Archive for September, 2006

A Fighter’s Blues…

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Andy_laus_honourary_graduation Happy 45th birthday to you, 華仔! You seem to fit my "Andy Lau is like carlets, finer as years go by…" description of you more than ever! Just feel that time is really passing fast, as it’s been almost 2 years since I last met U in Bishan

As the title tribute to Andy Lau’s 100th movie - 阿虎, if any one hasAndy_laus_honourary_graduation_2 watched & understand the moral of the movie delivering out, one word concludes all - Tenacity. Persistency & consistency are some area that I’m lacking of, that may explains why I’ve not achieved the success that my potential could lead me to…

Well, it’s still a rather enjoyable 27  Sep for me, as I played some tunes on the piano & sang my  current favourite song called "Long Distance" @Singapore Art Cafe, Esplanade Library in the early evening. That was my 1st ever timeRikiro_mr_sg_world_2006_final
playing & singing that song to the public, & due to no prior preparation, it wasn’t up to my expectation for performing standard. However, friends & audience did find my performance enjoyable, which I acknowledged through their cheers & applause… Really hope that I can deliver a proper gig @Singapore Art Cafe soon, perhaps in Oct?

Around 9pm+, I went to Club MoMo together with Lyndnn & her cousins Mr_sg_wold_final_momo_2for Mr Singapore WorldMr_sg_world_2006_final Final, as I promised my mate, Victor that I would be there to cheer for him. Although the contest was not as impressive as I thought, I did see some Caucasian chicks laughing erotically while the hunks fleshing their muscles on stage! Perhaps I am a 100% heterosexual man, therefore I didn’t enjoying the show as much as the fairer sex… Victor was crowned the title of Mr Personality & I did catch up with some of the other contestants after the show.

One interesting issue to highlight is that when I shared with Lyndnn about 1 finalist that was myRunning_on_karma favourite choice, she replied "That’s so Riki!" What she meant was that hunk resembled me in my younger & fitter days, well, I should take that as a compliment… Which also became the motivation for me to get back the bods & shape that I used to have 3,4 years ago…

萬般帶不走,唯有業隨身!

From one “P” to another “P”…

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

1st of all, really thanks for friends & readers who have sent me regards after reading my long-awaited blog entry since Apr - Long Distance… May the poetry words touch the souls of yours, as they express my feelings & missing…

Readers may ask what do the 2 "P"s stand for in the title, well, I can actually interpret the "P"s into different form… "Point","Process","Progression", "Providence"… As the list of meaningful wordsHandshake starting with "P"s goes on… In fact, 21 Sep was the last day of my contract with Prudential as I requested after some serious consideration, I do enjoy most of my time with Pathfinder Alliance & I told my director, Alvin, that I’ll always remember him as my 1st-ever boss in my financial services career… Sometimes for man-to-man talks, a firm handshake expresses the sincerity in both parties…

Executive_look So does it means that my financial services career is coming to a halt after I left Pathfinder? No, it is actually a progression as I’m moving to a more professional level of my financial services career - Independent Financial Advisor (IFA). A friend who is with Professional Investment Advisory Services (PIAS) invited me to join him as he explained IFA will be the future vision of financial services industry, which I reckon… Also, joining an Australian-funded/based organisation is a wise choice for me as being an Australian graduate myself, I always have plans to relocate in Oz during my retirement years or if I want to start my own family…

My FA License application to MAS should take about 4-6 weeks, provided that I pass my M8 exam this week, as it is the last piece of my current-equipped-qualification jigsaw puzzle…

Well, enough for my career updates, 22 Sep is actually quite a day to be remembered for me. Today is the 5th year wedding anniversary of Maj Philip Chionh & Zoe Tay, the "queen" of Caldecott Hill. I Birthday_cheesecakeremember the scenes of my friend Hossan Leong playing the piano for their wedding banquet in 2001, how time flies & may many blissful marriage years awaiting for Mr & Mrs Chionh… Also, it is the 21st birthday of my ex-CO Maj Wei’s daughter - Jemima, ¡Feliz Cumpleaño con bendicións de Dios! (Happy birthday with blessings from God! in Spanish)

The best is yet to be!

Long Distance…

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Theres_love_above_me_margaretWhen I am feeling blue, lost without a clue,
sparks between our eyes, nothing can be as true…

Sing my life for you, paintings that I drew,
one plus one makes two, how I wish to caress you….


Tell me when we are heading to, what we do may seems so cruel,
where’s the "good" in our goodbye, that time you leave & break my heart in two…

Even though we are far apart, send my love with all my heart,
when you miss me at night, look at the stars shinning bright…

For the times you pull me through, all the things I do for you,
Swallows_couple_painting running tears from my eyes, thinking how will I survive,
next goodbye…

Delicating to Senorita CamejoCon amor de Rikiro

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sOimbiyHiU

Singing courtesy of Janice Vidal.