HAHA extreme Kpopness

One, Guess What? (for anyone reading this who might actually care), I am now writing on kworldstyle :)!!!!! YAY!!
2) IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope to make our day with some lovely video/ news/pictures :):


SHINee's Key, BEAST's Kikwang and Z:EA's Kwanghee made a hilarious parody of Orange Caramel:



Also, I was on this website and saw this picture:




Why had I never heard this song before?!?! Well, even though it's just the intro song, I love it!! and hahaha at 0:27, watch it, it makes the "just gimme your chicken" comment funny.

Some pictures:








more pictures and lyrics (translated) to lights go on again by BEAST

RECAP SESSION

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have seen a lot of Asian-ness out there, whether it be at the movie theater (I saw HP7 and Burlesque) or just around! But, instead of reporting (which I feel as if I should), I'm going to give some mini-info non-asian related.


Well, first a little asiangrown something to start (or end) your day:
A very potter musical star (Darren Cris) is on Glee!!! Well, most people probably already know that!!








Also, I found a funny website, but it has nothing to do with asian-ness:


http://www.deargirlsaboveme.com


Yesterday's post was:

Dear Girls Above Me,

“So far my biggest disappointment of 2010 was realizing that real bowling is way harder than Wii bowling.” You’ve had a rough year.

and a little k-pop fan-girl spazzing...GD and T.O.P "High High"..google search it if you do't know what I'm talking about!!!!

Also, Ryan Higa (Nigahiga) released "Agents of Secret Stuff"!!

A Very Asian Weekend

So...

Here's the Asian Grown stuff happening in my life:

On Saturday, I had sushi...how asian does it get? I think very...
I ordered tuna rolls and sake (YUMMY)



Also, tomorrow is character day for spirit week (yay!) and I'm being kiriko from Ninja assassin! haha. Fun Fun. So basically I'm dressing in all black and wearing combat boots. This is also not only asian but k-pop ish b/c of the almighty RAIN. um, no I'm not talking about the rain in the picture, but the very attractive RAIN, the man.

Awesome right?? Now here's the fun, topless guy picture:



And for the last point, I ate ginger snaps. This is actually asian, ok...so ginger root...yep, bringing us back to sushi.

Kayne and JYJ

So, as I so recently found out...yet another American hip-hop man is influential in k-pop (see will.i.am). This time, Kayne West shows a little Asian pride in JYJ's song "Ayy Girl":

Korean Nicki Minaj and Will.i.am

So Nickki Minaj and Will.i.am recently collaborated on their new song "check it out". As of week 42 2010, "check it out" was 28 on the Hot 100 Billboard. Now, in the past on the MTV Video Music Awards, Will.i.am had gotten some comments on his wearing his "blackface" outfit while performing "check it out".

Though he says it was not a racially charged choice, it still offended many people. The Black Eyed Peas' star responded with some twitter action (tweets).

"1st. just because I where all black including head mask as expression and emphasize my outfit, it shouldn't be looked at as racial," Will tweeted. "Let go of the past. there are far more important things 2 bark about. (Jobs, health, education) not a black man wearing all black everything."

 "Are you guys serious? my outfit set 'black people back 100 yrs' choose your twits wisely," Will typed. "No education sets people back, no jobs, bad health."

More specifically related to the song, the MV shows the pair in front of a Korean audience, with Hangul (Korean language) floating around them. Even the intro in entirely in Korean.



Will.i.am has a close relationship with some k-pop idols such as, 2ne1. Here's a video of the girls at Will.i.am's studio:




credit: aatheory, http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/10/the_problem_with_william_and_n.php, http://www.directlyrics.com/nicki-minaj-check-it-out-lyrics.html

Let's Talk Media Stereotypes

According to the ANN (Asian News Network), Multiple U.S dramas are distorting the South Korean Image. Shows such as Lost, CSI and 24 portray South Korea as a tool for the rest of Asia, the "glory" of the country are put down and portrayed as less magnificent.

 One example is Lost, which has gained much popularity here thanks to Korean-born actress Kim Yun-jin. In it, the Han River, regarded as one of the iconic landmarks in the capital of Seoul, was described as a small stream in a village, the lawmaker said. The 1-kilometre-long bridge over the river was shown as an old small bridge, he added.

In another scene, a fishing village in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, was described as if it were located in Southeast Asia. In the scene, there is a villager wearing a traditional Vietnamese hat and a small sailboat, which can hardly be seen in Korea given its shape and size, was also shown, Hong said.

Also in the television series, a person seen drinking soju, a traditional Korean alcoholic beverage, uses a glass different from the typical Korean glass for the drink. Korean houses and Buddhist temples were also different from those commonly seen here.

“In short, it was a mix-up of elements from China, Japan and Southeast Asia,” said Hong in a press release.

