Master's Sun: KDrama Review

Master's Sun ✩✩✩✩✩ 8.5/10

You can watch it here: Master's Sun

PLOT:

"Joo Joong-won (So Ji-sub) is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong-shil (Gong Hyo-jin), who started seeing ghosts after an accident. Their lives take a new turn as they work together to deal with the terror and sadness brought about by the spirits, while delving into a kidnapping incident in Joong-won's past."

There is no way you can hate him!

Lovely Complex Movie

Am currently finished with the Movie Lovely Complex! Great Movie with really good cast and very likeable main characters.

I would rate it ☆☆☆☆☆
This rating would actually seem a little high if I was rating it in terms of dramas but since it's a short movie with a great cast and cute characters it's hard not to love it!
Would I recommend it? Yes!
 

Teeth Whitening

Everybody always wants to whiten their teeth, I mean who doesn't want beautiful white teeth? 
I personally have experience with teeth whitening with results that aren't all that extraordinaire but more of an improvement:

B a k i n g S o d a :

This was something I used to brush my teeth and as many have heard it whitens your teeth, yes it's true! Don't expect your teeth to be extremely white but expect your teeth to be lightened. What I did was floss after every meal and then brush my teeth with whitening toothpaste then use baking soda and after doing this routine over and over again I found my teeth did lighten. I also think Whitening Mouthwash would give it a kick but beware this might be abrasive on your teeth! Chemicals can harm your teeth in the long-run and actually damage your teeth if not used right, just like soda can melt certain metals! Interesting enough I am currently trying out teeth pulling!




O i l P u l l i n g :
I am currently trying this and I will come back months later to address how well this worked!
What is it? Oil Pulling sounds weird doesn't it? Oil pulling is actually using coconut oil and swishing it in your mouth (DO NOT SWALLOW IT)as if it were a mouthwash (can actually be used instead of a mouthwash) for about 20 minutes and then spitting it out in a trash can, you don't want to spit or put oil in your sink because it's not good for your water pipes! Afterwards you can use baking soda to brush your teeth again to get rid of the taste! This has a couple positive benefits:

• Helps with bleeding gums
• It whitens teeth in the long-run
• It helps with congestion
• It helps with allergies
• It helps you breathe a little better

What it actually does? When you swish it around in your mouth for 20 minutes it's actually collecting plaque, bacteria, food, etc., etc., The oil thickens as well because of what it's collecting so it's very different after you spit it out!

Where can you buy coconut oil? It seems hard to find coconut oil in your local store but believe me you can buy it if you know where they sell it, you can find it online X or if you rather find it at a nearby store you can probably find it at Costco for a great quantity, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, possibly all the big stores that carry a variety of organic products or a variety of foods. Beware Coconut Oil comes in different forms the liquid or the solid either is fine but DO NOT buy coconut oil that is not edible or coconut oil that is meant to be for different purposes! The solid of Coconut Oil can be dissolves in heat and becomes a liquid so either the liquid or the solid is fine. 

Buzzer Beat

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Currently: Unfinished Drama - Episode 7

 

I am currently watching eps 1-6 of Buzzer Beat and I know this show has a manga to it as well as many other Jdramas but since I have not read the manga or have any idea of what the plot or story is originally supposed to be like I will have to judge this based on no knowledge of a past creation. Overall  while I watched this drama on eps 1-3 I thought this drama could be really good and has a lot of potential to be very addicting but if there is anything that made this drama a little disappointing (judging in my personal taste for dramas) it's that I absolutely hate when the female character starts liking the main character not long after getting to know him. These are the cliche parts I usually hate in dramas because I dread and I mean I DREAD seeing the female character crying and being sad for many episodes until she get's the guy she wants. I'm hoping as the show goes on the put in more fun scenes like the beach scenes those are the little things that give this show a more addicting feeling.

 I'm afraid it's already leading towards what I honestly don't like about a lot of dramas and what I mean it's the female character crying feeling sorry for herself because she loves someone. Here she tries to kiss him while I'm still confused about how she started liking him it didn't go as smoothly to have this character like him in a snap of fingers. She says she can't control her feelings and that they crossed the line; I'm afraid so, but it's her who has crossed it not necessarily him.

