesterday.
A big THANK YOU!
Here are some screen grabs I managed to capture of the buzz yesterday. I did not manage get screen grabs of the banner run on Youth.SG, Ping.SG and Advertlets.com. If you have them, please email them to me. If I missed your blog entries, can also drop me an email or just post a comment below.
omy.sg home page
Banner tiles across omy.sg
Twitter - #alvinandrachel
Me, spreading the proposal on facebook
Facebook well-wishes
Holly Jean's blog
Boon Ming's blog
Darren Ang's blog
Chim Kang's blog
Daniel Hii's blog
Yong Wei's blog
Grace's blog
FYI, the story was picked up by Shin Min DailyandLianhe Wanbao for tonight’s paper (27 Oct) – can grab a copy of each to read more. Rachel and I will also be accepting a radio interview on Radio 100.3later in the evening at 6pm. Do tune in.
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