Price Tag (Feat. B.o.B.)

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the tale comes first
And the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and Smile
Why is everybody so serious
Acting so damn mysterious
You got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time
Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that
Well pay them with love tonight
It's not about the
money money money
We don't need your
money money money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
Ain't about the ha
Cha Ching Cha Ching
Aint about the yeah
Ba Bling Ba Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
We need to take it back in time
When music made us all UNITE
And it wasn't low
blows and video Hoes
Am I the only one gettin' tired
Why is everybody so obsessed
Money can't buy us happiness
Can we all slow down
and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feelin
All right

Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that
Well pay them with love tonight
It's not about the
money money money
We don't need your
money money money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
Ain't about the ha
Cha Ching Cha Ching
Aint about the yeah
Ba Bling Ba Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
Yeah yeah
well keep the price tag
and take the cash back
just give me six streams
and a half stack
and you can keep the cars
leave me the garage
and all I
yes all I need are keys and guitars
and guess what in 30 seconds
I'm leaving to Mars
yes we leaving across
these undefeatable odds
its like this man
you can't put a price on the life
we do this for the love
so we fight and sacrifice everynight
so we aint gon stumble
and fall never
waiting to see
a sign of defeat uh uh
so we gon keep everyone
moving their feet
so bring back the beat
and everybody sing
It's not about the
money money money
We don't need your
money money money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
Ain't about the ha
Cha Ching Cha Ching
Aint about the yeah
Ba Bling Ba Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
It's not about the
money money money
We don't need your
money money money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag
Ain't about the ha
Cha Ching Cha Ching
Aint about the yeah
Ba Bling Ba Bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the Price Tag

Yeah yeah
forget about the price tag

I really don't understand why this song is X-rated.


It's true, the lyrics are a little cliche.
But I like how they made this cliche content
into a song that doesn't look like it, and that it's gotten into One 2011 summer album.


This song made me think of some of the friends around me who are so adapted to this world where you've got to hide your true feelings acting like an 'ideal' person and hold your secrets and emotion as much as possible to survive, and where you've got to act 'normally', copying everybody else around you.

A lot of my friends do this, and I feel this immense hatred toward them whenever they do. They act like they care, like they're so kind, like they're so cool people, but I can easily see what they're thinking inside. 
For some people, it's really easy to tell, while for a lot of them, it's hard to tell until you really get to know them.
Every time I see them wearing a fake smile, pretending, I tell myself,


I will NEVER become one of them.
Never.


And one thing I wanted to tell everybody all the time,
please, be yourself.

IU acoustic version compilation

This is
AMAZING
this is a video of IU singing some of the korean famous songs in acoustic versions

Everybody should watch this

Macbeth Analysis: Act 2, Scene 3,4

Macbeth Analysis: Act 2, Scene 3,4

Scene 3 is a rather busy scene, probably since Macbeth just killed Duncan and people are starting to hear the news and getting very confused. Another characteristic of this scene is that it uses a lot of ambiguous languages, which contains a historical context, an equivocation. This is a practice of lying in court about one’s religion by employing confusing and ambiguous language, one of the survival techniques of the time.

When the scene starts, a porter provides the audience with a light comedy, which in turn serves the job of heightening the suspense later on. He imagines himself as the porter of hell and jokes about what kind of people he would let in.

Before entering the chamber of Duncan, Lennox comments on the weather of the previous night. “The night has ben unruly: where we lay / Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, / Lamentings head i’th’ air, strange screams of death, / And prophesying with accents terrible / Of dire combustion and confused events / New-hatched to th’ woeful time. The obscure bird / Clamoured the livelong night. Some say the earth / War feverous and did shake.” (II iii 55-62). These lines imply what has been happening the the King’s chamber, connected with the darkness and confusion.

When people find out that the King Duncan has been murdered, Macbeth acts and speaks in a way that is very shameless, much better than I thought. Judging by his behavior in the previous scenes, I thought he wouldn’t be able to hide that he is the murderer and let people notice it. Also, in the movie I saw in class, his facial expressions when he was washing his blooded hands in the water seemed extremely uneasy and nervous. However, he was in fact a good liar. When people around him are shocked by the blooded scene, Macbeth in turn asks, “What’s the matter?” (II iii 67), and later even say this: “Had I but died an hour before this chance, / I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant / There’s nothing serious in mortality - / All is but toys: renown and grace is dead, / The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees / Is left this vault to brag of.” (II iii 93-98) Lady Macbeth was going along with her huband as well, saying, “What’s the business, that such a hideous trumpet / Calls to parley the sleepers of the house? / Speak, speak.” (II iii 83-85)

However, Macbeth suddenly confesses that he was the one that killed the guards of the King’s chamber. “O yet I do repent me of my fury, / That I did kill them.” (II iii 108-109) Here, Lady Macbeth faints and Macbeth is trapped in the danger of being accused of killing Duncan, but he intelligently escapes this crisis by explaining that he could not act otherwise when he saw the king.