                           

 She was already thinking around episode 3 if she liked him or not knowing he had someone in his life. When she heard him crying on the phone on episode 5 she ran all the way to him which I honestly didn't ever get the vibe she liked him enough to go all night long to see why he was crying. The reason he was crying was due to this:

She cheated on him.

Right now, I am hoping that Riko does not spend an episode or two feeling sorry for herself. I am also thinking she could act better. She isn't a bad actress but she doesn't come off as an important character to me; how do I explain, she needs more personality.

Meteor Garden Thoughts

           Let me start by saying I have watched Boys Over Flowers first, then watched Hana Yori Dango, then almost finished watching Hana Yori Dango the Anime, and am now in Season 2 Ep 25 of Meteor Garden. The reason I stopped watching Hana Yori Dango the Anime was because I have always loved and love the second lead Hanazawa Rui/ Ji Hoo ripping my heart out as the second lead, but I did not like how in the Anime he went with the girl whom was a model and fiancee to some French guy (I really don't remember her name). That really ruined the rest of the story for me so I definitely stopped watching it.

            I finally came around watching Meteor Garden and yes I was on board both the Daoming Si with Shan Cai or the Hazue Lei with Shan Cai story. I honestly had trouble during the first season getting into Meteor Garden because I am used to either listening to the Korean or Japanese language so I believe I was listening to the Chinese(?) language since I recall the F4 making fun of Dao Ming Si's Chinese, I am not all that positive which language it was but getting to the main point it's kinda a little harder to adapt like when I first watched my first drama, it's a different culture. That made it a little harder to adapt to the drama and also the fact that it's older, (believe it or not) the fashion, the definition, and also some parts could have been a bit more exciting during the first season. I am on episode 25 Season 2 of Meteor Garden and I look back at season 1 and can't remember the special parts which I can remember in the Korean or Japanese version (regardless of which I prefer) like when she punches Dao Ming Si, or when they first bully her, or when they dress her up nice. Those parts and the other parts could have definitely been more memorable! 

              Season 2 was definitely more memorable and I hate to say it; ok no, you'll hate to read it but I prefer Dao Ming Si with Ye Sha, Sorry! They are much more adorable and there's a point where I started getting real annoyed with Shan Cai! I believe I got annoyed with Shan Cai when she had first said something along the lines of "What if my love isn't 1/10th of your love" and that's what it started feeling like! When she supposedly actually loved Dao Ming Si she got annoying I was getting more and more annoyed with the change in Shan Cai's character as she grew more attached to Dao Ming Si! I think it was around ep 19 of Season 1 she was gradually annoying me, don't get me wrong Dao Ming Si was perfect knowing what his heart was capable of! I could care less how some people side with Shan Cai! I started feeling she didn't deserve Dao Ming Si as the story progressed and I kept seeing how perfect this guy was! I can't hate Ye Sha she has a personality that matches well with the charm of Dao Ming Si and made me biased towards her and was more fun than Shan Cai.

I didn't expect for Season 2 to be anymore different or memorable but I was completely wrong I prefer Ye Sha and Dao Ming Si's story of the Dao Ming Si who lost memory of his bad past and is saved by Ye Sha in Spain where she brought him out of his mind's limits and helped him construct a life where they live growing an innocent love for each other even with the obstacles! These two make a really good couple and as Season 2 developed I started leaning all the way towards this couple that I even forgot about Lei! Ye Sha is adorable and has a personality that did nothing to annoy me and Dao Ming Si definitely was perfect for her! It was the little things that made them really cute together specially the innocence, story, and things like the coconuts the Ye Sha star and also the drawings! This could have been another story, I have yet to read the manga but I definitely think this story drifted! I definitely thought at a point, screw the original story line put these two together! I promise if you watch the Second Season before the first you'll know why I say this!

