Tabloids Disaster

The tabloids have such powerful influence over people. Those who read them, believes them, more or less. Those who don't, will hear gossips from people who read them and the more they talk about it, the more real it seems, The tabloids shape a person/ artiste's character in the way they want them to be. I have been very unfortunate when it comes to the tabloids. They love to characterize me as a greedy and superficial girl... I was extremely angry when I saw myself on the cover of a magazine yesterday. 6 years into my career and still it never fails to send a shiver down my spine and make my heart beat fast and hard against my chest. I wonder : what is there for them to write again?

After being furious for the last 24 hours, I came to an understanding that the people who write the tabloids are simply just as misguided as the readers themselves. They have never known me as a person. If only they could just spend a little time with me, understand me, I am sure these nonsense will gradually fade. However, we are on the opposite sides of the river and they obviously can't see anything further than the end of their nose as all they need to do is to write stories to sell their magazines. This is their job. They need to protect their job, not protect Me. Not Me, nor any other artistes who shares the same fate as i do. Why are some artiste prone to being abused ? you ask. Its all politics my dear. What I can say is that the only thing I haven't done for my career is to lick their boots or put down my pride and sell my soul.

I am proud to be who I am and I can swear to God I have never hurt anyone but have been protecting those whom i love. There is no meaning in spilling the beans and hurting my love ones in order to get even with the tabloids because at the end of the day, the pen is in their hands and they are the ones who writes the stories. I hope that they know what they are doing to me is not only hurting me but also people around me. As a result of their wrong -doings, they have made my career path all the more difficult as others might have the wrong impression of me.

Just to clarify, I am someone with hopes and dreams and I am still pursuing them. I am brought up in a humble but strict family.Not squandering all my money away, not boasting does not mean my family's poor and we do not need to borrow or live off anyone. Do you need to be so superficial and gauge a person's character by how rich he or she is? What has the world become?

What is wrong with being happily in love? Those who knows me, congratulates me on my happiness but for some, I must say that they are simply jealous. I do not understand why? Happiness is in the hands of yourself. Robbing someone else's happiness doesn't mean you will gain any. Or maybe, they feel no guilt?

I do feel sorry for myself but when I compare myself to Anne Frank, my problem's nothing at all. They can do everything they can, just like what they are doing right now to bring me down. But you know what? Time is going to prove everything. I will continue to work towards my goal, continue to work hard, continue to improve myself under any disastrous circumstances.

And for those who are wiser than the tabloids, they will see me as Me, RACE and give me all the support that I need.

lots of love,

RACE