What is Ash Wednesday?

Ash Wednesday is also known as the first day of the Lent season in the Christian calender. It signifies the beginning of a month of fasting and repentance as we prepare ourselves for Easter. In the Bible, it is said that Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert while enduring temptations from Satan. The Lent season can be seen as a re-enactment of that. As we fast for 40 days, we will have to endure the temptation that comes our way, just like Jesus did. It is also encouraged to sacrifice our Earthly pleasures and to do good to others in order to fully immerse ourselves in the Lent season.

On Ash Wednesday, our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and reminds us that life passes away on Earth. Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice

"Remember, Man is dust, and unto dust you shall return" - Genesis 3:19

So this Lent season, I shall be making my own list of things of what I should sacrifice for the Lent season. Things like less time on the computer watching Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, or less time on Twitter spazzing about kpop related stuff, or giving up painting my nails for 40 days. *gulp*

I hope everyone has a fruitful and meaningful Lent season. God Bless!

Gold and Silver Half Moons

 Happy Ash Wednesday everyone!

I didn't have a specific idea for Ash Wednesday themed nails so I decided to go with simple half moons. It was my first time trying out the half moons design and I'm pretty satisfied with the result. I used gold and silver nail polish as the base and then stuck on the french tip guides at the bottom on my nail to make the shape of the half moon. Then I painted over it with the black nail polish. Really simple.

It's the first day of the Lent season so make it count everyone! Happy Ash Wednesday and God Bless! :)

B.A.P- One Shot

B.A.P's first comeback of the year!!! There's definitely no doubt that B.A.P will continue their reputation of being the boy band with the most comebacks in a year. Ever since B.A.P started promoting Crash and Stop It, I've been craving for a Warrior-like comeback from B.A.P. Crash and Stop It were ok but their songs like Warrior and Power were better. That's why I was flipping tables and doing cartwheels over the moon when I heard that the writers for Power and Warrior were working on their new album because Warrior and Power were my absolute favourite B.A.P eras! And they definitely did not disappoint.

One Shot, the title track is just as deep and badass as they always are. The beat is so asdfghjkl (yes that's an actual expression) that you can't help but get chills. The background music sounds like the beginning of Power. I'm loving the song with every play. Bang Yongguk's rap at the beginning is the lowest I've ever heard him rap. Daehyun and Youngjae's part are flawless as usual and Zelo raps in his own language. I particularly like Himchan's and Jongup's parts. Himchan got more parts this time (and Jongup got more lines  in 빗소리. TSent equals division of parts like this apparently). To sum up how I felt about the song, ASDFGHJKLKJHGFDSASDFGHJKLKJHGFDSA. Yeah.

As for the music video it was 7 minutes long and it apparently cost around 1 billion korean won to make. It was also shot in Korea as well as the Philippines. The settings were amazing. Everything from the air plane hanger, to the underground train tunnel was so gangster. I admit that I laughed at the beginning when B.A.P was on the boat with their smug smiles like they're such big pimps, drinking wine and dancing with bikini clad women. They looked so awkward. 

The story of the music video is that one of the members, Youngjae, is kidnapped by an enemy gang and B.A.P robs a bank and gets guns and stuff to get Youngjae back. And then there's two endings. 

One ending is when B.A.P gives the enemy their money and they give them Youngjae back but they suddenly shoot Youngjae down. So B.A.P's enraged and it turns into this massive gun fight where all the members of B.A.P and the enemy gang dies. This scene is the funniest in my opinion. First of all, why did you shoot Youngjae? You could have skipped away with the money without anything happening. The second thing that was funny to me was B.A.P's reaction when the gun fight broke out. Bang Yongguk is the first to get shot because he was in front. The rest of the members run for cover...EXCEPT Zelo. He just stands there in shock, he didn't even have his gun out. He was in clear sight for the enemy to shoot him but he wasn't shot until later. So Yongguk's dead on the floor, Zelo's crying over his body. And then Jung Daehyun comes out like he's the friggin Terminator and starts shooting and he dies within three seconds. Then Jongup comes out and shoots and dies, naturally. Then Zelo's crouching on the floor and he's managed to obtain a gun and then he's shot. Finally Himchan gets shot and regurgitates blood. Then Yongguk, who's apparently not dead yet, looks up and shoots the remaining enemy gang member that's trying to limp away with the money. And then everyone thinks that the music video is over and we're all in tears because B.A.P got shot. But then there's a plot twist.

The second ending of the music video is when the enemy gang returns Youngjae to B.A.P and Yongguk hugs him. Suddenly, the police bursts into the scene and everyone's arrested. It turns out that Youngjae was an undercover policeman the whole time. So the music video ends with Youngjae walking away coolly while the others are like 'WTF just happened?'

I can't wait to watch their live performance because I'm curious about how the dance will look like. From the  little dance shots that were in the music video, there seems to be a lot of floor humping yay. There is also the part where Zelo has his solo and he does that back floor/ humping/ sliding/ bouncing thing. Overall I'm COMPLETELY satisfied with this comeback. Best comeback of the year so far.

Now if only SMent would let EXO make a comeback as well.....

