KL with Swedes!

TJOOOO!
Alright, so let's see here.
Well. . . . uhm ok, so during the time Vincent and Anna were in singapore.. . .. i barely had anytime at all to hang out with them. . . . actually i never got to hang out with them, only for like dinner haha.
Well the day came when we left for Kuala Lumpur.
We took the buss from harbour front, it was a double decker, schtek som fan. It even had a little loungeo nthe lower floor. . . . which me, vin and anna occupied all for ourselves hahaha, sooo comfortable.
It was a great trip to KL.
We went to Genting Highlands again. We took a buss from KL. . . let's see here, it took maybe 1 hour and 30 minutes. . . . it cost 10 kr HAHA! insaaaaane. However, i was sitting next to a woman who was using me as a pillow. . . every sharp turn she would just lean in and crush me against the window hahhaa. . . .
Well genting this time wasn't foggy at all so i actually saw further than 10 meters ahead of me :P This time all the rides were open, men and vincent did all the rollercoasters we could get our hands on. . . it was GREAT.
There was one rollercoaster that you Lay down and go zooming around like superman. . . . .me and vincent Laughed till we cried, it wasn't that scary it was just. . . .well it was such a surprising ride hahahha we literally wiped tears off our face hahaha it was hilarious.
Other than that. . . .hmm well the weather was. . . WONDERFUL!
It was sunny, it was cool, it was clear as daylight. . ... it felt like i was home in sweden again. . . it even smelt like sweden. . . . i felt like crying, it felt sooooo good. . . . i love swedish summers, i miss home to be honest. . .. it's wierd actually. . . i kinda wanna go home. . . but i don't want to leave for that matter as well. . . .. .
Anyways, during the KL trip i spent most of my time with vincent, and most of the time Anna was with us as well. We walked a lot, fought with all the goddamn cab drivers of malaysia. I don't want to sound like a rascist. . . but EVERYONE hates the Indian cab drivers. . . i HATE them, i don't hate indians but i hate the indian cab drivers in malaysia. . . . they'll gauranteed cheat you if you hitch a ride with one of them.
Two seperate cab drivers, non-indian, cursed them all hahaha one chinese guy burst out cursing in english then went on to a frenzy in chinese. . . .. hahaha seems like nobody likes the damn indian cab drivers.
They will literally cheat you EVERY ride. . . . it's hopeless!
And they're assholes as well. . .take like the first ride we took, from the hotel we arrived at with the bus from Singapore.
We got an indian cab driver .. . . . at first he was nice. . . then he asked where we were from. . .. then he goes, oh no i don't like swedes, they always pay with coins and don't tip (As if i would tip you asshole) then he went on saying "I curse swedish clients, and not only that, i curse their families, their mothers, their fathers, their grandparents, their sisters and brothers and cousines and etc. . .. " omg what a douche. . . . i wanted to reach forward from the back seat and break his neck. . . . but considering how that would affect my wellbeing. . . i restrained myself.. . .
just to make things clear, i don't hate "people from india", i hate "indian cab drivers in malaysia".
Ah well. . . back to the Trip hahaha.
Other than genting highlands, we walked around all the malls, some of them we revisisted pretty much everyday.
My last day there, we also went to a water park called sunway lagoon or something.
The advertisments were awesome. . . . the park wasn't as impressive.
But we had fun. . . it was HOT like no other day though.
I got a bit sunburned even.
Oh and the water park is integrated with GIANT hotels, impressive as hell, even more impressive than most singaporian hotels! It was also integrated with an extreme park (People gliding around on lin banor and shit, i'd love to try it, next trip i guess ;) and a normal theme park. and a zoo i think :/ we saw some tigers anyway. . . .
Well after the water park, we walked around for a bit. . . me and vincent did volten (Vikinga båten but it goes a full turn. . . freaky as shit considering how little i trust the quality of malaysian electronics haha. . . hanging upside down was a bit scarier than back in sweden ehhe)
We also walked over a GIAAANT suspension bridge, maybe 20 meters above the other parks, and it was a really long one, took like 5 minutes to get from one end to the other.
I. . . was actually scared! The bridge was made of ropes and wood with gaps in it so you could see how high up you were. . . they even had galler to walk on so that it felt like you were walkin on thin air 20 meters up. . . . i actually felt like i was gonna die hahaha.
The worst part though. . .. we had crossed it once, but we had to cross it again to get to the exit. . .. and at this point i was already sweatting like an ass because i was wearing a pretty thick black tshirt! It was horrible, i think i sobbed a bit the last few meters of the bridge. . .. i was sooooo hot. . .. at the end i kinda just started half running to the end so i could get away from the heat, i left anna and vincent behind because i just couldn't stand it. . . . it was a terrible feeling of agony.
Luckily i found an airconned room where i hid myself for a while hehe.
The final ride we did at the park was a type of white river rafting thing.
Basically, you get into a boat that spins around on its way down a course, being pushed by rapid flowing water. It warned that you get wet. . . . and well i managed to dodge all the waterfalls and watercannons and water that splashed up from the little river pretty well. . . . i did get a bit wet but nothing too bad. . . .. HOWEVER!
Vincent wanted to go again ahhahah i was a bit. . . . offish on doing it again. . . but who wants to be a party pooper. . . i just thought, it'll be easier dodging all the water the second time since i know where all the water sprays from!
So i got in the baot again, all went well until. . . .
Well at one part of the course there is a pipe that hangs above the water, and it kind of showers water on you except for one gap in the middle, i aimed at getting my body within that gap. . . i succeeded. . . . the boat turned. . .. i was going with my back first. . .. i was smiling and was just about to say "PHEW that was a close one" when i feel a heavy concentrated stråle of water just completely soak me from behind. . .. . .i sat there. . .. with the same monotone facial expression. . . not moving a muscle. . . . my battle was over. . . .. i had obviously lost. .. . i was wet. . .
Was fun anyway though ahha
MEN NEJ NEJ NEJ NEJ!!! ååååh. . .. hade skrivit hur mkt som helst. . . allt försvann nu pga av nått jävla fel . . .. hat. . .
Aja iaf here i go again but a bit more brief, resan was really fun, We satyed in the same appartment building as Vincent's uncle.
We watched a few 3d movies, we walked a LOT and spent a lot of time in the malls just walking around.
Sammy and Erika were around for two days when i arrived, then they left for kambodja and returned again on the last day so i got to say goodbye to them.
Vincent's uncle and his family are great, the wife is so sweet and kind, her mother is just a sweet and kind and vincent's grandpa was there as well.
We did an outing one of the days and did a looong assed walk. . . it was early in the morning and before anyoen had, had breakfast, so it was a really long walk haha it took a few hours. But it was very pleasant.
Viuncent's uncle teaches at an international school btw.
Uhmm shit i'm so angry at this homepage right now. . . . damn. . . next time i'm gonna post the post as soon as i've written it finished and then afterwards add pictures, cause it's the pictures that cuase all the problems. . . .so if a post goes up without pictures just wait a while and the pics will be put up a bit later. . . .. . anyway. . . shit can't remember what i wrote now. . . shit shit shit. . . . .uuugh hate this. .. .
Anyway uhmmm. . . . . omg. . i had written lots i remember now . . . . AAAAAAAGH!



