Month: juli 2009

July 13.
Yog-hu-ru-tu, Yog-hu-ru-tu, the woman shouts. Yog-hu-ru-tu, where are you? I am watching a children's theater play with joy. The title is "Looking for Yoghurt" and Yoghurt is actually a cat. Yeon, the set designer, is my couchsurfing host. The set is colorful and simple. I like the lighting effects assisting pantomime play on stage, and ...
July 12. The human predicament.
This day is intentionally left out. Writing this some weeks later, I can hardly remember what I did. I guess I hung out with my new friends in Seoul. Played pool on the 28th floor of an apartment building overlooking greater Seoul and the surrounding mountains we hiked a few days ago. Watching movies and ...
July 11. Wet eyes and all.
A bit ill. I spend the night and the better half of the day in the jimjilbang. Try to do some writing from 4:30 in the afternoon. Before that, I've seen a father going to the jimjilbang with his sun and I cried when he carefully helped the child into the water. Cried! I mean, ...
July 10. Avant-garde.
Meet old friends in a coffee near one of Seoul's many universities. They haven't changed much. We tell each other about our lives and smile friendly. Then I go and buy a ferry ticket to Vladivostok. The office is in the lively Insadong district. I head back to Tom n Toms coffee house to write ...
July 9. Jarmusch, Black Jesus

Retrieve the Russian visa. Calm when you wait in line. It is raining. I don't do much these days and I damn well know why. I have changed my intention 180 degrees. I was so keen on seeing some ex-girlfriend, check out if she is happy, if her family is happy, that kind of ...
July 8. A snowman in the sauna complex.
That sounds like an easy life, doesn't it? I am getting up not too early, make my way to the coffee place where I unpack my small white computer and plug it in. I try to make some sentences again, sentences like warm cookie dough. Unfortunately, inspiration is not what it used to be. I ...
July 7. Interview with mr. K.
Randay-voo: An Interview with Mr. K. Mr. K is an experimental philosopher who juggles with his concepts as if they were colorful balls."Welcome to our studio, Mr. K."-"You're welcome in your studio too.""Why? Should I not be?"-"Am I saying that?""Shit. This is going to be tough. Dear listeners, our guest today is mr. K, philosopher. ...
July 6. Ultimate Freedom and Peace of Mind.
Ultimate Freedom and Peace of MindThat would be nice, don't they think? To attain peace of mind and ultimate freedom? They can find many recipes for it in your local or virtual bookstore and why not? Let's join them! What is freedom anyway? Doing what you feel like? Or doing what you feel must be ...
July 5. Who is the zombie?
Just give yourself a break. If there is a mantra of wisdom, giving yourself a break from all too much devouring self-criticism should be in it.
Play "Who is the Zombie?"Cast: - a random group of people - a zombie; the zombie should look exactly like the people in the groupThe zombie has to mix ...