Here is it! Shine Youth Festival at *SCAPE Playspace. I was at the opening of the SHINE Youth Festival last Saturday.

And as you all have read about it previously, It’s a festival that’s dedicated to Youth. Yes! Y-O-U-T-H! I’m still considered as one!

There was a line up of events from noon till night. Really happening! Just look at the crowd below!

There were stage performances and many cosplays around. Took a few photos of them and here’s an obvious one – SAKAE SUSHI!

Cosplay #2!

Cosplay #3! – He really look like the guys from “CS” (Counter-strike).

About 5.30pm, the official launch ceremony of SHINE Youth Festival started and as you can see from the photo, ENOUGH TALK! JUST DO!

It’s was really a fun time at the launch of SHINE Youth Festival. Am already looking forward to next year’s one!

By the way! Here’s the media release of SHINE Youth Festival 2010 that I got hold of!

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SHINE Youth Festival 2010:
Challenging Singapore Youth To Action
SHINE Youth Festival 2010 opens with 12 hours of non-stop entertainment, from 12noon to 12midnight
Singapore, 3 July 2010 – ENOUGH TALK JUST DO – with 12 hours of nonstop activities from 12noon to 12midnight, it’s time to stop talking and start getting into action at the SHINE Youth Festival in the heart of the youth precinct in Orchard. Organised by the National Youth Council and supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the Festival has become an iconic youth event, as well as made many crucial firsts this
year.

For the first time since its inception, SHINE adopts a bold tagline, ENOUGH TALK JUST DO, challenging youth to indulge in their passion and show what they are about. ENOUGH TALK JUST DO governs the direction of SHINE
2010 and serves as a guide for events and activities of the Festival. In another first, SHINE 2010 is also proud to announce that it has received sponsorship deals of over S$260,000.

“I am really pleased to see the continued growth and increased relevance of SHINE Youth Festival to our youth,” said Mr Teo Ser Luck, Chairman for National Youth Council. “Each year, there are activities to encourage youths to showcase their passion, talents and skills. SHINE 2010 has taken that extra step closer towards our youth, to engage them in a language they can understand and to offer them a platform to develop their potential and connect with other like-minded youths. The tagline captures the spirit of our youth, and help them put into action their ideals for the betterment of our community.”

In a show of youth enthusiasm and energy, SHINE Youth Festival 2010 will launch with a 12hour celebration. An exciting stream of events will be staged in several locations in the youth precinct in Orchard. There will be mass dance, A Cappella performance, parade of cosplayers and a cosplay costume competition, hip hop and other forms of dances, cheerleading performance, national percussion competition and much more.  The Youth Park will also be transformed into an urban beach where youth can play beach volleyball and Frisbee as well as participate in a Beach Pageant.

SHINE Youth Festival is made possible under the leadership of its Steering Committee and Youth Organising Committee as well as contributions from the Marquee partners and sponsors.

From 3 to 24 July, a myriad of activities organised by SHINE’s Marquee partners will be staged for our youth. “We are indeed fortunate to have many organisations in Singapore that enable youth to realise their passion and achieve their goals. Our Marquee partners are an integral part of SHINE, and with $1.07million committed to their programming for SHINE, we can look forward to even stronger ties with them in the coming years,” added Mr Teo. SHINE 2010’s Marquee partners are Mascot Parade, O School, Singapore Street Festival and the Singapore Management University.

SHINE Youth Festival runs from 3 to 24 July. Please refer to the Annexes for details and visit www.shine.nyc.sg for regular updates on SHINE Youth Festival.

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Yes! It’s the SHINE Youth Festival again!

If you do not know what’s SHINE Youth Festival about, Let me tell you!

Initiated in 2005, SHINE Youth Festival is a platform for youths between the age of 15 to 35 to indulge in their passion. The initiative celebrates youths creativity and dynamism and encourages them to use SHINE as the stage to demonstrate their energy and grow their skills and talents. Organised by the National Youth Council and steered by a committee made up of representatives from youth organisations, the vibrant and colourful SHINE Youth Festival is held in the designated Youth Month in July.

SHINE’s electrifying line up of events and activities is presented by its 4 key marquee partners: Mascot Parade, O School, Singapore Street Festival and the Singapore Management University. SHINE Youth Festival 2010 will run from 3 to 24 July and officially launches on 3 July 2010 with a parade consisting of more than 1000 youths, cos-players and anime characters in Downtown Orchard.

