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Ok first I'll share this first to get this over with. It's too cute to not share. :P
Love this to bits. :D
Ok next! In complete contrast, something quite horrifying that happened in Singapore lately.
Has all the elements of a drama. Society that's currently quite xenophobic, especially towards those from China at the moment, with a mini-election over the horizon. Rich China immigrant with a Ferrari dashes a red light, smashing into a cab. Kills the Singaporean cab driver, who is sole bread winner of a family with 3 children, as well as the Japanese passenger. The China immigrant also dies. As a side act, somebody robbed the dying Japanese lady after the crash.
Articles in Stomp. Original incident. Family and friends of the immigrant says this. Other opinions, here, here and here.
I wanna write a short reflection on the incident.
1. The Farrari driver is clearly in the wrong. He reached the junction 4 seconds after the red light came on. There is absolutely no excuse for his actions. He simply and clearly did not intend to stop. And no, don't even say the taxi driver wasn't careful. In his shoes, anybody else would also have died. The current system works because every driver trusts other drivers to follow the traffic rules. Additionally, the cab driver had no room to maneuver. So NO! The accident is in no way the fault of the cab driver, and responsibility rests solely on the Farrari driver's shoulders.
2. As one can see, the articles written on Stomp and TemasekTimes are completely biased (ie tends to wards raising a hoo-ha and anti-government respectively) and are of low quality. It worries me, cuz these two sites actually get a lot of traffic, and irresponsible reporting often leads to a lot of other bad shit. Not to mention the amount of critical thinking in the comments is really disturbing as well.
Why are they bad you ask? You want examples you say?
Count the number comments that bring in the Nationality and social status of the Farrari driver as a basis to insult him. How are these factors even relevant to his crime? Do only rich people cause traffic accidents? Do only China immigrants cause such traffic accidents? By all means accuse and rage, but kindly rage objectively, and factually.
Stomp titles their article such that it implies that the Farrari driver's family is rebellious and unremorseful for the actions of the Farrari driver, when it actuality, the family members are only protesting the irrelevant insults and untruths projected on the Farrari driver. Further, the family of the Farrari driver also experienced a loss. The Farrari driver was dear to them as well. They would naturally be upset. Can they not protest? And wrong though the Farrari driver may be, it doesn't give us the right as observers to insult and "add charges" that are clearly irrelevant to begin with.
I can't even bother with the temasektimes... sigh.
3. Immigrants are not the enemy. They are people as well, and people who've had to leave their homes to make a living. Stop placing emphasis on irrelevant things and instead spend time on bettering one self.
4. Singaporeans are a loo...ong way off from being a gracious society. Sigh at the comments... and good lord for someone to even conceive stealing when the Japanese woman was dying -.-
Alright, after that bit of black stuff, I wanna rescue this post, so...
Cutie bomb!! XD
Ok back to IU!
IU's new album's been released! She's got a super long MV this time! It's nearly half and hr >.< keke
At the End of Each Day
Full MV
There's so much footage here of IU cuteness haha. Like it ttm :D
Song only MV :)
The song's really nice! It has the same feel as Good Day, and is really energising for me. Listening to it non-stop already :)
Just one question. WHO IS THE GUY!!!? (Rumor has it~~ It's just manager oppa XD)
I actually want to end this post already, but I'll give a bonus for this post! Delved into it kinda late but, it's still something crazy that happened. :)
Not subbed by me, just something I found. 23rd April episode of KBS Hello. The crazy stuff starts at around 6 mins.
Just had the busiest week ever. Nearly every day oso chionging something :\
oh well... kinda used to it alr :P
Anyway! I finished watching SBS Heroes! This is like old news, since I didn't really have time to do this stuff last week :\ 40 episodes of tears and joy, and unfortunately it has come to an end...
**Long post warning. Stop reading if you're not interested in hearing about how much I like this show =P**
Heroes Ep 40 [END] Trailer:
The best clip i could find without having to post the whole episode to make my point...
Cried me a river of tears argh TT TT Seeing Jiyeon so sad made me tear even harder :( For some reason it had low ratings in Korea, even though till now, many people overseas are looking for a good translation of it to watch. And the people currently subbing them are sooo cui... urg. Glad I could understand chinese... I actually watched the last 15 eps or so in chinese... am actually considering helping to translate from chinese to english.... if i wasn't so bz lol.