- It was a great trip
- We stayed in an appartment labeled "Studio 2" it was basically just a single room with a bathroom. . . it was pleasant and cozy
- We always watched a movie on sammy's laptop before we went to sleep
- I'd like to emphasize how great Vincent's family was toward us
- Me and vincent met up with the prince, Idris, who had turned up in KL, we ate lunch together. . . . he paid haha
- We swam a lot in the appartment's swimmin pool
- It was a great trip and i'm so happy i got to see my swedish friends again
- Yesterday i arrived home to Singapore, This morning i had a casting and testshoot at 10am
- I finally got my pictures from the previous testshoot
- The Men's Magazine "FHM" came out, it was crazy wierd seeing myself in a magazine hahahah it was awesome, i loved it
- I hung out with mom all day, met up with Alan, we printed out photos in chinatown (I've extended my portfolio now)
- Me and mom are going to have a photoshoot tomorrow! it's a thing for mother's day HAHAHAHHA! How sick is that? Me and mom at a photoshoot hahahhaha gonna be interesting! And it's for a pretty serious and well known magazine as well hahahha.
EEEUUUHMMM. . .that's about it!
Shit. . .wish what i wrote hadn't disappeared. . . ah well. . . .lotsa love to you all!


Love


PS. (Sorry if the responses are a bit on the brief side as well, but i have an early mornign tomorrow and now i had to rewrite lots because of this stupid homepage. . . )



Marie
Haha seems like both you and me are making a name for ourselves!
Haha i hope the trip to rome goes smoothly and that you all enjoy yourselves!
I will let mom know you said hi, She's actually laying in my bed reading right now while i'm typing away at my computer haha.
Say hey to majsan and yer brother!
Lotsa Love

Dad
Hahaha aaah man, i bet you are out in the slopes enjoying the skiing and snow right now. . . goood how i wish i could go snowboarding!
I reckon that by the time you read this, kim will have had her birthday already, so give her a big hug and give her my warmest greetings HABBY BDAY KIMMY!
Lotsa Love

Farfar
Words of wisdom as always!
Hahah yes the filming was amazing, a lot fo fun and interesting. Wish i could show you the camera, it was huge haha.
Yeh i was also surprised! I was expecting a normal shoot, just snap snap snap and i'm done. . . this was much more elaborate and surprising haha so happy to have done TVC :D
Wow. . . where do i begin haha?
I've read your entire lexus ordeal. . . . waht can i say? Least troublesome car in the world my ass, perhaps?
Wow, i feel your pain, i hope everything goes well and that yer problems solve themselves!
Haha and no i'm not chubby! Or else i wouldn't get any work! haha
Lotsa love my dear granfather! And send my greetings to grandma as well!

Lena
So glad to hear from you again!
Not too glad to hear about your sickness on the other hand, hope you're feeling better now!
Just like farfar and now recently as i have displayed. . . . modern technology (Pardon my french) can be a bitch sometimes!
All i can sugest is. . . . bit ihop hahaha
I thikn about you guys all the time, everynight all my beloved relatives are within my thoughts! (And yes, i count godfathers and godmothers as relatives ;)
Hope everything works out for you! And hope you regain yer health!
Lotsa love!


Pictures

Pic1: FHM Page, it was a centerfold

Pic2: The second page. . . ..i look a bit short because the pics were shot from an elevated position. . . . wonder why they did that. . .


Pic3, 4 & 5: Test shoot with mike. . .. wonder why i had to have a suit jacket and underwear on. . . . .was a fun shoot though, great guy haha

Pic5: The lounge in the bus on my way to and from KL!

Pic6: Our little room, i slept on the couch that you can barely see on the left. . . it was tiny but enough ahha almost fell off a few times

Pic7: My last day

Pic8: Coffee house

Pic9: One of the 3D simulator movies haha


Dun forget that you can click the pictures to enlarge them ;)

Briefly

Hellu!
I got a brief internet connection, i'll just let you guys know that i'm still alive ;)
Been to KLCC, Genting Highlands and hung out with the sweeedes :D
Alright talk to you all soon!
Lotsa Love

/Alex

PS.
Answering comments when i have more time ;)

Whoooo first TVC!

