Breaking Barriers

Although 2009 is history to us all but there's something that we can't seem to just let it slip. There are something that many of us find precious and will store them in our internal hard disk forever, to live old enough to tell our grandkids about them. It could be your first kiss, a song you've heard, a celebrity you've met, a book you've read or even a new hobby. There are something we actually bring along with us and eventually to our grave. Precious memories and thoughts especially. So what's your precious moment of 2009?

songs in order:

"All About You" - McFly

"That Thing You Do" - The Wonders

"You're the One That I Want" - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

"Nobody" - The Wonder Girls

There's too many for me to name. If I had to name them all here, the next thing you know it's the month of May already. There's one thing though that I'm glad I did it in 2009 which was being influenced by my Korean classmates and friends with K-pop. That's right, Korean Music. I know there's some of you out there that are very pessimist about Korean Music (preferably known as K-pop) lovers. "These" pessimistic tend to think people like us aren't proud of our own race/nationality and thus search for a different culture to adapt and love but that's not true. I'm proud to be Malaysian born Chinese, my only sin is my greed for other culture. Go thru my music library and you'll know what I meant. English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian heck, even Tamil songs. Some called me a freak, some said I'm weird for I'm listening to songs sang in foreign languages, I can't fully understand but I'm not mad at them (maybe a lil) because I know that they don't see, hear or enjoy it like how I did. =)

So why K-pop in 2009? Because IMO 2009 was the best year for K-pop. I don't blurt out stuff without any proof.

First, there's my favourite Girls' Generation which cooked up a storm in South Korea with their megahit "Gee". "Gee" was the only song in the history of the K-pop chart to maintain the number 1 spot for NINE frigging consecutive weeks! That's the longest record any song/artist ever lasted on top. "Gee Gee Gee, Babe Baby!"

Japan - Clones performing Flash Mob of Gee

Then, there's the Wonder Girls who became the first Korean Girl Group to break into the US Billboard chart with their "Nobody" sydrome. Follow by the dream of every Korean girls, 2PM a boy band made up of initially 7 now, 6 bloody buffed up guys. Their hit "Again and Again" was so contagious, even fans in Malaysia did the flash mob dance of that song when their leader resigned.

Korea


Malaysia!!

Not to forget there's Brown Eyed Girls with their "Abracadabra" hip dance which is parodied by almost every Variety shows in and outside of S-Korea.

this vid actually featured BEG themselves outside a mall in Korea

Finally, the word that seem to be the hardest made easy by Super Junior.. "Sorry, Sorry". Tell me you've never heard that addictive song, I dare you no, I TRIPLE DARE you, K-pop or not!

Indonesia - Sorry Sorry

So there you have it, now you should know why I think 2009 is the best year for K-pop. I shit you not eh.

I find K-pop very fresh, charismatic and there's some sort of attraction to it, pulling me closer and closer each time I listen. I was kinda into J-pop since years ago (as I'm a lil bit of an otaku) but when I think of it, I'm actually a lil bit of everything, no?


*curiosity kills but whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger right? I'm curious and I'm still alive, only STRONGER!