Style! Emcee Richard Siaw

Sin Hin Hang Chinese New Year Celebration 2012

2012-02-06T23:31:00.001+08:00

Event: Sin Hin Hang Chinese New Year Celebration 2012

Date: 06 February 2012

Time: 6pm - 10pm

Venue: Sin Hin Hang

Style! Emcee:

Today is the fifteen day of the Lunar New Year and commonly known as "元宵节" (yuan xiao jie). It is also said that this day is the Chinese Valentine's day.

I was invited to host this annual event for the company staff on their company premises. I have always had enjoyable experiences hosting on site within the company grounds. It can also be very challenging as compared to a hotel ballroom, where factors such as stage, lighting, sound and layout have been carefully managed.

The event tonight was held in a sheltered open area within the company's warehouse. The staff arrived immediately after work and everyone settled in very fast. This is the beauty of having it on site. Staff will almost always arrive on time!

We commenced the event with the traditional Chinese New Year customary practice of the "Lo Hei" followed by a sumptuous buffet spread. While the dinner went on, I started some ice-breakers and warmed up the audience. We played some games and discovered the hidden talents among the company! Hahaha...

Not forgetting the lucky draw, the management decided that everyone has to be a winner. Prizes were prepared for everyone with an additional round of grand lucky draw with 12 top prizes.

Here's 1-2 photos that I took prior to the event:

Getting the event ready. Can you see the helpers at the back?

The are preparing the delicious kong bak pao prepared by the organizer.

A plethora of fantastic lucky draw prize.

(Can you see how high the prizes are stacked up? For all 50 staff!)

The staff had so much fun and it was all the hard work and effort of the organizer.

I had a good time this evening. Thank you everyone!

Chingay 2012: A Waterway Parade of Love & Care

2012-02-05T00:35:00.000+08:00

Event: Chingay 2012

Date: 03-04 Feb 2012

Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Venue: F1 Pit Stop (In front of Singapore Flyer)

Style! Emcee:

It has certainly been a great time bringing the fun and laughter to the audience at Sector D (bend/ curve after the straight pit-stop track in front of the Singapore Flyer).

Here are some photos for the event.

The crowds are coming in..

Moments before we go 'live'

Community Dragons of Love

Colourful Floats

The Finale

And here's a video interview by the PAssion Chingay Club (just moments before we went on the show)...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3226586949926&set=vb.145162027278&type=2&theater

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Chingay.... HUAT AH!!

2012-02-04T11:00:00.000+08:00

Event: Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: 04 February 2012
Time: 11am - 3pm
Venue: Leonie Condotel (by Far East)

Style! Emcee:

The wonderful people at Far East brought the Chinese New Year celebrations to the door step of the residents at Leonie Condotel and Nassim Regency. Residents and guests were invited to this wonderful celebration, filled with exciting Lion Dance performance, Chinese calligraphy, sumptuous delicacies and lots of fun and games for the little ones.

During the event, there was an art piece that caught by attention and everyone was highly impressed. The children were tasked to create a picture of anything related to the Chinese New Year using various parts of the mandarin oranges. Here's the genius creativity by a little girl (I simply adore her!)...

A Child's Impression of the Dragon

Thank you everyone! Here's wishing you and your family a prosperous and happy new year!

Facility Link Chinese New Year Dinner 2012

2012-01-19T00:40:00.001+08:00

Event: Facility Link Chinese New Year Dinner 2012

Date: 18 January 2012

Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Venue: Seafood International (East Coast Big Splash)

Style! Emcee:

The evening started with everyone at Facility Link nominating the most good-looking colleague that they have. It was just so much fun when people started nominating whom they thought was the most handsome among them!

The dinner commenced with the Chinese "Lo Hei", a custom practised by every company as part of the Chinese New Year celebration. The tossing and churning of the ingredients by everyone with their chopsticks and words of blessings that accompanied certainly added to the atmosphere. Among different races, nationalities, culture and background, everyone enjoyed this particular dish.

I rolled off the first game looking for the God of Fortune among the audience and yes, we found him - with a EZ-link card, some dollar bills among a variety of items! We all had a good laugh to see the lucky person to be the God of Fortune for the company!

More games went on and the participation from the audience was both intense and pulse-racing. The best moment that ended the night on a high - was a great sexy hip dance by the staff and management!

Thanks everyone from Facility Link!

Have a blessed year of the Dragon. Huat ah!

Colgate Palmolive Dinner 2012

2012-01-18T01:07:00.001+08:00

Event: Colgate Palmolive Dinner 2012

Date: 17 January 2012

Time: 7 - 11pm

Venue: Park Royal Kitchener

Style! Emcee:

The event was organized as a highlight to a 1-day meeting for the staff of Colgate as well as the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The evening began with an introduction and light-hearted jokes to warm everyone up after a full day of meeting. It was especially nice, since everyone knew each other and felt a lot more like a family gathering than a corporate function. Through my interactions with some, it lightened up the evening and got everything started on the right foot.

The Chinese "Yu Shen" or "Lo Hei" is customarily the first course as Chinese New Year is round the corner. In any restaurant. the waiter would garnish the dish with various ingredients, each representing a different blessing in the Chinese language. As I went through the list of blessings, the waiters poured the ingredients, and everyone was ready to tuck in and toss for better luck and blessings in the new year.

"Huat ah... Huat ah... Huat ah... "

The evening continued on with fun and games. There were mass games, table games and stage games and everyone participated happily, brightening the ballroom even further with laughter and applause. Thanks to one of the guest, Kelvin, who happened to be my classmate from secondary school, here are the photos that he took. I made it into a collage!

A big thank you to all the staff. You guys were great and I had a good time!

Happy New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai! May peace, prosperity, good health and happiness be yours throughout the new year!!

Courts Clementi Chinese New Year Special Roadshow

2012-01-15T23:54:00.001+08:00

Event: Courts Clementi Chinese New Year Special Roadshow

Date: 15 January 2012

Venue: Courts Clementi

Time: 4-9pm

Style! Emcee:

"Did you hear that? Courts has a brand new branch at Clementi central!"

As the Chinese New Year is around the corner, most Chinese families in Singapore starts preparing for the brand new year - Year of the Dragon. Spring cleaning is always the time to get rid of old stuff to make way for new items, from clothings to furnitures and electronic appliances.

Courts launched a 2 days Chinese New Year Special at their spanking new branch at Clementi central. I was arranged to be the emcee for the roadshow and had a great time interacting with the shoppers and enticed them with BIG discounts!!

Below are some photos of me "selling" in action...

Abbott Sales Kickoff cum X-Factor Talent Search 2012

2012-01-07T11:53:00.004+08:00

Event:Abbott Laboratories Sales Kickoff cum X-Factor Talent Search 2012

Date: 06January 2011

Venue:Rasa Sentosa Resort

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDxUJwvE9QU

Style!Emcee:

This is one of myall-time favorite hotels in Singapore! The swimming pool, the seabreeze, the outdoor dinner and the excellent view from the hotel –all these make it a great staycation getaway!

One of the key highlight of the 2-day Sales Kickoff is our very own Abbott X-factor Talent Search! All 5 participating teams spent hours choreographing and practising their performance,all ready for a showdown and walk away with the grand prize worth morethan $2000!

Here'sthe line-up of all 5 teams:

The A Team
Fab 5
Sassy Six
Esprit de Corps
Prestique

Apart from judging criteria such as Entertainment and Creativity, all 5teams had to showcase the company's values – Pioneering, Achieving,Caring and Enduring - through their performance. There were song anddance, skit, musicals, and Abbott's very own midget show! From theirperformances, dance routines, costumes, props and music arrangement, wecould see all 5 teams contributed significant hours after work to puteverything together, over and above their work and sales commitments!IMPRESSIVE!

Apartfrom the talent search performances, we had lots of good fun in thegames segments. It was very heartwarming as an emcee to see everyonecontributing in and giving suggestions and encouragement. Excellentteamwork and great spirit was displayed by every member of thecompany.

Anotherhighlight of the event was the awards and prize presentation. Thecompany recognized the hardwork and contribution by the awardees andpresented awards and prizes to these deserving individuals.

"And this year 2012 X-Factor Talent Search champion goes to ... ... Prestique!"

Requests were made for the champion and first runner-up to perform once more and the crowd went wild! Well guess what happened after the 2 performances? We had our very own impromptu Indian Dance Superstar!

Finally to round up the event, we had a special guest whom were specially invited and all the staff participated in making a gift for this special guest!

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A big thank you to everyone at Abbott! All the best for 2012 and looking forward to being part of your future events!

Char Yong (Dabu) Association 2012 Countdown Party

2012-01-01T04:55:00.000+08:00

Event: Char Yong (Dabu) Association 2012 Countdown Party 新加坡茶阳(大埔)会馆迎新年晚会

Date: 31 December 2011

Time: 7.30pm - 1.00am

Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hWn0KxNx90

Style! Emcee:

Happy New Year Everyone!! 祝大家新年快乐，青春美丽，笑口常开！

In my opinion, this is certainly the best countdown party to be at this year. Why? For 2 good reasons:

My dialect group is Hakka and the home town where my grandparents were from Dapu County
The crowd was awesome, from 8 - 80 years old, they laughed together, played games on stage, and best of all? They were going around the ballroom with my countdown choo-choo train too!

The theme for the evening was "Movies Night". The decor was beautifully done up, with posters decorating the foyer, kacang putih (white sugar coated peanuts) seller and a olden days ticket booth. Best of all, the organizers replicated the old movie stubs. For those who were born 1980s and before, the old movie stubs were nothing more than a flimsy piece of paper and the seat numbers were scribbled using colored pencil. Ushers would use a torch and usher you to your seat. (If you recall, sitting at the last few rows, you could hear the projector and the reel rolling sound coming out of the projection room above!)

The event started with a spoof version of pre-event movie trailers. It was hilarious as many were dubbed in Hakka language. The audience had a good laughed (even I was chuckling away)! It was nostalgic, especially for many of the folks among the audience. The president of the association delivered the opening and dinner commenced. Oh gosh, we were all famished!

Moments later, Captain Jack Sparrow (which was the character I took on), jumped onto the stage and kick started our fun and entertainment with simple light-hearted ice-breakers to get everyone warmed up. It was so fun when everyone, of all ages, put their heads together, to solve the Hakka Challenge!!

As an entertainer, I would always use games to encourage participation, regardless of race, language, age, nationality, or corporate hierarchy. To me, games and entertainment bring people together and spice up our daily lives.

As the evening went on, we had more fun and entertainment. We had a lovely showcase of wonderful singers, from mandarin pop songs to hakka hits. And we even had our very own Hakka Rapper! The final game that we played before the countdown was to select couples (dressed to the theme) on stage and re-enact the movie scenes. It was simply hilarious!!

With fun and laughter, good company, food and drinks, time flew so quickly that it was time to start our countdown. Everyone was distributed party hats, poppers, confetti guns and various party props to get ready for 2012.

10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1

Happy New Year!!
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The human choo choo train has started. C'mon, join in the train right now!

A BIG thank you to my audience. 谢谢大家！

Data Storage Institute (DSI) Annual Dinner 2011

2011-12-17T01:39:00.001+08:00

Event: Data Storage Institute (DSI) Annual Dinner 2011

Date: 16 December 2011

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Venue: Chevrons Jurong Ballroom

Style! Emcee:

The theme - Movies Night - was simply awesome. Guests came dressed up in costumes from all different movies such as Matrix, Men in Black, Shanghai Tan, Pirates (Swashbuckler, Jack Sparrow, etc) and Tinklebell in Peter Pan. But the show was stolen by this guy that came as Counter Strike. You won't believe it, but its true. He was absolutely fully geared, with helmet, goggles, gas mask, gloves, sleeveless jacket that looked like bullet proof kevlar jacket and his shotgun rifle. He came down the halfway, mimicking the moves of the characters in Counter Strike. It was both hilarious and absolutely life-like!!

There was another guest that came in the costume by the lead actor Johnny Depp in Pirates of The Caribbean. He even had his beard styled just like Jack Sparrow!! There were so many other movie characters. Yet surprisingly I didn't see Bruce Lee in his yellow overall, or Superman with his underwear worn outside. Hmmm, maybe the guests also move with the times.

We had great entertainment throughout the night. The show curtains were opened by percussion group Wicked Aura (http://www.wickedaura.com/) and they blown the audience away with their catchy drum beats and energetic rhythms. And then after the first ice-breaker game we had Alex the Magician (http://www.alexthemagician.com/index.php). It was great to see Alex doing what he is best at - illusion and magic. He never fails to entertain both adults and children in his shows!

The interesting part about emceeing is that no matter what's the outcome or after-effect of the performance segment, it's important to quickly take the level of energy in the audience and bring it to the next level. That's what I call - Riding The Momentum. Straight to the stage with a joke or punchline so as to condense the energy and focus back to the emcee before moving on to the next line item on the programme.

I continued with my games and as always try to interject my games with more jokes, punchline and turning what I observed into something of a good laugh. I love what I do. :)

After the grand lucky draw, with our winners smiling sweetly with their prizes, the event wrapped up with a final fire dance. It's fun and exciting to always watch the fire dance performance, as I know they risk getting burn by the scorching heat and flame to bring on a good show for everyone.

Here are two photos that I took for the event. Didn't have time to take more. If you have taken some photos for the night, please send it to style.emcee.sg@gmail.com. Appreciate lotsa and I promise to post on my blog!

Event Poster

I love the backdrop - My favourite Mission Impossible 4 Tom Cruise

Thanks everyone. I totally enjoyed myself tonight. Please add me on Facebook at (http://facebook.com/style.emcee.richard) or like my page "Style! Emcee Richard Siaw".

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year~!

Richard

Aker Solutions 20th Anniversary Dinner and Dance 2011

2011-12-10T00:14:00.001+08:00

Event: Aker Solutions 20th Anniversary Dinner and Dance 2011

Date: 09 December 2011

Time: 7.00pm - 11.00pm

Venue: Swissotel Atrium Ballroom

Style! Emcee:

Hei og velkommen til Aker Solutions 20th Anniversary!

(Norwegian: Hello and Welcome to Aker Solutions 20th Anniversary!)

Tonight is the first time seeing a number of Norwegians friends in my event. And oh my, they are really really tall and good looking. The guys certainly looked suave and the ladies made me turned my head 180 degrees as they walked into the ballroom!! (Asians certainly look like shorty beside them! Muahahaha... *Laughing at myself*)

We started the evening slow and relax, with some light-hearted jokes and humour. In my opinion, with a good mix of crowd is always a great thing for the emcee. Why? Isn't it easier to entertain guests from similar background/ culture/ language, etc?

To me, it doesn't matter. The more myriad the mix, the better it is. Well, you see, sometimes even I am fascinated by my own self-created "think on your feet" styled of humour. Especially, when you thought this was funny and no one crackled, but somewhere you hear some others laughing away. You will be amazed at what turns the laughter switch on for different people. And I think that is real fun!

