The Faces of Fortune Book Launch

Written by Lin Dee

Tee Lin Say, the author, with the Faces of Fortune books in MPH

In August, my twin sister Lin Say had her 'Faces of Fortune' book launch. Done in collaboration with Joey Yap's Mastery Academy, the book detailed 20 tycoons in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India and China and demonstrated mian xiang-wise why you could bet on their companies. My twin was the author of the book. She interviewed several tycoons, did the mian xiang analysis and research and wrote the entire book.

The launch was a big event held in MPH, Mid Valley City. The date had been specifically chosen by the Mastery Academy and on that day, it was an unusually jammed day. The jam affected Bangsar, the Federal Highway and KL to a point of perplexing phenomena.  It was madness truly.

But of course, the stars aligned as Chinese Metaphysics has so aptly shown over the years and the turnout was great. 2 tycoons - Top Glove's Tan Sri Lim Wee-Chai and SP Setia's Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin were present, along with the outstanding Joey Yap and Wong Chun Wai, Star Publication's Group Managing Editor.

Oooh! Ain't this the stuff dreams are made of?

Joshua, a rising star in Star Publications was the unprepared emcee on that auspicious day.

Everyone loves to hear what Chun Wai has to say.

Joey Yap the stellar speaker needs no introduction.

The Hoyeh boss in all his glory sitting unassuming.

A roomful of good qi. There are millionaires within. 



Beng Leong, the Guru and his entourage. Hwa Seng (far right) is a disciple.

The author starts speaking.

The author cannot stop speaking.

 Papparazi time. Certainly this is living the dream. Cameras clicked furiously.

Tan Sri Lim Wee-Chai is an exemplary human being. He came all the way just to support the author. He talked a lot about adding value.

Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin joked that he was the "poorest" of the 20 tycoons.



Little Song very bravely and graciously sings "You Raise Me Up."
Ah, it was oh-so-beautiful.



Aren't we all just enraptured by the sweet singing of Little Song...
Mama in the centre.

Book signing time. Ain't this the life?

We had a lot of friends and clients who turned up for the event. They came all the way, braving the bad jam. In particular, my Hip Hop Girls ( Trala, Jas & Bella), Mike & Patrick of One Community, Vincent & his beguiling wife from Getha and Reiko Soo of VL Skincare. They are my friends but came nevertheless. It was  the Universe's way of showing me how much Im loved :)

Dolled up Reiko Soo, Hong Yee and Mengs.

The cool duo - V & J

My Hip Hop Girls: Bella, Trala, lovely me and Jas.

 

Father and son team: Mike and Patrick are very high net worth individuals.

Love emanates on both sides :P LBJ, Jin, me, Mengs and Igor



Lin Say & the self-absorbed Little Song. They are best friends.

Now, prior to this boos launch, lots of publicity was carried out in The Star paper itself. Articles on some of the tycoons were written by Lin Say and this all geared up to the launching of the book. Here are some of the publicity shots.

Tycoon 6: Tan Sri Lim Wee-Chai

Tycoon 7: Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir

Tycoon 3: Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin

Tycoon 9: Tan Sri Tony Fernandes

In the first 2 weeks of the book launch, Faces of Fortune was 2nd on the MPH Bestselling list. Right now, it is at the 6th spot. The coverage on the book launch came out in several newspapers. There was also a radio publicity show on BFM and book publicity events in other states. This really is the best time to call up your enemies and go "Hahahahahaha."

Prominently placed in xxxx

Centrespread coverage. That's huge, editorial-wise.

Well certainly, this is huge within the Entourage. Till then, go get the book now. It's in all MPH stores :)

My Exclusive Interview With Yung Joey

Written by Lin Dee

In late May, I was esctatic when Dennis, my client told me my request for an exclusive interview with Hong Kong superstar Joey Yung, his ambassador had been granted. I am a writer and my job specifically is to help my clients grow their businesses, brand and persuade sales. It's something I love to do and clients seem to love me back.

Dennis is a dynamic businessman and the owner of Herbalceutical Sdn Bhd. He has a line of pharmaceutical products in pharmacies throughout Malaysia and we have a great love of talking on how to make more money. When he told me Joey Yung would be coming for the launch of his star product NH Colla Plus, instantly, I knew what I had to do. I spoke to my Entertainment Editor (Star Publications) and she was fine with what I wanted to do so hooray!

So on that day, armed with my list of questions and my knee high boots, I set off to Prince Hotel with my little brother July where a huge press conference in Joey Yung and NH Colla Plus' honour was held.



Here comes the stunning Joey Yung to the mad click of cameras.



A close up of the HK Superstar. Cool getup, I gotta say.