In the Scene 4, Thane of Ross encounters an Old Man, who tells us what have happened in the past, with the experiences out of age and tradition. The Old Man delivers the news that the kingship has passed to Macebth. When he does this, he compares Duncan to a falcon, and Macbeth to a mousing owl. “A falcon tow’ring in her pride of place / Was by a mousing owl hawked at, and killed.” (II iv 12-13) This line hints the historical context again, of the natural orders of the time, which could never break. In other words, Macbeth has not only just killed the King of a nation, but disrupted the whole system the Heaven’s orders and confused it. On this topic, the lines “The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood / Is stopped, the very source of it is stopped.” (II iii 100-101) also imply the collapse of the established orders.

Walmart, a Boomerang: 3rd Draft

Walmart, a Boomerang:

The Neo-Industrial Revolution

Walmart represents great controversy all over the world, and we can easily feel the heat when we type in “Walmart” in Google or Youtube. Some people nearly worship Walmart as their saviour for industry and positive impact to many communities, while many others are infuriated by the brutality of the company. In some Youtube videos, Walmart employees express their anger by fierce demonstrations and creating provocative videos criticizing Walmart. The truth is, both sides are right; Walmart serves a function like a boomerang, as it seems to benefit citizens, but also creates a viscious cycle.

At first, after watching a Youtube video “When Walmart Comes to Town: A Success Story,” I was persuaded for a moment to believe that Walmart actually improves the lives of people. The video showed complaints by citizens of Chicago who complain about a lack of places to buy fresh vegetables and other materials. People were shouting, "We want Walmart so that we can have something more than some dollar stores…", and they were actually demonstrating to demand the establishment of Walmart in their town. In 2006, Chicago finally got what it wanted, and Walmart successfully fulfilled the needs of people right away. First of all, Walmart boosted the employment rate in Chicago. According to the video, statistics showed that 726 jobs were created, 298 were lost, for a total result gaining 428 jobs after bringing in Walmart. Not only that, but also, since Walmart came in, it brought in 22 new businesses to the area, including the Bank of America, Chase Bank, CVS, and Menards. As more and more businesses were coming in, Chicago kept on moving towards more economic development, also creating new streets and leading to more population within Chicago. All of these positive aspects make it seem plausible to support Walmart chains, as these things actually happened.

Now here’s the reality; after such seemingly-positive effects on a society, Walmart often exacerbates people’s lives and infuriates the employees through horrible treatment.

According to a news article from REUTERS, called “Wal-Mart trims some U.S. health coverage,”

Wal-Mart Stores Incorporation decided to no longer offer health insurance to new part-time U.S. employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week and charge workers who use tobacco more for coverage as healthcare costs rise (REUTERS).

Most American businesses provide healthcare systems for their employees, especially huge retailers with a global chain system. Plus, the system is vital for most people, particularly those who work in Walmart, with such poor income and having nowhere else to go to earn money. Walmart simply reduces funds that are put into health care system only to produce more yields, but in the employees’ perspective, just a small reduction of funds will greatly deteriorate people’s lives.

Walmart’s atrocious acts are not only about health care systems; in fact, there exist other companies that do the same things. In an article Wal-Mart: Merchant of Shame, National Organization for Women (NOW) received complaints regarding workplace environment and employment practices, which include the following:

Sex discrimination in pay, promotion and compensation, wage abuse, exclusion of contraceptive coverage in insurance plans, violations of child labor laws and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (Merchant).

Reacting to Walmart’s discrimination against women, Dukes filed a lawsuit on behalf of 1.5 million women employees, basing on extensive public records filed against Wal-Mart. However, the Judge of the case took Walmart’s side.

Justice Antonin Scalia wrote:

Even if every single one of these accounts is true, that would not demonstrate that the entire company 'operate[s] under a general policy of discrimination … Respondents have identified no 'specific employment practice'--much less one that ties all their 1.5 million claims together. Merely showing that Wal-Mart's policy of discretion has produced an overall sex-based disparity does not suffice" (Merchant).

Now we know that Wal-Mart is actually a bad company that disguises itself as a “revolutionary retailer,” and also know that Wal-Mart power is already so prevalent all over the world that even governments compromise integrity to Wal-Mart.

To sum up, Walmart seems to bring in a lot of things and give positive impact to many communities, but viewing Walmart in the long term, the situation goes back to the original state, if not worse. In this way, I would describe Wal-Mart as industrialization, since industrialization also seemed to greatly improve people’s lives, but then people understood later on that there are more disadvantages than benefits. Also, as my title indicates: A BOOMERANG, as it comes back to its original place after a long trip.