Last week, I attended Shine Bloggers’ Party at the Starbucks located in Capitol Towers.

It started off with an inspirational video by youths doing what they are good in.

After that we had an in house Hip Hop class and a Cosplay session.

Take a look at our Reggae Hip Hop bloggers!

The pretty female cosplay bloggers !

and the sexy male cosplay bloggers!

I had a greate time with the bloggers and of cos the chicken mushroom pie !

Looking at the picture on top, I believe you’ve heard of the event that happened on 29th May. It was The Great Audio Experience – Live it up without lighting up event that was organized by HPB (Health Promotion Board) to encourage Singaporeans to live life up without lighting up a stick of cigarette by getting involved in a series of fun activities.

Each of the participants were given a goodie bag that includes a piece of Tee (I got mine in bright orange! there were the Blues at The Heerens and the Reds at SMU), a bottle of water, a fan (the picture below) and a FM receiver.

I like the fan quite a fair bit and it really helps a lot that day. It was like my new found friend. Brought it everywhere I went because the weather was like a silent killer. You get what I mean?

I started my walk at Orchard Central with all the other Oranges. Look at all the participants in the photo while they were preparing at Orchard Central, ALL SO ORANGY.

We were then briefed to tune in our FM receiver to 98.7FM and listen carefully to the instructions given by Mister Young and follow it.

For example; if he says jump! we all need to jump! if he says hop! we all need to hop! and if he say fly! we all need to fly!

We walked all the way from Orchard Central till Istana Park and did the “Mister Young says” game for a while before heading off to the end point at Plaza Singapura where all the performances were shown and prizes were given.

This was really a big event with more than 2000 participants! And how did I know about it? because my lucky draw number was 2424!

Event was meaningful but with the scorching sun and long hours. I was quite disappointed that everyone has to wait til late at about 8-9pm before the winners of the lucky draws were announced, especially the 3 iPADS!

In the end, Elise, Raine and me decided to camwhore for a little while we wait for everyone to reach the end point.

Okay, it was actually more than a little while, and also with the help of Brad and his pro discreet photo taking skills.

I was being idiotic here in this photo. hahahah.

Saw Elise’s chest? It was the sunburn that she got from our trip to Sentosa earlier that day for the NFC event. Her skin is really sensitive!

Here’s my ORANGY live it up without lighting up Tee!

Raine and me camwhoring. See her with her Blackberry? A total addict.

And here it is! I’m ending with few more of our awkwardly funny poses! We’re trying our best to pose for a picture that conveys a “black and white” message. But clearly, looking at the pictures, we failed real bad!

The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favourite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third instalment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. Lee Unkrich (co-director of “Toy Story 2” and “Finding Nemo”) directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Amdt, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “Little Miss Sunshine,” brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings.

After waiting for 11 years since Toy Story 2,

The day is finally COMING!

I’m really very excited to see the usual gang again! Especially Rex – I think he’s seriously FUNNY. A JOKER IN THE GROUP! but of cos, nothing beats KEN!

The charming handsome dude! Take a look at his clip here! I seriously love him to the max!

So whose your favourite Toy Story 3 character?

Not forgetting the new additions to the Toy Story Family, we have Barbie and Ken, Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear and many more joining Woody and Buzz in this adventurous Toy journey of their life. Especially in EYE POPPING 3D WOOOHOO!

The first time when I watch Toy Story and Toy Story 2, they weren’t even offering 3D at all! But of cos, to compensate the lack of 3D, I actually did caught the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 – Double Feature in 3D around April. It was great!

The difference with Pixar’s 3D was that the 3D effects were very subtle, blending into the scenes very comfortably unlike the other 3D movies that I’ve seen, where the characters just POP OUT in front of you.

I actually like Pixar’s 3D more than the latter kind.

Here’s a sneak peek of the trailer for you!

I love the Barbie and Ken scene most! NICE ASS CUT! WOOOOOOOOO!

And now, LET’S HOPE 17TH JUNE COMES FASTER!

Catch Toy Story 3 Movie starting from 17^th June 2010 and join the official Facebook and Twitter page!

Normally, I’m not into Mando Pop but a while ago, I chanced upon this group’s latest MV while channel surfing and was quite attracted to it. Their songs were of more quirky and funky origins, which seriously added a tint of freshness into the Mando pop scene. Not the usual sappy/pop songs.

