Culture

Editor Sherry’s Sri Lanka Travel Report 2/3

So far so good? Perfect. Let’s start with day 1.
After breakfast, we got a taxi to take us to Colombo city. The airport says Colombo international airport, but its actually very far from Colombo. It took us more than three ours to get there. Our driver did not speak English, so we had a fun time explaining where we were going to him.

Music in our Eyes – Deena and Aaron

Introducing two YAMAHA students who are Deena and Aaron.
They have the drum class at YAMAHA music education center in Carnegie. We asked them how they think of drums and music.

Kanji Dojo Lesson 8

Kanji is one of four types of script (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and Roman-script) in Japanese. Let’s enjoy Kanji at Kanji Dojo with Mr Hiroshi Watanabe.

2012 Year of Dragon — 12 Chinese Zodiacs And Their Fortune

The Year of Dragon officially started on 23rd January on the same day of the new moon.
Once again, a very happy new year to all of you.
With the influence of the powerful flow of Yang energy (as in yin and yang), it is said that one may feel a little buzz and bustle in the year of Dragon. It is also a year in which success and failure may happen like big waves.

(New column) Melbourne Rope Dojo – Scott’s shibari world

1. Welcome to the “SHIBARI” world

Shibari (or kinbaku) is the Japanese art of tying people in a way that gives a good feeling whilst being aesthetically beautiful.
There are many reasons why people do shibari. These include:
– doing suspensions for aerial performances
– tying purely for the aesthetic beauty of a tie
– using rope as a means of communication between partners

Kanji Dojo Lesson 7

Kanji is one of four types of script (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and Roman-script) in Japanese. Let’s enjoy Kanji at Kanji Dojo with Mr Hiroshi Watanabe.