Tjoooo!
Ok. . . idag hade jag ett jobb för the bank "HSBC"! I heard it was a print ad so i figured it would be a day full of photoshooting and what not. The contract said 6 hours, and any over time will be charged as negotiated. . .. Vincent and Anna who were heading to the Zoo, to later meet up with mom and explore Chinatown asked why a photoshoot would take that long. I explained and i also added, but i reckon it won't take 6 hours, we'll probably end early. . . . . oh how wrong i was :P
The day started at 9.45am, i woke up at 7.45am, got ready left for work.
Came pretty much on time, maybe a minute or two late. . .. but it didn't matter becuase there were three other "Talents" as they called us. (Models = Photos, Talents = other jobs. . . i guess haha)
They were still doing makeup so i just waited for my turn.
Makeup was barely nothing, nor was the hair.
Anyway, it was me, a singaporian on the chubby side, a really short singporian and an actor from Australia.
All three of them were great, we had a lot of fun!
Well the first task was to stand on a pair of stairs and just take a digital photo. . . it wasn't for the job i think it was jsut for reference.
The stylist (Gay guy) wanted a picture with me, so he stood on the stairs behind me. . .and suddenly put is arms around me. . . ujj hahhahaha luckily it was jsut a quick snap on the camera (No systemkamera, dissapointment to farfar) XD
Well after that. . . we did various scenes. . . . and to my surprise. . . it turns out it wasn't a print ad. . . but a full on TV commercial! hahaha and the focus was on me! haha that was a pleasant surprise least said!
Basically we started off, all four of us (The "Talents" hahaha) sitting on a tiny couch all cramped up, watching a tiny tiny TV which we had to squint to see.
The short singaporian man (around 30 years old. . .looked like a college student though haha good genes XD) was told to hold a cup and squint at the TV.
I was to sit next to him and look with a fed up stare at the TV.
The chubby singaporian (around 28 yrs old i think) was supposed to cramp between me and the australian guy while mercilessly stuffing his face with chips. . . poor guy ended up having to eat 6-7 BAGS of chips.. . . . .a lot of retakes and a lot of scenes . . . he had to stuff his face in every one of them XD
The Aussie, was to do the same thing as me .. just look at the tv unsatisfyingly.
We were suppose to portray friends who had known eachother for 30 years (so out of the 19 years i've lived i've known these guys for thirty of them. . . hahahha, i was the youngest. . .as usual :P)
Anyway, my next task was to look over at the aussie guy (Claude) and point at the TV, smile a bit and pretend i was about to leave the sofa.
Well basically what the commercial is about is 4 great friends since childhood, that don't live very luxuriously, but then we take a loan and enhance all our stuff.
So i had to pretend i was stretching the tiny old retro TV, which eventually turns into the biggest flatscreen plasma tv i've ever seen, and i also had to pretend i was stretching our tiny sofa into a much broader one.
So from cramping in the sofa, and squinting in the TV. We end up watching a huge television in a spacious sofa!
Haha other scenes included us watching the football game and then jumping and screaming as our team makes a goal.
It was so much fun! And so interesting!
To simulate the stretching of the television and couch, they will be using CGI computer animation.
So what i was actually pulling and tugging at:
- To compress the fat tv into a flat screen
A Black box with a flourescent light in it, the back of the TV was just three tinier boxes within eachother, and i pressed these together to make the TV slimmer. . . .like a dragspel!
The black box had tiny white crosses on certain spots, which will be used during the computer animation, they took photos of a white ball position on the box to get the right lighting for the computer animation, and they also took a picture of a silver ball giving the reflection of the likes you see in a fishbowl. . . not sure what this was for, but it was for the computer animation anyways :P
- To stretch the tiny TV into a big assed plasma TV:
The TV was represented by another black box, but this one had 4 parts of the box which you could pull out, so i had to pretend i was forcefully ripping two of these parts out, hence expanding the screen, the two remaining parts were pulled by Claude.
The box had the tiny white crosses as well, the lighting and silvery ball was also photographed like in the first example, this was done in every scene hehe.
(Later i also had to stretched the Screen upwards, with the help of Claude. Same principle here)
- To stretch the tiny sofa:
The sofa was actually 2 sofas cut off in the middle. So i just simply had to forcefully rip the two sofas away from eachother. What was interesting was that the chubby guy had to sit on the sofa as it was being stretched.
To simulate this they simply put a white board on the sofa, which the guy had to sit on, so when the sofas were pulled apart, he would remain in the air thanks to the board which was held up by the two parts of the sofa! (In the later scenes, the scenes taking place after the loans, he had to sit on a little black box in between where the sofa had split hehe)
They had lots of other tiny things hahaha the film industry. . NOTHING is like it seems.
to make the bowls of chips look full; they fill it up with paper and sprinkle some chips on top, to make the food steam when it's cut; they take a steamer and spray the thing before action when the food is actually cold, they put lipstick on strawberries, they use mashed potatoes instead of icecream because icecream would melt in this heat, and lots of stuff like that hahahha really interesting.
Now for farfar. . . as for the camera. . . ingen lek här!
It was a huge yet portable film camera with a variation of lenses. One guy carried it around, several guys aided him by settign up boxes for him to sit on and use as elevation.
As for focus and lighting, everything is manual. So a few guys walked around with measuring tapes, measuring the distances, a few guys walked around with the little devices that measure light. . . it was really interesting, wish i could show you guys better!
WEll, the whole thing ended up taking 8 hours, 2 hours overtime. Several scenes out of several different angles and several takes and safety takes and wow. . . this stuff takes time! Can't even imagine how it is to make an entire movie. . .
In between filming, stylists would quickly run up, fix the hair, wipe the sweat off your face, fix your clothes, even iron them sometimes and give makeup and what not haha.
I had looooads of fun and we all got along sooo well.
Btw it was four "talents" and the remaining crew consisted of like 15-20 people! was the biggest crew so far hehe.
Other interesting facts i found out, is that the crew has not only worked with Mariah Carrie, but also Jessica Alba! (Mariah is supposed to be really nice. . . . . while Jessica is supposed to be. . . . well the opposite of nice. . . . well there goes my wonderful image of her . . . haha)
Oh as if it weren't enough that i got a TVC! I noticed during some of the scenes a group of guys were talking in their mobile phones and every now and then they would point the mobile phone camera at me. . . . So well, not hoping for much, but at least hoping that maybe they were proposing me for another job!
Well, turns out it wasn't for another commercial or acting related job. . . BUUUUUT!
After the shoot, i was told to meet one of the people in charge out in the hallway. She told me that they want me to do the print ad as well! AHHAhaha WHOOOOOOO so i got my print ad as well XD How sick is that? :D Oh i also got another bridal show now that i'm at it. . . . not another one Cathy says hahaha XD Why in the world do i keep getting bridal things?! I've been married like 500 times now haha
Anyway, so yeah, today was awesooooooooooome and exciting and FILLED with great news ^^
Later i met up with uncle Alan, mom (Who bought a new wathc. . .dad!), vincent and anna.
We ate japanese food at bugis, then we headed home to alan's new home for tea time :P
Later during the night, me and vincent sat up for a few hours just checking video after video on youtube haha.
Now it's half past 2am, and i'm sitting here in the dark writing on my blogg, while 2 meters behind me, Vincent and Anna are sleeping XD
But i figured i have to write tonight, not only because of today's events, but also because i will be heading to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow! I'll be gone until the 26th, so i doubt there will be any posts until that date!
Well. . .hopefully i've put my experiences into words best i can. . . .i could easily write a 2-3 times longer post than this about today. . . but i fear that i don't have time. . . and hunger is starting to kick in hehe, don't wanna go to bed with an empty stomache so better hit the sack before the hunger gets too bad :P
Anyways! All is well with me as you can see, and i'll be seeing you all in no more than three months! :D

