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Ben and Jerry's: Thank you for your Ice Cream!!!

2008-05-06T00:39:00.005+08:00

Yes, we were there at Cathay... Queueing for our cone of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream (theFadgirl had 2!!). Have I ever told you how I love Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, I even drove out one nite when i had cravings, searching for a place that sells them..

They were giving out these cute ice cream cut out that says love is...

I would say Love is the sweetest thing that could cut your heart... Complete the sentence, maybe we make a poem/post out of all your sentences...

Look at the HORRIBLE queue that covered 2 stories of Cathay.. The poor helpers and guards had to make sure everyone was orderly and would finally get their Ice Cream!

I wonder if Ben and Jerry's gave these pple their fair share of ice cream?

yes, the HORRIBLE queue (that we added to after this photo was taken..) Mostly students who could make it before the working crowd got to Cathay..

Check out the number of pple that was needed to scoop the ice cream... I wonder how many ice creams were given out that day.. theFadgirl said she saw pple going for 3rd, 4th scoops..

Ice Cream!!! Finally reaching the ice cream... the gold at the end of the rainbow!

Thank you for the ice cream!

See the very satisfied look...THANK YOU BEN AND JERRY!!! Maybe they should have ice cream day... Everyday!!!

We werent the only one that was there for the ice cream... Frens of theFadgirl was there too.. Meer Veron and Liling. Xue Ying was too shy to be seen on the camera... They sure look excited to get their ice cream! Haha...

Dun just eat the ice cream, tell us about your experience on Free Cones Day as well... Drop us a comment, a shoutout, even on facebook or just a simple email!

This Ben and Jerry's day was shared by theFadboy, share with us yours as well...

Happy time calls for happy measures

2008-04-26T15:35:00.002+08:00

School's out and the Fad people have somewhat graduated. How can we not celebrate with some fun and booze? As such, the Fad people and friends signed up for the school's gourmet club event called T.G.I.O. No prizes for guessing it probably meant Thank God (or Goodness, whatever you believe in) It's Over!!!

$25 for free flow of housepours and wines with some finger food and games and fun. Venue? The lovely Harry's at CHIJMES. Games and finger food we cared not so much for. The free flow was the main draw for the hundred over pax crowd and along with that, fun began.

Let's start the party!

The early birds are us! the Fad people on the left, the couple: Tow and Ian on the right. We got ourselves a nice, table by the bar as we waited for the rest to join us.

Shaky pictos but I swear I was not drunk (yet) when I took these photos.

Then Sue came!

That's Jimmy, with a posterchild-like face that seems quite the same with every photo?

Jimmy and Tow

Jon, Mark, Darrell - My CC Boys, as the Fad Chick coined so endearingly. These dudes are my groupmates this sem for a course called CreativeComms and we all really enjoyed working together.

Yours truly, before I got sloshed. Only wine for me though. I don't like beer.

All in all it was a great night. We all kinda got drunk, we all puked. The Fad Chick even sprained her ankle, unfortunately. But we all had fun! So there, bye bye school. And this time it's probably for good.

- the Fad girl

Then we ate some more cakes

2008-04-01T03:02:00.010+08:00

It was Tow/Huiwen's birthday not long ago. And we partied at KM8 of Sentosa.

(That's Tow and Ian, also known as Quek or Quekie.. her boyfriend)

In case of confusion, Tow is Huiwen, Huiwen is Tow. Huiwen is endearingly known as Tow. The Fad Chick and I decided to get her one as cool as TOW chocolatey cake as present...

realising only after we arrived that everyone already had too much cake before that...

I was the official cake bearer - and suffered severe muscle ache for two days after that... while The Fad Chick was our photographer.

We took very very very long to reach Tanjong Beach on a Saturday. There was a huge crowd that day at Vivo City. We were waiting to buy tics for the Sentosa Express.

Finally there...

Here are some of Tow's guests (who happen to be her closest friends as well...)

That's Tania! aka Tow's Twin.

Fad Chick, Susanna and half of me!

This is Vida and Xin

Group Shot! Sun's setting...

Vida captured the Fad people!

Good Friends and Good wine! (You cant see the wine)

Ian is a lucky dude?

