Family

My father is now on his way to Thailand. I am not a religious person but I pray for his safety and I pray he will be able to settle the issues with my brother. I really hope things will work out and that my brother will finally wake up and work his way in the right direction. Enough with the big dreams and big ego.

The last five days has been a nightmare for us. It was a trying time and a time we finally realize who actually has our backs (friends and family). A time we fought but still stuck together as a family to try and come up with a way to solve the current situation we were put in to.

Of course under the given situation and pressure, each one of us felt we were pressurized by the rest to put in more effort in trying to handle and fix the situation. In actual fact, we were all in it together because we are a family and that is what a family should do to protect one another.

Thursday, an old mutual friend of my brother's and I sent me this newspaper clipping with the incident on it and my brother's picture. Of course it was in Thai so I had to have someone translate it for me. Nothing really major was mentioned (thankfully) but it is this that makes me think otherwise.... Yes I know my bother has balls of steel and has that bad boy tendency but he probably was framed by enemies. I have a few suspects actually. But whatever it is, lets see...

Nevertheless, within three days, we managed to pull together the bail and now it's time to put more faith and prayers that this situation isn't so huge or that these corrupted people will accept the bail as they initially asked for and not raise the amount to anything higher than what we've already got.

Right now, there isn't much else we can do but wait....it's the waiting that I hate most!! What should we expect? Good news or bad news? The time right now just can't pass any quicker can it?

It's breaking my heart!! More so each time I look at his photo in the newspaper article. He's such a smart person and so very talented and creative...all wasted.

But on a different note, my BH sister in Malaysia has asked me to meet with her friend who is in Singapore. She had asked him to deliver my NKOTB surprise box to me for my early birthday present. I was excited all day and also spent the afternoon 'creating' some NKOTB surprises for her. I made her a tin piggy bank and a couple cups. I hope she likes it.


So yes, I finally collected the box and went straight home to open it up! I was like a hyper kid at Christmas. So many surprises! I felt blessed.

Inside the box:

1. NKOTB Deluxe Box Set
2. A signed NKOTB “10” CD – YES it’s signed biatches!!
3. A signed NKOTB photo – YES again it’s signed!!
4. Jordan Knight’s “Ah F*ck Yeah” bracelet
5. Forever 21 NKOTB Edition Shirt 6. Photos of NKOTB when they were signing the CD!


Thank you Thong Yeen Fuan (Sarynna). We’ve only briefly met in Jakarta at the NKOTBSB concert and have been in touch via Social Media channels but you’re the sister I never had. Thank you for these surprises. I am ever so grateful.

YouTube FanFest

Look who is all grown up now?
Here we are sitting Starbucks Coffee at Marina Square waiting for our daughter who is attending the YouTube FanFest event at Ritz Carlton Hotel. I'm a mom with ants in her pants right now....how can you blame me? My 10-year-old daughter is at the event with her friends and here we are waiting to pick her up. I've got my phone ringer on its loudest setting and it's right beside me for when Lani calls. One day it will be time to let go but just not today...

"Ryan Higa" - before yesterday, I didn't know who the hell he was. A short introduction from my daughter and not only did I learn that he's a famous YouTuber, I've also learned that he's my daughter's idol! Not a bad looking guy. American Japanese decent. What I don't understand is how he got famous in 2006 when he posted his first video?? I honestly think his videos are no brainer and it's actually dumb but whatever tickles their fancy.

Being the cool mum I was, I tried to do my mischief in hopes I could get her to meet this guy Ryan Higa. I started by asking everyone I knew in the events industry and emailed to everyone connected to this event or this guy. I even followed this guy on Twitter, subscribed to his YouTube channel and LIKED him on Facebook!! This isn't the end to the extent I will go to so my daughter could have a dream fulfilled. I tracked his flight and the time he'd arrive and which hotel he was putting up at. Sent over a souvenir gift with a note, left a message to his room but still no luck... So as disappointed as I am, I know I've tried (to say the least).

I just hope she is having a great time and learning a few things or two. Her interest is there thus why we didn't want to stop her from attending this event. But she's here on the condition that she will have to blog about her whole experience. I mean why not start a blog since she's already got her own YouTube channel and Facebook Group and not to mention her own server for gaming.

Well it's time for us to make our way back to Ritz Carlton to wait for her to come out. I really hope she's had a great time. I hope almost as much as I did a year ago at the NKOTB concerts.

So sitting here, outside the ballroom where the YouTube FanFest is taking place, we hear screams from the girls chanting "Ryan".... I looked up and I see him walk past this small group of his adoring fans without stopping for a brief moment to say 'hi' or just making some eye contact. Wow!

Maybe my expectations are too high comparing him to NKOTB or Engelbert Humperdinck or the few other celebrities we've met and even come to know on a personal level. But then again, this guy is just a YouTube sensation, a joker in most eyes whereas NKOTB and Engelbert are true celebrities who has been in the industry for a long long time...long before this joker was even in diapers!

I'm not sour about the fact that he's not gotten back to me about my request to meet my daughter for a photo but from what I can tell, this guy is a snob. I saw it with my own eyes and I guess I can say from 'my experience' dealing with 'him' and other real celebrities.

Of course I am not telling my daughter what a dick I think he is. That's up to her to find out for herself but all I know is that as a mom, I've done my best to get her to meet her idol but he just doesn't seem to appreciate any of his fans.

Lets see how far this joker goes? One thing for sure, he'll probably never get a USD8,000 ad placed in the Billboard magazine or any other magazine, dedicated to him from his fans around the world. NKOTB got that and deserve every bit of it! Because they treat their fans like family and treat them with love and respect.

I mean really.... Big names like Engelbert have emailed us back and called us, NKOTB have emailed and sent me messages via Twitter, I've been in touch with the band members of groups till they passed on, etc. So is it so difficult for this joker to stop and shake a few hands?

One day my daughter will be old enough to understand that. One day my daughter may even be a bigger name than him and when he asks to meet her, I hope she declines! LOL. After all, he is one of many popular YouTubers in the US whereas my daughter is now the only youngest female magician in Singapore. Anything is possible.

And look who is all tuckered out after having all that fun.