Malaysia's Health Minister, Dato Leow Tiong Lai, Yung Joey and Herbalceutical CEO Dennis.

Herbalceutical's products are well recognized in the market and the fact that the Health Minister was there said plenty about the conpany's credibility. Well, speeches were made by the minister, CEO and of course Joey had her Q&A session with the reporters.

After all that, I was told by her handlers that my interview was up. We were led to a private room with plenty of handlers. I snuck in July who sat quietly and no one seemed to notice. So the little boy was present throughout the interview.

Well I gotta say, Joey Yung has unbelievably flawless skin. It's so poreless it's flawless. Everyone commented how beautiful her skin was. She seriously makes a good skin ambassador because her skin is so aspirational. She has good genes which she attributed to her mum. I couldnt help feeling so un-flawless with my dehydrated skin next to her. However, she's a really nice person. No airs and extremely friendly. Very unusual for a celebrity of her stature.  And she has beautiful Bambi eyes that make her look  doe-eyed.

Unfortunately I speak very little Cantonese and Joey Yung speaks even less English. I was given a translator and in the 20 minutes I was given, I did my best to fit in as many questions as possible. The annoying handler reminded me that my time was coming to a close, and I suddenly knew how an inquisitive journalist felt because I found myself ignoring her and pressing for an extra question. Joey obliged ever so nicely :)

Lovely Joey takes my questions through a translator.

 

There I am writing down my answers and doing what I do best :)

Well after all that fanfare, me and July along with the other members of the media headed to the coffeehouse where we had a wonderful buffet meal. Did some hobnobbing with Dennis and his family then.

Me and Dennis. We are business partners. I love it!



Me and my beloved Little Boy Jun. I love him!



Me and Jane, Herbalceutical's nutritionist and marketing exec. Super efficient girl!

It was a very successful event and Herbalceutical enjoyed a lot of publicity from magazines and newspapers after that. The Joey Yung campaign took on an aggressive approach in the next few months. Bilboards and advertisements are everywhere.

Me and Dennis came up with the tagline together. So proud when I first saw it in One Utama.



Ahhhh what pride. Here's to NH Colla Plus becoming the No 1 collagen drink in Malaysia. It already is.



In June, NH Colla Plus entered Singapore pharmacies. Right now, we're in talks with Jakarta and it's an exciting time.  Life is good as a writer. That's me and I love it.

Lin Dee and July in Jakarta

Written by Lin Dee

July and me at the Soekarno Hatta airport.

It was in early January 2011 when July ( Jun, my little brother) and I traipsed off to Jakarta. Nope, it wasn't a holiday. I was there to see my principal over a business venture we had been working on. So off the both of us went. It was  July's first overseas trip (besides Singapore) and his first time onboard a plane. I didn't know that, so I was rather 'mortified' at his reaction when the plane took off.

July recoiled into survivor position!

Dear God, he was chattering with fear and clutched my hand ever so tightly. The drama repeated itself when we landed and it sure was funny. Well upon reaching, my Jakarta friend Emilly was waiting for us. She had been nice enough to take time off from work to pick us up and check us in to our grand hotel - Crowne Plaza.

 

Breaky at Crowne Plaza



We rose early the next morning and July took full advantage of the extensive buffet. I never realized what an enormous appetite he had until Jakarta. 8 to 10 rounds around the buffet table? Good golly Miss Molly! Well Pak Bagio my principal, along with his beautiful wife Ibu Ilana and our Japanese agent, Shono-san met us at the lobby where we piled into Pak Bagio's SUV and took off to Bandung.

July and Lin Dee - happy campers

Bandung was a trip marked by food, shopping and plenty of "Waho!" and "Wow!" by July. Everyone was  taken by his inquisitive nature and his blithe so often lost after early youth. Well, Jun ain't a sickening boy like common, typical boys. That's why he's my little brother :) Love you Jun.

Pak Bagio and Ibu Ilana had an interview to conduct so as they worked, we shopped. I can't remember the name of the mall, but it had a whole Dutch vibe to it. Reminded me of a mall I visited in Macao with part of the Entourage.

Shono-san, July, Lin Dee, Ibu Ilana and Emilly.

July fascinating over an aimerfeel catalogue.

We were just tasting the beginning of cosmopolitan life.

When the work was done, we proceeded to Kampung Daun Pandan where a sumptuous food affair awaited. Now, I do love Indonesian food for its intense, somewhat more emotional flavours. Tempeh, sayur asem, thick unrefined coffee, oooh I so love em. July of course had an excellent time where food was concerned.

Hi I'm July.

Pleasure to meet you, Lin Dee.

Pic's little blur from my iPhone. Where we stuffed our faces.

