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Illustrated cover for Mr FOMO Mai — Book 1. Mr Mai anxiously checks a property graph on his phone in a condominium lift lobby while Auntie Lucy, Agent Lim, Mrs Mai, Raj and Chairman Wong react around him.

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Mr FOMO Mai

Book One

Lift B, Unit 12B & Other Confirmed Things

One notice. Forty-three forwards. Confirm got something.

A Singapore motion-comic satire by Edward Meow

  • FREE TO WATCH
  • 8 EPISODES
  • APPROX. 14 MINUTES
  • ENGLISH + SINGLISH
  • SUBTITLED
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One lift goes offline. One condo starts speculating. One man thinks his net worth is under attack.

Watch all eight episodes of Mr FOMO Mai — Book 1, a free Singapore motion-comic satire about FOMO, property talk, WhatsApp rumours and the very important information nobody reads.

Welcome to Paradisia Residences

At Paradisia, ordinary things do not remain ordinary for very long.

A maintenance notice becomes a rumour. A rumour becomes a market signal. A quiet visitor becomes “smart money.” By the time somebody checks the actual report, the lobby has become Parliament and Mr Mai’s property brain is already trading on information that nobody has confirmed.

This first book follows one simple lift-upgrading project as it passes through anxiety, ambition, gossip and WhatsApp. Beneath the comedy is a familiar question: what happens when everybody reacts before anybody reads?

Watch the episodes in order. The notices, repeated phrases and small background details matter.

And when Mrs Mai says “wait first,” perhaps listen to her.

The Story

At Paradisia Residences, Lift B goes offline for upgrading.

That is all. At least, that is what the notice says.

But once Auntie Lucy adds some “useful flavour,” Agent Lim spots a good opportunity, and Mr Mai starts calculating what one lift can do to his net worth, a routine maintenance job becomes structural concern, en-bloc speculation and an emergency sitting of Lobby Parliament.

Meanwhile, a quiet visitor keeps turning up, Unit 12B may be changing hands, and the document that could explain everything is sitting on page eleven.

Mrs Mai says wait first. Raj just observes. Mr Mai checks the property app.

Mr FOMO Mai — Book 1 is an eight-episode Singapore motion-comic satire about condo life, Singlish, rumours, property anxiety and the dangerous habit of forwarding before reading.

Episode 1 · Barrier to Entry

1 min 06 sec

Mr Mai meets the Lift B upgrading barrier and immediately worries about property value.

Episode 2 · Useful Flavour

1 min 30 sec

An official notice enters Auntie Lucy’s information network and emerges as a good opportunity.

Episode 3 · Forty-Three Forwards

1 min 45 sec

One vague message becomes structural concern, en-bloc speculation and supposed evidence.

Episode 4 · Lobby Parliament

2 min 15 sec

The residents hold an emergency debate until the lift arrives and everybody abandons procedure.

Episode 5 · Unit 12B

1 min 35 sec

A possible sale becomes a benchmark, and Mr Mai’s own lift begins attacking his net worth.

Episode 6 · Page Eleven

1 min 55 sec

Mr Mai takes the rumours to management and encounters a dangerous object: the actual report.

Episode 7 · Wait First

1 min 53 sec

Preventive maintenance is explained, property logic returns, and Mr Mai almost learns something.

Episode 8 · The Proxy

1 min 58 sec

Lift B reopens, everybody rewrites history, and a quiet move in Unit 12B opens the door to Book 2.

The Residents of Paradisia

  • Mr Mai character portrait

    Mr Mai

    A concerned homeowner whose property brain is always online. He can turn a temporary inconvenience into a personal attack on his net worth within seconds.

  • Mrs Mai character portrait

    Mrs Mai

    Practical, patient and usually correct. Her most valuable advice is also the advice Mr Mai finds hardest to follow: wait first.

  • Auntie Lucy character portrait

    Auntie Lucy

    Paradisia’s fastest information-distribution network. She is very accurate—except for the useful flavour.

  • Agent Lim character portrait

    Agent Lim

    A property agent capable of converting inconvenience, uncertainty and safety tape into transformation potential.

  • Raj character portrait

    Raj

    Security officer. Not MCST. He sees plenty, says little and just observes.

  • Chairman Wong character portrait

    Chairman Wong

    The keeper of notices, minutes, reports and other documents that nobody reads.

  • The Quiet Visitor character portrait

    The Quiet Visitor

    Same fellow. Came before also. Still does not make noise.

About This Book

How to Watch

Mr FOMO Mai — Book 1 is designed to be watched in episode order. Eight episodes. Approximately 14 minutes in total. English dialogue with intentional Singlish. English subtitles burned into every episode. Best enjoyed with sound on. No registration or payment required. For the full story, begin with Episode 1 and continue through Episode 8. Do not skip the notices. Definitely do not skip page eleven.

