The Smell of it All, Yucks!

Oh, I have so much to write about. Ideas and thoughts are bursting through my brains screeching to be let out. Hold on, hold on. One at a time. Ugh...wait a minute. What is that stench I detect?

Oh me, oh my. The smell is no less emanating from the government's leading figures. The stench of corruption. It smells all the way from London. I mean, come on. While the normal person in this country struggles to make a decent living, and those 'stinkies' keep insisting that we are performing very well economically - you definitely do a double take when news report surfaces that they own multiple high end London properties.

WOOOOOOOOOOW! The number of "O"'s is an indicator of my amazement. Such blatant flaunt of wealth! Such blatant use of the public's money! Such hypocrites! So amazing. Logically thinking, what public servant could actually accumulate such wealth while serving the office in let's say 20 years? I mean, I personally know of a few public servants who has been in service for 25-30 years barely affording a second, ok la, let us be fair and say, third home in Malaysia.

Politicians do earn more, I am aware of that. But to the extent of being able to afford a number of high end London properties? Even if those people started saving money from the young, tender age of 1 month, I doubt they can raise that much money. Especially if they are kampong folks, you know, children of farmers, fishermen, rubber tappers and whatsoever.

Oh, wait! Am I missing something? Maybe quite a few of them were born with tonnes of golden spoons attached to their mouth...hmm...that is plausible of course. Can someone please inform Guinness of this so that they are able to give them a world record or something?

Oh, the stink! Can someone please spray some country air freshener here?

Stinking out(?),

MaeQ

Korean Wave - K-Pop

Oh hello. I have been neglecting my blog for nearly 2 years. Or has it touched the 2 years mark already?
Well, whatever it is, I am back! And hoping to stay consistent with posting on here.

Topic of today is the Korean Wave - K-Pop. Yeah, you got me right. I am one of those many crazies who made this wave a wave. I loooooove Korean dramas especially. But, we'll save it for another time because today we will focus on K-Pop. No, I am not going to dissect K-Pop. I like listening to K-Pop, but I am not a fan.

So, a few days back a friend of mine posted on Facebook in regards to K-Pop. I was so annoyed about his post that I decided to blog on this topic. According to this friend of mine, all K-Pop groups were fakes with no originality whatsoever like Super Junior, SNSD, etc EXCEPT Wonder Girls. WHOAAAAA...wait a minute there! Hold yer' horses. I will again reiterate that I am not a fan of K-Pop per se, I just like listening to them.

Now, that statement was not made by him originally. It was brought up by a radio listener on this popular local radio station. And my friend totally agreed with that baseless statement. I, on the other hand, have a few points to make or ask or state.

Firstly, have you non-Koreans ever had the chance to watch ALL K-Pop acts to label all of them fakes? 2NE1 looks original to me for the most part.
Secondly, just because Wonder Girls managed to make it to the top of the American Billboard 100, it does not automatically make them an original act.
Thirdly, Wonder Girls can be also classified in all those fake K-Pop acts you labelled like Super Junior and SNSD - just watch their videos and listen to their songs. They are NOT all original. In fact, they like copying as well without a sense of originality but don't make me say it out loud what they are.

And, how in the world can one compare K-Pop to English music billboard charts? It is like saying the English songs that did not make it to MNET's list are un-original. You get my gist? These billboard charts are not a measuring standard for songs internationally. The fact is that they are a popularity chart. Songs will gain popularity according to exposure to the targeted listeners.

America's Top Billboard 100? You guessed it right, they are songs that are popular with the American public. But then again, how many of them actually listens to the songs listed on the list? If one is to make a comparison between how good an apple tastes', one does not take other fruits like oranges, pears or grapes to compare because the objective is to test the taste of the apples.

K-Pop-ing out,
MaeQ