FROM JON :)

Hi there!

Good morning!

First and foremost, forgive this very 'unpersonalised'/'mass' email. Believe me, i would if i could, reply to every single email but time is so not on my side. :( You really won't believe how MAD (!!!!!) the schedule is. Everyday we wake at an UNGODLY hour and have TONS of stuff going on all the way till midnight! These 'stuff' include interviews, vocal trainings, roadshows, more interviews, mtv shoots, photo shoots.... COUNTLESS of them. Fun as it is, but it's also extremely draining! As a result, this has taken quite a toll on my health (especially the oh-so-important throat) due to the lack of sleep and a culmination of other factors. All right, enough grumbling. Haha..

You guys are what's keeping me going and thus, I decided to take some time off to send this mail. This is just a short little something in addition to my blog. Oh, speaking of blog, thanks for reading it! Haha... Yea, i'm really quite random i think... as you can see my chain of thoughts span pretty quickly from one topic to the next. Hahaha....Just a quick mention that i check the blog comments more regularly than friendster and this email... so anything urgent, just leave a msg on my blog yea? And on MSN, honestly, i have absolutely no time to log on at all... so yes... such is the life of a surviving artiste... hahahha... hmmm...far from being an artiste actually.

Ok, i really need to do this: THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ALLLLLLL!!!!!

I look forward to the roadshows every week! Of course the beautiful gifts and heartfelt letters are encouraging and heartwarming and definitely a bonus so to speak. But it's the endless support and painstaking efforts that is so precious! I feel so bad that you guys go through all that to make the gifts, put together pictures as collages (smth i can never achieve), write the letters and notes or even take time off to come down to support. For all the thoughtful gestures, i must say i'm truly, truly grateful. :)

What's more important are the comments, encouragement and long emails which I receive everyday. I am so thankful for the kind words, it's really a driving force for me in this competition... to know the very least that i have people appreciating the music i deliver. :) I do aspire to improve each week and give the best performance i can. Speaking of which, I'm really excited about this wed's performance! Classicss... ooohhh so very difficult but so very fulfilling if i can put up a good one. I hope you guys are going to enjoy it!

I think i told some of you all that we're staying at Mt Sophia, well actually it's MT EMILY... got a bit confused. Haha.... Mt Emily is just behind Mt Sophia... a really nice and serene area... For those who are still in the dark, haha... we're staying at Hangout, this very nicely done up and comfortable youth hostel set against the backdrop of lush greenery and rolling hills... haha now i sound like a travel brochure.

As the competition goes on, there'd be less and less time for me to keep in constant contact with you all... so do bear with the delayed responses and blog entries... i will try my best!!! I would love to visit your blogs as well and will leave a tag... hopefully i can do it sometime soon.... Whatever it is, just to assure that i do read the comments, mails and messages, so keep them coming! :)

Once again, thank you for all the luuuurrrrvvveeee... :) It doesn't matter if you voted or not, it doesn't matter if you're supporting other contestants as well! At the end of the day, I just hope you all enjoy my performances and the tunes i sing. I think that's the ultimate satisfaction of any singer... to engage you audience in your music and to give and earnest performance.... :) If you're having a bad day, i hope my music can be uplifting and if you're having a good day, why not make it better! :) For all you people out there, whether you're working, schooling or bummming (hahaha...), keep going at it ya... seek that passion and pursue it. Your belief in your dreams will bring you somewhere near the ultimate goal. :) Those at school especially, study hard ok? Sometimes, you only get one shot at things...so make the best out of what you have. Just bear with the assignments, tests and projects, there'd be over before you know it and soon, it'll be the holidays! That's how i psycho myself last time... hahaha... Trust in the man above because when you do your best, God will do the rest. :)

All right... enough said. Phew! I hope you all get to watch this wed's performance and be prepared to be serenaded by beautiful music and beautiful people. :)

Have a fantabulous week ahead and many hugs....

Love,
Jon