JYP recently revealed this new boy group which took the Kpop world by storm. Well, according to the number of raves I've been reading, YES, they are very popular now. These boys in GOT7 have the looks, the built and of course their overflowing talents.
When I first heard of GOT7, I totally scraped them aside partly because I wasn't interested in them and also because I was busy with school work. Until, the point where my youtube feed came out 'reactions to GOT7' multiple times. So I went to take a look at their MV. And here I go. Giving a try to describe what I think and feel when I first watch the video.
The starting came off smooth with the boys all decked out in school uniform and cool hairstyle. Then came in the (I believe) highlight of the Music Video. THE LAZY SKATEBOARD! Sorry, I called it lazy because it looks like a skateboard and yet, you don't have to keep kicking off the ground for it to move. The lazy skateboard (pardon me, I don't know what's it called) is bulky and it sorts of steal the limelight off the boys at the start. Thereafter, they appeared in their GOT7 attire in the underground bar/basketball court/dance floor. It was sort of weird to me. But this is afterall, a rookie Music Video so the settings can't be compared to Big Bang's nor EXO's.
The english subbed was on, so as I listened to the song, I was awed by JB's vocals but quite disgusted by the lyrics. The lyrics came off as very vain to me. I mean granted, you boys are really good looking, but to sing praised of yourselves out loud? JYP style it is. So to the start, it was JB and JR from JJ Project (actually I don't know them at all until after the research I did after watching this Music Video) and their vocals are good. Sounds kind of like JunK and JunHo from 2PM to me.
Then I saw Jackson. 'He doesn't look Korean at all but kind of reminds me of Hong Kong'. Yes that's my reaction and I was right! Jackson is not from Korea but from Hong Kong and his parents are both fencers for Hong Kong. Jackson even represented Hong Kong for the Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore a few years back. His talents as a fencer is superb if he can join their national team. As to why he decided to become a Kpop idol, I have no inkling at all.
Next up, Bam Bam caught my eye since he look so young as though he just turned into a teenager, like 13 years old. His hair made him stood out from the rest, hence I could recognized him.
Throughout the whole video, there were lots of acrobatics and dance. I can recognize some of their roles in GOT7, like JB is mostly for vocals and Mark is for rapping.Their dance skills are superb and the acrobatics they did look so swift and smooth they can almost join Shao Lin in China.
Other than the lyrics, the song is really catchy and the female voice 'Omani Omani Omani...' at the back is also very addictive. The vocals of JB is good, but I'll be waiting for a bigger breakthrough in terms of vocals. I mean JunK can really sing well, so I believe one of the members from GOT7 should be able to sing well too.
Enough said, GOT7 is a group of boys (they are all younger than me) that can really attract all the Nunas out there. They come from different country like Hong Kong, American born Taiwanese, Thailand and of course, from Korea itself. Though JB and JR are from JJ Project, their experience with the music industry will help GOT7 as well.
GOT7 is a new rising star in 2014 and I look forward to greater hits from them and from JYP.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Expectations
Have you ever had that time when you have high expectations for something and in the end, disappointments took over? I did. Well, what can I do?
Nothing. That's my point. It's perfectly reasonable for us to have high expectations out of something and that's because we have grown up living in this perception that everything is going to turn out to be the best. Look at your Disney stories. However, when our expectations are not met, we despair and end up grudging about it.
Expectations is part and parcel of our lives. I don't mean that we shouldn't expect good things to happen. What I mean is that we should let go when our expectations are not met. We are all humans after all and there's a limit as to what each of us can do. Not everyone would be able to do mental sums quickly. Not everyone would be able to have good sense of direction. Everyone has their shortcomings. Hence, when you expect something from others and your expectations are not met, you shouldn't blame it on them.
I have a few episodes of such disappointments. Initially, I turned grumpy when what I expect didn't turn out my way. However, I sort of grown out of that grumpy mood and now could understand better. I myself will also let down the expectations of others. When they really hope that things will go with what they planned and I fail them, the feeling is really terrible. That's why when others fail to meet your expectations. I'm pretty sure they felt bad as well.
