i vaguely heard something about this, but for all you who don't/didn't know, back in 2008 the New York Phillaharmonic orchestra did a show in Pyongyang that was broadcasted world wide. today i saw the documentary of their experience on sbs. Me, i have a huge interest in North Korea and would like to visit some day and have seen sooooooooo many documentaries on the country (recommend me one if you know any) and well the documentary about their performance was really inspiring. i hope you all have the time/gather the amount of effort to see it, here is a video of their encore performance of "arirang"
just beautiful given the context of performance
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sandara
i'm sorry but this picture has got to be the cutest thing i have ever seen. god damn
she broke her trophy and shes crying...god damn
she broke her trophy and shes crying...god damn
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
employment
so i've had some friends who have graduated recently who are getting paid pretty good, now im 90% sure i want to work in Shanghai after i graduate, or maybe even Hong Kong and Seoul (unlikely because i can't speak korean...(yet))
looking forward to my last year of university, my electives are all pretty interesting:
fashion promotion
modern asia
mass media in asia
introduction to public relations
client relationship management
anyway...updated flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ji_ken/
looking forward to my last year of university, my electives are all pretty interesting:
fashion promotion
modern asia
mass media in asia
introduction to public relations
client relationship management
anyway...updated flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ji_ken/
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
소원을 말해...누구?
A Chinese group very, maybe too similar to Korea’s proud Girls’ Generation is making headlines!
This Chinese group is called Idol Girls, and they are consisted of 9 girls. Okay, so the number of members can easily be the same, right? But that’s not it. According to a Chinese site, the Idol Girls are an average of 18 years old, and are supposedly talented not only as singers, but as actresses, models, MCs and more.
Meanwhile, cosplay cover groups other than the Idol Girls are making even the Girls’ Generation fans do a double take because of the amazing similarity.
So how similar is too similar? Look for yourself. A cover group is seen here posing in similar clothes to SNSD’s “Tell Me Your Wish” days!
Remember last August when a Chinese singer was called out for copying Girls’ Generation’s choreography? They were so similar that netizens started calling the dance not even a copy, but a parody. Regarding the group in general, Chinese netizens had commented, “If the Koreans saw, they would burst out laughing. I’m embarrassed.”
Girls’ Generation and the Korean netizens may feel bad, but don’t forget!
Imitation is the sincerest flattery after all.
-stolen from allkpop
Monday, February 1, 2010
the problem
so as many of anyone who reads this, i'm back home from my "year". i sit here quite satisfied with my rich experiences but at the same time hungry for more. it is a matter of interpretation and perspective how much i have grown in this year and how much i've learnt about the world around me and more importantly, myself. now no one wants to read a highly conceptual/abstract/impossible to actually understand blog about myself so heres about the world around me.
When I arrived in Shanghai, I preached tirelessly to my relatives and colleagues how great Seoul was and how much Shanghai could learn from Seoul. Both were huge cities with a huge population, one was classified as a developed, the other is still developing. In truth, both are still developing.
Something I noticed on the Seoul Metro is the number of elderly passengers, they seem to be everywhere. Seoul also has a pretty defined curteousy system, where of course you give up your seat for someone who looks over 50, usually female. Everyone does it, it is just a matter of fact. Of course that is a great thing but I found myself afraid to sit down as I probably have to get up for someone within a few minutes.
Now I preached how great that was in Shanghai and how rude it was of Shanghainese people that no one gave a crap about the elderly when they came on the train, especially if they looked like they were from the country side. Now I practiced what I preached in Shanghai and many times the elderly were unexpectly grateful. But eventually the spirit of the city seemed to hit me, when I got up for someone and they didn't see, instead a schoolgirl sat down. I thought to myself, if no one expects it and no one else does it, why should I do it? why should I be the one making sacrifices? ...and I stopped giving up my seat.
Another thing that was eating me was when I saw a limbless beggar on the metro system in Shanghai. People gave him change here and there and then when i reached into my pocket, i found it empty, i only had 100 yuan notes. I thought to myself, I was buying jugs of beer for 120 yuan each last night, jugs of beer that i don't need. 100 yuan is so much more to him, if i bought one jug less last night, i could have made this man so happy. But I didn't want to give him 100 yuan, it was too much, I could buy a drink to woo a girl at a bar...
we're all apart of the problem
When I arrived in Shanghai, I preached tirelessly to my relatives and colleagues how great Seoul was and how much Shanghai could learn from Seoul. Both were huge cities with a huge population, one was classified as a developed, the other is still developing. In truth, both are still developing.
Something I noticed on the Seoul Metro is the number of elderly passengers, they seem to be everywhere. Seoul also has a pretty defined curteousy system, where of course you give up your seat for someone who looks over 50, usually female. Everyone does it, it is just a matter of fact. Of course that is a great thing but I found myself afraid to sit down as I probably have to get up for someone within a few minutes.
Now I preached how great that was in Shanghai and how rude it was of Shanghainese people that no one gave a crap about the elderly when they came on the train, especially if they looked like they were from the country side. Now I practiced what I preached in Shanghai and many times the elderly were unexpectly grateful. But eventually the spirit of the city seemed to hit me, when I got up for someone and they didn't see, instead a schoolgirl sat down. I thought to myself, if no one expects it and no one else does it, why should I do it? why should I be the one making sacrifices? ...and I stopped giving up my seat.
Another thing that was eating me was when I saw a limbless beggar on the metro system in Shanghai. People gave him change here and there and then when i reached into my pocket, i found it empty, i only had 100 yuan notes. I thought to myself, I was buying jugs of beer for 120 yuan each last night, jugs of beer that i don't need. 100 yuan is so much more to him, if i bought one jug less last night, i could have made this man so happy. But I didn't want to give him 100 yuan, it was too much, I could buy a drink to woo a girl at a bar...
we're all apart of the problem
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