This was playing on my shuffle this morning: \”About Us\” by Colette
…along with a number of other curiously significant songs.
Fate works in mysterious ways…
No lion and witch, just wardrobe
About maybe four years ago, my family and I attended a Vietnamese concert by Asia Entertainment. It was actually pretty cool since we nabbed a couple of up close and personal seats for the event. The music was okay, I mean I admit that I can appreciate my culture’s music, but it makes me really sad how imitation has preceded originality in [...]
Weekend Shenanigans
I love weekends, don’t you? Let’s see, this week wasn’t too eventful. Thursday was about the most exciting night up until the weekend started. I was trying to use my webcam on Skype, but the thing must have been possessed, because it wouldn’t cooperate for about two hours. The first time around, I was able [...]
A Taste of Home
Stir Fry Calamari
There’s something undeniably beautiful about the act of cooking. I’m not talking about opening a can of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and popping it in the microwave, of course. No, I’m talking about getting the best pick of the plumpest tomato at the market, mixing all the right spices and herbs, and adding just a bit of [...]
“L’Alize”
Tous les vents,
Balayent les maux de coeur
Moi, j’suis comme le vent:
L’esprit à mille à l’heure,
Je juge sans doute trop vite
C’est ok, tant pis
C’est juste là, je m’agite
Je grandis, l’amour aussi
C’est au gré du vent
Que j’aime vagabonder,
Moi, je suis comme le vent
J’embrasse toute une armée
De rêves et de bleuets,
Me plonger dedans
Je sais [...]
Just take my hand…
Here’s another short animated film that I thought was very poignant yet sweet. The title is Tir Nan Og, and I believe it’s directed by Fursey Teyssier.
[spoiler alert]
As with most non-dialogue films, you have to let things sink in for a couple of seconds before the message becomes clear. It didn’t [...]
Busy Bee
I’m so groggy right now, it’s almost comical. After a satisfying 2.5 hours of napping, I came out of my room to the giggles of apartmentmates. My bob of a haircut had poofed up in twice it’s size while I was asleep, and I was walking out drunk-like while holding a cup of salt water with the [...]
UK R&B–Stevie Hoang
When I’m not listening to my brooding collection of alternative/electronic bands and 80s music, I like to try other genres out. Recently, a friend of mine suggested that I listen to some songs by a UK R&B artist named Stevie Hoang. There’s quite a debate on the specificity of his ethnic background online (Vietnamese or Chinese), [...]
Idiosyncrasy
Guilty/dorky pleasure: On dark or rainy mornings, I like to play this…
and this…
in the background as I get out of the shower and get ready. Something about the coarse sounds of electric guitars and synthesizers just gets me pumped up for the day as I slink around [...]
Chillin’ like a supervillain ;D
Hmm, this whole GMT time stamp thing on wordpress is becoming a bit of a nuisance. It’s really still Wednesday right now (unless I’ve completely lost grasp of the spacetime continuum), but this post will ultimately be marked as Thursday. Lame.
Anyhow, this week has been pretty topsy turvy for me so far…in a good way though. Moving into my new [...]
