“I began terrorising you on air 14 years ago…”
14 years ago, I did my first solo shift on Y.E.S. 93.3FM. And I never looked back. Literally.
The studio was at the basement of Radio Building on Caldecott Hill. The place is haunted. I’ve never had any supernatural encounters *choy*, but yes, the place is haunted. Don’t argue. Period.
I was a timid 16 year old who didn’t dare to pee during my first 4 hour shift from 2am- 6am on 31.03.1996. Now, I pee as often as I want to. Hahaha. Whenever I hear or sense something funny, I smile and mumble, “Haiyoh, you see me for so many years already. You know who I am already, right? You know I’m here to work and not disturb you, right? Please don’t disturb me. Please let me finish my stuff, ok? Pretty? Thanks.” Really.
Digressed. Sorry.
It’s my anniversary, folks!
Life has never been the same for me (and perhaps you, the unsuspecting listener who has to put up with a mad man shouting WOOHOO! and xx DAYS TO FRIDAY! and IT’S FRIDAY!) since then.
After six years of weekend shifts, it seemed that everyone (me inclusive) took it for granted that I would certainly turn full time after National Service. I might sound a little arrogant, but I honestly never doubted for a second back then, that I would score a position in Singapore’s No. 1 Radio Station.
You know, Virgos are very irritating people. When they like something, they will put in all their heart and soul and make sure they do a good job. Things they don’t like, or don’t do well, they’ll pull a hasty retreat and pretend everything never happened. Virgos don’t like to fail. I never thought of how far I would go in the industry, but I was very sure that I don’t want to be remembered as someone who sucked behind the microphones.
My heartfelt gratitude to the people who made this possible. 是933把我養大的。*cue dramatic overture/ a single tear in the right eye/ right palm to chest
Some asked what I would be doing, if I wasn’t in Radio.
Because there are certain things I can’t do, as Cruz Teng, the Radio Personality, there are days when I wondered if I would be much happier as Cruz Teng, the Whatever.
If I didn’t find out that I only needed ‘A’ levels or a poly diploma to enter the station, I might have worked doubly hard and entered some prestigious JC, and went on to some Ivy League institution… Or I might have gotten a PhD, and people taking my restaurant reservations would have to call me Dr. Teng, instead of Mr. Teng… Or I could be an inconspicuous figure in the army of suits and ties in Shenton Way… Or I could have saved the world by coming up with a vaccine for AIDS… Or I might be sitting in a huge ass office with a hot babe secretary in my lap…
Hahahahahaha.
The many possibilities.
Well, I’m still glad I chose this route- Cruz Teng, the Radio Personality.
The people who are responsible for this include,
-the millions who have tuned in the last 14 years. （我是DJ，又不是審計師。報大數又怎樣？）
-the tens of thousands who love me. （腦袋太小了，你逼死我，我也不可能記得你們每一位。但我也愛你們！）
-the other tens of thousands who still hate me.（嗯。你好。祝你開心）
-the dozens who were by my side all this while.（就是你們啦，不要左看右看）
- the handful who crafted my portfolio （我知道，早期有些“大宗”的案子，是因為沒有別的人選，你們迫於無奈才派我去的。無所謂，只要沒有讓任何人失望就可以了。）
- the individuals who taught me in my foundation years. ZY, ZG, DK, BB- You were the best mentors one could ever have.
It’s been a wonderful journey.
謝謝全宇宙。
March 31st, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Congrats on your 14 years! Officially in your teens. :p
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March 31st, 2010 at 5:43 pm
u mean i started listening to u when i was 10 yrs old…!!!!! :p
happy anniversary.
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March 31st, 2010 at 6:57 pm
i love this post~!! you rock~!!
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March 31st, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I came to know u when i enter to sec school and also when i had the $$ to get myself a receiver that i could tune to Y.E.S. 93.3FM. Thanks for sharing your 14yrs being a DJ and hope you continue this route to let more people know u on AIR.
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March 31st, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Congrats to u on yr 14th yr anniversary..!!..really love listening to u and jiahui morning show,drove away my blues..hope u get more and more successful and charming w each single yr..jiayou in yr studies as well..Woohoo!:).p.s.btw i dun tink u look fat at all to me..u tink too much liao…
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March 31st, 2010 at 9:58 pm
恭喜你。。。 十四年了。。。 yes, i do listen to your prgm in the mornings
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March 31st, 2010 at 10:18 pm
woooo! the first time i listened to you, u were in the weekend shift for xian ge ji yi.
time really flies.. u did a good job in this industry! keep up with that alright! loves! =)
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March 31st, 2010 at 10:29 pm
congrats on your 14 years on radio and hopes to 再接再厉 and hope you will continue to do WRM and let more and more people to know you on air =)
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March 31st, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Please continue to ‘terrorise’ me and many other fans of yours for the many many more years to come =)
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March 31st, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Able to stay in the huge company for 14yrs,this shows that you have GREATEST interest in your current job. At least you carve a niche in your career,isnt it?
