Just in case for those who dun noe him... shall do a short story with u guys....  I got to know eli during my rsp elders days as a biz manager... i was looking for sound system sponsorship for our CNY event and then i remember receiving an mass email advertisement about a sound studio (ZaiStudios) from charmaine... so with some strings pulling here and there abit of.. managed to get myself linked up to Eli who is the creative director aka boss of the sound studio... 

I still remember the first time he called me to acquired about our club and the event... he called i think ard 9pm+ using his HP!!!.. i mean for most sponsos, they will contact me via their office land line and during office hr.. but he's different... and wat i am amazed is after introducing himself he asked: "how are u doing??" i was totally stunned... it was like a conversation to a friend more than a sponsorship biz call... normally, those sponsors will go straight to biz... but he's different... *impressed* through the phone converstaion.. i pictured a great ang moh guy who has the heart of gold... willingly sponsoring a sound system to us without much question asked (compared to other sponsored i spoke to b4)... it was after i found out that whenever he sponsor the sound system for us... he will have to close down one of his jamming rooms for the number of hours we borrowed his system.... this means no biz for those hrs (he rent out his studios jamming room at hour rate to bands as one of his revenue).. 

on the day of our event, i went to his studio to pick up the sound system... he opened the doors as i was expecting an ang moh guy, but rite in front of me is a young chinese chap... fashionable and stylish guy... well.. the 1st thing i notice was his hair style.... (p.s i thot he was one of eli's assistant..) but it turned out he was Eli Tee... well u cant blame me for mistaking him... he spoke with an accent and his name looked so ang moh-ish... he's pretty western minded... when he speaks there will be "cool" here and there... super friendly to everyone.. then he even volunteered to go down with us to our event ground to help us set up the system... 

During our drive down and for the event venue... had some chance to talk to him... it was our first meet up so everything was pretty formal... ask abt his company and he asked about out club, event, my job scope as biz manager...

Subsequently, i stepped down from my biz manager position, had to hand over the sponsors on my hand to the next committee... so i brought kelvin(next media head) to eli studio for a formal introduction and told him him abt my step down and kelvin will take over from then... as in he will be the one contacting him for future sponsorship... so i asked for his permission to give kelvin his HP number(I have been contacting him via his hp for all the sponsorship) for future colleborations... but he said he prefer me to call him for future sponsorship btw elders and his studios... well, i guess i understand.. he's using his personal Hp for all these sponsorship issues... i think he doesnt want his personal hp to be spread among too many ppl who may not noe...  

so during Kelvin and raymond (current media head's event, they will call me to ask eli for sound system... and slowly we sort of proceed from "biz manager-sponsors" relationship to more of friends recently, he email season greeting... sms and call to send his greetings...  shared his dreams of becoming a singer with me.. and also his studios future plans... and also his own composing and songs he sing in his ipod.. well, not in details.. but still he shares... one thing i remember each time he called or i call... he will nv forget to ask :"how are u doing?..." always do some catch up b4 going into the "biz" stuff... so as a friend and also to repay him for nv turn me down when i ask for his help and sponsorship, i was determine to help him spread his music creation with my friends.. ya of those who constantly hear me publisizing his work and songs.. now u noe why... pls dun misunderstand everytime i say "eli this... eli that.." he's a good friend i treasure and if u noe me well enough, u noe how i will treat ppl if they help me once... i'll make sure i will help them back whenever they need me....... gratitude.. 

I remembered once, when we send the sound system back to his studio... he was practising with his band...  although me and my friends were standing outside the jamming we could still hear him sing.... super nice lor... after one song, he came out to invite us in to sit in and chill to listen to his band play and him singing... me and jj were thrilled... getting to hear him live... but them his band felt that they were not ready to preview their song to the public yet (which is us)... butg getting to heard him sing live earlier on with the walls separating us... i turned immediately to a little fan listening to her idol sing... haha... silly me.... 

Then this CNY event, i decided to try my luck to get him to come down to perform for the elders... initally i didnt put up much hope for him to come down to sing for the elders... after looking through his schedule he agreed to come down to sing... managed to get jimmy to be his acoustic guitarist... they practice together once and they seems to work out welli did so much advertising of him coming down to perform for us, but then due to a new job assignment that crop out, he end up not been able to sing for us... it was later i found out the new assignment was actually a concert that he's coming out with his friends...Beneath The Sheets - An Intimate Concert with James & Friends  on 14 and 15 may @ the Esplanade recital studios... too bad i am leaving for my taiwan grad trip on the same day... if not i will definitely go for his concert... well, next time maybe...

here are some link to of Eli's singing and info...

firstly, an interview of him... spectrumtv .. it was only after watching this interview then i noe that he is doing quite alot in the music industry... writing songs for wilber pah, been the creative director for the asia release of High School Musical... and after the interview... u will hear him sing 2 songs.... onli 1 word: Excellent... meaningful lyrics... great singing... personally i like his singing alot..... unique....  

here's another link where he uploaded some of his songs...reverbnation... personally i like the way he sings 寫一首歌... in fact i am listen to it as i type this post...

月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我心
現在我唱這首歌 OHH 只為你
想把所有煩惱都忘掉 做不做的到
你明白我心在燃燒 因為你 因為你 OHH 為你

你心中的話我全都想聽 能不能相信
所有的夢裡全都是你 會不會停息
和你一起是否不會再放棄 你的心裡有沒有秘密
我分不清不要在意 只想為想為你 寫一首歌
寫一首歌 都是你 OHH

月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我心

Oh,love's in the air
it's everywhere
everyone can see
everyone can feel
that love's in the air
it doesn't matter where
everyone agree
love is all we need

when the moon falls in your eyes
I know the sun has set
the fire still burns within me
since the day we met

I know my heaven would be so complete
you could make it real
I won't let this chance go by
I can see,I can feel you
when the moon falls in your eyes
I know the sun has set
the fire still burns within me,within me

月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我心

現在我唱這首歌 只為你現在我唱這首歌 OHH 只為你
想把所有煩惱都忘掉 做不做的到
你明白我心在燃燒 因為你 因為你 為你 為你 OHH

many of u may think that i am obsess with eli.. but well, i think i am just proud to know a friend who is a artist-to-be... somemore he's just too nice... to the extend i think he's the nicest person i met over my last few years... at least someone i can talk to confortablely without having to find means to please him... i can be straight forward with him too.... 

Jia you, Eli... i really appreciate ur kindness, generousity and u treating me as a friend....