Saturday, July 25, 2009

Sucked by the Quicksand of Astro Star Quest 2009

ASQ 2009 Finale Ticket 

Lately, I have been telling everybody that I am busy with Astro Star Quest 2009, and the first thing that comes to their mind is that I’m one of the contestants. Of course not! I wouldn’t be so foolish to join it, knowing what I am now. So, my business (busy + ness) is actually because I am supporting this amazing guy:

Alvin Chong (Top 10) Take 1 Alvin Chong

Initially, I only know that Astro Star Quest 2009 has started by watching it for a few minutes every Saturday night before I go out for dinner. It wasn’t until an opportunity arise that I get a million steps closer to knowing these future stars. The opportunity is as such:

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Thanks to Kah Fai who made it into the Top 10 of ASQ 2009, Kar Mun who is my Foundation in Business classmate, invited me to go and support her younger brother, Kah Fai. So, I was more than happy to agree with her and went for 3 Semi-Final rounds out of the 4. On the 2nd round, I got attracted to Alvin Chong’s singing style and I took a photo with him on that night.

SDC11705 I guess it is fated that I started to support him and then even created a forum for him, which now became Alvin Chong’s Official Fan Club. This is the link: www.alvinchong.forumotion.com.

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In the end, I have sort of lowered my support slightly towards Lan Kah Fai, though I still like him very much. I guess I should apologise to both Kah Fai and Kar Mun for being such a traitor. But thanks to both of you, I get to know Alvin too.

So, I started watching ASQ live performance from Top 10 to Top 5. Below are the photos of me at the Astro studio:

 DSC00215 Top 10

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(My parents didn’t allow me to go for the 3rd semi-final round. So, I missed seeing Justin’s and Billy’s last appearance on stage)

 SDC11779Top 6

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More photos of me during the trips:

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3 Different Jojo Styles (Missed the golden one)

SDC11656Dinner at Overseas Restaurant, thanks to Kar Mun’s Mum

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With the composer contestants

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Do you think the left guy on both pictures look alike??

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Finally we have a group photo of Foundation in Business classmates!

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With the siblings who I knew them separately (Meng Jiun & Sheen Yeen)

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With Xiu Bao

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With Wan Yi

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Justin, the most friendly contestant who has the best vocal too among the guys

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SPY, who has a very strong voice, able to compete with Jaclyn Victor’s

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Chuu Chuu, found out that she’s a very good friend of Elsa Lam

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Yean, who wrote a song to Nicholas Teo, named Shuo Ni Ye Yi Yang Ai Zhe Wo

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Alvin Chong!! You should know who is he by now

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Kah Fai, supporting him too in the finals

On 8th July 2009, the Top 5 had a Conference Session at Sungei Wang, and I was there to get their autographs and my VIP tickets to the Grand Finale tonight!

ASQ 2009 Top5 Colourful Autograph ASQ 2009 Top5 Black AutographThe colourful theme and the black theme of their exclusive photos

I went to Sungei Wang, Times Square and Pavilion on that day with Meng Jiun, Shan Lung, Alex Loh and Yew Wooi. Jeff Law Yew Wooi is the an Alvin's fan who I met in the forum which I created.

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The 2 emcees that will appear on the Grand Finale

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Top 5 singing their new singles one by one (Kah Fai, Alvin, Min, Ryan, Yoke)

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The banner which Yew Wooi spent much effort doing for Alvin!

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Answering question session

 SDC11896 Autograph session (notice Alvin’s head really look like a small boy here)

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Session ends

 SDC11898 Alvin departing to China

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Finally, I get to take 1 photo with Isaac!! And Justin too

After that, we went to Pavilion. These are some photos taken over there:

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At the SALE display of Pavilion

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This is Pavilion, which is a first time for some of us

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The beautiful art creation in front of Pavilion

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The Black Fours …

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… including me

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Final picture of the day –> The Silver Statue (It’s a man, by the way)

This is an extremely long post because I compiled all my ASQ experiences here, except for the Grand Finale which I’m going to attend later. So once again, congrats for reading this far. You are on your way to becoming a blogworm.

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