mission failed

there are many things i failed to do this year; take over the world, become a famous movie star, make a million dollars by making an internet social company, be the next UFC champion. those were none of my goals but like i said, there were many things i failed to do. but the most noticeable, according to my parents, is finding a wife. i plan to fail them again next year since i seriously doubt that a year is long enough for courtship and this is if i start on day 1. God can work miracles, they need to pray that He does.

just bought a fast lens today. 50mm 1.8f. will this make me post photos? i have a 75-300mm and another prime lens in my inventory. what do you think? yeah, sorry.

K-Pop standards

i've noticed that as long as korean female singers are good looking, they can lack singing ability. hotter they are the more they can lip sync, if you know what i mean. for the korean singing dudes, they generally sing better than the females. it's also hard to tell if the singer is male or female. so what am i saying? meh.

drunk yellow docs and k-music

since i'm token yellow guy in our squadron, i get invited to VIP parties that involve other yellow people. they think i can speak the language and entertain the VIPs. the koreans invited the leadership to a Christmas party last night. i was invited to be the interpreter for a table with a slew of korean docs. the conversation was pretty shallow; they asked names and specialty. that was about it. the koreans were more interested in the crazy amount of wine and soju on the table. after the boozin' they started getting annoying. and just like all the VIP parties i've been to, it was very boring. and just like the stereotypical korean males, they went out to go drink more soju. they literally tried to drag me along. maybe it was rude to keep refusing but my idea of fun is not hanging out with old drunk docs. maybe i would have gone out if they were more my age. and definitely if they were my friends. i find it much more fun to have friends that are not associated with medicine. i dont like talking about work; i find other things more interesting... like korean pop music...

and i know you've been waiting for a very long time for my top five k-pop artists. i dont like calling it k-pop anymore because there are k-hip-hop, k-rap, etc. anywho, here are my favorite korean musicians in no particular order:
1. 성아 - 18 year old phenom, love her voice
2. 임정희 - more hip hop although she sings ballads too. her song with Big Boi is neat-o
3. Tim - smooth american-korean singer. i especially like his english Christian songs
4. 메이비 - blends jazz and pop into happy, easy to listen music
5. 박효신 - sings the sappiest songs ever but probably the best voice in korea (i agree with cuz finally)

Sorry, Wonder Girls or Girls' Generation did not make my list :P
you should install asian languages on your computer if you cant read the list.

ugly americans

i found myself acting like an ugly american last week. i'm not going to share the details of it but i did it unknowingly. i still have a lot to learn about this crazy culture. when i return to the states, i will be a "fob" as the hip kids say.

when i'm out with a bunch of american friends, they cant help but to be ugly americans. they dont bother asking the token asian guy with them if it's proper to act that way. do i stop them? no, i tend to do the opposite and egg them on. then i pretend i dont know them and scoff at the ugly americans along with "my people." i'm much smarter now with the people i roll with. my posse consists of people that actually want to know the culture and be a part of it; people who want to escape the americans and immerse themselves with our gracious host country.