After winning the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award, guess what were the three things running through Hong Ling's mind?

The 30-year-old Mediacorp star, who was also nominated for Best Actress for playing an ill-fated policewoman in Unforgivable, brought home her fourth Top 10 trophy at the Star Awards on Sunday (Jul 6).

When Hong Ling happily pranced on stage to receive her award from guest presenter Chow Yun Fat, he surprisingly pulled her towards him.

According to Hong Ling, he whispered to her: "You know there's a song called 'Cai Hong Ling'". Basically, poking fun at the actress' name. 

Needless to say, Fat Gor's unexpected gesture made her night. 

"I thought: 'Eh, he's really so friendly. He joked with me after hearing my name. I was quite happy because I was the only one who got that interaction," she said to 8days.sg.

She revealed that she was starving as she didn't have dinner and she couldn't wait to have a post-win feast.

"I'm going to eat Haidilao. I also want McSpicy and McNuggets. But not all in the same night lah. I'm going to stagger, one day eat one," she laughed.

On the topic of celebrating, how is she planning to thank her fans?

"Every time I win, I'll take them out for a meal to reward them. This is fan-service, but I don't know where I would bring them. I'll let them decide," she shared.

We jokingly asked if she would be game enough to cook for them, and Hong Ling surprisingly liked that idea. 

"Nick and I just got a new house. Though I don't want to reveal our address, but that's a very good idea, maybe I can cook for them because I enjoy cooking," she said. 

Speaking of Nick (Teo, her husband), would Hong Ling have to comfort him given how he went home empty-handed again this year? "I don't think so," she said. "This voting thing is really so tough. Even I'm not confident I can win! I think he can try again. There's always next year". 

She's also unbothered about being arguably the 'high-achiever' in their relationship because their priority now isn't work.

"Our priority is family, so work is secondary. It's not as important," she said. 

It's been a tough year for Ling, whose mum passed away in February this year. She also suffered a miscarriage 11 weeks into her pregnancy in the ...