Thursday 30 August 2012

Behind Oppa Raya Style

Hey everyone!

Am I the only one here who thinks that the raya breaks my college gives me (3 weeks) is too damn long?!
[Haha, that's two memes right there.]

Once again, with the end of the raya breaks approaching, I get the feeling that most of my holidays are wasted on unimportant matters, such as reading novels, 9gagging, napping, and watching Youtube videos, when what I should be doing is writing my personal statement, applying for unis, hunting for scholarships, registering for exams, getting work experience......

I'm pretty sure that everyone has that feeling, but that doesn't make it any better, does it?

But I'll get to that feeling right after I write about this particular Youtube video I watched while procrastinating from my real duties:


No further explanation needed.

Seriously, what's there not to like about Gangnam Style? Stick-in-your-head tunes, simple yet beautiful choreography, and it obeys the key rule to all popular pop songs nowadays worldwide:

REPETITION IS CATCHY.

But seriously, the best part of the video was, in fact, PSY himself, the uncommon idol. A ...erm... ''larger than life'' body, being in stark contrast of all the six-packs of K-Pop male artists, brings a fresh look to K-Pop in the same way that Adele brought a different view to the stereotypes of US music industries. PLUS he has a suit sense that rivals even Neil Patrick Harris himself, and that's saying something.

Speaking of Neil:

RIP Neil Armstrong, one of the first humans on the moon.
See how I used the phrase 'one of the first'? That's because one cannot forget that the first moon landing was not a solo mission, but a team mission consisting of Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. I could once again rant about how people only focus on one person in a whole team, essentially giving one person all the limelight, but I already did that in my last post, and although repetition IS catchy, I really don't wanna repeat myself.

Not unlike PSY, Neil Armstrong is also an idol, albeit for far longer than PSY. Sure, some of you might argue that they represent totally different things, and should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

But what is an idol, anyway? According to dictionary.com, an idol is any person or thing regarded with blind admiration,adoration, or devotion. Since there are people who do admire and adore both of them ( Okay.... Maybe not devote themselves to tehm, but still. ), they can be considered idols. What's more, they can be a source of inspiration for the people of today. Through Neil, we learn that what we thought cannot be reached can be done. Through PSY, we learn that stereotypes are no barrier for success (and Internet stardom). If everyone followed in the footsteps of these two people, everybody will have a lot more courage to live their dreams. 

We could all do with a few more good idols.

Well, that's it for today. Cya. I'm off to find my idol, one who doesn't waste time on unimportant matters, such as reading novels, 9gagging, napping, and watching Youtube videos, and instead focuses on the real issues, such as writing my personal statement, applying for unis, hunting for scholarships, registering for exams, getting work experience......

One more thing:

             
                                         HAPPY MERDEKA DAY!!! ^.^

Tuesday 14 August 2012

Behind Two Medals

Okay, I know its a bit too late for this, but...

BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE FINALLY SET FIRE TO THE RAIN!!!


Yeah, you guessed it. This Slowpoke is finally gonna rant about the London Olympics. (Ranting at home, of course. I can practically smell the haze now.)

This year, we expected, and got, the usual set. Expensive opening ceremony, Malaysian contingent's heavily criticized tiger outfit, Phelps and Usain bagging some gold, USA and China bagging ALL the gold, funny diving pictures, and our own Dato' Lee Chong Wei once again meeting Lin Dan in the badminton finals. (And lost... WHYYYYYYYYY [its okay, we still have faith in you])


What was new this year was a whole bunch of new Olympic-inspired memes (Dissatisfied Queen, Unimpressed Mckayla, Scary Synchronized Swimmers etc... I'm still unsatisfied, disimpressed, and somewhat scares), scandals in the filed of badminton doubles (If you lose to win, you win to lose), and of course the unexpected but well-deserved, first-ever diving bronze medal win by the amazing PANDALELA RINONG!

Now, before you think that I'm getting my priorities wrong for putting her name in a bigger font than Dato' Lee Chong Wei, let me just say a few things.

1) Why in the world are we only showering our attentions on the medal winners in the first place? Sure, they did the nation proud, but you'll notice that no one is singing any praises for the non-medal participants, even if they did quite well. Did you hear any compliments or encouragement for our national badminton doubles players Koo Kien Kiat-Tan Boon Heong? Nooooo, its always Lee Chong Wei, Lee Chong Wei, Lee Chong Wei. (No offence, Dato'. I still think you're da bomb.) Listen, the KKK-TBH duo made it to the bronze-medal match, so technically they are the fourth best in the world. That's extremely good, but apparently, not good enough for national hero status.

2) Our Dato' isn't getting any younger. Soon, everyone has to hang their suit up. But when that happens, who's going to fill up his shoes? In China, everyone can see that current badminton champion Lin Dan will be  succeeded by current bronze medalist Chen Long. But who is worthy of the title "Lee Chong Wei's Successor"? Not me, I can barely do a smash. Even LCW himself says that there isn't one player in the national team that is good enough. When he leaves, a huge vacuum in the badminton arena of Malaysia will arise, and our pride and glory may diminish into a memory, unless something is done. Here's hoping that Pandalela can maintain and improve on her skills, so Malaysia's name can remain on the Olympic medal scoreboard.


Why am I so mad today? I don't know, maybe it's the haze, maybe it's the crazy memes, maybe it's the fact that we have yet to get a gold, maybe it's the shared pain of Malaysians for Dato' LCW. I don't know.

What I do know is that I do not give an expletive over the Evidence Act 114A. (Google it.) Read the URL above if you haven't noticed.

There, that's everything out of my system. I'm happy again, nice to meet you, and cya in Rio 2016. (If the world hasn't ended yet.)

Some final memories:
Until then....