I didn't realise that I hadn't blogged for so long! But it comes so naturally to load youtube once I come online now, that I have no time for anything else at all, other than sleep, once the date on the clock changes.
Hope that the inspiration DBSK has brought to me isn't just another flash in the pan, and that I will eventually do something about singing and dancing and playing the piano and the guitar and all!
I came online today because I wanted to share about what I watched on
Crossfire, a channel 8 talk-debate show, about
han2 liu2, the korean wave (?). It's quite interesting how a DJ has written a book all about it, and they've studied it like the rise and fall of a country's economy, persay. With sine waves and bar charts and statistics and whatnots. A wave is successful when, because of the artistes, people are drawn to the country as it is itself; its history, its people, its language. Collaboration with a country's culutre, put concisely. The culture which Singapore does not have!
Evidently, I have to admit, I'm as much a victim of this new
chao liu, as I have never been before. But yes! Korea has risen to a new height in my eyes! What used to be a crude and primitive sounding language is now the all-important key to unlocking the secret code all Korean stars manipulate, and what used to be sappy and wet (some of which still are, like winter sonata :/) have become COOL KOREAN DRAMAS (GOONG LOVEE!)! :D
Hey, even people like AJ (who have always laughed at us entertainment industry people) are becoming increasingly appreciative of the games/skills we can learn from these Korean shows! 'MANSEI!', she proclaims gleefully.
But looking at it objectively, it is really just like any other social phenomena, with its rises and falls, the push and pull factors, the reasons and effects and consequences!
There's a changing mindset nowadays, I suppose. I don't know if mine rebounds off anyone else, but to me, singing and dancing; performing on stage is definitely a talent. Unlike what one of the speakers on the show said, "He just has to sing a little song, and money comes falling in from the sky." (They were disucssing Rain's $888 tickets) I believe that a lot of hard work, sweat and effort goes into the whole performance. It's hours of backstage work just for those few minutes of glamour. Of which, we only see the few minutes on stage.
It's just like any other profession really!
But what really struck me is, there has been a
tai liu, a
ri liu, a
han liu... will it ever be time for the
xin liu?
Daddy happily says, "Oh then you go start la!"
Easier said than done, darlings!