In the TV series 24, a scene where a person suffers harsh torture in Seoul is shown, which could tarnish the overall image of the capital city even though it was a fictional one, Hong said.

In CSI, there was a scene of a Korean community in the United States where a North Korean song regarding an allegiance to the communist state’s ruling Workers’ Party was played as background music.

Viewers in other countries experience foreign countries such as South Korea through dramas and other entertainment forms.  

Say Helo to SHINee

With SHINee's new album Hello out, I decided to share some of my (recent) favorite pictures of them....enjoy :)'


^^ their transformations ;)

Co-Ed's dorms

So as many people have already read on allkpop.com, Co-Ed revealed that the girls and boys don't live together...bummer...so many fantasies crushed.

I was looking at the pictures and I swear Chanmi looks like a female version of the ex-Super Junior member Hangeng.
 look at that face, does it not remind you of him?? Well, to me it seems super similar.

The main thing I don't like about the dorms is how pink everything seems. Of course, most of k-pop seems super cute. :).

source: http://www.allkpop.com/2010/10/co-ed-reveals-their-dorms

Korean Food Rocks My Socks

So I was staying at school during our school's parent's weekend and there were only 6 girls on dorm. Last night (being Saturday), one of our teachers took us out to eat...at a Korean restaurant. Now, in our group only 4 girls went that were staying at the school: one was Korean, one was Chinese, one was Dominican, I am white and our teacher is white.

We went to a place called Han Gang which was really good. 

I got broiled eel, which was a first for me and most of the other girls order bulgogi, which is super good. I had never eaten at a restaurant quite like that and I found it interesting how there were different soupdand courses.

Overall I rate Korean food an A+ experience.

Oh Oh Oh

O-O-O-Oh My God... what to talk about in Asian Grown News today? How about movie news? That's ok, right. So I was on One Asian World and I saw so me pictures for the movie Warrior's Way. And I'm thinking the last guy, Geoffrey Rush is from Pirate's of the Caribbean...no? Well, take a look:

It looks similar I swear. And so armed with my trusty google.com I searched him and this is what I found: click if you want the google search, but you can most likely ignore this link. And yes, he is from Pirate's of the Caribbean. Score.
 And double score b/c he's from Australia. And in the 3rd installment of the Pirate movies, it takes place in the Philippines. Asian Grown MAJOR SCORE. :).
More to come (when I don't have a major amount of homework.

Noble Peace Prize 2010

So a  few days ago when I signed into my aol mail account I found an interesting story. It was about  Liu Xiaobo, a jailed Chinese ma, winning the noble peace prize.  

He's described as "chain-smoking" and "leather-jacketed" 

Now, that doesn't particularly meet the mold of a "peaceful person".  But according to aol, "Liu, who shot to fame as an adviser to the student protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, have become symbols of a feisty home-grown human rights campaign that China's authoritarian regime has sought to snuff out." 

...to snuff out? an interesting verb choice I might say...

Anyhow, Liu is the first Chinese recipient of the noble peace prize and thus, his news is here...on this blog. 

Liu, among being Chinese, is also in jail. That's right an 11 year sentence. So far, Liu is less than a year into his sentence, and the people around him are also being affected. 

"Shortly after the Nobel announcement, Liu's wife told Reuters during a phone interview that plainclothes police had arrived at her home to take her away to the prison where her husband is being held so that she wouldn't be able to talk to reporters. 'They are forcing me to leave Beijing,' Liu Xia told the news agency. 'They want to distance me from the media.'"

Let's Talk Far East Movement

So, at first I didn't really like them, but now...well...let's just say this:

  

1. Far East Movement is the first Asian-American group to ever make it to the Billboard Hot 100.

2. The group’s “Like a G6″ is #1 on iTunes

3. They performed on Lopez Tonight, the first Asian-American group to perform on the show and most if not all the other talk shows in America. 

 

E online wrote an article:

http://www.etonline.com/music/101253_Now_Trending_Far_East_Movement_Soaring_on_the_Charts/

P.S. pleas ignore the random 1's...hmmm...

Watch their video here:

OUTDOORS

OK, so sorry I haven't posted in a while. So this is what happened:

My insane school decides to let a bunch of kids run wild in the wilderness for 5 days w/ 60 pound backs and uphill 30  mill hikes. Awesome, right? Not really. But I did get an "Asian" experience from the whole thing: NINJA. no, I did not see a legit ninja, but we played the ninja game. That's as Asian as it got unless you want to count the rice we ate. (yep, rice, on trail...what a lovely surprise.)  Sorry for the short post, but I'm back in school, and you know what that means: NO FREE TIME :).

Also, been doing a lot a lot of contemplating about stuffs. So i need a laugh. Check out the left, hope the macros brighten your day, I know they brightened mine. :). smile. laugh. haha. ..... awkward..

