Reporting from Workstation 9

Since 'anonymous' remarked that my last post was a little carelessly written, let me be a little more careful henceforth.
I sincerely hope my grammar has not gone for a toss, because Singapore has claimed many victims in the past. Not to forget, my many Chinese friends. It is a constant struggle.
I attended a seminar on "Blogging as a social science phenomenon" some time back. An interesting seminar. It had on it's panel a political scientist, a sociologist and a psychologist.
Some studies showed that the largest section of bloggers keep blogs to improve their writing.
That men wrote more on technology and politics and other field, while women tended to be more personal.
Lastly, until last year, technology was the most popular subject, followed by politics. In recent times politics had taken over. For good reason.
Now on to "Lee Young Ae". The woman most men in Asia wish to marry, and most women in Asia wish to be like. And again, when I say Asia, it does not include Indians. We are not Asians. We are South Asians.
Anyway, the show Dae Jang geum, is a rage in Asia. It's a korean TV show. The Korean wave can be credited to a large extent to this show. The actress Lee Young Ae, is the most beautiful woman I have seen. Seriously. I honestly hadn't found any of the East Asian actress even remotely attractive until she came along.
I was having a nice breakfast at coffee bean this morning, when I saw Lee Young Ae on the cove of "Asia"(it's a magazine). The magazine spoke about how Korean women are dominating Asia in popularity. The show did not have any skin show. I'm serious. Only once in the entire 70 episodes, did Lee Young Ae show her feet. And yet it has become the most famous show in the history of television.
The magazine rebuked, Zhang something who directed "the curse of the golden flower", for it's needless show of skin. The movie was popular in west only, again for cleavage show. In the banquet too, Zhang Ziyi( of 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and 'Hidden Dragon, Crouching tiger'(it's not the other way round)fame)stripped all the way. I was fairly taken aback. Not to forget Gong Li in Miami Vice. Dae Jang Geum was also praised by Hu Jin tao and others. She is a perfect blend of traditional values and modern ideas of empowerment. She is the epitome of feminity.
The right mix.
Reality wise, it's very rare we find that right mix in Asia.
Either it is as it is in singapore. Overbearing women. They run the household, they make the money. If they feel disillusioned they don't even marry.
Or it's like in China, women are still meant to be in the kitchen and wash clothes and cook.
Or it's as in Phillipines, where women are sent to call centres, exported to western countries as nurses or prostitutes, or as maids to Singapore. Must be the case in Vietnam too.
Or as in Indonesia and Malaysia,;muslim countries. The less said the better. I know I am biased.
The little I've seen of Cambodia and Laos, I think their situation will soon be like Singapore.
India as usual suffers from too much variety. It has all kinds.
Anyway, those Indian who have not yet been affected with the "halla"(?) effect or the "K" wave, look up Lee Young Ae and Dae Jang geum. It's good to know about it.

Labels: Grammar and Lee Young Ae, Spelling