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Her voices fully engage mysterious multi-layered notes. Their impacts are rendered profound by lenient instrumental helpers. At least several of her pieces find their own ways to showcasing her significant, plaintive music by empowering the listener with sharp accents and bluesy melodies.

Yeongsanhwesang is an hour-long piece of Korean traditional music that used to be played for middle to upper class locals, now echoeing substantially in the listener's ear. With Yeongsanhwesang, the horizon just keeps gently rising and dropping, its flow participated by all of the instruments present which include useful Korean drums, flutes and strings such as the geomun-go. Dated from the 18-1..

HAIRS IN THE PALM OF THE HANDJan Mark   Time and the Hour공부시간 쉬는시간   손잡이 부분에 회색 손가락자국이 패턴을 남기고 교실의 문은 파란색 칠이 되어 있었다. 문 가운데에는 홀란드 선생님이 아디슨을 향해 칠판 먼지떨이개를 던졌으나 맞추지 못했던 자국이 이젠 흐릿한 얼룩으로  자리잡고 있었다. 바로 그 위쪽에는 강화유리 패널이 도사리고 있어서 때론 그 너머로 교장 선생님의 얼굴이 물귀신이 되어 이승으로 돌아와 인간들을 감시하는 모습이 어른거리기도 했다. 마틴 베넷이 기하 교과서에서 눈을 들었을 때 창 유리는 뿌옇게 흐려져 있었으며 물기를 담은 눈동자 하나가 교실을 들여다보는 중이었다. 이윽고 문 손잡이가 돌려졌고 문은 그 아래에 걸려 있던 백묵 하나와 심한..

Open 24 hrs a day across from Tteokhyanggi, this likeable automatic cafe boasts four tables with dizzy lists of beverages such as coffee, tea and juices. Served by able machines and a public bus stop.   The owner was not available for interview but it appears that she regularly looks after the condition of the space, in much the hands-on way.

copyedited by Korea Time staff  Recently, I dropped into the Korean Temple Food Center in north Seoul. This was in order to interview its vice director and take part in a cooking class on making tofu-curry rice in the Korean temple food style.Korean temple food is very diverse, but regarding spices, well that's another matter. It bans the use of five spices, some of which are critical in forming..

One sunday this spring, I dropped into Korean Temple Food Center in north of Seoul, South Korea. This was in order to interview its vice Director and go on to cooking class with the class tutor of tofu-curry rice in Korean temple food style. Korean temple food is very diverse, but spice-wise unprecedented in the culinary department. It cuts out five spices, some of which are critical in forming ..

Tteokhyanggi Facing the street across Yongin’s own Heungdeok 8th and 9th danji (Korean for apartment complexes) is Tteokhyanggi.   In the back kitchen of Tteokhyanggi you should see the two members of the staff working like busy bees creating their Korean rice cake, namely tteok! To residents they supply versatile needs faithful to their choice of recipes. Below is the interview I had with one o..

재투성이 소녀  1장 재투성이 소녀  *이 글은 동화 신데렐라>와 디즈니 애니메이션 신데렐라>를 각색했으며, , 키다리 아저씨>, 소공녀>, 소공자>, 윌러비의 늑대들>, 시크릿 가든>, 콩쥐 팥쥐>, 러브홀릭의 노래 '차라의 숲'의 제목 등 이곳 저곳에서 가져오기도 했다.   이름의 뜻이 ‘재투성이 소녀’인 열두 살 차라는 사실 아버지가 바다에 나갔다 돌아오지 않아 계모와 두 언니들이 시키는 허드렛일을 도맡아 하고 있었다.  1층에 다이아몬드 모양으로 겹겹이 깎은 유리창은 아버지가 먼 곳으로 항해를 떠나기 전에 네 식구를 위해 만들어 준 기념품이었는데, 차라는 계모가 별로 좋아하지 않는 (그 이유는 계모의 개인용 거울보다 이 유리창이 더 예뻤기 때문이었다)　이 유리창 곁에 날마다 시간 날 때마다 앉아서..

Around AD 30 in Galilee, God‘s blessed young Son, Jesus, recruited eleven choicest men (and one not-so-much, I'm afraid) to spread His words, his teaching and Himself to the crowd after his shocking, tearful death and glorious resurrection. Christmas signifies his life's holy journey from his Age 0 to crucifixion and going on afterwards. His lasting gift to the world is God's merciful forgivenes..

I had a rollicking good read in the travel book Lonely Planet Seoul: its balanced and enjoyable content was very familiar as i have lived in or near Seoul for almost all of my life.In the performing section, the authors were kind to point out the English subtitles for each performance - happening oftener than expected for certain- including Nanta, a lplay of Cooking where wordless kitchen tools ..