Kpop Highlights #5 (Hyuna and Ladies' Code)

Starting from this Highlight, I will be including the links to the recommended videos on YouTube because, I found that the screen that appears is a bit awkwardly small, unless you choose to watch it full screen.

Hyuna - Red

OMG! to be very honest, I have not actually watched the whole of the music video and I don't think I plan on doing so either. The very start of the video showed a monkey's bum and I was completely put off! I'm sorry, I am very judgemental. But, this isn't surprising. After all, she is Hyuna, if you know what I mean. I should have expected this much. However, on the more comfortable note, the chorus of the song is actually very addictive and fun (and rather seductive)! If you search on the lyrics, you will come to find that she says,

'A monkey’s butt is red, what.
Red is Hyuna, Hyuna is yeah.' 

Okay, at first glance, I thought like wtf? Sorry! But then I found out that what she did was actually very clever- she had incorporated a nursery rhyme into the song and that the rhyme actually goes something like 'A monkey's butt is red' and so on. Plus, in the middle of the song, the beat slows down almost dramatically and the music really seems to have an air of something Indian- if you get what I'm trying to say. Yeah that was really interesting...

If you don't want to watch the music video, why not just search for an audio version on YouTube, because I really recommend that you listen to this song to the end before you decide whether you like it or hate it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXCgR93zC8

Ladies' Code - Crazily Hooked

I think you would recognise Ladies' Code, if you have read my previous post. Once again, I can't express how sorry I am for what happened to them. On a more lighter note, I really wanted to include this song when it appeared in the drama Flower Grandpa Investigative Team, because it is a real feel-good song. I initially thought Girl's Day sang it to be honest. However, now listening to this again and knowing that the two of the members who sang it are no more, it's really heart-breaking...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQM6wOUQImg

I think this is it for now. I guess this is the shortest Kpop Highlight I have ever done.

Kpop Group Ladies' Code and road accidents in South Korea

RiSe and EunB

Some of you may probably be aware of this incident already, when the tragic car accident happened on the 3rd of September 2014, where two members from Ladies' Code, namely EunB and RiSe, lost their lives, and the other members seriously injured. So, why bring up the past?

Well, it's solely because of my guilt over the fact that even though I have heard about the crash, I didn't really pay attention to it. The incident somehow got into my head again and I now feel so much grief over the loss of the lives of EunB and RiSe.

Ladies' Code - Kiss Kiss (released in August 2014)

EunB, died at the scene at the age of 21

RiSe died at the age of 23, 4 days after the accident due to a severe head injury.

Polaris Entertainment, the group's label made a statement after the accident:

‘After a schedule in Daegu on September 2, Ladies’ Code was headed back to Seoul. Around 1:30 AM in Suwon, an issue occured with the car′s back wheel coming off. With the rainy road and wheel coming off, the vehicle spun several times, hitting a guardrail.'

Ladies’ Code members Ashley and Zuny were released from hospital and attended the funeral of EunB on September 5 2014, with much grief. The remaining member was sadly unable to attend she was still hospitalized and needed an operation for a facial fracture. 

Ashley and Zuny

However, there were no witnesses and no CCTV recordings present at the scene of the inicident and the blackbox could not be uncovered, resulting in a rather dim perspective of who was to blame for the tragedy. 

It was also revealed that the van’s air bags did not work at the time of the accident. Another report then came out claiming that they hit the guard rail when it tried to avoid a collision with another vehicle. 

Later on the year, reports have come in saying that Manager Park, who was driving, was travelling at a speed of more than 80 mph when the speed limit was reduced to 55 mph because of bad road conditions. He was arrested on the 12th of November 2014 and was trialled on January the 15th. 

There is a seriously important life lesson to learn from here. Dangerous driving is indeed fatal. No matter how quickly you need to travel to a place in order to keep up with schedules or no matter how experienced you are as a driver, or are in the belief of the 'tattle tale' that people sitting in the back seats do not need to wear seatbelts (which many people in Asia believe and which is actually very alarming), you must follow the regulations of the road that have been put in place. Speed limits are not there for meer decoration!

To finish off, why not have a look at what EatYourKimchi have to say...

Ladies' Code 'I'm fine, thank you.' have been released in tribute to the deceased members. 

Just what will be the future of Ladies' Code, if there is any...?

Also, check out this URL: 

I personally think that what they have written there is a lot of utter nonsense in relation to the tragedy. 

http://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/k-pop-stars-eunb-rise-die-car-crash-death-foreshadowed-last-video/

I made a Pinterest account!

I discovered Pinterest from my sister actually. She was obliged to create a Pinterest account of her own because that was actually the new policy of the Arts Department in school- and I no longer does any Arts-y subject considering I'm in year 11 and have already chosen my subjects, which are mainly purely academic actually, I had no idea, until I looked at my sister's account. I fell in love with it completely. I discovered just so many pictures on Kpop and all these other stuff- it's fully awesome. I recommend this to anyone who doesn't have an account.

