Catching up... Part 1

It's been eons since I wrote something solid on me blog... So, to all those who have been constantly looking in for updates... Well, it's your lucky day!!! Anyways, let's not waste time on long, long intros and get straight to the point alright...

Meself
So here's a little update of all that has happened to me in the past half a year or so... Firstly, I got together with a really really darling dude, who's kinda selfless, generous, lovable, down to earth and all the rest of the positive, lovey dovey adjectives you can think about... Hehez... His name's Albert... He's in the Navy... Has 2 sisters, a brother-in-law, and 2 really beautiful nieces... So ya...

That's us at VivoCity, just after I came back from my pageant (which you will read about next...)

Miss Young International 2006
So that's the first thing... The next would definitely have to be the Miss Young International (MYI) 2006 pageant in Manila, Philippines in November last year. It was my first international pageant and it was one hell of an experience... Total disorganisation but at the same time loads and loads of fun and new friends... It was a rather small competition, with only 10 countries competing - Venezuela, USA, Ecuador, Singapore, Mexico, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, China and Australia. Apparently there were supposed to be many many more contestants but due to some mysterious reason, they never showed up... Oh well...

Anyways, the first few days were kinda slack as we were waiting for the entire world, so to speak, to come together before we went touring and all... So we were put up in the Manila Pavilion for a few days... It's a really nice hotel with really really scrumptious food... It's just a pity that I was there for a pageant... If not, I would have gorged my face with all that yummy food... LOL... Food aside, the people there were really charming as well... The service staff were so so polite and cheerful all the time... And for some reason, I was a hit among them... LOL... Everywhere I went it was, 'Hi Miss Singapore...' or 'Hey... Miss Singapore...' To tell you the truth, I really enjoyed all that attention... Hehez... We also did quite a bit of shopping... The things there are unbelievably cheap!!! Bikinis were going at like S$15 and sports tops were like only S$7... Me, who doesn't like shopping, came back with an overweight luggage... Get the picture? And of course, to prevent the extra kilos from piling up every day, I'd hit the gym early in the morning and run about 5km on the treadmill... It was a breeze to run on that machine... LOL... So after all the countries had arrived, we moved off to the other provinces in Manila for our tour...

As always, all that touring had to come to an end... And it obviously ended with the coronation night... Prior to that, mini competitions were held to determine the final six... There was the swimwear competition - which Venezuela, USA and Ecuador came in Top 3 - and the evening gown competition - where once again Venezuela and USA were part of the Top 3, and to complete the Top 3 countries in evening gown was yours sincerely... Yupz... That's me alright... I was shocked... LOL... That's because I went into the competition without an expectations at all... And low and behold, here I am, standing before the crowd, with the hot favourites behind me... That feeling was totally AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Hahaz... So anyhow, on the night of the finals, the show didn't start till like 11pm! We were all tired and hungry and Miss China and Miss Taiwan had to catch a really early flight the next day... It was really really hell... So anyway, the show finally started a good 3 hours late... Everything went the way we rehearsed and then came the announcement of the Top 6... I was being called first... followed by USA, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador and obviously Philippines... Then there was the usual swimwear and evening gown competition again and the question round for the Top 6 was done... After that, the announcement for the Top 3 was made... But here's the thing... No question for any of the Q&A round was prepared... All the MC said to us was just pick a blank piece of paper and I will just read out the name of the judge who will ask you the question... Even the final question was thought out by Mexico and myself! How much more cheapo can they get? Anyway, things got on and subsidiary awards were given out... I got Miss Friendship, Mexico got Best talent, Ecuador got Best in National Costume, and Venezuela got Best in Swimwear and Evening Gown and Miss Boardwalk... As for the winners (in order of merit): Miss Young International 2006 - Venezuela (apparently she got dethroned and Ecuador is not the reigning MYI 2006); 1st runner up - USA; 2nd runner up - Ecuador; 3rd runner up - Singapore (that's me... Yippee); 4th runner up - Mexico; 5th runner up - Philippines...

I've got pictures from the pageant and they're available on http://becky85.multiply.com/photos/album/2... So have fun viewing them...

Well... that's all for now... stay tuned for a continuation of this entry... Coming up next: My 21st birthday, Christmas, New Year's, my first trip overseas with my darling, Chinese New Year, and last but not least, my exams.... Till then...