Some Event Artistes’ Rules and Regulations

As an entertainer, one of the basic golden rules you need to follow was you never allowed late for a show. In an event, if your performance needs certain times to setting up your stuffs, you may need to encounter that, plus at least 15mins to show your face to the organizer, the best should be 30mins earlier.

The other golden rules, you do not asking for food after your show in the event! Usually lots events having buffet lunch or dinner, to the event organizer, they only catered for their guests, and they always not inclusive the entertainers.

Unless the event organizer asking you to join them, else I would never take any foods from the buffet tables, because it was seriously lower down our entertainer’s image and giving bad image to out clients.

Recently I came across a client complaint a caricaturist Mr. R had taken their buffet without permission; some more eat before their guest arrived! And then I came across another complaint from client that there were 2 artists Mr. L and the daughter Ms L was aggressively asking for food or just go direct to take the food and asking for beer or wine without and permission during the event running!

There was another guy Mr. D, after eating the food, sometimes he even asks the waiter to pack some food in the boxes or plastics bag for him to bring home! That was really terrible! Other than them, there were few more artists and entertainers were aggressively asking for food during the event and yet complained by the event organizers.



For some particular client, they will blaming the event company and deduct their pay! Eating the food catered by the event organizer was strictly prohibited in my view except they invited you.

Everybody like food and beer or wine, but as a professional, do not spoilt your own image, so usually I ate earlier before I go for my work; the most I only asking for soft drink during the event.

Acro Productions' Polate Studio

Attended Ming’s (aka Susie Wong)’s Pole dance Training Studio yesterday, there were more than hundreds guests came. That was great to see this famous lady Ming set up her own studio! She realliy talented person whose able to sing, mcee, cheoragraph, and be a professional pole dance trainer now!Ming’s style was real professional skill as we mention like real skill in martial art, you can usually hear the Kung fu Master talking about “Real Kung Fu” in movies. Haahaa!I just try to climb the pole, and realized that need lots hand power to carry your own weight! Seeing her doing was so easily, actually need lots strength! I salut to aa the professional pole dancers!Never forget about my fooood! My favourite “mishiam”!!!! and lots more nice food! Had grab the mishiam, fried chickens, eggs and many dished till my bowl looks like a mountain! Haahaa!

I drew Mr. President!

Waaahh! Received the photo from the official photographer Mr Sam Yeo from i2i Photography while I did a drawing for Mr. President last month at Singapore Flyer! After almost 18 years, event artist life, finally I am having a chance to take a picture with Mr. President of Singapore, President S.R. Nathan! Every artist got chance taking photo with the president of course, but to me, it was a really great experience and memory in my whole life!

Caricature for Sony Event

It happened that I have a chance doing a roaming caricature for Sony’s gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. It was a very high class and a formal event; I had been asked to dress in costume accordingly!See! My colleagues also in serious attired!There was a great belly dancer, Belinda performance a solid belly dance session!The best thing was met my acrobatic friends also performing there! Yeh!Seriously, they are my friends, not anyhow say one ok!I got not much hair now! Ops! But I got friends to enjoy dinner with me! No friends to have dinner with you? Pity you, go some kinds of “lorong” also can’t have real fun men!

Opening a new Portrait + Caricature Shop at FAR EAST PLAZA

I had been asked many times recently by a very enthusiastic friend that just back from Tokyo to became one of his partner for his portrait + caricature chain shop in one of his branch at FAR EAST PLAZA!

I wondering are you sure this industry really so good? Because every artists have their own style, no way to cover by other artist, because art piece was very unique thing, can’t get other people to draw for you and then you just sign your name, client could found that the artwork was not done by you! He keep mentioned that there’s a way……Ok, let me wait for his opinion to see what will happen and what I can do.

In my view, doing art was not easy in Singapore, because usually local people was more appreciate overseas artist’s art.

I ever heard one senior art event manager’s complaining: “Lots local artists was too stubborn, foreign artists was much creative and talented!”

I think, most artist here was emphasized their personal benefit, an I agreed the art was very personal thing, so it was not easy to form some sort of organization like caricature.org like the state.

Birthday Party

Did a children birthday party at east coast road, The Bay shore Condo. I am not first time doing caricature for children party in my 18 years’ event artist life, not first time doing event in condo, so I would not taking too much photos, only first timer and un-experience caricaturist will taking lots photo while doing event.In this show I met balloonist and face painter, all my old friends there; that was a happy job for me.

Two hands

Am I the only ambidextrous artist in Singapore for the time being? Yup, I am the only ambidextrous caricaturist, the person who using both hands to draw in Singapore so far.
I am not the only ambidextrous who doing art in Singapore, see this guy, he is a Singaporean, I know him few years ago. He uses two hands to do his calligraphy as well!
I am not the only “Jumper”, there are someone else, hope won’t meet Samuel L.Jackson who like to kill the Jumper in the “Jumper” movie, haahaa!