World Cup Games That I Will Remember

        Games                      Overall Entertainment               Excitement

Brazil vs Germany                ☆☆☆☆☆                ❧❧❧❧❧               ⚽︎   

Chile vs Brazil                  ☆☆☆☆☆                  ❧❧❧❧❧

Brasil vs Mexico                        ☆☆☆☆☆                  ❧❧❧❧❧

Spain vs Chile                            ☆☆☆☆☆                      ❧❧❧❧❧

Mexico vs Netherlands               ☆☆☆☆☆                       ❧❧❧❧❧

Columbia vs Brasil                      ☆☆☆☆☆                       ❧❧❧❧❧

Algeria vs Germany                     ☆☆☆☆☆                           ❧❧❧❧❧

Argentina vs Netherlands             ☆☆☆☆☆                          ❧❧❧❧❧

Final Germany vs Argentina          ☆☆☆☆☆                           ❧❧❧❧❧

 Brazil 1 - Germany 7:                     

 Probably the most unexpected result of the whole World Cup. The game itself was not as exiting or as dramatic as it seemed it was more like a soft goal after another soft goal while Brazilian fans cried quietly on the stands💧. I was in shock and more in shock because Germany plays really soft, if the game was fast and dramatic I would have felt more believable. As the game kept going on everyone wished this game would be just done and over with. Germany obviously played well they were very organized and clean at playing no dirty tricks which is what I respect, that they were playing clean. Brazil, well Brazil I believe was playing really unorganized and a little dirty at one point as the time slipped and since Germany was playing soft I don't know when it hit them how many goals Germany was putting in, I believe they were playing a little better at one point but all their goals were rejected by the goalkeeper or missed shots! Brazil's first and last goal was their dignity goal made in the last minutes of the game. I will be honest I wanted the game to end because it was a little hard watching Brazil go down like this. Memorable: the 7 goals and the dignity  goal, the fans crying on the stands.

Brazil 3 - Chile 2 :

Wow, this was probably one of the most exiting and nerve wrecking games! I preferred if Chile had won, they played so well. They tied 2-2 went then went to the most nerve wrecking penalties in this World Cup. If the Chilean player would have made the last penalty they would have gone to round 2 of penalties. It was a tight game. I was nervous for Chile and I think a little crushed along with the Chileans when Brazil was saved by the last penalty. Such a tight game only to be lost dramatically by the last penalty hitting the post of the goal, I will always remember this game.
Memorable: "El Palo de Pinilla" which was supposed to be Pinilla's goal and of course the last penalty ending this game dramatically.

  
Brazil 0 - Mexico 0

 Exiting game, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time nervous, extremely nervous! I believe this was the best 0-0 game in the World Cup. The whole time I would say it was even with Brazil dominating the first half and Mexico the second half, they could have easily both scored goals well not for Brazil. The fans were great and even though there were quite a lot of Brazilians on the stadium Mexico definitely was loud. The atmosphere seemed nice and made the game all that more interesting and dramatic! Beautiful game I will never forget the amazing saves Memo Ochoa made!
Memo-rable (Pun): If the Memo-rable doesn't say it I don't know what does! Memo Ochoa made 6 saves against Brazil it's not so important how many saves he made but the fact that he stopped some of the hardest rejected goals ever! He stopped Neymar's headbutt and a couple other goals that were extremely difficult due to how the ball was kicked in speed and how close it was to the goal!

