1. First, can anyone recommend any good, angsty Korean ballads by female vocalists? I don't really like Korean male singers much - they sound a bit too tortured and constipated for my liking but I really love how Korean female vocalists sound. For instance, I love track 5 from the soundtrack to Sad Story and also Korean actress Kim Hee Seon (金喜善 ( Read more... )

《青藏高原》 Qing Zang Gao Yuan (Tibetan Plateau). Today has really been a very, rough day and I'm very glad for the weekend to lick my wounds. There was a bright spot in the day though, I discovered that one of my colleagues as well as being trained in traditional Chinese dance is also trained professionally as a singer. She sings 'normally' but she ( Read more... )

( Icon blather and a song I cannot get it out of my head )

The weekend in review ( Beijing Bookworm, subway map, dinner with Cynthia, Steak & Eggs, Batman Begins again, Dead Man Walking, travel musing, why do I keep accumulating water bottles? )

I like this song ( Read more... )