We played that benefit concert tonight. In general, things went very well. When we accompanied HongJae in his “performance art” piece, the music sounded really cool; while I noodled on Nepali flute and make my Tibetan singing bowl sing, Myoung and Thai played percussion(Thai on his Uzbek drum and some Nepali cymbals of Myoung’s, and Myoung Jae on his Janggu drum), John Wendel played my tanpura (and did an excellent job on it, making it far more interesting than anything I would have done on the thing), and a fellow named Tae Sang played the guitar. Our band’s playing was, …
Month: February 2004
Teachers Who Have Availed Me Much
This week Sir Adam of Lipscomb asked: Going through some old papers my parents brought from their house last week, I found several notes to my parents from teachers I’d had growing up. I got to thinking about the legions of teachers I had for the first 21 years of my life, and wondered: Who were the 5 that had the greatest impact on me as a ppererson, for good or ill? Because of the places I grew up, and my education experience, I find that I had many more horrible teachers than good ones. But there were some who …
Ridiculous
Yes, I am home from my work meeting and the many ridiculous things discussed there are sinking in slowly. I will only recount one moment of the discussion, and it should encapsulate a lot of what I think needs to be addressed in the educational (and for that matter the political) arena in Korea if development is to go any farther in those areas… for it is certainly stalled, if not backsliding, at present. Our University is opening an English cafe, a program that even the University’s very President is actually eager about. The Administration is trying to find a …
Another Foreigner in Korea
I like the way this William Beckerson guy tells his stories, I like the art on his site too. It’s worth a look-see. And he’s an alumnus of the Korean hagwon experience, no less.
last poll results
Here are the results for the last poll! Now, please be sure to vote in the new one to the right in the sidebar! What should America do with Saddam? Votes Put him in a cage and fatten him up so George Bush can eat him. 11% 1 Promote him to the head of the secret suppression police in America. 0% 0 Find out if he knows how to build rockets and if he does, house him in Werner von Braun’s old place. 11% 1 Tickle him till he coughs blood. 22% 2 Reinstate him in Iraq sometime in the …