Works Cited

Walmart NYC. “When Walmart Comes to Town: A Success Story.” Youtube (2 Feb. 2011): n.

pag.  Mon. 5 March. 2012.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtcBiaflUQ&feature=player_embedded>

Jessica Wohl. “Wal-Mart trims some U.S. health coverage.” REUTERS (2 Feb. 2011): n. pag.

Mon. 5 March. 2012. <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/us-walmart-idUSTRE79K43Z20111021>

The National Organization for Women (NOW) Website. “Wal-Mart: Merchant of Shame.” 2

Feb. 2011. Mon. 5 Mar 2012. <http://www.now.org/issues/wfw/wal-mart.html>

Macbeth Act II, Scene 1,2

Macbeth Act II, Scene 1,2

The Act II opens up with Macbeth heading to the bedchamber of Duncan, to commit what he and his wife have been planning. The author deliberately sets the mood to be really dark, gloomy and depressed, probably to imply what will happen soon. While heading to the room, Macbeth encounters Banquo, who started talking about his dream, where he met the weird sisters. However, they decided to meet again later on to settle on his dreams and part for now. In my opinion, Macbeth probably would have been bothered by this conversation, because Banquo’s dreams even more strongly show that all this is meant to be, decided by the Fortune.

In this scene, we can easily spot Macbeth going crazy over time through his monologue. He finds out that while he can see a dagger he cannot physically feel it. In other words, he is experiencing a hallucination of a dagger heading to the King, which he gets mad about. This may be a behavior caused by the great guiltiness and consciousness of this murder he is going to commit, and extreme stress underneath it.

On the next scene, the tension of the story intensifies and reaches the climax. This is most obviously shown by the most precise and short sentences of the conversations. These short, choppy sentences can be effective in displaying great tension.

The main event happens in this scene when Macbeth finally kills Duncan after Lady Macbeth reappears and drugs the guards of the King’s chamber. On the way back, Macbeth meets Lady Macbeth. Here, this scene most evidently demonstrates the exchange of roles between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the topic that was dealt with in depth, in Act I.

After the murder, Macbeth is in great shock, especially conscious of what his vile hands have done. He feels so guilty and insecure that Macbeth says “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor / Shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!” which means, Macbeth felt guilty all over again, telling himself that he will never be able to rest easy in his sleep. Also, the fact that Macbeth left his dagger at Duncan’s room suggests that he was so scared and nervous right after the deed that he became manic to make such a big mistake.

On the other hand, the powerful lady, Lady Macbeth, not only drugs the guards of the King’s chamber, but also says that she would have committed the murder herself. Moreover, when Macbeth was in shock and couldn’t get out of the misery, Lady Macbeth harshly criticizes the weakness of Macbeth. And when Lady Macbeth realized that Macbeth left his dagger at Duncan’s chamber, she simply went into the King’s room again so boldly, calmly smeared the blood onto the King’s servant, and took the dagger out. Another evidence of Lady Macbeth being a “man” is shown when she says “the sleeping, and the dead, / Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil.” In other words, Macbeth shouldn’t be scared of blood of death, because they’re merely the paint that completes the picture of death.

Seen by her behaviors and words, it is obvious that Lady Macbeth is such a thorough and vicious “man,” and that the role of male and female have changed between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

The Scene 2 ends with somebody knocking on Macbeth’s door, which increases the tension all over again.

Cigarette-3 sides story : Revised!!!

Cigarette

:::SARAH:::

Here we go again. I smell cigarette in this bathroom. This is a public women’s bathroom that says “NO SMOKING” on every door of each compartment, for God’s sake! I feel this great urge to yell at her, but I just swallow my anger inside. They always do this.

Most people are stupid enough to think that when they’re smoking, they look cool or these damn cigarettes would just let them get rid of stress instantly. They never really realize that these cigarettes are actually full of thousands of extremely fatal substances. Whoever invented the cigarettes should be put into death penalty right away, because he is responsible for millions of deaths in England alone.

Now enough of the crap, I just hold my breath, wash my hands real quick, then swiftly run out of the “Smoke-filled bathroom,” and exhale deeply. I catch my breath again, straighten up my shoulders, and head off to my office that says, “Advertisement Department.” I know everybody envies me for working in this department so early in my career life, especially when it’s “Calvin Klein,” but I’ve got a problem here with my boss and my co-worker.

*             *             *

:::BOSS:::

After lunch, he sits in his private office staring at the cloudy, dark sky outside his window, as usual. He thinks he wants to travel to California, where warmth bundles up under the bright sun, just hating the weather here with all these cloudiness and rain all the time. Then he looks down on the street, as two drivers fight in front of the crashed cars. He giggles at the sight, when his employee knocks and comes in, and he comes back to the reality again. As soon as he encounters her, he gets all stressed out again, of the work he has to get finished by today, so he tells her,

“I’ll just head off to the loo for a moment, if you don’t mind,”

“Sure, I’ll show you my ideas on today’s assignment as soon as you come back.”

