Jung’s Weblog

Have been away most of August, it was really hard on a borderline antisocial computer nerd like me, not to mention my despair of being away from MiMi, BooBoo, and LouLou. Thanks to Amelia and her daddy & mommy, the three kitties and all my aeroponic plants were well taken cared of.

After the two recitals in Poland, did another recital in Nantucket — the lack of practicing due to constant traveling, actually helped me get refreshed from this whole year of exhaustion — I enjoyed playing my recitals immensely even though I am still aiming for my early retirement Much prefer to be sincere to my passion for every little thing, making a living out of anything seems to deviate one from the original love — much prefer to be a bum, I guess, be sincere to the impulse to create and nothing more, so far I am getting away with living this way, grateful

It was my 4th time playing on Nantucket, it is such a beautiful island filled with Hydrangeas (not much of a beach person, never actually go toward the sea). I have one surviving potted Hydrangea plant for a year and half now, it is my fantasy to plant it in the front yard of my dream house somewhere in an open field — if I ever actually get time to find that dream…

Then there was Alaska, went with WQXR’s tour for 8 days, was going to edit my 17 CDs but decided to just do nothing and stayed on the ship (feeling terrible about having so many hard working ship crews serving me though). Saw the most beautiful coastline from Vancouver, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchiken, then back to Vancouver. Everyday the sky is of a different color, the water is of different movements and tone, it was moody, and astonishingly beautiful. Maybe I should have gone into the wilderness with an excursion tour, but it was just too much work — laziness took control over me for the first time.

I have uploaded quite a few pictures to my gallery again, maybe you will enjoy them

Thanks to Andrzej’s seamless arrangements, “Following Chopin” troop of 25 had a memorable trip.

We covered Chopin Museum and Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Zelazowa Wola — Chopin’s birth place, Antonin Palace (Chopin was once the guest of the prince there) — where I played a recital, Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum — where I saw an ad of my recital on a billboard :-), Wawel Castle, Old Town, and Saint Mary Cathedral in Krakow, and the Krakow National Museum (where Leonardo da Vince’s portrait is in permanent display) — where I played a recital with a surprisingly large turn out, then Lazienki Palace back in Warsaw, and the farewell dinner at Andrzej’s beautiful home lovingly prepared by his beautiful wife Arlette and we also met their gorgeous 12-year-old soccer star son Arthur.

Here are a few of the photographs I took, to see the entire gallery visit my NEW gallery site here! I haven’t loaded the other not so great (pixel wise) pictures from my iPhone, maybe I will add more to the gallery later

This past weekend took my new toy iPhone to Aspen for the Aspen Ideas Festival. This is basically a post of how iPhone’s camera responds to light — if a subject is well lit with spot lights, it works fantastically — though it rarely happens in real life… For the ease of use and to quickly document everyday moments, it is quite wonderful with 2.0 megapixels.

Landing in Aspen, some stranger got in my picture :: Ayaan Interview

dear friend Kirsten Walgreen :: her lovely comfy shoes

Rob Rieman and the Dutch Royals :: Elliot Gerson - the master mind behind the Festival (took the snap shot without him knowing when he sat next to me… )

the view from the dinning room at the Aspen Meadows during dinner.

Me with a $30 thousand Sony pro camera on fancy tripod (not mine, but how I love this sutff…) :: random well lit lilies

Some political discussion highlights of the Ideas Festival have been posted on YouTube (my non-political, no agenda concert didn’t make it there ) I was too lazy to leave the room to hear Clinton’s speech since I heard him during the last festival. But he seems to be a big focus of the video clips. Check out this Link !