"Pete Thongjuea" brings his family "Jeng Wilailak - Seiya - Miya - Rotor" to openly share everything about their parenting style. Besides good looks and premium DNA across the family, each member shows remarkable diverse talents, as featured on the 'Kui Zaap Show' on One31 channel.
This family has premium DNA all around. How old are you all now?
Seiya: I’m 22.
Miya: 20.
Rotor: 17.
Seiya recently became a producer. Is she the youngest producer in the entertainment industry?
Seiya: It’s one of my dreams. I initially wanted to be a director and have been learning for years, since my first year. I’ve directed music videos for Miya, starting 2-3 years ago.
What advice does big brother Pete give his daughter?
Pete: Mostly I act as a mentor watching from behind. I want her to gain experience, helping from a distance. We have a strong team managing things.
Did you enjoy producing your first project?
Seiya: I loved it. I really enjoyed it. Even with small problems, it’s part of learning a lot.
Do your younger siblings support you?
Miya: Rotor and I sometimes go on set when Seiya’s busy. She tells us to keep an eye on makeup, check if everyone’s working well and if everything’s in order. Sometimes we’re sent, sometimes he does graphics, asking if it looks good.
Is it a series or something else?
Seiya: It’s a drama, fantasy action genre, about martial arts, the sorcerers of the high plateau, involving magic.
Producing is so stressful it causes hair loss?
Seiya: It’s too late; I’m already going gray (laughs).
Miya: At the salon they say I’m 30% gray already.
Seiya: (laughs) They say I’m too young for that and need to dye it all (laughs). I’m serious.
Besides producing, the family recently walked in a fashion show together?
Miya: Seiya and I did. It was for L Fashion Week, very fun. At first, I was very nervous since it was my first L walk. I wondered how Seiya would do since we’re not professional models. But backstage, the staff were very kind, chatting until it was our turn to walk, so we just walked naturally.
Is this something Miya likes besides singing?
Miya: I really like it. I’ve liked it since I was little. I often went to Victoria’s with my mother as a child. I didn’t shop much, just watched models walk and liked it since then.
Jeng: There used to be a screen where she’d watch intently. She said she wanted to be a Victoria’s Secret model (laughs).
What did father Pete say?
Pete: If she gets the chance, I’ll let her go (laughs). It’s a world-class stage, so if she’s chosen, I won’t stop her.
Did father Pete comment on how she walked at L Fashion Week?
Pete: He was concerned about her walk. I filmed her practice. My role was driver, photographer, and bodyguard. I told her well done. She reviewed footage from various angles to check her walk and mood. Miya has already passed tests for modeling, photo shoots, and catwalks.
What did Rotor think of her walk?
Rotor: As seen in the clip, they dressed like yin and yang.
Miya: Rotor also likes modeling. He likes to pose coolly (laughs).
Seiya didn’t think she would be a model since she prefers art and drawing?
Seiya: Not really a passion or dream. I walked last year and it was like an audition.
Rotor is working hard on fitness. What for?
Rotor: I won’t say (laughs). I just like exercising. It’s almost obsessive. If I don’t exercise, I can’t sleep and get stressed.
Miya: Today before coming to the show, he woke at 7 a.m., went swimming, then got ready.
Pete: He swims every morning.
Miya: His skin is a bit tanned because of daily swimming.
Rotor: Before that, I was running.
Does brother Pete exercise with him?
Pete: I don’t like gyms. I prefer outdoor cycling. Rotor is a professional athlete, a race car driver, so he has to take care of himself, preparing for higher levels gradually.
Jeng: Rotor went swimming and then exercised some more. I saw many people sharing about it.
The home gym is huge. Is Rotor preparing to study abroad?
Rotor: Yes, in Switzerland, studying management and hotel management.
Are the parents not worried about their son studying abroad?
Jeng: He takes great care of himself. At home, he looks after his hygiene, keeps his room clean, and manages meals. Every morning he prepares food for his mother.
Miya: That’s why everyone is slim. He wakes up to prepare meals, counts calories, weighs food, calculates how much protein and fiber Miya needs daily, makes soup for everyone. So now everyone is slim because there’s no fresh milk in the house.
Jeng: We give almond milk. Breakfast must be nutritious, with protein and vegetables.
Miya: He prepares it for everyone.
Pete: The kitchen scale works overtime because everything is weighed.
What about eating out?
Miya: They take pictures to show AI the approximate weight of food.
Jeng: After eating, they talk to AI about what they ate that day, sometimes sounding like a strange conversation.
Why does Rotor manage everyone’s nutrition?
Rotor: I enjoy cooking for fun. When I cook, I like weighing ingredients, so I make everyone taste it.
Who eats the worst food in the family?
Rotor: Probably Dad. Everyone else eats healthy food, but sometimes he likes instant noodles.
If Rotor is away, isn’t it lonely?
Jeng: Yes, it’s lonely. Yesterday he left early for business and said if Rotor isn’t here, there’s nothing to eat (laughs). But he really takes care, even of personal matters. For example, I like listening to YouTube in the morning, but the news was upsetting, so he told me not to use my phone in the morning because cortisol is released, affecting mood. He said no phone for one hour after waking, or mood will be bad (laughs).
Rotor: At first, I didn’t believe it. I swim every morning and drink coffee while playing TikTok, addicted to my phone all day. But if I don’t touch it for an hour, I actually don’t want to use it the whole day.
How do you raise your children?
Jeng: I’m health-conscious. I used to be strict about myself, getting upset if I ate after 6 p.m. But I changed so the kids wouldn’t be stressed. I realized I was too rigid. I relaxed, but the kids adopted my habits. They all eat well and have vegetables every meal. Miya feels better if she has veggies; if not, she wants to go find some.