We took the chance to bribe Tow (using the chocolatey TOW cake) for an interview with FAD:

What are your bday wishes/aspirations for this year?
I have no idea. I don’t wait till my bday to wish for something I think. Maybe, not to spit in the cake when I blow out the candles

Most interesting/favourite presents received?
Din receive any like whacky presents this year because my friends got me what I needed, like eyeliner, body scrub etc.
BFF scarf, synders bacon and cheddar bits, falsies eyelashes, and giant lollipop.

Why KM8? (It was so out of the way!)
Because it rocks. Seriously. It was there before café del mar. super chill out and primitive. Exactly what we all need to escape.

Anything else you wanna add or mention?
Thanks for coming dudes!
Thanks for the TOW cake. Its very pretty +)

Happy Birthday Tow - eat more, drink more, party more this year!

- The Fad Girl

TheFadboy goes to... Wala walas @ Holland V!

2008-03-12T18:29:00.008+08:00

Life has been hectic, theFadboy/girl/chick are close to exploding... but still theFadboy have to find time to hang out and have fun!

So last week, I managed to find time to go down to Wala Walas @ Holland V with a group of old friends! but most importantly, i was there to see UneXpected and my favourite singer, Shirlyn.. I really love her when she starts singing, she is my singing goddess!

Not the cutest girl in town, but her vocal cords are enough ~~to turn me on~~ for Singapore Idol! But check out this video on facebook, its 2 become 1 from Spice Girls (Male Version!).. Its hilarious!

Drinks were quite free flowing... unfortunately my friends are not really the best of drinkers..

Willy, Weiyong, Zeus and Neo... Willy and Zeus were really red in this photo! and everyone, pls take a look at my date that day...

Haha, tried to create the effect that she was there in person, but i guess it didnt work too well!

Some how, my camera just cant capture their faces properly... These pictures just look like it jumped out rom Ju-On (a korean horror movie!)...

but it is just as scary capturing Sam so clearly... haha..

TheFadboy goes to Parrrrrty

2008-03-04T01:09:00.005+08:00

It has been sometime since theFadboy been to party (ya, i know it has only been a week!).. but it was a good chance to catch up with some of my pals... and relive some of those stress and of cos, to drink so good old alcohol!

Bok and Zijun were there (and so were many others as well that I forgot to take photos off... so sorry!!)

Hsi Hao whose birthday was celebrated when it stroke 12... 1 flaming and 1 submarine to go!! Happy Birthday!

If it was Hsi Hao's birthday, we couldn't miss out best bud Heng Soon... and my ex-roommate Evelyn (in the background.. Hey u still owe me those photos!!)

I dunno why but these pictures kept showing me drinking.. i am sure i didnt drink THAT much...

Oh, how could i not mention that these were taken at Winebar at Zouk.. We didnt have any photos IN zouk because we were busy dancing and getting crazy by den... As u can tell, after a few drinks, we started to compared who had BIGGER eyes!

Perhaps if i get more photos from evelyn, i will post them up as part 2!

But this photo i really wonder wat happened, was it some kind of self censorship? Haha..

We were with more friends and we also met more friends..

Like Miranda who only had eyes for Bok and totally "forgot" to take a photo with me... and others like Willy, Weiyong, LS, Iris, Vivian etc, whose photos are either in another camera or are very camera shy!

I end here, So lets just light the fire!

and DRINK UP!

Brought to you by TheFadboy who parties, drinks and dances

the un-dead poet's society

2008-02-27T03:18:00.008+08:00

on every last tuesday of the month, wordforward would organize a poetry slam at velvet underground. it's an event where people go for reading (poem) or even take part in the slam. for participants of the slam, you would have to go through 3 rounds. it's rather confusing, from the website, it stated that the 3 poems have to be penned by oneself, but yet, the emcee actually mentioned only the first poem. hmm, consistency? before i mislead you, you do not have to be a poet to qualify for both the reading and the slam. all it takes is a passion for poetry (so that you'll even start writing), the expressionist attitude and a big heart to accept not only the cheers and applauses from the audience, but also the jeering.

it's rather interesting that the poetry enthusiasts population seems to be growing! on top of holding the poetry slam monthly at velvet, there's also another session at the arts house on every last thursday of the month. so if you're one of the poetry enthusiasts, do go and check out the event, or even share your works! even if you're an aspiring director, dancer, etc, the organizers are open to showcasing your works!

important facts to note:
the tickets are going at $10 each,
time: 7.30 - 10pm
and of course, club rules apply.

