.

Yeah! Finally it's up! YIPPEE!!!

My very own official website!

HOME 家

There's more in the works and I am so excited!!!

Really looking forward to the new stuffs that's coming up...

And hope to see u on my new site!

AAAHHHH....I am super duper high now, think I should go take a shower to cool off first before I start meddling with it...

It's bubble time!!!

:p 

Gosh! This is hilarious and I must say super creative :p

Thanks to my bro...

Just for laughs...

Have fun everyone!!! 

Cheers :) 

剛剛看完YOGA的 演唱會．．．

老實說在這之前，我從沒听過他的歌，也不怎麼知道他的來頭．

不過今天晚上過後，我想我會開始留意這小男生．．．

有實力，不一定有運氣．

有運氣，不一定有人氣． 

有努力，卻沒有耐力．

這就是演藝圈．．．

舞台是殘酷的．．．

也需那就是命吧！

Been 'MIA-ing' for a while...instead of 'BIA-ing'...

oops, cheeze, SKIP! 

Well yeah, I admit! Kinda getting lazy, after all the filming, I am now catching up on a lot of lost sleep and just chilling at home or simply hanging around :)

Yes! All that BABY PHATs' ( read as 'FAT') keeping me occupied!!!

Ha! My new found BABY PHAT :) My little niece whom I call her 小胖妞 (Little Miss Fatty), while my family sometimes call her 小圓圓 (Little Round Round). Well, I like the former better. Anyway, I really think she got our family genes, hee :p you should see her long rotund body man!

Yet another BABY PHAT. The book I am currently reading. Oki, its not titled BABY PHAT but rather Fabulosity, written by this very inspiring lady, Kimora Lee Simmons, a former model who is also the president and CEO of BABY PHAT- a fashion brand in the states. Being the very independent, all-rounded woman that she is (a mother of two, smart businesswoman and still able to keep her sanity and jovial fun-loving character at bay), her experiences are definitely worth learning from :) 

And the last BABY PHAT I have been 'meddling' with recently...actually, they are not exactly baby anymore that's why I really gotta do something about them, and fast! And this time, I really gotta make sure they don't GO and COME as and when they like.

Hmmm, so besides the usual jogging and swimming, maybe I should really think about taking up that pilates course...

??? 

Yeah! Finally! I am done with all the filming! Happily Ever After. A J-team produced  (Jack Neo's production house) English drama to be shown on OKTO Channel starting 1st March till 8th March:)

Boy u cannot imagine how glad I am now that everything is over... I must say I am surprise myself that I manage to pull through this role without much hiccups.

Why?

Because...

Firstly, I am playing a 35-year old. Hmmm, I may be able to look like a 35-year old but I am actually still very young at heart lor, hee! :p

Secondly, I have a 6-year old daughter. Gosh, I dun even know how it feels like to be pregnant and to push a living thing out from my womb, let alone be a mother! Anyhow, I still try my best lah, its all about acting anyway :) So do me and my daughter share a resemblance from the picture above?

Last but not least, my marriage is so badly on the rocks that me and my husband of ten years are looking into a divorce. Frankly, it has been so long that I have been in a proper relationship that I have already kind of forgotten how couplehood feels like anymore, ha!

 Whatever it is, production still went on very smoothly along with all the cryings, huggings, kissings, scoldings and throwings...all thanks to the help of everybody on set, especially the director, my make-up artiste and the production crew :)

And of course Ix Shen, my hubby in the show for being a really accomodating co-actor :)

Feeling kinda sorry for him actually after reading the many reports these few days about his split with his longtime girlfriend :( Nope I never did see any signs that he was going through a rough patch in his real-life relationship although we were working on the show together. Well, guess either I was just too engrossed in trying to do my job right or he was really in very good control...

Nevertheless, those reports did remind me of a passage I read before in a book and liked very much... if i recall correctly, it goes something like this: 

(Paiseh its in Chinese...) 

沒有非誰不可 

只是感覺有人陪伴

生命可以比較完整

沒有非誰不可

只是需要有個角色

好來共演想像里的劇本

我可不可以說

當你正為了這個人傷心的時候

你已忘了上一個

所以

當你為了下一個傷心時

就會發現眼前的這個

也只是過客

我們總以為非誰不可

那都是太過深信

愛情必定是主定好的緣份

可是我想告訴你

不管是相聚也好分離也罷

愛情自始至終

從來就只是

人們自己的選擇

祝有情人終成卷束：）

開心最重要噢！ 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

(a very early one...)