(Yah, I knew they were formed few years back around 2007 but I’ve seriously never listen to any of their songs until now)

and I think they’re really rocking it well with their “flavour”. Their songs are so catchy that yes! they caught my attention right away!

And the male lead vocalist; Harry, who’s of mixed Korean and Taiwanese parentage is really cute! (Yes! The guy with blue colored hair)

Take a look at this video and try following their dance moves, especially the one twisting their ankles and I’m sure you’ll admit it’s hard doing it fast!

Da Mouth – Rock it!

I know there are spiderwebs growing in every corner of the site. Forgive me for my laziness to update. I’ve been busy on weekdays with work and busy on weekends with… watching dramas.

Yes, many many dramas. I’ve always been into unrealistic lovey dovey dramas and recently, some american television series too like Gossip Girl, Flash Forward and The Vampire Diaries (highly recommended by Elise). These dramas have silently kept me staying at home during the weekends. Just switch on the computer and TA DA! Stream it online!

I started my drama fever since primary school, at that time, it was the Japanese craze. Everything about Japan and it’s culture drowned us to death. I got my first taste of drama series with – Itazura na Kiss. Takashi Kashiwabara shot me to death with his killer “cool guy” look.

and this started my drama fever. Believe me, I’m a sucker for these kinda love stories even though I knew it will never happened in real life! But I’m a believer!

I’ve also never understand why I love watching these heart-wrenching dramas after so many years even if I knew what would happened along the show after watching the first episode. Most of it goes like;

The lead guy whose often rich and cocky meets the lead girl whose often poor and kind and perhaps diagnosed with a terminal illness. Both bickers with each other and hate each other so much but in the end falls for each other and then here comes the 3rd and 4th party who will try to break them up but to no avail and then they’ll happily live ever after or the girl dies.

Sounds familiar? But even though these plots are so typical and overly used, it will still attracts me every single time.

When we’re all crazy about Japanese dramas, here comes the adaption of a famous Japanese manga: Hana Yori Dango – “Meteor Garden” by the Taiwanese.

And not long after Japanese drama craze died out while more and more Taiwanese Ou Xiang Ju were filmed just to shoot the actors and actresses to fame. Many of the actors have lousy acting techniques but the dramas and their good looks shot them to fame even with weird and cartoonish drama storyline. Tell me how can you resist not watching these shows? Just 1 story – Hana Yori Dango and you’ll get 3 versions with 12 different cute looking guys!

Knowing that Taiwanese dramas could no longer keep me hooked throughout the whole show, I’ve decided to turn towards Korean Drama to satisfy my cravings (I sounded like a Vampire). It was their refreshing (at that point of time) heart-wrenching storyline that caught me. I was sick of the “funny yet not funny” scenes from these T-dramas and fell in love the more “sad even though unrealistic” scenes from the Korean Drama.

I couldn’t remember what was the first drama I ever watched but “Beautiful Days” was the first few to caught my breathe with it’s heartbreaking storyline during Secondary school days.

And then the drama crazy side of me lives on………………

I’ve actually given up on Taiwanese drama because of it’s often funny > sad storyline like Miss No Good and Hi! My Sweetheart. And there it was on Sunday, I was reading Victoria’s blog and I saw her post about this new drama that she’d watched – Autumn’s Concerto and decided to give it a try after watching the preview.

I was actually quite amazed that they’ve decided to add in some “Korean” flavours into recent T-dramas storyline. Ren Guang Xi (Vanness Wu), a rich and cocky law student fells for Liang Mu Cheng (Ady An), the new bento seller at his school canteen. Both fell for each other deeply till tragedy strikes when Guang Xi has to undergo a major brain surgery which causes him to lose his memory. Guang Xi’s mother then begs Mu Cheng to leave him and the latter has no choice but to do so. Little does she know that she already has Guang Xi’s child. Six years pass. Mu Cheng lives a quiet life with her young son in the countryside while Guang Xi is now a successful lawyer who’s engaged to He Yi Qian, the kind and beautiful doctor who took care of him after his surgery.

