Who are the people on screen and behind the scene
PAPA
My name is Brian.
I’m the very proud papa of my two girls - Nadine & Naomi. When our eldest daughter Nadine had asked us that she wants to be a YouTuber – I call the shots!
Opsie ☺ Actually no! Mitzie did but it just sounds cool to claim it ☺ How did we pull it off? I’m very techie, my wife is the content creator …and we have The Girls who is always camera-ready (certified Asian girls, beat that!).
YouTube is here to stay and to keep the girls safe online, we don’t just have an open convo with them regularly but we explore YouTube videos together. Now, that they have their own channel it still feels surreal sometimes but it is absolutely a pleasure to introduce my girls to you guys!
MAMA
Hello, Mitzie here. I love my girls to the Philippines and back to Denmark! I am obsessed in creating fun memories for Nadine & Naomi which they’ll remember when they’re grown. But what I realized in the process is that
“The Real Magic” happens when they are given the chance to just-be in each other’s presence and that fills me with joy as a Momma and every-second-of-crazy worth it!
Motherhood has made my life more colorful than I ever knew it could be. I never ran out of activities for the girls and I always let my creative heart goes gaga together with them- and if that includes Nadine’s wish to be a youtuber? I’m IN!
We know that she still needs to rely on our support and our guidance to keep her safe from exploitation, we are doing our best to be with her every step of our way. It is a fun project for the family (also hard work) and it can also be useful down the road, Nadine can easily learn some digital video skills from us. BUT…….. I do hope and pray she doesn’t change her mind tomowow, the next day after is negotiable though ☺
Naomi is the sweetest ball of energy at 5!
She has a very infectious laugh and she can effortlessly portray different facial expressions.
She’s a poser, she is into make up and dress up, she loves to sing and dance, she is so charming - and she can be a drama queen too!
She is quick in understanding humor and at age 5 she can use wit and sarcasm. She mock me a lot and I enjoy every second of it (for now).
She blossom as an independent wannabe-big-girl at the kindergarten and start to make new friends of her own (aside from her Ate’s circle of friends).
She benefit immensely from the example of her big sister, it is unbelievable how they manage to have late-night talks together like teenagers – yeps, they share one bed (our daily scenario can either be sweet-giggles or showtime drama!) Nevertheless both play a very strong role to each other’s development.
Naomi adores her Ate Nadine and Nadine absolutely feels the same.
Naomi has the biggest heart! She loves to cuddle and give tender kisses from the moment she wakes up and yea, that’s until bedtime! Who can compete???
Nadine is our wannabe YouTuber girl at 7!
She is an awesome big sister to Naomi and she takes very good care of her. She displays extraordinary bravery in the simple act of being in charge especially when it involves her little sister.
Nadine has this EurAsian aura and gentle personality that makes her appealing to everyone. She’s a little shy but it always surprises us how goofy she can be. She does everything with gusto and her brain moves faster than her feet. She challenges us at every turn and she wants to do soooh many things at once. It makes me recite a prayer of thanks but it is also frightening that My Baby Nadine is slowly budding into a more mature little girl.
I can tell that she also begins to desire privacy and flip-flopping between self-confidence and self-doubt despite of the fact that she’s doing excellently in school.
She always display innate curiosity and excitement about everything. She’s a natural explorer and she takes pride in sharing her knowledge about the things she learned with Naomi or any activity that she mastered.
We do hope that she can experiment creatively as a YouTuber, express herself more and HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER WITH HER SISTER NAOMI!
WHY AND HOW IT STARTED?
Nadine and Naomi are YouTube fans; they love to explore different shows. Nadine in particular would always make jokes that she wanted to be a YouTuber, it didn’t come to me as a surprise because both Brian and I have passion for photography. They pretty much grow up with photoshoots and I have been constantly taking videos of them since their childhood and posted them on facebook which is exclusive for family members in the Philippines and to Brian’s parents who live 300km away from us. Thanks to the digital-era, social media, mobile phones and wifi!
Going back, yes it wasn’t a surprise to us but being out-there-in-public is a totally different world so I personally never really entertained the idea. Not until early this year, when I was applying for a dream job - dream job in the sense that it is purposeful and the day-to-day duties constantly revolve around interacting with people from various cultures and background. Logistics industry is new to me but new challenge has its charm, so I embrace my Dora ‘da explorer spirit again. Besides, in HR Department there can be drama but never a dull moment!
I thought of sending a video CV directly to the CEO of the company so I could literally mention what I could do to add value to the company. I asked Nadine and Naomi to help me cleaned up the home office table so I could start setting up the lamps and video cam. They watched the entire process of me memorizing my elevator pitch, rehearsing my Danish diction and proper pronounciation with Brian, choosing my clothes, putting my make up on etc.
They also watched me film myself and cringed watching myself on screen - yeyz they tried to hold back their laugh-and-all which was very understandable as it was definitely an awkward sight. But it wasn’t that bad after all because Nadine got soooh jealous or should I say motivated to really convince me to take a video of her while playing and demanded that I should post it on YouTube.
She exclaimed –
“I want to be a YouTuber for real, Mama! Make it happen!”
So, I got the job and she got her YouTube channel ☺
Ain’t gonna get much better than this!
WHEN AND WHERE DO WE VLOG?
Whenever the girl’s are in the mood and if we have energy for it! Damn, it’s hard work but it definitely is fun.
And at the end of the day over a cup of tea or a sip of rum, we’re absolutely in awe how we can pull it off as a family-project. I guess, the best part of this journey is we continue to discover the girls’ talent and what we are actually capable of.
We will only show few areas of the house where Nadine and Naomi can Vlog. I am Nadine’s #1 supporter but I’m also very aware of my role as a Mom to guide her on this endeavor. It is best for her to understand that building an online presence is ok but along with it is the responsibility of protecting themselves and acknowledging when to draw a line when it comes to maintaining privacy on the internet. I am most comfortable this way and it will remain as such -
until they move-out!
WHAT DOES MABUHAYNN REPRESENTS
The Leaves: - It represents good vibe, inspiration, experience, opinion and even criticism within the followers of MabuhayNN Vlog
- It represents the halfies kids in Denmark (half Danish, half Filipino)
- It represents the Gen-zers or Generation Z who have not seen the world without technology
- It represents the learning and discovery process within ourselves and as parents and as a family
- It represents My Girls and how amazing they are!!!
The Branches:The Merging of Filipino and Danish culture, tradition, DanFil languages are the foundation of MabuhayNN Vlog and Blog.
The Root:PHILIPPINES & DENMARK