6 November 2006: My Happiest Day in Taiwan

Prof Liew, Director of the International Relations Office of NUS, and Foong Sin had paid us a visit amid their busy schedule in Taiwan! They arrived in Tainan last week, and had just come over to Taipei for a meeting with their NTU counterparts. We were very happy indeed to see them, and had enjoyed a pleasant lunch with them at a nearby Chinese restaurant.

GUESS what: Our group of international students had gone to CTV（中视）to watch the live recording of the popular Taiwanese variety show Guess X 3（我猜我猜我猜猜猜）in the evening! Needless to say, I was very excited, and had brought some of Jacky Wu's albums to the set for his autographs. Francoise had made some A4-size posters to congratulate him on his recent nomination for best compere in the upcoming 金钟奖 held within these two months. As such, Marvin, Shingo and I lifted these posters and Jacky Wu saw them! Haha! I did not have the chance to approach him before the start of the recording, but after a 10min break when he returned to the set for the second half of it, I mustered enough courage to ask for the autographs and a photo with him. The Local King agreed readily, and proceeded to sign on all the 3 cds that I had brought over. A female producer was furious that I had held up the entire filming process, but Jacky Wu still took pains to sign on the cd covers patiently, and he really took a shot with me in the studio! I was very pleased with his affability and sincerity, and even anti-Jacky Jasmine and Mu'en had agreed that Jacky Wu seems to be very kind and friendly to his fans! In contrast, Rainie Yang had appeared rather aloof, but we decided to give her the benefit of a doubt that she was simply tired after a long day of filming on the set.

Jacky Wu had talked to me a few times in the recording, so I GUESS I must have appeared in most of the show regardless of how much the producers will censor or edit to yield the final broadcast. Yuting (in her regular downloads online) and all interested friends, please keep a lookout for me in one of the Guess shows within the next few weeks! Anyway, Jacky Wu shook my hands (as well as those of Jasmine and Shingo) right before he left the set, thanking us for our support. I hope that I had made his day to the same extent that he had made mine.

I am so excited now that I feel like typing a series of posts on this in the next few days! Do bear with me if I really do so!