Did you instill these habits from childhood?
Jeng: I wasn’t strict, but I lived that way and they saw it. The routine of eating well and staying fit became a habit, absorbed without forcing. Parents must be good role models. Everyone is good-looking; looking back to childhood.
Seiya had a monk predict she’d win a beauty pageant?
Jeng: Venerable Wara said she would be a universe beauty queen. He said it casually when she was just one month old. We took the baby to receive his blessing.
Pete: Venerable Wara is like a foster father, we consider Seiya his foster daughter.
Does Seiya have a chance in the beauty pageant path?
Seiya: Actually, I get contacted every year but feel it’s not the right time yet.
What’s holding you back?
Seiya: It’s my father (laughs). He says I have to do runway and wear swimsuits. Maybe at 18-19 it was too early; now it might be better and Dad might be less protective (laughs).
Pete: Actually, grandfather said if she’s good, beautiful, and capable, she doesn’t need to compete. She already has value and doesn’t have to try to upgrade herself.
But no objection to runway?
Pete: No objection. But no need to compete. You have been together 25 years; how do you keep the sweetness alive?
Pete: For every couple, it’s simple: life’s truth is that breakups are easy. If either person thinks differently, it ends. But staying together is harder, and maintaining the relationship is even harder. Ultimately, you have to put yourself in your partner’s shoes.
We try to understand those close to us as much as possible. Married life has many levels. At first, just two people, feelings matter most. As you grow older and have the first child, then the second, then third, things change.
When children become teenagers, the relationship changes again. When they graduate, parents’ ways of thinking, living, socializing, and family time change. When children grow up, they go off to new missions, and mothers meet more friends. Relationships have many stages; understanding and continual development are important.
Do the kids talk about their parents’ affection?
Miya: Honestly, Mom and Dad don’t do sweet words or say "I love you" often. Mom buys or cooks food or brings things; Dad washes dishes or does laundry. They show love by helping and caring for each other.
Rotor: As my sister said, sometimes she asks me to say things, but Dad calls to ask if Mom is hungry or where she is, offering to take her out or buy things, but he doesn’t say it himself.
Why doesn’t he say it himself?
Pete: Better to have the kids say it. Sometimes I don’t want to say too much; it’s not shyness but conversations turn to work, which can be overwhelming. It’s better the kids talk to Mom.
What are the house rules?
Miya: The rule all girls must follow is that parents must pick them up and drop them off everywhere, no matter the time.
What if kids come home at 1 or 2 a.m. after going out?
Pete: Four a.m. once; they left at three. Mom called at two to check if I talked to the kids. I said not yet. We consider and prepare to pick them up. Sometimes they say it’s okay and they’ll get a ride with friends. Basically, think of me as their Grab driver; call anytime, I’m nearby, waiting in the car, listening to music, resting, and ready when they call. We’re currently building a new house.
Rotor supervises the construction?
Pete: We used to live in On Nut and sold that place, so we moved nearby to build a new house close by. The house is almost finished; about 30% remains.
Why does Rotor supervise the work?
Jeng: He’s probably the most meticulous in the family. He’s detail-oriented and checks everything.
Miya: He won’t let anything slide. If something is slightly crooked or a material seems weak and won’t last 10 years, he says it must be changed or even torn down and rebuilt. He wants the house to last long so we can all live together as we grow, aiming for perfection and strength.
Jeng: Recently, he wanted to tear down the front door (laughs).
Miya: It swelled a bit from rain.
Jeng: He said if it’s already like this when we’re not living there, how could we live there? Fixing later isn’t enough; it must be fixed now. The young man is very strict.
How is the house now?
Rotor: There are several points to fix. The house looks like it was built two years ago with some parts not very nice.
Jeng: He’s very strict. When he arrives, Mom calls the contractors immediately (laughs).
Is everyone in the house afraid of Rotor?
Miya: Yes, afraid.
Are the parents afraid too?
Pete: We listen to him because he has reasons; it’s not unreasonable. He’s the strictest youngest child in the house.
How strict is he?
Seiya: His voice is firm, not calm like this. It’s like when grandfather gives orders.
Miya: The housekeeper is very afraid of Rotor. If something isn’t clean, he says so, but if she says she already cleaned it, he argues by staring silently until she apologizes and leaves. He doesn’t say anything rude.
Seiya: He speaks in a low tone. I always get scolded, like being told staying up late won’t get you through life.
Miya: He uses very good words, but they hurt. If I wake late, he says, "Living like this won’t get you anywhere" (laughs). It wakes me up. Parents don’t have to screen Seiya’s boyfriends; Rotor does. Suitors must pass Rotor's test.
Are there any suitors yet?
Seiya: Single now, focusing on my future. If I had love, I wouldn’t focus much.
Miya: Single too.
Rotor: Pretty much single (laughs).
Miya: What does that mean? (laughs)
Any special relationship with Nong Tangmo?
Rotor: Like siblings. Our parents know.
Pete: They talk because Miya is a racer and Nong Tangmo just started racing. Parents are friends.
People tease that the kids like each other. What do parents say?
Pete: No problem. We never discuss it. Sometimes when Jang is busy, we watch the kids at the track and say no worries. But it depends on whether she allows us. Her mother says she’s not sure if she’ll let us watch because she has friends. But we see her as our niece.
Does Rotor screen suitors for his two sisters?
Miya: First, he says he has a sense if someone’s not right. Lately, he’s developed new methods, reading facial features. He says, "This look isn’t sincere," or "That nose is no good." He can tell everything.
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