No matter what happens, move on with life. Don't hold a grudge against those who fail to meet your expectations. Unless they really did terrible things. Then that would be really disappointing.
Nothing. That's my point. It's perfectly reasonable for us to have high expectations out of something and that's because we have grown up living in this perception that everything is going to turn out to be the best. Look at your Disney stories. However, when our expectations are not met, we despair and end up grudging about it.
Expectations is part and parcel of our lives. I don't mean that we shouldn't expect good things to happen. What I mean is that we should let go when our expectations are not met. We are all humans after all and there's a limit as to what each of us can do. Not everyone would be able to do mental sums quickly. Not everyone would be able to have good sense of direction. Everyone has their shortcomings. Hence, when you expect something from others and your expectations are not met, you shouldn't blame it on them.
I have a few episodes of such disappointments. Initially, I turned grumpy when what I expect didn't turn out my way. However, I sort of grown out of that grumpy mood and now could understand better. I myself will also let down the expectations of others. When they really hope that things will go with what they planned and I fail them, the feeling is really terrible. That's why when others fail to meet your expectations. I'm pretty sure they felt bad as well.
No matter what happens, move on with life. Don't hold a grudge against those who fail to meet your expectations. Unless they really did terrible things. Then that would be really disappointing.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day~
This is THE day to celebrate eating chocolate fondue with your love ones/ special one and your friends without having to feel guilty! And this year, I'll be celebrating THE Special Day not alone, but with my friends!
Entering University, I couldn't help but notice more and more of my friends getting into relationships. Initially, I thought I could live alone with myself and all, however, I'm getting more void in my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous of the relationships that are happening around me. No way will I be jealous even though I sound like I'm ranting now. I'm happy for my friends to be able to find the special ones in their lives. The void feeling is something unexplainable and it just comes popping into me, reminding me that I'm still single.
Well, I enjoy my life as a single person; doing anything I want without having to think twice for any other person. Being single has it's perks and with all good things comes bad. In a few years time, I'll start to get grilled with questions from various relatives about my relationship status.Getting into a relationship isn't simple. When people described how they met and started off as friends etc etc, I wondered if it was really that easy. But I do feel that for them to come together, there has to be fate. Perhaps, my fate hasn't arrived yet.
Many of my friends told me that it shouldn't be hard for me to find a Special someone as long as I lower my criteria. But how do I go about that? I do feel that I've very high expectations of how my Special Someone should be. But I just couldn't change my perception. Perhaps, I've watched too much Korean Idols and dramas and has been dazzled by the good looks of the guys like Kang Ha Neul or Kim Soo Hyun. That's why I have such high expectations of guys. Perhaps, I have a unique perception and is just too high and mighty. Perhaps, I'm too greedy. I don't know. Love is a hard thing to explain. It just comes and goes.
Being an independent person, I tend to rely myself more than another person. I'll just carry whatever workload comes and refuses to share. At times, I view myself more as a guy, trying to do things that only guys are capable of doing. Independent or not, cute or not, pretty or not, I hope that whoever comes my way and be my Special Someone will accept me for who I am. I am me; independent and hardly the cute type.
This is THE day to celebrate eating chocolate fondue with your love ones/ special one and your friends without having to feel guilty! And this year, I'll be celebrating THE Special Day not alone, but with my friends!
Entering University, I couldn't help but notice more and more of my friends getting into relationships. Initially, I thought I could live alone with myself and all, however, I'm getting more void in my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous of the relationships that are happening around me. No way will I be jealous even though I sound like I'm ranting now. I'm happy for my friends to be able to find the special ones in their lives. The void feeling is something unexplainable and it just comes popping into me, reminding me that I'm still single.
Well, I enjoy my life as a single person; doing anything I want without having to think twice for any other person. Being single has it's perks and with all good things comes bad. In a few years time, I'll start to get grilled with questions from various relatives about my relationship status.Getting into a relationship isn't simple. When people described how they met and started off as friends etc etc, I wondered if it was really that easy. But I do feel that for them to come together, there has to be fate. Perhaps, my fate hasn't arrived yet.
