planet B-BOY

so..since my return from the village life..(haha..xD)..i've been extremely bored..

haha..so i've been flippin' through the cable channels..(thank GOD, and to whoever invented television)..i landed on yet again another documentary..

so this one is entitled PLANET bBOY..on star movies

 

so i first heard the word 'b-boy' from 2pm's jaebom(if you don't know this guy..uhm, just search for him on google)..i'm really a kpop addict, so that explains the 2PM connection..

so b-boying originated from europe..i thought it originated from the states..but anyway..here in the PHILS..whenever i see 'be-boys'(haha) i think they're kinda jologs..I don't know but filipino's have this mentality that anything filipino is baduy, compared to anything state-side or imported..

for example:

remember her?

ALMOST everyone here, THINKS she's jologs..

but in other countries, people give her standing ovations..why? i don't know..and i don't care..but i'm still proud of her, what she has done and accomplished..well where is she now? she used to headline the news every now and then...anyway

so anyway back to topic: PLAnET B-BOY

they actually featured b-boy crews from all over the world..no-one from the PHILS though..i think were not really good at it yet..

they had one from france: PHASE T

  

from korea: the GAMBLERZ

and

LAST FOR ONE also from s.korea

KNUCKLEHEAD ZOO from UsA

 

and my ultra-favorite..

ICHIGEKI from japan

  

  my fave member is katsu(if i'm not mistaken), he's the guy on the top-right corner with the cap

so these guys..well, majority of them come from poor, some say VERY poor families.. like the one's from korea..the crew LAST FOR ONE..they didn't come from seoul, they came from this remote village in korea..if you get to watch it..they really look like your typical 'farm' boys..but what the HECK, they won first place!

so the contest is called BATTLE OF THE YEAR..and heaps of b-boy crews battle it out to win top spot..

its really hard to explain in words what i've seen..its like..not just dancing, to them..it's an art..you really feel the emotion in every dance move they make..most of them don't really join for the money..

like the members from japan say..'it's a spiritual thing'..

japan won best show..and all of the members retires from dancing after the 'battle of the year' to concentrate on other things..rather than dancing..but they all swore to forever be b-boys..sweet. 

as for the guys from korea..most of them wanted to win so badly..because it may be last time for them to dance..

because in korea, all males have an obligation to go to serve in the army for two years..and in the army everything is banned..like dancing..they showed this short clip about the 38th parallel north..its the line that divides north from south korea..

 

that big THICK line is the 38th parallel north..it's so cool..'coz the soldiers just STARE at each other..haha.. xD

i don't know which is north or south in the picture though..

anyway..did you know that there is such a thing as a b-girl? haha..

i wanna be one

xoxo