The Gaga Syndrome

There are lots of Gaga news out there these days, I’m sure that makes Ashley very proud.

When I first came across the Hey Ey Ey song, I had no idea it was from a weird freak who name herself after Queen’s hit Radio Gaga, but I kinda like the song and soon, I too became a fan! But the stations overplayed it as usual and made me kind of sick. But that aside, Lady Gaga has become a phenomenon! She is everywhere from MTVs to Interview with the freaks and constantly appear on Fashion Disaster column thanks to her “distinctive” fashion taste. I think it is safe to say that I am overfed with Gaga and I believe I speak for others on the same boat - the world is getting tired of her.

And since we are on the same context, I notice MTV is slowly becoming more of an AXN channel filled with celeb related reality shows, and I believe from what I have gathered, they made a conscious decision to decrease if not slowly fade off music videos. This kind of brings me back to the Gaga Syndrome that everyone has now. (I just found out that she is actually an anak orang berada – hey, money really can’t buy you fame aight?) Because airtime is limited, musicians has raised the bar on music video production and in my honest and humble opinion, no one has raised the bar higher than Lady Gaga herself. Making music videos are not cheap especially when it is so competitive. If you haven’t seen her latest porn episode, opps! sorry, I meant music video Telephone which is kind of like soft porn anyways, please go check it out. *This is the full uncensored version, a dreadful 9 mins long porno teaser*

I have to give it to her despite the fact that she’s weird and all - she sure knows how to make EVEN more money. Her Telephone video is filled with product placement. I guess that is how she funded the music video. If the Poloroid placement was not obvious, you would be blind to miss Virgin Mobile’s too – unless of course you are blinded by the nakedness, which I do not blame you.

All I am saying is, product placements in music videos sucks. And if it continuous, in a rather obvious way, will surely destroy the advertising AND entertainment industry. Brands really shouldn’t be too desperate. If so, the next music video you will bear the logo on Lady Gaga’s head instead of a telephone hairstyle

On a completely different but somewhat related topic, one anti piracy org did a really cool campaign banking on Lady Gaga too. They made a voodoo out of her….which comes as no surprise =p

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Sighs

Sometimes I get really tired of communication breakdowns and complications - but where do one draw the line?

Tailor Make Swift

Dear Miss Swift,

Yesterday you were singing about how Drew broke your heart and how sad and sappy you were. Then you went on talking about how naïve you were when you were fifteen, how you believed everything boys tell you.  You don’t need a rocket scientist to know that.

Today.  Today you made it to the chart singing about how today is a fairytale. Oh lord help her please. All you do is sing about the past, and what you dreamt of. Miss Swift, do you have anything current at all?? We do not want to know about your fairytales and how naïve you were. You keep on dreaming and make shit load of moola while doing that, but what happen one day when you finally wake up?

Take Lady Gaga for instance…. She sings everything current and even reinvented new words from the GaGa Dictionary.  I am even convinced that Bad Romance was about the state of Sg.Wang and how “Gaaa…Gaaa” that place is….

Wake up Miss Swift, even your bestie Miley has moved up…..

The Boyle-ling Success

I know it’s not actually very me to blog about choices and life (Yes, yes – I’ve established long time ago this blog is mainly for rantings). But in continuation of the earlier post……..

I was browsing through the net and came across this really nice verse;

 

The road to success is not straight. 

There is a curve called Failure, 

a loop called Confusion, 

speed bumps called Friends, 

red lights called Enemies, 

caution lights called Family. 

You will have flats called Jobs.
But, if you have a spare called Determination,

an engine called Perseverance, 

insurance called Faith, 

a driver called Almighty God, 

you will make it to a place called Success.

The one person I can think of that made it through is Susan Boyle. Imagine, a grandmother, close to retirement taking a leap OF her life.

Just take a look at her then and how she has transformed now.

No, I’m not just talking how money can change one’s image. It’s more of the confidence she has gained and the hope she gave the nation......I say her like has just begun!

Life little choices

Sometimes, I wonder how people invented words. They made words like  “Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic” which technically only used to describe spas  so complicated…and then decide to leave the most difficult task one have to do with a simple term  like “CHOICE”  - it sounded almost like JOY too, only in reality - the opposite!

People hate making decisions/ choices. I personally hate them. If I had to choose, I will just live on a straight road, highway to heaven or hell (we will leave that to the big guy)

The truth is, as simple or easy choices or decisions may be, it is what make you – slowly framing memories of your past and molding your future.

 I have taken a step back and reevaluate the choices I have personally made in life….. and if I had to take a test – will would have failed miserably!

·         Smoking in high school, mixing with the wrong group

·         Playing truant, School fights, Plagiarism

·         Screwing up the scholarship speech

·         Taking up Mass Comm

·         Saying no to a bf of 3 years simply because I blurted it

·         Not telling grandparents how much they meant to me

·         Leaving my very first agency who taught me to love the industry

·         Rejecting Berjaya University offer – my then only chance to join corporate

·         Accidentally fell into events

·         Leaving an awesome account in Grey

·         Being a planner

We are all guilty of making bad choices. Do I regret any of it? I’ll b e lying if I say no to all.

It’s true I make helluva bad decisions at given time.  I say the darnest things at the worst timing. People who knew me forgives, the ones that don’t take to heart and I am left helpless….  Although masked well, it is still not exactly the best feeling…..

They say life is beautiful, but then they also said Life if what you make out of it. 

See the word YOU in there? The owners is on YOU….so if you think your life sucks now, perhaps you should start thinking before you make those small little choices…. It all adds up!

Or else, you wake up one day too late to realize it