philosophie.

HP and the 1/2 blood prince

After dining at the Tibetan Lounge on Queen St., having had the same dish (Tibetan Chili Chicken) just like I did before I watched the last Harry Potter movie with my sweet friends, I went on to watch the newest Harry Potter (and the Half-blood Prince).

My feeling is just that the movie is trying too hard to be narrative, trying to catch up with the books and the expectation of the fans; it kind of lost some of the movie quality it should have. When Dumbledore died, it wasn’t so sad or shocking as it was in the movie (okay, maybe we all know how the story goes, so it takes away a bit of that surprise.. but still, I wouldn’t have minded if there were more suspense).

The last book is still sitting on my shelf. For some reason, my subconscious just refuses to read it. Perhaps it wants the story to never end – albeit knowing it’s impossible. I still have a slightest hope that Snape isn’t on the evil side….. I really hope so. But from what I heard, this is not the case. :(

And Steph, I really miss called our chemistry class “potion class” in high school!

a phone call away

前些日子Skype给了我一个月全球免费打的这么一馅饼，我就趁着这机会经常给北京的姥姥，弟弟妹妹他们打电话。

好久没有回北京了，特想。

我真的特别想今年冬天回去一趟，也许还能赶上个落雪的红墙绿瓦。

听姨妈说，姥姥接到我的电话特高兴。其实真是让老人高兴的东西在我们看来只是一个电话这么一举手之劳。虽然电话里也就是那么些唠唠叨叨的家长里短，我听见她乐乐呵呵我就特开心了。挂电话之前，我说，那我就先去睡去了啊，赶明儿在给您打电话。她说，哎，乖乖地睡啊，做个好梦！

我就感到特别特别的温暖。好象小时候她看我这个娃娃一样。

Cho Kochujang sauce

These days I have a craving for Korean food. One of the sauce that is a must in some of my favourite Korean dishes use this Cho Kochujang sauce – I think it’s called.

Just for my own record, I’m put the ingredients here.

Ingredients:

* 5 Tbsp Kochujang (Korean chili pepper paste)
* 1 Tbsp sugar
* 2 Tbsp honey
* 3 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
* 2 tsp minced garlic
* 1 tsp sesame oil

Preparation:

1. Mix all ingredients together until well-blended.
2. If sauce consistency is too thick, thin out with some warm water.

I am going to attempt to make bibimbap sometime this week. We’ll see what happens. :D

moving… present tense

I had not realized until a few days ago that I will be moving out of this apartment in a week! The apartment I’ve been living throughout the four years of my university life.

Today I went to pick up my diploma – a piece of well-embellished paper, earned with four years of joy and struggle. I’m so happy that at the end it only acts as a sign of a statement, not the goal or purpose of my four years of work.

Today I also had an amazing 2.5h rehearsal, and I cannot wait for the Schubert quintet rehearsal next week! Something about chamber music and summer is just like your favourite drink and your favourite book. So sweet.

Sometimes I’m so glad I’m a musician – as a choice of profession, hobby, lifestyle and philosophy.

Without the music that is in my life right now in the summer, all of my daily errand-running, packing, calling people I need to call, filling out documents, crazily looking f or a place to stay in NYC for the first two months would be so much of a drag.

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Random picture of the day:

musical excitement

Due to my sudden change of summer plan which took place a month ago, I had not signed up for anything musical-related over the summer, which is a little sad.

Fortunately, Luri and Soo proposed that we do the Brahms piano trio Op.8 as well as the Schubert’s Trout quintet for a concert in mid-August, I am so excited about it. Thanks for the opportunity! As well, I got some accompanying gig so it seems like I’ll be learning some Beethoven violin sonatas. Ach! My heart sings with joy. :)