I reached hot and humid Singapore on Monday morning and ate Wanton mee in the airport before coming home. The Perth trip was great and I really enjoyed myself there. I took 1000 + photos there and will post them up soon =)
Some things that happened during the week I went missing …
1) I received my degree in Perth
2) Got to know a guy named Kenny (Donald’s gf’s cousin) in Perth who brought us around. Great guy.
More on him and my trip next time.
3) I gained weight due to Kantang (potato) overload
4) I didn’t sweat at all in Perth despite walking under the sun most of the time. My feet hurt though.
My new cheapo boots are not made for walking …. long distances.
5) Realized that my new camera’s battery life is not that fantastic. Extra battery needed for long days.
6) My beloved Newcastle United lost a match, won 1 and lost again (yesterday). They are currently second in the table!!
7) I didn’t attend the Singapore Blog Awards due to my Perth convocation/holiday trip and as expected didn’t win.
Jasmine went with boyfriend to the event on my behalf and took lots of pics there. I will upload them once I manage to get the pics from her.Congratulations to all the winners, especially Ms Chor Lor who once gave me winning 4D numbers. =P (To see the winners click here)
8) Lucky I didn’t miss the Singapore Idol top 13 spectaculars as it was not shown last week.
Singapore Idol is on today though and I will definitely be watching it and rooting for my favourites, Mae Sta and Syltra Lee. Just found out that MJ Kwok is gone and cute 7 eleven girl Nurul replaced him.
9) Got someone to remove a dunno what insect hive outside my house.
For people like me who stay in HDB flats and have hives outside their houses, call your local Town Council for assistance. It’s fast and free =) Thank you Pest Control.
10) I went to Timbre @ Arts House for my sister and classmates after exams celebrations.
Went to Movida at St James after Timbre and saw lots of Ferraris along the way and outside the club. I didn’t bring my camera along, damn wasted sia. We used Wayne’s phone to take some pics as my iPhone cam sucks. Hope to get the pics from him soon. =)
Stuff I will be blogging about very soon …
1) A 7 part series about my Perth holiday! Lots of pics will be uploaded but do not expect to see 1000+ photos he he
I don’t think I will be blogging about my “Expert” Singapore Idol predictions anymore. Feeling a little lazy =P. I will be giving my predictions on my Facebook and Twitter instead. For those who want to see if I’m right or wrong and scold me for my wrong predictions, you can add me he he. Cheers.
Welcome to boliaosia.com’s quick Singapore Idol predictions. I’ve got only 30 min to blog before results are out gotta do it fast!!
This week the second group of 12 performs to fight for 6 spots in the top 12. Last week one of my favourites Syltra Lee got through after she was saved by the judges. This week my other 2 favourites Charlene Torres-Tan and Mae Sta Maria will be performing. I hope both of them will join Syltra Lee in the top 12. All of the 3 contestants who went through by viewers’ votes are guys last week. Will there be a female contestant going through by votes this week? I will try my best calling and hoping that one of my favourites will be the first female contestants going through by votes.
I got 5 out of 6 correct last week with my “expert” predictions, which I think is rather accurate. Will I be as lucky today? As usual I won’t cheat with my predictions (I swear). By the time I click the post button it should be around 10 minutes before the results show. Will anyone be spying on my blog to see if I get the correct predictions this week?
Your second group of 12 ...
My quick Predictions based on my boliao scorecard:
This 6 will go through to the next round. (In alphabetical order)
1. Charlene Torres-Tan 2. Faizal Isa 3. Mae Sta Maria 4. Samantha Lee 5. Sezairi Sezali 6. Sylvia Ratonel
I won’t reveal the details of my scorecard, but the top six will be my choice to go through be it being the 3 most popular idols or being saved by the judges. One of my favourites Mae Sta Maria should be save as she would at least be saved by the judges. I have voted quite a lot for Charlene Torres-Tan and I really hope she goes through. I thought she did well but somehow the judges didn't like it.
Notice that I have included more females in the list of 6 despite 3 guys going through by votes last week. I’m going to go against the trend and predict that 1 or 2 girls will go through by votes this week. Maybe the female voters have spent their al their money last week and it’s time for the male voters to strike back. =P Will I be right??
(Post button clicked on 9.45pm Wednesday 9 September 2009. Will not edit my predictions I swear! I'm very honest. Wrong then wrong la lol)
P.S: Sorry I’m not making any predictions next week as I won’t be in Singapore and can’t watch the show live. Pai she.
I’ve got only 30 min to blog before results are out gotta do it fast!!
After a week which feels like forever, we finally get to see the first group of the top 24 perform. As promised in my previous Singapore Idol post, I will give my “expert” predictions like I did for last season’s American Idol. I wonder why they put the results show on the same day as the performance. Will it be the same for the spectaculars? I hope not. Is it fair?
I think I’m usually right around 60% of the time but no one cares anyway. I’m just doing this for fun and for my own personal satisfaction if I get my predictions right heh. It will be harder for me to predict with the results coming out so soon but I will try my best. So who will go through?