The first game got everyone up on their feet and participated. Here's a little photo:

Aker, Are you ready!!??!!

As the event went on, the level of energy, noise, cheers, cat-calls, grew louder and bigger. These guys are MASSIVEly energetic! And it was followed by a nice show of illusion magic. The illusionist was Stefan Ebinger, from Germany (http://www.stefanebinger.com/en/index.php). He's acts and moves are clean and sharp. (Even the DJ and myself sitting beside the console enjoyed ourselves!)

The highlight of the evening, has to be the guests themselves. The guests were totally ready to party and rock and roll on the stage. Coupled with my humour and jokes of poking fun, as well as my crazy wacky dance moves, it was a SPECTACULAR moment of entertainment for everyone. Here's some of the highlights:

Once you ready, you need to run up to the stage!!...

Shall we groove, baby?

Michael Jackson-styled jam break and tip toe!

"I had the time of my life.... and I never felt this way before." - Time of my life

Thanks everyone for making the show wonderful and perfect!

See you all soon. :)

Love,

Style! Emcee Richard

Diethelm Keller Aviation Annual Dinner 2011

2011-12-04T23:09:00.004+08:00

Event: Diethelm Keller Aviation Annual Dinner 2011

Date: 04 December 2011

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Venue: Concorde Hotel

Style! Emcee:

"The rain cannot dampen our spirit! We shall and we will have a good time tonight!"

I love it when the crowd has a good mix of Chinese Nationals and Indian Nationals. They love to have fun and are always so spontaneous. Sometimes it makes me wonder - What is the difference in their environment where they grew up in versus ours in Singapore? Is it the pursuit of academic excellence or the iPhones and iPads? But wait! Before anyone starts to think that Singaporeans are not fun-loving people, you may have to think twice. See our Mr Brown Show, The Noose and many of the excellent comedians like Kumar, Phua Chu Kang, Dim Sum Dollies (and myself, maybe?), they are great examples of the fun-loving attitude of Singaporeans!

We all enjoy a good laugh, be it laughing at someone's disposition, jokes, singing or dance moves. I love to bring laughter and joy to my audience. Each time before I stand on the stage, I visualise and think of how best I can make them laugh or to lift their spirits. Does it come naturally to me? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. What is most important is my belief - EVERYONE NEEDS SOME GOOD FUN AND LAUGHTER.

And tonight is no different. The crowd came from diverse background - different nationalities, languages, races, corporate hierarchy. Who cares? I just want everyone to have a good good time. From ice-breakers to finale games, the level of energy in the crowd remains high. From stage jokes to taking the jokes to the floor among the audience, the crowd responded well. As the saying goes - An emcee makes the crowd, but the crowd makes the show.

Thank you everyone for being such wonderful audience. See you next year~!

Presenting to you...

Just before the show...

WPG Holdings (South Asia) Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-12-03T00:57:00.003+08:00

Event: WPG Holdings (South Asia) Annual Dinner and Dance 2011

Date: 02 December 2011

Venue: Suntec Conventi0n Centre

Theme: A Night of Razzle Dazzle

Style! Emcee:

For tonight's event, I decided to come in full black suit, and contrasted with white hat, white tie and white shoes. It was awesome! The white shoes was awesome in highlighting my dance moves and grooves. Dinner and Dance may have changed over the years to Dinner and Draw (lucky draw), but my favourite is still with dancing. Dancing unites people, makes people happy and best of all, doesn't require difficult or highly technical moves. The key here is to teach everyone how to do it.

The reason why I love dancing so much started since I was a little kid. I would only watch MTVs of singers dancing, and often imagine myself on stage dancing and entertaining everyone. I would find a full length mirror or reflective glass anywhere and dance as if though I was performing for all to see. Till today, this child-like imagination and fascination with dance remains.

Tonight was a spectacular night of song and dance. Guests, especially the ladies, kept coming up onto the stage to dance. They were brilliant, danced to their hearts' content and everyone gave rousing applause! It was so fun, even for myself, to just join in their dance. I even taught my dance moves and they performed!

The finale game was superbly exciting and we managed to see some guests acted and performed with music and props, just like real actors and actress in movies! The winning team swept the best dressed award not only because they looked awesome, but their acting was so fun that brought so much joy and laughter to the 400+ audience~!

Thank you everyone at WPG! I had a great night as much as you did. :)

SITEX 2011 @ Singapore Expo

2011-11-27T22:24:00.003+08:00

Event: SITEX 2011

Date: 27 November 2011

Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5

Style! Emcee:

"Five sets only! Original price $1299. Right now Special price! $999.. $999..."

Sounds familiar? Anyone who has been to any consumer electronics show would have heard this a thousand, if not a million times. It never fail to attract buyers and bargain hunters. They are smart and they know when good offers come their way.

"At the count of 3. If you want it, raise your hand after the count of 3. One... Two... Three...!!"

Among the crowd, these well-researched shoppers will never fail to be faster than the rest. More and more IT show visitors are getting very well-informed, with mobile devices surfing the internet forums for best deals within the IT show. Sounds like guerilla shopping? You bet.

In the past, it was going around collecting brochures, copying prices and freebies. Then, going home to deliberate and sniff out the best deals. Times have changed. Visitors see the prices and immediately share the info with everyone else via social media. Not only is this faster, but the visitor has also become the marketing advocate for the retailer.

Now you know, at the next IT show, you don't have to be there personally to collect the product offer brochures and copy prices (because you can get them all online). But one good reason you must still visit the next IT show....

Be the first to raise your hand when I count "1... 2... 3!"

Cheers and see you all soon,

Style! Emcee Richard

Venda Engineering Annual Dinner and Dance 2011

2011-11-27T00:32:00.004+08:00

Event: Venda Engineering Annual Dinner and Dance 2011

Date: 26 November 2011

Venue: Ban Heng Pavilion

Style! Emcee:

You won't believe it. The crowd was exhilarated. Even I didn't believe it until it happened. Some people said this was better than last year. I hope I have brought everyone more joy and fun.

I devised 2 new games today. I am so happy. It just came to me when I was running this morning and I thought I would incorporate these 2 games into the game segments. It turned out brilliant and perfect.

First we had a matching sequence game where all the audience participated. Then we had the beer strategy game where participants had to outdo the other 2 opponent teams. And finally we had an exciting segment of dance competition where all three team leaders gave their best, along with the director of the company! (Yes, I am not joking, the director joined in!)

I like being an emcee because no 2 shows are the same. All things remaining equal, the crowd is still different.

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Tuas Power Active Day 2011

2011-11-19T00:08:00.004+08:00

Event: Tuas Power Active Day 2011

Date: 18 Nov 2011

Time: 2.30pm - 8.00pm

Venue: Jurong East Sports Hall

Style! Emcee:

The guests started streaming in at around 2pm, with many dressed up in sports attire, and the cheerful expressions on their face tell me they are all ready to have a good time this afternoon. More than 200 employees turned up for the event and were equally divided into 8 groups, each represented by a different colour. The team leaders were very spontaneous and very quickly the rest of the guests joined in to their respective teams.

We kicked off the event with Mr Lim Kong Puay, CEO, leading everyone in a interesting exercise - Conductorcise. Each guest was given a conductor baton and taught how to hold the right way. The instructor, Moses, gave very clear and simple instructions which encouraged all guests to join in and have a fun workout. (I had a good time learning it too!)

After the warm-up, we kicked off the event with all 8 teams having to visit and complete the various challenges and stations. There were a while myriad of activities to promote active living, coupled with a healthy cooking competition, where 7 teams pitted their culinary skills to whip out a feast of healthy, tasty and creative dishes.

As the emcee for the event, I called together teams that were waiting for their turn at the stations to join in a round of team challenge, competing against other teams through a test of strategy, communication and luck. The team challenge, conducted in a knock-out format, finally saw 2 teams - Green and Navy Blue, making to the final round to contest for the Tuas Power Masters of the Universe 2011. Everyone cheered on for the 2 teams.

.... And the winner is..... THE GREEN TEAM!!!

Later in the afternoon, the judges went around the gourmet teams to grade while I interviewed the team members whom prepared the sumptuous dishes. (I should have taken photos of the food. They look tantalisingly delicious~!)

With the results out for all the teams, euphoria started rising and everyone cheered and clapped, wanting their team to be the winning team.

The evening proceeded on with a steamboat buffet and everyone sat around, ate, drank and shared the day's activities.

Thank you Tuas Power. Looking forward to work with the team again. :)

100PLUS EDGE Roadshow - Special Guest Appearance by Wang Yue Gu 王越古

2011-11-11T23:39:00.006+08:00

Dear readers,

Come down to AMK Hub NTUC Fairprice Xtra tomorrow (12 November 2011) and meet in person our Singapore table tennis gold-medalist Wang Yue Gu (王越古). She, along with Feng Tian Wei and Li Jia Wei became the nation's first Olympics medal winners since our independence in 1965. Get a chance to see her in action, as she showcase her skills, speed and finesse in a demo match 'live' before your very eyes!

Take part in 100PLUS games and contests and walk away with attractive prizes and memorabilia.

So hurry down now and make a date with us at AMK Hub Fairprice Xtra, Level B2 at 1200pm on 12 November 2011 (Saturday)!

Yeah! I took a photo with her in Beijing Olympics 2008 after the Women's Finals...

... and I am so excited that I will get to interview her tomorrow!

Style! Emcee In Cosplay

2011-11-05T19:28:00.004+08:00

Event: Dinner and Dance

Date: 04 November 2011

Venue: Marriott Hotel

This was taken with a guest who complimented and said I was pretty!

Being a woman is fun but it ain't easy.

PS: Maybe I should use the name Rachel instead of Richard!!

Singapore Emcee Profile - Richard Siaw

2011-09-04T23:35:00.000+08:00

For everyone who is keen to know more about me:

Style! Emcee Richard Siaw: 2011 Singapore Emcee Profile - Richard Siaw

Need an emcee? Contact me at:

style.emcee.sg@gmail.com or 9858 0358 to enquire!

Breaking Singapore Book of Records for Largest Plate of Rojak

2011-09-04T23:12:00.003+08:00

Interviewing the participants and their rojak creation

Oh my goodness! Are you trying to fry the rojak in the air??

Chef Sharma as the judge (and that's me beside!)

A galore of cuisines from all over the world!

Event Poster

Event: Singapore Book of Records for Largest Plate of Rojak

Date: 04 September 2011

Venue: Changi Simei Community Club

Style! Emcee:

Yes! We did it. It was 77kg of Rojak, and we overtook the current record holder Singapore Tourism Board!

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_709388.html

Chef Sharma and myself hosted the rojak making competition with 12 groups of participants comprising of Singaporeans and our new residents, welcoming and integrating the latter into our community and make them feel at home.

The event was organized by the People's Association Lifeskills and Lifestyle Division, as part of their Global Cultures 2011 initiative. Through various courses, events, workshops, the initiative hope to bring different cultures through art, dance, cuisine, to the doorstep of our little lovely island. Do check out their website http://www.lifeskillslifestyle.org.sg/

Join us for the next event!

Richard Siaw aka Style! Emcee

(If you would like to book me for your events, please contact me at style.emcee.sg@gmail.com)

Private Event: Rasel Wedding Workshop 2011

2011-06-16T22:12:00.002+08:00

Private Event: Rasel Wedding Workshop
Date: 12 Jun 2011
Venue: The Board @ National Library Board

Style! Emcee

Was invited to host this annual private event and this year it was held at The Pod, a ballroom on the 16th level of the Main National Library. The ballroom layout resembles a glass dome (as seen in the photos) and the 360 degree view was impressively breathtaking.

The Pod @ National Library Board

The Pod

The event was specially organized for couples tying the knot, helping them with the preparation for their big day. The 40 couples were invited to an international range of sumptuous cuisines and selection of fine crafted desserts, matched with breathtaking picturesque scenery.

During the quiz segment of the event where up to $500 vouchers were given out, I chatted with some couples and was amazed by their love stories. One couple dated for 16 years and another dated for less than 6 months. Both couples decided to tie the knot and I wish them all the best.

Wedding is a significant chapter in our life and you will definitely want every detail to be well taken care of, ensuring your guests a wonderful experience at the dinner and the event flows without a hitch. IF you are looking for a wedding emcee to ensure all details are well-covered, please contact me for a discussion.

Booking for 2011 Dinner & Dance Emcee

2011-05-02T22:44:00.002+08:00

To all my business partners, clients, associates and friends,

I am currently taking bookings for 2011 year end Dinner & Dance events. If you would like to book me for your company events, kindly contact me at my email: style.emcee.sg@gmail.com or get in touch with your preferred events organiser.

Thank you and see you soon!

Regards,
Richard
style! emcee

OTO Bodycare Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-04-07T00:16:00.003+08:00

Event: OTO Bodycare Annual Dinner & Dance 2011 Theme: Bollywood Date: 05 April 2011 Venue: Grand Park City Hall Time: 7pm - 11pm Style! Emcee:

This is an excellent event, executed in perfect synchrony with the emcee. I was engaged as the emcee and the staff did the events planning, coordination and execution all by themselves. I am very impressed by their teamwork, meticulous planning and leaving no stone unturned to ensure the event was a great success. All the guests dressed up to the theme and had a wonderful evening of Bollywood song and dance!

OTO's Got Talents segment was a real eye opener for me! Excellent voices, great stage presence and the contestants were rallying for votes from the audience. There was an ALL-STARS group that came up to give an exciting dance performance. In the end, the ALL-STARS group had a dance showdown with the D&D Committee, each taking turn to teach the other group how to do their dance steps. Just like how they do it in breakdancing! Showdown on the streets!

Coming to the finale game segment, looking for the best-dressed Mr & Mrs Bollywood, names were being shouted and the contestants wasted no time in coming up to the stage. Everyone was very spontaneous. I did a dance routine and all the contestants followed, creating so much fun and laughter for everyone in the house.

To all the OTO D&D Committee Members, you guys did an excellent job. Looking forward to work with you again in the near future! :)

JEP Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-04-02T10:37:00.005+08:00

Event: JEP Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

Date: 01 April 2011

Venue: Crowne Plaza (Changi Airport)

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Style! Emcee:

My first event at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport! When I was informed that the event would be held at the new Crowne Plaza, I was very excited!

The event started well with a great crowd and everyone was ready to have a good time tonight! Totally impressed by the level of energy and enthusiasm of the crowd. The cheering, clapping, laughter and spontaneity. Wow!

There were great performances by Bosco - The Fire Eater and best of all, our own audience came up to the stage, did a handstand, and walked round the stage 2 rounds! He totally wowed the audience!

*Cheers!*

IT Show 2011 - Lenovo Enhanced Experience

2011-03-10T22:55:00.004+08:00

Lenovo - What's your idea of fun?

Sales Promoters preparing for the grand opening on the first day

Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 Boot up Challenge

Style! Emcee:

It was an exciting day today on the first day of the IT Show 2011. The best part is the Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 Boot up Challenge. To all readers, if you have a laptop that runs on Windows 7, bring it down to the Lenovo Booth at the IT Show Level 4, and compete against the Lenovo laptop. And if your laptop boots up faster, you will walk away with $500 cash! So hurry, come down with your laptop and join in the challenge.