World Cup 2014 Rant - Latin Americans and Their Ignorance Towards Argentinians

Argentina, today lost against Germany and I thought about how unfair it is that a lot of latin americans chose to not support Argentina and when I say not support Argentina I mean support Germany and wish the worst to Argentina. 
Is it rivarly? ignorance?
I think it's a bit of both but mainly leaning towards ignorance but I wish it was just rivalry. I don't mean to sound like a hypocrite but I don't get why Latin Americans can't just be as a family with each other and support each other instead of getting into ignorant ideas about a whole country.
The reason a lot of Mexicans, Brazilians, and latinos in general basically have a negative generalization about Argentinians is because they never met any, a lot of latin americans get the idea through the internet that Argentinians treat everyone else in latin america like garbage and see themselves as the superior nationality. 
Where do they get this idea from? I personally can say that as a Spanish- speaker there is a stereotype that Argentinians are racist, think they are of only European decent, narcissist, and think they are superior. I don't know where this stereotype started but I will say that the fact that there is stereotypes built online through countries or people who have not met or taken the time to understand certain customs of our brothers and sisters are ignorant and more than anything obviously not looking to know about them. 
I have seen people saying "Why should I support Argentinians when they laughed at Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, etc.,?" First of all, get out of your computer go meet real people and not just read comments that someone would say in a moment of rivalry, don't build hate and generalizations from a small community of people whom already built the hate and generalizations the same way your are building them. Yes, there is rivalry but if you knew these Latin American countries you would probably love these countries and the Latin American people like you love your people and your country- we have many things in common our language, latin america, and our passionate cultures.
When there are Argentinians who do fit this concept they are mostly always online spamming or trying to put down others you know why? because that's how upset and confused they are fighting over their identity or how badly they want to be recognized as superior that is why they go around trying to convince people when they can't even convince themselves or recognize the reality.
In real life are there people who fit this generalization? Yes, not only in Argentina but in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, etc., etc,. I have seen my fair share of people from all Latin America claim superiority in the stupidest things and put down other Latin Americans. Honestly, it's stupid. I think it's due to the fact that we are a variety of races /ethnicities where the world is ruled by a lot of European countries in many ways I think this is were the superiority or the wanting to be better behavior or comments come from it's embarrassing.
Yes there are people who fit these stereotypes but don't build hate towards a whole country- even after personal experience I never once turned my back against the USA after seeing how true the ignorance towards football is here and neither did I hate Brazil ever or wish them the worst when they were being arrogant- There is much more ignorance to Latin America and I feel so ashamed when I see my Latin American people generalizing or being ignorant towards their own people if you think there is something wrong with a whole country go look at yourself first- your the problem not a whole country (and that goes to all the people around the world.)
Anyways this World Cup has been great except for my anger towards Robben and the Netherlands and no not speaking of a whole country but their team. 

Why I Have Trouble Rooting For the USA & European Teams

As a Mexican-American chick, shouldn't I have been rooting for both Mexico and the USA in the World Cup? I like many Mexicans and latinos in the USA end up cheering for our parents original place of birth and this is due to a lot of things! I know there are Americans who would get upset over this and probably comment "If you don't cheer for your country then get out" but the thing is a lot of Americans don't understand the reasoning behind supporting a nation that is not the USA! My main reasons along with many other people's reasons are pretty much this:

We love living here! but...... Many latin americans have bad experience with other Americans because of race, ethnicity, and nationality it's common that there is a lot of ignorance regarding cultures which is what differentiates our ways of living in this the USA from other Americans but these different customs trace back to the origin of our culture..... another nation. Loyalty........ How can it be considered wrong to cheer for another nation?
I personally find it harder........ much much harder cheering the team USA for a number of things but mainly because of how uncomfortable it is. It's not the same celebrating with a  group of people who would be considered the actual "Americans" whom (some) have certain ignorance or don't understand other cultures specifically speaking Latin American cultures, the cultures that are carried by teams from where our families come from, the Americans team rivals. Also it's uncomfortable having other people whom identify as American only' ignore or put down their own nationalities and talk down countries whom are the origins of their parents. For example, I have seen Mexican Americans who cheer for the USA and talk badly about Mexico or our team, it's extremely uncomfortable.
Hypocrisy, I find this even more uncomfortable because I experience it more than self hating American fans. More than anything I find it annoying but first, I want to point out the World Cup is not limited to only people who live elsewhere.

Poor Brazil & the Hypocrites

Well the title speaks for itself doesn't it? Poor Brazil. Unexpected loss, I honestly did think Germany had a good chance of winning but not like this.... It's funny when you have to watch the football game through spotty wifi and when it comes back on Germany scores a goal, this happened about 3 times. Literally through the first 2-5 goals I was in shock! Confused. I had no clue what was happening because it was obviously a game that I thought would be won 2-1. I mean I had to slap my self because I couldn't believe it I was more in shock because of the spotty wifi which made it much more of a surprise when I hear the Gooooooooool ! ! ! ! ! ! 

I honestly think this was due to a lot of things: the coach, the missing Neymar and Thiago Silva, mentality throughout the game, only changing two players during the break, missed goals, disorganization, etc., etc., I am still in a bit of a shock and I believe this will be memory to last forever!