-tfc-

National Service

2008-02-26T11:48:00.005+08:00

With Singapore successfully winning the bid to be the host of 2010 Youth Olympic, the Fad people were informed of a webite where Singaporeans could go and post a congratulations message for Singapore.

This is the site: http://www.sgyouthgames.com/index.php

the Fad people have done our part too.. SEE!

Go to http://www.sgyouthgames.com/index.php to post right away.
Over to you! :)

-the Fad girl

TheFadboy and his CG mates @ Holland V (Pics Galore!!)

2008-02-25T16:05:00.009+08:00

Before I start, I would like to explain alittle about why this is in Buzz... Buzz was set up to capture the events side of Fad but due to lack of time, we have not been able to contribute frequently to Buzz.

But with a new focus towards people (especially our lovely frens!), there is a new life to Buzz!!

So, without further to do... A peek into theFadboy's saturday outing!

First stop was Essential Brew, a rather special place that requires you to take off your shoes and sit on the floor... That somehow had an effect on Bok...

She thinks she is hiding from the camera.. or she is trying very hard to pretend to be a mouse... while Zarah really just tries to ignore her..

But she is forgiven, holding our namecard and posing like this, maybe I should ask her to be our cover girl or something (after she removes her braces..) Haha...

And Lynette just decides to play along with me FINALLY appearing in a photo! Haha...

So it was just another outing for us guys, but nothing is ever normal when you have crazy people meeting up... Give us an overdoes of tea (yes, those are tea in the picture..) and we really up our crankiness!

We start feeding others and taking photos...

and we feed ourselves in the photos...

and we had a lively discussion about Conan, byebye and nyak nyak (that needed more than a PG rating.. I will be willing to share if you asked me about it... )

Oh, and Germaine joined us almost at the end..

Girls if you wanna come to this place, please do not wear a skirt.. and Guys, make sure your socks has no holes ( I am speaking from experience)!

Den we moved on to Cold Rock which has been featured so many times on the Tele, on newspapers and even on numerous blogs... I won't even say wat they sell (ice cream..) Haha....

Just look at the number of people who came into the shop and it was already quite late. I think it was about 10pm when i took this picture.. (Honestly, i didnt see the draw.. but at least now i have been to the place.. Haha)

Well, the swing seats did look cool and comfortable when Bok and Zarah was on it...

Somehow... I didnt bring out the same effect... Haha..

So, they mix like toppings (that ranges from m&ms, gummy bears to sneaker bars) with the ice cream on this cold rock (no guessing where the name came from) to prevent the ice cream from melting.. Quite cool until the guy said No Photos! But still Bok managed to help take a few more.. Haha...

And with people like Germaine and Gabriel (Germ's bf) acting all lovey dovey..

Bok and Zarah just could not be out beaten! Haha, by the way... Zijun's Bf is also called Gabriel and they both came quite late but U will see their pictures soon too! And there I irritating them by calling out Gabriel when i just wanted to see the reactions... Haha..

Also, check out the video of Bok and Zahrah when they thought they were on multishot mode when they were on video mode instead... Crazy girls!

Small ($5), Medium ($7) and Large ($9) but it still depends on wat you mix with the ice cream... Bok and Zarah has the weird idea of adding Tin Tam.. Haha...

And so we manage our last group shot in Cold Rock with Carinne finally getting herself on a picture before we moved on to Wala's (where i didnt get any good photos due to the lightings..)

If u wan to see more photos or just know who is tagged as who.. you can check out my facebook.

This nightout was brought to you courtesy of theFadboy and because it celebrated his Birthday!!!

Colorful, Bright... that's my Chinese New Year

2008-01-25T12:47:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year or CNY, is the most celebrated holiday in our home country (Singapore). And the best place to immerse in the holiday mood would be no other den Chinatown.

The colors, the buzz, the noise... Thats why it deserves a mention in theFadbuzz!

