Reasons

Some people may ask me, Why release an EP now? In Singapore? But you are leaving right after to HongKong! Why not release it in HongKong?

Well, I guess its my attachment to this country Singapore. I grew up here. I spent most of my life here and this is where I started off. I'd like to give thanks to all the people who supported me in the industry here by doing something before I leave, and of course all are invited to come and get a free copy on the 27th August. Thats the most I can do. And in another angle, I'm also giving thanks to those who had ever said 'Jae wouldn't make it'. I thank them because without these people, I wouldn't have the energy to push ahead, to prove them wrong.

Of course, I'd like to bring this album back to HongKong as my own form of memory for Singapore. 7 years ago I had a departure from the Lion City. It was also in August. I cried and cried as I missed my friends and comrades-in-arms. I sort of regretted it and I ended up coming back here six months later to serve the army. I wouldn't want any of those regrets anymore. A good memory should be left the way it is, and having something physical now is the perfect goodbye.

My friends in Singapore, don't worry. We are all cosmopolitans in this new age. Who says I'm not ever stepping into Singapore ever again? I'm just moving house! I can always come back for holiday!

Let me get this straight. I'm temporary moving over to business for the next few years. Opportunity comes, I'll take them if my schedule permits. I'm not retiring from entertainment line. Its just a little break. And some time for me to do about my life as well. I missed my family. My lil sister misses me and wants her brother at home to share woes. My mother is lonely and needs someone to go facial and shopping with. My father. Wow. I can't calculate how much I owned him. I want to do something for him. Its not like he's not proud of what I'm doing. He comes for my shows. He flies in to Singapore just to catch them. But he is getting old. And tired. I want to spend time with him. I can't be selfishly chasing cars out there all the time. Everytime I visit HongKong, and just before I board my returning flight to Singapore, I think about staying at home. A home where I have my own dining table, a home where I can do whatever I want, a home where I have my own personal seat on the sofa in the living room for TV. I can't wait for the moment my flight touches down HongKong.

My producer Eddie Chow had made this story into a song, which is the third song in my EP. I'm sure you'll love it.

Recordings had started. Stay tuned for the next few posts as I'll tell you more about the other two songs, 蚊子咬咬 and 算了，够了.