Contains property anxiety, exaggerated rumours, condo committee politics, repeated checking of property apps, intentional Singlish, and people forwarding information they have not read. No actual lift was emotionally harmed by Mr Mai’s calculations.

A Note from Edward Meow

Mr FOMO Mai began with a simple observation: in a condominium, even a maintenance notice can become breaking news.

The story is not really about a lift. It is about the distance between what happened, what somebody heard, what somebody forwarded and what everybody eventually became certain was true. Mr Mai’s fear of missing out is not only the fear of missing a property deal. It is also the fear that the price, the market or the neighbours will move before he fully understands what is happening.

The characters speak in Singlish because that is their rhythm, their humour and their world. The dialogue is not intended to be polished into formal English. The pauses, particles and repeated phrases are part of how the characters think and how the jokes land.

Book 1 is also an experiment in digital storytelling. It combines static comic artwork, animation, generated and edited voice performances, subtitles and motion-comic timing. AI-assisted tools were used during production, but the story, sequencing, editorial choices, revisions and final quality decisions were directed and approved by me.

Thank you for watching this first book. It is released free of charge so that anyone can enter Paradisia Residences, meet the neighbours and decide for themselves whether Mr Mai has finally learned to read page eleven.

He probably has not.

— Edward Meow

A Note on the Dialogue

The characters in Mr FOMO Mai speak in Singlish: the informal, expressive English commonly heard in Singapore.

Words and particles such as “lah,” “leh,” “lor,” “liao,” “ah,” “aiyah” and “what” are used intentionally. They carry tone, attitude, familiarity and comic timing that cannot always be translated word for word into standard English.

The subtitles preserve that voice. They are not grammatical errors requiring correction; they are part of the characters and the setting.

About the Creator

Edward Meow is a practising real estate agent in Singapore and has served as chairman of his condominium’s management council for most of the estate’s 27-year history.

His long-standing involvement in both the property market and condominium governance has given him first-hand experience of maintenance decisions, council discussions, annual general meetings, resident concerns and the sometimes considerable distance between what an official notice says and what the neighbourhood believes it says.

Mr FOMO Mai is a Singapore-flavoured motion-comic series inspired by the property conversations, anxieties, rumours and fear of missing out familiar to everyday condominium life. It is about ordinary situations that grow into very big theories—and people who become very certain that something is happening before they have read page eleven.

Edward also creates practical property content intended to help Singapore buyers make better-informed decisions.

The series is entirely fictional. It does not depict, reproduce or disclose the affairs of any actual condominium, management corporation, management council, resident, meeting, dispute or property transaction. Edward writes in his personal and creative capacity, not on behalf of his condominium, its management corporation or its council.

More property resources, creative work and future books are available at: edwardmeow.com/ebook

Credits
Created by
Edward Meow
Story, concept and dialogue
Edward Meow
Creative direction and editing
Edward Meow
Motion-comic production
Edward Meow with AI-assisted production tools
Continuity and quality control
Edward Meow with AI-assisted review
Published under the imprint
MTM Books
Official website
edwardmeow.com
First Web Edition
2026
Special thanks
To everyone who has ever read the WhatsApp message, skipped the attachment and forwarded it anyway.
AI-Assisted Production Disclosure

This motion comic was created under the direction of Edward Meow using a combination of original writing, visual design, static comic plates, animation, voice work, subtitles, editing and AI-assisted production tools.

AI-assisted tools contributed to parts of the image, animation, voice and post-production workflow. The creator made the final decisions concerning story, dialogue, performance selection, scene order, continuity, revisions and publication.

No AI output should be interpreted as the statement, likeness or endorsement of a real person.

Fiction, Professional and Property Disclaimer

Mr FOMO Mai is a fictional satirical work created for entertainment.

All characters, names, residences, management bodies, units, notices, reports, meetings, transactions, property values and events are fictional or fictionalised. Paradisia Residences, its Management Corporation, its committee, Unit 12B and all related documents are not representations of any actual condominium, person, transaction or dispute. Any resemblance to real persons, buildings, organisations or events is coincidental.

Edward Meow is a practising real estate agent. That professional background informs the setting and satire, but this work is not professional advice and does not represent the views, recommendations or statements of any estate agency, regulator, client, property owner, management corporation or other third party.

Nothing in this work is financial, investment, property, legal, conveyancing, valuation, strata-management or real-estate advice. Statements about prices, transactions, en-bloc sales, maintenance funds, AGM procedures, proxy forms or market behaviour are simplified and exaggerated for comedy. Do not rely on the story when making an actual decision. Refer to official documents and obtain appropriately qualified professional advice.

The use of a name, brand, app, product category or familiar expression does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or association.

The lift is back.

The rumours never left.

And somewhere in Unit 12B, a proxy form has already been signed.

MR FOMO MAI WILL RETURN IN BOOK 2