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Stella
shares her joy!
July 20, 2001
Stella wants to share her joy with her fans.
Having received her exam results not so long ago, the Arts and Social
Science NUS undergrad is over the moon with the surprise result
of ABBC.
By Peng Wan Joo
(Click on pictures
for larger image)
 "I
don't think I have ever done this well before," she says.
"This is actually my best results so far,"
says the singer who is currently in her second year. "I thought
I would just scrap through since I was so busy with promotions I
did not really have the time to sit down and study."
And she is glad she managed to prove to her
worried mother that she is actually able to juggle both career and
studies successfully.
Hard work is important
 "So
do you work better under pressure?" we ask the pint-sized singer.
"No, I don't think I work better under
pressure. I think I was just lucky. I think hard work is very important.
Determination is also very important."
But the most crucial of it all, says Stella,
is to have proper time management.
Applying what she believes in, Stella is making
good use of her 2 months holiday to improve herself musically. She
is already preparing for her second album which is set to hit the
stores at the end of the year.
"I have been listening to a lot of different
kinds of music like rock, min yao (folk) and many other genres which
I normally will not listen to because I have sort of a writer's
block. I think this will help to make me more sensitive to music
and help me in my music composition."
Losing weight
 Other
than that, Stella has been working hard at losing weight too.
"My company has been pressurizing me to
lose weight," says the svelte singer.
"If I were not an artiste, I would not
be concerned about weight at all but what to do? No matter how slim
you are, once you go up in front of the camera, you still look plump."
And the exasperating part is that while it is
difficult for Stella to gain weight. It is difficult for her to
lose weight too.
After going on a protein diet and forgoing her
favourite fried chicken for a few months, the current 44kg girl
has lost 2kg.
"I still feel like eating when I see food."
Mirror mirror on the wall
 Watching
her sing at the press
conference where Peakfusion announced an endorsement deal of
Bayerdynamic products with Stella and Dreamz FM, one cannot help
but be impressed by her stage presence.
"I usually don't perform well in front
of a crowd and I get nervous. Sometimes I even get stage fright,"
says Stella who confesses to singing easily and jumping around all
over the room when no one is looking at her.
 That
is why she resorts to practicing in front of the mirror when she
is alone in her room. And we are happy to tell you that all her
hard work has not gone to waste. She has certainly improved from
the last time we watched her at the launch of her debut album, Stella.
(Watch Stella sing here at the launch of her debut album here.)
Grading herself
 After
working hard for so long, we asked Stella to grade herself.
"I can't say whether I am satisfied or
not. It is an experience. My music is a form of sincerity and it
is the real me. Honestly, I think I am not fantastic and I need
more improvements. But I give myself 60 marks for hard work,"
she beams.
Well, Stella, we are sure your fans will give
you a perfect 100!
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