 So, those that do have an account, I kindly ask you to check out my account and...

My Pinner name is

Onisa Naing

P.S. it's pronounced: ON-I-SA, 'I' being pronounced like the pronoun 'I'. Some of my friends even call me, 'O-nice', because I'm so nice. LOL.

Kpop Highlights #4 (Taeyang, G-Dragon, BAP)

OMG! This is my very first Kpop Highlights of 2015, come to think of it. Nonetheless, it's the same old procedure- I inform you of all the kpop that are currently catching my attention right at this moment and the songs may not be completely recent but a little old, though I avoid talking about kpop from more than 2 years ago. Well, in this highlight, you can definitely tell that I'm a bit obsessed with Taeyang and G-Dragon from Big Bang, and not to mention taekwondo, because I'm starting to develop an interest in more upbeat and fast, catchy songs, and ultimately hip hop.

Taeyang - Ringa Linga

My first impression of the name of the song, 'Ringa Linga', was something like, 'What on earth is this?' and has on a number of occasions put me off from listening to the song. This is probably why I am doing this review late. Seriously, the song title should never have been that severely prejudiced because to be honest, it is such an incredibly powerful song. It has become one of my all-time favourites actually. But, just to let you know, Taeyang isn't exactly my perfect idea of a good-natured and totally-moral musician, if you get what I mean. Actually, the same goes for G-Dragon, too. 

You should totally check this taekwondo cover for the song by the famous K-Tigers. Trust me, it is absolutely breath-taking!!

Taeyang and G-Dragon - Good Boy

Ok, this is actually a good song, which has a really cool and upbeat sound track that you should definitely not miss out on. I am hard to impress when it comes to things like this, so me admitting it's good, does actually mean that it's good. The only negative I have to say is that the music video, the bit with all those flashy neon lights in their hair and stuff, just seems a bit...unnecessary. In all due respect, to be honest, it just made the mv a bit off-putting. Sorry. But nonetheless, the dance (both the original and the taekwondo version by K-Tigers) is amazing and one of the most creative things I have seen in my life. lol!

B.A.P - 1004 (Angel)

This song became an instant favourite as soon as I listened to it. It's the usual BAP song with all the drama and the guns and shooting and the special effects and so on. But this time, it also includes a gigantic fossil of a T-REX or a skeleton of some kind and wings. I am not completely clear on the meaning of the song because I was too stupid to realise that I should probably have searched for the lyrics before actually writing this blog. Anyway, I think it is my favourite BAP song. Every aspect of this song flows so smoothly from one member to the next, from the chorus to the rap and yes, it is an amazing song!

Running Man Compilation #1

Hey guys!

I actually uploaded this on YouTube yesterday night. Sorry, you guys should have been my first priority.

Basically, this is a  compilation of the hilarious popular Reality TV show in South Korea, called Running Man. Currently, there are 7 permanent members and guests are invited in each episode to complete a series of missions, which involve vicious ripping of name-tags, searching a whole shopping mall for animal masks and running into a freezing-cold river barefoot to build a stone sculpture. There are so many more and the ideas are all ingenious. Just watch it!

I am now just watching random episodes because there are over 200 episodes and I can't be bothered to start from 1. My favourite member right now is Lee Kwang Soo. My sister gets so mad whenever I compare how them two are so similar. LOL

Here's my video:

COPYRIGHT GOES TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

MUSIC USED: 

One Direction - Live while we're young

Last Day of 2014

I don't know what to say...

This year actually went really quickly for some reason and I can't believe that tomorrow, we'll all be in the year 2015. But I keep wondering what on earth was my highlight of 2014???

Well, to start off, in Jan 2014, I remember that I had the courage to bleach my hair for the first time ever! Okay it sounds a bit off- but I wanted to dye my hair light brown actually and I'm a natural dark brunette, so the colour wasn't going to be effective unless I bleached it. And don't be so shocked - I used the correct treatment and everything. Some people have the misconception that if you bleach your hair, you have automatically damaged your hair. Well it's true if you don't know what to do after you bleach it, but not true in most cases. I'm the living proof amongst many others (flips my hair and fake coughs). Unfortunately however, the colour came out lighter than expected- a lot lighter. It was part blond and ginger in some places and brown at the same time. It sounds rather horrific describing it (LOL) but people actually liked it even though they were genuinely shocked to see the transformation. I just found it embarrassing so I wore a hat whenever I went out. But after the second dye, it came out really well to be honest. It looked like I deliberately got highlights (though it was all just an accident) and many (both strangers and friends) said they really loved it. I was simply so gassed. hehe! I'd love to show it to you guys but...that isn't gonna happen any time soon. Sorry.

Well, what's next?