World Cup Teams: Should of Stayed & Other Thoughts

I find that the teams that usually stay in this World Cup have divers or don't seem to be putting in all their effort but the ones that I believe should've stayed were Mexico, Chile, Algeria, and maybe even Costa Rica and Colombia.

People might think that I am being biased towards Mexico but I am not (I know my limits) they had everything to keep going they were beating Netherlands and dominating until the unspoken happened... I also felt that some of the best games were against Brazil and latino countries I don't know what it's due to but I feel a more passionate vibe from latino countries. I personally feel that the most amazing games so far were Chile-Brazil (I honestly wanted Chile to win and I believed they had it to go forward). I also thought the other most amazing game was Brazil-Mexico and again it's not that I am being biased but to me these were the most entertaining, I was in the edge of my seat the whole time (I believe that Brazil dominated the first half and the second half Mexico did). A lot of people don't know this but our Memo Ochoa our Goalkeeper also kept Brasil from scoring two other times:

Estoy Triste..............I am Sad

MEXICO ! MEXICO ! MEXICO! MEXICO!

Gosh were should I start...... 
                        I AM SO SAD. SOOOOO SOOOO SAD. My beautiful Mexican team was doing so well in this world cup but what can I say everything is unfair, I get sick and tired of seeing these divers ROBBEN and NEYMAR. I can never forgive Robben for what he did to my team today and the stupid referees, I will not go as far of accusing them of racism as some people have but damn they are corrupt? is that the right word or maybe even paid for. A lot of them seemed to have something against my team.


 IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PENALTY KICK! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Yeah, that seems about accurate XD
Today Mexico played against Netherlands. Where do I start, THEY WERE WINNING BY 1 GOAL THREE MINUTES BEFORE THE GAME ENDED AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE MADE HISTORY AND MOVED ON TO SEMIFINALES -------> Thinking about this makes me feel so sick. Netherlands was not playing badly but I thought they were going to be difficult because everybody always said we wouldn't win against them but we were playing much better than them. Giovanni Dos Santos made the first goal and they did not make a goal until three minutes before reaching the 93' minutes and our goalkeeper is amazing just that even I couldn't tell who had the ball because at that point all the Netherlands players were all bundled right in front of him. We tied and then Robben totally dived and received a penalty. I have no words for these players it's disgustingly unfair. Don't any of you dare tell me "Mexico was going to loose anyways" or that "It's their fault" because I will beat the living crap out of anyone. Ugh the worst part was seeing them cry it makes me feel so so so sad. This Mexico is the Mexico I wanted to watch play in the World Cup. Mexico is good and people don't seem to see that so the main thing others would say when tying with Brazil or kicking Croatia in the butt is "They were just lucky" I say a BIG NO. They are good they may not have a world star striker that the world wants but I wouldn't trade any of them because they each individually have a unique talent, the problem is their mind set and what bothers me is even some Mexican people don't believe they can do it, which honestly makes me angry it only takes one comment to bring someone down. I knew we weren't safe when we scored the first goal, I had a bad feeling at the pit of my stomach and something was telling there would be a pattern like what happened to Chile (whom I believe played better than Brazil and also deserved to be in semi finales). 
It's unfair and I really don't want to be a bad sport or sound bitter but the last thing on my mind is praising Netherlands or wishing them luck and that stupid referee along with all the other ones who did us wrong..................... I HOPE YOU GET FIRED! ! ! ! ! !  



 Oh yeah I can't help but feel happy that we beat Crotia 3-1 after talking badly about us, tying with Brazil almost scoring on them and blocking all their strikes, and beating Cameroon 1-0 after 2 of our other goals by our dear Giovanni Dos Santos were not counted by the stupid referee. I can't help but say I am proud. HE HE.

Modric pretty much said his team was better than us and that he has striked against better goalkeepers. It's funny because Memo Ochoa our goalkeeper pretty much shut him up when he tried to score on us. They said our knees would be shaking in fear hehe sure shut them up!!!!!!

 This is our Memo Ochoa ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !  He has always been a fantastic goalkeeper! !