Well,I really feel that you should continue being a DJ.
大部分的人都很喜歡你 & 你的臉很耐看& 你的聲音很耐聼..哈哈哈哈
You are destined to be a DJ. 一切都是有緣分開始..
如果你從以前不是DJ的話..那你就不會踫到葉乃文..n both of you aint buddies anymore!!
What you should worry now is your MARRIAGE !! HAHAHAHs.
When are you going to get a wife & allow her to sit on your lap? hees. xD
As for the haunted place,mind telling us the real encounter tomorrow?
I wanna listen.hees. 大白天講應該不會有事 hor?!
I heard rumours about the haunted Mediacorp before. Eg. staircase..
Last time,I saw many bats near Mediacorp. My friends and I were walking to the nearest bus-stop,then we saw the bats. Scared me sia! :S
Anyway,gonna hear you on air tomorrow!! I wanna take part e “魔幻密碼” 哈哈哈~
$200 leh!! *money-faced*
bt hard to get the sequence correctly!! >.<
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March 31st, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Not scared Lingzhi and Dasmond kill you for that photo? Haha!
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:12 am
WooooHooo!
Congrats! 14 yrs it is pretty long…!
Stay on….
I am actually addicted to your “WoooHoooo!”
加油！ “Dr. Teng”
(让你看了爽一下）
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:21 am
no hot babe secretary on your lap but 每天早上可以和那麽甜美的嘉蕙主持節目應該也不賴吧！
hahaha.
congratulations and heres to 14 more and beyond
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:24 am
oh and i think you looked very 陽光 in 2003.
in 2009 you look more 成熟穩重. so what JoAnNa said is right. when are you going to get married? x)
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:45 am
oh my gosh! u mean i’ve been listening to you for so long~! o.O it’s incredible! hahaa~ becomes part of life now… kekez~ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY~! ^^
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:55 am
although i am not a diehard fan of urs, but i gt to admit it’s really nice to hear you early in the morning each day! Please stay in the morning shift til you become the real 老丁~~
PS. I think u look best in 2003! ur ah beng style! haha
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Cruz's reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:34 am
thats not ah beng! that shirt is very exp one i think
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
in corp world you would have a long service award…. here is to another few more long years…. cheers
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April 1st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Congrats! I also listened to u on wkns b4! Once I even commented that you have nice jingles and u replied ‘Thank you’ haha…
Oh yea, u’re right about the part on virgos! If virgo likes something they’ll put in all heart.
1999 的照片都搬出来见人, 你真的是勇气可嘉！Lol..
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girlgirl's reply:
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 am
cheers to virgos… HIGH FIVE!!!
if we like it we put all our heart into it, if not… yup agree… (coz im virgo too.)
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April 1st, 2010 at 5:35 pm
我也是从小听你的广播长大的。。。呵呵呵。。。
Congrats my friend and well done. I’ll always support you, even far far away from Singapore. Perhaps can consider 进军国际市场了。:)
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Cruz's reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:34 am
能不能进中央人民广播电台，全靠你了～
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April 1st, 2010 at 10:17 pm
i started listening when you and lingzhi were hosting the show, you guys accompanied me when i was late for school everyday. now, i am an undergrad, still late, and still listening to 933. woohoo!
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Cruz's reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:33 am
biangz/ can u try to be on time? hahha
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April 2nd, 2010 at 1:22 am
U’ll still b around in morning show for another 14 yrs at least rite? Hahaha…U are responsible to make our day start off happily ley~
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Cruz's reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:33 am
another 14 yrs? i don’t think so man!
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chocolatelover's reply:
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:43 am
Haha.. another 14 yrs.. then you will be old “Ding” already hahaha..Then the
Woohoo will be WooooooHoooooo!!!
Congrats on your anniversary!! So when you going to find a girlfriend n get married? Or perhaps you already marry secretly.. hahaha : >
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April 2nd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Morning won’t be the same without you. Jia you, jia you . Support you always.
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April 4th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Woohoo!! Congrats ya!! Pioneer liao…hehe…
Glad you like your job so much…so each time we hear ur voice, we will have energy…haha!!
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April 4th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
OMG the 1999 pic is so funny! anyway enjoy yr morning show alot, it wakes me up^^
And I find your ‘PUI’ in yr twitter v funny wahahaha! dun get so worked up when doing assignement mah keke:P
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April 5th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
哇噻，林靈芝好清純喔～ 沒有殺氣的她好像小女孩！
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