Lyrics

Hangul


One shot Let me tell you something
that you already know
You just get the rock to me
You na mean
기회는 한 번뿐
어두운 길을 걸어
빛을 밝혀
Martin Luther King 처럼
get your mind out fo’ the gutter
실패 따위에겐 아직 넌 어려
one shot one chance
두 번은 없어 놓치지 마
자 준비해
hell yeh
네 자신에게 덤벼
작아진 널 펼쳐봐
just do it
One shot
굴복할 텐가
나를 둘러싼 덫에 걸려들 텐가
Only one shot
도망치지 마
뒤돌아서서 두려움에 맞서봐
이 세상이 널 외면한대도
니 자신을 지켜 그게 올바른 태도
Everybody already know
Hey shout your voice to the world
끝없는 길 위에서
물러설 수는 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
흔들리지 마
혼돈의 시간 속에
나를 가둘 순 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
기회는 한 번뿐이야
Only one shot only one shot
이를 꽉 물고 덤벼들어
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
세상의 너를 던져버려
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
이를 꽉 물고 덤벼들어
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
You only have one chance u know
게으름의 노예 흔들어 고개를
노력도 없는 놈들은
당장 잠에서 깨
방구석에 앉아서
높은 자리를 원해
이건 게임이 아닌데
현실들을 구분 못해
oh yeah go around a track
시간은 계속 돌고 돌아
so far away
준비된 자만이 진짜로 말을 해
제자리는 후회 뿐이야
니가 눈을 감을 때 whoa
One shot
피해 갈 텐가
쉬운 길만을 찾아 헤매일 텐가
Only one shot
거친 세상에 얼굴 맞대고
부딪쳐서 싸워봐
높은 벽이 널 막으려 해도
다 뛰어넘어봐
매번 쓰러진대도
Everybody already know
Hey shout your voice to the world
끝없는 길 위에서
물러설 수는 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
흔들리지 마
혼돈의 시간 속에
나를 가둘 순 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
기회는 한 번뿐이야
안개속에 가려진
숨어있던 너의 모습들
태양보다 뜨겁게
니 자신을 태워
Run and go away
뒤돌아보지 마
Don’t stop go away
너를 놓지는 마
끝없는 길 위에서
물러설 수는 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
흔들리지 마
혼돈의 시간 속에
나를 가둘 순 없어
우우 우우 우우 우
기회는 한 번뿐이야
Only one shot only one shot
이를 꽉 물고 덤벼들어
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
세상의 너를 던져버려
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
이를 꽉 물고 덤벼들어
one shot
Only one shot only one shot
You only have last chance u know

English

One shot, Let me tell you 

something that you already know.

You just get the rock to me.

You na mean?

There’s only one chance as you walk on this dark path

Shine the light like Martin Luther King

Get your mind out fo’ the gutter

It’s too early for failure, you’re still young

One shot, one chance

There’s no second chance, don’t lose it, get ready now

Hell yeh, challenge yourself, 

spread your small self out, just do it

One shot!

Are you gonna give in? Are you gonna 

be caught by the surrounding traps?

Only one shot!

Don’t run away, 

turn around and face your faces

Even if the world turns away from you

Protect yourself, that’s the right attitude

Everybody already know?

Hey shout your voice to the world?

I can’t step back 

on this endless path

Woo woo woo, don’t be shaken

I can’t trap myself in this time of confusion

Woo woo woo, there’s only one chance

Only one shot only one shot

Bite down hard and go against them, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Throw yourself at the world, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Bite down hard and go against them, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

You only have one chance u know?

Shake your head and say no 

to being a slave to laziness

All those who don’t try, wake up right now

You want a high position by 

just sitting in your room?

This isn’t a game 

why can’t you separate it from reality?

Oh yeah, go around a track

Time keeps turning and turning, so far away

Only those who are ready can really talk

Staying in the same place will only make your 

regret when you close your eyes whoa

One shot!

Are you going to be a victim? Are you going 

to get lost, looking for an easy way out?

Only one shot!

Turn your face to the rough 

world and clash and fight

Even if the high walls t

ry to block you

Jump over it all, 

even if you fall every time

Everybody already know?

Hey shout your voice to the world?

I can’t step back 

on this endless path

Woo woo woo, don’t be shaken

I can’t trap myself in this time of confusion

Woo woo woo, there’s only one chance

The parts of you that are hidden by fog

Burn yourself with passion 

that’s hotter than the sun

Run and go away, don’t look back

Don’t stop, go away, don’t let yourself go

I can’t step back 

on this endless path

Woo woo woo, don’t be shaken

I can’t trap myself in this time of confusion

Woo woo woo, there’s only one chance

Only one shot only one shot

Bite down hard and go against them, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Throw yourself at the world, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Bite down hard and go against them, one shot

Only one shot only one shot

You only have one chance u know?

Pastel Pretty

Pastel fever!! Because it's February and February just screams pastel. No, I lied I made that up. Anyway, I'm starting my final semester at Nottingham tomorrow so new nails for a new semester /throws confetti.

The polishes I mostly used for this design are all Elianto polishes. I couldn't sleep last night so I stayed up until 2am painting my nails and watching Modern Family (I'm up to Season 3 already). It was my first time gluing gems onto my nails and I can't say that I like it. First of all, I kept dropping the gems and I think I lost a total of ten of them. Secondly, the nail glue got all over my skin. At first I panicked and I thought that my skin would melt and I'd have to have my fingers amputated (I'm not neurotic). But I Google-d it (thank god for Google) and it turns out nail glue doesn't harm your skin. So yay.

I also tried my luck and entered my pastel pretty nail art in this Instagram nail contest by @thecraftyninja. So, fingers crossed for that.

By the way, did I mention I'm going back to Nottingham tomorrow? I possibly could be the only person who's excited to go back to be honest.