The episodes in chinese are all available on dailymotion! under the name 英雄豪杰 if ppl wan to find! :D
Gee I'd really like to download the full set and keep it if I could... but there're no good raws, nor are there complete english subs yet. Not to mention some of the english subs are so bad one probably couldn't understand them -.-
I've really come to like the different stars in the show. Most of them anyway. haha... in the words of those who've been in the kpop scene for way longer than i have, i've gotten a bias. Or rather a few biases :P
Totally fallen for IU, Jiyeon and Yoo Inna now :D All of them are so great and talented in their own way...
From the left:
IU in a maid outfit during a really tough episode where they ran a charity restaurant.
That memorable moment where Jiyeon accidently poured wayy too much salt into a kimchi soup :P
Yoo Inna in the episode where they prepare a wedding for the couple. Lucky guy~~ :\
More pics:
IU getting the opportunity to kiss her long time ideal type, Taeyang from Big Bang while performing "I need a Girl" in one of the earlier eps.
even i went kyaaa~~ when i saw this... lol!
PRETTY MAXXXX!! =D
Ahh good times :P haha couldn't resist posting these when i found them while i was looking for pics to post.
Oo oo! One more!
In na's acting is amazing! haha and Jiyeon's just so adorabe :P
Back to topic, I really like Narsha and Nicole as well. Along with IU, they're the few who're consistently really diligent with their tasks :)
Nicole scalding her fingers while fry Pork Cutlets in the restaurant episode. She was the only one in the group who willingly and diligently took up this role, despite the risks to her as an idol.
The para from this blogpost totally describes the situation:
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Nicole in particular stood out from her teammates as her tireless work ethic drove her on to work hard to complete her task; she concentrated so furiously on frying the meat properly that she didn’t even rest, despite the fact that the task took up hours. Whenever she made a minor mistake, she would immediately apologize and attempt to remedy the situation.
Viewers were especially impressed with how wholeheartedly Nicole threw herself into her work, without a single care for sullying her pretty idol image. She was often seen furrowing her brows or cringing as she concentrated on her station. Nicole even burned her hand at one point after quickly picking up a piece of meat that had just been fried, due to the delay in orders going out.
Although those around her worried by asking if she was okay and told her to take a break by washing her hands, Nicole said that she was okay and continued working in her station.
Viewers left glowing responses to her work ethic with, “Nicole really was working hard. She wasn’t like an idol at all,” “I saw how genuine Nicole was, I was almost upset for her,” and “It must’ve been hard staying in front of the hot oil like that all day, she’s amazing.”
Although Nicole had oil splattered all over face, her hair in a tangled mess, and her hand was burnt, viewers were moved by how much more beautiful she was there by the deep fryer than on stage.
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Pity she kinda disappeared due to some problems with her company at the later parts of the series...
Couldn't find the one on Narsha... but it was the reporter episode :\ anw, instead i'll put something cute :P
What happened earlier...
Hmm next... I didn't really like them at the start of the series, since they were like "oh i'm big shit since i'm a senior" and stuff... but I've new found respect for Shin Bong-sun and Noh Sa-yeon, who both took really hurtful remarks and results in stride. They've also shown to really care for their fellow actors in the series, especially in the last few episodes. Bong-sun was also a really superb restaurant manager during that charity restaurant episode. Pleasant surprises :)
Likewise although they didn't really stand out at the beginning, I found Hong Soo-ah and Kahi to be really likeable, Soo-ah especially for her sunshine personality and straight forwardness.
A picture with Jiyeon... She's kinda clumsy, but she's really nice and easy to get with :)
Haha funny pic during the ep where they visited the zoo. Soo-ah got the shudders when the giraffe licked her :P
Might post the vid later since I can't find it at the moment, but Soo-ah gave me strong impressions in the episodes where she lectured the high schoolers, as well as the "Make your own short film" episode.
As for Kahi, I've only got one thing to say: "DAEBAK!!!" XD
...And once again I can't find a vid or a pic :\ she had this really funny tone and look when she says "Daebak". It feels something like a moooooo =P Haha... Soo ah did a really funny imitation of her in one of the eps... and she has this really funny habit of falling asleep when she isn't on camera =D
Hurr... At this point i might as well make a post for all the heroes don't you think =P
Hmm anyway I'm ending off le :P I just want to say something about Seo In Young, who changed soooo much since the pilot ep.
