Final final final post

Yo dawg, I herd you liek final posts.

(intended, in case that you're not familiar with that classic meme, look for "Yo dawg")

I think that I improved my English a lot during the last two years. I notice that especially writing posts, because I feel like more comfortable and more accostumed to write in English. I don't need to look up as many words as I had to before. The posts just appear on the screen while my fingers move gracefully up and down like water flowing in the river of destiny... Wow, that sounds freaking dramatic. But I imagine you got the idea, didn't you?
In addition, I have watched some series and films in English and now I understand them waaaaay better than I did before. Even when they talk rather quickly, which used to be quite a challenge to me, is now no bigger problem to me anymore. The same goes for speaking in English. Doing the First Certificate Exam I was forced to practice to speak fluently and spontaneously. That was a great help (and a nice dare too ;D). So in my opinion, the Certificate Test, the blog posts and entertainment activities such as watching films and series were the most important reasons of my progress this year. And the oral presentations helped me to elaborate my own style of presenting a topic. I must admit that I felt quite proud after the success of my presentation...
As for activities that I didn't find useful, in my opinion there aren't any activities that are really useless. Since what we're learning here is a language, it requires practice and practically any contact with it helps improving or at least refreshing and maintaining the level. But if I had to choose one thing that I'd like to change, it would be that we should read more original English texts than adapted ones (I refer to the text book as well as to the readers). I'd like to expand more my vocabulary, this is my main purpose. Additionally to the grammar we do, of course. So to focus a little more on vocabulary could be a nice objective for next year. A part from that, I think that if we keep doing similar activities like this year, we will do well.
So that's it! Goodbye people, have a nice summer and see you in September ;)

Podcast (very informal dialogue)

Unfortunately, the circumstances were unfavourable to record this dialogue all three together, so we decided to interpret it each of us aaaaaaall byyyyyy ourseeeeeelvees

You are warned, be prepared for a high-pitched voice of a crazy German and terrible sound effects.

Record and upload audio >>

(Very) informal dialogue (written version)

Informal dialogue

Jamie (Speaking on the phone.) Yes, yes, great party, wasn't it? (Sound of doorbell.) Listen, Polly, I've got to go. There's someone at the door. Come here this evening? Yeah, why not? I haven't got any plans. OK, see you later. Bye, Polly. Bye. (Sound of doorbell again.) OK.OK. I'm coming! (Opens door.) Oh, hi, Tania. How are things? I wasn't... I wasn't expecting you.

Tania Well, aren't you going to invite me in?

Jamie I... Yes, of course. Come in. (He sits in front of the TV looking worried.)

Tania Jamie, can you turn that thing off?

Jamie Hang on a second, can I just watch this?

Tania No, you can't. Jamie, I need to speak to you. This is important.

Jamie I'm listening, I'm listening.

Tania You aren't. You never listen. (Turns off the TV.)

Jamie Why did you do that?

Tania Jamie, it's over.

Jamie What do you mean? What's over?

Tania I mean you and me. Us. It's over

Jamie Oh, come on, Tania. Let's not start that again.

Tania A friend told me you were out on Friday night. Is that true?

Jamie Someone invited me to a party, OK?

Tania Ok for you, maybe, but you didn't want to ask me, did you?

Jamie I did. It isn't that simple.

Tania Well, my friend was there and she said that things were very simple for you. (Doorbell rings again.)

Jamie Hang on a second, Tania. I'm sure we can sort this out. (Jamie opens the door. Polly is there, smiling.) Polly. How did you...?

Polly I was just around the corner when I called you, so I thought... (Polly sees Tania.) Oh, sorry, I didn't realize....
..............................................................................................................................................

Jamie (Nervous.) Tania, it's not what it seems! Let me explain, we...

Tania I don't want to hear your stupid explanations, you asshole!

Jamie But, Tania, listen....

Tania You were lying to me the whole time, weren't you?

