Hi Friends,
 

It’s the festive seasons and I’m celebrating them with my friends and family. It’s a month full of activities with lots of great cuisines; and blessings are coming all over the world from friends and family members through Christmas wishes by cards, e-cards, e-mails, social networking platforms especially through Facebook, etc.

Reflection is a mental exercise that I do habitually to see myself growing each day as I reflect on my life-journey of what I have done as I meet new people along the way living each purposeful day. While I’m writing and reflecting at this point, what amazed me is this new Pop Diva, Katy Perry, who is a two-time Grammy-nominated artiste who has topped the charts with hits like "Hot and Cold" and "Thinking of you". I’m impressed with her energy, beauty & talents but I’m even more impressed with how she connects with people through creative & innovative ways of re-inventing herself and presenting herself in front of her fans & reporters.

I’m still thinking about the craziness in Katy’s spirit & creativity in getting reporters to don their swim wears and getting themselves wet just to interview her at the recent press conference that took place at Marina Bay Sands Hotel's Infinity Pool.

Here are some videos of the recent press conference that took place at Marina Bay Sands Hotel's Infinity Pool.

“Everyone has a dream and I’m stilling dreaming everyday!” That’s why I connect well with Katy’s latest upcoming album titled “Teenage Dream”.

The 25-year-old has managed to achieve what she dreamt of while still living each day fulfilling her other dreams. One of her many dreams she managed to fulfill; she has sold five million copies of her debut album "One Of The Boys" worldwide and she is on her ways to attracting and influencing fans in Asia with her music. She is actually pretty surprised by the great reception in Asia as she shares this.

"I did not know that there were actually (real) fans. When I was in Malaysia, I thought people (showed up) because (it) was my first show in Malaysia, but I did not know that (there were) 15,000 people (and) more than half of them were singing along to every single lyric. I felt so emotional at that moment."
 

I have my idols as I’m growing up and dreaming of “if only one day, I will be like my idols!”

Katy grew up idolizing Gwen Stefani who is beautiful and smart and she love her music, so she wanted to be exactly like her in everything she did, and that was kind of like her teenage dream. She was all related to music, and left school when she was 15 because she knew exactly what she wanted to do.

I’m impressed and inspired by her and I believe the rest would be inspired by her too! As I end here with her bio data from her website www.katyperry.com and wishing all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Yours Sincerely

Sean Toh

Author of Popular Best-Seller -  “ 4Steps To Financial Freedom”

www.SeanToh.com

Katy's Bio Data

“I can’t run from where I came from, nobody can,” says Katy Perry. When it came time to make her exhilarating second album “Teenage Dream,” Katy found herself increasingly drawn back home to Santa Barbara, Calif. Back to where they knew her before she became a superstar. Before she kissed a girl and liked it. And, certainly, before she sold 5 million copies of her Capitol Records blockbuster, “One of the Boys.”

“I love the vibe that Santa Barbara gives off and I wanted to really tap into the purity of my childhood and that feeling,” says the two-time Grammy nominated singer. “It was really fun to get away and walk into the studio with no make-up on.”

“Teenage Dream,” out Aug. 24, will move you, both emotionally and physically. “When I was touring, I wanted people to dance more,” Katy says. “So I wrote an album that made people move, yet didn’t sacrifice the story substance that I had on the last record.”

The album, whose producers include Max Martin, Tricky Stewart, Stargate, Dr. Luke and Greg Wells, is a glorious evolution from “One of The Boys,” It showcases an artist who dares us to join her as she experiences every facet of life.

“I’m giving everyone the full spectrum on this record,” Katy says. “You’re getting the sugary sweet, but you’re also getting the ‘Oh my goodness, she had to sit down for a minute and let some things off her chest’.”

Fun first single, “California Gurls,” declared by Entertainment Weekly as “unforgettable,” is the undeniable summer anthem of 2010. Featuring Snoop Dogg, “Gurls” is a sizzling salute to sun-kissed days spent in Daisy Dukes and a bikini top. Other album highlights include the heartbreakingly wistful “The One that Got Away,” the naughty, playful strut of “Peacock,” the uplifting “Firework,” the pulsing, stinging “Circle the Drain,” and the spiritual quest of “Who Am I Living For.”

