Girl's Generation Beat Justin Bieber, One Direction, Lady Gaga

The first ever YouTube Music Award was hosted by YouTube, which the winners were determined by the fans by the power of likes and sharing on YouTube. The video of the year award went to Korea's national favorite, Girl's Generation, thus upsetting the American horde of Beliebers, Directioners, and Monsters. It's a bit sad at how ignorant Americans are to different cultures by calling others a nobody just because they don't know who they are. Even other nations know who American artists are and not only just the most popular ones either and yet Americans have no clue who is big outside of their nation. But putting everything aside, Bieber has about 40 million followers on Twitter which is almost the entire population of South Korea of 50 million people so you can see how much KPop is relevant to the rest of the world outside of Korea. Are KPop fans as crazy as Bieliber fans? Absolutely and in some cases even worse such as for EXO, but their fans are dedicated to their idols as shown by their landslide victory over America's big 3. Even if they had combined the big 3's votes, their total still would not have beaten Girl's Generation so kudos to Psy and Girl's Generation for representing the outside world. As for the award show, it was a disappointment and not well planned out so maybe they can learn from their mistake and make a better show next year.



Haters to the right

Kim Bum Dating Moon Geun Young

Say it ain't so! My lovely cutie Kim Bum is actually dating co-star Moon Geun Young! Both of their agencies has confirmed that the two are officially dating since working together on their TV drama. It makes me so sad because he's such a cutie and she's so not. There are speculations that it could be a publicity stunt for their drama since he is younger than her by 2 years and you know how netizens are crazy about age differences. Then of course there's the noway she's way too ugly for him so I guess her personality makes up for it plus corrective surgery. It's sad to see my favorite Korean eye candy cub be taken away by another cougar but it's all good as long as he keeps showing off those adorable dimples.



Kim Bum



Moon Geun Young (best picture I can find of her)

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Skydiving vs Base Jumping vs Bungee Jumping

An acquaintance was asking for some thrill ideas before he went back into the workforce so we had a discussion on what would be considered thrilling. He has gone skydiving before so that was out of the picture and other ideas of mine were out because of the price tag or danger which includes paragliding because you need training and your own equipment, flyboarding because instruction and rental costs were expensive, and canyon swinging because it's been banned since people saw the cool clip on YouTube and decided to test the thrill out but failed to make the correct calculations in the rope line and swung to their deaths so dying was out of the picture. But what is scary and what is thrilling?

Skydiving to me is thrilling but not very scary because you're in tandem with a pro that does all the work and calculations and you're just attached at their crotch for the ride. The pro handles everything and hits the safety precautions for you so you don't have to worry about a thing but to enjoy the ride unless of course you're like that old lady that was slipping out of the harness. The real scare is when you're flying solo where the control is in your hands but you can't do that until you have a few tandem jumps under your belt and your own equipment which is costly. Due to the distance of your fall, there is time to think and figure out a solution in case something goes wrong like when your first chute fails, there's your back up chute and so forth which is why there's not much deaths. A good number of skydivers say that because of the control of the pros, skydiving is not scary and after flying solo after you gain the control the thrill of the scare also goes away. They also said they would never try bungee jumping as a result because of the lack of control makes it too scary.
Skydiving tandem
Base Jumping is more scary because the distance of your fall is less so you have less time to react if something was to go wrong. There is also no such thing as tandem base jumping either so you're on your own which is why novice jumpers are not allowed to try the sport. Well technically you can if you have the equipment but of course doing so would be at your own risk. Base jumping sounds really fun especially if you sport the squirrel suit, but not so much if you fly into a tree or something. Of course there's always the risk of your chute not opening which would result in severe injuries or death. The other risk is because of the distance, the height to pull your chute and the impact of your landing is much more crucial as this guy learned in this very graphic video. Base Jumper breaks leg video

Base Jumping
Bungee jumping is the scariest thing to skydivers because so many things can go wrong in the short amount of time and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it but to plunge head first to your death but at least it would be instant and over with in a split second when you realize something is wrong. Like base jumping, there's no one to hold your hand and there's no safety net or chute in case something goes wrong like the rope or ratchet breaking or colliding into the surrounding or getting tangled into the line. I would think the highest yet safest bungee jump in the world is the one at Macau Tower because even though it is the highest, they add in extra lines and contraptions to ensure safety which in a sense takes the scariness out of it. You have your usual bungee line then you have a safety line that keeps you in control from running into the building itself but also slows down your fall towards the end.
Bungee Jumping
Regardless of which sport you go to for thrills, if something goes wrong then it goes horribly wrong. You only live once right? Carpe Diem or YOLO for idiots.

