If I had to praise Montreal for one thing, it would be its creativity. It seems like anyone you talk to is working on a project – be it in visual arts, film, writing, theatre, or music. Just to emphasize this, the city puts out several artistic installations around the city for free use. One … More Montreal Sundry: Pianos Around Town
Sometimes I’m truly flabbergasted by how lucky I am to have such talented friends. This is one of those moments. My good friend Francis M. has been working on an album for a while now and has at last released it to the wilds of the Internet! For now it’s free to listen to on … More Let’s Leave Loss Behind: First Ever Album Release of Francis M.
A few weeks ago, HM told me that my office (a classroom joined by a doorless archway to my English room and previously used only by me, JH, and my loud 5-1 class who likes to make it their recess hangout spot) would be turned into a storage space for the sudden abundance of their … More My Office, Now A Storage Space, Has Opened A Whole New World of Possibility
Here’s some more KPop to get your Friday beats pumping. This song’s been playing a lot so I thought I’d share it with all y’all. (Direct link here) And just for fun, here are the lyrics, both in English and romanized so you can sing along in Korean ;D Taken from KPOP Lyrics. English Translation: … More KPOP: “Mr. Mr.” by Girls’ Generation
I accidentally peed on my foot today. #squatterproblems So not that this is an actual excuse for Namhae, but it does seguay nicely into other problems. You see, my school seems to be thwarting my attempts at putting out Namhae Chapter 2 since today right when I had time and I was going to postpone … More Squatters, Volleyball, Farm Animals, and a Hundred Other Excuses For Why This Isn’t About Namhae
I made a mistake today. For our class wide reward system, my 5-2 class was the first to reach 3rd prize, learning an English song. The options I suggested were “What Does the Fox Say”, “Call Me Maybe”, and “Let It Go”. My money was on the latter, since the kids are still wild about … More I’m Like, Baby, Baby, Baby, Ooohhh, I Made A Mistake
Before I delve into this weekend’s excitement, I actually keep forgetting to post about last weekend’s excitement. A music festival came to my very own town! And what’s more, my very own friends were in one of the bands playing! It was a festival just of foreigner music, so don’t anticipate this to be a … More Cheongju Music Festival
Haven’t done much KPop on the blog yet, so here’s one from today. I like to work in the staffroom every so often because they leave the radio on and I always get to hear an odd auditory mashup of Western songs, Korean translations of Western songs, and of course KPop. I remember the first … More KPop: Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls
I’m sadly going to have to postpone this week’s Word Wednesday because I’ve lost my voice. Or rather it’s still there, I just sound like a sixty-year-old chain smoking prostitute who’s deepthroated one too many times. Instead, I shall regale you with the story of my Saturday night. But first, some context. On Thursday I went … More A Saturday
Was walking through shinae and just had to take a picture of this window display. Shameless. Also this. This ukulele cover of “Skin”. Grimes anyone? She’s a Montreal artist as a fun fact for those who don’t know, and this just happens to be my favourite song of hers, played immaculately by this strapping young … More Hipsters: Blessing Every Corner of the World Since Before It Was Cool
