Hey there everyone, it's been a hectic few weeks of work work work... it's FAN-TASTIC.... I am sure you guys are aware, my job can be an outrageous amount of fun sometimes (it can also be really bloody boring too) but it's the fact that I have no CLUE what I am going to be doing from day to day that beats the pants out of sitting in an office and contemplating xeroxing parts of my body to pass the time... With the start of Sony Style on AXN and ePAD on MAX (as well as re-runs of Explore Middle East on Channel News Asia) things are feeling good and busy, and believe me - in my line of work it is always good to be busy.... take the advantage when you can!First up though... I had to work on my birthday! BOO! But I quickly forgot being angry when first thing in the morning I was let into the Christian Lacroix exhibit at the National Museum of Singapore.... WOW... Fortunately I had my trusty C905 Ericsson phone with it's uber-nifty camera on it, so I was able to snap some sneaky pics while I was there.It's all Opera outfits... it's all amazingly cool to look at, and I'd recommend it to anyone in or around Singapore in the next few weeks...As the day continued I shot a gadget segment out in the sweltering heat and lost about 8 pounds of body weight in sweat alone... but as a nice little surprise after powering though my crew surprised me with a mini birthday cake after the word got outWhich was sweeeeet.... AWWWWW!!! ANY-hoo, the day was far from over as we dropped in on the G-STAR fashion show to get a preview of their new collections. The lovely peeps there invited me along and I thought I'd take along a camera crew as an accessory. Well the day got even better as the G-STAR stars brought out cake and champagne for me AS WELL AS hooking me up with some GREAT G-STAR clothes.... So as far as working birthdays go, it was all goodI am totally loving the new G-STAR line, and I'll certainly be looking into grabbing some more... it all goes great with my new ADIDAS sneakers.... I'm feeling so stylish... it's about time.The next day (my WIFE's birthday - weird huh?) we were invited to the HBO launch party for the HBO original series TRUE BLOOD which just started on my other network MAX (the former Cinemax). It was a cool event, with lots of free blood (vodka cranberry) and fun to be had.It was the trio of hosts with Mohini (left) from HBO central, Linda (centre) from HBO Signature's FRIDAY PICTURE HOUSE and me (not pictured - duh)... the other gorgeous lady is Janine, mine and Mohini's old producer from Lonely Planet...And this is Nick, the man behind ePAD on MAX... fun times were had by all... as you can see. I think the best part was when a group a business men came up and tried to buy Linda so she would come to their table and just talk to them... it was bizarre... but funny as hell!I then made a swing by the Ritz the other day to meet with David Archuleta from American Idol... I suppose the best word to describe him would be 'adorable', I just wanted to pinch his cheeks... I guess it was my paternal instinct kicking in.... next thing you know I'd be blowing raspberries on his belly and going 'A-COOCHI-COOCHI-COO... but hosting etiquette prevented it hehehe.See here he makes full use of the Smile-Shutter function on my phone... is it me or does he look like my son here.. HA HA HAIt was a really fun interview actually, we had a lot of laughs and I couldn't believe how long we'd been going when the label finally suggested I might want to let someone else have a golast up, I had the pleasure of swinging by the most opulent party I have ever gone to - the launch of 7atenine Singapore... it was insanity...You have to check this place out, it was awesome - it's in the Esplanade in Singapore...The party was off the Chiz-ain... it wasn't long before the owners had thrown a bottle of champagne into my hands and yelled 'GOOD LUCK!'.... awesome awesome awesomnessFinally, as an example of the opulence of the night check out this Martini...If you're wondering what's on the top there... IT'S GOLD DUST..... Because THATS just how I ROLL!!!later peeps
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