AND STAY HAPPY ALWAYS :) 

哇，好久沒下廚了！難怪今天有點手忙腳亂，咳咳：p

想當年我境然可以自己一手包辦七到九樣菜呢， （那是在我讀萊佛士女中的時候，其中考‘O’水准的一課就是家政烹飪課）．可是現在的我．．．嗨．．．還好有一位好搭党，不然恐怕沒辦法在一小時內煮出‘見的了人’的三菜一湯了．看來我真的要多抽空來下廚了哦：）  

Omigawd! Its been s super long time since I last cooked... no wonder there were so many butterflies in my stomach today, keke :p

Gone were the days when I could whip up seven to nine dishes all by myself. Yeah, that was when I was doing my Food & Nutrition subject for 'O' levels in RGS (and btw, I even got an A1 for that lor...) But well, ME, now, simply too embarrassed to face my teacher - Mrs SG Tan, wow, amazing, I still remember her name! Ha, I am famous for being forgetful especially when it comes to names... 

我和我的拍党，乙心．（哦，她的臉好小噢！）因為要分工合作嗎，所以我們分別付責兩道菜．．．

Luckily I have my partner, Apple to split the work, so I only need to be in charge of two dishes. Not my specialty at all...till now, I still wonder if I should have chosen to do my specialties instead of them...

我的焗烤鮮海鮮．．．（現在真的有一點後悔，為什麼要煮這道菜？） 

Baked Seafood with Cheese... 

和讓我非常矯傲的椰絲娘惹沙拉：）

其是看上去還瞞不錯的嗎，可是壞就壞在我們的對手是兩位‘監職的家庭主夫’．．．真的是傷腦經啊！ 

Spicy indonesian Salad.

Ah well, just wanted to try something new...

And really glad I had the chance to try something more creative and different, coz after all, I hardly have the time to cook nowadays... and thankfully now because of the program, I am thinking of putting on my chef's hat more often again :)

我想你猜也猜到是誰贏誰輸了吧？可是你還是得收看每逢星期二晚上8 點播的三菜一湯喔因為老實說，這是先在比較能看的价目了吧，（oh, 各人意見啦，其他价目的支持者不要來罵我啊！）及有資訊又有娛樂，所以記得不要錯過喔！ 

But considering its a competition and we are up against two very family men...

AAAargh, I really should have stuck to cooking something I am more familiar with! :*

So now you can pretty much guess who's the winner right? Well, anyway, still do try to watch the show, airing every tuesday, 8pm on Channel 8, still very informative and entertaining even though I have already revealed the results...hehe!

Whatever it is, ENJOY! :) 

剛看完一本書，一本關於愛情的書．．．

在書局看到時是被它那又黑暗卻又充滿希望的封面所吸引．買回家，把包裝拆開一看，就愛不釋手了．

里頭有太多讓我有共鳴的文章，最讓我有感觸的則是以下這一篇：

 我認識了一個醫學家，他找到了愛情真正的病因．

 我認識了一個數學家，他演算出了愛情的邏輯．

 我認識了一個畫家，他把愛情的臉孔給創造出來了．

 我認識了一個哲學家，他告訴了我愛情的真相．

可是我都沒有跟他們在一起，因為我遇見了一個人．

那個人什麼也不懂，他唯一知道的．．．

是他愛我，而我剛好也愛他．

awww... so simple yet so complicated... 

只想跟你分享，若有感觸，請留言：p

A very HAPPY 'NIU' YEAR one and all!

Really glad that I have something joyous to share with everyone first thing in the lunar new year...yes, I have been voted 'Best Breakthrough Performance of the Year' by readers of The New Paper!

So here's to all those who have sms and voted for me:

Thank you for spending money and letting actions speak louder than words :)

And to all those who missed or didn't know about the voting at all:

I know the existence of Ah Tao had been greatly appreciated and missed :p

And luckily there's yet another chance again for me to be her and you to see her...