  
It wasn't our time yet to win the World Cup but seeing the way we played and fought against the unjustness, beating tough teams, and surpassing expectations I think it was obvious that all these divers and bad referees and even just bad timing would get in the way. Not so much these teams who are so highly praised well ok, maybe their cheating tactics would get in the way.
I think if there is anything that Mexico needs it's a great coach, I find it funny that they were going through so many coaches in a couple of months before the World Cup started and were hanging on a thread of hope to make it in the World Cup but with this coach Piojo we went farther than all the people who underestimated Mexico who thought we would go lose easily.
We beat Cameroon 1-0 which was supposed to be 3-0 with two goals annulled, we tied with Brazil, we shut Croatia's trap 3-1, and we basically tied with Netherlands while dominating the game the whole time but were unfairly taken out of this Cup. 
If there are a couple things that I think would help this Mexican team improve a lot it's the mentality and drive for determination which sadly is always brought down by their own people; this drive for determination and mentality is what made them soar. I also think it would be great if they would specialize a little more on shot accuracy and have a world class striker in Mexico not that our team doesn't have this ability but I feel we need a striker who specialty is as a striker.
I hope in 4 years we will move even farther and have improved much more! ! ! ! ! ! ! 


July 10, 2014

I think I can kind of get over the non-existent penalty which resulted in Mexico's eliminitation! Why?

"Looks like Robben won't be diving but will be flying home"

Their tears feed my soul........ nomnomnom

 Robben's little boy even cried................... Poor kid had to see his dad cheat infront of the whole world....... and loose.......... Muahaha! ! ! ! ! 
If you will 

"Robben's son cried, sorry but Millions of Mexican kids cried with your diving"

I am sorry but I don't feel bad should I really explain why? Robben is the worst even made comments of Argentina saying they won't win against Germany and that Netherlands was dominating the game the whole time......... Please, Argentina definitely plays better than Netherlands get off the high plank already, Robben!

Let's Review the Netherlands Dirty Play:

• Vanpersi pushing our Mexican Coach Herrera after the match. Disrespectful Much?
• Rafa Marquez our Team Leader who may I add was attending his last World Cup this year and made history for many years with our Mexican team was being blamed by other people for the penalty which was in first place non-existent because Robben dived for it. This really makes me mad I love and have great respect for our Rafa Marquez but that was one of the most bitter endings for our Team Leader due to the diving.
• The diving, Robben dived to get a penalty admits he dived in the first time but insists the last one was a real penalty, It's funny we didn't get penalties for this
  or this☟ and he get's a penalty at the end for diving and not to mention we actually had an injured player who couldn't keep playing in this game because he was injured! Robben said there were penalties that the his diving made up for please make sure to look at these pictures:
  
  
  
  
•  Again we also had a referee who was dutch as well and he obviously was taking sides. This whole world cup was Mexico VS Referees. 
• Robben's ego is bigger than anything, a disgrace lost all my respect to them and also his no-shame babbling comments after they played with Argentina and Mexico.

It's funny his name carries his crime Robben= Robbery= "Nos Robaron"

 

 Well at least I know Mexico left with dignity and not with a disgustingly humiliating "win" like Netherlands. I know even if I wasn't in my place cheering for Mexico I know that Mexico was the better team, they played clean and respectfully that earns my respect.

                                                              
 Well this was pretty much the review of the Netherlands dirty players with a high ego and no shame! But yes I remember that there was a picture that said "Robben dived...... but there is God" and boy did they lose with double the penalties missed as they eliminated us with one non-existent penalty. Take those two existent penalties Robben! I still wish the 7-1 was Netherlands loosing..........

 July 12,2014 1:55 Brazil vs Netherlands Break
Well Robben does it again he dived. I don't want to see Brazil go down again they are currently losing 0-2. I hate the Netherlands team for every reason from disrespect, arrogance, and cheating players. I hope Brazil uses everything in them to return in the second half to destroy them!
Robben and the Netherlands team is hated by mostly all people who know Robben cheated against them.
3:25 
Well I just hope that from now on that Brazil along with all the Latin American communities can become greater in these 4 years and that in the next World Cup 2018 Russia they impress me and show that they don't just have passion but that they deserve the World Cup as well.