Lotsa Love

/Alex

PS.
Farfar
Mycket visa ord, och mycket sant, dad says a similar thing, "Waiting is half the fun. . or usually the most fun"
And you seem very well educated in the field of camera's i must say. . . . when did this interest first appear if you mind me asking?
I'm impressed!
Lots of love!

Farmor
I must say your post is the cutest one i've read so far! hahaha i'm so happy you have found your own area of peace, and that little fredrik along with farfar and fluffy are keeping you company!
I wish you all the best
Lots of love

Dad
Whoooaaaa someone's living the schteeeekiga livet hahaha XD
Well if you haven't yet noticed. . . . i'm stealing your lifestyle at the moment! Who was it that left sweden and travelled around asia modelling a few years ago?
Haha i'm excited to see the pimped out house when i get back ;)
Lotsa love, hälsa kimmy!

ZUPERFASTEEEER!
haha närmaste vi har till schlager här borta. . . är idol. . .vilket såklart är hur roligt som helst haha. . . iaf de första episoderna :P
Under tävlingen i Bali frågade de alla deltagare "Vad föredrar du för slags tjejer? Western or Asian?"
Klart man svarar att man älskar alla brudar i hela världen. . . . i luuuv girls, yellow, white, red, black, blue and green!
I guess i'm the X-variable in your statistics then ;)
Lotsa love, hälsa familjen!




Btw, ringde agenturen och bad dem fråga efter en kopia av TV reklamen, de sa att när de är klar med all editting och sådant, så skulle de skicka en skiva till mig ;) Ska bli spännande haha. . . waiting is half the fun. . . . but it's a biatch most of the times ;)

Pic1: this is how the set looked for one of the scenes.. . . but the set changed after every scene, like the TV would be moved, the couch would be moved. . . everything would be moved and the lighting and cameras would all be placed differently and redone etc hehe OMOSHIROI!

Pic2: Some of the crew

Pic3: Us sitting on the couch, i'm in blue. . . lotsa shit going on :P

Pic4: The "Talents" haha

Pic5: Random picture i drew on microsoft paint. . . . just to fill up some of the space hehe. Well mroe specifically, Rasmus had a dream about a white Predator fixing his computer. . . .. i love his messed up dreams. . . and i like drawing stupid stuff on paint hahaha XD

Tiden är kort!

Jobb under dagen, sen ta hand om vincent och anna ^^
Älskar kommentarerna ni har skrivit! Jag ska försöka skriva så fort jag får tillfället. . . men imorse och imorgon är det väldigt tidiga mårnar, berättar om det så fort jag kan! Måste dra lägga mig nu :P Ska överlämna datorn åt svenskarna!
Bank print ad shoot tomorrow ;)

/Alex

Lots of Love

Tjo! Snabbis

Tjeeenaaaa!
Har inte skrivit pga att jag drog ut igår kväll, riktigt trevligt faktiskt, gamle mimolette.
Träffade Daniel's brother in law som precis som mig är svensk. . . men inte direkt ser ut som det. Skit trevlig kille faktiskt!
Uhm. . . kl e ganska mkt just nu, så jag ska bara skriva lite snabbt, idag ahr vi vart. . .sorry on to the english :P
Today me mom and cathy met up with Jane for coffee and some shopping around takashimaya. After that we headed to Bundching and Mee fong's house for some dinner, very niiice.
There was some event going on outside concerning the condo, me and beatrice went out and ate some free Cotton candy. . . love it, we went back for seconds as well hehe.
Well after that we went home and i storstädade mitt rum. For the first time in 6 months i can see the floor again! (Yes my room here is just as messy as it is at home hahaha, less stuff but less area to occupy XD)
The reason for the big cleanup, was because tomorrow at 1pm vincent and Anna are comming! So that'll be interesting!
Well, as i said it's pretty late right now so this is it for today hehe
Hope all is well!