See you all tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday!

IT Show 2011

2011-03-09T22:39:00.003+08:00

Event: Singapore IT Show 2011
Date: 10 - 13 March 2011
Time: 12 - 9pm
Venue: Suntec Convention Centre

Style! Emcee:

Catch me 'live' at the Singapore IT Show 2011. I will be covering the event for one of the popular laptop brands. Wanna guess which brand is that? I shall leave you with some web links that I found, already talking about the promotions for this brand. If you are dropping by the IT Show, remember to visit me and my booth!!

1) Bootstrike Blog
2) VR-Zone
3) IT Show (Official Website)

See you all!! :)

Red Bear Technology 6th Anniversary Dinner

2011-03-04T23:47:00.005+08:00

Event: Red Bear Technology 6th Anniversary Dinner
Date: 04 March 2011
Time: 7-10pm
Venue: The Pines Club

Style! Emcee:

I arrived at 5.30pm to finalize the program details (just in case there are some last minute changes). Usually the hour before the event, a few things take place: Final program meeting with events coordinator and client, emcee briefing to deejay, sound and mic test and finally changing into my attire for the night. The event coordinator came around and shouted "Alright, we are all set and ready to go!"

The guests started arriving in small groups. Some came alone, others with colleagues and spouse. At around 7.30pm, the client informed that majority of the guests were here and the emcee can commence the evening anytime. I went up on stage, welcomed and warmed up the audience and invited the CEO on stage to deliver the opening speech. At this point everyone was still feeling a little shy and awkward as most of them were from different companies.

The CEO gave a good speech which managed to gather some laughter among the audience. Dinner ensued and everyone was happily tucking in with champagne and beer.

When the game segment started, the CEO was very spontaneous and went around to invite others to join in. It was a great sight to see so many people joining in for the games. One of the games was a beer drinking contest and it was surprising that the overall beer champion was a lady! The CEO laid another challenge for the winner and if the winner could win the CEO, she will walk away with a 40" LCD TV. Even though the lady had drank 3 glasses, she went on to win and finally walked away with the grand prize!

Everyone was so encouraging and started cheering at the scene where the CEO competed with the winner. Impressive!

Another highlight of the evening was the lucky draw. The prizes were fabulous and definitely everyone would want to be a winner.

The evening ended with a toast proposed by the CEO and his team, to all their business partners, vendors, customers, etc. The event was a great success. Instead of the usual chinese cuisine fare, the evening dinner was a sumptuous 6-course western cuisine and every plate tastes wonderful. Well done to the event organizers and client whom ensured everything went smoothly!

Corporate Team-building At Club Med Bintan

2011-02-27T08:19:00.005+08:00

Event: Corporate Team-building
Date: 19-20 February 2011
Venue: Club Med Bintan

Style! Emcee:

I had a great time in Club Med Bintan last weekend. I was invited to a corporate team-building experience and I hosted the pre-dinner party.

Team-building, to me, is to break down the walls between colleagues and foster the working relationships, so as to build cooperation within departments as well as inter-department. Ultimately,the aim is to create a more conducive working environment to improve efficiency and productivity.

Interestingly from my observations, during the entire day of team-building activities, one would notice the synergy that has been created as teams comprising of members from different departments, are put to the tasks of overcoming challenges. This synergy is evident especially during brainstorming and discussions, where team members put aside their corporate ranks (director, manager, associate, etc) and put up ideas and suggestions on how best to solve these challenges. However, in real life, especially in Asian companies, when the boss casually asks for comments, the staff seated around the meeting table would hardly utter a word. The second piece of evidence suggesting this synergy is evident during lunch and dinner where people whom they have met for only a few times becoming so comfortable with each other, exchanging knowledge and experiences in their personal and professional life.

As a corporate trainer, I work with people from different age groups and industry backgrounds. The differences in team dynamics are aplenty, but one common similarity is the process of how Winning Teams are built. I have attached a link of Bruce Tuckman's Team Development Model and the 4-stage process (Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing).

Click here: Bruce Tuckman's Team Development Model

If you are looking at how to increase the productivity of your staff, I would love to work with you, through team-building activities, to improve overall staff performance and morale.

NTU MAE Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-02-19T00:48:00.003+08:00

Event: Nanyang Technological University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dinner & Dance 2011
Date: 18 February 2011
Venue: Ban Heng Restaurant (Harbor Front Centre)
Time: 7pm - 10pm

Style! Emcee:

How would I describe tonight event? A congregation of scholars and the best minds. I was honored to be chosen to host the event, especially since NTU is my alma mater. It is heartwarming to find familiar faces among the staff and professors seated in the audience.

As an emcee, apart from the usual announcements, awards presentations and lucky draws, the real test of an emcee is the ability to warm the crowd and get them to be excited about the evening. The differentiating factor between a good emcee and a mediocre one lies in here. This is why top emcees are paid top dollars as they are able to engage and entertain the audience regardless of age, nationality, race, education and background.

I did a brilliant job tonight in entertaining the audience, comprising of mainly the age group of 40s and 50s. How do I know? Laughter gets louder, claps are more resounding, more attention given, less people going to the toilet, and finally definitely easier to get volunteers and replies from any question you ask. This is the emcee's 6th sense. Somehow you know that you have caught the pulse of the audience.

I felt happy tonight, after the organizing committee came to thank me for a great job. But what really got me happy about, is the fact that I got the chance to create an evening of fun and enjoyment for the staff and professors that once educated and nurtured me.

Thank you for creating that spark in me to pursue my dreams. *cheers*

Singapore Chefs Association Annual AGM & Lo Hei Dinner 2011

2011-02-13T10:06:00.004+08:00

Event: Singapore Chefs Association Annual AGM & Lo Hei Dinner 2011
Date: 12 February 2011
Time: 7pm - 10.30pm
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Style! Emcee:

How do you serve your guests if they are all chefs and experts in culinary skills?

That was the first question that came to my head when I was engaged to host this event. The answer: Well, serve them good food, good drinks and GOOD FUN!

Welcome to Singapore Chefs Association!

Together with the event organizer, the organizing committee and the sponsors created and hyped up the mood for the evening, with exciting pre-dinner activities with prizes sponsored by Nestle Professional, majestic ice-carving by the hotel chef from Grand Copthorne, lion dance "cai qing" performance, and the God of Wealth who is loved and adored by everyone!

Impressive and majestic looking ice carving!
(If you look closer, there are test tubes of sweet desserts. Fabulous!)

Receiving blessings of luck from the God of Wealth
( Huat Huat Huat ah!...)

Pre-dinner activities: Spin & Win

As the emcee for the event, I welcomed the audience with phrases and phrases of Chinese blessings and everyone started clapping and cheering as I gave more and more words of blessings to everyone. It was a great way to start an event since Chinese New Year is about visiting friends and loved ones and sending our blessings to them!

The SCA President Mr Eric Teo addressed the audience and captivated their attention by sharing light moments of laughter. I liked the way he introduced each member of the committee. It had a nice personal touch as he shared a little about each committee member.

The lion dance troupe was awesome, in full upright posture, standing on top of the supporting trouper. The audience gave rousing applause as they presented the auspicious scrolls!

The next best part was the traditional Lo Hei customs. With 50 over tables in the ballroom, and everyone tossing and shouting words of blessings, I must say that the mood and atmosphere were perfect!

After the dinner commenced, I conducted my favorite segment - Fun & Games! It was an interesting sight after I invited the audience to join in. On one side of the stage was all the senior citizens and on the other was all our youth citizens. Coincidence?

The audience started competing and to everyone's surprise, the senior folks won instead of the young ones. As I announced the results, you could hear the audience was all cheering for our senior folks! The game prizes were fantastic - Hampers sponsored by Nestle Professional.

I went on to the second Fun & Games segment. You know that once the audience is all warmed up and ready for more, the energy level gets higher, the mood gets lighter and everyone is all eager to charge forward. Everyone had so much fun in the second Fun & Games segment and even I had lots of fun!

As the evening draw to a close, I invited the SCA President and the representative from from Nestle Professional to lead everyone for a finale toast. Cheers to even more surplus this year! 大家发啊!

Partners for the evening

Diversey Annual Chinese New Year Dinner 2011

2011-02-13T09:15:00.007+08:00

Event: Diversey Annual Chinese New Year Dinner
Date: 11 February 2011
Time: 6pm - 10pm

Style! Emcee:

As I made my way to the event with the rain was pelting down heavily, my mind was thinking about the audience. How do they feel making their way to the event in the rain? Would the rain dampen their spirits? Would they not turn up?

When the time came, the guests arrived in great spirit, smiling, chatting and laughing merrily, some started with the great tasting finger food (specially prepared by the host), and some started toasting and sipping Italian wines.

sumptuous spread of finger food... yummy!

At the same time, the dinner was being prepared..

A delightful BBQ feast by the pool

Just before the event started, I am posing for the mobile phone camera man...

Model, anyone?

I launched the event in Chinese New Year style, getting everyone to clap and mimic the loudest ever man-made firecrackers (well, since real firecrackers are not allowed) and warmed the audience. There were guests from various countries such as Australia, the Netherlands, Italians and India.

After the opening speech, the Lo Hei was a unique and interesting experience. There were tea cup candles placed on the table, and the lights were slightly dimmed. It was like a fusion of Western fine dining with Eastern customs! Candlelight Lo Hei!

The crowd was great and spontaneously took part in the fun and games, and even the management joined in the dance! We also prepared a special segment for the birthday babies and sang them a birthday song.

The night ended on a high note with everyone toasting "Yum Seng" and some had their fortune in the lucky draw. Good night!

Kim Seng Heng Holdings Ltd Chinese New Year Celebrations

2011-02-07T20:27:00.004+08:00

Event: Kim Seng Heng Holdings Ltd Chinese New Year Celebrations
Date: 07 February 2011
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Venue: Yishun Safra Jasmine Ballroom

Style! Emcee:

I love hosting events with audience mix of different nationalities, races and backgrounds. From a local Singaporean's perspective, it gives them a flavor of our local culture. On the flip side, they provide insights into their culture, ideas and styles.
It never fail to impress and amaze me how spontaneous they are and willing to participate and enjoy themselves, even though there may be times when they do not understand our lingo or slang. (Singapore is truly a globalized country!)

For all my friends and guests from overseas, the photo below provides an explanation of the various ingredients in the "Yu Sang" (鱼生) dish. The tossing of the "Yu Sang" is known as "Lo Hei" (捞起).

This is my first event in the Year of the Rabbit. I am very glad to be a part of the celebration with the staff of KSH. I wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous New Year!

Huat ah~!

2011 Singapore Emcee Profile - Richard Siaw

2011-02-06T05:27:00.007+08:00

Singapore Emcee Profile - Richard Siaw

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Krislite Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-02-01T00:48:00.005+08:00

Theme: International Cultural Fiesta
Date: 31 January 2011
Venue: Carlton Hotel

Style! Emcee:

This event celebrates the success of Krislite 1st Annual Dinner & Dance. All the guests were extremely pleased with the event, including the management. As an entertainer, it is always very heartwarming and reassuring to know that your hard work and efforts have been well-appreciated by the applause and thanks at the end of the whole show. I always look forward to put a smile on each of my guest's face, to let them walk away feeling cheery and happy. To me, that is what I enjoy the most of my job. It is also the feedback I get from each event's success that continues to motivate me to do better and better.

When the crowd came strolling in, I saw the age group was mostly late 30s, 40s and also 50s. That got me thinking how I should set the mood for the event and deliver the fun and games to make sure that everyone enjoys the evening. In the end, the response was better than what I expected. To me, that's service finesse as an emcee. Delivering to suit your client.

As the theme was International Cultural Fiesta, it was surprising to see one guest came in a God of Wealth (Cai Shen 财神) costume. He created so much fun and laughter for everyone when he went around and "spread" his wealth.

Everyone had a laughing good time and it was simply awesome. Even I enjoyed it together with the crowd. So many surprises, so many raw talents among them.

To everyone at Krislite, you guys made me enjoyed the night hosting with all of you!

UMC Annual Dinner & Dance 2011 (Co-hosted with Mediacorp artiste Vivian Lai 赖怡伶)

2011-01-29T02:30:00.009+08:00

Co-host: Mediacorp artiste Vivian Lai

140 tables in the Convention Hall

UMC U Talent!

Date: 28 January 2011
Time: 6pm - 11pm
Venue: Suntec Convention Hall 602
No. of paxs: 1400

Style! Emcee:

This is my first grand scale event for year 2011 and I had the opportunity to co-host with Mediacorp artiste Ms Vivian Lai (赖怡伶). The event was hosted entirely in Mandarin and I would say, based on the feedback from the organisers, my Mandarin is fluent and the show was an outstanding success!

UMC presented 5 finalist groups of contestants, all of them went through a stringent round of audition and were selected based on various criteria. I was also invited to be the panel of judges for the audition in last December. For the final round, the contestants performed their own items and were also given an opportunity to perform a second item (加分题) to increase their scores, outdo the rest, and clinch the top prize home. The group that won was AGAPE, and not only did they dance, they did a rap as well, and got everyone in the audience to participate and dance with them. Brillant!

The lucky draw segments were filled with extremely attractive prizes and even after the 1st prize was drawn, the management threw in additional prizes and that got everyone excited and went crazy!

This event was a great success and hosting with Vivian Lai was very fun and both of us had so much laughter on the stage. Her voice was very nice and she looks GORGEOUS! (Wait for my hosting video with her)

To everyone at UMC: Wish you all the best and see you all soon!

Deluge Protection Shanghai Surprise

2011-01-29T02:18:00.005+08:00

Date: 28 Jan 2011
Time: 1215pm - 1530pm
Venue: Deluge Head Office

Style! Emcee:

The event was part of the Chinese New Year celebration and I am so glad to be selected as the emcee. The event started with a lion dance performance, a symbol of success and prosperity. After that, the guests were ushered to the 6th floor auditorium for the event, with great food (there's so much great food and drinks!) and huge round of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

After the opening speech by the GM, the first segment was the Lo Hei. Instead of counting 1,2 and 3, I called out "Tai Kay" and everyone went "Huat ah!". All tables started tossing the Yu Sang and words of blessings were shared.

The fun & games segment was awesome. The crowd, with a good mix of races and ages, participated spontaneously and that brought about lots of entertainment for everyone. Also, there was a Karaoke segment where 3 singers belted out Chinese New Year songs.

Every segment of the event was filled with so much jokes and laughter. All these could not have been possible with everyone at Deluge. Thank you~!