At the beginning of the show, she was this really strong, outspoken and uptight character, who'd show off when the situation is to her favour, and scowl or glare in a really obvious manner when it's not. The other stars in general were kinda afraid of her, and well, frankly I didn't think much of her either.
Her relationship with the stars didn't really improve until the episode where the stars planned a birthday party for her. In order to make sure she doesn't notice, they behaved in a really mean way towards her. Skipping the details of how... they were so "successful" that at some point she was on the verge of crying, and actually thought "ahh... i really am the worst right..." So to salvage the situation (they didn't think it'd actually turn out like that) they kind of sidetracked her to think they were planning a party for one of the MCs, who was getting married at the time, and found some excuse to hide her in the closet, before preparing frantically for her surprise.
After some delaying tactics (skillfully done by MC Hong Chul and Shin Bong sun :) ), they sprung it on her!
One of the most touching moments of the show i feel... She said afterwards that she was actually really upset and had thoughts about quitting because she couldn't get along with the members... but from then on the members became really close... and was more open to messing around with the rest of the members.
At that point I felt I could really relate to her. As people, most of us have an image, or a certain dignity we want to maintain. We want to look cool, and stay away from embarrassing situations. What more a star like her, who prides herself in being an idol who's cool, independent and feminine at the same time. As a result of this desire, we sometimes come off as boring, uptight or unfriendly. But in the end really, we're just socially awkward people who would like to fit in, but just don't know how...
Haha but after that, i feel that she's just that much cooler, because in spite of all that she went along with the show's gimmicks... her favorite catchphrase "This is not my style!" also becomes so much funnier :)
Maybe sometimes giving up something small, we gain so much more huh :)
Alright. It's been a really long post. I doubt anybody read it to the end, if anybody reads this at all haha.
If you haven't guessed it yet, yes I'm gonna say this here too!
YEAAAAA! Haha as per the title.
Kinda strange to have this reaction when normally I'd be like... OMG YESH FREEDOM! =P
Went out to have dinner with them, and it was a nice dinner at this Chinese restaurant in Clementi! Practically like buffet... got beef, roast pork and roast duck, summore got abalone =P Cost heck a lot oso la... $130 for 4 ppl >.< Super full *burp~* XD A proper CNY dinner at last :)
Mm but it's really nice to have them back. I really pity those who say "heck yea i hit my parents!", or steal from their parents and stuff... Either they really don't understand their parents/feel the love, or they have horrible parents, which is just really sad either way (OR is inexclusive here :P). For me my relationship with my parents is really important. They are people who are truly with me, all the way, regardless of my flaws. Seriously, thank God for them.
2) Girls on Singaporean Guys: Chivalry is dead.
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This made me go like "wut?" I sincerely hope the opening title of "miscommunication" is actually the true message of this vid, cuz i think guys, or at least the guys i know and thus would like to speak for here, are totally wronged and misunderstood should they be represented by the vid's depiction of guys.
- Give wrong signals => Bad communicators?
False. It probably just means you.don't.get.the.signals. Communication is a 2 way thing. It may be that the guy is incapable of expressing himself properly, but it is just as true, and probably way more likely, that the girl is just incapable of reading his signals as he intended. Or if incapability is a strong word, I'll rephrase that. The girl doesn't understand the guy, or at least the way he expresses himself.
- Expecting non-verbal cues to be understood as if they were spoken is just stupid. Contrary to popular belief, guys too have feelings. They too have unspoken hopes. It's just that they don't go on the girl's case when it doesn't happen. Of course not, cuz anything not explicitly said can't be expected of anyone.
- Say one thing mean another? Say one thing do another? "Hi Kettle! You're black!"
Close to classic case of said symptom. huh.
- I don't know what kind of crowd they're hanging with, but the guys I know treat their gfs like treasures, and I hold my fair share of doors.
There's a recent movie, "那些年我们一起追的女孩", or "You are the apple of my eye", that was really hot and popular. If you're a girl and you liked it, try asking a guy what he sees in the movie. I'm fairly certain you'll see that in truth, guys and girls express themselves in different ways, and understand things in different ways. Saying chivalry is dead is just a ridiculous blanket statement.
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