Lotsa Love

/Alex

PS.
Farfar!
I always apreciate your history lessons, very lucrative knowledge-wise and interesting! Keep it up :D
Yeah i'm really excited about Shanghai, just the thought of it! I love seeing new countries and what not. . .. btw as for the camera i'm leaning more towards a smallr SLR systemkamera now hehe!
Yeh i knew Taipei was a city in Taiwan, just wasn't sure which name i heard hehe.
As for wakeboarding. . .well it's like snowboarding but on the water! Pretty interesting feeling haha. . . VERY exhausting though, should make a great workout haha.
Dun worry, i don't drink nearly as much as most kids my age :P I'm a computer nerd remember?! hahaha, and eating. . .well i'm a lot more active nowadays so i burn it off pretty quickly haha, i'm hungry all the time :P Don't worry though, i watch what i eat. . . believe it or not :P
And trust me. . . i'm ALL about the females! Guys are not my cup o tea haha!
Well hope all is well with you! Send my hugs and kisses to farmor as well!
Lotsa Love

Zuperfaster!
Juno, är det en japansk film? I watched a japanese movie the other day. . . and yes i find the language so colourful, i mostly realized it when i met up with Idris at the fancy Shangrila hotel. I overheard two japanese men talking hahaha so much character in the language!
As for girls. . .. welllll nothing STABLE yet anyway hehe
Hope all is well with you and the family! Send em my luuuuv

Shanghai?

Happy valentines day ;)
Weeellz, today i woke up at 1pm. . . . i just love this bed (The bed at Wyle's place), i sleep as well as i do in my own bed haha, i don't want to leave it. . .
Anywayz, i headed to the agency with my suit for a casting.
At the agency most of the guys were already assembled, and already in their suits, so i geared up and just farted around and talked with people for a while.
We took turns, all we had to do was stand infront of the camera and smile or whatever, the person taking pictures was Ting, one of the bookers, i suppose she'll send the pics to the client later.
Among the familiar faces, there was one unfamiliar face. A man from Shanghai, apparently he is in charge of (Or a scout for) a modelling agency in Shanghai.
It sparked my interest, becuase i've never been in China. . . .and well one of the main purpose of this whole modelling gig is to see the world.
At first he asked for Chris's portfolio and went through it, afterwards he asked for my book. . .WHOOO!
And he started asking about where i'd be during this and this time, whether or not i'm interesting in modelling in Shanghai, etc.
Later on I overheard him talking with Jane about sending me to Shanghai, but she said i might be going to indonesia in april, and blablabla (Another interesting thing i heard was something like "We're getting him into acting" . . . . .HMMMMMM????!!!!!)
So we'll see where i end up, seems as though i will be seeing more of Asia than i could ever have imagined! Indonesia, Taipei or Taiwan (Can't remember :P), Hong kong, Shanghai, Japan, are just some of the countries i've heard :D
After our casting, the man gave me and Chris a booklet each about modelling in Shanghai, involved stuff like the weather, what we should bring, visa details, exchange rates, accomodation, what types of jobs we can be expecting, etc etc, it was an extensive little booklet hehe.
Oh while at the agency, i recieved some other news as well.
First of all, if you remember the singing casting i had to do, well i knew i didn't do very well as dancing for broadway hahahaha, wasn't really expecting much from this casting, anyways, i didn't get the singing. . . BUUUUT! I got the Print ad part! WHooooo that's awesome haha, as i've understood it, a print ad is what is slapped onto taxi's and busstops and what not :D
So that's really exciting! The shoot is on the 19th of Feb.
Secondly, I found out i'm scheduled for a follow up casting for a Skin care print ad as well hahahaha XD this will be on this comming monday.
So it's going really well for me!
After the Agency, i headed to orchard where i met up with Chris, Adam and some girl who's name i have forgotten, we also met 3 other male models while we were at starbucks :P
Then we went and watched the new movie "Jumper" Badaaaassed!
After that, i met up with Cathy and the grandparents (Mom was eating out with Sharon)
We ate Chinese food, yummy.
After that we headed home. . . and here i am!
Well that's it for today!
Tomorrow i got lunch with the relatives and co, then at 5.30pm i have a fitting/wardrobe check for the print ad, aaaand today we were also talking about going wakeboarding at the same place where me, dad, kim and vince first got to try it out hehe!
Alright, gonna head off to bed!

Lotsa Love

/Alex

Pictures
Pic1: Haha well i finally scanned some of the magazine pictures from indonesia! These are all from Cleo Magazine :P These first pictures were taken after my VICTORYYYY! whoo haha
Pic2: This was at the beach, before i the competition had taken place. Me and the contestants you see in the pic were selected and told to come to the beach for a photoshoot! The chick in the middle is. . .. . i forgot her name, a bit full of herself but she's apparently a supermodel of indonesia hehe, she's the one that put the crown on my head. . . .crooked XD
Pic3: This was during the same day, still only the selected contestants (Möhö!)
Pic4: Some cheesy pictures from after the competition hahahaha XD (That pose to the left wasn't my idea btw! hahaha)



PS.
Dad
My Snowboard :'( CRYYYYYYYY! I've waited two seasons to try it out now!
Aaah well, if you proceed with extreme caution, i suppose you may inviga it. . . considering as how you purchased it hahahha
Happy Valentine's! Hälsa Kimmy!
Love

Farfar
Seems as though the Emperor is correct! It's wierd though cause i could've sworn i've heard this word in my intended context. . . ah well i'll have to make some research ahha, but until further notice! Yeah the japanese Emperor is correct, loahtsome certainly means what you said!
MRT means Metro. . . something something haha, can't remember, but yes it is similar to our tunnelbana!
As for cameras, haha well i will pursue adulthood soon, but until then i just need a camera that i can run around and snap beautiful pictures with! :D
Happy Valentine's, and send my regards to my dear Farmor as well!
Love