Happy New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Flower Garden Mall @ Albert Mall Complex

2011-01-24T00:22:00.007+08:00

The stage and the backdrop

Organizers of the event

God of Wealth

闪亮姐妹－佳佳和思思

罗翊绮

The Balloon Master - Mr Handsome

Event: 雅柏花卉展
Date: 22, 23, 29 & 30 January 2011
Time: 3.30 - 9.30pm
Venue: Albert Complex / Fu Lu Shou Complex

Style! Emcee:

This event, as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations, is organized by Kampong Glam and Kampong Glam Citizens' Consultative Committee, and supported by YourSingapore (an initiative by Singapore Tourism Board). The event was held over 2 weekends, packed with a kaleidoscope of performers, from singers to magicians, to dancers and award-winning lion dance performance!

As we all know, Albert Complex, Fu Lu Shou Complex, Bugis Village, the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple are all part of Singapore tourist attraction and definitely a place where there are lots of people and tourists. It came as a good surprise that although the show was hosted mainly in Mandarin, there were tourists from different nationalities within the audience and enjoying themselves.

I had a great time hosting the event over the 2 weekends, and meeting some of the very popular local singers and performers. The interaction with the audience was candid and spontaneous and I can see that many of them came back to support my show for all 4 days! Thank you everyone! Despite the rain for the last 2 days, many turned up and filled the hall. It was very heartwarming to see all of them enjoying themselves, smiling and laughing heartily.

Wishing everyone A Prosperous and Blessed Chinese New Year!

64th MIDS & 1st MDEC Commission & Graduation Ball

2011-01-22T01:24:00.007+08:00

Event: 64th Midshipmen & 1st MDEC Commissioning & Graduation Ball
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore
Time: 7 - 10.30pm

Style! Emcee:

It's indeed a great honour to see another successful batch of graduands! You guys have done yourselves proud. Keep up the good work!

The team spirit, the bonding, the commaderie, were beyond words can describe. It goes to show how much the entire team has gone through together during the 9-month course. The laughters, the cheers and encouragement during the awards presentation really described the closeness of the friendships that were forged.

It was a great pleasure being the emcee for your event. I wished the night would go on, and I could listen more to the performance by MMDC. Thank you gentlemen!

The lady partners came in their best, making the evening complete. Many of them were all dolled up, and sat beside their partners whom invited them to be part of the celebration for their remarkable achievement.

Everyone had a good time and laughed to their hearts' content. I gave our fantastic as well as booby prizes. The evening was completed with the Best Division Award, and the countless photo-taking sessions for memory keepsake. Finally, everyone got together and sang the song "If We Hold On Together"

To all my guests, I wish you all the best as you embark as proud graduates of the program.

Cheers!

Pre-event instant photo print-out

L'Occitane Staff Party 2011: Rock & Roll

2011-01-21T01:07:00.005+08:00

Retro lighted signboard showing the way to the biggest event in town!

The stage display

"I'm dancin to the Jailhouse Rock"

谢谢大家的支持！

Rocker-styled Richard

"And the winning team comes from this table!"

Smile!

The energetic L'Occitane rockers!

The famous saying goes,

You won't know how high you fly until you spread your wings.

I say

You never know how high you will be until you get off your chair!

You guys are fantastic!
See You Next Year~!

Dynasty Travel Shanghai Night Annual Dinner & Dance 2011

2011-01-19T00:44:00.005+08:00

Date: 18 January 2011
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore (Grand Ballroom)
Paxs: 300

Style! Emcee:

Tonight is a jubilant celebration for Dynasty Travel. They have successfully achieved S$100 million in sales, a huge milestone and a symbolic moment. Congratulations on the achievement~!

The event kicked off with balloon grandeur and the VIP popping the balloons one by one to commemorate their remarkable achievement. Guests and staff dressed up to the theme and the entire ballroom was transformed into the look and feel of the 40s in Shanghai!

The staff was impressive and devoted time to putting up a great performance. With limited time to choreograph and practice, the outcome of their Shanghai Musical was a resounding success.

The fun and games segment was something not to be missed. The invited guests were totally spontaneous and awesome in the stage games. I couldn't believe it~! Sometimes as the saying goes, "Still Water Runs Deep". When the invited guests started dancing to the music and giving their level best in keeping up to the challenge, everyone just went excitedly crazy, with fanatic applause!

With the great achievement to kick start the evening, the CNY Yu Sang Lo Hei, excellent speeches by the management and the guest speaker, the fun and games, the lucky draw; the event wrapped up on a high note with the company's mission and corporate cheer. Well done Dynasty Travel! :)

Endress+Hauser Staff Party 2011

2011-01-14T02:29:00.008+08:00

Venue photo taken in the day. Scenic view all around!

Event: Endress+Hauser Staff Party 2011
Date: 13 Jan 2011
Venue: Skydeck Imbiah Sentosa

Style! emcee:

First of all, I have to say that although this is an outdoor setting, but the scenery and view after sunset is splendid. The venue is breezy and feels extremely comfortable and windy. Definitely a great place to knock a few ice cold with friends while enjoying the panoramic view and the breeze.

The crowd turned up for dinner after taking part in a team event at Desperados, in Sentosa. For those whom have not been there, Desperados is a cowboy virtual shooting simulator, where you are mounted onto a horse and trying to shoot some targets.

When the dinner event started, the Managing Director was very spontaneous and agreed to appear as the Colorful Man Transformation to kick-start the event and that raised everyone's spirit.

After the long service award, which I am very impressed by the Managing Director's sharing of the contributions by the recipients. He gave a detailed account for each one of them, which was very personalized and impressive!

As an emcee, this event presented a very good challenge for me. I completed a marathon game segment of an hour and the half. The outcome was good: The crowd took part in the games and everyone had a laughing good time!

We wrapped up the event with a loud resounding toast to wish everyone well for 2011 and also took a group photo for memory.

Thanks guys~!

In my Hawaiian attire, all ready for the event! :)

Featured in Lian He Zao Bao 联合早报 (11 January 2011)

2011-01-10T22:03:00.005+08:00

Style! Emcee:

I was informed that I was featured in the local Chinese newspapers as an emcee hosting an event for Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans at the Countdown Party 2011 held at Tiong Bahru Park. The aim of the event is to welcome our non-Singaporean employees/ students/ visitors and integrate them into our local community, making them feel at home and a part of Singapore.

2万多人跨种族文化国籍一起倒数新年

[Close-up] Style! Emcee Richard in action!

Great Eastern Sales Kickoff 2011

2011-01-06T23:19:00.005+08:00

Event: Great Eastern Sales Kickoff 2011
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5
Time: 1.30pm - 5.30pm

Style! emcee:

This morning I woke up at 5.30am to practice my dance routine even though we were told to report at Expo Hall 5 at 9am. I wanted to make sure my steps are clean, sharp and neat, decided to forgo some sleep and went to the fitness first gym dance studio to polish up my moves.

Well, as a firm believer of practice makes perfect, I went through the routine at least 10 good times, pushing myself to improve and ensure that I look great on stage. I remembered the choreographer always telling us not to mark out steps but to give it "full out" with our heart and soul so that we will know our routines better.

I was fortunate to be selected during the audition to be among the good dancers. The rehearsals were pretty hectic and packed back to back daily. As the level of the dancers was quite high, I had to make sure I pulled up my socks and put in double the effort to do it well!

IT'S TRUE.... AS LONG AS YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

I felt happy with my performance and I got good feedback from the choreographers. Happy!

Apart from my dance item, I was also the lead singer for the event's theme song. It was so cool singing to a crowd of 2000 paxs and with 60-80 back up dancers. The feeling is awesome and majestic!

Looking forward to the video and also my next big event!

OTO Bodycare Fitness Challenge cum Countdown 2011

2011-01-01T01:35:00.010+08:00

Getting ready for the event

"Join us in the OTO Bodycare Fitness Challenge!"

"I have got great prizes to give away..."

Caught in action by the audience!

Event: OTO Bodycare Fitness Challenge cum Countdown 2011
Venue: Tiong Bahru Park
Time: 8:30pm - 12:00am

Style! Emcee:

I had a wonderful time hosting the OTO Bodycare Fitness Challenge, held at the Tiong Bahru Park as part of the Countdown 2011 Celebrations.

While on my way to the venue, rain started pouring in and it was quite worrying, thinking if the rain continues at this magnitude, nobody will turn up for the party. Thankfully, the weather turned out fine and the crowd came pouring into the park.

From 7.30pm onwards, the fitness challenge was very popular with young and old alike. Each team comprised of one Singaporean and a non-Singaporean. The purpose is to engage the community of non-Singaporean and make them feel at home. For the OTO Cruncher, the team has to do the maximum number of crunches within a minute. Take a look at the photo of the cruncher machine below. It is totally different from a normal crunching machine where you lie face up. But in this case, you lie face down and move your knees toward your chest.

I tried as well! And guess what? I managed to complete 104 crunches within a minute. Not bad for a first timer. From the photo above, the knees are placed between the lower 2 set of rollers and the arms are placed on the handle bars, gripping the handle bars similar to riding a racer bike.

Initially people were so shy and embarrassed to try. But given the lure of the prizes (total prizes given out was worth over $6000), many stepped forward and took the challenge. There were senior citizens as well as young kids, all stopping by to giving a try at the challenge.

Due to the overwhelming response of the contest, there was people trying to sign up even after we have closed the registration at 11:30pm. Given their enthusiasm, the organizing committee decided to extend a final round of 5 teams after the countdown was done.

During the final round after the countdown, the Guest of Honour, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, and MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC, visited the OTO booth and gave his support to the contestants sweating it out for the top prize.

For everyone at OTO Bodycare whom I worked with for the whole event, Happy New Year~!

Group photo - OTO staff at the event

Radio 1003 - 下班来聚会

2010-12-26T00:00:00.007+08:00

Event: Radio 1003 - 下班来聚会
Date: 23 Dec 2010
Venue: Settlers' Cafe (North Canal Road)

Publicity Banner

Radio 1003 DJ Jianwen and myself

Everyone posing for a group shot

style! emcee:

A great evening of making new friends, board games, good food, great fun and lots of laughter!

To all my new found friends, wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you all soon~!

Cheers, and toast to all my readers. Love you all!
Richard

Richard Wishes You Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2010-12-19T22:22:00.002+08:00

Dear friends/ associates/ partners,

Thank you very much for your support in 2010. Let's look forward to a great year in 2011!

Here's wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Cheers, have a toast~!

Warmest wishes,
Richard Siaw

Flash mob audition

2010-12-16T00:50:00.007+08:00

style! emcee:

Today I went down for a dance audition to be part of a 100-man flash mob for an event in January. The audition was held at Danz People Studio @ Pomo (formerly known as Paradiz Centre). The participants split into 2 groups and within the 2 groups, we were shortlisted based on our ability to learn the dance steps by the choreographer and whether we have the flair/ personality.

The flash mob will dance to a tune of 4 pop songs, including Kesha's Tik Tok.

I am so happy, that after the shortlisted, I was selected for the A-list team, which means to say that this is the group of people that are able to dance better and will be dancing from the 1st to the last song. The rest of the groups B, C and D will be dancing shorter segments.

After we were shortlisted, we had to pit against the participants from the other group. This group is alot younger, and most of them were 18-20years old. Finally, we confirmed all the A-list members. Sad to say, I am one of the only three guys.

I was wearing long-sleeved shirt and black pants. Didn't expect the audition to be so long and strenuous that by the time I was done, my shirt was all wet.

But yes! I am so happy that I am in the A-list. Will practice and train hard, so that on the actual day, will be able to showcase and impress everyone around. Will also upload the video once I get it after the event.

Cheers,
style! emcee Richard

2010 Sulzer Pumps Dinner & Dance @ Traders Hotel (Singapore)

2010-12-11T01:05:00.005+08:00

Event: 2010 Sulzer Pumps Dinner & Dance
Date: 10 December 2010
Venue: Traders Hotel (Singapore)
Theme: Weirdo Night

style! emcee:

A big thank you to the organizing committee (Shirley, Barbara, Wendy, and group) for taking great efforts and going to great length to put together the event. I salute you guys for the hard work put in to give everyone in the company a really really good time!

The theme for the D&D was weirdo night and all the guests came in different fashion. There was a Bob Marley look-alike, babies in diapers, rock star, Chinese traditional costume, angel, witch and many many more! The more people take the effort to dress up, the better it becomes. The atmosphere, the mood, the setting, all blended in extremely well.

Although there were only 60 in the audience, but it certainly felt like there were 600 within the audience, with people dancing, cheering, laughing!

We did a bingo segment and played with real money, and the lucky winners walked away with their ROI (return on investment) of more than 3200%!

Throughout the games, the audience were so spontaneous and it just went on and on. Each one got bold and bolder and shook their booty like nobody's business!

I am thankful for the wonderful crowd. At the Oscar's, the emcee is just the prize presenter. The real stars are those seated within the audience. To all my friends in Sulzer Pumps, thank you for making me part of your event and I certainly enjoyed myself with each one of you!

Richard
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I am Simon Cowell today!

2010-12-09T23:16:00.006+08:00

Dear readers,

Today was an interesting day for me. I was asked to be a judge for a company's talent time audition as part of their selection for the finalists whom will perform at the company's dinner and dance in Jan 2011.

Interestingly, most of the contestants were foreigners. I begin to understand why there is a need for foreign talents. I was dumbfounded by the level of talents and creativity of the contestants. From song to dance to musical, you can imagine how thrilled and impressed I was with each contestant. These guys are good~!

So, we tried to en-act Singapore's Idol (Foreign talent version), I conducted some interview with them outside the audition studio with our videographer. I have the encouraging and supportive personality, so gave all the contestants assurance and after their performance, shared with them some pointers on how to further improve.

When the resuls were released, you could see the joy in their faces, especially some took leave to practice, while some went to the extent of coordinating on the outfits. I wished I could have everyone in the finals (because it was so great to watch each one of them), but I guess that's the nature of competition - Not everyone wins.

We had the program meeting and I am honored to be hosting with a Mediacorp artiste (shall not reveal who for now. Wait for my video~!). With a 1,400 pax Dinner and Dance, we are going to rock and roll!

Update everyone again~!

Richard
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Converge Asia 2010 Year End Celebration (Hard Rock Cafe @ Resort World Sentosa)

2010-12-04T22:54:00.005+08:00

Event: Converge Asia 2010 Year End Celebration
Date: 03 December 2010
Venue: Hard Rock Cafe @ Resort World Sentosa
Theme: Occupation Costumes!

style! emcee's note:

Question: What do you get when you mix a seemingly mild and dovey-looking crowd with good food, drinks and loads of music and fun?

Answer: A wild night of party and lots of spontaneity. You guys blew my mind~!

As the emcee for the night, I reached Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) at around 5pm, together with my coordinator and account executive Joshua (from RiTZ Events). The whole cafe was booked and nicely decorated. The committee members (Andy, Azlina and Zita) were already there, ensuring that last minute details and preparations were not overlooked. We ran through the program and locked in all last minute changes.

"Okay, it looks like we're all ready to rock and roll and bring the house down" - I said.

Even though the rain was pouring and the entry into RWS was really jam-packed, the crowd came in and everyone got settled in, in no time. Tables started filling up with drinks and chatty voices. The adrenaline was growing within the crowd. The guests came in all sort of costumes, including master chef, soldier, gothic french maid, cheerleader, nurse, basketball player and many more.

