I am Malaysian la ....

I am at Changi Airport waiting for my flight to Taipei. Yes, I need to improve the way I speak in Mandarin. Everyone is laughing at me. I speak with a malaysian accent. What's wrong? I am malaysian ma.

Met a college mate from Malaysia; Pei Min (see photo) who is working here in Changi airport. Asked her if she is being laughed at for having a malaysian accent when speaking mandarin. She stares at me!

This leads me to the fact that the entertainment industry is all about packaging. I need to speak a certain way; look a certain way to be accepted. But I really want to be myself. The comfortable me - the way I am. Can?

Now my manager is sending me back to taipei hoping that the environment can help me speak "properly" or the acceptable accent - the way the industry expects of me - hopefully with a taiwanese tone :)

I have to go. Got a flight to catch

马国波霸

Just to back track a little. I started as a model and had the opportunity to appear on the cover of FHM DEC 2008. After it hits the new stand a local journalist Yun Hong from wanbao saw the potential in me and did a page 1 article and named me - 36C 马国波霸 the rest is history.

Somehow, I think this has lead me to the role of Rose Chan. Most of my interview will so how introduce me as 马国波霸. In one recent interview the journalist asked if I am offended or will I be afraid that the name will somehow limit my future development henceforth will be cast as a 波霸 in every role. Guess not. Haven't her see "Aunty United" where I acted as a demure nerd. I know I can take on many different role.

Since we are on this subject; one of the magazines that I recently appeared on the cover said that they somehow can't place my face. I look a little a b c and a little like d e f etc... Hey, I am new lah.

I feel that being able to look different everytime means that I can somehow take on different role. So relax. Give me time to find my right fit. Don't be too early to judge :)

I want to end this post by thanking Yun Hong to start my career in showbiz and always interested in what I am doing

I have just met Rose Chan first boyfriend. Will be posting my experience with him. So hang on!

The Beginning ...

I have decided to start blogging because I really want to do justice to Rose Chan the role I will be taking on when Film maker Eric Khoo starts filming "Chinese Rose"

For a start; I am definitely overwhelmed by the fact I am on the covers of 3 top entertainment magazines here in Singapore. Loved the covers. I wanna thank all the crew behind the covers for making me look so beautiful.

I know it's unusual for a newcomer like me to be on the covers of all 3 magazines; let alone 3 top local entertainment magazines. I want to start counting my blessing. Thanks to "Rose Chan" and Eric Khoo for believing in me.

One of the main reasons why I want to start blogging because I want those who care about Rose Chan to be assured that I do take this seriously. Being new comer I am expecting criticism to come my way.

One of my friend called me this morning to say - "Hey ... you looked fabulous on the covers!" ... but you sounded bimbo tic and dumb. Not very flattering indeed. Rose Chan is definitely not dumb. She is the smartest woman I know. I am not saying I am Rose Chan. I can never be her but I want to get into character.

The medias have been very kind (so far) to me but the recent interviews seem to do otherwise. I sounded almost retard in the interview or rather how the writer wanted me to sound.

I was just trying to be myself for every interview. Instead I am called "unglamourous and unsexy" and I am definitely not an angel. Well .. that's his "superficial" observation I must say.

For all these ... I am going to prove him wrong.