Polly Maybe I should come again later...

Tania (Shouting.) You shut up!

Jamie Tania, don't talk to her like that! I'm sorry, Polly...

Tania What? Now you're even on her side? Are you fucking kidding me?

Jamie Tania, relax! She only asked me to...

Tania (Crying.) How... how could do this to me with that fucking... slut?

(Sound of footsteps)

Derek Hi Polly! (Derek kisses Polly) Er... What's going on here?

Polly Tania... This is Derek, my boyfriend.

Jamie You see, Tania. I came across Polly on the party and she asked me to help her with her homework today...

Tania Oh my god... I'm so sorry...

Gap year (discussion essay)

A gap year is a (sometimes organised, but not necessilary) trip offered to students before they go to university. There are many possible options to choose between, the students can decide to go to an Asian or an African country, to work as a volunteer or to take language classes, to stay for some months or for a whole year... And of course there are more possibilities.

It's a great opportunity to have a special experience before starting the studies. On the one hand, it can be kind of a break from the daily life. The students get the chance to do something different than studying and working on their desks most time. On the other hand, it also makes the participants know another culture, different traditions and values, a different way of life. That gives them the chance to compare their own culture with the new one and so they get time to think over their life and to grow up as people. Besides, there's the possibility to learn another language or get a motivation to do volunteering.

However, there are some things that the students should consider before deciding to go on a trip. The longer their time outside is, the harder it could be for them to return to the normal life. In a long time, much stuff can be forgotten and the change to get back to routine might be hard. Moreover, they have to think about the costs the trip brings with itself.

All in all, I would say that the gap year is a very nice opportunity for students and if you reflect about it carefully and you know you'll have to be prepared to return, you can experience a great time in a different place. So, why not set off to your own trip?

Opinion essay

We have almost learnt to respect the world. Do you agree?

Nowadays, we have not only discovered that we're damaging our planet, but also how to save it. Although in my opinion there's still a considerable way left for improvement.

Firstly, if we had almost learnt to respect the world we would act different. One of the biggest problems of rescuing the Earth is to convince the people to do their part. The environmental matters haven't stopped to be seen as a secondary problem yet. Politicians of many countries underestimate the needs of our planet. 

Secondly, if we were near to having learnt to respect our world, we should be able to see some effects of that already. But scientific analysis go on starting with "If we don't stop..:".

So in conclusion, we're in the middle of the process to solve these problems, yet there are some obstacles to be overcome yet. Changing the people's mentality could be an important step to fulfill our objectives.

Self-evaluation of OUR oral presentation

So, every term there are good and there bad things. And then, there are oral presentations. They are like... Like... Work. Since we're in Spain (oh no, I'm giving details about myself! Oh well, now that I come to think of it, probably the only personal thing about I haven't revealed yet in this blog is that my name is Satoshi Yagami... Whoops), maybe I should explain the concept of work. Put simply, you (normally) hate doing it but you're proud and reliefed after finishing. Apart from that, you noticed the topic-related Spain gag? You noticed? No? Now you do.

Since every term there's one of them, I used to call them, inspired from movie titles, "Self evaluation of my oral presentation I/II". But now, it was not my presentation, it was OUR presentation. And that's not the same thing. Speaking in terms of a series, it's like a spin-off to the presentation saga.

Having said that, you're ready to read my final homewritten blog post this year!

Body language & eye contact (10%):

After so many presentations, I think I have no more problems left with that. I don't read too much, I look almost all the time to the audience and I use little gestures once in a while. 10 out of 10

Presentation & structure (10%):

I think it was structured clearly, although we had a very time to carve out the different subtopics of the big and wide bastard called education. Sorry for the not-really-four-letters-word, but it's actually a combination of several figures of speech. Notice that this swearword and "education" are actually two completely opposed concepts, considering the little wordplay as eduaction can be applied on various meanings.

Oh right, I had to evaluate something.