I was down at Chinatown over the week and took many photos of the sights, the colors and the people (but I really need to get a SLR for better pics).

Tell me my loyal Fadreaders, if a picture speaks a thousand words... what does a video say?

Interesting Fact 1: This year, CNY falls on the 7th of Feb, this changes every year as it follows the lunar calender.
Interesting Fact 2: Go down to chinatown and get to try free titbits as the sellers jostle for customers!
Interesting Fact 3: TheFadboy has a new hair cut! (I know, this is out of nowhere... haha...)

TheFadboy and his trusty laptop gave you this post.... Kudos!

MAC-ness!

2008-01-17T09:53:00.000+08:00

"oops, i did it again."

once again, apple has wowed us with its new thinnovation, macbook air.

can't get enough of this mac-ness? take a guided tour with john!

thinnovation aside, let's see how mac stands out from its competitors!

back in 1984, we have mac challenging the biggest competitor then, ibm

in this round, we have ibm going into business solutions. so we proclaim apple as the winner!

how about the battle between mac and windows?

check out what gabriel schwarzer has to say!

jokes aside, the answer remains yet to be seen. but for entertainment sake, check out the whole series of pc-bashing here!

for all its creativity, here's a tribute to 30 years of mac!

-tfc-

Down Memory Lane - 80's Cartoons

2008-01-13T14:24:00.000+08:00

Back by popular demand, here's once again... DOWN MEMORY LANE: EIGHTIES CARTOONS. In this post, we shall feature all the cuddly cutsie courageous furry animals which used to be our companions on weekday afternoons when we had nothing better to do than to watch tee-vee!

Do you remember... that you "wanna be a care bear"?

Gummi bears?

chipchipchipchip and dale!

the four that luurrvveed pizzas!

Here he comes... the Mighty Mouse!

And finally, Scoobydooooo!

Perhaps we will feature some (supernatural) human beings next time!

-the Fad girl

Whao! I am on Fortune!!

2008-01-07T15:58:00.000+08:00

They could have chosen a better pic! Haha.. Welcome to Magmypic.com!

Perhaps the idea of having your picture on one of the most prominent magazines is not special. But this website provides magazine subscriptions at discounted rates as well. (but.. only for within the United States)

After uploading your pic and choosing your cover... you can choose to have your Mag Cover voted by other users! That helps to inflate that self-ego!

If you really need a boost in the confidence area, get your best pic, save it... and send it to us.. We will choose the "better" ones and post it on theFadchatter for our daily 30+ readers to admire and comment!

This website was found and brought to you by: theFadboy!

Discover Musicovery

2008-01-01T20:36:00.000+08:00

New year. Often a new beginning. In the midst of winter, we wait for spring. Birthdays, A number, add one. Firsts. Day of school. Day of job. We are excited about the new class. We dread making new friends. There are new subjects to learn, new exams to take. New jobs, new duties, new scopes, new goals. New clients, new projects, new money. Fresh starts. New decisions. New partner? New phase in life – marriage, divorce, child birth. New life. New land. New York, New Zealand, New Delhi. New lifestyles: food, films, hang-outs, trends, gadgets, MUSIC.

If you are like me, who thinks nothing of our local radio stations, and constantly seek for ear-candies which would inspire, you might just love Musicovery.

I know I already do. Happy New Year!

- the Fad girl

The Siloso Beach New Year Countdown Party

2007-12-24T12:00:00.000+08:00

Xmas might not be over, but its time to start planning for the New Year Day Party! Today, let us introduce you to the Siloso Beach Party!

It will be a Dusk till Dawn event with non-stop music and DJ spins! International and local DJs will be spinning a mixture of Top 40s, Hip-hop, Progressive and More!!! There will be LIVE performances by local band E.I.C and U.K band Incognito!

Celebrate New Year Day with a bang as there will be an amazing display of pryotechnics at midnight!

For more details please check out the Siloso Beach Party website.

TheFadspecials: Tickets are currently being sold at $35 but if you email (team.fad@gmail.com) us by 27th Dec 12pm! We will be able to get you to the party at a DISCOUNTED PRICE of $29!!!

Just leave us your name and contact no. by 27th Dec 12pm and we will contact you!

Limited Tickets. Tickets will be at a first come first serve basis.

