Yo Yo Yo...Show mE YOur BLinG

Since some of us are gonna be accesorizing ourselves with some really cool bling bling. I decided to find out why "Bling Bling" and not something else. As we all know the "bling bling" refers to the shiny, glittery accesssory that hangs around a rapper's neck which looks like a necklace, normally but it doesn't mean that anything else that is shiny and not hanging around the neck isn't call a "Bling". Now if you watch MTV, you will notice that almost all rappers have this bling around them and even more recently "Grillz" sort of bling on their teeth, making it really shiny. If you watch Nelly's "Grillz"on MTV, then you would know what I mean.

According to Wikipedia, the world's most well-known free online encyclopedia, the term "bling" or "bling bling" is:

a hip hop slang term which refers to expensive jewelry and other accouterments, and also to an entire lifestyle built around excess spending and ostentation. In its essence, the term refers to the exterior manifestation of one's interior state of character, normally displayed through various forms of visual stimuli.

What is interesting about the term bling bling is its reference to a much deeper socioeconomic problem with a tinge of racism specifically referring to the blacks. Wikipedia refers bling bling to how a young previously mpoverished man gain their riches through crime can be sure of holding on to their wealth by wearing expensive jewellery.

They charge that the phenomenon promotes conspicuous consumption, and strengthens racist arguments that young Black men are supposedly incapable of higher or more virtuous or spiritual goals than material gain.

According to UrbanDictionary, the term "Bling" is a

Jamaican slang that has been adopted by some African American rappers and inserted into popular culture. The term "Bling Bling" refers to the imaginary "sound" that is produced from light reflected by a diamond. See The Silvertones "Bling Bling Christmas" for the earliest known usage of the slang.

OK lessons aside, back to the Bling Bling...

SO when I see someone wearing a diamond accessory and if light gets reflected, I will hear Bliiiinnngggg.....izit?? Wow... Imagine those beauty queens wearing those million dollar tiaras studded with diamonds.... it would be like Blinggg Blinggg BLingg.....BLinggg BLinggg...Does that mean the biggest diamond would give the loudest "Bling"??? Than the whole hall would be reverberating with the sound of "BLing"

So, of course Blings are nice because it adds more colour to the show. Some of use would be showing off some "Blings" but you might be disappointed if you think we are gonna rap. Actually if you wanna get blings, it's all over the place, but there are actually some places that sell really good ones like the ones in Sungei Wang and in 1 Utama. So some of us guys, settled for a really cool "diamond studded" cross which looks really nice on them. Too bad I don't have the picture here...