Creepy Dead Japanese Person

So today, the girls in my dorm decided to watch SHUTTER. Full of scream etc. This movie was soo creepy!!

Summary:

 The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. 

So basically there is this girl that is....SPOILER ALERT*

....Raped...and then she killed herself....hmmm...sounds lovely

 

But, most of the movie happens in Tokyo!!
The creepiest scene happens when the main guy is in a room and cameras flash and then...the ghost gets closer! original right? kinda reminds me of the sleeping angels episode of doctor who!

Watch It.

On a side note, I had rice today :), YAY!!!

KevJumba is back

Enjoy :)

Taeyang Releases International Album

August 25, you know what that means! Taeyang, Taeyang Taeyang. Wow.

So he released his international version of solar and it has one of my favorite songs wedding dress in full english. But the funny thing is when i listen to it i still am thinking its korean so i still dont understand all of it. Purchase it on itunes!!!!!!!!!




Also, though i never quite know how, he seems to look good everywhere his videos are shot. This time, featuring a cemetery taeyang's Ill be there in english:

Lucky 7

my number 7 pick for why I love Japan so much is...drum roll...........

#7 Manga, the original Japanese past time, we Americans have football and sure, they are good at baseball but everyone there (probably not) reads manga. And of course watches anime.



note: i didn't make this, credit to weeabo.wordpress.com

What's your favorite manga??

Miss Universe 2010

83 insanely gorgeous girls fight to be number one hmm sounds like a bad reality TV shows, but alas it's simply a miss universe pageant.

Firstly, congrats to all who won/ competed i mean i wouldn't have the guts to do that. Now how does this have to do with Asia, madmusic? Well, different Asian countries participated and miss Thailand got most photogenic and best costume which was pretty cool and then miss Philippines got 4th runner up.

So let me just say, I don't get why only a few contestants (namely the Hispanic misses and miss Ukraine) got to use their native languages. Because of that, do you think miss Philippines got confused on her question. The only reason i'm asking is because in my opinion her answer wasn't that good, she seemed to have a hard time.

""What is one big mistake you made in your life," Baldwin asked, "and what did you do to make it right?"

The beauty queen would thank the judge for his question, then say "Good evening" to the Las Vegas crowd. 

She attempted to answer the question. "You know what, sir, in my 22 years of existence, I can say there is nothing major, major -- I mean, problems -- that I have done in my life, because I am very confident with my family with the love that they are given to me. So... Thank you so much that I am here! Thank you, thank so much!"

One thing was clear: Miss Philippines 2010 Maria Venus Raj was thankful to be in Las Vegas. 

William Baldwin, in a camera shot near the end of Miss Philippines' answer, had a smirk on his face, as if he knew that Raj's answer was just short of convoluted and meaningless. " (click here for original article)

And miss Thailand in all her glory:



Awesome, right? Well, I think so.... :)

What do you think? Good answer? Bad answer?

Let's Talk College

So this week I traveled to multiple universities (Yale, Brown and Princeton). This might seem like an ordinary college trip, but it got me thinking about stuff. Actual stuff, like what I want to do with my life. I found the idea of studying abroad awesome and something I'm totally putting on my bucket list! But that wasn't the main reason while im writing this not so intriguing  very intriguing post. There were a lot of asians there and im really not being racist, they all seemed like awesome people and i really liked this one girls outfit! it was like purple and blue flowers but those mechanic-type onsie cami and short are one sort of things. Then, my very loving and completely not mean older sister wanted me to watch The Perfect Score.

You can google it if you don't know what it is but basically kids try to steal the SAT answers etc. etc. And in that movie, the smart one happened to be an asian, coincidence, i think not. But, fighting against many stereotypes, the asian boy/man (not quite sure what a teen is) was a stoner.

That's right folks, he smoked pot. How's that for strict parents. Oh wait, that's right, his parents were dead (well, at least his mom was), so they weren't strict. Personally, he was my favorite character in the movie (besides the whole being a creepy playboy-type person)! So, what did this teach you madmusic? Well, it showed me a new stereotype, the creepy smart stoner asian!!

Japanese Countdown

Let's talk number 8, one of my favourite  favorite things about Japan !! That every person obsessed  interested in Asian things should know about.

#8 ERASERS, yep I have a thing for erasers! And here's why.


Iwako erasers are the best things ever. Look at that!! Doesn't it seem super real? Some of my favorites include:

point is, I could go on and on   about erasers. What are your favorites?? Leave a comment below :).

Note: sorry i keep switching from favourite to favorite but i need to stop spelling things the British way

Countdown Continues

If your just tuning in, i'm counting down the reasons why I personally love Japan. Number 10 on the countdown was for it's vast and strange vending machines. Any thing you like about Japan and want me to find out about? Post it in the comments below. Sit back and enjoy number nine.

#9 Their transportation. Now specifically in Tokyo, it's a highly populated city but here are some things that make the commute worth-while.