Moto-morphosis

2007-12-21T16:41:00.000+08:00

There was a time when no one cared about Motorola (Is it a brand of a car?) and Nokia was connecting people (Pun intended). Then Razr came along and spun everyone into a sleek chic Moto frenzy. The craze climaxed when the thin Razr dyed our world an atrocious hot pink a few years ago. the Fad girl was one of the hypnotised victim during the nation-wide Pink Razr famine. Along with many, (mostly girls), they resorted to all means just to get their hands on the pink Razr. They craved. They queued. They plotted and schemed. Then they got it. And they were cut. Deeply wounded and Razr-ized. The world had entered the Age of Moto. the Fad girl was later a Moto-convert and still is today.

What happened in the Age of Moto, you ask. People were liberated. They danced.

They sang.

They loved.

And recently, they met the Matrix.

Comments had it that the hot chick in the mini film wore different shoes during the fight scene. We can't be sure. Also it was buzzed that this idea was stolen from a viral vid from China in 1999/2000. What vid exactly, we weren't sure, but come on China! After years of copying and pilfering from everyone else on everything else, what's a little sharing?

For more Moto-lovin', check out

http://www.viduz.com/seek/motorola+commercial/

Down Memory Lane Part 2: If you were born in the 80s in Singapore

2007-12-14T14:36:00.000+08:00

There's a facebook group: If you were born in the 80s in Singapore. That's pretty cool bc that would probably mean most of you and us! We knew of them for quite a while, but it did not occur to us to feature till the SBC dramas kickstarted yet another trip down memory lane.

Enjoy it!

You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse, Ninja turtles, Carebears, Robocop, My Little Pony and Smurfs.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You would squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.

You hated or loved the school nurse (she was either pretty or mean).

You know what SBC stands for.

You paid 40 cents for cartons of Chocolate or Strawberry milk every week in class.

Everyone's wallet used to be the velcro type

It was cool to have pagers in primary school

SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushionwere red. The big red bell gave a loud BEEP! when pressed.

There were still bus tickets and bus conductors would come up to check them.

Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.

You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.

You know what PETS are and the hidden animals in all the text pages. You hated penmanship.

Writing lines and caning hands were common, esp if you failed chinese spelling (caning was actually allowed. no shit).

You were there when they first introduced the MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.

Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.

Gals were fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

You bought tidbits called beebee (20 cents per pack, 10 cents in MGS), and mamee (30 cents), that had a different sticker in it every time.

You carried a lunch box to school but either threw away the food or brought it back home again.

You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.

Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven were probably the thickest
story books you thought you would ever read.

KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates and had metal forks and knives. (I dont remember this, anyone?)

The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'chicken pie'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien translation.

Catching and pepsi-cola was the IN thing, and twist was the
magic word.

Your English workbooks were made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.

You came to school 15 mins before the bell every morning just so you could copy someone's homework.

CDIS was your best friend.

The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellized characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you math.

Waterbottles were slung around your neck and a must everywhere you went.

Boys loved to play soccer with small stones or tennis balls in the basketball court.

Girls played five stones and boys played with marbles.

Science was fun with the Balsam and the Angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fishes.

Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, immortalized in our minds from school textbooks.

We conducted experiments of our own to get badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.

Every Children's day and National day you either got pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or useless plastic files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.

You wore BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.

Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school
to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.

There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday (you hated them).

Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket mone everyday.

You saw Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.

Boys liked catching fighting spiders, earthworms or tadpoles.

Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

Class monitors and prefects loved to say, "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"

You got booked for muddy shoes in class.

There were at least 40 people in one class.

You brought every single book to school, even though there was a timetable.

There was a pro-yo/bumblebee, digimon craze at some point in time.

Anything else you recall?

I remember that eraser with all the flags of the countries.

The stickers and pens we bought from the school bookstore (and treated like some precious gems).

10 cents popsicles with cola flavor. 20 cents popsicles lime green in colour, squarish, probably cancer-causing!

I remember when KFC was some upscale restaurant serving food in plates and we have to use forks and knives (bc I found a pic of me in the KFC restaurant. The whipped potato tasted much better then!) There was another competitor, I think: Texas Fried Chicken?