Many of my friends told me that it shouldn't be hard for me to find a Special someone as long as I lower my criteria. But how do I go about that? I do feel that I've very high expectations of how my Special Someone should be. But I just couldn't change my perception. Perhaps, I've watched too much Korean Idols and dramas and has been dazzled by the good looks of the guys like Kang Ha Neul or Kim Soo Hyun. That's why I have such high expectations of guys. Perhaps, I have a unique perception and is just too high and mighty. Perhaps, I'm too greedy. I don't know. Love is a hard thing to explain. It just comes and goes.
Being an independent person, I tend to rely myself more than another person. I'll just carry whatever workload comes and refuses to share. At times, I view myself more as a guy, trying to do things that only guys are capable of doing. Independent or not, cute or not, pretty or not, I hope that whoever comes my way and be my Special Someone will accept me for who I am. I am me; independent and hardly the cute type.
Hong Kong during Lunar New Year Day 1
This year, unlike the normal house visiting I've been going for the past 20 years for the Lunar New Year, my family decided to go on a holiday to HONG KONG! It was a decision made hastily without much thinking by my parents. I remembered booking the resort room straight from the first website that I Googled, without even bothering to check with the other websites for better rates. Well, I was in a rush to go USS on that day with my family as well, so my Mum just said go ahead and book the resort room when it was priced at $500+ per night. What I booked was actually Disneyland resort hotel with a sea view. (I'll get to that later.) Then the air tickets from Cathay Pacific and the total amounted to $3500++ for 4 adult tickets. That was expensive.
Well, cutting short, my flight to Hong Kong was delayed for 2 hours and I was stuck in the airport with nothing to do. I didn't bring my book along to read cause frankly speaking, the trip is just 3D2N and there won't be much time to read. So, I played with the games in my phone and just stone there. However, I managed to treat myself to a new pair of platform brogues from Charles & Keith! Hahaha! GST free!
The food on board the plane to HK was cold and terrible. The sandwich tasted weird and I couldn't finish everything within the supper/breakfast pack Cathay provided. When we landed, we took our time buying microSD card for the camera, eating at McDonalds, buying some souvenirs, phone SIM card and our Octopus card. The lady at the counter suggested to me to take a cab to Disneyland rather than taking the Express Train, so we did and we landed at Disneyland itself. I was expecting the resort to be right next to Disneyland itself but well, it wasn't. Fortunately, a friendly staff came to our rescue and directed us to the shuttle bus which leads to the hotel.
In Disneyland, there's actually 2 different hotels. 1 is Disneyland Hotel. The other is Hollywood Hotel (if I'm not wrong) But Disneyland Hotel was much classier and much spacious (it better be worth my $500++).
The concierge confirmed my booking from Expedia and told us that check in was at 3pm and that we could leave our luggage behind at the counter for safekeeping while we go ahead with our day plans. As it was just slightly after 10am in Hong Kong (same time as Singapore) we decided to head straight to Disneyland and play!
We bought the tickets at $1800 HKD which is equivalent to $300~ SGD. It's around the price of our Universal Studios Singapore anyway and it's DISNEYLAND, so the price is actually acceptable. (If you want cheaper and thriller rides, go to Hong Kong's Ocean Park, it's around SGD $40 and the rides are freaking awesome. Remember to check out the cute penguins exhibition as well).
Disneyland, unlike what I thought it would be, was huge. It's larger than USS and it has more shows and rides than USS. Although the rides are more suitable for kids, it doesn't mean there aren't any thrilling rides in Disneyland. I took a few rides in the different themes in Disneyland but what I like most was the Lion King show I watched, where they sing and dance live. The visuals and fires and lasers were awesome and for such a small and confined performing area, they really maximized the spaces well. The singing was fabulous and the dancers were gracious and superb. I really enjoyed this show a lot. After that, we took a roller coaster ride which was unlike any I rode before; cause it'll go backwards. Yes, I know the Mummy ride in USS has a backward drop but the ride I took in Disneyland, goes backward for around half of the route and it's not as rocky as I perceived. The ride was smooth and comfortable although there was a lot of twist and turns and the air was cool and chilling. After this, we went to some mystical mansion and took an electromagnetic ride. This electromagnetic ride is something like bumper cars? Although it was for kids, the ride was enjoyable still. After this, we took a thrilling ride which is something like the Viking ship. It goes up forward and backwards. I screamed. Yes I did. Cause the dropping feeling was scary and exciting at the same time. Sadly, I forgot the names of all the rides I took, so I can't say which ride was which. But I'll definitely recommend the Lion King show.
