I stepped into a workshop this evening and was confronted with a question before my bum touched the seat, “Are you a foreign talent?” The lady thought I was from Thailand. I had people asking if I’m from Mainland China or Taiwan, but it was the first time someone thought I came from the Land [...]

這是頒獎典禮之後寫的。是刻意等到金曲獎熱潮平息之後才登的。 和往年一樣，圈內人除了好奇頒獎禮出席名單，也關心司儀陣容。不少廣播同行與唱片界人士一致認為我主持金曲獎是理所當然的。嗯⋯⋯承蒙大家的錯愛。 其實，我去年是帶著“最後一次”的心理主持第十五屆金曲獎。這幾年學了很多，也累積了一些正面的評價。差不多了吧⋯⋯可能是因為我還站在最前線，他們不會主動把我從這個年度最重要的活動撤下。但是，沒人退下，就無人能上位。不是每個人都像我那麼幸運，阿哥們都在我正式簽約前走光了⋯⋯ 我今年還是沒有提出換血的主意，因為我需要一個雪恥的機會。 這件事我沒跟任何人提過。去年冬天到北京主持全球華語歌曲排行榜頒獎典禮，那是近年來表現較不理想的一次。不知道是不是零度氣溫造成brainfreeze （？！），還是水土不服（？！）⋯⋯反正就是一直沒有辦法真正地進入狀況。就是沒有發揮到丁志勇應有的水平。別人說“還好”，但自己知道其實能做到“更好”。結論就是：“不好”。 是。處女座的人就是這樣造成自己不快樂。 所以，我今年“需要”主持金曲獎，“需要”證明給自己看，我是行的。我做到了，所以我可以退了。 八年內，五屆金曲獎、四屆全球榜。謝謝。 明年，我做別的⋯⋯

Nine months to go before the railway station finally moves out of Tanjong Pagar. The authorities have said that the building would be preserved, but I highly doubt that keeping the hawkers- who mostly speak only Bahasa Melayu- would be part of the plan. We were rowdy (and irritating) teenagers taking a train for the [...]

“Do you have any idea how old I am? Doing this (眉飛色舞）is so tiring. I deserve another round of applause, don’t I?” The 38 year old Sammi Cheng was back in town this weekend with “Love Mi More”, after a sold out “Love Mi“ in April this year. She did several covers like I Will [...]

To the people who showered compliments on my sleek look for the awards, I had a grave reply, “Continue to ogle while you can. The double chin is going to reemerge very soon.” Hahaha. It was a day out with the ex-colleagues yesterday. I use that term loosely. We’re more than just ex-colleagues. When Mary [...]