Zuperfaster!
Happy Valentines! Has my shadow cousine found a girl he can pamper with roses and teddybears yet?!
Haha yeh, i've seen the parisehjul, but not up close, i've heard it's pretty cool, gotta check it out. Apparently you can see all of Singapore when you're up on top!
Hope all is well! Hälsa familjen!
Love

Mom at The Agency :P

Hellu!
Well. . . once again not much happened today actually.
- I woke up
- The grandparents were already at Wyle's place
- I hitched a ride to the mrt where i met mom
- We took the mrt to the agency where we talked for a long while with Linda
- I was called into the agency room by Yuriy, apparently it was his and another girl's birthday so we sang for them ahha
- At the agency, it was me, yuriy, Rei and all the european girls from our agency
- All the girls stripped down to only their underwear and posed for photos. . .. . . . nice
- Mom came in and i felt like a kid again. . . . hate it. .. . ah well
- Me and mom left to the food court and ate, we also bumped into Chris who i talked with for a while
- We then made our way to håkan's place
- Ate dinner with them, lamb and spaghetti and korv haha
The kids were in as well, it was a pleasant evening
- Me and Mom Grabbed a cab home
- I grabbed my stuff (Needed a suit for tomorrow's casting at the agency)
- Cathy drove me back to Wyles place
- And here i am hehe
Well. . . that's about it. . . still no new pictures, but at least i brought the camera to Wyle's place now so. . .we'll see hehe

Lotsa Love

/Alex

PS.
Farfar
Hehe loathsome isn't necessarily anything bad, just means a day without any direct purpose. . .. kinda lazy and well. . . everyone needs a loathsome day or two. . . .. for me maybe a few more, but all in all they're relaxing and pleasant haha. . . too many lead to boredom though ;)
As for SLR, not only does personal economy come into question, but i was looking for a camera that i can easily carry around with me, considering how big and bulky SLR's are they aren't exactly what i'm looking for, that's why i'm considering an SLR/Portable digital camera hybrid!
But yes i agree, you can't get as beautiful pictures with a normal or hybrid digital camera, as you can with SLR. . . that's why i haven't purchased any cameras yet. . . haven't truly made up my mind >.<
Hahaha glad the horrific scanner ordeal is finally solved, congratulations to you! Maybe now you will get some sleep!
Other than that, hope all is well and give my regards to Farmor!
Lots and Lotsa Love

Dad
Seems you guys are getting very comfortable with all my things back home, first my computer, then my Wii and now you've conquered my bed! Getting a taste of the OH so wonderful lifestyle of mine? hahahahha It's addicting and it's dangerous ;) Tread carefully!
Hahaha, maybe when i get home you'll be as messy as me!
Lots and Lotsa Love
Hälsa kimmy också ;)

Pic1: Chris, Ellie, Me and Rupert at MOS. . . one of the most fun nights in a while hehe ^^
Pic2: Nicholas, Chris N and Me at Le Chinoir

Loathsome daaays :P

Naaaaaaaaaaaathing happeniiiing :P

Woke up 6am this morning to the ringing tone of my mobile phone right next to the bed. . . right next to my head. . . .. i gruesomely turn over and pick up the phone

Me - "WHAT?!"
Johan - "fnizz. . . . giggle. . . .fniss. . . . hello"

Me - ". . . . WTF you want?!"

Johan - "Nothing. . .. you don't sound like you just woke up?"

Me - "I DID just wake up asshole"

Johan - "fniss fniss. . .. listen to this"

Johan - *Silence*

Me - ". . . . . ."

Johan - "Alright man ttyl haha"

Me - "Fu"

. . . . . then from that time till 10am, i recieved 3 sms from various people. . . . gugh. . . . . this morning ultimately led to me sleeping till 3pm.

I woke up, went to computer for a while, got my swimming stuff, headed to the pool and swam around for an hour.

Mom had also asked me to go look for her hair band. . . .. in the women's locker room. . . . i didn't complain. . . .found nothing though, that includes females.

After this i headed home again, saw that kong kong and guama was at home, we waited for a while, then we headed to the mrt to pick up mom and Cathy.

We then proceeded to IMM where the relatives had a talk with the washing machine seller, i went and checked out cameras.

I'm not going to buy an SLR i've decided, not only too expensive but i can't carry it around as well as i'm intending to do.

So it's either the Nikon P5100 or the Canon G9

Dad you had a sugestion a while ago. . . what was it now again?

Well, me, Cathy and kong kong ate japanese food, guama and mom went and ate local food.

Afterwards we headed home. . .. and now i'm alone at wyle's place again hehe.

Oh btw, i called the agency this morning and asked if i could follow vincent to thailand the 20th, she said it was alright. . . coolio ;)

Well. . . that's about it! No new photos. . . camera is at grandparents house and i've forgotten it there the past 2-3 days hehe, so soon ;)

Lotsa Love

/Alex

Btw, interesting fact. . . i've filled 169 pages in microsoft office word with only what i've written in the blog hehe.

PS.

Dad

In the wild? Dunno :S

Och jupp, "gräset är alltid grönare på andra sidan kullen" :P

Såklart jag njuter av tiden här :D

Ska försöka skaffa kamera innan thailand resan, så att mamma kan ta hem din kamera också ;)

Puss puss! Hälsa kimmy!

Love

Farfar

haha weeeell, i dun think yer getting too old, it's just that sometimes i write late late late. . . . or early in the morning haha XD

I'd love to see the bathroom hehe, i'd love to see the new car as well for that matter!

Äsch, if Vincent can't stay at Wyle's i'll just fix him in to Raffles Hotel or Marina Mandarin, i'll just tell them i did a show for them and i want them to give him the honeymoon suite!