After HK Disneyland, we went to City Gate for dinner and shop around. City Gate is near Disneyland and the airport and houses many outlets of many popular brands like Adidas, Esprit, Puma, Timberland etc. I didn't shop for any stuff cause frankly speaking, the designs are quite outdated and the prices for those I like aren't cheap as well.
In the end, we took a taxi back to our hotel and slept till the morning.
Well, cutting short, my flight to Hong Kong was delayed for 2 hours and I was stuck in the airport with nothing to do. I didn't bring my book along to read cause frankly speaking, the trip is just 3D2N and there won't be much time to read. So, I played with the games in my phone and just stone there. However, I managed to treat myself to a new pair of platform brogues from Charles & Keith! Hahaha! GST free!
The food on board the plane to HK was cold and terrible. The sandwich tasted weird and I couldn't finish everything within the supper/breakfast pack Cathay provided. When we landed, we took our time buying microSD card for the camera, eating at McDonalds, buying some souvenirs, phone SIM card and our Octopus card. The lady at the counter suggested to me to take a cab to Disneyland rather than taking the Express Train, so we did and we landed at Disneyland itself. I was expecting the resort to be right next to Disneyland itself but well, it wasn't. Fortunately, a friendly staff came to our rescue and directed us to the shuttle bus which leads to the hotel.
In Disneyland, there's actually 2 different hotels. 1 is Disneyland Hotel. The other is Hollywood Hotel (if I'm not wrong) But Disneyland Hotel was much classier and much spacious (it better be worth my $500++).
The concierge confirmed my booking from Expedia and told us that check in was at 3pm and that we could leave our luggage behind at the counter for safekeeping while we go ahead with our day plans. As it was just slightly after 10am in Hong Kong (same time as Singapore) we decided to head straight to Disneyland and play!
We bought the tickets at $1800 HKD which is equivalent to $300~ SGD. It's around the price of our Universal Studios Singapore anyway and it's DISNEYLAND, so the price is actually acceptable. (If you want cheaper and thriller rides, go to Hong Kong's Ocean Park, it's around SGD $40 and the rides are freaking awesome. Remember to check out the cute penguins exhibition as well).
Disneyland, unlike what I thought it would be, was huge. It's larger than USS and it has more shows and rides than USS. Although the rides are more suitable for kids, it doesn't mean there aren't any thrilling rides in Disneyland. I took a few rides in the different themes in Disneyland but what I like most was the Lion King show I watched, where they sing and dance live. The visuals and fires and lasers were awesome and for such a small and confined performing area, they really maximized the spaces well. The singing was fabulous and the dancers were gracious and superb. I really enjoyed this show a lot. After that, we took a roller coaster ride which was unlike any I rode before; cause it'll go backwards. Yes, I know the Mummy ride in USS has a backward drop but the ride I took in Disneyland, goes backward for around half of the route and it's not as rocky as I perceived. The ride was smooth and comfortable although there was a lot of twist and turns and the air was cool and chilling. After this, we went to some mystical mansion and took an electromagnetic ride. This electromagnetic ride is something like bumper cars? Although it was for kids, the ride was enjoyable still. After this, we took a thrilling ride which is something like the Viking ship. It goes up forward and backwards. I screamed. Yes I did. Cause the dropping feeling was scary and exciting at the same time. Sadly, I forgot the names of all the rides I took, so I can't say which ride was which. But I'll definitely recommend the Lion King show.
After HK Disneyland, we went to City Gate for dinner and shop around. City Gate is near Disneyland and the airport and houses many outlets of many popular brands like Adidas, Esprit, Puma, Timberland etc. I didn't shop for any stuff cause frankly speaking, the designs are quite outdated and the prices for those I like aren't cheap as well.
In the end, we took a taxi back to our hotel and slept till the morning.
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