7.45pm - "Alright Richard, we are set to go. Kick start the show!" - Andy, one of the members from the organizing committee

I went in with my Afro-looking Bob Marley wig and a pair of dark sunglasses looking like Korean K-pop star Rain. "Hi Everyone, my name is Brain (Bob and Rain)". It was hilarious.

I did some introduction and got everyone all hyped out for the evening. Invited the VIP on stage to deliver the opening address and of course, everyone was famished and we dived into the sumptuous spread of 20+ variety of buffet spread.

The stage program resumed with the awards ceremony for outstanding staff performance in the month of October. (This is good HR practice I feel. Monthly award to motivate staff to constantly outperform themselves.)

I started the night with a little ice-breaker and got everyone moving around passing envelopes. It was just so fun to see everyone trying to avoid the envelopes, thinking that some kind of forfeit was waiting for them. Somehow when people start moving instead of seated on their chairs, the energy starts flowing and they start feeling really excited about the whole event.

The next segment was the in-house band belting out great songs with the audience dancing and moving to the beat on the dance floor. (Did I mention that I love the song by Justin Bieber - Baby?) One of the guest volunteered to sing a song and he sang Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight. Cool!

The games segment continued and the crowd's participation and interaction grew more and more intense. (In emceeing, this is is the best part once you strike it off with the audience. I always look forward to this moment and I called it the "tipping point".)

Stand-up Joke: 1 in 10 Singaporeans are obese
- I think the statistics did not include the crowd here. Else, the ratio would be 1 in 20.
- As the situation gets more severe, the government may introduce a slew of measures to curb the situation:
- Compulsory health screening for all Singaporeans (similar to yearly car inspection)
- Introduction of CC ratio to determine COE and road tax
- CC ratio stands for Ca Chng ratio. COE stands for Certificate of Enlargement. Road tax is "rou" tax

At 10.40pm, I announced to the crowd that the bus will be leaving and I was surprised that many of them stayed behind to continue the fun! So to reward those whom stayed behind. I played this comedy stage acting game which I originated, called "Mi-lo Ice Cream " and got the crowd laughing on their belly. (A pity it wasn't recorded down)

The event ended on a high note and I am so glad to have been part of their celebration. Thank you Converge Asia!

**To everyone at Coverge Asia, you may find me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/style.emcee.richard. Looking forward to all your postings and photos of the event!

Interview on Radio 1003

2010-11-27T02:21:00.005+08:00

Date: 26 Nov 2010

Time: 7.30pm - 8.00pm

Radio Station: Radio 100.3

Hi everyone!

Guess what? I was asked to be part of this SDN dating show hosted on radio 1003 this evening. The game plan was for me to get to know these 2 lovely ladies whom the deejays (Jianwen and Limei) called. One of them was known 爱爱 and the other her pet name was 绿草.

The entire segment was so fun and as it was my first time on national radio talking about myself, my expectations about my life partner, etc. I was totally unprepared!

And after the conversations with the 2 lovely ladies, I was asked which one of them I think I would like to get to know better. Both were equally good, but still had to choose one. So I went with my instinct and said the first lady. In any case, at the end of these series of programs, there is going to be a big gathering and I would get to meet all of them, including the guys and gals from the different episodes. Hehe, and boy! I am sure it would be really exciting~!

Here are some photos taken in the studio to share with everyone:

Posing with DJs Jianwen and Limei in Radio 1003 studio

Zumba - Michael Thomas & Marta

2010-11-21T01:19:00.012+08:00

Mike T going through the routine with the other Zumba instructors

Posing with Zumba Education Specialists - Michael Thomas (Mike T) & Marta

style! emcee:

Zumba really rocks! For just 15minutes, and I was perspiring from top to toe. But it was so fun, seeing so many participants all geared up and enjoying themselves at the event. dancing and moving to the beats.

Apart from the Zumba dance sessions, 6 teams walked away with fabulous Watson's goodie bags after participating in the Zumba Battle of the best contest.

We were honoured to have Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef (MP for Marine Parade GRC and Advisor to Marine Parade GRC GROs) to grace the event and her enthusiasm in putting up on stage a Zumba performance.

The success of the event was brought about by People's Associate Life Skills & Lifestyle Divisions, Zumba Fitness and the following Community Clubs:

1. Pasir Ris Elias Community Club
2. Sengkang Community Club
3. Punggol Par k Community Centre
4. Geylang Serai Community Centre
5. Pasir Ris East Community Club
6. Rivervale Community Club
7. Punggol 21 Community Centre

I totally enjoyed hosting the event and joining in the fun games segment. The finale workout, I was pulled in by Mike & Marta. Zumba is real fun~!

Zumbathon @ Zirca Mega Club (20 November 2010)

2010-11-12T23:33:00.006+08:00

Event: Zumbathon @ Zirca Mega Club
Date: 20 November 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Address: Blk C, The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, S(179022)
Price: $12 PAssion Card Member / $20 Non-PAssion Card Member
(includes 1 drink coupon / goodie bag)

Dear all,

Zumbathon Dance Fitness Party - Party away with a new fitness regime! Zumba fuses hypnotic latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves for a high energy workout that will blow you away. Featuring fast and slow rhythms and resistance training, combined to tone and sculpt your body. Get ready for an exciting mass dance-a-thon workout for all!

Join this dance fitness part led by Michael Thomas, who has over 20 years of experience in the fitness industry and is currently heading the training and development team for Zumba in Asia.

Style! emcee: I will be bringing the heat on for the event. Looking forward to see you all there!!

Halloween Night @ Tampines North

2010-10-30T14:43:00.002+08:00

The event was a great success! The families came with kids all dressed up in various costumes. One of the special highlight of the event was fancy dress costume contest, using only recycled material. The "go-green" idea was well-received and a very innovative idea by the organizing committee to link Halloween with being environmentally friendly. Well done!

I met great people within the organizing committee, Shahreen, Ken Toh and Angela Ho. Very delightful people and certainly filled with zest. Contributing their time and effort to organize and make this a great success for the community. Well done!

There were performances by Vivian as Sweetheart the Balloon Witch and also Alfred the Magician. It was so much fun for the kids~!

Happy Halloween to all!!

Wedding Emcees Photos

2010-10-16T23:58:00.005+08:00

Great Eastern 2010 Dinner & Dance

2010-10-16T19:29:00.010+08:00

Event: Great Eastern 2010 Dinner & Dance
Venue: Ritz Carlton (Singapore)
Date: 17 Oct 2010

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance...
Starship - We Built This City...
Alan Tam - Peng Yao (Cantopop)...

CATCH me this sunday at Great Eastern's 2010 Dinner and Dance, in a song and dance performance! Dressed up in a 70s-80s rock star outfit, I am looking forward to be on stage, to give the ~1,000 audience a rolling good time!!

Updates: The D&D was a great success! Will be posting more photos and videos when they are ready.
Cheers to all!

Olympics Team Singapore Celebration in Beijing

2008-08-25T23:51:00.007+08:00

Date: 23rd August 2008
Venue: Grand Millenium Hotel Beijing
Time: 6.30pm - 9pm

Style! emcee:

This event was organized to bring together Singaporeans overseas and celebrate Singapore's first Olympics medal after 48 years. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Mr Ng Ser Miang and Dr Tan Eng Liang were all there too. Take a look, I had the chance for photographs beside our Table Tennis athletes!

Posing with Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan

It's me with Wang Yuegu!

Here's the heroine... Li Jiawei!!

And not forgetting Jin Junhong too!

Upclose with Li Jiawei (Too bad photo blur)

Mr Ng Ser Miang - Chef De Mission for Singapore

Beautifully taken - Dr Vivian Balakrishnan & Me

I realized that there were a lot of Singaporeans either working or studying in Beijing! The event was filled with good fun, good food and good company!

Style! Emcee Showreel

2008-07-20T00:45:00.010+08:00

This showreel was done and contributed by the event organisers as well as the audience whom appreciated and enjoyed my spontaneity and enthusiasm on stage.

Photos: Singapore Airlines New Products Launch

2008-07-01T22:10:00.004+08:00

Style! Emcee:

Here are some of the photos for the event!

The first session of the event was for the media...

Backdrop in chinese...

Welcoming the event with excitement and enthusiasm...

"We are giving away free business class tickets!"

Describing the Airbus A380...

"Did you know that the Airbus A380 is HUGE??"

Guest of Honour delivering his speech...

When the night falls, the ballroom was rearranged with cocktail reception...

Behind the screen is a marvel of display

The PPS Club members and their guests

Here we go round and round... Who's the first lucky winner?

Squinting my eyes. The name is in fine print...

As our lucky winner comes onto the stage...

"Ahh.. There you are. I can see you from afar!"

Me stealing glances at our pretty SIA stewardess

Finally, at the end of the event, had a chance to take photos with some of the organizers

This pretty lady and I are born in the same day, month and year! I think even same time!

Another member of the organizing committee...

How come most events organizers are ladies?

An Invitation - Touring the new Boeing 777-300ER

Look of success - Sitting on the throne of the first class seat

The new business class section...

Someone thought that I was the steward!

Singapore Airlines New Products Launch in Beijing

2008-06-27T23:56:00.004+08:00

Event: Singapore Airlines New Products Launch in Beijing
Date: 27th Jun 2008
Venue: China World Hotel, Beijing, China
Event Production: TBWA - Auditoire China
Pax: 120

Style! Emcee:

My first debut event in Beijing and second event in China. The first was in Dec 2006 in Shanghai. Now here's the second one.

The event was held for the whole day, with 2 sessions, one from 2.30pm - 5.30pm and the other from 7pm - 10.30pm.

First Segment: Media Launch (2.30pm - 5.30pm)

Audience from major media companies, including broadcasting stations, were invited to catch a glimpse of the latest products offering on the Airbus A380 (super jumbo in the sky) and the Boeing 777-300ER.

There was a question and answer session, with our guest of honour from Singapore Airlines Mr Yap Kim Wah, Senior Vice President Products and Services who chaired the panel of speakers. The guest of honour also delivered his presentation earlier, sharing with everyone some of the luxurious features found in the cabin of the two new aircrafts.

The finale of the session was amazing. After a video presentation, the huge screen was slowly drawn to the side, together a spectacle of lights and sounds, revealing the tempting A380 suite, B777-300ER widest First Class Seat and other wholesome surprises. Audience were invited to step up to the stage and right into the exhibition behind the screen.

Second Segment: PPS Launch (7.00pm - 10.30pm)

The evening event was catered to the PPS club members, also known in full as Priority Passenger Service (PPS). Membership for PPS is earned via miles and value flown with Singapore Airlines. Invited guests brought along their partners and business associates, all waiting to witness and discover for themselves the splendour and delight of the new A380 suite class.

The fifth Airbus A380 delivered to Singapore Airlines will be used on the Singapore - Beijing sector for a week (2nd - 8th Aug) leading up to the Olympics. Additionally the Boeing 777-300ER will be flying the Singapore - Beijing sector from 1st July. For our frequent flyer passengers, it presents a whole new flying experience.

As Singapore Airlines puts it "Travelling in a new light"...

The audience came from all parts of the world and have been flying with Singapore Airlines for many many years. Some of them have businesses here and some of them specially flew in for this event. It was indeed my honour and pleasure to meet these well-acoomplished guests and to host the event for them.

There were free flow of red and white wines, beers, cold canapes and other delicacies that were served rounds after rounds.

One of the highlight for the night was a lucky draw and two lucky winners were drawn and they walked away with krisflyer miles that are equivalent to a free return ticket on the Singapore - Beijing sector on business class! I could share the elation and thumping joy when names were being announced. Just imagine if you were one of the winners....

The event company that managed the entire production was Auditoire China, a subsidiary of TBWA.

I had a wonderful event. Guests were enjoying themselves. It was awesome!

Singapore Airlines A380 flying to Beijing for the Olympics

2008-06-18T19:06:00.005+08:00

Style Emcee:

Singapore Airlines will be flying the new A380 to Beijing to welcome the Olympics! I am sure it is a great news for all travelers whom will be coming in to Beijing via Singapore. Just imagine your itinerary....

1. Fly A380 on SQ802 and arriving in Beijing in the afternoon around 3pm.

2. Proceed straight to the Olympics for the grand opening ceremony

3. Stay throughout the entire month (8th Aug - 24th Aug) and watch the adrenaline rushing games and soak in the atmosphere as everyone gathers to cheer for their teams.

How nice would that be.... Imagine flying here on the new A380 suites, having a glass of champagne and tucking in to succulent and tender beef steak or fine cuisine, followed by hours of entertainment watching the 23" LCD TV with Bose headset, and finally a heavenly nap on the new flat bed.

I am looking forward for a chance to view and enjoy the new features and products of this great new aircraft!

Look out for my next post!

Pure Coincidence!

2008-06-17T14:29:00.002+08:00

Style! emcee:

In my entire life living in Singapore, I have had many occasions when I accidentally bumped into a friend, neighbour, classmate, relative, teacher, colleague and many others whom are related to me in a certain way. I won't term that as coincidence since Singapore is a small island.

A real coincidence in Singapore may be considered as running into a friend at Mount Faber (erm.. don't ask me why I quoted this place), or say at Gek Poh Shopping Centre (know where that is?...).

I was walking along Beijing famous food street known as the Ghost Street. I had my dinner alone and was walking and looking around when I passed by this restaurant with loads of people waiting outside. Was wondering what happened but decided to give it a miss and not join in the crowd.

Suddenly someone tapped me from behind and said "Richard..!!" I was shocked. Couldn't believe that I actually ran into a friend of mine in Beijing. 1.3billion population, with such huge land masses, who is going to believe this? How I got to know this friend is also quite a story.

This friend of mine who is a chinese national, came to Singapore to study. We were studying in the same uni (NTU) and I didn't know him till we did our Masters (TIP) together. Then he said that after graduation he was going back to Beijing. We lost contact after that. When I came to Beijing, somebody gave me his number but it wasn't in use anymore. So couldn't contact him. Then I found out he is in Tianjin, which is about 1.5hours drive from Beijing. After some contacts and "treasure hunt", got his number. But he said that he JUST went over to Tianjin because he found a job there. So coincidental, I just missed him. But told him that I will visit him when I visit Tianjin. Never had a chance actually till now.

Somehow, at Ghost street, we bumped into each other and decided to have dinner again. I was thinking "If I didn't go come here, if I didn't walk past the restaurant at such a leisure pace, at a particular time of the day, and a thousand of "if I", then we wouldn't have met."

So finally, I had the chance to eat at the famous restaurant. He was, like any other patron, waiting for his turn in the queue.

Bon appetit!

The Beijing Experience

2008-06-03T00:03:00.004+08:00

Style Emcee:

After having been here for more almost 6weeks, I have been to a few places in Beijing. Not really alot of places, but mainly the prominent places (what I called as been-there-done-that places) in Beijing. These places are mainly the famous attractions in Beijing.

