Recent Posts: The Sun Rises in the East
Central Asian-Style Metal Band To Appear in Pittsburgh
My friend, Mimi Jong, will be opening with her band Appalasia for the Mongolian-heavy metal bang Tengger Cavalry on Tuesday, November 27th at 7PM at the Spirit Lodge, 242 51st St, Lawrenceville. Tengger Cavalry is a nomadic folk-metal band featuring Mongolian throat-singing. The event is 21+, and you can get more details and tickets […]
2018 Holiday Schedule and Lucky Cat Volume 2 Release
The second volume in the four volume Lucky Cat Series, Lucky Cat and the Snow Maiden’s Vengeance, is out in paperback on Amazon for purchase! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1726375552 I won’t get to the e-book until this weekend, but that will be out soon, too, with a fun, different cover: Here is the cover blurb: Three technocratic superstates […]
Recent Posts: The Enlightened Rabbit Scholastic Society
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 13
“지난 밤에 나는 숙제를 끝냈어요, 그리고 3 링바인더에 손은 용케 잡았어요. 사고가 있었어요.” 소현은 중얼거렸다. “정말어요?” 눈썹을 치켜올리면서 어머니는 말했다. 첫 오믈렛은 튀겼다. 첫 오믈렛을 내놓은 후에 그리고 어머니는 다음 오믈렛을 만들었다. 그녀는 질문해 계속되지 않았다. 오믈렛을 받는 사람을 거들떠보면서 소현은 미래와 숙진의 얼굴에 이상한 표현을 봤다. 아버지는 오직 신문의페이지를 넘겼다. 오믈렛을 받는 숙진은 소현에 […]
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 12
다음 아침에 소현은 일어났을 때 그는 모든 것 나쁜 꿈을 꿨어 생각했다. 잠자리에서 일어나면서 그는 단추를 누르고 자명종을 껐다. 손바닥에 두 개 둥근 찔린상처를 그는 눈에 띄었다. 이것 깨문자국은 있었다. 침대를 되돌아보면 그는 시트에 베개 가까운 암적색 핏자국을 봤다. 그게 그냥 꿈이 아니었다. 청바지하고 좋아하는 그런지 록 밴드 티셔츠하고 깨끗한 속옷을 잡으면서 소현은 욕실에 샤워를 […]
Tag Archives: Chinese TV
Even the Vegetable Spirits Had Taken Him Along For a Night of Elegant Conversation – Journey to the West, Part 4
In this post, I will cover volume 4 out of 6 of Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West in my bilingual Chinese-English edition, which includes chapters 51 through 67, translated by W.J.F. Jenner. Before I get back to the story, … Continue reading
Pure Yields to Foul and Foul to Pure as Fate’s Wheel Turns – Journey to the West, Part 3
In this post I will cover volume 3 of Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West in my edition, which includes chapters 34 through 50. The story arc where we left off in volume 2 with Monkey stuck under a mountain … Continue reading
After Several Lives in the Sea of Suffering She Had Purified the Waves – Journey to the West, Part 2
Now that I am finished working on my Korean textbook, I can catch up on the Literati corner as well. This post will cover volume 2 of Journey to the West in my edition, which includes chapters 16 through 33. … Continue reading
When An Egg Was Turned Into A Monkey To Complete the Great Way – Journey to the West, Part 1
This year, my Literati Corner selection will be Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en. I will be splitting it into six parts that will be reviewed in posts between each of my regularly scheduled series. This novel is at … Continue reading
The 9th Annual Silk Screen Asian Film Festival – April 25th through May 4th, 2014
This year’s 9th annual Silk Screen Asian Film Festival will kick off in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 25th with a Red Carpet Gala culture and costume party. This event includes a jazz performance, a live auction, ethnic food and dance, … Continue reading
Book Burning and Exam Hell – The Scholars, Part 2
Starting in chapter two, The Scholars is set in the Ming Dynasty, specifically in the reign of Emperor Chenghua (1447-1487). This is over 100 years later than Mian Wang in chapter one. Even though Jingzi Wu was using the Ming … Continue reading
Book Burning and the Ideal Scholar – The Scholars, Part 1
Our next reading selection is the Rulin Waishi (儒林外史), or The Scholars, by Jingzi Wu (1701-1754). Written in 1750 during Qing Dynasty rule, the author sets it in the Ming Dynasty in order to critique his own social milieu without … Continue reading