And there was a shopping centre called Emporium! :)

zoukout=zonkout?

2007-12-12T01:07:00.001+08:00

if youve read the papers - life! section and the new paper on monday, youll be amused by how the local press was in "praises" for zoukout 2007. even before the event, we often see huge write-ups of it and how exciting it was going to be with its line-up of international deejays. but honestly, the downside of over-promising is the disappointment of its inability to live up to standards, or at least my mates' and mine.

in any case, thanks to eun who had complimentary tickets, i was saved from a hole in the pocket. so let me share my zoukout 2007 trivia:

1. eun had gotten us tickets for priority queue, but we got ushered to the wrong queue where we had to squeeze with a crowd. despite us trying to tell the bouncer many times that we had tickets for priority queue, and even showing him the tickets, he paid no heed and just patronised us with "just a minute".

2. there was a lot of hype about the 5-storey euroslide , if youve checked out the official site. cool, it seems pretty interesting but isnt absurd to pay $5 just for a slide down on this blow up toy? my mates and i were cool-headed enough not to blow our money away.

3. zouk, we know you're trying to keep the people partying till daybreak, hence it might seem really smart to line the famous international acts as the last few acts. but as attractive as carl cox and armin van buuren sounds, you gotta have some interesting acts in between to sustain interest - you need to keep the energy up throughout, so that people wld stay on. as much as i thought bookashade plays nice tunes, but hey, this is a beach party, give us something to keep that energy up! if i want a quiet chillout night, id have stayed home.

4. the party-goers were, sad to say, just checking out. it seemed like no one was in the mood for hardcore partying. surprisingly, noticed everyone was more clothed than the previous time i was there.

5. the press has raved about the parachutist and all. but hey, what parachutist? i was there then, but only got to know it from the papers the next day. was it that spectacular? i wonder.

6. when carl cox first came up, he made the boo-boo of mistaking us as kl and did a desperate save by saying a long string of words before getting to singapore.

so that pretty sums up my zoukout 2007. maybe zoukout 2005 was really exciting for me and i thought the rain was a huge saviour - i was praying for rain this time round! after this year's, i cant help but to cringe whenever i read comments of zoukout being our "ibiza". even though zoukout 2007 was disappointing, i cant quite figure whether this being the last zoukout is good or bad.

good- well, judging from this year's standard, seems like no love lost.

bad? - seems like theres no more chance for zouk to redeem itself and prove its capability of hosting a beach party.

so who else went for zoukout 2007? or even the past zoukouts? share with us what you think!

Down Memory Lane: SBC dramas!

2007-12-09T22:50:00.000+08:00

I bet many of us grew up watching mediacorp dramas. Then known as the SBC, it was 2 decades ago.

There was not much to watch on TV then, and I was just a kid. We were mostly kids then. Just this evening, there was a trip down memory lane as mediacorp celebrates its 25 years of drama in chinese television. Those who watched the program might feel abit for it. I teared at some parts, mostly at memories.

I thought it would be meaningful and fun to look at some of the memorable works that have accompanied us in our growing up years. Beware of goosebumps... here goes!

When the ahhh-haaaahhhhh comes out, you'd instantly know what show this is.

The first ever Star Search in 1988 produced 3 promising newbies - Zoe Tay, Aileen Tan and Jazreel Low. This is their first serial since winning the awards. Title? My Fair Ladies.

Another song we can't forget. A name we remembered till now: BOBO!
"Pretty Faces": As we all know, this is the show that catapulted Zoe Tay into instant stardom. Along with Lin Meijiao and Tang Miaoling, this 30-parter shows how Bobo (played by Zoe) tears her best friend's life apart by stealing the latter's boyfriend and *gasp* her father, and then causing her mother's death.

And some shows we vaguely remember..

Five Foot Way: It represents the width of a common corridor of a shophouse.

Before Starbucks came to Singapore:

We also had our very own E.T. (Remember how she parted her fingers into V-signs? I tried to do that after watching the show!):

Someone asked on youtube if this could KO Royston Tan's 881:

To celebrate SEA Games:

Bet you remember the song.

And then the one song that everyone can sing... And that one-liner we all know: Aiyoyo!

This one by Zhou Chuming, his first drama.

