Posts Tagged as ‘daegeum’

August 27, 2007

Partings

I love Korea.
As my time here draws to an end, I am really feeling this country, and its people who have taken me in and made me their own.
When I joined this company, I didn’t gain friends, or co-workers, I gained an entirely new family. Full of older sisters (two brothers) and run by one [...]

July 30, 2007

I can’t remember…

I remember opening this window maybe half an hour ago.
I had something witty and insightful to write, but then 4.5GB of Barbra Streisand fell into my computer from nowhere, and my priority turned into sorting and tagging it to make sure it fits nicely in my collection. Ah… the 3.5GB of Hindi/Bollywood is also done…
BUT [...]

June 4, 2007

Things 1: Daegeum and Sogeum

The first in my series on things that I own. Don’t ask why, just receive.
But if you must ask, follow the Things link above. Otherwise, keep reading…

May 30, 2007

Life is so hard…

I was at work at 8.30 this morning, putting on makeup for an 11.30 show. I entertained close to 250 small children in identical blue and red – and bored most of their teachers. I ate lunch with my director and his superior in a small restaurant, run by a woman who looks like a [...]

February 17, 2007

Good Morning Starshine.

It has been well documented that I have requested the following items to follow me around / sit in the corner of my room and perform for me at regular intervals.
A European Boys Choir
A Black Gospel Choir
A boy playing the marimba and/or mbira (thumb piano)
A Korean woman singing folk songs / Playing a Daegeum
A Tuvan [...]

February 15, 2007

Obsessions

Bit-Torrenting is amazing.
So is my anally-retentive iTunes Library organising skills (aided by Doug’s iTunes Scripts… thanks Doug).
Happy Feet is amazing – possibly my favorite animated film of all time. Yep – all time.
Musical that I have fallen in love with in the last 24 hours:
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Hair
Jesus Christ Superstar (again)
Tarzan: The [...]