Ummm...oh yeah! My group won second place in the Bouygues Language Competition where we had to conduct a business-style presentation all in French on how we plan to improve the local community. We did really well. I initially thought we weren't going to win because we only had about a couple of vague ideas and everything was done at the last minute. Other groups had native french speakers on their teams whilst all four of us in my team are just studying french as a subject. But, I guess the judges were really impressed with the accuracy of our french and our speaking. They said our french was like 'Shakespeare'! Lol! We were honestly so happy with ourselves especially because the prize was a weekend trip to Paris. The weather was beautiful and we got into this really nice youth hostel, visited famous landmarks, amazing food and it was so much fun!


The next highlight of 2014 is that I had the best summer holidays ever! We were abroad for over a month- that was really expensive especially because we went to loads of different places too. We used up everything we saved up. A shame but it was worth it! We were mainly stationed in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in a condo that our relatives prepared for us beforehand, but we managed not only to tour a few places in Malaysia but also landed ourselves in Singapore and Bangkok in Thailand. Let me just say, I was utterly impressed with Singapore. It's modern like London, but it is so clean. You are not allowed to eat or drink on the MRT (our London Underground and the Overground). That was a shock! I'm constantly eating on the tube over here and people don't say anything because they do that themselves, unless it's smelly because that's just annoying. The best thing about Bangkok is the China Town, where we did the most shopping during the holidays. Me and my sisters bought countless number of earrings, clothes and literally anything we saw. But, I have to say, that I could instantly tell the difference in the air that I breathed in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, from London. I'm not joking but possibly because of the heat and the pollution, I felt a bit suffocated before I grew accustomed to it. Nevertheless, I have to say, I think I prefer Asia over Europe. Two of the main reasons for this are because of the food and that it is generally cheaper to live.

Another significant event of 2014 for me and my sisters is that we got our ears pierced for the first time ever! Yayyy! I thought I was going to die even though it was just my ears, but I guess it's because piercings aren't really my thing.


Oooh, I went ice-skating for the time ever, too! But the strange thing is that it was in summer when we sent to Singapore. But it's the same thing I guess where you go or when you do it. I never once fell down but I got a really bad bruise on my foot because I didn't wear my skates properly. I still have the scar (sobbing)!

2014 was also the year when I became became closer to Kpop and Kdramas more than ever. It was my best year of K-culture. Hehe! And guess what? I began my blog in 2014 too!

So, that is it!

I love you 2014! I will sincerely miss you! LOL

Kpop Highlights #3 (SoYou and Junggigo, B1A4, Apink)

Yayyy! Christmas holidays are one of the best aspects of my life and currently I am very much enjoying it- no homework except to read up to chapter 19 of Great Expectations (now up to chapter 9, but got two weeks to do this so no stress here!), and nothing else really. That means I can blog 24/7!
The only thing that is bothering me right now at this exact moment is just that I am waiting for a very important letter- a college offer from this prestigious private school. The deputy head of my school actually broke the news to me that the college has offered me a place and that with a scholarship, when she announced it in assembly. I was quite shocked and when I phoned my mum after school, she said she hasn't received any official letter, and even now, I'm about to die of anticipation because the postman hasn't come yet. AGHHH! Plus the deadline for acceptance of offers is in January and its already the 22nd of December for crying out loud!

OK OK, let me just move on to Kpop...

SoYou and Jung Gigo - Some 

I heard this song vaguely when I heard this in an ICT lesson ( surprise, surprise!) but I didn't realise that it stuck in my head before I heard it again in Flower Grandpa Investigative Team (I've finished watching this and it's a really nice drama to watch. You should definitely try it). But at that time, I had no idea what it was called or who sang it. So I was pretty much in despair. That is until, I came across it again by accident and completely fell in love with the song! There is also a little story within the music video and I have seen both actors in Kdramas before (SoYou's bandmate Dasom from Shut up Family and Baro (a member of B1A4) from God's Gift: 14 Days). 

B1A4 - lonely 

I heard this song from a non-Kpop fan to be honest. She asked whether I knew B1A4 because her other Kpop friends recommended it to her and she came to love their song lonely. The problem was that I have only heard of their song Solo Day because of EatYourKimchi. So when she told me, I was like 'Woa, hold on, how come you know more about Kpop than me? This ain't happening.' Then, I listened to it and I understood exactly why she loved it. It is a very good song! I even think it's better than Solo Day. Note: who came up with the idea of a  floating girl in the music video? Ingenious!

Apink - LUV 

I am a bit confused. Why is it called 'LUV' and not 'Love'? It really doesn't make sense because in the song Apink actually spells it out as L-O-V-E as part of the chorus and yet the title is 'LUV'. Strange...

The main thing is though, that I have mixed feelings to whether I like the song or not. I usually like Apink's songs and this isn't too different from their other songs- no actually, this song kind of reminds me of a slower version of NoNoNo's soundtrack. The actual lyrics are fine but the soundtrack to this song somehow reminds me of a broken, scratchy record? I don't know how to describe it. Also, the part when they sing, 'Never forget', to me, it sounded like something out of a Disney Princess Movie. I have never heard anything like this before. But, I have to admit, I think I like it overall. Well done, Apink!