God, she’s a hard worker. She always shows up with such great ideas I can never keep up with. All she talks about is work and how much she likes her new job. It should be a good thing to have a person like her around, but all he gets from her is stress. It’s a sad thing that he can’t fire her for working so hard. He needs her to keep his job. Every time he sees her, he gets outside for “fresh air” with his other employee, who smokes and talks about work in a far less professional way.

*             *             *

:::SMOKING COWORKER:::

Yeah! Told you he likes me better than her. Haha! 
You become so excited to spend your private time with the boss again, talking about your ideas on ads. You immediately know what his boss means by “head off to the loo,” he means, “Let’s go smoke, for god’s sake!” Of course, you are having quite a hard time getting accustomed to smoking, but you think it’s worth it if you can dominate your boss’s love. Other than this, you'd love to exclude Sarah in these conversations, because she is such an ass. She thinks she is the most talented person in the world, with all those great ideas. Although you admit that she IS talented, you are still not very fond of her.

*             *             *

:::BOSS:::

Wow, wow, wow! Haven’t felt this in a long time! 
Although it’s only been like a few hours, he breathes the smoke as if he hadn’t been smoking for years. He closes his eyes and feels the smoke slightly touching his lung and coming out of it.

This feels amazing.

His employee is saying something over the smoke, but he doesn’t hear it. He just wants to tell him to shut up, but the smoke interferes with him again.

*             *             *

:::SARAH:::

By “having a problem,” it’s not that we were having a quarell or anything, but it’s that they both smoke. Well, THAT I can handle, but I’ve got this feeling that they’re keep on getting away from me, and it seems like they’re smoking in the smoking room. Like this morning, for example, as soon as I entered the office, both of them told me they will just head off to the loo and didn’t come back for half an hour, finally coming back covered in smoke all over them. At first I was okay with this, telling myself, ‘Well, they’re just smoking outside together, that can’t mean anything. They must be having a chat or something. They may get to be friends, but that can’t interfere with our work, can it? No worries.’ However, it turns out that they were always discussing the ideas on advertising together, and just make decisions there without me! As I was infuriated as soon as I became aware of this, I start to develop ways to join this conversation.

A great idea just flashed across my mind.

*             *             *

:::SMOKING COWORKER:::

Oh my god, what’s SHE doing here? Isn’t she supposed to be in the non-smokers’ area? What? How? What?!?!

You are suddenly aware of your coworker’s presence, and you don't like it. You suddenly feel danger and ask,

“Hey, what are you doing here? I thought you didn’t smoke. What’d you come here for?”

“Well, actually I DO smoke, although it’s been a few months since I tried quitting. I just felt lonely and gloomy that I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I just decided to smoke again…”

No, no, this isn’t the way it’s supposed to be!
You panic, not knowing what to do. She comes up to her boss and all of a sudden starts talking about the ads trend of this year, explaining her great ideas. She really is a conversational wizard, and you could tell by the way your boss was looking at her.

You're doomed.

But then, she suddenly leaves the smoking room, coughing and all.

*             *             *

:::SARAH:::

All right, I’ve got to change my plan. I can’t bear it anymore. I can’t bear the horrible smoke, these fatal substances going into my lung and poisoning my body. I thought I could just pretend to be smoking there without breathing in much of it, but it doesn’t work, no.

Oh, why don’t I suggest them to quit smoking? I know that my boss is willing to quit if he can, because he has been complaining about his wife telling him to quit, and the fact that he actually wants to, but he won’t be able to bear the pain. Why don’t I help them quit, buy them nicotine patches and other stuff people use to quit.

The next morning, as I walk into my office, I talk to them very nicely and comfortably, as if a mom is comforting a child, about quitting it. Quite surprisingly, they agree with me pretty well. RESULT! Now I don’t have to worry about them making decisions without me!

*             *             *

:::BOSS:::

'God, she is driving me crazy. I want to smoke, all right? I have no intention to quit at all! Smoking is my life, if it’s gone, I can’t live.'

He has TWO nicotine patches on his arms, TWO! But still, he imagines himself smoking, in the pouring rain.

'All right, I’ve had it enough.'

He casually slips out of the office, telling everybody he is just going to get a coke from the vending machine. He sends this signal to his smoker-employee to come with him, who immediately recognizes it and comes after him.

'Wow… Well, even if I die from cancer because of my smoking habit, I’m willing to. I’m willing to devote my body for smoking. I’m miserable and vulnerable, and I need cigarettes to keep me go on with this horrible life without committing suicide or causing any trouble.'

He feels the pleasure deep in his lung, and again, breathes out as much air as he can.

LET'S ALL QUIT SMOKING!