Julie Tan Si Qi 陈欣淇 From That Girl In Pinafore (Jiu Mei)

      A little about Julie..

Videos of Julie:

Latest Video on new show "小小传奇", she's acting as a hairdresser wannabe:
http://video.xin.msn.com/?mkt=en-sg&vid=2be0748e-fed2-77d9-2c0f-68f4cf5acf8a&from=sharepermalink&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:

Some Random facts about Julie :

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Height: 1.72 metres

Age at year 2013: 21 years old

Born in Malaysia.

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An only child from a well to do family.

She adopted a pet toy poodle dog named Tinkerbell.

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Before 2009: Student at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School

2009: 1st Runner Up at The New Paper Face Contest

Schooling in Singapore at

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) with a Diploma in Theatre. (2013)

She signed a 5 year contract with Mediacorp in Dec 2012.

TV and Movie Filmography

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2009 (17 Years Old)

My World, My Blog 青涩部落格

Ch U Info-Ed Programme

2010 (18 Years Old)

魔幻视界 The Illusionist

泳闯琴关 No Limits

红白囍事 New Beginnings

2011 (19 Years Old)

PK爱情 Let’s Play Love

乐在双城 A Tale of 2 Cities

2012 (20 Years Old)

星洲之夜 A Song To Remember

好运到 It’s A Wonderful Life

2013 (21 Years Old)

96°C 咖啡 96°C Cafe (Xin Msn Webisode and Drama)

小小传奇 Gonna Make It

MOVIES 电影

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2012/2013

世界末日 Judgement Day

我的朋友，我的同學，我愛過的一切 The Girl In The Pinafore

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Julie Tan was one of the finalist of the The New Paper Face 2009.

Side track, Jayley Woo was one of the finalist of the The New Paper Face 2011.

Seems like entering this contest is a great way to start to enter into the media entertainment industry.

Here are a list of the contestants:

http://www.asiaone.com/specials/newface2009/

The winner of the new paper face 2009 was however, Victoria Bradbury.

Julie did not do too badly. She was actually the 1st runner up title.

Julie Tan has been paired up with a number of Mediacorp's male actors.
Here are some references.

Julie and Romeo Tan

Julie and Ian

Julie and Elvin Ng in "It’s a Wonderful Life"  好运到 in 2012.

She has acted alongside Qi Yuwu (Sounds like "715" in Mandarin) and Joanne Peh in one of Channel's 8 mega drama serial: "A Song To Remember" 星洲之夜 in 2012.



In 2013's 96°C Café, Julie was the main actress acting alongside Desmond Tan.






Julie's Various Hairstyles and Hair-lengths:
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1. Short and Spunky Look



2. Mid Length with Girl Next Door Appeal

She looks so poor thing here!
Her acting is impressive!
She conveys the character through her eyes and body language.

3. Long Sleek School Girlish and China Doll Style



4. Wavy and Tousled Mid Length Sultry Office Lady Style




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Notables:

In my opinion, she had an excellent stellar performance in Unridde 2:
http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/unriddle-2-the-good-bad-and-questionable?page=5

Her acting was spell-binding and made me believe she was the real character in the show.
The role called for extreme changes in her facial, mood and body expressions as

she was cast as a girl with a bi-polar disorder who is both mute and deaf.

Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2 Episode 12



Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2 Episode 13



Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2 Episode 14


Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2 Episode 15

Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2 Episode 16
(This is the episode where Julie shows her evil side)

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She was also known as "Jiu Mei" or "九妹" for a while when the drama serial  "A Song To Remember" was airing on tv in Singapore.

She was so well known as the character that even the local news media
used her character name as a headliner.
"Jiu Mei escapes death!"





More on that incident:



Julie Tan had a narrow escape from death.

It was reported in www.asiaone.com, that she suffered from an acute asthma attack and did not have her inhaler with her. She was rushed to the hospital by her mum.
More informaiton at:
http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/tv/2013/02/13/julie-tan-opens-about-her-life-threatening-asthma-attack
 

Her love life evolved from that trip to the hospital.
She mentioned in the interview on iWeekly in August 2013,



that she realised that
her life and time is precious and that she did not want to have any regrets.
So she contacted a guy that pursued her 4 months ago with a simple "How are you?"
Previously, she focused on her career in acting and schoolwork when he was courting her.
So she did not commit to dating or developing the relationship.



Some pictures of Julie Tan's Rumoured Boyfriend BF
from the iWeekly Article.
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Pictures from Instagram:







Random Facts:
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He is a model and studying aerospace. 

He also has a twin brother.
His Instagram account:http://instagram.com/ngyuze#
His Twitter account: https://twitter.com/NGYUZE (Private)



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Media Clippings:

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Julie is truly shining through.
Look out for more action from her!