The Pikachu car. I choose you family car!

Let's Talk Japan

So one thing besides my entirely korean best friend (she lived there until 3 grade) that got me into asian stuff was sushi and manga, both hailing from the lovely pacific island(s) of Japan. Now in US history I was a bit surprised with pearl harbor but nonetheless, Japan still remains in my heart and here's why (not in any particular order, but I feel as if I should count down). I'm going to be posting each reason in a different post, so don't feel alarmed there's only one here.

10. Their vending machines. And vending machine-like things.


yes, that is an ice-cream vending machine!
credit: aatheory.com


coke robot machine
credit: TV off.com

After the jump be ready for some smart car action and rainy season protection!

T.O.P's hair

So i realize I'm a bit very past the reveal date of Big Bang's Tell Me Goodbye MV, but I was thinking about T.O.P's new hair. He's my favourite member of big bang and just a plain awesome person (not that I actually have met him, but hes seems cool) and when pictures first came out his hair looked grey: 

Which, personally, I didn't find very attractive. Then, i watched the music video like 4575893467894 times and I now really like it!! Check him out below :) (after the jump)

Let's Talk Stereotypicalness

 My Dad is a Fob, (more reasons to want Asian parents). It's funny! Well I think so. But my main point is not the hilariousness of the website, but stereotypes.  I mean, do all Asian parents spaz out over grades? Do most, if not all Asians like anime/manhwa/manga and cute idol-like images (think hello kitty)? Probably not, but most of my Asian friends do, and they even make jokes about the stereotypes. What do you think, if your Asian friends mock Asian parents or do something that is stereotypical, can you do it to? Or is it only ok for that ethnicity/race to mock themselves? In the meantime while you think that over, enjoy....from http://mydadisafob.com/ so I'm not the speaker in this: 

My friend’s dad is the owner of a Juice It Up! He made the front cover of the menu…

I was eating dinner with the family and I was ranting about the unfair grade I got in class.

Sister: You need to take a chill pill (to me)
Dad: You taking pills? Is that why you doing bad in school?!! Who sold you pills!!! (slams table)
Sister & me: hahaha

Another question to leave you with:

there is a drug addict who also happens to have anger management issues (probably because of rehab and no pills)

they get mad, can you tell them to take a chill pill?? 

GP Basic has Game

Have you ever heard of GP Basic? You know, the really young group that just debuted with their mv and song "game"? Well I'm trying to figure out what their wearing and i found some things pretty close, but i couldn't really find any good quality videos. So please forgive the low quality! But on a high note, there is a 12 year old in the group, which i don't want her ruining her childhood, but that means that people are starting to take "kids" seriously. Yay, maybe they'll take teenagers seriously too. :) Also, I don't know their names (besides janey the young one) so if anyone knows tell me. :)

Screen shots (sorry i took them myself) followed by what i think i found:

girl on the right of the middle (so second from the right, forth from the left):

harem pants, from TOPSHOP: 

 

Buy link here. If you look on the TOPSHOP website, it seems the closest ones are the Ikat print pants.

girl on far left tank top:

Buy flower one here and other one here

the jeans on the girl on the far right look like cheap monday jeans. click here for website

More clothes and the music video after the jump :)

I helped out someone :)

Ok so, I read and follow http://kworldstyle.blogspot.com and I gave them some tips yesterday, I'm afraid many of the tips weren't that helpful, but anyhow they posted a couple of mine on Beast. Yay :). So here's the link, go, visit, show them (and me) some love. CLICK They really do an awesome job so check it out!

TWLOHA

Ok, so in the above video the guy on the far right is wearing a to write love on her arms shirt. These are available at Hot Topic! TWLOHA "is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery." taken from  this website.

And to find the shirts: click here
or, like I said, check out Hot Topic! hot topic link here

Watch this EMT and please support the artists and buy Tim Be Told's Cd! :)  Their official website here!
And Ellie and EMT has this website. Or this one. Those two website are aatheory.com and seoulbeats.com.
Spread the love, check 'em out. And if you like that youtube vid, subscribe to them to see more EMT and fun videos!

Youtube.com

With all the Vloggers out there, it's still nice to see people taking their time to sit down and write. So to inspire y'all (I'm not southern but still) here's a nice video of a non vlog. (non vlog= nog?). Well I came across this at the time in my life where i really liked llamas. Enjoy :).

First Day

I don't know about you, but I'm never really nervous for the first day of school. Or the first day of anything, really (unless it has to do with sports). It's not that I'm bad at sports, I just feel more unnatural playing sports. Sorry ignore my ADDness.

The point is, Welcome, it's my first day blogging, and your first day reading my blog (well if anyone actually will read this).  How about a picture:

in case you can;t read it, it says "keepin it gansta white girl style". I for one am not keepin it all that gansta, but i do occasionally rap. :)