This morning I was listening to one of old K-pop idols latest released from long time (they disbanded and had recently came back to revisit their fans and started singing again.. about 5 months ago from now?). Listening to their songs, I became moody at 6 in the morning, going through those memories I had with me, thinking about really, what was surrounding my childhood.
I was raised in South Korea until I was 11. Now I can say I wasn't raised quite typically. At the time, there had been an initiation of boom of private tutoring, but I was never forced to go attend such ever in my life. My parents used to run fried chicken restaurant, and I and my big brother would go out from the chicken place in winter, look at the icicles hung on the pipes of the shops and throw snow at each other. In summer we would visit the nearby mountains or ocean, swim at the beach or riversides, camp, go out with other relatives and such. These, I am quite sure still occur at occasions for families and children in this day.
As I entered primary school, (this is where things may sound a bit different to those children living their childhood right now) idols of current K-pop started popping out. If you have ever heard of them they were H.O.T, g.o.d, S.E.E, Fin.K.L, Seo Tae Ji, Shinhwa and more if you can name it all. I used to be in lovvveee with songs of g.o.d. I listened to them all day in cassette tape then, to save the tapes loosening, I would turn on the radio (antenna raised up near the window) at nights. I would also bring 'writing pad' that had pictures of g.o.d (or other famous idols around back at time) to school to lean against it to write or to have look at it every now and then during break or class lesson.
This is what different writing pads look like this (AND YES!! I had the pink one on the bottom left)
Well now, I can see children going up in Tumblr or Instagram to keep up to date with their stars but this is what I used to do. Their latest release had been re-making their old songs so I took some moments of reminiscing old habit. May be there is that benefit of instantly keeping up to date with you stars these days, but I think keeping few pictures or 'writing pads' in front of you also have a goodie to keep you heart consistent. Oh good old writing pads.
With recent boom of K-pop, it is cool to see what is out. However to me, old K-pop songs were rather slower and more emotional than nowadays' K-pop songs (that are more stimulating and vulnerable). I feel I am getting old honestly!
I was raised in South Korea until I was 11. Now I can say I wasn't raised quite typically. At the time, there had been an initiation of boom of private tutoring, but I was never forced to go attend such ever in my life. My parents used to run fried chicken restaurant, and I and my big brother would go out from the chicken place in winter, look at the icicles hung on the pipes of the shops and throw snow at each other. In summer we would visit the nearby mountains or ocean, swim at the beach or riversides, camp, go out with other relatives and such. These, I am quite sure still occur at occasions for families and children in this day.
As I entered primary school, (this is where things may sound a bit different to those children living their childhood right now) idols of current K-pop started popping out. If you have ever heard of them they were H.O.T, g.o.d, S.E.E, Fin.K.L, Seo Tae Ji, Shinhwa and more if you can name it all. I used to be in lovvveee with songs of g.o.d. I listened to them all day in cassette tape then, to save the tapes loosening, I would turn on the radio (antenna raised up near the window) at nights. I would also bring 'writing pad' that had pictures of g.o.d (or other famous idols around back at time) to school to lean against it to write or to have look at it every now and then during break or class lesson.
This is what different writing pads look like this (AND YES!! I had the pink one on the bottom left)
Well now, I can see children going up in Tumblr or Instagram to keep up to date with their stars but this is what I used to do. Their latest release had been re-making their old songs so I took some moments of reminiscing old habit. May be there is that benefit of instantly keeping up to date with you stars these days, but I think keeping few pictures or 'writing pads' in front of you also have a goodie to keep you heart consistent. Oh good old writing pads.
With recent boom of K-pop, it is cool to see what is out. However to me, old K-pop songs were rather slower and more emotional than nowadays' K-pop songs (that are more stimulating and vulnerable). I feel I am getting old honestly!
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