Well, a part from what I said, the prezi was a bit messy, some of the subtopic-circles can't be seen well or a little bad placed. That's the problem of finishing a prezi at late night... 7,5 out of 10

Content (40%):

If you have a problem with the content of this presentation, then you have a problem with me. Because it was very hard to define our topic, choose the aspects we wanted to talk about, sum them up and picking up the most interesting and important parts... And this stress multiplied by three. Besides that we had different opinions at some points, so a little compounding was necessary. But in the end, at least in my opinion, we had great stuff to talk about and since it's a topic quite close to us and our audience, we hit the interest of the people. So, there's no complaining allowed. 40 out of 40

Vocabulary and grammar (20%):

As for my part of the presentation, I tried to use (at least a little) sophisticated vocabulary and grammar structures without damaging the easy understanding of the content. Katia and Laila also helped me out a little and added and edited some sentences. I'd say we all did a quite gob here. But this stupid "many motivation" is freaking me out. You've probably noticed. If not, well, there's the video evidence above.  17,5 out of 20

Pronunciation & intonation (20%):

I had to look up like 50 variants of the word "motivation" and check out their pronunciation. If they're problems here, nobody informed me about them. Well, I had a tiny blooper, that's all.

As for the intonation and my speech in general...

I really talked a lot, didn't I? At least I got utterly bored listening to myself such a long time when I was watching this video... But maybe it's because I already know the topic and the content. And probably because I hate listening to myself or seeing myself in videos. Especially listening. My laughter. I can't stand it.

And well, since it was a work in a group, I didn't have a lot of freedom to make it a typical "Crazy German" presentation. And this constrained me a little. I think that's the reason why I couldn't present the topic in a more dynamic or original or entertaining way. 12,5 out of 20

Final mark (100%): 10+7,5+40+17,5+12,5 = 87,5 -> That's a 8,75 then

What can I improve? Basically, be less lazy and do the work in time. 

To conclude the homewritten posts this year, I'd like to point out that the date shown above these posts is not the correct one. Actually, right now it's the 2nd of June at 11.59 PM. Theory of relativity and stuff like that, you know. Oh, I've got one minute left! I'm in a hurry! Bye, see you next year!

News: "ET game excavation confirmed by studio"

Press START to begin the game read the news!

I've chosen this article because it's got an especially interesting background story and I feel a little proud since I knew about it before reading this piece of news. The proof that I am a good game nerd :)

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(sometimes I feel like a toddler playing around with this big/small stuff)

I'm going to explain you the story in the right order from the beginning to the end in my own words so you can understand it easily.

You know the film E.T.? E.T., the Extra-Terrestial? (Seems that this alien thing will follow me until my death...)

It's a classic movie directed by Steven Spielberg which tells the story of an alien called E.T. that came to Earth. A little boy and his siblings become friends of E.T. and they try to help him (/it) to get back to his home planet (or wherever he lives) and keep him hidden from the other people.

And it's an unwritten law that practically every film that is expected to receive a considerable success (and this one being a movie of Spielberg certainly accomplished that condition) gets its videogame counterpart. We gamers call them "license games" because, obviously, these games need the license of the creators of the film and this usually means that the games are relatively expensive to produce. Consequently, there's not much money left to invest in the production itself. Thus, (I know, a long causal chain) the license games usually are... Well... How could I say it in a respectful way.

They're as exciting as a visit to the dentist.

To date there are only a few exceptions to this rule. And E.T. was not amongst them. Indeed, it might be the license game disaster par excellence. Well, I could explain you why this game was so bad, but since it's from 1982, there is little sense in criticizing it when it has nothing do with the game standards of today. Basically, its problem was that players didn't really know what to do and the level design was horrible. The few pixels the game had were even bad placed, so to speak. Shortly afterwards, the videogame industry suffered a big collapse. It was not the fault of this single game, however, the console games couldn't measure up with the popularity of the recently commercialised PCs (yep, someone did his research project about videogames last year)
So what about this whole excavation thing?
Well, it's said that Atari buried its failure along with several million copies of the E.T. game and maybe also some Atari 2600 consoles in a landfill site in Alamogordo in New Mexico.
Talk about pollution.

