Oppa Gangnam Style & Oppa Brunei Style

This week has been super hectic for me.I'm not sure about the others but I'm mentally and physically exhausted. It's been a full week of school, lessons and assignments. Oh the bore. So, nothing interesting or fun has happened to me this week. D-day is arriving soon, counting down fast by the days that seem to zoom by. I, for one, do not look forward to my finals and I'm not as ready as I think I should be.

Moving on. These days, I'm sure many of us have heard about this South Korean singer, Psy, whose song and music video, Oppa Gangnam Style. If you have not heard of it, I think you must have been living under a rock. I've heard this song much earlier on since it's initial release. It wasn't such a big hoo-ha then as it is now. From my honest opinion, this song is not bad and it's pretty catchy plus, I like Psy's music since years ago (YG Family for the win!) and songs from YG can't be any bad. <--- Okay, this is K-pop talk. Only a K-popper would understand.

However, since the song and the music video went viral on the internet and all  recently, I feel that this song has been overplayed. Not that I don't like the song but I hear it ALL the time on the local radio stations and music channels on TV that it's been getting a little irritating for me. There's pros and cons about this though. The good thing is that Oppa Gangnam Style would expose many people to K-pop and K-pop would benefit from this really. One of the cons would be that, with so many people overplaying this song, it will slowly lose it's significance and make people feel indifferent about it.

So, for people who have yet to watch the Music Video of "Oppa Gangnam Style" or wants to watch it again, here it is.

I think that this music video is pretty interesting, taking a side which not many Korean artistes take. Psy is a unique individual in the Korean Music industry as well. Oppa Gangnam Style features Psy's famous "horse dance", just like SNSD's Gee having it's "crab dance". 

Many of the people like this song however, there are some who can't seem to appreciate such music. Well, everybody has got different taste so no judging here as it's all based on personal preference. If you like this song, then good for you, if not, haters gonna hate. 

Oppa Gangnam Style is getting really popular and crazy by the second that people ALL AROUND THE WORLD are making parodies of this video. Well, I don't think it's any bad to make a parody. There are really some interesting ones out there that I have seen. Well, this doesn't exclude Brunei. A group of young people in Brunei have actually made a parody of Oppa Gangnam Style. In my opinion, it's not bad. The parody showcases some Brunei flavours in it that I think is what that is appealing to others.

Without further ado, I present to you the Brunei's version of Oppa Gangnam Style, the "Oppa Brunei Style"!

Well, this "Oppa Brunei Style" has gain many viewers since it's release yesterday which I think is quite a feat. This parody has actually many positive reviews however, when there's an up, there will always be a down right? Well, you can't please everybody. Anyway, good job to the people in the video. You guys gave a great performance. A forward step in Bruneian entertainment perhaps? :)

Appreciate good music.

Hannah

p.s. the post here is written in my very own perspective and does not reflect the views of the general public.

Books and Music

Happy 4th of July to the people of the USA!! I know that I'm not American or what but hey, reading all those 4th of July tweets from many of the patriotic Americans makes me excited too. :) I'm halfway across the globe from America and I can already feel the hype. It makes me wonder how the celebration is really like out there? I only remember watching snippets of the 4th of July celebrations through watching the Gosselins or the Duggars or any other American realities that I watch. Yup, that's basically my channel to America since I never been there or anything.

Back here in Brunei, it's been rather hectic for me and most probably the other schooling students as well. I so envy my brother who is on his summer holiday now and is spending his oh-so-carefree days at home. I wish I'm having my holidays too. School's still the same for me. Tests, assignments and one more upcoming MIB presentation. I need to speak in Malay during my presentation and honestly speaking, my Malay speaking tool ain't the great. One person in school who once "overheard" me trying to speak in Malay said that it sounded "karau". (Karau means rough) Like it's not fluent at all. I'm so going to practice my Malay speaking skills and also, to brush up my Malay vocabulary. ><

Some of my test results are back and it's pretty good at the moment. I had sociology test this morning and I guess it went well? I have no idea how I did because I just wrote what I hope is relevant to the entire question and only Mr.S will know if what I wrote for my test is good or not. It's nerve-wrecking waiting for results like this. I have finished all my tests except for my upcoming maths test on Saturday and I'm so not looking forward to it. Maths is my weakest link and it sure is killing me slowly, giving me a slow and painful death. (Okay, that's a little too dramatic but I so somehow feel it in a sense. If you know what I mean.)

I ABSOLUTELY HATE MATHS! I'm pretty sure that the people around me knows that. I loved maths all the way up until Primary 6. When I hit Secondary 1, the numbers seems to be fooling around with the alphabets and voila, out came algebra. It was still acceptable though... until Secondary 4 where I did Additional Mathematics. I used to fail ALL THE TIME for my Add-maths but after doing the maths in A-Levels, geez.. what I was worrying about for my maths the past years were nothing. =.= I'm just not any good with maths and I don't think I ever will.. which means I got to work a whole lot harder in order to get good passing grades for it. Oh boy.

