HakusanLad
@hakusanlad
Brit, bibliophile, gin drinker, jazz aficionado, sumo fan, choral singer, student of classic movies, Japan old hand, amateur Sinologist, and would-be Korea watcher. 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇨🇳🇹🇼🇰🇷🇺🇸
Masking up on my morning dog walk due to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has made it as far south as Maryland. Quite like old times.
Very sad news, the West Indian cricketing legend Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers has died aged 89. #cricket #WestIndies 🏏
At Friendship Heights Metro station. The guy in front of me taps in using his smart watch. Has to tap six times before his ticket is recognised 🙄 Just use a regular Smartrip card FFS.
Sam Neil’s performance in Jurassic Park rightly gets a lot of notice but I will always remember him for his role in the wonderful 1979 Australian movie My Brilliant Career. Along with the peerless Picnic At Hanging Rock it was one of my earliest introductions to Antipodean cinema.
Earlier today I told my so sons (17 and 20) about the “Roxanne” drinking game. They were scandalised.
Second fun fact: Michelle Dotrice who plays Betty in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is the older sister of Karen Dotrice who is best known for for her role as Jane Banks in the 1964 movie Mary Poppins.
Fun fact: The rhythm of the theme tune to the 70s UK sitcom “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” is…”Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em”…in Morse Code.
Excited to be singing this piece by Dvořák at our Independence Day service. An immigrant singing a song written by an immigrant.
Full marks to Chinese language app Pleco. I came to confirm the tones of the word 浪潮 (làng cháo - wave/tide) and stumbled over this…
The 9th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1969, at the hight of the Cultural Revolution was hugely significant. Ploughing through the official history to see what more I can learn.
Watching the Ozu classic “Tokyo Story” again. I wish they’d let me redo the subtitles, they’re pretty ropey TBH.