Places that I have visited:
1. Great Wall (visited the Ba Da Ling section)
2. Temple of Heaven (the emperor will pray for good harvest here!)
3. Tiananmen Square
4. Houhai (like our Clarke Quay in Singapore)
5. New Beijing Airport Terminal 3
6. Ming's tomb

Places that I am looking forward to visit:
1. Summer Palace (I must sure go there)
2. Olympics Village
3. Forbidden City
4. Mao Ze Dong Memorial Hall
5. Lama Temple
6. Beijing Zoo (See the pandas who came in from Szechuan)
7. Erm... many more...

Delicacies that I have eaten:
1. Quan Ju De Beijing Roast Duck (restaurant started since 1856?!)
2. Beijing Hotpot (it is like steamboat, just that the soup is bland)
3. Barbecue meat (Just lamb, beef, chicken. Scorpions, larvae, and others? Never tried)

Challenges taken:
1. Climbing the Great Wall (As they say, If you have never scale the Great Wall, You are not a Hero. Am I one now?)
2. Squeezing the public bus in the morning (This I think is the best challenge. If you think dancing in discotheques is crowded, wait till you try this. Don't even need to hold any handle bar for support and you will still be fine. But beware, getting off the bus ain't easy)
3. Walking from my place to the nearest supermarket (I thought when the local tell you it's near, it's really near. Walked for more than an hour! Hehe)
4. Surviving sandstorms (this is like the ultimate ice blended. Doesn't taste like one, but certainly feels like the bits of grounded coffee in your mouth)

I will post some photos for viewing the next time.

Cheers and I wish one and all a happy week ahead!

*smiles*

Earthquake - A Sudden State of Prolonged Giddiness

2008-05-15T09:41:00.002+08:00

I have just finished a discussion with my colleagues in the office.

I came back to my seat, sat down and started experiencing sudden giddiness and nauseous. I thought I was ill or low blood pressure.

I closed my eyes to rest.

I opened my eyes a few seconds later and still felt giddy. I looked at the water in my bottle and saw rippling effect.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Immediately called out to all my colleagues and everyone around me. "We have to evacuate now!"

Interestingly, the sways and shakes stopped after 2 minutes.

I turned on the news. I received a call from Singapore. "Richard, is everything okay in Beijing?"

I was stunned.

In my entire life, this is the first time I had experienced an Earthquake.

Over the next few days, I kept close with the news. I was swelled up with sadness and pain for many whom lost their lives. Life will never be the same again for the survivors. I am praying for miracles and for the people who are continuously through day and night, searching for survivors.

Inside me, I realized that life is fragile and delicate. Make each day count.

Carpe Diem - Seize the day!

New Beijing CCTV Headquarters!

2008-04-29T22:01:00.004+08:00

I think this is a great wonder and a magnificent work of excellent architecture and civil engineering!

Take a look, it is the new headquarters for Beijing CCTV.

2 towers leaning towards each other, and the top connecting piece is connected at right angles.
Impressive!

And viola! Here's how it looks when it is completed!

Don't miss this tower when you come to Beijing!

Beijing Olympics Here I Come!

2008-04-24T21:50:00.002+08:00

Style! Emcee:

One day I got a phone call...

"Hi Richard, you are going up to Beijing for the Olympics!"

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that.

Now here I am in Beijing, typing this entry. I am excited about the Olympics, about the sports stars that I will have a chance to meet. Not too sure how it is going to be like, but I am sure that it will be a fantastic opportunity and experience!

I was there in Sydney when they had the Olympics in 2000. Everywhere was crowded and full of people all watching the Olympics at every television at every corner of the street. The streets were filled with people, shopping, but many were standing and sitting, just waiting for their countrymen to do them proud. You could feel the suspense and when the race was over, there were loud cheers of joy! The atmosphere was immense and awesome.

Right now in Beijing, the winter is reaching the end and weather's turning warm with occasional downpours and thunderstorm. Everywhere you can see posters, banners, billboards, signs and other forms of media talking about the Olympics. Everyone seem to be preparing for this grand moment to arrive. Hotels, airports, trains, taxis, buses, restaurants, bars, pubs and every other tourist related industry are all getting ready to rock and roll. Prices are also rising and more and more people are coming into Beijing.

There's a little statue, like a monument somewhere near where I am staying in Chaoyang district. This is the Olympic monument. It shows the number of days left to the Olympics, right to the very second!

I wonder how's things in Singapore? Is there a big Olympics fever brewing? I am sure our athletes are all preparing for the showdown. I wish them all the best!

I will periodically update my blog and post photos to share with everyone.

Olympics, here I come!!!

Harry Potter Dumbledore or the Wizard of Oz?

2008-04-02T23:25:00.010+08:00

I found this photo that was taken last year when I dressed up in costume and supposedly to look like the wizard Dumbledore from Harry Potter.

Harry Potter Dumbledore?

On another occasion, I met this caricature artist who was engaged for pre-dinner activities during one of the Dinner and Dance.

This is me, striking a Kung-Fu Smash!... *watch out!*

Another photo that I found was this photo taken when I hosted Johnson and Johnson "Kids @ Work" event in 2007. The employees were invited to bring their kids to work to learn about what daddy and mummy do in the company. The kids had a chance to visit all the different departments and to learn more about the businesses.

Big Kid @ Work?

Compliments From Clients...

2008-04-02T00:02:00.013+08:00

Style! Emcee:

Compliments from clients that I have worked with...

Data Storage Institute
Hi Richard, Thanks for doing such an awesome job!! We received great compliments after the event. People were like “who’s that guy, where is he from? He’s good he’s good!”. It was really nice to have you as our emcee. And we would be more than happy to engage you again for our upcoming events.

WPG Holdings (South Asia)
Hi Richard, On behalf of our management, WPG Holdings (South Asia), we would like to thank you to make our last Friday (2 Dec 2011) annual dinner & dance event a success & wonderful. Everything went on well & all our colleagues enjoyed themselves!

Dynasty Travel
Hi Richard, tt was great working with you. We are happy that our Dinner and Dance turned out to be an overall success and we all had much fun that night.We would certainly consider engaging you again should we require any emcee services for our future events.

OTO Bodycare
Hi Richard, your performance was good and you managed to excite and move the crowd to participate in the OTO Bodycare Fitness Challenge.

Sulzer Pumps
Hi Richard, you have done a good job on that night. your performance was very entertaining and my colleagues enjoyed the night.

Converge Asia
Hi Richard, it was fun to have you host our year end party and we all had a very good time that night. In fact, you did a good job in getting the crowd to participate in the event. Nice one! I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Triumph Inspiration Award 2008 Photos Collection

2008-03-18T00:50:00.016+08:00

Triumph Inspiration Award 2008

2008-03-15T10:55:00.019+08:00

Event: Triumph Inspiration Award 2008
Date: 14th Mar 2008
Venue: Rendevouz Hotel
Time: 12.30pm - 5pm
Web: http://www.triumphinspirationaward.com/

Facebook: Triumph Inspiration Award

Style! Emcee:

"For more than a century, Triumph has been designing and producing elegant and fashionable intimate wear of excellent workmanship. Triumph's inspiration has always been the people whom wear closest to their skin. To all the women in the world, you are truly unique and special in your own way and our inspiration is everything about you. The thoughts, ideas, desires and fears related to being a woman."

That was my opening address for the event.

I was invited to host the Triumph Inspiration Award Singapore National Final. The Triumph Inspiration Award is a global competition dedicated in search for the most inspiring lingerie designer across the globe. Fashion and design students from over 30 countries will be competing for their chance to win Euro 15,000 and at the same time, the champion will have his or her design adapted and interpreted by Triumph design team, and ultimately sold in selected Triumph stores worldwide with a special hangset.

In Singapore, 10 finalists from Raffles Design Institute and Temasek Polytechnic presented their designs showcases to a panel of judges renowned for their expertise and experience in the fashion arena.

Panel of Judges:

1. Ms Doy Teo, Director of Triumph International Singapore

2. Ms Elizabeth Gwee, Editor of Her World
3. Ms Grace Lee, Editor-in-Chief of Nuyou Singapore
4. Mr Nic Wong, Designer for "nicholas"

The lecturers from both schools attended to give their support to their own students.

Lecturers:
1. Associate Professor Guiseppe Spinelli, Principal and Program Director for Fashion Design Department
2. Mr Wilson Choo, Design School Lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic

Finalists had their showcase donned by models whom sashayed down the runway, after which they would explain and share their design inspiration with the panel of judges. I guess the toughest part for the finalist wasn't about sharing their inspirations with the panel, but it was the question and answer sessions that challenged the finalists regarding their designs finesse.

The top 3 winners of the national finals finally emerged after a detailed and thorough discussion by the judges behind closed doors.

Top 3 Winners:

1. Afton Chen Sihan, Raffles Design Institute, Design Theme: G.I Jane
2. Wong See Fei Joyce, Raffles Design Institute, Design Theme: Flower Jane
3. Jiang Ying Alice, Raffles Design Institute, Design Theme: Dita Von Teese

Afton Chen will be representing Singapore in the Triumph Inspiration Award International Finals held in Beijing, China on the 31st July 2008. The champion, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up walked away with cash prizes of SGD 3000, 2000 and 1000 respectively.

All the 10 finalists will be showcasing their designs during the Triumph's "Viva La Eve" fashion show on 3rd April 2008 at the Singapore Fashion Festival. Don't miss the opportunity to catch our young and talented local designers with their masterpieces!

The award was covered in TODAY Newspaper 15th March 2008 and The Straits Times on 17th March 2008.

General Motors Hi Tea Event

2008-03-02T11:38:00.006+08:00

Event: General Motors Hi Tea Event
Date: 1st Mar 2008
Venue: Royal Plaza on Scotts - Balmoral Hall
Time: 2.30pm - 5.30pm
Pax: ~100

Style! emcee:

This event was done at the beautiful Balmoral Hall of Royal Plaza on Scotts. The hall was located on level 5 and had full length glass surrounding the entire venue. Take a look at the photos!

Beautiful isn't it?

From a corner of the hall, one could also see the modern and chic looking swimming pool.

Swimming in serenity

With the event set in such nice and posh setting, it was definitely a nice and relaxing time for all at the hi-tea session.

Guests started arriving and everyone was in casual and relaxed outfits, all wanting a time of fun and feast. The MD gave his speech and presented the Long Service Awards to employees. The hi tea buffet started and everyone had a good time to the food.

Let the party begin!

Now it's time for Style! emcee to do his role. From a quiet and silent atmosphere, the entire mood was uplifted with loud clapping, cheering, whistling and laughters. Style! emcee delivered his repertoire of games and this time he added a new game "Olympic Battle", in conjunction with Singapore holding the Youth Olympics Games in 2010. Cool! The audience laughed heartily as they were busily participating in the game. Awesome!

The first game session went by so fast and now it was time for the lucky draw. Prizes for the lucky draw was superb and fantastic. Some of the prizes were like Palm Treo 650 Smartphone, Philips LCD TV, Sennheisser audio equipment and many more! One could see the crowd so excitedly waiting for their chance.

As it was also a family event with kids and spouses, the kids were not forgotten. They too, participated in the games and braved their wits and skills to win for their teams.

Finally, it's time to say goodbye and everyone certainly left the event with sumptuous spread in their tummy, great prizes in their hands and loads of fun and happiness in their spirit!

Wedding @ Carlton Hotel

2008-02-29T04:00:00.003+08:00

Event: Wedding @ Carlton Hotel
Date: 28th Feb 2008
Venue: Esplanade Room
Pax: ~300

Style! Emcee:

This is my first wedding event hosted in 2008! The entire wedding event was spectacular. Here are some highlights (and maybe also some suggestions for couples preparing for their wedding event)

1. The groom was on the stage and the bride came in and started to sing "Lovers' Concerto" immediately after the door was opened. (The effect was enough to bring the audience to tears)

2. The champagne toast and "Yum Seng" was done after the first march-in. This allow family members, relatives and friends to have a good dinner without interruption of the traditional toast

3. For the second march-in, the couple came into the ballroom on a Harley Davidson! The engine was roaring at full majesty and everyone was amazed. (If you have a long straight aisle, it's the best)

4. Surprise the guests by having dessert buffet outside the ballroom with a myriad of various desserts like cakes, pastries, sweets, macaroons and other delights

5. Get buddies or mutual friends (without the couple's knowledge) to go on stage and share how the couple got to know each other and dated. Best time also to let loose some jovial moments

6. Get a good emcee (get someone whom is comfortable with speaking to a crowd and spontaneous).

** If you have come across some good ideas to share, be it in your wedding or others that you have attended, drop me a comment. Thanks **

Bukit Batok East Lunar New Year Celebration Dinner

2008-02-17T02:17:00.005+08:00

Event: Bukit Batok East Lunar New Year Celebration Dinner
Date: 16th Feb 2008
Venue: Blk 283 Bukit Batok East Ave 4
Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Pax: ~300

Style! emcee:

After the Chinese New Year break, it's time to get back to emceeing! Had a great new year of foodies and goodies (angbaos aka red packet).

Lunar New Year Celebration Dinner

This event was held to celebrate chinese new year together as one big Bukit Batok East family. The evening started with the arrival of distinguished guest Mdm Halimah Yacob, MP for Jurong GRC and Advisor to Jurong GRC GROs. The lion dance troup gave a rousing fanfare for her grand entrance, together with the thunderous applause accorded by the audience and guests. Upon her arrival, she was ushered onto the stage to partake in a mega "loh hei" (tossing of the chinese raw fish delicacy) accompanied by the other grassroots leaders. Every table had a plate of "loh hei" and instantaneously at that moment when the emcee gave the signal, strings of blessings and properous words were the predominant voices heard.

The variety program unfolded with various artistes and groups. The lion dance troupe led the evening with an auspicious and symbolic performance of "cai qing" (plucking the green). This performance according to chinese, means good luck, prosperity and good fortune. The chairman of Bukit Batok East Citizens' Consultative Committee was invited on stage to receive the lucky banner.

Following the grandeur of lion dance, next was a chinese dance performance by 3 young ladies. After that, we invited our first singer VJ, who is an entertaining indian singer with his song and dance. Although majority of the crowd couldn't understand the tamil songs, however everyone enjoyed the catchy beat of the songs. The evening rolled on with malay dance titled "Joget Silat" performed by Bukit Batok East MAEC.

The second segment was simply awesome. Not only was it entertaining, it was a great opportunity for me to meet singers from various walks of life. There was an indonesian chinese (couldn't remember her name) who belted out teochew and chinese tunes. Among the few singers, Cheryl Chan caught my attention. She was tall and poised, dressed in a nice flowy tube dress. Then later did I realise that she was the cast for the movie "I Not Stupid" (a local movie production that received tremendous viewership). She sang 2 chinese and 1 english song. The crowd had a fabulous time!