It's a myth between gamers and now the Canadian studio Fuel Entertainment is going to look for this buried "treasure", the One Piece. Sorry, I just got confused.
Well, after all it would be interesting to know if the story's real and I'm sure there are many many crazy gamers (yep, WAY crazier than me, which is possible, yep) who would pay a big amount of money to get one of the mysterious buried E.T. copies.
Modern treasure hunting! Sometimes our world can be so... Weird.

News: "Hay Festival: 'Science fiction goes hand in hand with real research', scientist admits"

Click here to teleport instantaneously (depending on your Internet connection) to these intergalactical news!

Always those discussions about scientific/social/creative/organised blablabla...

Finally someone puts a sign of conciliation and admits that one thing complements the other! Dr Zita Martins, an astrobiologist, spoke to the audience at the Telegraph Hay Festival (don't ask me what kind of super important festival it is) and explained that the real scientists can find inspiration sometimes in science-fiction films or novels.

It's funny to hear that, because if you think about it, and that's what I liked about this statement, she's actually saying that the imagination of the writers give the ideas for their work to the scientists. Or in other words, creativity and science work hand in hand. Isn't that BEAUTIFUL?

But if we have a closer look, we can see that the expectations that people had before from the future and the actual reality that we live now differ from each other. For example, if you think about futuristic movies (even if these futurustic films are already prehistoric ones, ironically), which were the inventions that dominated the vision of the future?

Basically flying cars, very very (almost particularly) modernized spaceships, teleports, time machines... But nobody (at least I haven't seen nor read anything alike) had the simple idea of mobile phones or the Internet, which are probably the two most successful achivements of science and technology in the last decades. Why?

Well, I suppose that we tend to imagine astonishing things to exist in the future because this is the way we'd like to experience it. Who doesn't want to travel in a flying car or go on an alien safari trip on Mars? Probably it sounds more exciting to our ancestors than sitting the whole day in front of a screen checking out the new photos of our slightly "prositutional" facebook friend, a girl we've never met in real life, and giving her our like when we are actually criticizing her or cursing her to death (or simply staring for a moment in the case of us boys).

But that's the way how things went. Definitely, thanks to the Internet we have quick access to a lot of information and it has speeded up modernisation dramatically (I still can't think of my current school life if I couldn't look up information on the Internet), but it also created a new way of distraction to us. We spend hours and hours with pictures of sweet cats, watching videos of sweet cats, reading blogs of sweet cats... Cats are so sweet, aren't they?

Even grumpy cats are so sweet!

*this abrupt ending was planned as a form of satire to express the dangerous distraction the Internet offers... it's not that I got distracted with sweet cats by myself or something

News: "Global greening, the other 'greenhouse effect', is underway"

 Give me a sensual click for a sensual piece of news on NBCNews or NBCN or New Barcelona.

Well, if you had a very bad conscience about pollution and everything. I've got good news for you! (Literally)

Destroying our planet with the greenhouse gases, we also push the growth of plants in dry areas! Yes, baby! So if someone ever asks you why you don't stop contaminating, the perfect excuse is to say: "I'm doing it for the plants."

But why that? Well, you know that the main greenhouse gas is CO₂, carbon dioxide. And if you listened in school (I know that's difficult, especially before you get to the real stuff, Batxillerat...) and still remember it (which can be even more difficult), then you should also know that plants, which obtain their energy doing the photosynthesis, capture CO₂  and emit oxygen, that is, O₂ . 

It sounds a little stupid, but actually, the carbon dioxide we emit is absorbed by the plants. And since they need it to live... Yep, we are promoting plant growth.

