This situation is so ugly and so infected. My 2 cents, anyway. I doubt any potential unrest will be caused because of muslims in these areas being opposed to the HBTQ movement, if it does it will be because the organiser is associated with publications who are openly against islam and immigration and a party who wants to limit immigration (this party also has a history of nazism and has many sympathisers who are openly racist, nationalist, etc.). I think the idea to hold a pride parade in an area where HBTQ-people may experience oppression is great and should of course be supported in itself, but this organiser comes with a lot of other baggage. He's in a party who are at best hesitantly supportive of some HBTQ rights, and this parade will have many of their sympathisers participating. Personally this is the biggest issue for me and makes me really upset. If you don't support /all/ of my rights and want to /limit/ part of them, then what actually is this "pride" parade? Because it's not one meant for me. The more I think about it the more emotional it makes me. Anyway, as I said. Infected.
That's a great tip, I didn't know renting instruments was a thing! Thank you!
I really want to learn how to play guitar! I just have to go about getting the guitar part, which is scarier than I expected.
This is mine. I like the noise.
I was not raised bilingual. My mind uses Swedish (native), English and Korean, but English the most. I have a lot of trouble with my native language because I can't always think of the Swedish equivalents of English words and I don't know how to express myself well. I intend to start reading more Swedish books in an attempt to improve it, but I grew up with an aversion to reading in Swedish so it's hard to get to it. Something that bothers me lately is my occasionally very clumsy English grammar, which I don't really know how to fix.
I live where I live because I don't have the money to move out. I still live with my mom and sometimes it's unbearable. But location wise it's close enough to my uni and it's a comfortable neighbourhood and city. I grew up in a small town in the country side and I miss it a lot. I was able to walk or bike everywhere I wanted to go (instead of having to take the subway/bus like here) and while there wasn't much in the way of quick entertainment and shopping, the connections were good and a one hour ride on the train could get you to a larger city. We moved to the capital when I was a teenager because mom lost her job. I'm hoping to get a student apartment after I come back from my exchange year in Korea, and hopefully one in a more central part of town so that I can spend more time walking around and explore. After I graduate from uni I plan on studying at the Korean Literature Translation Institute in Seoul, and hopefully I'll be able to stay in the country after that, or travel in between the countries while working.
Fascinating read. Although I don't have any anecdotes pertaining to Jews, in one of the Korean variety shows I used to watch (a problem-solving type of thing) there was a running joke that one of the dudes who was good at math was an Indian. In another there was a joke that a tanned guy was Maori. Foreigners are all the rage in Korea these days, shows like Abnormal Summit where foreigners make up the fixed cast are very popular.
I run a small fanbase for my favourite Korean band and translate information, as well as interviews when I have the time, for their English speaking audience. Aside from that studying has sorta become my hobby, and I love reading books a lot but it's difficult to make time for them now since there's a lot of distractions on my mind. I also write poetry, but that tends to be an occasional spur-of-the-moment thing rather than a sit-down-and-write thing.
Too warm and very unproductive due to my barely functioning. I'm trying to get ahead on the summer course I'm taking, but it's not going as planned. I was planning on studying all of this weekend, but due to the heatwave that just didn't happen. Stockholm was finally hit by rain today and the weather is going back to normal so hopefully I'll be able to get a lot done this week.
Since it's summer break I tend to sleep in a lot. When I wake up I immediately feed the cats, then I put eggs on the stove and wash up while they're boiling. After drying the eggs I cuddle with one of my cats (for some reason she always gets into a cuddly mood when she sees me dry the eggs. I don't know.) for a bit and then I have breakfast while catching up on Youtube subscriptions or TV shows/anime. After breakfast I brush my teeth, shower and do make-up if I'm going somewhere. Otherwise I just settle back into bed with my laptop. During school semesters my mornings look the same, except I wake up at 5 or 6am.
I keep a journal and I have been for years, but sometimes I forget it exists. But it's fun to look back on! I usually just note down random thoughts and good songs and recent events.
I wish I lived close enough to uni to use any other method than taking the subway or bus. Getting on a skateboard would be ideal! Or that "hoverboard" Casey Neistat and a ton of other celebrities were obsessed with a little while back.
This is enchanting. Thank you so much for sharing!
Delightful read. claps
Waves from Stockholm, Sweden.
Crucial Star's Love Yourself
G.Soul's Beautiful Goodbye
Zion.T's Eat
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry let me see things through a perspective I've been lucky enough to never experience. Goodreads' summary of the book calls it "an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state" which is spot on.
