[waterpolo siao]
just finished an exclusive interview with the sp waterpolo team..... see how much fun they are having even though they have been in the pool since 1730 hrs.....

[sp collaborates with sce]
hmmm.... the best of both worlds.... my army formation collaborates with my former school...

funny why ns men don't want to be interviewed by the media.... haha... but anyway, i went to cover the story in my civilian attire.... so they didn't know....

[gui ji]
zen me yin cang wo de bei shang
shi qu ni de di fang
ni de fa xiang san de cong mang
wo yi jing gen bu shang

bi shang yan jing hai neng kan jian
ni li qu de hen ji
zai yue guang xia yi zhi zhao xun
na xiang nian de shen ying

*ru guo shuo fen shou shi ku tong de qi dian
na zai zhong dian zhi qian wo yuan yi zai ai yi bian
xiang yao dui ni shuo de bu gan shuo de ai
hui bu hui you ren ke yi ming bai

Chorus:
wo hui fa zhe dai ran hou wang ji ni
jie zhe jin jin bi shang yan
xiang zhe na yi tian hui you ren dai ti
rang wo bu zai xiang nian ni

wo hui fa zhe dai ran hou wei wei xiao
jie zhe jin jin bi shang yan
you xiang le yi bian ni wen rou de lian
zai wo wang ji zhi qian

xin li de yan lei mo hu le shi xian
ni yi kuai kan bu jian

[a great start]
just back from mediacorp..... didn't know that they actually give goodie bags for this event.... it's the ultimate PARTY pack i tell you....



let me tell you why....

chocolates for energy in the cold studio... check... strepsils for throat in case i shouted too much.... yes.... coffee to keep me awake to update my blog... check.... milo for energy.... tea to soothe my nerves.... kit kat for a break....

and yes... patricia mok actually recognised me!!! we even exchanged cny greetings.... maybe i should go join j team....

[celebrate celebs]
filming of the mission 3 was fun.... throw in all the celebs and seeing them battle it out made it all worthwhile to stay along boon tat street's smoky and teary environment....

under journalist ben's orders (he did the story angle) photog yours truly had to capture the right photo to accompany the article... afterall, a picture paints a thousand words..... and no, ben's article can't reach that amount of words so there you go... he needed me to take a photo!! haha....

witnessed a lot of stuff in one night... patricia mok had to deal with an auntie who made a daring request.... all in all, they obliged with photos and autographs....



meanwhile, you could see that sharon was upset at the sales.... from the upbeat tempo she had at the start of the shoot to a soft and bochup voice towards the end... you could really see the word "tired" plastered on her face....

and when the cameras started rolling.... she spoke in trickles.... tough being a celeb eh?

and guess what? when i introduced myself as an sp reporter to patricia.... she commented that i look a lot like one...

"Look at your face can tell that you are reporter la!", she chuckled... (however ben thinks otherwise and dissed the remark)

and answered my questions with tact...

then, we headed over to the nyp side.... and chatted with sharon and posed for photos with jeff too...



both the celebs on the nyp side were so busy as fans asked for countless photos and autographs...

the best part was to really see the stuff going on... the cameras, the mics and the lights...

poor ben got grilled on why he chose to support the nyp side by the tv camera!! (you know i learnt in advertising that there is no such thing as customer loyalty these days and that customers jump ship at the sign of a new offer)

so we waited earnestly as i chatted to friendly guy dasmond koh....

as soon as the finished the last shoot, we thronged towards the sp stall for our pics.... (it was easy as cheery pat had promised me a group photo earlier on)

what a day... erm, night i mean...

check out the exclusive video here before the ep is aired....

*hint: right click on the link and select "save as"....

[what a way to spend the saturday]
firstly, saturday was already packed with two assignments.... then, a trip down orchard added to my busy schedule.... and i barely slept well the night before.....

here's what i mean:
wake-up at 8 plus
get a call to be ready to go orchard at 0950
head to grab a cab (i waited for almost an hour!!)
shopped at orchard till 1300
rushed to sp to toss yu sheng at 1400
event dragged on till 1600
rushed home and filed the story on the pda on the way home....
edited the article on my laptop...
rushed out again to meet ben for the mission shoot
ben was late (as usual)...
reached lau pa sat and caught two satay stalls in action....
assignment ended at 2200
took mrt home
slept at 0200....