Another reason why it helps the plants to grow is the climate change itself the emission of carbon dioxide provokes. Higher temperatures in normally cold zones and higher humidity (and thus more "tropical" conditions in warm zones) also accelerate the reproduction of plants.

Obviously, that doesn't mean that we can go around ejecting carbon dioxide like.. like... like humans, but it's another hint of understanding the consequences of pollution like global warming.

And it's got a soothing effect to know that while we're killing so many species, at least we give a chance to live to so many sweet plants...

Film review: When the lack of quality is a quality

Before the actual film review begins (I don't know if you noticed, but I do these posts very seriously, like if I was actually a film critic), I wanted to remember you one little thing. It's the last term. And well, in the end things change and we adapt ourselves and learn from the lessons we've been taught.

Let's recapitulate, first we had a drama based on real events, then an anime movie from Studio Ghibli which is a symbol of childhood to many people.

This is too high class. Let's talk about something different this time...

Scary Movie 5 is exactly the kind of film as you'd expect it to be. A parody of horror films (this time even including psychologic thrillers, they've grown up!) with a cannon load of pubertal gags. No more, no less. But that's all a Scary Movie needs.

As for the story... Oh, wait, there was a story? Well, they're different storylines that DON'T flow into each other in the end of the film to give you a spectacular final experience. That said, you can expect about 5 minuts of Charlie Sheen and Lindsey Lohan together in a bedroom and then all kinds of strange things happening to different people, always keeping in mind the need of firing around with gags.

If you go to the cinema (this is the first conditional)* knowing the kind of film that awaits you (this is the second conditional) and you don't expect more than that, then you will have a great time watching this movie. The film is completely focused on the humour, but the actors are capable of such a high variety of stupid faces and movements that we can consider that they actually contribute to the success of the movie.
But I warn you, if you don't like this kind of entertainment or you think that it's under your dignity to experience 86 minutes of sexual references, dumb slapstick humour and all possible forms of idiocy, then do not waste your time and your money and nobody will judge you because of that, so there's no sense in criticizing the stupidity of a film that wants to be stupid.
In conclusion, you can have lots of fun with Scary Movie 5 especially if you bring your best friends with you and if you've seen Paranormal Activity, Black Swan or other recent thrillers or horror movies there's a little bonus of recognizing their respective parodies.
**/**** Nothing outstanding, but it would be too outstanding if that movie was oustanding.

*I wasn't talking about grammar...

One Piece

That's the problem when I write about games I adore. I put so much love and work into it, that I'm exhausted when I try to do another post afterwards.

So maybe this great anime won't get the post it deserves, but it would be definitely the bigger insult to NOT to write about it.

There are many reasons to watch One Piece. The first one is to have an X and an Y chromosome. To be a man. Why? Well, just have a look at the female characters...

But that's not enough to create a good anime. What I like most about One Piece is its message. The typical shonen anime messages: Follow your dreams, value your friends and fight to protect them.

But One Piece transmits these messages in a unique way. After watching an episode of this anime, I always feel like going on an adventure by myself. But let's explain what's the story about and who are the main characters.

Monkey D. Luffy, the protagonist, was once rescued by a friend when he still was a child. His friend was a pirate called the Red Shanks and he lost an arm while saving Luffy's life. Shanks gave him his straw hat (which later becomes a very characteristic symbol of Luffy and his crew) and Luffy promised him that one day, he would become the King of Pirates.

Wait, what? King of Pirates? Well, the pirates in the world of One Piece are somewhat different. At least, many of them. There's a complex system behind that, involving the battles between the Marine and the pirates... But summing up, there are good pirates like Luffy but also the typical stealing and murdering bad pirates.

It all started when Gol D. Roger, who was considered the King of Pirates because of his great adventures and actions, was captured by the Marine. At his own execution, he revealed that his great treasure, the "One Piece", can be found in the Grand Line (one of the big oceans of the One Piece world). And now Luffy and many other pirates want to find his great treasure and become the next King of Pirates.

