Viva, KYM NG - FINE WINE Mellows Well.

TODAY, the name KYM NG suddenly popped up.

It has been eons ago since I last met up with KYM.

It's like etching out a piece of memory from the past.

It has been a long time since .....

My ADVERTISING friends used to compare Singapore actress KYM NG with CHERIE CHUNG, an extremely popular Hong Kong movie star in the 90s.

"Don't they look alike?" they enthused.

At that time, KYM had just left her job as a flight attendant and was focusing on a full-time modelling career.

She was fast becoming one of the top, albeit most sought after in the Singapore fashion photography industry.

KYM was effervescent: always kind, polite, sweet,diplomatic and easy-to-work-with.

And everybody loved her professional working attitude.

Besides, she was a "chameleon-type" fashion model who can give you a gamut of glamour poses.

And still managed to look refreshingly different in every photo assignment.

In the late 90s, she ventured into singing and signed on as a recording artiste with Singapore Hype Records.

She then started her ascent into the flimsy world of show business.

KYM is a survivor in the fickle entertainment industry, and a good one at that.

Her talent, like fine wine, mellows year after year.

She is currently contracted to MediaCorp Singapore, and wears a twin folio - Actress cum Host.

Her first foray into feature film was a made-in-Singapore movie called GONE SHOPPING, directed by award winning WEE LI LIN.

KYM NG is an astute professional with a magnetic personality - and stands out in a sea of new artistes who display more attitude than aptitude.

She's still going from strength to greater strength.

Viva, KYM!

LOOKING BACK AT THE EARLY 90s in picturesque SINGAPORE. A NOSTALGIC TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.

IN RETROSPECTIVE, 2008 had been a turbulent year.

It could have been worse.

There were the usual upsides and downslides in terms of global economy and politics.

We are soon embarking on a brand NEW YEAR.

Did you enjoy the little moments that made up the last 12 months?

YES?

Then you know what LIFE's about.

NO?

Then it's a tad sad, since moments gone can never be retrieved.

As far as time is concerned, there's no second chance.

TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN.

From old archives, I wiped off cobweb and dust.

And discovered vintage pictures of some SINGAPORE MEDIA CORP artistes of the 90s.

That was a cool 15 years ago, some time between 1992-3.

OH, THOSE GLORIOUS YEARS!

Do you still recognize a few of these Artistes who may still be around with Singapore TV Station?

Did their looks change much during the past 15 years?

You're asking me?

TIME REALLY FLIES!

Like they say, an ARTISTE is "public property", subject to incessant gossip about their private lives.

We chart their growth, their ups and downs in the media.

Some fare pretty well and are still scaling new heights.

Some fell from grace ....

Others just simply disappeared into oblivion.

THE SMARTER ONES USED THE TV STATION AS A STEPPING STONE TO GREATER SUCCESS AND ARE NOW BASKING IN THE GLORY OF THEIR CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENTS.

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IN THIS BRUTAL ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

Career security is something virtually unheard of.

Being an actor is great when he achieves both money and fame.

But what happen to those artistes who have been shunned by the Station, and are down and out?

Behind that sweet smile, an entertainer's life may not be that charming.

There's no glamor finally, when he reaches the sunset of his acting career.

He may turn his back to you and brushes away a tear or two.

DID YOU SEE HIM CRY?

He wishes that you understand, when all around him is crumbling.

He was your idol before, but now you are clamoring and rooting for his competitor.

He feels desolate and lonely without your support.

But do you know?

Or care?!

HAPPY TIMES OR SAD TIMES - MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THESE.