So, other than school, my life is a bore. I do try to spice up my life with other things but it doesn't really seems interesting at all. I can't wait until I have free time, then I can get my hands onto other stuff which I want to try and do. My free time now is pretty much used for mostly school-related work or books related. I do try to fit in a reading book somewhere if I'm not that busy for the day. It relaxes me :)

Oh, oh, oh!! Being such a big fan of K-pop, there's like so many comebacks of my favourite artistes. Hehe.. it makes me so happy although I haven't been keeping up with the latest news and everything but I do follow up on some latest music. Super Junior is one of them and this is so exciting! I have been a Super Junior fan (I'm an ELF!) for a few years and I'm still loving them. The dorky boys and their catchy songs. They recently released like their 6th Album and I quite like their new look and appearance. Loving their single and their MV. (There's quite a few scenes in there where you can take a peek at their chiseled bodies. I think they're rather flaunting their muscles instead of hiding it :P)

I have been a fan of the Korean entertainment since long, long time ago when mummy started watching all those Korean dramas donkey years ago and it sure is getting bigger and better! I remember a few years back when I was listening to K-pop and some people were criticising me for listening to those kind of music when they were listening to the latest English pops. (I do listen to all kind of music, trust me, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Italian, Opera, Classical...) Yeah, and now, they themselves are listening to those songs too and are becoming a fan of certain groups and all. I'm not that evil a person to criticise them back being a hypocrite. HAHA!!

I think I should stop here for the time being since I have to get back to hit the books. I think it's pretty wordy no? I will try to beautify the words with pictures though so no worries. I'm ending with a video so, scroll down a little further. ;)

Trying to love life as it is,

Hannah

Sexy, Free & Single

Super Junior's latest song from their 6th Album. I love it! <3

The King 2 Hearts

WARNING: A really boring and long post ahead. Unless you're very, very bored and have nothing else better to do, go ahead. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! It's a total fangirl moment!! :)

During the past few days, I spent my holiday watching dramas. Out of the few dramas that I've watched over those few days, this drama is the BEST among all that I've chosen to watch. :) Or maybe, it's the only Korean drama out of all the drama series that I've chosen to watch. I'm forever a Korean fan, fan of their culture, their food, their clothes, their vacation spots, their music, their people and many more. 

I decided to watch The King 2 Hearts because of a dear friend of mine who keeps watching them in school. I took a peek and it looks good. So, I couldn't wait any longer and I made sure that during the holiday, I would watch it. It took me 3 days to finish the whole series. It was a good 3 days. :)

My favourite actresses, like Ha Jiwon and Lee Yoonji, acted in The King 2 Hearts. I have loved Ha Jiwon since her Hwang Jini days. I love how she can simply act out her character qualities so well. Happiness, sadness, cold, hatred, goofiness, joy and many more... she just brings them all out at the perfect time. Hwang Jini, Haeundae, Secret Garden.. just you name it. She just has this charm in her. ;) 

I loved lee Yoonji since her Princess Hours days.. I love her character in Princess Hours because her character in there is so wise and charming, the life-saver of the day, the heroine in the drama. Plus, she's beautiful and has really long and nice pair of legs. HAHA!! (I'm no weirdo but it's just that her legs really attracts the attention.) She did well in Dream High too, so cute and feisty. Hehe.. when she was in WGM with Kangin, I watched every single episode of it. They're so cute!! I LOVE Super Junior, so Kangin + Yoonji = GOODNESS!! :D 

I just totally love Ha Jiwon and Lee Yoonji!! I have been fangirl-ing them for many, many years, and I guess that there's just more years to come. :) I'm looking forward to their future projects. Impress me!! :D

I was okay with the rest of the cast. Now, I have another favourite actor after this drama. Lee Seunggi. I was okay with his acting since Brilliant Legacy and My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho however, in this The King 2 Hearts, he struck me. :) I liked him since the beginning as a singer, doing variety in 2Days1Night and talk show host in Strong Heart. Seunggi is just so cute!! He improved a lot in acting I think. An all-rounder - singer, entertainer, talk show host, actor, CF Model. What more? Hehe.. He's another one that I'm looking forward to. :)

Lee Seunggi and Ha Jiwon play the protagonists in The King 2 Hearts. Lee Seunggi plays Lee Jaeha who is a prince, later a king of South Korea and Ha Jiwon plays Kim Hangah, a North Korean officer. I won't go on and on about the whole story of the drama but I just love the unique story line of the drama that showcased the wonderful potential of the actors. Hehe.. I ship the Jaeha-Hangah loveline and the Shikyung-Jaeshin loveline. I think Jo Jungsuk who plays Shikyung is quite good looking. He's not bad an actor which is a plus (all maybe because he's a musical actor). :D

I liked how the drama depicts the tensions between North and South Korea. I'm not a Korean so I don't really know about the real issues of the Korean peninsula however, I do know that it's true, like in the drama, that if anything between the 2 countries go wrong, they might go into war. I'm for peace so I hope that nothing of this sort really ever happen in reality. Go unification team!! :)

I like the ending of the drama even if it's not the perfect fairy tale ending and the people still not accepting of the North-South relationship but it didn't really disappoint. I'm just upset about the death of Shikyung. Like why?!?! It's so sad.. because he died just when his relationship with the princess is going strong. Meh.. the scriptwriter is just such a mood-killer. Haha!! But all is well and I'm satisfied.

This post is just all my fangirl moments here. Haha!! Yeah, I'm just a strong supporter of this drama. The King 2 Hearts is just totally DAEBAK!! Great job to MBC for airing a couple of my favourite dramas one after the other. I watched Moon-Sun much earlier before and it was great as well. Hehe.. looking forward to other dramas. This will totally be up on the re-watch dramas in my list together with some others. :) (I always have a re-watch marathon in December where I re-watch all my favourite dramas and movies. Like Princess Hours, I've re-watched it 8 times, over the years of course since it was released when I first watched it in 2006. ;P )

End of my fangirl post ;)

Hannah 

Disclaimer: All photos and gifs do not belong to me. Credits to MBC and all the other uploaders.