Scared to Watch Football

So the World Cup 2014 kicked off yesterday and I am here cheering with all my hope that today Mexico will be able to win Cameroon? I am terrified of watching the game because if Mexico looses that means they will no more Mexico for the rest of this World Cup and I am meanwhile nervously freaking out.

I don't think I can watch the game, although I know I will be peeking every now and then. Haha, I know I'll definitely look like the above picture. I mean come on, who wouldn't be like this. Please Mexico, PLEASE ! ! ! ! !

 

                              Maybe we should take some dives like Brazil did yesterday ok, that wasn't a good joke. Anyways, Mexican fans know how to have passion and fun during Mexico's games there is no fun in watching the game without them. This is what makes football so amazingly fun watching it with people of the same culture cheering on one team passionately against another team who is also just as passionate, how fun. The anxiety and nervousness is definitely kicking in, but yes were here cheering for you Mexico. A R R I V A M E X I C O ! ! ! ! ! Anything is possible which is what is slowly torturing my 'aficionada futbolistica' soul, excuse my horrible spanish ! ! ! ! !
               

Mexican Diversity: Generalizations Part 1

              I came to a realization that in the USA, where I live and some other countries there are a lot of generalizations of Mexicans and I will name some stereotypes that I commonly hear from other races. I definitely think that it is wrong to apply all Mexican people under this generalized concept ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Most things I hear from other countries regarding Mexican ethnicity or race:

• Mexicans are dark skinned, fat, and short
• Mexicans that are light skinned are only Mexican because they are born in Mexico but they are full spanish otherwise "it's impossible!"
• Anyone who speaks spanish must be Mexican!
• Mexicans take all the jobs
• Mexicans are lazy
• Mexico is a third world country

               Now, I wanted to name these mainly because I always hear these and it's ridiculous to put everyone that lives in Mexico or Mexican Americans under this generalization. 

Mexicans- What race are they?

• Mexican is not a race or an ethnicity, it is a nationality!

           -A race does not describe all Mexicans because we are a varied amount of races! An ethnicity does not describe all Mexicans either because we are of many ethnicities, unknown origins, and some yes some Mexicans are one ethnicity but one ethnicity does not represent us all! Mexicans are people who represent our nation, these are not people who represent one race or one ethnicity!

Breaking the stereotype- 

• "Mexicans are all short, fat, and dark" 

              -I beg to differ, I believe that many stereotypes are formed when they see people who live in poverty, without education, and living a life as opposed to someone who is not ni poverty. I feel a little sad to say this but when there are stereotypes formed about Mexican people it usually comes from seeing a life an immigrant in poverty working to move ahead in life. I don't necessary think this is correct but there is a lot of correlation in Mexico with how dark or how light you are and how your living or how educated you are. I think this is partially true but it is also a stereotype on it's own because not everyone fits this. In Mexico there is a range of races from really dark - really white and I assure you a lot of these people don't care or even feel the need to know of their origins because they see their nationality as their race even their ethnicity as their nationality! People here in the USA are very ignorant and surprised seeing light skinned people who are indeed Mexican. It is first of all ignorant to believe we should fit a certain physique when we derive from one and many more and all that together in races and ethnicity!  I feel the need to point out in Mexico we have a history of immigrants from many to a little of everything Spanish, French, Germans, Japanese, Africans, etc,. etc,. Mexico has a variety of many characteristics all over the whole country! In parts of Mexico there are certain people with certain traits you can only find in those places! As I said there are many people who have different origins! 

1. We have the majority being Ameri-indian/ Spanish 60% which can within the mix itself range depending on genetics. For example an Ameri-indian/ Spanish person can have a dominance of 34% Ameri-indian and 36% Spanish dominance and look dark skinned with European features or the other way around. There is a range of dominance from either ethnicities so not everyone can look one distinct way even in the "60% Ameri-indian/ Spanish."          
2.  Ameri-indian or predominantly Ameri-indian 30% In Mexico there is a range of people from different idigenous cultures many of the original indigenous cultures are extinct but I know in many part specially the Southern part of Mexico there are indigenous cultures who even speak certain dialects and languages. In these indigenous cultures the type of indigenous traces also vary. I think people expect Mexicans to look like their original ancestors who are history now, but that's the thing they are history!
3. White 9% I certainly believe there are people in Mexico who have full European origins or traces but I want to clarify that these people do not feel they belong to these countries but that they belong to Mexico. I believe people should learn this is a place of one and many more races and ethnicities!
4. 1% other Japanese, African, other traces.

