Found this video ages ago, but had no reason to put it up… Just that we used to live next door to an Asian family who’d moved here from Sydney, and would observe the raising of their teenaged boy and girl, about 3-4 years apart in age, with interest. Back then it was with mild surprise that we noticed their mum was on her kids’ Facebook, then I realized our pastor is on his kids’ Facebook and Twitter and all too, and now I start to understand increasingly why. (Link for video here..)
Sorry bout the language… beyond that though, I thought it was hilarious how the bro put this thing together about his relationship with his sis… Our neighbors’ kids used to Facebook each other things like, “Can you open my (bedroom) door for me, too lazy to get up,” and “F– off do it yourself,” all with their mum friended on their Facebooks. The video had kinda reminded me of them…
When I then went to search for a few more of this boy’s videos, I found one where at one point his dad, checking on him re (I guess) homework and stuff, happened to interrupt his taping and was therefore caught in the background. Can’t remember what language he was speaking to his dad, but watching him rattle off (I guess) some stuff his traditional-looking dad must have asked him to do, then seeing the dad nod approvingly in the background before closing the door, really brought new light to what this kid was like on camera. I initially thought it was such a powerful illustration of the contrasting generic “Asian” vs “Western” stereotypes.
Then a local Hongkie cabbie told me once that he’d caught his 14 year old daughter sleeping on a beach somewhere, after checking her friends’ Facebook updates – she had been sent to Singapore for schooling, had stolen her own passport from her guardian in Singapore, hopped a plane back to HK a day ago and spent the night yes, on a HK beach. So now I’m more, “Y-eah. Teens everywhere are probably a little like that, even if they don’t all hop a plane or spoof you on Youtube. Enjoy while you can…”
PS: Thanks for all the suggestions – Rock Princess, Little Miss Rockstar, Rock Chick… Will take note and decide (sorry) much later, hopefully when she comes out and we have some idea whether she behaves more like a Princess or a Rockstar Chick or…
Rockstar was dubbed Rockstar to begin with due to him being such a holy terror as a baby and toddler… My Facebook baby albums used to be titled, “It’s Not Easy Being A Rockstar” because he was so un-easygoing and there were people around lots of children (like his old pediatrician) who would say things like “You really need to fix that before he becomes unbearable as he gets older…” (So it was with much amusement that I encountered the question recently, “Why’s he The Rockstar, is he talented? Can he sing?” <snort>)
I’m on my nephew and niece facebook friend list.
..but..but..Rockstar loves singing, right? You wrote about him singing and humming away to some tune in many posts.
Haha yes he does it quite often, makes some up too.. But that’s cos he enjoys singing or humming or making weird sounds; I really didnt think (or care) he was particularly musically inclined, it was just what he likes to do – and most definitely not why this blog is raising Rockstar..