It took me a while to recover from the excitement of the 12th Global Chinese Music Awards. Held in seven rotating cities, this was the second time we played host to the mega event. By all accounts, it was a hugely successful and well-received show. We at Y.E.S. 93.3FM thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts.

A group chat was created that day. I tried my best to make those talkative people keep quiet. Ha.

I was tasked to receive and entertain the heads of foreign stations. Apart from the first midnight arrival where I had to go to the airport, I was mostly stationed at the hotel lobby. I was slightly annoyed to find that the iChangi app only allowed tracking of three flights at a time, but I realised immediately that people don’t usually need to monitor that many flights in a single day.

The bus we chartered for the welcome dinner parked itself at MediaCorp instead of picking us up at the hotel. I was left red-faced and sent my guests back to their rooms — there weren’t enough sofas in the hotel lobby and I wasn’t going to have them stand for forty minutes. At the restaurant, I told the manager that we would end the meal at 9.45 P.M. and requested that they pace the dishes accordingly. I was very sure I repeated 9.45 P.M. at least three times. I was therefore astonished to see the highlight of the evening — white pepper crabs — served at 8.20 P.M.. I had been kiasu enough to ask for a copy of the menu and knew that there were only noodles and dessert after the crabs. The lady must have heard 8.45 P.M., instead of 9.45 P.M.! Ah well, it was a fortunate thing that the driver was nearby and could pick us up much earlier.

At about 7.55 P.M. on 2 Nov, I stood in a dark corner beside the grand stage and watched the opening sequence. As the eight hosts ascended and greeted the audience, I was hit with a weird and indescribable feeling. “That could have been me. It’s something I know well and do well.”

I didn’t really have an answer when people asked why I wasn’t hosting. Foreign station delegates, music industry insiders and my own Radio folks were all curious. One of the VPs in Radio even came to me after the show with a solemn and concerned look, “What happened? Why didn’t you host? Why?!” Ha. One has to move on to other things, doesn’t he?

I manned the media centre that evening — as host and producer. Again, it’s funny. The minute it was announced that I would be backstage, colleagues from various departments offered their help, “I can do anything. ANYTHING! Just for you!” Hahaha. I had to decline because my media centre — which took care of interviews and photo calls, and for the first time ever, up-to-the-minute social media updates — was overstaffed with enthusiastic volunteers.

I was totally exhausted from standing and thinking on my feet those two days. There were instances where I mumbled, “Aiyo, it’s so much easier hosting the show. Now, how am I going to settle this shit?!” People who did events all their lives welcomed me to the club. Murphy’s law, they said wisely. I guess I made the right call in most incidences and didn’t screw up on my first adventure there. Ha.

九年。四個城市。
六場「金曲獎」；四場「全球榜」。
十場音樂典禮，每一場都歷歷在目。

我記得2003年⋯⋯
獨自前往上海，跨過第一個重要里程碑，但無人分享當下的心情。

我記得2004年⋯⋯
台灣的東風衛視現場直播典禮盛況，有人說聽見我的WOOHOO! 響徹亞洲，非常激動。

我記得2006年⋯⋯
我在自己的地盤以東道主司儀的身份出現。開場前，緊張得要命，在室內體育館後台來回走了一個多小時。

我記得2009年⋯⋯
在攝氏零度的北京場館，我一邊顫抖，一邊露出僵硬的笑容。那次也是我歷來表現最差的一次。

2012年，我不再是典禮主持人。（請為家發和佩芬尖叫吶喊！）

被分派其他工作，我微笑著：“我可是習慣當大會司儀的人。這些事兒，我可沒甚麼把握。請多多指教。” 哈哈。出席了不少會議，更直接參與了幕後籌備與策劃。我那天忍不住大喊：“靠！整場典禮最輕鬆的人其實是大會司儀。今年怎麼不讓我主持啊？！” 哈哈哈哈。

認識我的人都知道，我平日大吃大喝，只有到年底典禮舉行期間才會有所節制，一年當中也只有這個時候下巴才是尖的。今年不主持，我⋯⋯任意妄為、自甘墮落、越陷越深。他們大叫：“過幾年還是安排你去做場大Show吧，你這樣胖下去也不是辦法！”

好了，別在意我的身材。我們談正事。

「全球華語歌曲排行榜」由華人地區七家頂尖音樂電台創立，是史上第一個跨地區排行榜。每年典禮在不同城市舉行，事隔六年再度來到新加坡。第12屆「全球華語歌曲排行榜」頒獎典禮就在這個星期五。來自北京、廣東、上海、香港、台灣、馬來西亞和新加坡的21組歌手將盛裝出席。

快去買票！

陳潔儀將被授予流行樂壇卓越歌手獎。她將與眾天王天后演唱會的御用音樂總監吳慶隆呈獻一段精彩組曲；
為紀念一代巨星，蔡健雅將首次在大型典禮獻唱鳳飛飛經典歌曲；
林俊傑將和本地知名音樂人Kenn C聯手帶來全球榜歷屆得獎作品；
羅志祥將帶來專屬舞群，呈獻一段最勁爆的演出；
我也放了風聲⋯⋯要是曲婉婷沒唱「我的歌聲裡」，主辦單位是不會讓她踏出體育館的⋯⋯ 哈哈。

快去買票！

第12屆 「全球華語歌曲排行榜」頒獎典禮出席／表演歌手：
（新加坡）陳潔儀、林俊傑、蔡健雅、阿杜、Olivia、
（台灣）羅志祥、楊宗緯、楊丞琳、大嘴巴、陳芳語、
（香港）陳奕迅、容祖兒、Twins、薛凱琪、MR.、
（中國內地）曲婉婷、丁噹、郁可唯、东山少爷、曹轩宾、
（馬來西亞）伍家輝。

快去買票！

「不要.傷了和氣」和「心痛」開啓了陳潔儀近20年的輝煌演藝事業。她是表演者；是舞台上任誰都無法輕視的一道光。她是我當年試音時模擬訪問的設定對象；是我正式出國採訪的第一位歌手。她是當年聽我發牢騷、給我忠告的過來人。

她是新加坡的驕傲。

陳潔儀將在下星期五於第12屆「全球華語歌曲排行榜」頒獎典禮獲頒“流行樂壇卓越歌手獎”。

流行樂壇卓越歌手：陳潔儀

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⋯⋯