A beautifully illustrated collection of six stories by Oscar Wilde, perfect for children aged 4–11 and beyond. The six stories included are: The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Remarkable Rocket, and The Young King. I especially enjoyed the descriptive language. It vividly brings each image to …
I visit The Louvre for the 2nd time. Visiting this museum for the 2nd time, I was free from the stress to see the “Must See” artworks like Mona Lisa and The Winged Victory. This time I was searching for Dutch Artworks in the Room 844 – Paintings of North Europe. Why? Because Vincent van …
I guess you would think that, the Christmas time is over now. In most of the houses in Germany, the beautiful decorated Christmas tree been taken out on 6th of January. In Asian countries, the Chinese lunar new year decoration already replaced the Christmas decoration. However, according to the old church tradition, Christmas time end …
As I am writing this blog post, I supposed to be in Bristol (UK) playing an organ recital. Apparently, the recital is cancelled due to the amendment of travel rules announced shortly before Christmas 2021. It is a pity, because both sides, the musicians/ organisers in UK and me have tried our best to make …
If I say life is good without internet, I would be a hypocrite, although it was really good to have limited internet connection for the past two weeks. Internet in my home went down. It was a perfect timing, exactly when the corona rules for church music are changing rapidly. It was frustrating and a …
Keeping a diary. Usually I write my diary in free style, so that my writing will flow. Other than relying on writing flow, discipline keep me writing. But how?
Happy to look at those promising flower bud of my African Violet and flowers in my garden.
Have you ever been to a place, when you leave, you are taking a message with you? Recently, I was in Frankfurt, and I am taking back this message with me: come back to now. It is actually an advertisement for contemporary art collection in Städel Museum, and it inspired me. When I think …
The Sun Singer in Millesgården is overlooking Stockholm across the blue water and facing the sun. He does not have arm to wave to the passing ships. Since waving to ships is not his purpose of life, not having arms is not as sorrowful as not having head and so no mouth to sing. This …
It become my habit after work before sleep to browse through Vincent Van Gogh’s painting in this book. May be it is because of my trip to Amsterdam being cancelled, which I really looked forward to see more of his original painting. I still remember how my heart was beating faster as I …