My quick Predictions base on my boliao scorecard:
This 6 will go through to the next round. (In alphabetical order)
1. Farhan Shah 2. Jannah Shaharuddin 3. MJ Kuok 4. Malaque Mahdaly 5. Syltra Lee 6. Tabitha Nauser
Maybe: Nurul Huda
I won’t reveal the details of my scorecard, but the top six will be my choice to go through be it being the 3 most popular idols or being saved by the judges. Not sure if it works, but I will make some adjustments for next week if it proves to be extremely inaccurate lol. What I can say is that one of my favourites, Syltra, gets the highest points tonight he he (no biasness involved here). She is definitely safe tonight as she will at least get "saved" by the judges.
Will I be right??
(Post button clicked on 9.43pm Wednesday 2 September 2009. Will not edit my predictions I swear! I'm very honest. Wrong then wrong la lol)
The time has come for me to once again reveal my idol favourites. This time I will announce my favourites for this season’s Singapore Idol! I was really sick since Tuesday (high fever and cough) and had lots of medicine to take. Sorry if anyone missed me. =p
I have to take a total of 6 medications (5 different kinds of tablets & 1 cough syrup) after my meals, some 2 times, some 3 times a day and they made me very drowsy. I was so drowsy that I actually watched an entire episode of Growing Up without changing the channel on Tuesday. Lucky I slept a lot in the afternoon on Wednesday and managed to gather enough strength to watch the fourth episode of Singapore Idol, which revealed the top 24. Episode 4 was the most drama mama episode so far and I love it. Just like American Idol, I love to see the emotions showed by the contestants when they were told they are in the top 24. I love the idol first: duet self composition round. Some of the songs by the contestants sounded really good (I think some of them already have some original songs written before this round).
Now that we know who the top 24 are, I can reveal who my favourites are based on what the producers want us to see on TV, reading some information on the net and watching Youtube videos. I am usually very good at choosing favourites who will go far as I think I represent the average voting viewer lol. Some of my favourites in American and Singapore (okay I just realized, why not Singaporean ah) Idol early in the competition include, Bo Bice, Blake Lewis, David Cook, Adam Lambert, Sylvester Sim, Hardy Mirza, Daphne Khoo and Jasmine Tye. Although there are some (I shan’t mention) which I support early who went out in the first voting rounds, I’m usually very good with this ….. really he he.
So, without further ado, it is now time for me to reveal the 3 Singapore Idol contestants who are my favourites at the moment ... (they usually end up being my favourites for the rest of the season)
(In alphabetical order) 1) Charlene Torres-Tan
Charlene Torres-Tan in Fernando Torres’s jersey - From her Facebook Fan Page
She is sweet looking and has the girl next door feel. She seems friendly on her Facebook fan page too. I’m sure lots of other guys will agree with me and vote for her if she performs well. If you are wondering why she has “Torres” as her middle name … It’s not because she is madly in love with Fernando Torres and added his last name to her name. The reason why she has a Spanish sounding middle name is because she is mixed. According the her Facebook fan page, her mother is Filipino and it is a tradition for them to adopt their mother’s surname before their Chinese surname. It seems like she is a Liverpool and Torres supporter though from the picture above. I guess lots of Liverpool supporters will support her heh.
Sorry I can’t find any videos of her on Youtube. The only videos I can find are of Fernando Torres heh.
Maybe her supporters can modify and sing the Fernando Torres song when cheering for her.
She got into the top 100 in Australian Idol which I’m sure is really difficult as they have a population of 20 plus million there. According to her Facebook fan page, she has won some awards and in the process of recording her own album. She is married to an Australian husband who would learn how to make Char Kway Teow for her and fly over to Singapore to support her… so sweeeet. I don’t think being married will affect the number of votes for her as seen in last season’s American Idol (Married Kris Allen won), as long as she performs well. Love her voice and style.
Rocker chick Syltra is in a band called Aurigami and appeared on Live and Loaded in episode 5. She has lots of videos on youtube, some covers some originals. Visit her youtube page to listen to her version of songs like Poker Face, If I Ain’t Got You and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. Her original songs are really nice too. I think her band performs regularly at Acid Bar, not sure if they do now with her idol commitments. I’m sure she will be one of the more creative contestants and will make the songs she sings her own.
Sorry ... unlike last season’s American Idol, there are no guys in my 3 Singapore Idol favourites heh.
Contestant who did not make it whom I will miss: Miss “I not Ah Lian” Rachel Gan. Too bad she screwed up the last audition.
Just like last season’s American Idol, I have compiled the top 24's fan, group or personal page (if there is no fan page) on Facebook specially for you. =)
To carry on with my Idol tradition, I will try my best to give my “expert” predictions after every round. If you have read my American Idol predictions, you will find out that they are pretty accurate. Okay lah I think around 60% correct …. quite good right? For the piano shows, the results will be out 2 hours after the show, that will make my predictions a little more challenging, but I will try my best. Don’t worry, I won’t cheat and will make an effort to blog my prediction within an hour after the performance.
The first half of the top 24 performs next Wednesday!! Syltra Lee is in it!! Go Syltra!! You will have at least one call from me heh. It will be the first time we actually hear some of them sing … maybe some will impress me so much that I will change my favourites he he. Who are your favourites??
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