Luffy starts from zero, literally. At first he has no ship, no shipmates, nothing. But, when he was a child he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, one of the so-called Devil Fruits. These fruits give you a special ability. For example, Luffy, after eating the Gum-Gum Fruit, turned into a rubberman: he can stretch his body like if he was made of rubber.

Luffy quickly finds different people with their own dreams, like Roronoa Zoro who wants to become the world's greatest swordsman or Nami who dreams of drawing a map of the world based on her own adventures. They all travel together to the Grand Line and experience a lot of adventures.

What makes this series so special are the characters and their objectives and how they to fight to accomplish them. As you could expect from an anime I like, it's also got a lot of humour.

Well, it's another anime I grew up with and not a long time ago I decided to catch up on the current episodes. And I don't regret it. I think it's really sad that the future children won't grow up with great series like this one. I mean, just look at the new animated shows on TV. Most of them seem to be rather stupid...

Ace Attorney

Oh, I'm so sorry for you. I mean, despite you've already been warned by this blog's name, you have the courage to enter this place. Here is where I can talk about absolutely anything as long as I do it in English. Well, except porn. But if porn was the topic, what would there be to talk about?

Having said that, you should already know that you're about to read about something, that I, as a nerd, adore. And that's what makes this post so dangerous. Because if you aren't tolerant enough with nerds, you'll start to think about me as if I was an alien. And if you do that, I'll have to do another oral presentation about that. And you'll have to listen to my humble story and my philosophical stuff anooooother time. And you don't want that, right?

So, this is your last chance to exit. If you're a teacher (maybe there's one reading that, you never know), this is your last chance to say "Ok, I won't waste my time with that s***. I'll just assign him a 10 for his blog and that's it."

Still here? Whew, you really have to like me. 

Just kidding.

So, you thought that 999 and it's successor were the only visual novels I freaked out about?

Because the Ace Attorney series, ladies and (mato fato SHUT UP) gentlemen, is the one that inspired the creators of 999. Yep, this game is the godfather of the modern visual novels. And as always, it gets so little acknowledgement... It's a shame.

But, let's stop complaining and let's talk about the game!

You play as Phoenix Wright, the smart guy with the spiky hairstyle you see above. He's a rookie attorney, he just passed his exams and he's already about to start his first case. Yep, his name's Wright and he works as an attorney. Guess where I got this love for wordplays from. Yep, my father. Oh, and this game, too.

  

Phoenix' mentor is Mia, the woman with the big... eyes you can see in the picture on the left. Mia teaches him the most important things to be a good attorney. An ideal attorney. That is, she doesn't tell him how to betray the whole court to win. No no no, she tries to teach him the philosophy of the job as a an attorney. 

So, talking about courts, attorneys, etc., I'm quite sure you think this game is rather serious and maybe a little boring.

Hahahahahaha, if that's the case, you don't know me at all.

This game is FULL of humour, crazy stuff and even some paranormal activities (no, no reference this time, I don't like those films). And still, the story's so moving and logical that you get the feeling that you're reading a very good written book. 

But how do you play? Well, the game is split up into two parts. The investigation part and the court part.

When you're investigating, you simply go from one place to another and examine the crime scene. You look for hints, talk to the people involved, try to find out some secrets. When you have enough information, the game turns to the court part, which is the highlight of this game.

