Sora, So Good

How former Ch 8 star SORA MA went from “just an actress” to multi-tasking CEO of her own production company — and became a “lunatic” in the process.

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8 DAYS: You recently launched your YouTube channel, Sora Ma’s Million Viewers Channel by Socius Realm.

SORA MA: I needed a free platform that didn’t require people to give any commitment or subscription fees. YouTube was the first thing that I thought of. I also thought about setting up a web portal. But that would be too hard ’cos there are still a lot of things that I don’t know. I wanted to start with YouTube to test the waters.

What if it doesn’t hit a million viewers?

That is my goal lah. It’s not possible that it won’t hit a million viewers. It’s just about how long it will take — a month, a year, two years… or 10 years. (Laughs) If it still doesn’t hit [a million viewers then], I’ll just keep trying lor. Never say never, right?

Along with your YouTube channel, you also set up your own production company Socius Realm. What’s the story behind that?

‘Socius’ is Latin for ‘friend’, and ‘realm’ means ‘kingdom’. So the term represents ‘friendship kingdom’. To carve out a career on my own, I must rely on the support of many friends. Like, four of my friends are now partners in my company. The main idea is to bring us good friends together to create our own ‘kingdom’. (Laughs) And if you notice, the phrase ‘Socius Realm’ contains [part of] my name ‘Sora’.

How does it feel to go from being an artiste and having things done for you to doing everything on your own, from scriptwriting to managing a team?