[dinners and more]
i've been having late nights rushing articles as part of my freelance writing jobs... i've got a few now and one includes writing for a local entertainment magazine...

took a trip down to sph yesterday to pass the cheque for the school pocket money fund... and their office is super cool i tell you...



tonight, i'll be attending sp's 50th anniversary closing dinner.....

then on friday, i'll be going for a team singapore gathering....

and saturday will be spent at dxo for the team singapore sports idol bash...

[ioc appreciation]
was at the ioc appreciation dinner today and there was a surprise visit by our president himself...

it was his first visit after returned unopposed for a second term...

and so, the guests there ranged from media people, performers, volunteers and ministers...

and dr vivian balakrishnan spoke to me... only one sentence though... but it was an honour...

at the dinner, most people kept asking about the auction...

it was a success raising $100 for the straits times school pocket money fund...

and i will be presenting the cheque to them soon...

[what's your favourite funpack colour]
red, orange, green and blue...

the four colours of the funpacks for this year's ndp...

and i have got all four colours!!!



i received the red one at the preview of the ndp... it was placed nicely though a bit wet on my seat at the grandstand...

and i asked my manager for the orange one out of our 400 funpacks at the office for celebration@tampines...

the green one was given to me for helping out to distribute funpacks on national day...

and the blue one was given to me by a colleague...

and so i have all four colours!!

and a few days ago, i was asked to unpack close to 60 funpacks that was uncollected during national day...

and boy, what a task it was....

but i managed to pull through....



don't they look neat unpacked?

[unglam ndp]
it was a special ndp for me this year...

no seats at the padang and no dinner with the family this year...

but...

i was slogging in the hot sun with close to 5000 funpacks...



and a lot of naggy old women... and unreasonable uncles...

it was an afternoon spent distributing funpacks at the celebration@tampines....

and with my organiser pass, i managed to sneak backstage to catch a glimpse of fly entertainment artiste aaron aziz...



i also saw michelle chia but she went to hide in her tent before i could even say "hi" when she came down from the stage...

[hougang celebrates]
it's time to celebrate the nation's birthday again...

and what better way to have a party with our very own foreign affairs minister...

together with northeast cdc's mayor mr zainul abidin rasheed and members of parliament in aljunied grc it was a grand toast to singapore's big four zero....

that scene was unveiled before my very eyes... a great first for me when it comes to national day dinners...



pity, i missed a photo opportunity with minister george yeo as i was enjoying the dinner in my office and missed him when he left the building...

[istana art event]
to sum up my three consecutive weeks of meeting the president of the republic of singapore here are three blasts of fireworks...

kidding...

just a firm handshake from the man himself - mr s r nathan!!



and thanks to my cc's iaec chairman, i got a guided tour of the istana building... cool place with a lovely fountain garden...



and so, that was how the istana art event went...



it was also my first time visiting the istana....

[charity starts at home]
okay... i have decided to do something meaningful for the kids...

so they say, charity starts at home... how true!

i'll be auctioning my ioc pass!!

sports fans out there if you want to own a piece of real madrid players david beckham and raul gonzalez, then bid for this limited edition pass that has their autographs...

it was kindof difficult to get beckham's autograph.. only those who were invited for the ioc opening ceremony and those who were on level four of the raffles city convention centre where the results of the bid city were announced managed to get up close and personal with him!


this is how the front looks like...


and here's the back...

please do your part for charity, bid for it...

proceeds will be donated to the straits times school pocket money fund...

wanna bid? click here....

bidding ends 10 days from now!! so hurry!!