Now, July was scheduled to go to Russia in Sept this year. Well sadly, it is September that I am writing this backdated post. And he is in Russia as I peck away. But we wanted him to be closer to KL, so one of the places I suggested he detour off to was Universitas Padjajaran as an option. So in Bandung, to that University we headed.

Pak Bagio was nice enough to indulge our whim to see Universitas Padjajaran.

July doing photo research. How it helps, I ain't sure :P

After that educational excursion, we jaunted off to a famous shop which sold lovely pastries and biscuits. It was a popular place for people to buy ole-ole ( souovenirs) back. Well, I ain't much of a buying-biscuits-for-other-people-kind-of-girl. Errrr, very domesticated. I bought Rocky for myself heehee. And Ibu Ilana generously paid for all the stuff we picked. The hospitality bestowed was truly marvelous :)

Here we are at the famous cookie shop.

And here we are posing outside. I do realise I'm not a very illustrative photo-taker heehee.

After all that, we packed into the car and zoomed another 2 hours back to Jakarta. Me and July were knocked out. I was especially. That night as we crawled into bed, it truly felt good to be sitting amid comfy sheets and a day ahead with nothing planned. We sat on our beds eating Rocky and watching tv. Unsurprisingly, July had an encounter with spirits in the middle of the night. I thought he was sleep-talking. I heard him asking someone to leave in Mandarin. The next day I found out, he was disturbed. Eeeeekkkk! Well that was it, no funny marks and further incidences. And somehow, funny things happen around July.

Here's our boy before his close encounter. He does look good eh?

Free and easy the next morn. July was an endless supply of energy. I on the other hand was a little sluggish but I had to keep up appearances and since it was July's first time in Jakarta, I felt an obligation to show him around besides just enjoying my luxurious hotel room. So we went shopping - something we both love. July bought 1 green V-neck ( which was lost a few months later) and I painted my nails bright pink, did my hair and bought chiffon blouses. They looked so chic!

In Plaza Semanggi.

Trying something which he won't buy as usual.

I had steamboat, can't remember what July had. But the meal wasn't too memorable.

That night, we went out to the city centre where we had dinner in Restoran Tiga Nyonya, a charming place which serves Chinese food the Indonesian way. After that, we proceeded to a cafe where July and me enjoyed the wifi. It was also in this place that July ordered a tomato juice and suffered the consequences the next day. A HORRIBLE case of diarrhea.

How romantic in Restoran Tiga Nyonya. I think I paid.

Little did July know how he would be feeling in a few hours post-tomato juice.

Well when we got back to the hotel, we dangled ourselves in the hotel lobby taking pictures before noticing that an art exhibition was taking place. So of course we poked around and of course, the Law of Attraction that surrounded me had to bring me in acquaintance to the featured artist's son. We met Yogha Syahbana who was the son of the iconic artist Cak Kandar in Indonesia. We are friends today and I came down to Jakarta a few months later to do a story on Cak. They are wonderful people.

Anyhow since it was also a business trip, me and July paid Shono-san a visit in his boudoir where we discussed some matters. I coudn't come all the way merely for a holiday now, could I?

At the lobby of Crowne Plaza.

An art exhibition was being set up.

Our new friend Yogha Syahbana, son of Cak Kandar.

Sleep should have been buoyed with dreams of sheep but it wasn't for poor July. Well I shan't go into details, but in the wee hours of the morn, July had to visit the bathroom many, many times. He sat in the bathroom for a long time and the next morning, as his innards were still misbehaving, I bought him diarhhea medicine. I hadn't realise he was having a problem, as I probably slept like a log, and he didn't complain. He actually attempted to sleep with the pain. Gosh! In all that pain, Jun forgot about decency and I got a good glimpse of July sitting on the toilet bowl and all that came out hahahaha. Sorry July. It was funny at that time.

Breakfast therefore was decidedly more mild. He was better after that thankfully and I slipped into a pensive mood, as I wanted to go home.

My breaky. I still remember my emotions as I ate these.

Our view at the breaky table.

Poor sick July still had an appetite. He was wearing my jacket for warmth.

Well after breaky, we packed our stuff and Emilly came over to the hotel to see us off.

Bye bye Emilly.See you again.

All through the journey back, I was a little weary and July, worried that I was annoyed at him, kept asking me if I was okay. He probably asked me 20 times. Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating, but it was somewhere around there. And of course, the drama of July going into survivor-mode and clutching my hand frightfully repeated itself on the flight back. Hahahaha Jun. You're really something.

Bye Bye Jakarta

Hello back KL! I was happy to be home!

Jakarta with July was sure an experience. I'm so happy my little brother came with me and I'm so happy Jun came into my life :)