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A N D E M O K A N D E M O [[[---MOVIES---]]] (IMDB)
Hong Kong: Temptress Moon Chungking Express Fallen Angels Happy Together China:Red Sorghum Raise the Red Lantern Qiu Jui Bumming in Beijing
Japan: IrezumiTampopo
Moe no Suzaku Afterlife Maboroshi
Taiwan: Yi Yi
The Personals Eat Drink, Man Woman Ermo
Vietnam: Four Seasons
New Zealand: Once Were Warriors
United States: The Ice Storm Nowhere Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
France:
Dancer in the Dark
Italy:
Life is Beautiful
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Thank you for visiting my page. Please bear with me, I'm trying to teach myself HTML. If anyone has suggestions or helpful hints please send me a message at tsuyoikaze@asianavenue.com. I'd appreciate any help.
[[[---CHADO---]]] I am currently studying Japanese tea ceremony. The style/school that I practice is called Urasenke. If you are interested in Japanese tea ceremony, click on the Urasenke link for more information. [[[---IKEBANA---]]] I am also studying Japanese flower arranging. The style which I am studying is called the Saga Go Ryu style. This is one of the oldest styles of Japanese flower arranging.
[[[---TRAVEL---]]] ASIA: Japan, China, Taiwan SOUTH AMERICA: Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uraguay, Brazil EUROPE: Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the UK, and Morocco. These are some pictures from my trip to Portugal, Spain and Morocco.
Where I'd go from here---> Indonesia.
[[[---MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE---]]] My favorite genre of literature is Modern Japanese Literature--the "Modern" part designates that the literature was produced post-Western influence. Anyway, if you have the time you might want to track down some of my favorites. I've listed them by author to expedite the process a little, just in case you can't find it by title: >>>>>>>>>HARUKI MURAKAMI>>>>>>>>>>
A Wild Sheep Chase
The Elephant Vanishes Norwegian Wood The Wind Up Bird Chronicle Pinball, 1972 South of the Border, West of the Sun
Sputnik Sweetheart "So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us---that's snatched right out of our hands---even if we are left completely changed, with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way in silence. We draw ever nearer to the end of our allotted span of time, bidding it farewell as it trails off behind. Repeating, often adroitly, the endless deeds of the everyday. Leaving behind a feeling of immeasurable emptiness." (Murakami 1999, 206-207)
>>>>>>>>>BANANA YOSHIMOTO>>>>>>>>>>> NP Kitchen Lizard Asleep >>>>>>>>>MASAHIKO SHIMADA>>>>>>>>>>Dream Messenger [[[---CHILDREN'S LITERATURE---]]] I've developed an interest in Asian Children's Stories and here's a few books that I've picked up and liked: Lensey Namioka's The Loyal Cat
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Some of the music artists I like.....hasn't changed much since high school: John Coltrane, Bebel Gilberto, Joao and Estrud Gilberto, The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Dido, Duran Duran, Everything but the Girl, Erasure, Garbage (before Shirley fell in love), Goldie, Linkin Park, Lush, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Pizzacato Five, Red Flag, The Smiths, White Zombie...there's a bunch of artists that I can't think of now, but anyway, that's a peek into my musical tastes....I am better off buying movie soundtracks than actual full length cds. The music on this page is Dido & Tricky, I'm not sure what the song title is.
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Bird People of China
Amelie 
Whereas a traditonal arrangement from the florist's might look something like this.
An ikebana arrangement has many variations such as this.
The city of Obidos, located in Portugal, looks like it came straight out of a fairytale. It is very beautiful and picturesque.
The Alhambra is a Moorish summer castle in Spain.
Donkeys headed to market in the Medina in the city of Fez. (Morocco)