And this.. the SCARIEST show I've ever watched. MI LI YE! Traumatising me when I was a mere three year old. Bc of this show, I could not sleep at night. I cant even go to the bathroom by myself. I bet many of you remember and feel the same way? Check out the second clip. I still remember this episode now!

Then there was the famous Shuang Tian Zi Zun, that had all of us practising how to deck cards.

Aiyoyo Version 2a:

Its closing theme:

The Chen Hanwei craze, people always singing this song on excursions or year end ceremonies:

During the same era, we saw the emergence of Fann Wong:

The show you'd try to act out the ending part:

Still Fann Wong:

Another spooky show by Fann Wong (Also starring Thomas Ong, who was always paired with her during this time):

An epic. One show your teachers would encourage you to watch. Mine did!

The oriental version of X-men!

I was hooked to this show.

One of my favourites bc it was the one show that dealt with past lives and vampires.

So, how was that for some reminiscence? Were there any more shows that you remembered bc of this post? Share with us!

Ending with a surprise:

Credit: Youtube and all the contributors.
Chery for suggesting could do a feature on this. Thanks gal!

Have you been Bitten by Smitten yet?

2007-12-07T22:15:00.000+08:00

Here on the sunny island, most girls (and some guys) read Cleo. Elle. Her World. Female. Some would venture further ashore and get their hands on Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan.

How Boring? They are all "same same but different". Product-centric, undifferentiated layouts, what's cool, what's not. Offering 101 shades of blushers in pink and telling you the same dieting tricks in all holiday issues during December. Sometimes even offering fashion advices which do not apply (Fur coats in Singapore?).

How pathetic to not have a voice of its own, and a personlity to own?

I've been waiting for a breath of fresh air and when my best friend handed me a copy of Project Smitten, I was both hopeful and sceptical.

Project Smitten is a NEW magazine, which just debut-ed in September. New kid on the block in a rather saturated industry, I was interested to see how it will differentiate itself. Hopeful bc this might be the messiah in our magazine world. Sceptical bc it's new, which translates to untested, lack of credibility.

So after reading, here's my verdict.

Why the Fad girl hearts it?

: Interesting cover page. Instead of using real life models (Trés expensive!), illustrations are used instead, of dolly-looking avatars. Bright cheery background colours of royal purple and cherry pink, an assortment of pretty fonts and layouts that mirror the Schönbrunn palace with its frou-frou-ness and rococo theme. Pretty! Worth 3 Fad lip glosses.

:: A presence in Facebook, allowing interaction with readers. From there you'd realise that P.S is owned by VISCION MEDIA. An independent company that owns three other mags and 1 newspaper. Their mission statement sounds cool just like Fad!
So 1 Fad lip gloss for being techy-trendy! 5 Fad lip gloss for their irreverence.

::: Snooping around the Facebook group of their other magazine, BeautyBlackBook,

I came upon a request by Miss Cheapo-Smartie, who typed:

I am sorry. Typical Singaporean. I hopeto get a free trial copy. At least online before I decide or not to subscribe.

One of the guys from Viscion replied:

drop by the office. 70 emereald hill road.

And Miss Cheapo-Smartie said:
Typical Singaporean. Dont like to travel to take one thing. Heh.

She was then slammed by another reader.
But the reply from the Viscion guy was suave, so 1 more Fad lip gloss!

Why Project Smitten is not to be died for?

: Readers who subscibed to them have been complaining on Facebook that they receive late issues. Seems like the company was too eager to reel in supporters yet can't be bothered to check logistics. Readers also complained that when they called to enquire, no one cared about them. This is baaaaaad. 5 lip gloss smudges!

:: True. This is a shopping magazine. It has every right to be product-centric. But to feature high-end dresses that cost $900 a piece, how is that relevant to most people's budget? 1 lip gloss smudge for that.

::: A little too cluttered. A little too wordy. A little like a cross of Style, Cleo and Female. And some say, Lucky.

Credit: Pause4Thought

1 lip gloss smudge, but there's room for improvement.

All in all, this is not too bad for a magazine that has 3 issues so far. If Project Smitten continues in such direction, tweak a little here and there to make it more relevant for its readers, it has potential to dazzle our local mag scene.

What say you?