11th COMPASS Awards Dinner
This evening, my sis and I attended the annual awards dinner presented by COMPASS (Composers and Authors Society of Singapore) at the Padang and Collyer Rooms of Raffles City Convention Centre. The guest-of-honour was Mr. Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Like previous years, COMPASS gave out awards such as Top Local English Pop Song, Top Local Soundtrack, Top Local Publisher of the Year etc. Artists such as Dick Lee was awarded Top Local Composer of the Year; JJ Lin was COMPASS Young Composer of the Year; and Stefanie Sun was Top Local Artiste of the Year.
At the start of the dinner, when we found out that Stefanie Sun was coming and also sitting at our table (our table is under eWorld Publishing, which belongs to her mentors, twin brothers Lee Wei Song and Lee Si Song), we were very excited and eagerly waiting for her arrival.
When she finally appeared, I got ready my digital camera, and snapped pictures of her. We also got to take a picture with her. She looks exactly the same as on TV, magazines or newspapers. She was sitting directly opposite us so we both got a very good view of her. Cameramen and fans soon appeared at our table to snap her pictures.
We also saw and heard JJ Lin perform live in a sing-and-play act, singing his own composition, and it was very good and touching. Needless to say, we both, idol-hunters also took a photo with him, as well as Joey Chua, Chai Li-Lian, Jeremy Monteiro and Liang Wern Fook. My camera batteries nearly died on me, but luckily, I managed to get the shots done.
It was truly a star-gazing evening. The food was delicious, but I think my eyes also received a feast of its own!