Running Man Ep 167

Even if Running Man is a scripted variety show, it's still hilarious to watch the cast torment Gwang Soo. It's also great how he's a good sport about it too which is probably why he has a huge fan base especially in Vietnam. I think variety shows in Korea are gaining a huge following because they have a solid cast and continuously have celebrities and idols as guests on their show, which allow their shows to have a long running. Whereas American variety shows lack a solid cast and celebrities are too good for the shows to appear on it unless the cast is full of celebrities. I like the idea that Korean celebrities and idols are willing to embarrass themselves on national television to entertain the fans. Viewers are able to see their celebrities and idols in a different light as a real person. You won't catch celebrities on American variety shows willing to undergo the same humility especially with little pay. I wished I could take part in a variety show one day, it looks like so much fun.


The Giraffe Gwang Soo

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It's Not What You Say But How You Say It

Certainly everyone has the right to free speech and to say whatever is on their mind, but that doesn't mean that everyone should literally speak what is on their mind. There has to be a balance between what you can say and what you should say. Some people tend to lack the rationality to differentiate between the two whether they are oblivious of the matter or they just don't give a flying nuck about it. The reason why people should be more away of what they say because words can cut sharp as knives, but more importantly how you say your remark because of the portrayal of the feeling you're exerting from the words that are being spoke of like what they say, actions are louder than words. For instance, saying the sentence "I like Dave better" to someone can have multiple impact. Calm manner: "I like Dave better," can give a neutral response at their desire for the companionship of Dave, thus resulting in feelings being a little hurt but you'll survive and depart on a positive note. Enthusiastic manner: "I like Dave better!" can give either a disappointed or positively supportive response, thus resulting in momentarily heartbroken or exciting feelings. Melancholy manner: "I like Dave better..." can give disappointed or heartbroken response, thus resulting in a dark and cloudy atmosphere. Sharp manner: "I LIKE DAVE BETTER!" can give a antagonistic or jilted response, thus resulting in hurt feelings and utter anger as you turn away and respond with eff you too. I would like to give people the benefit of the doubt that they did not mean to say things how they did, but that's how you portrayed yourself to the audience and yes, you're a douchebag. I have no issues with people speaking their mind, but do mind the manner in which you say things because you can hurt or anger your audience when you did not mean to. A simple misunderstanding can be a the deciding factor between a connection between two people. Some people literally take what someone said for how they said it and have resented that person for decades when all along that person did not mean to say what was said in that particular manner. If you truly value your friends and family then you should mind how you say things because when some things are lost, they are forever lost.

Broken.

Broken.

No Excuses

Apparently Broken Promise is still in denial of having a poor lapse in judgement years ago. I'm so beyond caring about the past but if you want to bring it up then of course I'm going to turn into a raging hamster with rabies with an uncontrollable twitch. I understand people could suffer from memory loss from heavily bodily trauma but I do not think it should be used to justify your past actions by claiming that's not how you remember things happening. First of all, if you're going to state that your memory is messed up because of trauma then don't try to tell me that your version of a memory is more accurate than mine. Second, if I'm the one raging about this bit of memory then obviously I would remember the event quite well. Third, you're an idiot. In other news, I've just been really busy with work. It's funny because I was laid off from my other job but a week prior, I was offered a job so things just happened to worked its way out on its own and for the better. I was tired of my old job because my boss was knowledgeable in the field but he just never really spent the time to teach me much. He was always busy teaching his freshly imported wife who's half his age the ropes instead. Also, the pay was crap. So I was happy to leave my old job without having to quit and join up with a relative. I'm already learning and doing more than I did at my old place and I even already got an increase in pay. I just couldn't believe how my path was so easily chosen and laid out for me. Needless to say, it was perfect timing. Only downside is that I have to work on Saturdays too so that does cut into my boarding time. My brothers, cousin and I went boarding for the first time at Big Bear this season because Thrive Snowboard was having a demo event so we were able to get lift tickets for half price. The only downside was that there was no fresh pow because it's been hot for awhile so the condition was nothing but ice. I ended up with some bruised knees because I forgot to wear knee pads and Lan ended up with a huge bruise on his elbow. Lan and I finally got to try out our new boards, which were awesome by the way. Although he already damaged his board because he ran into Raymond, Thrive community member, on our first ride down at the lift. Raymond's new Thrive board also got damaged because of that too. I didn't get to hang out much with the Thrive guys but they all easily knew who I was, damn it~