Song of the birds

The piece is called The song of the birds. It is a catalonian folk song and and it was played by one of the greatest cellists Pablo Casals from catalonia, at U.N. day in 1971.  Before he played he said,”…birds in the sky are singing, peace, peace, peace. And music that Bach and Beethoven would have loved and admired. The soul of my country”.

I saw the video on youtube and his words and playing deeply impressed me. Especially the phrase ”the birds are singing peace…”  I think he wanted people to think about the peace through those words and his cello playing. He died 2 years after that. So he now can’t play that song for the peace anymore. But it has been many cellists playing the piece since his death. And I also wanted to be a part of them to inherit his message of peace, even though I’m not a catalonian but as a messenger of his soul.

You can also listen to the song here:

Song of the birds

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Additional lists for hiragana and katakana

I covered all the hiragana and katakana on the lists I made before however, there are some variations with them. I think it’s gonna be useful with this additional lists espesially if you are beginner in this language. The usage are the same with the previous lists.

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Also check out the first lists of hiragana and katakana.

Audio file for Hiragana/Katakana

I’ve just put on an audio file for Hiragana and Katakana for you to study the pronunciation of them.(Hiragana and Katakana are pronounced exactly the same however)

Audio:Hiragana and katakana

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I also recomend you to take a look at a instruction on the post and download the lists of Hiragana and Katakana in case you haven’t done it.

A Jacket bag

For a couple of weeks ago, an idea hit upon me and I felt I had to try it out to see if it works.

So I did that.

The idea was to make a bag from an used clothes. I use to go to second-hand clothes shop to look for some clothes, they sell them for a very low price but most of the items are usually too large. So I almost always can’t find anything to wear. But I thought,

Hiragana and katakana

As you may know, Hiragana and Katakana is like japanese alphabet.

Now I created lists of both Hiragana and Katana for you to download and study.

I also added alphabetical letters on the top and right side to make it