The effort for the night was to make it as glam as possible. We were to arrive at the venue, The Shanghai Dolly, chauffered in white cars - and we were dressed to the nines. I'm proud to say my dress came from Warehouse, and it was lovely. So we met at the lobby of the Park Hotel. Cynthia and I were to present 8 awards together, and we were going to just go and have a great time.
We were to arrive in separate cars tho. I was to ride in a car with a girl named Tania, she is Miss Singapore Universe 2010 - and she had an escort and was very tall. We took a foto together. Now i'm a tall gal, but she was in taller heels and i felt absolutely dwarfed! As soon as we got out of the car (I was first) there was a huge CRUSH of papparazzi - it was so intimidating! That's happened to me twice in the past week, and the flash bulbs going off like crazy feel like little explosions after a while, and becomes a not so pleasant experience. But i smiled through it - like i always do.
Me, Tania, and her escort
So while i was waiting for Cynthia to arrive, i ran into a new acquaintance, George who is a talent signed with Fly Artiste Management, and we took a photo together too.
Me and George in front of the photo wall
So we went inside the venue - and it was packed! the event was running late already - and i honestly hated that the VIP's were the reason it was running late. That is one of my pet peeves about Singapore - no matter the show, they'll always hold up the event for the VIP's. and then some VIP's don't bother to show. As a model when i used to do runway shows, i would curse every single one of them for making us wait for over an hour. We were on time. Even those people who weren't labeled VIP's were on time. Why couldn't the so called VIP's be on time too? To me, the people who showed on time WERE the VIP's.
Anyway, i digress. We were seated in the roped off area and given champagne and food and choice seats. George and I chatted until Cynthia and the rest of the VIP's arrived. Then we were whisked backstage to get ready for our awards presentation. Cynthia and i rehearsed nothing - but as soon as we were on stage... it was...
THE CYN AND LIN SHOW!!!!
I introduced Cynthia, and she introduced me, and we got down to business. I ripped open the envelope and started announcing winners. Our first winner came up and there was a flash from a camera. Cynthia said, "hey, do you wanna take some pictures?" - meaning, take some more! and we had loads of fun posing with the winners! Here are some of the pics....
Yeah, good times
There was plenty of laughter, and our goal was to be entertaining. Some of the winners were shy, some were totally game, some were a bit tipsy. All in all - super fun!
After, Cynthia and i went back to our seat, had a few more drinks, and got to watch the rest of the show. We had a great time, and were shown a first class time as well. Thanks goes to all the winners, presenters, and everyone who submitted a film to make this the success it was. Also, great thanks goes to The New Paper for making this event a class act, and for letting me be involved.
A Class Act
PAPPED!!!
Me on the left on the red carpet, and Cynthia in the green dress on the upper right panel.
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