Broken English

If you actually click on the video box and watch this on youtube, you can see shetloads of annecdotes added by the re-uploader. OMG hilarious. This girl is such a hypocrite.

For those who don't understand her broken english, she's trying to point out that HK teachers speak really bad english and in some cases it sounds like they're swearing. Not really. My mum speaks broken English, but I find that most people are quite accomodating here unlike Ruby in the video.



So yeah. I just woke up from  a nightmare (went to bed early- yay!) and logged into fb to do a bit of video surfing.  She's #37 most subscribed in HK, and when you actually think about it, it is something you should be proud of.  I know HK is small, but there are HEAPS of people stacked ontop of each other in their skyscraper apartments.  A few weeks ago, I was flipping through a HK magazine and I happened to see an article about Ruby (above) and Mingjai14 (another HK youtube personality who lives in Canada) and their rise to fame via Youtube.  At this point in time, Mingjai14 only had 5 videos up (but it's understandable because some of his earliest videos were very amusing). Can't say the same for Ruby, but I mean, seriously, she got her 15 minutes of fame (in the Chinese-Australian community; even M & D know who she is!) and it just goes to show how EASY it is to be famous in HK.

That was a bit of an over-generalisation. What I mean to say is, if you have an opinion, and you voice it to the youtube community, in CANTONESE, you will get lots and lots of views, esp if you speak in broken english and bitch about your examiners for part of your video.

Why do I place heavy emphasis on Cantonese? A few reasons actually. People who understand Cantonese are generally quite nosy.  If you skim through magazines which are highly popular in HK, you'll find that there are alot of articles about female celebrities forgetting to shave their pits, or journalists who sneak into the changing rooms of stars when they're performing a concert. The photographer takes these photos because he/she knows it will generate public interest. ARGH. It's so twisted and absolutely disrespectful.

Another reason to speak in Cantonese in videos, is to attract the attention of BBCs & ABCs, or CBC's who are looking for a way to get closer to their roots. I know I've typed in "Canto vlog" a couple of times into youtube (getting videos of some sort of recorded gameplay...) or "cantonese vlog".

wait pause.

I don't know why I have so much to say about this topic. It's not like I'd even consider vlogging on youtube.  I wouldn't know what I'd talk about. And I'm too afraid of offending people.  The youtube audience sure is wider and meaner than my blog audience (I love you guys :D) but I am curious to see what kind of feedback I'd get from everyone if I made a vlog in Canto (and whether I'd rise to asian stardom *-* ). But yes, emphasising again, that this will probably not happen because I am too afraid of ruining my image by saying something stupid (remember J01@nd@? geez, even saying her name makes me paranoid) will make me unemployable in the future. [A perfect example is Jay Park aka Jabeom from 2pm. He apparently got kicked out of the band because he once said something bad about South Korea on his myspace...] 

But digressing slightly, yes, if you haven't noticed already, I am kind of obsessed with M's motherland. Can't help it though. I watch their tv, my parents read the paper, talk about celebrity gossip over there, we speak in that language at home and geez, there's such a large community of us in Sydney- most of my friends are Asian if not Chinese.  My bogan cousin pokes fun at me- but I'd rather be a fob than a bogan.


Damn. Ruby triggered all these thoughts. They just all came pouring out of my mouth through my fingers.  I guess chatting to M since she got back from HK also contributed to this sudden outbreak.  One of her HS friends is nicknamed "sing ma", no, not Danny's dad, but it means "Star mum". Reason being she's always bragging about her son being a cameo dancer for events and whatnots that go on around the city.. not that anyone really cares about the bg dancers, when someone like Raymond Lam is singing on a burning stage with his freaking shiny costume on.

And yes, someone in our household actually obtained a copy of his concert on DVD and we watched (as a family) one rainy weekend and we just "ooh"ed and "ahh"ed the whole way through because it was just so FULL OF FIRE! *release the inner pyromanic*.  This is another reason why HK rocks.  Because their concerts are SO MUCH CHEAPER and the singers actually put on a good show (FIRE!) without lip syncing- coughbritneycough.


BUT DIGRESSING COMPLETELY.

I watched a video shot in Taipei. And I've decided that I really, really, really want to go.  Last year after HSC, I was planning to make a short stop at TW. I would have progressed with the planning if it weren't for D. For future note, I should stop taking D's advice if I want to have a good time.  TP looks like a really fun place to go to with friends, but I guess all places are good with friends.  I miss my friends.  Good thing I'm able to see some tomorrow today.

Mmm. I feel like tipsy with lethargy. Like I no longer know what I'm saying and how offended some may get if they read it, and I don't know if this makes grammatical sense. But I'll post it up anyway and hope for the best. I'll read again in the morning, and if it's that bad I'll deleteeeeeeeeeee.

Oh, and just before I go, I went to see HP7 today. I thought it was smad. Esp all the awkward scenes- ie Hermione and Harry dancing?  Hilarious. sim and I were exchanging looks and little snorts of amusement during the film (much to the annoyance of the woman sitting on my right. Who was quite annoying herself, might I add. She had her hand resting on MY SLUSHIE and when my hand accidentally, (and awkwardly grazed hers) when I was trying to get my slushie, she gave me the foulest glare in the dark.  She was also hogging all the of the arm rest.

I shall end my rant here.  Man, this has been one long blog about nothing at all. =_=;

On a brighter note, before I woke up, I'm sure I was dreaming about Jake Gyllenhaal as HP in Hogwarts. Can't remember anything else, but hey, it's Jake!  (and Harry Potter is pronounced "hairy pahdur" in Americanised English. Hehe)