Ichige Hiroyuki

Bang forwarded an email to me the other day and it was some sort of a casting call for japanese, nepali, koreans who were born in singapore and want to trace their roots back to their respective "home-land". i kinda hesitated at first but then bang was like "fuck you free holiday lah cheebai!"

oh alright alright...

i replied to the mail and the director for the documentary called me the following night to schedule a meeting. that was quick! so i met this david suen fella from dream forest at paragon and after talking n stuff he was fucking excited to put me in the show cos i told him how my ancestors were samurai, how my uncle and me are judoka and wanna visit the kodokan, how my dad left japan pursuing a non japanese life but ironically i want to return there and find my roots. worthy of the ratings i must say.

mediacorp okay-ed the thing

and then my dad said he can't take leave. wahlao upset...

not even for a few days to appear on tv for the first time in his life back in his home country with his son. sigh. i kinda expected it. he works like a dog and almost never takes leave. actually no...never. the job aint 9-5. it's 8am - 9/10/11 pm kinda thing. he's 54 and they're treating him like dirt. i just don't say anything cos he still has that old japanese mindset you're in with your job til you drop. and everyday has to be given your best. sigh.

my mom won't go.

my sis just started sch my mom won't let her go.

so either i waste one ticket. and go there alone and like my japanese not say very kilat. fuck

or i don't go at all and say sorry mediacorp too bad.

sian...