And then, of course, there’s the passionate, thumping title track. “I called the album ‘Teenage Dream’ because I feel like I will always want to be that pin-up poster,” Katy says. “I definitely want to be in everybody’s dreams at all times until I get to Liz Taylor’s age when I’m not in your dreams anymore, and I’m just a diva!”

It’s irreverent statements like this that have branded Katy a true American original. She’s the extremely talented girl next door with slyly captivating charm. After Katy topped Maxim’s Hot 100 this Spring, Maxim editor-in-chief Joe Levy mused of her appeal: “It’s that feeling you get when you suddenly realize that the smartest, funniest, coolest girl you know also happens to the best looking and a pretty good skateboarder, too. All of sudden, your crush goes supernova, and this is Katy’s supernova moment.”

She’s the face most likely to adorn the bedroom walls of young girls who adore Katy not only for her musical brio, but for her playful yet sophisticated fashion sense (Who else could wear a blinking dress that lights up to the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute’s Gala?) “I don’t ever really want to come off as trashy,” she says. ‘But I want people to know I’m definitely having fun.”

Of that, there’s no doubt. Seldom has an artist catapulted onto the world scene and captured not only people’s ears, but their hearts as well. Since the 2008 release of “One of the Boys,” Katy has taken a jet-fueled rocket pack to the top, wowing fans with her often whimsical, irresistible pop songs. Katy topped charts in more than 25 countries with cultural phenomenon “I Kissed a Girl,” “Hot N Cold,” “Thinking Of You” and “Waking Up in Vegas,” and has sold more than 22 million digital tracks and mobile products worldwide.

Katy erases any barrier between pop star and audience by writing all her own material. “You’re getting a pure connection to the artist,” Katy says. “You’re not getting some idea of what that artist should be, you’re getting a direct voice.”

Nowhere is Katy’s voice and vision clearer than in concert. She is a relentless road warrior, albeit one who comes complete with gigantic, blow up plastic strawberries to toss into the audience. As a newcomer, she stormed the Warped Tour stage for 47 dates in 2008, immediately winning over hardened rock fans with her ceaselessly energetic live show. Since then, she has steadily built audiences across the planet by touching down in more than two dozen countries and filling increasingly larger venues each time she returned to a city. 2009’s headlining “One of the Boys” tour was a phenomenal success, selling out around the world.

She’s also a popular television draw, appearing on countless talk shows, presenting and performing on the Grammys living out her lifelong dream of being lowered from the ceiling in a 600 lb. banana, serving as a guest judge on “American Idol,” a celebrity contestant on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and hosting MTV’s Europe Music Awards twice. More often than not she’s adding to her trophy case at each stop, winning Best New Act at the Europe Music Awards, Best Pop Video at the MTV Japan Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.

As much as her life seems to play itself out in the press—she’s appeared on the cover of more than 15 magazines–she reminds us the real Katy is in every note and every word of her music. “If you ever want an answer about how I felt about something or what I was going through or what I believe or my convictions or my love,” she says, “You just have to listen to the lyrics.” We can’t wait to hear every word she has to say.

Katy Perry

www.KatyPerry.com

'Four Steps To Financial Freedom'  is a compilation of the most ultimate wealth package that I have learned, acquired and practiced philosophies and secrets you can ever have. My sincerity to empower as many people in this world as possible regardless if they are your friends, family and you. 

If you have taken control of your financial destiny, guide those around you to overcome their stressful lives to the road of happiness and you will enjoy abundance joy and happiness forever in your personal life. ‘Four Steps To Financial Freedom’ is my gift to the people in this world who has helped me to be who I’m today. Last but not least, may financial freedom bless each and everyone doorsteps, and I wish you all abundance, joy and true wealth of all kinds. Sincere thanks from my heart.

Sean Toh