Life is long! Tablo's Fever's End, Part 1 is extremely important. Epik High's Map The Soul and Pieces, Part One. Nell's Slip Away. CocoRosie's The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn and Grey Oceans. These were all essential at different parts in my life.
Her is one of my favourite films but it never even clicked with me that it actually is a sci-fi film. If someone asked me to categorise it sci-fi would not be the first, second or third word to pop up in my mind. If there was a genre called casual sci-fi this would be it.
Mansell's score for Moon was my favourite thing about that movie. I haven't seen Pi yet, but I guess now is as good as ever to do so!
Whispers why aren't we learning Chinese in school again? Also it's interesting to see they excluded the vast Korean speaking population in the US from the image, and included Russia but not Canada, which has a larger Korean speaking population.
I want to be a translator of literature, from Korean to Swedish and English. Currently one year into my Korean Bachelor's degree, and after 3 more years of this I'll be doing a Master's in Asian Studies with focus on Korea. And after that I want to study at the Korean Literature Translation Institute. Getting there. I also want to write and publish poetry and children's books.. and maybe novels, but that's far, far into the future. :)
My favourite sci-fi film (and favourite film in general) is The Fountain. It's a really special piece of work. It didn't have a big budget, but the special effects are beautiful. Clint Mansell's score is stellar, and Darren Aronofsky's writing in this film is my favourite out of the ones I've seen by him. The actors' (especially Jackman's) performance were absolutely fantastic, too. It's a quite special story and it's not for everyone, but I would hope everyone gave it a shot. As for post-apocalyptic, I think my favourite would be The Road. The book and the film are both great and sort of very emotionally engaging, very dark and very depressing.
My list is more like a pile consisting of all the books I've started reading but for some reason only got a few pages in. Probably Adaptation Studies: New Challenges, New Directions, a collection of essays on adaptation studies. It was recommended reading for a Korean film and lit course I took last semester but I only got halfway through before I put it down to read something else. Thanks for the tag recommendations, will definitely follow!
한 (han). The Wikipedia article quotes Ko Eun saying "We Koreans were born from the womb of Han and brought up in the womb of Han." It's a concept you'll undoubtedly come across if you're interested in Korean literature and history. Han is sorrow caused by heavy suffering, injustice or persecution, a dull lingering ache in the soul. It is a blend of lifelong sorrow and resentment, neither more powerful than the other. Han is imbued with resignation, bitter acceptance and a grim determination to wait until vengeance can at last be achieved. Han is passive. It yearns for vengeance, but does not seek it. Han is held close to the heart, hoping and patient but never aggressive. It becomes part of the blood and breath of a person. There is a sense of lamentation and even of reproach toward the destiny that led to such misery. (Wikipedia)Han is frequently translated as sorrow, spite, rancor, regret, resentment or grief, among many other attempts to explain a concept that has no English equivalent. Han is an inherent characteristic of the Korean character and as such finds expression, implied or explicit, in nearly every aspect of Korean life and culture.
After I finish my summer course I want to finish reading 1Q84 and translate two interviews. Also review last semester's textbooks and vocabulary, plus go over next semester's textbooks and vocabulary. So essentially what I'll be doing is studying. Studying is fun. What's this sun thing that's making my life warm and uncomfortable again?
I come back to El Guincho's Bombay every summer. Some summer kpop for those not yet initiated. Catchy tunes ahead. Sober - Big Bang Happy - 2NE1 Her - Block B View - SHINee Give Love - Akdong Musician Touch My Body - SISTAR Beautiful Night - BEAST Tell Me Your Wish - Girls' Generation Solo Day - B1A4
Here's a cheers to giving it a try.
Astrophotography and foggy landscape scenes get to me. Then there are these doodles on post-its of a popular kpop boyband that I don't really follow anymore that I find highly amusing and the medium is fun. I have a thing for Monet, I have fond memories of a children's book that I had that was inspired by his paintings and whenever I see his work my heart skips a beat. I adore Puuung's paintings, of some recent Reddit fame. There are so many fun details and colours, and they're sort of surreal while very humane (?) and they speak to my forever aloneness. Bnnbno's little works are my favourite. I find them so warm and intimate, I tend to browse her works on Instagram since she attaches cute captions to them.
I'm not sure at all, now. Here's a vote just for the :c either way! c: