Thursday, July 18

Let me introduce: My bias, JR Chien 简孝儒

i realized that even though i've written a bunch of blog posts, i still haven't talked about my bias a.k.a. my life a.k.a. my idol: JR
Short biography
He debuted in 2003 when he was 18 as the lead vocal in the boyband K ONE. The band was known as the "best dancers of Taiwan". They released their first album "We r K ONE".  In 2004, all the members acted in the drama Top on Forbidden City along with Joanne Zeng and members of 5566. The OST for this drama had the most singers than any other drama (at that time, i'm pretty sure). In 2005, they released their second album "Love Power". This was the height of their popularity and were first in pre-order sales. Around this time, JR began his hosting career with shows such as Wan Quan Yu Le. In 2006, they released their third, and my favorite, album "Romeo and Juliet: Love Story". In 2007, they released the single "Kingly Way" and last album "Beautiful Commemoration". In 2008, they began promotions in Mainland China. Sometime after, they disbanded.

Tuesday, July 9

Chinese Internet Slang and other

These days, I've been obsessed with Baidu Tieba and wow. Chinese people love "slang", but they're usually just puns or a change of pronunciation. I will keep adding to this list when I come across/remember new ones, so keep checking back!
My format for this list: "Slang"("pronunciation/pinyin") --> "Actual word (if any)": "definition". "variations"

General
有木有  (you mu you)--> 有没有 (you mei you): is there any
米 (mi)--> 没/没有 (mei/mei you): none
神马 (shen ma)--> 什么(shen me): what
肿么 (zhong me)--> 怎么 (zen me): how
妹纸 (mei zhi)--> 妹子 (mei zi): Little girl, used to sound cuter. The "zhi" can be replaced by mostly any word pronounced the same way. This is also used to replace many words with "zi"
锅 (guo)--> 哥 (ge): (Older) brother. 果(guo)
天朝 (tian chao): China
打酱油 (da jiang you): passing by
路过 (lu guo)/ 飘过 (piao guo): passing by
同志 (tong zhi): homosexual. Literally, comrade.
(gong): the one in a gay couple who "gives". 小攻 (xiao gong)
(shou): the one who "receives" 小受 (xiao shou), 受受 (shou shou)

For fangirl/boy purposes
本命 (ben ming): My life, basically the one you love the most.
男神 (nan shen): God, your favorite male celeb.
女神 (nv/nu shen): Goddess

Saturday, July 6

You Won't Understand: Calvin's Story

I woke up to World War III. If I counted it would probably be World War 100. It seemed that every morning my sister and Mom would argue about something stupid. I don’t understand women. Immediately, I got a headache. Why couldn’t they just shut up? I just came home from the hospital. They should be more considerate, but that would be asking too much wouldn’t it? Sometimes they are so annoying and I hate it. Maybe if I went down there, they would stop being loud, and so I did. I passed by a mirror and saw the bandage around my head. I look totally badass.
And I was right. As soon as I got down there they quieted down. I thought that maybe it will be peaceful, but then it got awkward. They were all staring at me. And by awkward, I mean really awkward. So then I awkwardly sat down in my chair. “Umm…” I didn’t know what to say. “Mom, can I have some breakfast?” For some reason, I was all polite. Mom probably thought I was being abnormal too.
“Oh Calvin, sure. I made eggs. I’ll go get them.” I wish someone would do something to this awkwardness. I can’t handle it anymore. I’ll probably have a mental breakdown or something and then have to go back to the hospital.
My sister probably felt the same way. “So…does your head hurt?” I wanted to tell her how stupid that question was. Obviously it hurt. I mean, I was in a car accident right?
“Yeah it hurts a lot, obviously.” I wondered if she would feel stupid now.
This seriously wasn’t helping with the awkwardness and my head started to seriously hurt again. I wanted to go back to sleep. I had an excuse, but then Mom showed up with my food. Finally.
Then there was another problem. I had lost my right arm and I’m a righty. I stared at my food, and then I stared at Mom. Mom and my sister stared back at me. “Aren’t you going to eat?” Why was my sister asking so many stupid questions today? Maybe I’ve just forgotten because I’ve been at the hospital for so long. Whatever.
I remember that before I tried practicing to become ambidextrous. I wish I tried harder. It would be useful now. I stared back down to my food. I hope my left arm would cooperate.