As for oysters. . . i dunno. . . sometimes i love it. . . someitmes i hate it haha

hope all is well!

Love

Pic1: Hahahha picture from 2-3 years ago XD i was a backstreet boy HAH!

Pic2: Kryssnings bild! trevligt ^^

Holaaaa!

Heeellluuuu. . .

Well. . . nothing special happened today really. . .

- I woke up

- Played some computer games

- mom and co arrived at uncle's place

- I ate my lamb chop breakfast at 2pm

- Me and Mom headed to the pool

- I swam till i thought i'd drown

- We left for IMM where we ate at a foodcourt

- I ate a japanese bento set. . . yummy

- We walked around. . . mom shopped for an hour

- We got home. . . . and now i'm here, at uncle's place again hehe

That's pretty much it actually! The agency opens tomorrow so maybe something will happen then haha

But until then. . .

Lotsa Love

/Alex

Oh and Vincent called this morning, he's gonna be in singapore the 17th, trying to contact Wyle to see if Vin and Anna can stay here at his place.

PS.

Dad

Sounds amazing. . .. i'd LOOOVE to go snowboarding with you right now >.<

Shit vad ni renoverar nu när jag är borta. . .. blir alltid så, till exempel essinge skolan. . . när min årskurs graduated från essinge skolan byggde de en ny lekplatts och renoverade massa grejjer, samma sak hände i rålis hahaha

Angående min säng, vad jag brukar göra, är hänga över kanten, ta tag i räcket med båda armarna, och sedan göra en slags framåt vålt från sängen ner till marken. . . .. . . men om du gör det går väl skiten sönder hahaha så du kan dra det andra alternativet. . . när jag är riktigt trött brukar jag bara putta mig själv bakåt med mina armar till jag känner stegen med fötterna. . . . jag fortsätter bara putta tills jag ramlar av hahaha. . . schlappt

Mjo jag har köpt en vit skjorta också. . . men jag gillar den svarta haha XD

Aja hoppas allt är bra med er! Riktigt kul att höra att ni hänger med martin och rikard lite då och då hahahahha!

Lotsa Love

Heeeey!

Holaaaa peedroooo!
Sorry i haven't written for. . . a WHOLE week! Feels like everytime i wanna write something else comes up, ah well, don't worry you guys haven't missed much!
The agency has been closed this entire time because of chinese new year, so there hasn't been any work. . . the last thing i did for the agency was what i did the day after i wrote my last post. The male models of the agency were just called to the agency for an underwear casting thing haha. We had to strip down to our underwear and just have our photos taken nothing more than that hehe. Oh right actually there was, after the casting at the agency, me, Chris, and the new Chris who i will now be referring to as "Chris N", grabbed a cab to our final casting for a long time. It was a skin care product, and well one of the people in charge was actually Marie! The woman who did my first two test shoots haha, always nice bumping into her here and there. . . interesting woman.
Anyway, i just stood there and we talked and apparently me and Olga from russia are very "Compatible" they said. . . so i dunno we'll see ;)
Won't find out anything about any castings or jobs until after chinese new year, because everything is pretty much shut down at the moment hehe.
Eventually Mom arrived in singapore, 6am in the morning. . . i was asleep ofc!
Great to see a person from home again!
Ever since mom arrived we've been going to relatives gatherings for lunch and dinners and what not, like today we went to Sharon's house and met everyone like Jean and her sisters, and a billion other cousines i've never met before XD.

I gotta work off all the food i'm consuming XD
I got a new idea now, SWIMMING! Probably the best workout there is, so today me and Cathy went for a swim at Wyle's condo pool. . . i swam till i thought i would drown. . . wonderful haha, deffinitely gonna give it another shot, was pleasant and effective hehe.
Weeeell. . . . other than that there's not much to report actually! Stuff has just been going on as usual.
Oh, Barbara has left which is pretty sad cause she had the most hilarious ways of dancing, we all loved it, but in her place there are now quite a few scandinavians here! 3 swedes and 1 norwegian guy, we all get a long awesomely, all reminiscing about home, i felt like i was so engaged and i got so enthusiastic i think i was yelling half of the time we spoke. Speaking till the very last ml of air left my lungs haha XD
Hmmm. . . .well. . . .. hope something exciting happens soon!

Actually i guess this is pretty cool, it's a message i got on facebook by one of the girls i met when i first came here;

"how are u? long tiome no see.. Alex, would you try doing the modelling in Indonesia? My agency is readlly interesting in you when I told them about you. They offer a full acommodation: flights Singapore-Indonesia-Singapore, and an appartement will be provided for you. If you're interested, let me know so that i can pass the happy news to my agency, and I'll be able to meet you again soon! Well, I can't wait to hear you 're saying YES! Let me know soon, Alexey! Hugs."

Hahaha so i guess i have an option in Indonesia as well now! Did i ever tell you guys i got scouted by the same agency Sven is with in Hong kong as well? So now i just have to decide where i want to go ^^ Maybe a quick trip to indonesia before HK. . . who knows?!

Well, i'll do my best to continue writing in the blogg everyday ;)

Lots of love

/Alex



PS.

FARFARRR!

Ojj Pentax låter intressant, kan tyvär inte stå till mkt hjälp inom kamera avdelningen, är inget pro ännu! Men jag vet att en av mina kompissar vill köpa en av de äldre kamerorna, icke digital, som tydligen ger den där charmiga gula nyansen på bilder som ger en känsla av retro bilder. Riktigt mysigt faktiskt, kan man itne få med de nya digital kamerorna, men när det kommer till kameror handlar det ju allt om smak. . . så jag sitter och funderar på jag ska köpa en SLR kamera eller en vanlig digital. . . med 12 megapixls såklart ^^

Vi får se hur det går!

Må oss båda komma underfund med vad vi vill ha!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Lotsa Love!

