[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket To Recap… We drove up on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, got to see everyone, and rehearsed on Friday before going to an open-mic performance. Read the whole post here! This post covers Ocabanda’s concert forward. We worked really hard coming to this point, and I’mContinue reading “[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket”
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Falling in Love with Seoul – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow
Seoul Trip – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow The Flight (June 13-15) I finished my preparations, and left for SFO with my mom to leave the country late on Wednesday, June 13th. We arrived, I made it to my terminal, and got on my flight at midnight on June 14th. I sat nextContinue reading “Falling in Love with Seoul – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow”
Why Do You Want to Travel?
Why Do You Want to Travel? What is driving you to see the world, find new experiences, and leave home? Everybody has a reason, whether that’s to break the routine and change up the environment, to put checks on a bucket list, or to go to their dream country. Many people, however, travel just toContinue reading “Why Do You Want to Travel?”
I’m Leaving America!
I’ve talked about this in a few posts before this, but tonight, I’m heading to the airport to leave the country! I’ll be spending a week in Korea, three and a half weeks on a study abroad program centered in Kyoto, then a month of solo travel in Japan (mostly in Tokyo). I have aContinue reading “I’m Leaving America!”
[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time
It’s 5:30 in the morning, We were up until 2 the night before due to poor decisions, packing, Fanime being the day prior, and several other causes, but we had to leave early. David and Roxy were shooting a video in San Francisco and they needed golden hour lighting – and there was no wayContinue reading “[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time”
Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies
I went through my schedule for the week in my head: Finish finals, prepare for my panel, go to rehearsal 4 times this week, perform in 4 concerts, do my panel, get ready for the roadtrip after the convention ends, learn my Ocarina music, get ready for my Japan trip… And after going through allContinue reading “Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies”
Singing with the Legendary Joe Hisaishi – A Concert Experience
I scrambled through the 24 Arias for Men book with my dad to find something that worked best for my voice. My audition was in a week, and I needed my song to be perfect, since I knew my sight reading wouldn’t be. The day came rolling, and they called my name. I knew I’d getContinue reading “Singing with the Legendary Joe Hisaishi – A Concert Experience”
Don’t Over-romanticize the Destination
When we make travel plans, many of us tend to fantasize about how wonderful the experience, how beautiful the scenery, and generally how much better than daily life the trip will be. Many people find exactly what they expect, others discover the destination is better than they thought, while some idealize the location so muchContinue reading “Don’t Over-romanticize the Destination”
Anime Expo 2017: Ocarinas, Traffic, and the Smell of Piss
This is a post from nearly a year ago. I never published it due to some major personal relationship issues that happened around the same time. I made some edits and decided to finally publish it…
Recently, I went on my first non-school related trip without any form of supervision! To many readers, you may be thinking, Wow, why am I reading the blog of a f***ing baby, to which I say…. you’re right. The trip was busy and fun…
Ocarinas – How I Found Opportunity From a Niche Hobby
When people ask me about my hobbies, whenever I mention that I play Ocarina, they invariably say things like this: You mean the thing from Zelda? Oh cool! ….what are they? Ocawhatta now? I expect these answers, so I don’t mind it, but the point is: Ocarinas aren’t well known, at least in America. They’reContinue reading “Ocarinas – How I Found Opportunity From a Niche Hobby”
Andy Cormier 