I wonder if its racist...or what...but

Okay so there is this fight? argument? discussion? in Tumblr. Watch the video until point 3:59 when Howie made a comment about Tiffany's English, saying 'your English is very good'. So Fany replied 'I was born in America'. Somebody thougt that Howie was being offensive by responding to that with 'your-english-is-very-good' instead of just saying 'oh i see...' or anything acknowledging the fact that Fany's English is good because she was born and raised in America.

I personally thought that the response was milddddly offensive because I don't understand what he was trying to prove.

One person argued that its normal that people don't associate race and language. Language is acquired, right? So it is surprising for people from South Korea or any other countries that do not use English as a second language to be speaking that good English. Heck. Even I sometimes get that comments when I was in Auckland. Some of them seem to be surprised that people from Malaysia to have a good command of English. Some inquired if I have spent my time in other English speaking country because they didn't know how English in Malaysia is like. So you could pass off Howie's reaction to plain ignorance.

It is only natural to be complimented when you are obviously not a native speaker of a certain language but you have a good grasp of the language used in the place. In retrospective, that happened to me all the time when i speak Korean to a Korean. Their eyes always go the size of a saucer when I did, and they seem to be extremely pleased and surprised that I speak their language. They ask me if i have been living in Korea, and get even more surprised when i say i have never been there. It is all normal reaction.

But I don't get why would he respond to her statement by slowing down his speech and repeating the same thing. Maybe he was trying to make a joke? IDK. Maybe he was. I think he shouldn't have. If he was trying to be funny, I think it came out as slightly racist.

So...tell me what you think?

Moderation

We are encouraged to be modest. In Islam, they teach us to be moderate. Don't love too much, don't hate too much, don't spend more than you earn, don't eat more once you are full etc. I must admit that some things drive me really, really crazy it is hard to contain myself (you know what i am talking about, my closest friends. you guys do).  and it is not just me, i swear. if you think i am weird and loud when it comes to 'these' things, you haven't seen others yet. i can be considered as one of the softcores :P

to watch this video, i strongly suggest you put the volume at the lowest level. there'll be a lot of screaming. stay away from headphones.

the video was taken during MO.A Mnet Kuala Lumpur concert and that was when Super Junior was coming onstage. I actually had to put the camera and held it on a stranger's head for support since everybody mcm kena rasuk at the moment and i had no space no breathe anymore (since ppl from the back started squishing me who was standing in front), so desperate times call for desperate measures i guess?

the boys next to me was expecially loud and the girls' screams reminds me of sirens. i usually have very low tolerance to screaming, but in kpop concerts, i take it all in a stride (i use earplugs because 3 hours of non stop screaming next to your ear is very very bad for the eardrums)

anyways. it is a well known fact that everybody loves these Korean pop stars for so many reasons. i personally think that they have better practice prior to debuting compared to our local stars and their stories are more heartwarming to hear than the western ones.

Recently I came across a blog, written by a *stupid* teenager who proclaimed her hatred and abhorrence towards Kpop stars and those who like Kpop. For such a simple post which contained less than 50 words and horribly constructed Malay (think the 'ew' endings, such as benciew jew), she had successfully garnered more than 100 haters online who claimed themselves to be 'TRUE KPOP FANS'. I personally think these people involved are a bunch of retards people who lack rational thinking and maturity. She was even called a bitch in a variety of spellings, and some not-so-nice names in both Malay and English. More than a handful had even wished for her to die, not forgetting everybody who called her ugly and prayed for her life to suck.

She then furthered written about how she had just the boy she loved, and these haters still came to her blog and posted very very negative comments to her. I noted one of the comments had told her something similar to the true Kpop fans will not leave her alone until she publicly apologized for saying Kpop is disgusting.

I do have an opinion about this. I think these people are stupid, immature and embarrassing. By feeling this way, I am not saying the girl was 100% not at fault and the commenters are to be blamed totally.

The girl can say whatever shit she wants. It is her blog. Whatever she says is her opinion so why are all these people so angry about what she wrote in her personal space? However, the girl should have been more polite in expressing her opinions. Kalau belajar bahasa inggeris di Malaysia, dalam sukatan pelajaran ada memberitahu yang kita harus bijak expressing opinions politely. She didn't have to be rude and wrote that the artists are ugly dahla mata pun sepet bla bla bla. Just say you don't get all the hype, you think they don't look exceptional or something and leave it at that. You should have expected those not so gentle response when you decided to publish such a rude post.

The audience to the blog are the public since she did not put the blog in private setting. God knows how her humble blog could be read by that many Kpop fans. It is only natural that when people see something, especially things that provokes their likes and fancies and beliefs, they react. However, we as a public have to smart in expressing your opinion as well. There is a way to tegur people. Most of the people who commented were Muslims and MALAY. MALAY yang sepatutnya tinggi nilai moral dan berbudi pekerti. I bet if monkeys can speak they would not speak things the way they did. Even if the monkeys may speak 100 times worse, it is still understandable because they were monkeys. There are proper ways you can tegur somebody. If you think that wishing for the girl to go 'toreh muka sendiri dengan pisau' because 'kau hodoh gila pun' is mature and the way a Muslim should speak, then shame on you. Shame on you.

I feel frustrated to see the amount of absurdity in the blog. Maybe I am too old for this crazy budak skolah menengah antics idk.

The way they defended the artists macam lebih2 pulak. I understand they love them, but is that a way for us to behave? The girl was a nobody. Her opinions counts for NOTHING. Again, i repeat. Her opinions counts for nothing. It doesn't affect you financially, she did not kill anyone, she did not steal the food on your or your favourite Korean artist's tables, her comments did not have the power to expire all passports in the world so why make such a big deal out of it, to the extent of wishing her death? Weirdos. Sickos.

Aiyo. This creates a whole new level of moronic.

This also serves as a reminder to self.