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Update: 3 Oct 2013:
Catch Julie Tan in the new Channel 8 show "Gonna Make It"
More information at: http://singpost.blogspot.sg/2013/10/gonna-make-it-channel-8-new-show.html


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More information about Julie at:
http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/magazine/8-days/feature.aspx?cp-documentid=250219515

http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/zh/lets-play-love/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4768498

Celebs and their pets: Julie Tan

http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/celebs-and-their-pets-julie-tan

Not sure if this is her official Blog or her Fan Blog:
http://julavender.blogspot.sg
http://julavender.blogspot.sg/2013/02/random-photos.html

Fan Group Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Julzeus_

Apprentice Asia Finale - The first Apprentice Asia Winner Is... Jonathan Yabut from the Philippines

At long last, Tony Fernandes has chosen his apprentice.

During the Apprentice Asia Finale (30 July 2013), Tony was left with the final 2 contenders:
Andrea from Singapore and Jonathan from the Philippines.

And the first Apprentice Asia Winner Is... Jonathan Yabut from the Philippines



I believe Jonathan's win was well deserved.
He delivered a very well-rounded and good answer or speech during the last showdown 

on why he deserved to be "The Apprentice".

Winner Announcement Video

Video Excerpt of their last debate and Jonathan's superb delivery:


It was well prepared, thorough and convincing.


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Here's Jonathan Yabut's epic delivery transcribed:

"Tony: Jonathan? (Tony had earlier asked them to talk about their honest opinion about their opponent. Which led to Andrea going on about Jonathan's weaknesses. )

Jonathan:
I have 2 things.

One, I think it's all about positivity.
When there's an idea that she doesn't like, she shoots them down.
And ultimately may not entertain that idea.
Her strength may be about decisiveness.
But I think that is more about her dismissiveness as well.

The second thing I would probably look at is:
Does Andrea really know what she wants right now?
Is she here because she is here for something else outside of law school?
Or is she here because she wants to prove that she is simply good?
And she gets a high out of proving to the rest of the world that she's at the top of it?

I'm not sure about the kind of leadership that Andrea wants.
Does she only wants to get the job finished?
Or does she wants to get it finished, together with her own people?


Tony: Why do you think that you're a better candidate than Andrea?

Jonathan:
More passion. More flame from Jonathan.

The reason why I see my vision in you, Sir, is the reason why you're successful in your businesses is because you love doing these things.
You don't invest in things that you don't like.
And that's the same thing that I do with my own life, Sir.

You want people who want to work for you because they share the same passion.
This kind of passion is not something that you force into anyone.

I'm not sure if that's the same thing with Andrea.

You don't force these things into me.
I was born that way, Sir.

And that for me is unmistakeningly, Jonathan.
In this process.

Second thing is leadership.
Andrea and Alex would always conive with this theory that I always
did't try to, you know, hide around even in marketing tasks.

But a great leader is someone who doesn't force himself to say that
"I should be the best" and "I should be the one to sit on the throne".

A great leader is someone who steps back and says
"There might be someone out there, who's waiting to do this job.
Who's passionate about this job."

You take a step back and you tell them:
"I want to bring the best out of these people."

And the reason why I never challenged or voice out for those kind of tasks is
because it was a waste of time.

I felt that I didn't have to prove to these people that I am the best in marketing.
Even if I knew I was.

Just to waste 15 minutes of my time, and say "Hey I should be the PM".
Why would you waste your time with that if you want your team to win?

The last thing is all about adaptability and resilience.
You can throw me at anything.
Not only because I'm passionate.
But because even if things go wrong, I never lose it.
And I never lose it because I have all the inspirations to back me up.

And as I've always said, I'm inspired by my people.
I'm inspired by my parents. I'm inspired by my family.
I'm inspired by the things I've gone through from my humble beginnnigs and my life.

Those things never die.

You want an apprentice.
Who will always hold on dearly to those values and ideas.

Tony: Thank you, Jonathan."


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Besides the final showdown, throughout the show, he came across as a more amiable person.
His leadership style was not as harsh as Andrea's.
And came across more as a people person.
He also had an impeccable resume and background to boot:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AAJonathanYabut/info
"He successfully launched a new pharmaceutical brand,
achieving market leadership in terms of volume and sales in just eight months,
a world record in the company’s history across 30 countries.

Jonathan was also the
recipient of the 2012 Mansmith Young Market Masters Award,
as one of the top seven marketers in the Philippines under the age of 35."

I also wondered if sometimes Andrea's facial expressions during close-ups were too severe.
They did not look too favorable on screen.
Wished she remembered that she was on camera and kept her expressions toned down.
But I think she really put herself out there. And that was rather commendable.

Hiaz. Almost!




More information about "The Apprentice Asia" (Season 1, 2013) at:

http://www.axn-asia.com/programs/apprentice-asia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_Asia

https://www.facebook.com/AAAndreaLoh

https://www.facebook.com/AAJonathanYabut

https://www.facebook.com/TheApprenticeAsiaFanclub