Our feeds were filled with black squares and heart-wrenching throwback photos as friends and colleagues of Alien paid tribute to the late Taiwanese singer-actor-host, who died on Wednesday (Sep 16) at the age of 36. Local stars also had plenty to share as Alien had starred in homegrown productions such as Joys of Life and Michelle Chong’s Already Famous.

But perhaps one of the most heartbreaking tributes to Alien came from his ex-sweetheart Rainie. The pair dated for three years when they were high school classmates and managed to remain good friends until his death.

“I’m very happy that we’ve shown how much we love and care for each other at the right times,” reads part of her touching post. “Losing you is a pity, and I’m unwilling to let go. But there's no trace of regret between us.” Sobs.

Photos: Rainie Yang/Instagram, Kate Pang/Instagram, Romeo Tan/Instagram, Pan Lingling/Instagram, RBKD/Instagram

The getai singer-turned-Facebook live stream sensation remembered to take some time out of his busy tour schedule in Malaysia to relax and have a meal with friends.

Earlier this week, he posted a picture with former badminton world champ Lee Chong Wei and showed off his gift from the sports star. It may look like an ordinary racquet, but according to Wang Lei, it’s a limited edition design and there are only 60 of it in the world. Wonder if it has any hidden special abilities?

Photo: Wang Lei/Instagram

Also chilling with a renowned former athlete this week was Suhaimi, who hung out at Farrer Park Swimming Complex with Asia’s “Flying Fish” himself, Ang Peng Siong, once lauded as the world’s fastest 50m freestyle swimmer in the ‘80s. However, we guess Suhaimi needs more practice in the water as he quipped that he “almost died”.

Photo: Suhaimi Yusof/Instagram

Guests at Alex Tien’s birthday party included Jam Hsiao and his manager (and rumoured girlfriend) Summer Lin, Alyssa Chia’s husband Xiu Jie Kai and their three daughters (no Alyssa herself in sight, though), and Yvonne’s BFF Fish Leong. Yvonne, who’s become quite the kitchen goddess since moving to Taipei, even whipped up a sushi cake in secret for the occasion. Wish we could’ve been there!

Photos: Yvonne Lim/Instagram

If you’re wondering why the family’s costumes aren’t in sync with each other, Cheryl has an explanation. According to the actress-entrepreneur, she had intended to dress little Emma up as Princess Jasmine from Aladdin, but she couldn’t find a costume that would fit the one-year-old, so mum-and daughter ended up twinning as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, while Cheryl’s husband Roy and their son Marc stuck with the Aladdin theme. Still cute, though!

Photo: Cheryl Wee/Instagram

No Disney costumes in this one, but the Mandopop king’s photos with his dear “fashion mom” never fail to put a smile on our faces.

Photo: Jay Chou/Instagram

Speaking of mums and smiles, this throwback photo of the BIGBANG star with his mother was a sweet departure from the usual edgy, more avant-garde content on his profile. Too cute!

Photo: G-Dragon/Instagram

How many tweens do you know wear Apple Watches like Kimi Lin here? Then again, we’re talking about someone whose dad owns a bunch of fancy, expensive cars and a swanky smart home. Oh, and Jimmy recently became the director of a construction firm as well.

Photo: Jimmy Lin/Instagram

Ouch. An old appendicitis problem that the star failed to fix in March last year (he thought it was food poisoning and went to the hospital three days later, but by then he was too septic to be operated on) came back to haunt him a few days ago, but this time, he rushed to the hospital and had his appendix taken out once and for all. He’s currently recuperating at home. Wishing him a speedy recovery!

Photo: Daniel Wu/Instagram

Three days after losing his father, who was said to be battling a chronic illness, the Chinese pop star and former EXO member shared this cute black-and-white photo of his papa and a simple “Good night, dad” on his Instagram. Our condolences to Zitao and his family.

Photo: Huang Zitao/Instagram

Being the child of two famous actors certainly won’t shield you from mean girls (and guys). Having endured — and still enduring — her own fair share of cyberbullying, the daughter of Zheng Geping and Hong Huifang shared a candid post about her experiences and hopes to encourage others who are going through the same ordeal.

“Talk to someone, be it your parents or maybe a senior you can trust,” she wrote. “But above all, always #bekind, for you never know what that person could be going through. (sic)” The world could certainly do with more positivity (and less hate).

Photos: Tay Ying/Instagram

Rebecca Lim, Joakim Gomez, Fauzie Laily, Hossan Leong, and Suthasini Rajenderan, who hosted this year’s National Day Parade, got together again to catch up, celebrate Rebecca’s birthday (it falls on September 26), and… prepare for next year’s NDP? Hmmm, guess we’ll have to wait and see.

P/S: If you zoom into the photo, you’ll see printed pics of a few, um, familiar faces (to say the least) on the wall behind them. After all, it is an NDP reunion!

Photos: Suthasini Rajenderan/Instagram

If any of you were around the Marina Bay area on Thursday (Sep 17) and spotted a guy zipping around on a unicycle and thought “Hey, that looks like Pierre Png”... your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you ‘cos it really was him. It does look kinda fun, doesn’t it?

Photos: Pierre Png/Instagram

We can only hope to be as confident as the ‘90s bombshell when we turn half-a-century old, which Christy just did yesterday (Sep 19) and marked with a super confident video selfie. Werk it, gurl!

Photos: Christy Chung

If any other mums out there have any tips on how to make pregnancy migraines and the dreaded morning sickness go away (or at least alleviate them a bit), feel free to send them Ase’s way. The Phoon Huat scion is currently expecting her first child and while it apparently isn’t always a bed of roses, she’s still rocking bikinis like she always has.

Photo: Ase Wang/Instagram