With a twist of fate, Guang Xi met Mu Cheng again and was arranged to stay at her house while he helped the village file a law suit against a Corporation on snatching the villager’s land and then the story goes on with him recalling his memories and his past romance with Mu Cheng…………

I won’t be a drama spoiler therefore I’ll stop at the part when he recalls Mu Cheng and realised Xiao Le is his son.

It’s definitely a show you wouldn’t want to miss! This is different from the typical funny T-dramas plots you’ll get with other T-dramas so better prepare your tissue box beside you!

Few days back, Raine and Elise decided to come by my house today for a “no bake” Cheesecake session. Esther came along too to try it out since she’s staying nearby. Decided on Raspberry flavour because both Raine and Elise were raving about how delicious it taste and all when they did it the other time.

I would say the process of “baking” the cheesecake was tremendously fun and non-tiring! We had so much laughter while doing it! I was like the one giving orders, Esther was the one doing posing for photos while Raine was the cameragirl of the day. Elise was the extra one, doing nothing, tsk tsk.

Back to the Cheesecake (Raspberry flavour);

These were the few main ingredients;

I did the base of the cheesecake the night before (okay, my maid did it actually) so that it will be hard by the time we do the cake. You gotta crush the digestives biscuit (original) and mix it with butter. Flatten the mixture in the cake ring to build the base.

Below are the steps towards completing the cheesecake.

(Pardon me for not indicating the exact serving of the ingredients because I couldn’t remember but I’ll update again once I’ve checked it)

1. Add the Philadephia cream cheese

2. Pour in the yogurt and tofu

3. Cut the raspberries into small pieces

4. Pour gelatin into a small tin and heat it

5. Add water into the tin of gelatin and continue stirring while heating

6. Mix the raspberries with the yogurt and cream cheese

7. Add in the gelatin and stir the mixture

8. Blend the mixture with a blender

9. Pour the mixture into the cake ring and place it into the fridge for 3-4 hours (Note: NOT FREEZER!)

and after 4 hours,

TA DA!

The final piece of ART !

Our lovely and delicious raspberry flavoured cheesecake !

After attending Audi Fashion Festiva yesterday, It was a crazy night out into the future (Phuture) with the usual cliques.

Janet’s 23rd birthday bash! It was really a fun night and I’m so glad to see those who were able to make it, especially my 2 cousins, Kenny and Vanessa! We really had a wild wild night.

Presenting the birthday girl, Janet and me. Look at her! Forever young and sweet. and of cos, sexy.

The drinks for the night; 42 Below with Sour Plum, Martell VSOP and Hennessy VSOP.

with my dearest cousin; Kenny !

Janet, Vanessa and Keith;

The guys of the night. (spotted, weiliang’s spastic face)

The night ended well, with most of the us drunk (not me thou) and of cos, the birthday girl was down.

Attended Henry Holland’s A/W 10 Collection on yesterday with Elise. It was the best event to start the month of May for me. Admiring the dressing sense of many fashionistas and designers who attended the event.

Elise was spotted in a long black top with mini shorts and platforms matched with thigh-high socks (Henry Holland’s inspiration?). I like her outfit, makes me feel young and spunky! but sadly, she didn’t want to take any pictures on that day. Weirdo.

Back to the main girl I was being the feminine and girly me.

Outfit of the day

Forever 21 black tube floral dress, Cotton On black crop cardigan,

Forever 21 gold necklace and bangles, New Look black and white heels.

Look at the crowd, anticipated and eagerly excited for the show.

Elise took a couple of pictures during the show but it’s was a total failure. Every picture taken was blur like hell. Okay, I admit, I didn’t took any better ones too. Anyway, these 2 below were the best among all.

Really had a fun time there. I love Henry Holland’s designs. They make me feel young again!

Looking forward to the next fashion festival

Yes! I know I’m a bit late on blogging this but this is the only extra time to blog! With the buzz around in the fashion and entertainment world, I believe you knew that Audi Fashion Festival is back in Singapore for it’s second instalment.

With the opening of DSquared2’s A/W 10 collection followed by collections from Henry Holland’s House of Holland, KTZ, Marchesa, alldressedup, Raoul and many more (you can get more details at their website!) along with Roberto Cavalli’s A/W 10 collection as the closing show!

I was actually quite disappointed that I could get to go for Marchesa’s show but nevertheless! I’m heading for Henry Holland’s show!

Here’s some of his recent collections for eye candy! Really looks spunky and fun and I’m so looking forward to it!