Another highlight of the evening was the acrobatic show performed by Choo and Geen. The crowd was totally amazed that despite their seniority, they were able to perform acrobatic stunts and tricks to wow the audience. Their finale item was the bending of the chinese spear using the throat. My heart was held in suspense as I witnessed them accomplished the amazing feat.

The finale highlight of the evening was an unusual twist of singing performance by 圣文 aka 泰国千变王子. He came out in a clown costume and sang 奇异的约会. It was totally hilarious! Within a minute, he went off stage and came back up in a policeman uniform of the olden days in Singapore when the policemen were all wearing short. He delivered another 2 songs (Teochew and Cantonese).

To complete the event, the crowd did a cheer together with the emcee. Each time the emcee shouted "Hip Hip", the crowd would go "Huat ah!". The cheer was repeated thrice and the entire compound was filled with echoes of the word.

I am sure the crowd had an awesome time at the dinner. Throughout the evening, there were throngs of passerby standing around and enjoying the performance too!

More Photos From Eastpoint Mall Chinese New Year Celebrations

2008-02-05T22:26:00.001+08:00

Photo 1: Posing with Andrew

Photo 2: Captain Dazzle & Style! emcee
Captain Dazzle is a well-known professional clown in Singapore. Check him out at www.stardazzleconcepts.com

Photo 3: Event Organiser Jenny, Me & Balloon Magician

Photo 4: Style! emcee conducting stage games for kids

In this game, the kids have to learn a few actions and mimick the God of Wealth. It was indeed entertaining and hilarious to see the kids with their own actions and expressions

Photo 5: Style! emcee conducting stage games with families

The objective of the game was to peel the mandarin oranges, using the orange slices and forming the chinese word '福'. Over the 3 weeks, I managed to invite indian and australian
families to join in on stage and learn more about Chinese New Year!

Singtel hi!Card Roadshow

2008-01-25T00:24:00.002+08:00

Event: Singtel hi!Card Roadshow 2008
Venue: Islandwide

Singtel Prepaid Cards Promotion. Check it out!

Promotion Poster

Style! emcee striking a pose

The photographer caught a snap shot of me in action, posing with the backdrop. There was a photo-taking booth for customers to have their photos taken and submitted to participate in the "Singtel Moment of Fame Contest".

Eastpoint Mall Celebrates Chinese New Year - Part 2

2008-01-20T23:35:00.001+08:00

Event: Eastpoint Mall Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: 20th Jan 08
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Venue: Eastpoint Mall

Style! Emcee:

This week stage set up was amazing! Eastpoint Mall has set up a huge backdrop to spice up the Chinese New Year atmosphere, making the entire event a huge roar with the crowd!

Impressive Backdrop!

To add to the atmosphere, we had a special guest or should I say a heavenly guest?

God of Wealth (aka "Cai Shen") in East Point???... Look closely~!

Style! emcee with God of Wealth

God of Wealth was ushered into Eastpoint Mall to the popular tune of "财神到" and everyone was so eager to get a little gold coin for some luck in the new year. As the chinese believe that getting the gold coin will bring them luck for the whole year. (See! I am not passing up the chance too!)

Style! emcee played the acting game with some adorable kids on stage. The children had a chance to be the "Little God of Wealth" on stage, walking and acting as if they were the real God of Wealth! The audience had a good time being entertained by the young ones.

The second segment of the program was the chinese magic show. This chinese magic is a different twist to the typical magic shows that we see at dinner and dance, shopping malls and other events. It was a good experience for the audience and the kids.

Chinese magic - A different twist!

Apart from magic show, there was also another juggling show by this juggler whom have been juggling for the past 20 years as his personal hobby. He explained the history of juggling and shared his passion for juggling with the children.

Balancing a knife on his forehead

The finale of the event was the game of forming a chinese character with the mandarin oranges slices. There were 3 teams and each team was given 4 oranges and a sticky board. They are judged on both speed and accuracy of forming the chinese character with the slices pasted on the sticky board. Take a look at the winning team's artistic work!

Chinese character "福"

In addition to the games and performances, all the children had a chance to receive a pair of disney fork and spoon by saying a chinese new year greeting. It was so well-received that the gifts were snatched up in no time!

Next week, Style! emcee will be at Eastpoint Mall on saturday and sunday from 3-6pm. Come join in the fun games, performances and soak up in the festive mood!

Have a great week. Cheers!

ICA Woodlands Command Night - Festival of Colours

2008-01-19T11:02:00.001+08:00

Event: ICA Woodlands Command Night
Theme: Festival of Colours
Date: 18th Jan 2008
Venue: ICA Woodlands Command
Pax: ~300

Style! Emcee:

If you think these tough guys taking care of Singapore's busiest land checkpoint have dead serious personalities... Well, we saw the jovial, merry making side of them!

The sumptuous food and drinks were the fanfare overture opening of the event. All the guests had a delightful surprise when style! emcee announced "Dinner will now commence" right at the start of the event. In all events, there would generally be the opening speech and other formal segment, but this was the unique way of starting the event! As the saying goes, "Before all else happen, always put food in the tummy".

Roaring in the crowd was the famous and whimsical "Mustafa from Bombay, India", a character played by Rahim whom have been performing for more than 10 years. He delighted the crowd with songs and dances woven in while relating his life as Mustafa. Everyone loosened up and started clapping, cheering and crackling as Rahim unleashed his ammunition of jokes.

Next performance was by Nick the Magician. The beauty of performing magic tricks is the audience's interaction. Nick stunned the crowd with the Hand Chopper and invited a member of the audience to participate. The participant was looking terrified that his hand would be severed for real!

"In Singapore, there are only 3 magicians who can do the Hand Chopper successfully. I am trying to be the fourth one."

"Don't worry sir, if you lose your hand, you can always go to the 2nd-hand shop."

Finally it's time for the emcee to be in action! The emcee started his fun games segment with some acting and mimicking of famous movie stars. The guests whom participated left the rest ofthe audience laughing on their stomach when they try their hands at acting. It's hilarious!

With the mood heightened up and everyone's enjoying themselves, style! emcee delivered his next game, a combination of singing, dancing and table games. Surprisingly, the one who was most gamed for action, receiving the loudest encore and applause, was the oldest participant! He almost took the house down when he got into actions, dancing and singing like Ricky Martin! Impressive!

The finale of the event was a three cheers shout-out led by the emcee. Everyone united their spirit and commaderie as one big family, giving their best shout out.

Hip hip... Hurray!

**If you are one of the attendees, please leave a comment about the event. Thank you.**

Eastpoint Mall Celebrates Chinese New Year - Part 1

2008-01-16T16:18:00.001+08:00

Event: Eastpoint Mall Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: 13th Jan 08
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Venue: Eastpoint Mall

Style! Emcee:

Eastpoint Mall is celebrating Chinese New Year over the next 3 weeks! There will be a variety of entertainment, games and giveaways for everyone at Eastpoint Mall.

Last sunday we saw the first event kicked off at Eastpoint. The crowd was treated to a myriad of shows such as the Eastpoint Fashion Show with models showcashing the latest style from This Fashion. The models donned fashion suited for various occassions ranging from office, casual to party.

The next item was a group of Singaporeans whom have been trained since young to perform chinese acrobatic acts. They demonstrated various acrobatic acts and the audience also had the chance to be part of their performance. Some of the tricks and stunts include, Face-Changing, Balancing acts, Swinging 20 Hula hoops and some acts of human contortions. Impressive!

Another well-received item was the Chinese Zodiac Balloon Sculpting where children had the opportunity to be given a sculpted balloon according to their year of birth. There was a long queue of children eagerly waiting for their turn. (Hey kids, if you missed your chance, don't worry. We will be there every week. So come join us!)

Style! Emcee hosted the event with the finale game of "Peeling Mandarin Oranges and forming the auspicious chinese word". 3 teams comprising of one parent and one kid took part in this contest. And guess what? We had a non-chinese team and it was their first time learning and writing a chinese character. The crowd was impressed with their ability to recognise their strokes and for putting the slices of oranges to form the word and gave them a huge round of applause. Cool!

If you missed out last sunday, don't worry. Come and join us this sunday!

Chinese New Year Celebrations @ East Point Simei

2008-01-10T03:50:00.001+08:00

Event: Chinese New Year Celebrations Show
Venue: East Point Simei
Date: 13th Jan 08 - 3rd Feb 08 (Saturdays & Sundays)
Time: 3pm - 6pm

Style! Emcee:

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi!

This great news is to everyone whom reads my blog. I will be hosting a CNY show at East Point Simei from this sunday onwards till the sunday before CNY. There will be a lot of performances and activities. Here are some of the highlights:

a. Face Changing "Bian Lian" Performances
b. Youth Acrobatic
c. Chinese Cultural Dances
d. Juggling Demonstrations in Chinese Clothes "Tang Zhuang"
e. Chinese Zodiac Animals Balloon Sculpting
f. CNY Quiz
g. Fun games

Do drop by to give your support and enjoy the show!

Have Fun!

PS: Remember to say hi when you see me!

Best Tech Air-con Engineering Pte Ltd Annual Dinner 2007

2008-01-04T23:44:00.002+08:00

Event: Best Tech Air-con Engineering Pte Ltd Annual Dinner 2007
Date: 4th Jan 2008
Venue: Serangoon Gardens Country Club
Pax: ~60

Style! Emcee:

This is my first event in 2008!

Whenever I am asked whether it is easy to host an event for 1000 or 100, I always feel that it is more challenging to host an event for 100. An entire event without any performance except games and entertainment by the emcee is what I affectionately call it as "The Emcee's Test". Coupled with an audience of less than 100 pax, it is certainly a good routine for me to put my mettle to the test.

This event was certainly a good challenge with great success!

I started the first segment of fun and games with a simple table game. One advantage of small group setting is that it allows me to play a whole myriad of games that involved interaction among various tables. An event of more than 10 tables would not be as flexible and nimble to conduct table interaction games.

After the short warm up, getting the audience's attention and mood into fun and games, the first game was welcomed with great anticipation. Audience were treated to a splendid show of acting , mimicking and dancing by both the participants and I. The first entertainment segment lasted for 35minutes and the crowd was spontaneously cheering and laughing.

The next segment was the award presentation. One unique award was the Healthy Award, given to employees with zero medical leave within the entire year.

The 2nd fun game segment was a question and answer format. In this segment, I tested the audience's knowledge on songs of various genre. The crowd was totally awesome. Members of the audience were running towards the stage to give their answers and some were shouting the answers from their seats!

As it is with every dinner celebration, the finale is the lucky draw. The lucky draw numbers were placed in red packets (I guess Chinese New Year is coming) and audience were given the number of red packets based on the years of service. The prizes were simply fantastic!

The event ended on a high note with the audience giving loud applause for me as the emcee. I felt very appreciated and glad that everyone had a good time tonight.

What a great start to the new year~!!

A Great New Year Ahead - 2008

2008-01-03T14:53:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

Thank you very much for your support and I certainly had a remarkable and wonderful time working with everyone in 2007.

I wish each and everyone Happy New Year and lots of great blessings ahead!

*fireworks*

新年快乐，万事如意，心想事成！

Cheers,
Style! Emcee

Tampines North Volunteers Get-Together Night

2007-12-31T13:53:00.001+08:00

Event: Tampines North Volunteers Get-Together Night
Theme: Fire Rings & Grills
Date: 29 Dec 2007
Venue: Tampines North CC
Pax: ~200

Style! Emcee:

This event is organised in appreciation of the volunteers whom have contributed their services in community events. The volunteers were treated to an evening of good food, good fun and entertainment, and also lucky draw prizes.

Style Emcee (stymc) delivered his repertoire of games, sending waves of thrills and excitement through the audience pulses! Whether 8 years old or 80 years old, everyone had a esctatic time!

Happy New Year to All!

Dong Zhi / Christmas Celebrations

2007-12-22T23:20:00.001+08:00

Event: Dong Zhi / Christmas Celebrations by Cheng San Zone 'E' Residents Committee
Venue: Ang Mo Kio Blk 422/423
Date: 22nd Dec 2007
Pax: ~200

Style! Emcee:

Dong Zhi (Winter Solstice) is celebrated by Chinese across the world, rejoicing in the reunion of families and loved ones. A signature dish eaten everywhere is the traditional chinese "tang yuan" or also known as chinese rice dumpling balls. It symbolises family unity and togetherness.

The evening started with residents belting out karaoke hits to their hearts' content. As the saying goes, it is hard for the first one to start, but once it start, it never stops. Residents were submitting their songs requests together with their own CD albums!

There was a magic show by the popular Captain Dazzle. He performed magic and other comedy acts, in line with the christmas theme. Style! emcee gave the children and adults a laughing good time by entertaining everyone with games, jokes and his hilarious slapsticks!

Finally the evening ended with the appearance of Santa Claus. Hmmm... fancy a Santa Claus in your HDB neighbourhood?

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Alumni Association Dinner @ Clubhouse

2007-12-16T00:57:00.001+08:00

Event: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Alumni Association Dinner
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Alumni Clubhouse
Date: 15th Dec 2007
Pax: ~90

Style! Emcee:

This event saw the participation of alumni from various batches. There were graduates from have graduated 20-30 years ago, to the recent graduates. The event commenced with a speech by the VIP.

Whilst buffet dining, there were 2 games segment that got every guest standing up on their feet and participating in the games. There were quizzes, dances, childhood traditional games, etc.

Finally the event ended with an impromptu dance performance item (taught on the spot by the emcee) performed by the VIP.

Everyone of them had a wonderful time and took the opportunity to catch up with old friends as well as make new contact.

The crowd was cool at the start, however with Style! emcee's entertainment, in the end the crowd was simply hot!

Nielsen Dinner & Dance 2007: Masquerade

2007-12-15T02:34:00.001+08:00

Event: Nielsen Dinner & dance 2007
Theme: Masquerade
Date: 14th Dec 2007
Venue: Holiday Inn Singapore
Pax: ~180

Style! Emcee:

The committee this year decided to organise the D&D with the theme Masquerade. All the tables were set up with black table cloth and black seat covers. It suited impeccably well, especially together with the chandeliers that hanged from the ceiling. The entire setup delivered an impressive gothic and sombre feel when one walks into the ballroom.

The regional director gave everyone a pleasant surprise when he entered the ballroom in his Phantom of the Opera costume. The soundtrack was played and everyone had a wonderful surprise. The chandeliers on the ceiling complemented his entrance and suited very well together with the original plot of the story.

Style! mc started the evening with a simple warm up (milking the cow) after everyone had a serious conference prior to the dinner. The crowd surprisingly was receptive to the warm up even when dinner was served at 8 plus. It was a nice endeavor to transit the event from a serious conference to a fun-filled D&D.

The crowd was simply mad! The first round of games (movie star) got everyone involved and you could feel the entire atmosphere lifted up. Everyone was then tested on their knowledge of movies soundtracks. Real fun!

The highlight of the evening was the Best Dressed Female and Best Dressed Table. In line with their theme, there were tables of people whom came in similar attires and battled it out to win the Best Dressed Table contest! There were the crooks & baddies, impersonation, hot devils, beauty queens and dragon ladies (resemble Uma Thurman in Kill Bill).