[meeting the team]
it was the first fullStoP meeting today... and yes, i will be meeting our dear president nathan at the official launch of sp's 50 anniversary celebrations...

as well as doing some photography for "the mission 3" story and interviewing a sea games gold medalist....

will someone bring out the champagne??

it's time to celebrate!!!!!!

[surprise surprise]
was at work today and was surprised to find an eod (explosive ordnance disposal) vehicle parked at my workshop....

the task at hand was to change the headlights and indicator light bulbs because mediacorp would be using the vehicle fo filming purposes...

filiming? i was shocked.... in an saf camp? i was excited....

i though the driver was pulling my leg and little did he know i was interested in such stuff.... such a privilege to repair a vehicle used for a tv serial....

anyway, me being the super nice guy, did my best to complete my job and passed the vehicle out in double quick time....

then, as i wanted to satisfy my curiousity, i headed on my bicycle and plonked myself right beside the crew at the battalion blocks some few hundreds of meters away.... and there i laid, watching earnestly hearing the director shouting his orders....

some familiar faces set to appear in this drama include phyllis quek, tay ping hui and dasmond koh.... you heard it from here first okay!!!

[50 on 50]
SP turns 50 in 2004.... ephraim has chalked up his 50th article in 2004.....

These are the 50 ways to know the person's character and understand the person well, although it is quite waste of time, but when you feel free just try it out!

time start: 1.50 pm

1. What's your name?
Ephraim Loy

2. How old are you?
21

3. Do you have any nickname?
now... nope... in primary and secondary school, a lot....

4. When is your first love?
kindergarten

5. First kiss?
don't tell you

6. How tall are you?
1.75m and still growing....

7. How many girl/boyfriends have you?
please don't talk about love life....

8. Sour, spicy or sweet?
sweet.... cause memories are...

9. What would you do when you are free?
surf the net? listen to music... chill out at a bar....

10. Hobbies
photography, journalism, film

11. Do you club?
my fave club to chill out is altivo at mt faber... nice breathtaking view...

12. Favourite magazine?
8 days, LIME

13. Are you a smoker?
tried it dring primary school... it sucked....

14. Are you drinker?
i drink a lot of water.... water is good for health...

15. How much money will you bring when you are out?
lots... plastic money that is....

16. Car, diamond or money?
car.... toyota rav 4....

17. What phone are you holding now?
6610 with a crack on the cover...

18. Coffeebean or starbucks?
both also can lah...

19. Where do you stay?
live you mean? serangoon

20. What is your favourite food?
fish and chips.. ice cream...

21. How many siblings do you have?
two...

22. Chocolate, sweet or cake?
cake... it must be cheesecake....

23. Can your ears move?
you mean ears can move???

24. Do you dye your hair?
in the past....

25. What languages do you speak?
english, mandarin

26. How many Hp in your house?
hp=horsepower?? 4 lah...

27. How many toilets?
two...

28. When you are doing your business in the toilet what would you do?
sit on the toilet bowl?

29. Do you swim?
can't... teach me lah... can??

30. Do you gamble?
nope... except chinese new year when i want to give the kids some money....

31. What is your favourite sport?
did you say sports? i'd like to try windsurfing and wakeboarding....

32. Love, techno or classcial?
love sells...

33. What is your favourite drink?
lime frosty freeze from Swensens

34. What is your temper?
good i guess.... can tahan a lot...

35. What kind of person you are?
nice guy...

36. What would you wear when you go to bed?
singlet and boxers...

37. What is the 1st thing to do when you wake up?
find my specs to go brush my teeth.....

38. Do you eat breakfast?
yes... at the cookhouse... and it's free...

39. Favourite tv show?
anything nice....

40. Who do you want to meet?
for the time being it is jay chou.... he's so talented...

41. What type of person are you?
fun loving, open minded... creative??

42. Where do you like to go?
australia.... sydney, gold coast....

43. Do you wear specs?
duh...

44. When is your birthday?
4 november 1982

45. Do you buy branded goods?
all goods have brands.....

46. How many hours do you spend talking on the phone?
hours?? you mean i can talk for hours?? not really that long... but in person can be very long...

