Archive for May, 2009

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    The Adventures of Bean-Chan & Wakumi’s World

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  • This month I am submitting my two favourite desserts.

    Lemon Cheesecake

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    This month I am submitting my two favourite desserts.

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  • We arrived in Japan as the cherry blossoms were blooming. They were truly beautiful, particularly the trees at the Kyoto Imperial Park where the Imperial Family resided when Kyoto was home to the Imperial Family and capital of Japan pre-1868.

    President’s Message

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    We arrived in Japan as the cherry blossoms were blooming. They were truly beautiful, particularly the trees at the Kyoto Imperial Park where the Imperial Family resided when Kyoto was home to the Imperial Family and capital of Japan pre-1868.

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  • Consider then, that the first Bulletin was put together 51 years ago by Mickey Tanaka and a group of fellow volunteers using a typewriter, pen and paper, and lots of good old fashioned elbow grease. It seems a lot longer ago then it really was.

    Musings of a Digital Immigrant

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    Consider then, that the first Bulletin was put together 51 years ago by Mickey Tanaka and a group of fellow volunteers using a typewriter, pen and paper, and lots of good old fashioned elbow grease. It seems a lot longer ago then it really was.

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  • In bringing a hip and contemporary attitude to a traditional Japanese art form (with the musical chops to pull it off), the Yoshida Brothers are bringing a new audience to this ancient instrument.

    Preview: Yoshida Brothers

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    In bringing a hip and contemporary attitude to a traditional Japanese art form (with the musical chops to pull it off), the Yoshida Brothers are bringing a new audience to this ancient instrument.

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  • In the mid 90s, while living in Nelson, BC, Oike became interested in clay, sculpture and firing techniques. After creating a series of sculptural vessels that were eventually shown in his first solo show he moved to Haida Gwaii where he was awed and inspired by the wildness and remoteness of the archipelago.

    Preview: Darrell Oike

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    In the mid 90s, while living in Nelson, BC, Oike became interested in clay, sculpture and firing techniques. After creating a series of sculptural vessels that were eventually shown in his first solo show he moved to Haida Gwaii where he was awed and inspired by the wildness and remoteness of the archipelago.

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  • A woman buried with a piece of fallen star; a blind child riding on the back of the dreamer; a huge ship going nowhere; a panama hat; a barber; a goldfish seller; a thousand pigs. These extraordinary images are found in a series of extraordinary yet little-known tales written by Natsume Soseki, considered by many to be the foremost novelist of Meiji-era Japan.

    Preview: TomoeArts

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    A woman buried with a piece of fallen star; a blind child riding on the back of the dreamer; a huge ship going nowhere; a panama hat; a barber; a goldfish seller; a thousand pigs. These extraordinary images are found in a series of extraordinary yet little-known tales written by Natsume Soseki, considered by many to be the foremost novelist of Meiji-era Japan.

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  • Looking for a way that children could use their unique talents to contribute to society, she hit upon the idea of using their artwork to promote a message of peaceful coexistence. She began to collect children’s drawings from around the world and the Kids Earth Fund (KEF) was born.

    Preview: Kids Earth Fund

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    Looking for a way that children could use their unique talents to contribute to society, she hit upon the idea of using their artwork to promote a message of peaceful coexistence. She began to collect children’s drawings from around the world and the Kids Earth Fund (KEF) was born.

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  • My hope is that people will recognize that there is a pride in being of mixed race, that being a mixie is a specific identity. AND this may sound cheesy, but that we are all the sum of our parts, whatever those parts may be. Whether we identify as mixed-race, mixed culture, mixed gender, mixed education, mixed emotion, mixed parts, mixed nuts, whatever the mix is—it creates a 100% whole-grain person.

    Mixie and the Halfbreeds

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    My hope is that people will recognize that there is a pride in being of mixed race, that being a mixie is a specific identity. AND this may sound cheesy, but that we are all the sum of our parts, whatever those parts may be. Whether we identify as mixed-race, mixed culture, mixed gender, mixed education, mixed emotion, mixed parts, mixed nuts, whatever the mix is—it creates a 100% whole-grain person.

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  • In a series of 36 interlocking scenes, Iizuka's play explores the relationship between the imaginary and the real, and the lines and spaces that separate feelings and words, objects and images of objects, antiques and reproductions, and a person’s heritage and physical features.

    Preview: Tempus Theatre

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    In a series of 36 interlocking scenes, Iizuka's play explores the relationship between the imaginary and the real, and the lines and spaces that separate feelings and words, objects and images of objects, antiques and reproductions, and a person’s heritage and physical features.

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  • It was when Ichiro became the first base runner that I sensed something strange in the Korean supporters’ reaction. Every time the pitcher tried to pick Ichiro off and he would dive head first back to the base, they would roar in appreciation. Over something that is not directly related to the outcome, they were getting excited as if to say: “Make that so-and-so Ichiro grovel again!”

    The Deep Interaction between Japanese and Koreans in Baseball as Embodied in Ichiro Suzuki

    Posted on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments
    It was when Ichiro became the first base runner that I sensed something strange in the Korean supporters’ reaction. Every time the pitcher tried to pick Ichiro off and he would dive head first back to the base, they would roar in appreciation. Over something that is not directly related to the outcome, they were getting excited as if to say: “Make that so-and-so Ichiro grovel again!”

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  • What if we were to look into the face of the “other” and see not the enemy, but ourselves? Or better yet, what if we were to look in the mirror one morning and see the “other” reflected back at ourselves. Most of the barriers we set up are, after all, invisible. If we were to dismantle the artificial walls that we have erected around ourselves the world would be a more wide open and tolerant place.

    Mixed Up Confusion

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    What if we were to look into the face of the “other” and see not the enemy, but ourselves? Or better yet, what if we were to look in the mirror one morning and see the “other” reflected back at ourselves. Most of the barriers we set up are, after all, invisible. If we were to dismantle the artificial walls that we have erected around ourselves the world would be a more wide open and tolerant place.

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