Tomorrow, Sat 31st Jan 3pm at Suntec Fountain Atrium...(Probably the last time...really...) 

Anyway, hope to cya there!

HOW TO VOTE FOR AH TAO:

SMS:

TNPBREAK 2 (your IC no.) (your name)

TO: 77877

Each sms costs 20 cents.

Multiple entries are allowed.

Voting ends 11.59pm tonight.

Results will be published in TNP on 27th Jan.

The more you vote, the more you win...

First prize: One night's stay in the clubroom at Furama Riverfront, with breakfast for two.

Second prize: One Aramsa Spa voucher worth $300.

Third prize: A Creative Zen mozaic media player, $99

Fourth & Fifth prizes: Creative Zen Stone plus MP3 player with built-in speaker, worth $89 each.

Five consolation prizes: A $50 supermarket voucher each.

Good Luck to you & me! 

woke up really early this morning...5am.

can't say I had a very good-quality sleep last night, although I went to bed early, maybe I was too excited from yesterday's recording of the Little Nyonya Big Reunion... but i must say it was a very relaxing, enjoyable and warm recording session, after all, what rare chance do we (the cast) have to get together, stress-free, just chilling and chatting away :)

so I woke up 5am, had a talk with my dad 530am, went for my jog 630am, bathe, and here I am...kinda in a anxious mood, trying to anticipate what I will see in the Wanbao papers tonight...

well, it all started with the conversation I had with my dad...

apparently this was what he saw in the papers last night:

黃慧想走紅要改名？

明天《e 樂茶餐廳》請來在《小娘惹》中釋演“啊桃“的黃慧來做客。

黃慧入行情況特殊，不是選秀節目出身，入行時也非絕色美人。演出首部英語劇《肥肥架到》時，甚至“肉感妹”，但她卻受公司青睞，高調入行。

只是，正試遣約５年，黃慧一直處在二線位置，演來演去，一直擺脫不了戲劇“二奶命”。

好不容易，一部《小娘惹》掀起本地電視熱潮。有份摻与，釋演媽姐“啊桃“的她，雖然不是演娘惹，但卻也順勢鼓起人氣。她的犧牲總算值得。

可惜，劇集紅了角色卻紅不了人。觀眾投稿到報章點名贊揚“啊桃“，卻寫不出她的名子。黃慧名子沒有“星味”，她要改名？

想知道黃慧驚暴什麼猛料、犧牲了什麼，就請留意明天在《e 樂茶餐廳》的精彩專訪。

And so because of the above, the conversation I had with my dad had frequent inserts of "Are you really going to change your name?", "Oh, you better don't do it!", "You don't need to change your name", "Why did this thought even cross your mind?"...

"No! I have never thought of changing my name! I AM WHO I AM, AND I AM PROUD OF MY NAME :)"

With that, the conversation with my dad ended amiably and I went for my jog...

But now, I am just hoping what comes out tonight is what I said and what I mean during the actual face-to-face interview...

What's done is done, with my fingers crossed, guess i will just hit the sack before I go on set!

zzzzz..... 

Omigawd!

Just received a call, apparently I am one of the nominees for THE NEW PAPER Best Breakthrough Performance of the Year Award. For the role of Ah Tao in Little Nyonya of course :)

Voting starts next week (Mon-Thurs), the winner will be decided purely by reader's votes...

The other two nominees are Chen Hanwei & Zzen... 

Hmmm... the reporter told me I stand a very high chance but feeling very excited and motivated already regardless of the results...

Anyway, one last chance to dress as Ah Tao again for the variety show to be shown on Lunar New Year, really excited about that, heard they have prepared lots of surprises for the cast...

hehe! Can't wait... 

Oh gosh! Is this the post- Little-Nyonya syndrome?

Its amazing how after 2 days from its finale episode, there are still so many reviews, critics and 'publicity' going around...

The Straits Times Life had it on its front page and two other pages... 

There was a very heartwarming letter published in TODAY (see below)... another column went on talking about how the show has become the top-rated Channel 8 drama in the last 15 years...

And thus my curiosity was sparked, I went on the internet and even without much searching, I found 300 over comments about the show on the home website of yahoo...

Some very interesting and motivational comments I copied from the pages...