48. If a guy or a lady want to know you as a friend, would you give your number to them?
why not?

49. Do you watch R(A) movies?
i wanted to when i turned 21... but not yet... i'm still a virgin to R(A) movies...

50. One night stand?
depends on who lah....

time end: 2.09 pm

[sai kang party]
there was an out camp run today and everyone booked out last night....

except for me....

yours truly was so proactive and volunteered to be in charge of the water point.... turns out that i have to be in camp at 5am!!! and that's not all.... the rest booked out last night while i booked in!! such a crappy mistake....

okay... now for the positive part.... although i had lesser sleep as i booked in at midnight we kindof got free flow of gardenia buns... i had almost 10 of those and tried every single flavour.....

and while the others were busy running, i was chomping away at the buns... haha....

not too bad lah.... returned to camp around 1130hrs and was the first to leave camp... however, when i was almost home, the rest of the mates were already back..... i'll make a new resolution not to help do sai kang man.... volunteered somemore.... they'd better reward me somehow....

here's a lil message from a camp driver:
orange daisies in a field of a dream
flowers sent for a friend fallen ill
lavenders retured for a gift
their stems hallow come dry and wilt
expressions are just that
intentions rather slack
don't expect them to love you back
don't expect springtime in your sack

[egoistic]
such a busy week.... my lecturer at MDIS tells me that journalists love it when they see their names in the papers... but, it's a lot of hard work i tell you.... you go for an event, interview people, take photos and still have to file the story the very next day....

but i agree to the egoistic part.... many a time, when an issue is published, i'll be looking forward to see the final print... it's like a monthly report card!! a lot of time and hard work is dedicated to it.... and when you see people reading it, you get job satisfaction....

that's how it really feels.... and i dread to think of the days when i can't get this satisfaction anymore....

meanwhile, i'll be honing my photography skills..... and i'll still keep looking out for scoops.....

if you have any suggestions, queries, comments just chat with me kay? i'd love to hear from you guys and gals (see sidebar)

[area cleaning]
oh yes.... don't remind me.... talk about sweeping the old and welcoming the new and i'd get frustrated... we had mass area cleaning in camp today.... however me and my buddy decided to have a snooze in the bunk instead of actually spring cleaning.....

we were totally shocked and surprised to see our csm pop his head in.... you should have seen the look on our faces..... darn, we could have been dead meat....

he turned on the lights and spotted a cobweb dangling from the light! and that was all thanks to my cleaning skills the previous night...

then he boomed in a loud voice: "Ephraim, what is that dangling from the light?"

so i replied:"Dust, sir!" almost in a startling fright

"waiting for new year ah?" he said....

and the rest they say is history! luckily my buddy leonard and i didn't get any extra duties....

having said so much, guilty as i was, i decided to make my room spick and span the moment i got home.... and i'm still in the midst of cleaning....

guess i learnt my lesson..... hehe.....

funny why they always associate cleaning with new year..... hmmm....

[blasting new year]
tired. yes i am. poor me. steph song declined to be interviewed by me..... okay, so she thinks i'm just such a lowly reporter not worthy to even speak to her? if that's the case, then it's her loss lor... even big celebs like li lin love me....

just came back from SP's NYE countdown party at the plaza.... so you ask why sp? you mean there are no better ones? well the answer is a simple four-lettered word.... and no, it does not begin with "F"..... work lah.... on new year's day.... some are so priviliged to enjoy on this day... anyway, i'm prepared to sacrifice my hols....

luckily, i did not have to work on christmas day.... for me, christmas is a time to be with the family.... and new year is the time to be wild with friends.... and so they say what you do on the first day of the new year will set the pace for the year ahead....

yup.... i am really stressed with my studies, work, ns and love life.... going crazy soon man if i continue like this.... sadly, almost the whole family has gone on vacation.... why didn't i join them... haiZ.... too late....

oh crap.... why am i saying all this on new year's day... haha... be happy... and yes, here's wishing everyone a happy new year.... thanks for the many sms-es.... i replied every single one of them..... that's me kay....

all the best for the new year.... and thanks for your suggestion ben....