Dad

Gon Xi Fa Cai på dig med! Springer omkring och delar ut mandariner i utbyte mot ang paos här borta, har fått ihop en hel del faktiskt! omkring 500kr+ skulle jag tro haha.

Galna kineser. . . du ska höra om alla myter de har. . . hahaha underbart

Btw, Tack så hemskt mycket för att du brände "My Life" mappen! Skit kul att kolla på alla gamla bilder ^^

Lotsa Love!

ZUPERFASTEEER

Vad har zuperfastern icke gjort?!

Hahahaha ballt, jag vill också försöka mig på ett flygande konstverk. . . . men med tanke på hur pappa "manövrerar"(?) sina flygande leksaker. . .. kanske bäst att jag börjar med radiostyrda för att se om jag har ärvt hans flygkunskaper. . . .. AHhahahhaa XD

Jaaaa jag saknar lillfreddan och familjen bimark också! Men inte såå långt kvar nu, 5-6 månader gick förbi skit snabbt. . . nu är det bara 3-4 kvar!

Hoppas allt är rba med er!

Lotsa Love

Farmor

Neeeej vad sjukt det låter, jag skulle bli glad om jag bara får sitta passagerare (Min svenska förtvinar. . . måste umgås mer med svenskarna här borta ser jag XD). . . men å andra sidan, kanske inte finns ett passagerar säte i dessa flygplan?

Det är aldrig för sent att lära sig! Hörde om en gammal gammal kvinna som gick i universitet. . . tror det var pappa som skickade emailet?

Aja hoppas allt är bra med dig, och hoppas att du inte sliter ut dig för mkt! Så ses vi snart ;)

Lotsa Love

Marie

Oroa dig icke!

Jag har inte skrivit på ett bra tag nu!

I myself went to rome not only with farmor farfar and co. But also with my confirmation. . . or no wait that wasn't rome. . . . either way italy is very interesting. . . just watch out for the as*hole cab drivers. . . .not reliable haha.

OOOOoooh yes, the only snow i saw this year was in Kuala Lumpur at a snow city hahaha. . . or well snow and snow. . . whatever kind of ice it now was falling from the ceiling XD

I would also like to go skii somewhere grand like the alps, i went a few years ago with dad and i remember it was amazing, i know that one of my friends is working in the french alps at the moment. . .. must be awesome hehe.

Believe it or not. . . chinese new year here continues for 15 days. . . .so you aren't late at all! haha

Lotsa love and hope all is well with you! Good luck on your trip, have a safe one!

Oh almost forgot:

Pic1: This was on the first day of Chinese New Year, posing infront of a mandarin tree together with the relatives before we headed in for a huge buffet. . . .. i ate soooo much sashimi hahaha

Pic2: Post-Buffet picture, we were allowed to reach into the box in hope of winning quite a sum of money or a trip to tokyo. . . . but no luck hehe

Pic3: Guama trying her luck

Pic4: Kong kong trying his luck. . . . aaah weeeellllssss

Pic5: Me and the three swedes at Le Noir

Pic6: Picture taken today at Sharon's house. . .was taken by an Iphone! Impressive thing. . . she sent the picture directly to my email seconds after taking it!

That's it folks!

LOOOOVE

Just found out Rikard and Lillfelix have student skiva on the same day :( Guess i'll miss lillfelix's graduation then. . . .we'll see what we can do!

Hey!
Weeeell not much has been happening lately, which isn't that strange considering that chinese new year is here! The agency is going to close for a week. . . i tihnk this wednesday. . . not sure.
Anyway, i'll just write a quick response to all your comments that have been piling up!

Lotsa Love

/Alex


Farmor
Såklart jag har mina skosnören kvar! Dem har väl blivit en del av mig haha. . . . undrar när jag kommer partas från dem. . .
Jag ser fram emot att komma tillbaka till landet, skulle vara kul å dra ut på en ö med båten haha XD

Dad
Hahaha how could i POSSIBLY forget your jeans commercial? It is what inspires me at every casting ofc!
And yeh it was pretty cool to see idris fly off like that hehe!
GOOOOOOD i wanna go snowboarding SO bad. . . .. i listen to the soundtrack from a snowboarding movie everyday now hahaha and just long for the mountains. . . i hate the heat hehe

Oh btw!

I found another camera that seems interesting, according to felix it was awarded THE digital camera of 2008 by am agazine called m3. . . which apparently is only about cameras and what not.

Anyway, the camera is called Canon G9. . . so imma check it out a bit ;)

Zuperfasteeeeern!
ÅÅååå jag vill också åka skidor :( och det e klart ella är sötare! Hälsa familjen!

Lena
Glad you are up and about! Or so it sounds anyways :D
Haaha well it's like this, Malaysia is split up into 15 parts i believe it was. Each part has one king, and every fourth year, one of these kings will be made the king of malaysia! This way each king will get a chance to rule the entire country at least once haha. . .. or so i've understood it :P
And well Idris happens to be from the Johor family!
Yeh i will try an put up more pictures haha, looks nicer and well you know what they say, a pictures says more than a thousand words ;)

Farfar
Aaaaaah. . .. you an your computer problems, always something that goes wrong. I feel your pain! Modern technology. . . perhaps we are not prepared for it yet ahha XD

Mom
Well i'll be seeing you soon ;)
But an emcee i think johan said it stands for "Master of Ceremony" So i guess i'll just be . . .. . exactly that haha XD

Picture 1: A night at MOS, from the left; Ellie, ME, Idris, blond blue eyed chris from perth, and the newest addition blond blue eyed chris from perth! haha they're roomates as well, the two Chris

Picture 2: haha candid pic of grandma and yee yee, at an awesome restaurant that looked like the inside of a boat. . . if i ever get a girlfriend imma take her there!

Picture 3: That's Aminah, Idris's Sister