Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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There once was a grandfather ji-san and a grandmother ba-san who lived in the pea mame. Each day, the grandfather sowed the seeds, but unfortunately every night, a terrible raccoon tanuki came to mock the old couple by digging down to the last remaining peas.

One day, more than tired, ji-san attracts tanuki with smoked fish and catch a rope around his neck and legs. To scare him, he brings with him shouting at his wife that the tanuki used to prepare soup Tanuki, tanuki- jiru . Then he went back to work. The tanuki is crying and crying to soften the ba-san feels increasingly guilty and eventually get her to loosen the string, just a little ...

But tanukis have no qualms, the tanuki then loosens his strings, throws himself on the ba-san helpless, kills, makes soup ba-san (san-ba jiru ) becomes Ba-san and awaits the return of the old man. You can already see more ... the old man returns, to regale, tanuki then reveals his true nature and that the meal before fleeing to the depths of the forest (dirty beast).

But then came a nice (hm hm) rabbit become friends of the couple (not looking) for years. Horrified by the actions of the tanuki, he decides to avenge ba-ji-san and san. It will see the tanuki and invited him to collect firewood in exchange for smoked fish. The tanuki accepts and then he carries the wood on his back, the rabbit will rub flints to light a fire. Catch fire and the tanuki, hearing the crackling "kachi kachi" flames, asked the rabbit if he is the only one to hear a strange noise. "It Normally, we come to the mountain Kachi Kachi Kachi Kachi where the bird sings all the time! "The fire grew and the tanuki eventually flee screaming in flames.

The next day the rabbit brings him a poisonous plant instead a plant to put its soothing burns, feigning blunder ("oops!"), just to do much harm. Finally, he invites him to a race boat. The rabbit has two boats: a wooden one in mud. Arguing that the wooden boat is heavier and more likely to run (anything), he obtained the tanuki choose the boat that melts into mud ... miserably in the water off once. At the sight of tanuki struggling in the water, rabbit starts "you will remember the vase of Soissons!" ... uh no, my mistake ...



That is the kind of story that takes three to decipher being shot because of the style and vocabulary ... This story dates from the Edo period, no less, that's within three hundred years! I did my research and I laughed when he saw that as each tale, there are versions more or less violent. In the same way that Disney has just ousted the two sisters of Cinderella, while in the original version, they die their eyes gouged out by crows, the fate of the grandmother is changing depending on version. In original version it is digested by her own husband, but I read another version where she was "just" murdered without details, while in cartoons tanuki it simply gives a kick (and evacuated water, weeping at the end of the story) ...

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This semester I am enrolled in an introductory course in traditional Japanese culture, through which I participate in activities of the type aikidou, traditional flutes, etc.. Last week was ikebana, ten minutes from Shibuya, a workshop on Ikebana and tea ceremony.

For beginners: but what is Ikebana? 生け花 has two Chinese characters: first, that of life, the second meaning flower. The literal translation thus relates to the fact that the flowers are living, or have been brought to life: hence the subtitle "the art of living flowers" (also appropriate). The other call is Kadu, 花道 which literally means "way of flowers". From our side, we speak simply of floral arrangement: and this is! but as usual, the Japanese have brought every move to a sophistication never before. Ikebana has specific rules that I know absolutely no ... and I'm not going to explain here.

One thing is for sure is that a composition of ikebana is constructed by three points , answered symbolic of heaven, earth and men , and three criteria are taken into consideration: space, depth (or perspective) and asymmetry.



The lady made us some thing well done quickly "(raaaah) and after it was our turn.



Well, that's the trick quick well done "



Specifically, we were given a section each, and a wreath of flowers (three species of purple lilies, three branches of plum blossoms, two pink flowers). After, you have to cut the stems so that it looks like something.



And if each cut is unique, it is not fair because everyone has his vision and so on. No, it's because each flower is different, and it is not because your branch of plum bows on the right before returning to the left than the neighbor will do the same, which can be very compelling, infuriating see (when the flower finally not going in your direction and your whole composition is unbalanced, yes, it becomes annoying).
Each branch is planted on the small plate to put nails in the bottom of the bowl.



I could spend hours doing this ... we do not get tired! We just want ... to be beautiful. The composition must be beautiful, balanced, smooth without being boring, and we tend to forget the depth ... just need some flowers spring from the cauldron. Easier said than done. The plants are beautiful and fragile, is reluctant to cut must be careful when moving ...





(A flower among flowers, rhohoho)



Small look at the compositions of others: the same time, same number of flowers, and compositions very different ...

Finally the flowers were removed from their plates, wrapped in newspaper and in a small bag of jelly very refreshing third millennium ... and mine landed in an empty water bottle is made with the means that a. ..



Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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As I told one of my best friends today Skype "but what god are you offended to have such a bummer!? "

The bummer is: a herniated disc, the wisdom teeth that I remake a bad dog, colds, inflammation of the mouth apparently due to wisdom teeth and mouth ulcers also have decided to live life despite my reluctance. Just stuff not that serious but rotting life. The Golden Week is over but I am even more exhausted than at the beginning ... I was practically bedridden throughout . Do not look for physio or dentist, everything was closed because it was Golden Week, ha ha ha. Do not try to force me to rest lying puisqu'être is now also being painful standing and that anyway I wake up for one reason or another. I had to stop the sport, much to withdraw his dose a drug addict ...

short, gods and goddesses, forgiveness forgiveness forgiveness, although I did, I swear it must be a misunderstanding ... Maybe we can work out, huh?
(I'm very good muffins, anyone? No?)

