Hipster Likes #1 - TЁЯRA

A Japanese male-female duo. They write songs for Bemani. They're a rock group but they introduce electro into their stuff. I like it. Here are samples. Get the whole album. (DDR players may recognize some of them)

Escape To The Sky.



DoLL



ULTiM∧TE



North Wind



Raspberry Heart

Hipsters have no freedom of expression here.

Most creative South-East Asian youths are tied down by family pressure and social taboo whereby a job in performing arts will always be inferior to business/science. I know so many great instrumentalists, singers, dancers and musicians that are literally banned to take further studies in their field; instead being forced to become engineers/doctors/businessmen. Either from parental suppression or community condescendence. This sucks. Why suppress creative inspiration? Why keep the youthful from achieving their dreams? Just because parents/the community expect one to get a certain job doesn't mean they will be good at it. Why won't they learn that performance arts is no more inferior than the usual business/science?

What's worse is that kids are taught at a young age that being famous is hard. That I agree. However they are not told that you don't have to be famous to take further studies in music/acting/dance. It's because of this that they don't WANT to take further studies in their fields. They lack the confidence. They don't believe that they can do well in their fields.

And one more thing. You don't see music/dance/acting in school. They're part of the lesser clubs. The clubs that always gets left behind. The school systems here don't have music lessons. No music scholarships. No music competitions. It's all study, study, study. Gah. They don't give a crap about the arts.

Sigh. Rant almost over. I too am being tied down right now. Honestly I wish to major in performance while minor in musical theatre studies. I think I'm pretty capable. I got to Grade 8 in 4 years. Merits and above. But NOOOOOOOOOOO. The most I'm allowed to do is to take double majors in engineering and performance. Now that sucks. I can't even approach my career counselor. I can imagine the conversation.

Me - Hi. I want to take an undergraduate course in the performing field but I'm worried I can't find any employers here after I graduate. Advice?

Counselor - *snicker* You're kidding, right? *bursts out laughing* You? An Asian wanting since and dance and play piano!? HA! I scoff.

== Kthxbye.

Hipster Insights #1 - Grass

If one cuts grass and leaves it there to become fertilizer, is that cannibalism?

Hipster can't run

Sometimes when I exercise (yes, I exercise), I can't help but notice how cool joggers look. I know. Not something you'd find cool but it's true. Every time I see them I start to picture myself jogging. And I will always myself running like a drunk man. They say everyone can run. What they don't tell you is that if you're not a regular jogger you'll look like a drunk newbie. Long arms flapping away. That constipated look on my face. Uugh. Ugly. I'll stick to swimming.

Hipster dislikes #1

Musical commercials. I hate it. Ever since Glee you see them everywhere. Oregano. MyEG. Lipton. ENOUGH.
And that Colgate commercial. That horrible horrible voice-over. "Colgate TOTO." "Is that why my gums bleed sometimes?"

Hipster learnt a lesson #1

Never cut-and-paste when you want to transfer something. NEVER. Always always ALWAYS COPY-AND-PASTE. If your computer just turns off or your external memory storage stops working, all your data will be corrupted. All my music, movies, games gooooooooone. =(

Hipster? What's that?

Hipster by itself is hard to describe. Like art. Or the word 'The'. Or homework. But the best description I can give is this:

\hip-stur\n. Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter/remarks. One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed uncool by the cool. The hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat, eats organic, loves animals and the environment.

So don't hold this against me.

Introduction

OK. My fourth blog. God I lack commitment. My last blog was OK but eventually I got bored and inspired. So VOILA a new one! Uhh, yeah.