Mandarin Word of the Day

Yīngyǔ- 英语

英语 or in pinyin Yīngyǔ, means the English language. 

Here is a sentence using the word 英语：

他说英语。Tā shuo yīngyǔ. He speaks English. 

Fighting

Have you ever commented on a video or an article and all of a sudden some "attacks" you and assumes something about you?


I was watching a Korean variety show and this girl said watching porn is bad and that idols shouldn't watch porn and me being me questioned why? Why is watching porn bad? 
I was being genuine because I know that in some countries it is a taboo, so I wanted to know her perspective because even where I am from, people don't outright say that they watch porn unlike here in America where it isn't so much as a taboo. Americans are more liberal in that aspect. 
I was at a birthday-costume party and one of my friends dressed up as Robin Hood, tights and all, and on top of that, he shaved his legs. *insert fan-girl scream* lol I was shocked, but in a good way. 

After my friend in the picture above showed off his "sexy and shapely" legs, another (girl)friend of mine blatantly said that she needed to go home and watch porn now. I don't know about you, but that was pretty straight forward. I'm not even like that. So anyway, it made me think about the comment I replied to on youtube and how the girl responded to my innocent question about how is porn bad:

"where are you from? i bet you're american..but we asians consider watching porn as bad habit...asians are not american, i know american because i once gone there and american consider guys not watching porn are losers, but we asians are not like that,..."

Truth be told, I was pissed because she assumed I was American and a whole start fight started. Her and I started bickering back and forth and insults started flying and another girl got involved. I'm a lover not a fighter, but I'm hot headed and I don't like being called American or Black or anything else because that isn't who I am. I am from Trinidad and Tobago. I was just so pissed that she would assume my nationality. I understand that in some Asian countries porn is like a taboo. Believe me, I know. I would be incredibly ignorant if I didn't learn about Asian customs and their taboos. I don't know all of them, but I'm learning.
I'm not innocent either in this fight because I did call her a bitch for assuming I'm American.
Today the fight continued and it was getting pretty heated and I, in all my pride, was not going to be the first person to apologize. I find that one of the hardest words to say is "I am sorry" After a fight, I am never the first person to say it and a lot of times, I still won't say it, so I have to commend this girl for being the first person to say "Hey! We are fighting over a small and stupid thing. Let's stop and be friends." 

K-pop song of the Day

MBLAQ- Mona Lisa

K-pop song of the Day

Girl's Day- Hug Me Once More

Oh my gosh! I absolutely love this song, their concept, and how amazing DreamTea presented the MV. They made it "interactive" and my mind was blown away. It really is a creative idea and I am so happy that DreamTea is finally promoting these girls the way they should. 

The Hallyu Wave- K-pop

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Korean Pop Music

Korean pop music. To a foreigner, especially English speaking ones in my personal experience, a lot of these '???' will pop into the mind because who in the world listens to Korean pop music except for Koreans? Well for starters, me. I listen to K-pop and I love it even though half the time I don't even understand what the song is about because let me tell you from my personal experience, just because the melody is upbeat and the singers are dancing all excitedly and sometimes provocatively, it doesn't mean the song itself is cheery or nonsensical.  For example Hyunah- Change: 

When I first heard this song and saw the video, all I saw was a girl thrusting her hips sing 'Change', until I looked up a video with English subtitles and I realized there was a deeper message. She is basically telling people that they can change and not to listen to people that say they can't. It is a pretty deep message if I do say so myself.  

I would also like to point out that there are times in K-pop where the song itself is cheery and the lyrics are 'wtf' and very repetitive like in SNSD 'Gee':

Don't get me wrong I love K-pop and even though it seems like I am bashing right now, I am a complete sucker for these kind of songs ^.^ I guess this kind of leads to the question "Who do you like K-pop?" Some people will say that there are other songs and music genres that are so much better and I agree wholeheartedly there are music genres that blow K-pop out of the water, but I still prefer K-pop.

• First off, the songs are addictive. The entertainment companies of these groups know how to sell the songs. I love the repetitive lyrics it is just appealing to me as I anticipate when it will be sung next and I find myself singing along as at times, they are the only lyrics I know from the song. Like in SNSD- 'Gee', can you honestly say that 'Gee Gee Gee Gee Baby Baby' is not catchy?
• I would also like to bring to your attention that the artists are dancing. Yeah. How many artists do you know sing and dance through their entire song and I would also like to point out that they do sing and dance live. The next video is courtesy of SHINee- Lucifer:

Not only are the lyrics addictive, but so is the dance routine and you can't help but be impressed at the artists singing and dancing live and they actually sound good. Not all of the artists sound amazing while singing and dancing live because the choreography can be very strenuous and  not all of them will have as much experience like my awesome SHINee boys.

• Another reason for me lovign K-pop are the outfits believe it or not. The outfits can get very creative and will just shock you, but in a good way. This next group that I will introduce you to are called 2NE1 (21 or To anyone) with their song 'I am the Best'. They have other songs with eye-catching outfits, but I like this one the best.

• I have a deep respect for these artists, also known as Idols, because in a sense they are people you can look up to. There are so many of them that trained for years just to debut. What I mean by train is that many, if not all, of these idol singers joined a company and became a trainee where they learned how to sing, dance, act, model,  and learn a foreign language all while going to school and getting good grades. Even after years of training there still wasn't any guarantee that they would be able to debut. I really admire them because there are some success stories of idol singers coming from nothing, even running away from home to audition and become a trainee just to achieve their dream of becoming a singer or actor. I don't know many other artists that would go to such lengths to achieve their dream and it really irks me that some artists in America were made a star 'over-night', but to each their own.
• Lastly, I must confess that my first attraction to K-pop were the guys. I am a girl after-all and I do have my shallow moments :p.