And so the celebrity spotting continues:

#4: Lee Nan Xing - local actor - spotted him at Crystal Jade Paragon sitting at the table across from us having lunch with 2 ladies. I bet in the entire restaurant, only we knew who he was because he was dressed so casually that no one would notice him. If not for my sister's sharp eyes, I wouldn't have noticed him either.

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I bought Nicky Li Jiu Zhe's latest album, "想太多" = Think too much (literal translation).





It's not bad - it's pop infused with R&B tunes. One of my favourite tracks is "你好吗" featuring 周笔畅. I like his voice and think he's a nice & very funny person, hence the CD. I could never support someone who wasn't a nice person. Their voice could be the most beautiful in the world but if they didn't have the character to match it, I wouldn't give a crap. Hence my adoration for Josh Groban, Mandy Moore, Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian etc.

This CD packaging is really cute - It's actually a notebook. The CD is sandwiched in the middle with a plastic cover and his lyrics are printed inside the notebook. The notebook is mostly blank but there are random pages with Nicky's picture on it. Very creative. I think the notebook is made out of recycled paper because nowadays artistes are also concerned with global warming. For example, Wang Li Hong's latest CD covers are made of recycled paper.

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Song I'm hooked onto at the moment: S.H.E's "最近还好吗". Lyrics are simple yet mean so much. It's a really sad song.

挑一张耶诞卡写上满满祝福的话
地址写的是心底 你能不能收到它
天有点冷 风有点大 城市宁静而喧哗
这一个冬天我得一个人走回家

问自己习惯了吗 没有你每到夜裏回声变得好大
有没有什麽好方法让寂寞更听话

你最近还好吗? (好吗)
是不是也在思念裏挣扎?
你说会记得我 还记得吗?
你最近还好吗? (好吗)
忙碌吗 累吗 心还会痛吗?
如果真不得已忘了我 快向快乐出发

有再多的牵挂都已没有权利表达 (没有权利表达)
旧情人给的问候比陌生人还尴尬
昨天远了 明天还长 回忆模糊但巨大
这样的深夜眼泪要怎样不流下

问自己习惯了吗 没有你每到夜裏回声变得好大
有没有什麽好方法让寂寞更听话

你最近还好吗? (好吗)
是不是也在思念裏挣扎?
你说会记得我 还记得吗?

你最近还好吗? (好吗)
忙碌吗 累吗 心还会痛吗?
如果真不得已忘了我 快向快乐出发

你最近还好吗? (好吗)
是不是也在思念裏挣扎?
你说会记得我 还记得吗? (还记得吗)
你最近还好吗? (好吗)
忙碌吗 累吗 心还会痛吗?
如果真不得已忘了我 快向快乐出发

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Books I've just finished are:







They are all by Cecelia Ahern, daughter of Irish Prime Minister and sister-in-law of Nicky Westlife. She's my favourite author at the moment because she writes stories that appeal to me (I can't even explain that. You'd have to read it to find out). I'm really picky about books so that's saying something. I've laughed and cried with these.

I've read all 3 books twice each so far. My favourite is "If You Could See Me Now". She's released 4 books but I didn't like one of them ("Where Rainbows End") because it's in a letter writing format, and I can't stand those. They piss me off big time *lol*.

That's why I'm dying to watch P.S. I Love You. I want to see how they interpreted the book.
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Remember the Starbucks takeaway cup with Josh Groban's quote on it?





Josh's is quote #268. I went to their website (http://www.starbucks.com/retail/thewayiseeit_default.asp) to see a few of the other quotes from other notable people. Some of them are quite interesting. But I read that Starbucks caused controversy with some of the quotes that were sensitive and not very appropriate.

Starbucks America is cool!! They are more creative than Starbucks Singapore and Starbucks Australia. They should try to ensure that their international stores are similar to the American stores. For the amount of money we pay for a single cup of coffee, I think the consumers here deserve a nice takeaway cup with Josh's quote on it *LOL*. It would make my day :)

Happy New Year everyone! Let's hope that 2008 will be a better year :) It's the year of the Rat = my year = I hope that brings me lots of luck *lol*