Still Reigning

Pathetic. That's a kind way to describe the last couple of days.

There's a crazy typhoon pounding through Manila forcing me to say indoors. Nah, I am always indoors. But a crazier typhoon hit the Korean pop scene. Hwayoung was kicked out of T-ara.

Hwayoung, Hyomin, Eunjung. (from Hyomin's twitter)

Uhh, so what? To be quite honest, I didn't care that much. That was until people started attacking T-ara. As someone who has liked T-ara since their debut, I feel like a protective mother goose. Maybe because I like Hyomin that much and I know it must have been hard for someone as cool and talented like her to be singing and dancing to Bo Peep in tacky stage costumes. As emotionless as I am, I actually shed a tear when they won their first award on Music Bank's New Year episode.

But now 'fans' are turning against T-ara and anti fans and people who do not really care are joining the bashing party because of the rumors that T-ara members bullied Hwayoung, and netizens started talking about it, and the CEO decided to give Hwayoung the boot.

Now, while I do not support bullying, I am completely siding with T-ara on this one. Because I've seen how far their hard work has taken them, if they disliked Hwayoung (can't even use the word "bully" for such incident), then she must have been doing something that was damaging to the group. I don't buy the idea that they are just plain rude and that they just want to gang up on one member.

Putting myself in Hwayoung's shoes, say it was true that the other members weren't treating me fairly, it's either I leave the group or suck it up and just do the best I can to prove I deserve my place in T-ara. Or atleast try to win the others' trust instead of, as various reports say, cry in hallways for everyone to see. And if the CEO decides to kick me out, then fine, I understand. It's his business.  Will I complain about it online? Maybe not in a way that would make the members look bad because like I said, I respect the amount of work they've put to make T-ara what it is now.

It really saddens me that people have gone to pulling out the 'boycott' card against T-ara's endorsements now. Tickets to their concert were returned. Their comeback further delayed.

And as if it's not enough that I'm writing a blog entry regarding this issue, I even made a 'Disqus' account just so I can comment on online articles. I've been trying to defend T-ara the past two days. Quite frankly, it's entertaining and frustating altogether. It's scary how much people can hate certain people for a rumor they read online. Like they've been waiting all their life to hate on someone and they finally found a reason to do so.

You can say what you wanna say about her, but you'll never be half as cool as Hyomin. Truth.

So far, I've written 27 lengthy comments. I could be doing this for a living, you know! (CCM, call/email me)

I wonder what I'd be doing if internet didn't exist. I probably know how to swim by now.