Definebod says: 

'What is it about this drama that pulled you back to the tv every night?'
It meant that if the show is good, then there must be something that you like. So, if you don appreciate local productions, acting skills, or script, then go watch some other channels. At least you could do is to show some support of our actors and productions. 
They may not be as good as what some compaired to those of HK, yet as a Singaporean, I must say the acting has definitely improved. Love the characters of Robert, Yuzhu, Tao Jie

Maddy says:

Jolly (SEO Singapore) says: 

Tonight's episode was the finale. I hope this show has helped viewers value the importance of family ties (and friends). No matter how you have been offended, and it had brought about hurt, learn to forgive and move forward. If you still bear grudges within family, may this show help you to appreciate family ties (friendship) again and to leave the past behind, and have a good reunion with family members (and friends) this Chinese New Year.

Ity says:

我超喜欢故事中有种让人‘猜想' / '迷惑' 的空间让我们猜故事中的家庭关系. 

And this my personal favourite from a very close friend who sms me the minute the show ended on monday...

"Ah Tao is a 妖精， she 'tahan' 3 generations!" 

Ha! That really got me chuckling in my seat.... 

“小娘惹” 終於走了．

看了最後一集，感觸還瞞多的．．．

感謝所有人的評語，

更要謝謝那些讓我摻與這部戲的人．．． 

這樣的回憶是可遇不可求的 :-)

The Little Nyonya has finally come to an end.

I must admit, there were good and bad times filming the show...

Tears, laughters, loads of emotions all jumbled up, on and off the screen.

Many thanks to all the compliments, criticisms and especially to those who have given me this invaluable experience of being part of the show.

Thank you once again! :)

(Part of article taken from Lianhe ZaoBao dated 5th Jan 2009) 

I remember in my good old days in NTU when I was still doing my major in Electronic Broadcast Media (Mass Comm.), this was a common quote that came from many of my lecturers- "BAD NEWS IS BETTER THAN NO NEWS".

Well yeah, at least there is communication. After all, this is the media industry where open thoughts and ideas need to be expressed. Criticisms are essential stimulations. Constructive ones provoke us and as a result, we upgrade ourselves.

But sometimes I wonder, if people are thinking too much, picking on every little detail and spending too much time trying to make sense and logic out of something that is made up. After-all, this is the goggle box, how much of it is real? How much of it really depicts the world that we actually live in? How much of it has been tweaked for dramatic effect? So many of such questions always pop up in my mind...I can't help it coz more than half my time is spent in TV Land, where many stuffs, relationships, connections, situations are all but just a pretense. 

But then again, I contradict myself. The emotions ARE real when I am in TV Land. Those are not eyedrops. They are real tears of sorrows, compassion, hurt, happiness and sometimes even anger. Those are not fake sounds of laughters. They are real smiles of delight, humor and enjoyment. Yes they are. Because I feel it right within my heart...

And so I questioned myself through and through and I throw the questions to people around me.

Oh yes! TV LAND IS THE REAL WORLD. Or at least we should try to make it as real as possible. If not why the saying “人生如戲，戲如人生。” Those stuffs, relationships, connections, situations DO exist. And that is probably why people need to comment about the show. They move along with the show, they feel the emotions from the show, they connected with the show and they feel disturbed when somethings, just isn't right. 

Well, I guess TV Land has always been a mystery to many. A land of wonders, excitement and adventures. And perhaps unknown to some, it also takes the combined power of many individuals' efforts to make a big difference and very often than not, this takes time. We need strength. We need appreciation. We need just that little motivation.

Yep, its all in the mind and the attitude counts. We have all tried our best. At least I am sure I have...

TO LEARN. TO LOVE. TO LIVE.

Finally having one whole day of break to 'nua' at home and really looking forward to watching tonight's last episode of The Little Nyonya with my family...

Cheers,

HUI 

HAPPINESS 

an age-old desire

yet it has always eluded us

what is happiness?

an experience of sensual pleasure?

an enjoyment of material comforts?

lasting? or just pure indulgence?

A PARADOX

for the more we have, the greater our possibility for UNHAPPINESS

what we think we NEED to be HAPPY?

constantly threatened by the only constant - CHANGE

Changing hands into the new year,

here's wishing simple-minded HAPPINESS to your everyday life in 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

love,

HUI