Last week, Mr. Dino had assigned us students to read the Newsweek magazine, and hand in homework about some articles he had pointed out. Leafing through it, I found this picture which impacted my eyes: four Chinese guys, all singers, were standing in pose and seemed to be trying to hold a high pitched note, were wearing the most ridiculous white-blue outfit I ever seen. F4, the mandarin pop-music group, has been winning the Asian market, jumping all obstacles they've had through their career.

The name F4, as they are called, comes from a comic strip, in which four boys, which were "very handsome" called themselves Flower Four. This group, which I personally do not have the lightest interest, started their way through television and then they changed their path. They began performing in a TV Series named "Meteor Garden" two years ago. They became popular because they...