joy quietly told me on the phone last night,"mom, u come back fast. i hv sth interesting to share with u.."
yes, i sped my way home, thinking that she might hv been talent-spotted by some star-search agent!
once home, she sat me down and said,"u wanna knw what happened?"
my ears were all erected and alerted...sounds funny here. i mean, in chinese, 两耳竖立啦，别搞错了!
the story unfolded...
a stranger woman chanced upon her facebook and was checking with joy if she would like to be an events model. joy was thrilled, of coz, at this age, with stardom mentality.
"how is the working hours and pay like?" the innocent girl queried.
"4 hours, SGD450!"
smart joy probed,"what's the attire like?"
"hmm...a low-cut blouse and shorts, hv to mingle with the guests!" what an answer.
"venue?" the girl asked further.
"hotel ballroom. oh yes, btw, we are also looking for dancers who can do erotic dance moves!"
of coz, the dear girl rejected the offer, citing to me,"aiyo, i'm so high class. how can i do a job like that. somemore, low-cut blouse, she thinks i got boobs, huh! my facebook pics must hv given her wrong impression!"
guess what i said. "luckily, god gives u no breasts...else, i bet u will be more showy with the assets!"
and for once, joy agreed,"actually, i'm quite thkful now that i dun hv well-endowed front..."
it's a funny incident. but the point is, young girls can easily fall prey to such temptations, in mercenery term and for some, glamour on stage.
letting kids stay away from facebook exposure is almost impossible, all we can do as parents, is to educate them and let them communicate openly and make decisions wisely!
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Joy can set 'privacy' on her facebook so only people she allows can view her page.
ReplyDeleteLuckily she didn't need the money, else easily fell into such trap.
It's a well-known fact that there're many dangers on social networking sites like the Facebook. But to hear an actual story from some one close by really should alert us yet again and to be mindful in future. That's partly why I'm not that active nor keen to put a lot of my personal stuff in there, not that any one would care to make me that kind of proposition :&{
ReplyDeletePS. Joy, don't tell me that u wouldn't mind to have those nice assets?
haha, joy has no time to read my blog and ur comments these days...
ReplyDeletewell, of coz, she would like to hv well-endowed assets just having an 'ah q' spirit when she made that statement.
as for me, already resigned to the small size.
once, joy even asked me after meeting with all u 'gugu' aunties,"mommy, why daddy's side, all the sisters got assets, but u dun have?"
haha, should i tell her,"well, it's becos of my petite size!"
there must be a trade-off somewhere in life, rite?
i'm sure if i put on few more kilos, i will start to be 'bouncy' like tigger.
That's how many young gals fall prey, on temptations of making easy money. Luckily Joy, though willing to try new things, has a good brain to differentiate good and wrong too,
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