Speaking of muffins, this blog would not mine if I did not address the topic of good food in Korea. Anyone who has been in Korea I held a similar speech (speech which I agree): "In Korea, what you eat!" The restaurants are ridiculously affordable, it is super spicy, but what is good. Unknown flavors, recipes have survived globalization, we want to taste everything, try everything ...



The Kalubi, Korean barbecue, perhaps the only Korean dish that can be found in Europe ...







There are stalls and shops around the streets, where they devour trays of spicy rice cakes on the go ...



The man for the job has hung his bib his briefcase to cook in peace ...



... while girls are fresh and classes, fufu.



This is a dish called ... er ... hmhm ... it is a chicken dish, that's it. With hot sauce (do not try, nothing sweet in Korea), and uh, vegetables? noodles too? What stuff ...



the foreground, delicious fried rice (spicy and, lo and behold), left on the famous rice pudding sauce (spicy), right on the Korean maki, left at the bottom of the Noodle broth (spicy), right at the bottom of the hot rice mixed with vegetables and egg (... all spicy), and amidst the dessert menu included marinated vegetables and kimchi (pickled cabbage, national pride) (SPICE cabbage, of course).

I hate spicy food usual. In Korea, everything is spicy but delicious. The first twenty-four hours, no need for lipstick and dehydration in perspective, and once it happened, by dint of spicy food at each meal, the body gets used.



Korean Folk Village Meals on (the day I almost drown in the rain), with the most delicious omelette in the world and beef stew the Onion.
(épicés. No but it becomes a joke in force)



WHOLE chicken (do not try to know precisely what you eat) with one of the best sauces I've had the pleasure of eating in my life various vegetables ...



Hillary Clinton once said that kimchi was good for health, and it has not fallen in deaf ears, they emerge every two seconds! She has received a medal for that (and the eternal gratitude of an entire people, if not decorated ...)

Saturday, May 1, 2010

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Spice up your life You said "kitschy"?

... Asians are very good at this. And the Koreans are no exception to the rule ... I am completely immune. The exotic kitsch, it's universal. Just look at the 13th arrondissement of Paris and compare it with the real Beijing, it's still a world ... Here, most stores 'European' are straight out of cartoons. It does not lack charm when we ignore the side completely superficial ...







Bakery "French" (with kouign-amann! Without laughing!)



Lotte World ... Half inside, half outside.

Lotte is one of the largest Korean companies, a true conglomerate, that limits the Korean Company ... I have long linked the group name because the cakes in Japan, a big part of Lotte biscuits are marked. I was off base because it completely exceeds the size packages of cookies ... Lotte is the name Charlotte but I do not know WHY they chose Charlotte as a brand name ... I know however is that they have branches varied Lotte Card will charge credit cards, Lotte Capital is a box of finance, they also have a branch store whose name I forget, two baseball teams, supermarkets and other branches too, I suppose ...

Anyway they have their theme park. I was fooled again: amusement parks in Japan and Korea are so well maintained, clean, decorated to the smallest detail ... I'm not really a fan of theme parks but we must recognize that we really feel like elsewhere.











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"The fire that burns, and water it mouiiiille ..."

You see those two tourists who were offered free champagne at the airport, an hour of their departure for Seoul?



... they look so happy, so carefree. They know that in twenty-four hours, they will face THIS:





avian Ca seems to be a good idea, however, the Korean Folk Village ... traditional houses, archery, pottery workshops ... It looked funny ...

After an hour and a half of transport to go (two bus trips ultra kitsch which I present two versions : The red and blue go back):





... we were still full of reasoning, convinced that when we want to have fun, you can have fun and that the flood would not because of our willingness to tourists.



(Ibiza, here we come ... or not.)


Except that all activities were canceled, of course, that number was reduced to a minimum because of the downpour and the entire field was clay, which is very cool dry weather, but quicksand effect as soon as he secured pleuviote ... imagine the general picture: real strings of water falling from the sky, I could no longer walk, his legs numb from the cold and soaked to the thighs, mud blurring our clothes every two umbrellas completely useless, the park EMPTY , no heating in buildings, and we are wandering from building to building closed closed ...





... once back on the bus, I will not tell the big crisis of laughter ...

small portrait heads of our winners:



That said, that day, we visited the now proclaimed "worst museum in the world" to whom we sent a symbolic award. For that alone, I do not regret coming here ...


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It looks like what, Seoul ... ?

... most people say it looks like Tokyo.

There are some historical monuments ...









... and buildings to no end. Seoul is an urban terrain, even more enormous than Tokyo, over extended ... winding through the mountains and the impressive Han River.





... there are also small streets quiet ...



... and customs-tourist trade that does not, however, lack of poetry ...







... and there is the charm of lights, of course.