I got my information from here ☞
but before anything I would like to clarify that I do N O T at all believe this is a 100% correct or even a 50% correct due to the fact that they cannot prove that all Ameri-indian/ Spanish or the mixed people are this and only of these ethnicities as I said there are many ethnicities other than the Ameri-indian/ Spanish! They left out many ethnicities that can not only fit under the other 1% and the white 9% but also a mix.  
Mexican is not a race or an ethnicity but a nationality with an existing amount of ethnicites and races! Most Mexicans are mixed mainly from Spanish and Indigenous blood and not even this is a guarantee as there have been many Mexicans who found they had traces of many other ethnicities. Although the majority of Mexicans are mixed they range from looks and one can be lighter than the other or look more indigenous than the other because most Mexicans are not a 50% indigenous or 50% Spanish mix one can be higher than the other so you get a varied amount of appearances. 

"A map of Mexican mestizos based on genetic studies (only including the European to Amerindian proportion, since Guerrero, Veracruz, Tabasco, and Campeche have significant African admixture). Blue = Euro-mestizo; Red = Indo-mestizo; Purple = “True” mestizo. Euro-mestizo means the average European admixture in a state’s mestizos is 55% or more. Indo-mestizo means the average Indian admixture in a state’s mestizos is 55% or more. “True” mestizo means a state’s mestizos have an average European admixture of 46-54% (compared to Amerindian admixture) or an average Amerindian admixture of 46-54% (compared to European admixture). All of this of course not counting African admixture."

                              Source- Learn a little More! (This is actually a great eye-opener of what Mexico is)
If you notice that central america is underneath Mexico I wanted to note that they have more indigenous roots and the Southern parts of Mexico most certainly share these roots with the parts of Central America that are closer!
My problem  with a lot of people is the lack of knowledge! People here think that we look a specific way and when they find someone who is light skinned and Mexican the first thing you hear is "You don't look Mexican" "I have never seen a white Mexican your probably Spanish" -The reason people don't 'see' "white" Mexicans is the same reason that you don't know unless you ask! You won't know what variety of people Mexico has unless you visit Mexico and it's not enough visiting one state but you'll see in many states what diversity holds there are certain parts of Mexico with more diversity ☝︎ as in the map shows! So no, it's not enough judging Mexico based on a majority of people you see because even what you see or what you are told does not represent all of Mexico, here in the US people come from certain parts of Mexico it's not uncommon to see people who look to be of the same race amongst certain parts of the US and it's mainly due to people whom have more history of certain ethnicities from certain parts of Mexico which are more rich in those ethnicities they immigrate from those states to closer parts of the USA. Also I think it's unfair to label all latinos as Mexicans which even I find to be ridiculous all latino countries have variety of races or ethnicites as well and although we have many similarities in cultures we still have many differences.

 

               I mainly don't like the stereotypical generalizations because it hides the difference of this magnificent culture and it hides or makes people question what they are supposed to look like as Mexican people. My cousins are a perfect example of how family can vary from race and unknown traces of origin. One of my cousins is white with light brown eyes and her brothers are olive skin tone with dark eyes, their mom is olive skin tone with green eyes while their dad is slightly darker with dark eyes, going back to their grandparents on their mother's side their grandmother is white with green eyes and brown hair most of the family on their mother's side is white and some family members with olive skin tone, on their father's side of the family their grandmother is also slightly darker with dark eyes and their grandfather was olive skin tone with silver hair and colored eyes; I think this is the beauty of a diverse family even without being sure of the origins of their ancestors. Of course, Mexico has people of all races but I think it's unfair to expect these people to be of one race or look one way when there is clearly a mix of different origins and race. Although race or traces of origin sometimes vary in certain parts of Mexico it is what makes Mexicans different. How can you apply 'one concept' to the amount of variety of Mexican citizens, how do other people know what a Mexican should look like when they haven't seen the variety of people Mexico is home to?

How is it possible that people generalize Mexico's diversity in to one category?