In ancient China there used to be the concept of 时辰 (Shi Chen), each lasting 2 hours long, to make up the day. They name these “bi-hours” using the 12 zodiac animals. Here’s an illustration of that using Gmail’s tea house theme 5am – 7am: Rabbit 7am – 9am: Dragon 9am – 11am: Snake 11am [...]

What holiday… starring at my calendar yesterday and comparing that with some of the thoughts I have just 2 months ago about winding down is such an irony. A combination of weddings, CFA, TPO, Philwinds, Bizroolz, UsefulMusic, not forgetting the handful of websites and favors for people, not even get me started on the amount [...]

You may have read some of my scribblings about Interesthink 2. Well thanks to a bunch of passionate people it’s happening again in December 12 night. The speaker list is still growing, and the audience list would come soon as registration opens today. Based on the previous event, I thought what would really make a [...]

If you haven’t been back @ ReCom, the site had just undergone quite a bit of renovation. Check it out!

Lyrics here (opens new window). Kinda remind me of my childhood times where I would be playing with this two sided tape recorder, singing all 4 parts of hallelujah but recording it over myself (i.e. sing bass, record on one tape, then play back bass sing tenor, record on second [...]

Always discovering good music. John Rutter completed this Requiem in 1985. Here’s an easy to follow for those who can sing along, by Cambridge Singers (also founded by Rutters himself). If you don’t have 40 minutes, I recommend 3: Pie Jesu. 1: Requiem Aeternam 2: Out of the Deep

Finally, we have a clear benchmark, a meaningful yardstick (granted all the other confluence of factors) to measure how long it takes for a nation to rid itself of deeply rooted racism in this globalized world. 147 years. Read Friedman’s OpEd on NYTimes. If we start counting from “back in the summer of 69“, then [...]

Note: this is a FREE concert. Caveat: this is a Tuesday concert. Here’s the (edited for grammar) blurb about this concert. “The Chorus Without Borders” was established by the volunteers from all over Japan. The organization continuously find ways to help and encourage people from less fortunate Asian countries and deprived children through Charity Concerts [...]