You see that serious-looking guy in red in the picture above? He's a star prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. He's never lost any case. And guess what, he becomes Phoenix Wright's rival quite quickly in the game. In court, you have to cross-examine the witnesses. Whenever you find a contradiction between the testimony and the evidences, you object and show everyone the lies or the mistakes of the witness.
And exactly this is what makes this so game so epic. When you had to fight a long time in court, you're about to reveal the truth about the crime, the witness says something and then your inner light turns on and you object because you just found the contradiction. And then the prosecutor, who almost ALWAYS finds a way to weaken your defense objects too and gives an explanation for the contradiciton...
During a case, there are always several twist points in the plot, when you realise the truth and turn the whole case round.
And I can't forget to mention the characters. Every, really every single character, is so peculiar that you won't be able to forget any of them. The script is so good, you really begin to love or hate the characters. Or maybe both things. And everytime you think that the characters and the cases can't become crazier, Phoenix shouts out OBJECTION!

I can tell you so many things about that game, but I don't want to spoil you the story and you have to experience it by yourself to understand its perfection. The Ace Attorney series consists of 4 games, being the first three games the main trilogy and with a 4th game changing the protagonist. There are also two spin-offs where you play as Miles Edgeworth, but only one of them managed to get released outside of Japan. This autumn, the 5th game of the series will make its way to Europe and I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.
If you'd like to experience the game by yourself (legally, of course), don't worry, you don't even need a game console. If you have an iPhone you can download the whole main trilogy from the app store in an HD version (I think this is the only moment in my whole lifetime I really desired to have an iPhone.. but shhhht!)* for only 15€! And the first two cases of the first game are free! So if you want to have a look at it before you download it, here's your opportunity ;) Click on me for information about the app!

*Yes, I'd buy these games a second time

PSY

"If you don't know me, you probably live on the Moon. Or you've been playing with Curiosity on the Mars. Or even more isolated: You live in Vilamacolum." - PSY

What? You don't believe that this is a real quote? Well, you got me. Just as Albert Einstein once said:

I think Albert Einstein would be proud if he saw how popular he actually is. Besides of his great contribution to science.

Whew, only 75 words and I'm already missing the topic completely...

So, I wanted to talk about. PSY? 

PSY? WHY PSY? WIPE'S EYE? (read out loud to understand the ultimate lamest joke ever)

Because he's a mato fato gentleman. And because he has the gangnam style. Right now, he's probably the only reason that the average American citizen remembers that Corea consists of two countries, and one of them is not willing war. Or if it is, sending PSY to us at least is a great diversionary manoeuvre.

But probably the bigger question is: why do I want to write a post about him?

Well, it's not very typical for this Crazy German here to like the current fashionable music. Usually, I tend to dislike what's popular, probably because I don't want to resemble the ones who are mad about the new pop stars... Just have a look at them and you'll know why. With "them" I mean both the fans and the pop stars. Leaving aside the music... Which, most times, shouldn't be called "music".

But this guy, I don't know, he's such a badass. I remember the first time I listened to Gangnam Style, which was the hit he started to rule the world with. I remember my first reaction seeing the video. That was the real definition of "What the fuck?".

But it was cool! After two or three times listening I even liked the song. The rhythm, the strange guy, the videoclip, the language, the dance and the (more or less) English chorus to sing along... It was simply perfect. And I'm not the only one who thinks that.

Until this very moment, the Youtube video of Gangnam Style has had 1.631.154.278 hits. Let's pronounce that number. One billion, six hundred thirty-one million, one hundred fifty-four thousand, two hundred seventy-eight DAMN hits. The video with most hits on Youtube, logically.

And probably, by the time you read that post, the number will have increased at least 10.000. (Your own fault if you're reading this post right after its publication >:| ).

Like one month and a half ago, his new song released, Gentleman. At first the most reasonable thought: "Bah, this is just the same song changing a bit the chorus and with another clip"

And yeah, this is probably what it is. But I like it. Even though, it continues having this unique PSY touch. And I don't get tired of it. 

So, all in all, I'm curious how long PSY will stay in the media and how many songs he will release from now on with that success. I wish him the best!

I'm sure you didn't know about his song Right Now. It's hasn't become as popular as the other songs, probably because it's different from the typical PSY hits, but this is the perfect reason why it's worth listening to it! A secret hint ;)