Brittany: Everybody drink responsibly

Tik Tok by Ke$ha is featured in Blame It on the Alcohol, the fourteenth episode of Season Two. It was sung by Brittany with Artie, Mercedes, and the New Directions singing backup vocals.

The New Directions were asked by Principal Figgins (who pronounced Ke$ha as "Ke-Dollar-Sign-Ha") to perform a song at the assembly for Alcohol-awareness-week. The New Directions performed this song while being hungover after a party the previous Saturday night, and after drinking Rachel's "mixed drink." Before the performance each one of the members drinks some of the Mixed Drink. During the song, Brittany tells Rachel that she is feeling sick. Rachel responds by encouraging her to "power through it." Unfortunately, Brittany throws up on Rachel at the end of the song while on stage, which is followed by Santana also throwing up. Principal Figgins later credits the "special effects" during this performance for the fact that no McKinley students showed up to school intoxicated the day following the assembly and gives the New Directions prizes.

Source: Glee Wiki

Well, for starters, let me just elaborate here a little. Over at sunny and humid Singapore, our Television programes aren't really that awesome, splendid nor spectacular, I assure you all. Let's see, back around the early 2000 (year 2000 for those of you who may be confused a little ^^ ), the hottest television programe on Singapore television was called Music Station. In short, Music Station is:

a Japanese music television program. It is home to various performances as well as single rankings and other corners. Many Japanese groups and singers make their debut on Music Station. The show has also been host to many artists from around the world, which included O-Zone, The Cardigans, Scatman John, Babyface, Me & My, Mr. Big, Green Day, Fishbone, The Blow Monkeys, Deborah Gibson, Tiffany, Swing Out Sister, Kiss, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Boyz II Men, Lenny Kravitz, Meja, Charlotte Church, Alanis Morissette, Enya, Destiny's Child, Michelle Branch, Shakira, Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Beyoncé, Holly Valance, Mariah Carey, Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff, The Offspring, Ana Johnsson, Backstreet Boys, Stevie Wonder, James Blunt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Daniel Powter, Fergie, Sarah Brightman, Delta Goodrem, U2, John Legend, Kanye West, My Chemical Romance, Maroon 5, Leona Lewis, Flo Rida, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Oasis, Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Source: Wikipedia

In other words, Music Station is the must-see show for the latest chart-topping hits from Japan, the hottest stars of the moment in Japan. And the same show which started me on a Namie Amuro craze. However, all telecasts from Music Station in Singapore is almost always a month late. I had an ex-colleague who had a friend always specially bringing back taped shows straight from Japan for her to watch. And that's how she knew it's always showing a month late over at Singapore. And silly me didn't even know until she told me D:

No doubt, the Glee shows in Singapore should probably be a month late, or even more. Although I cannot understand why shows like The Amazing Race and Survivor are always same-day telcast as the U.S. ones. Same goes for shows such as, say football. If they can afford to bring in boring shows (they are boring to me anyways) such as The Amazing Race and Survivor, why can't they do the same for music programs such as Music Station.

Reason why I feel these 2 shows are boring..

The Amazing Race: Racing and bitching about other teams

Survivor:: Racing and bitching about other team-member(s)

Not much of a difference in the end, huh?

But no thanks to the sudden invasion of K-Pop in the early 2000, there were no more Music Station shows shown on Singapore television anymore. Which is such a shame that I personally feel, it's like, the same as Japanese anime shows, almost everyday, there's always new singles, CDs, and artistes in Japan almost on a daily basis. If they actually have the balls to delay good shows like this for a month, at least have the decency to carry on showing Music Station. But no, they have to can it!

For this round, I blame K-Pop. Was never a fan of K-Pop, will never be a fan of K-Pop. I'll be honest, if I were to compare Japanese words with Korean words, I'll gladly pick Japanese anyday. Why? It's really not hard to guess, especially if you learned or know Chinese/Mandarin. Here's an example of a simple word, Morning:

Japanese: 朝

Korean: 아침

For me, it's Japanese without question. Just look at how the words are written in the respective languages, Japanese and Korean. And to quote my mother: "Korean words full of holes and dashes, how to read??" I couldn't agree more -_-

Ultimately, it still up to the individual on which is easier to learn. I find Japanese easy as most of their Kanji is actually derived from Mandarin words, and since I am Chinese, it's just the issue of knowing the pronunciation in Japanese. And sometimes, it's actually surprising to know that some words can actually mean the same thing, whether in Mandarin or Japanese.

What about you, my readers? What's your favorite TV shows that are still showing now or is no longer showing? Which language is seemingly easier for you to learn if you have a chance to? I would like to know more :D