Best Dressed Female was a real shocker. To my surprise, some ladies were giving their best shot and showing all their hot moves. Impressive! The lady whom took away the champion title got standing ovation from everyone on the floor.

The final finale item was a lightstick light-up ceremony. Everyone was given a light stick to connect within their group and ultimately from their respective groups to connect into one big Nielsen circle. The circle symbolised their commonalities of goals achieiving, commaderie, and most important the ability to unite as one big Nielsen Family.

After the final lucky draw, although the participants were still enjoying their desserts, style! emcee gave the crowd a good reason to dance by conducting a mass dance for everyone. Everyone learnt the Ketchup Dance and had a good time working out those excessive calories!

As it is never complete to send well-wishings and blessings during this festive season, style! emcee initiated a mass birthday song for the lucky December babies. I am sure it must have been memorable and significant to have 180 people in the audience to sing the Happy Birthday tune.

To my amazement, the regional managing director stayed after the dinner and got his feets and hands boogie-ing on the dance floor!

It was a great event and definitely many would agree that they had an awesome load of fun!

**If you are one of the attendees, please drop me a comment. Thanks!**

Equinix Asia Pacific Dinner & Dance 2007: Movie World

2007-12-08T02:53:00.001+08:00

Event: Equinix Asia Pacific Dinner & Dance 2007
Theme: Movie World
Date: 7th Dec 07
Venue: Rendezvous Hotel
Pax: ~80

Style! Emcee:

This Dinner & Dance is what I call hot hOT HOT! The type of D&D that gets everyone moving, including the senior management table. Impressive spirit!

The evening started with the VIP Guest's speech. But prior to his speech, he was accompanied by a Tequila Girl whom shot Tequila into his mouth using a water pump gun! Cool!

After all the speeches, it was time for dinner. At this point in time, everyone was very quiet and the entire atmosphere was very serious. Halfway through the dinner, it was time for the fun games segment. Style! emcee kicked off the games with some warm up and teasers. Participants were pulled out from the crowd to be Movie stars and had to walk and act exactly like the characters that they were given. The entire room was filled with laughter at this point as the participants were acting out the characters in a comical manner. Very entertaining to kick off the evening!

Throughout the dinner, more games were being played and everyone started loosening up and participating in the games, either by cheering their team mates or being part of the entertainment. There were quizzes, acting, singing, dancing and best of all was the best dressed contest. The ladies were very sporting and gave the guys a good time laughing and clapping to support the lady of their choice. In fact, the surprise came when the most demure and sweet looking lady walked away with the Best Dressed Female. She was dressed in a nice white dress, with a headgear made of beats. Beautiful! The moment the music ran, she was totally sexy.

The Men's segment of Best Dressed was even more appetizing. After the first round of everyone showing off their dance, stance, costume, it was now for the best part. We had to pick one winner out of the two . Both of them were given 15seconds to show whatever they are capable of. The moment they music dropped, it was just pure exhilaration and joy watching them in action. The Best Dressed Champion threw in a 1980's break dance popping routine and got everyone laughing on their belly. He was simply comical! Even the finalist contender whom was the MD himself, said he admitted that the Best Dressed Champion was totally awesome.

The evening ended with the lucky draw. As each of the participant had a lucky draw prize, when it was time to draw the winner for the first prize, there wasn't any lucky draw names in the glass bowl. The organizers gave the final decision that everyone (including those whom won) can take part in this final top 2 prizes lucky draw, and they poured all the names back into the lucky draw bowl. It was fantastic as everyone now get a chance to win the top prize.

The whole event ended when the VIP gave away his special gift that he bought. It was the lucky birthday girl as well as the Best Dressed Female who got it. Looks like she's really lucky tonight.
To close off the event with a memorable finale, the VIP gave 3 hiphip hurray cheers to everyone!

**If you were one of the participants, please drop me a comment. Thanks!**

Kampong Chai Chee Family BBQ & Campfire Night

2007-12-02T01:26:00.001+08:00

Event: Kampong Chai Chee Family BBQ & Campfire Night
Date: 1st Dec 2007
Venue: Amphitheatre @ Blk 138 Bedok North St 2
Pax: ~1000

Style! Emcee

It was the first time that a mass BBQ event with 200 BBQ pits were organized for the residents in Kampong Chai Chee. Just the setup of 200 pits was indeed an uphill task. There was also a campfire setup in the centre of the venue by the students from Ping Yi Secondary School

When the VIP and distinguished guests came, The entire place was pitched dark so that the campfire will look majestic and well ablaze. The residents did a countdown and the VIP initiated the light up ceremony. The entire atmosphere was filled with the spirit of campfire and the girl guides led the crowd through a repertoire of traditional campfire songs.

The rest of the evening was filled with performances. The main highlight of the evening was the song and dance segment by Er Gu. She sang chinese oldies with a cha-cha beat and all the aunties and uncles got to their feet, tapping to the cha-cha rhythm. The entire atmosphere can be described as if we were transported by to the cha-cha a-go-go days! *cool!*

The VIP conducted the lucky draw and my goodness, a lucky resident walked away with a High Definition 32" LCD TV! Just imagine as she is setting up her LCD in her living room right now, enjoying it every minute!

As an emcee, the residents were awesome. I had a wonderful time interacting and hosting the evening.

**If you are one of the attendees, please post your comment about the event. Thank you!**

Bayview Hotel Singapore Dinner & Dance 2007

2007-12-02T01:12:00.001+08:00

Event: Bayview Hotel Singapore
Theme: Bayview Idol
Date: 30th Nov 2007
Venue: Bayview Hotel
Pax: ~80

Style! Emcee:

Bayview Hotel's concept of Dinner and Dance this year was very different. It was also a night of great courageous performance by many of their staff. This year's theme known as the Bayview Idol gave great opportunities to the staff to showcase their great vocals. There were a good repertoire of English oldies, chinese pop songs, malay and even tamil songs. A special item was put up by their staff from Bali who did an impromptu performance of an indonesian folk song.

The real highlight of the show was when their GM came on the stage to deliver the evergreen chinese hit "The Moon Represents My Heart" made popular by Theresa Tseng. Our distinguished guest, after much encouragement and support by the staff, finally stood up and delivered his rendition of Bees Gees "I started A Joke". The entire ballroom was filled with thunderous applause.

Even after the event ended followed by the open-mic session, many of the staff stayed behind to enjoy themselves and sang to their hearts' content.

SRJC Prom Night 2007: The Red Carpet

2007-11-28T21:53:00.001+08:00

Event: SRJC Prom Night 2007 - The Red Carpet
Date: 27th Nov 2007
Venue: Fullerton Hotel Ballroom
Pax: 300 ~ 400

Congratulations! You have made it! Finally, it's graduation and party time!

The event started on a high note, with the principal Mr Tan Teck Hock encouraging everyone to have a good time and most importantly to enjoy themselves tonight This year's theme 'The Red Carpet' is the brainchild of the organizing committee. The committee came together because each one of them wanted to organize a Prom Night for all graduates.

Style! Emcee (stymc in short) started the evening with some light warm up games and jokes to get everyone to let their hair down and kick start the tempo in the ballroom. The organizing committee put together the SRJC Next Top Model show after drawing inspirations from the TV Show America's Next Top Model. The Prom King and Prom Queen had their chance to sashay and showcase their flair and glamour.

The hightlight of the show came when Style! Emcee sent the crowd into a frenzy with the Mr Personality and Ms Personality. Nominations came from almost every table! As the crowd got more and more excited, cheering and shouting to support their favorites, Style! Emcee decided to leave the decision of choosing the winner to the VIP. It was pandamonium! Both male finalists battled their way and rocked the house with their display of hot and sensuous moves.

The finale of the night was the grand prize for the lucky draw. Surprisingly, after a long guessing and shouting of every number, when the number was announced, the winner was not around. Everyone had a second chance!

The party was not over. To the audience surprise, the organizing committee made the announcement that they have made special arrangement with a clubbing joint in Boat Quay to hold a post prom night party. Just when everyone thought that the party was over... Viola!

**If you are one of the prom night attendees, do drop me a comment. Thanks!**

Weddings Weddings Weddings

2007-11-03T01:30:00.001+08:00

Weddings..........

..........Weddings..........

....................Weddings..........

This past 2 weeks have been a wedding galore for me. I have emceed at least 2 weddings within the 2 weeks plus one more coming up. Friends weddings as well as couples looking for wedding emcees.

Emceeing for wedding has a very unique touch of happiness, as compared to emceeing for standard events (roadshows, D&Ds, Family Days, etc). Given the honour to be part of the couple's special day and a new beginning to their new life endeavor together. No bride's ever ugly on her big day. There's a saying "Many things can make a woman beautiful. But it is what she thinks about herself that makes her the most beautiful." Her smile of happiness emanated from deep within, glows radiantly on her face.

From the march-in, to the cake cutting, to the chinese traditional 'yum seng', every moment is none the less significant and memorable. After all, this is a closure of one's singlehood and the joyous commencement of a new family.

Every invited guest is not just here for the sumptuous food and free-flowing drinks. Every one is a special part of their journey, a witness of their testimony of love for each other and a lighthouse of guide and support for the newly wed to grow and mature.

In a nutshell, emceeing a wedding can be a tall order. But the rewards are plenty. Some day down the road, you will be remembered by not only the couple, but their in-laws, relatives, friends and guests whom showed up that night, for making their special day wonderful.

If you are looking for some ideas for wedding, or need a wedding emcee, please feel free to write to me.

~The wedding bells are ringing~

Dinner & Dance 2007!

2007-10-11T00:27:00.001+08:00

Style! Emcee says:

It is the time of the year when companies and schools celebrate graduations, anniversaries, business successes and alumni reunion!

As a freelance emcee, this is the busiest time of the year, with lots of emceeing/hosting engagements, which also brings along loads of preparation and getting ready to thrill the audience!

To all D&D committees / events organisers:

If you are preparing for your dinner and dance, don't be late in getting an emcee. Because as it draws nearer and nearer the date, it will be harder and harder to engage an emcee for your dinner/event.

Some of us do have a smaller budget to work with for engaging a D&D emcee. If you are, you may like to get in touched with me at (richardsiaw@gmail.com).

NOW... It's Showtime!

Children's Day & World Animal Day @ Suntec City Mall

2007-10-06T00:32:00.001+08:00

Event: Happy Kidz Children's Day & World Animal Day
Venue: Suntec City Mall Level 3
Date: 30th Sep 2007 - 7th Oct 2007
Time: 12pm - 8pm

Style! Emcee:

I hosted the first opening day of this event and kicked start this event with families gathering around to learn and know more about the endangered animals and wildlife conservation initiatives led by our Singapore Zoo. The kids were treated to a great time of interaction with flurry animals such as bunnies, hamsters, dogs etc. In addition, the fair had 2 major tenants (Pet Fuze and Pet Village). There were great promotions and new products launches.

The main highlight of the event is when the dog owners brought their pet for a "PET WALK CONTEST". These dogs came in different outfits and dressings, all ready to capture the attention of the audience. One dog was able to do the hand gesture for "Gong Xi Gong Xi", while another dog was able to dance with the owner.

A very strong message came from one of the contestants. She had an ailing dog which was blind and had to be on drip twice a day. She said this to the audience "Even if the dog is sick and ailing, you should never never abandon them." These words shook the audience and she came in first place with her ailing dog.

All of the dogs were exceptionally well-groomed and well-loved by the audience. It is very obvious the love, concern and time devoted to their pets are simply unfathomable.

If you have a nice pet, bring it down to Suntec Happy Kidz Level 3. This weekend (6-7 Oct) the fair will still be on.

The event ended with a visual treat of Magic and Puppet Show by Captain Dazzle.

Wedding @ Swissotel The Stamford

2007-09-25T23:26:00.002+08:00

Event: Wedding Dinner
Venue: Swissotel The Stamford
Date: 23rd Sept 2007 (Sunday)

This photo was taken by a guest during the dinner

Style! Emcee @ Wedding

Saturday! @ Keat Hong

2007-09-23T00:58:00.001+08:00

Event: Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
Date: 22nd September 2007
Venue: Blk 454 Choa Chu Kang

Style! Emcee:

Tonight event was simply wonderful! Not only did I have the chance to host the Mid-Autumn Festival for friends and residents in Choa Chu Kang, I had a chance to host some of our young talented "getai" singers.

Egena Fu Jing Wen was simply terrific with her rendition of "醒来吧！雷蒙娜" Her overall stage presence and outlook did not reveal that she was new in this field. At her young age of 17, impressive! Not only was her voice good, but her expression and actions accorded her with a standing ovation especially when she collapsed onto the ground at the end of her song.

Another outstanding performance was by this duo female group called M2, comprises of Michelle and Michiyo. They too left the audience adrenaline-pumping with the song "Bad Boy" by 张慧妹.

This is my first time hosting on a 4-sided stage without any backdrop. The feeling was awesome, knowing that you can have 360 degrees interaction with the audiences!

**If you have attended this event, drop me a line. Thanks**

Looking forward to my next event next week. Will update again!

Cheers!

Baby Fair @ AMK Hub!

2007-09-14T23:46:00.001+08:00

Event: AMK Hub Fairprice Xtra Baby Fair
Date: 15th Sept 2007 - 16th Sept 2007
Time: 11am - 9pm
Major Exhibitors: Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, Dumex

Healthier Choice Healthier Baby!

Posing for the camera

"Watch how I do it..."

Style! Emcee @ AMK Hub

Style! Emcee:

Style! Emcee hosted the event for 2 days at AMK Hub. There were loads of fun & games for the young and old, including toddlers! Shoppers were amazed by the fringe activities and parents were rushing to sign their children up for exciting games with great prizes. Parents were also making use of the fair to grab baby toiletries and other necessities at great promotions!

COMEX 2007

2007-09-12T21:25:00.001+08:00

Event: Gain City @ Comex 2007
Date: 30th August 2007 - 2nd September 2007
Venue: Suntec City Exhibition Centre Level 4-6
Nature: Products Roadshow/Fair

Style! Emcee's words:
COMEX and IT SHOW are Singapore's largest and biggest Computer and IT Exhibitions. COMEX 2007 attracted more than 700,000 visitors over 4 days.

Style! Emcee in action to attract the crowd...

... Engaging the shoppers in Bargain Hunting Game!

To be a successful emcee at roadshows and fairs, Style! Emcee recommends:
1. Keep your sentences short and succinct. Long sentences will confuse the crowd and reduce the impact of the information
2. Key information like offer price, product model are important, but don't over-emphasize them repeatedly.
3. Allay the worries and fears of shoppers by reassuring them with other information such as product key specifications and benefits, other services provided and any other information that can turn them from "warm to hot" shoppers
4. Inject punchlines like "Hey, all of you are staring so hard at the TV, the images are jumping out already!". Be creative as a light jovial moment can help to inspire purchase
5. Have fun!

(If you have more great info to share, please add your comments)

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