Ett rött bär föll ner

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Linda Bjalla

I have made a new song called “Ett rött bär föll ner”.

“Ett rött bär föll ner”という曲を作りました。

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Hareta hi with Tadataka Sudo

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Linda Bjalla

I sang on a track by the Japanese artist Tadataka Sudo.
The song is called “Hareta hi”.

Tadataka also remixed the song.

Tadataka Sudo is also a pottery artist. He makes unique and dreamy art!

Visit his website!
http://tadataka.net/

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It was March 11 today.

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Linda Bjalla

I was in Sweden when the earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan on March 11 2011. I managed to reach my family by phone and they were fine. I was relieved. After that, I was checking news sites and following the timeline on Twitter to know what was going on. Then I got very shocked when I saw tsunami videos. I couldn’t believe it was happening in Japan. I didn’t feel it was real.

The next day another awful thing happened. I got to know about the nuclear accident. I thought it was the last day of Japan. I thought everything would be destroyed. I just wanted my family to escape as far as possible from the nuclear power plants. I really can’t forgive what the Japanese government did to us. They didn’t share information with us. They didn’t have any preparation for nuclear accidents. They hadn’t handed out iodine tablets to people living around the nuclear power plants. The government was afraid to lose trust in nuclear power. Because nuclear power was a tool to make money.

I have recently learned the word “instrumental rationality” which means “A specific form of rationality focusing on the most efficient or cost-effective means to achieve a specific end, but not in itself reflecting on the value of that end.” This word is very suitable to the Japanese government. I mean they think instrumental rationally. We should notice that our goal is not to make money but to have a good life!

Since that day I hate money. Because I realized it’s money that makes all the terrible things in the world.

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Jodaeiye Nader az Simin – A Separation

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Linda Bjalla

I have seen a great film today. It’s an Iranian film called “Nader och Simin – A separation”.

It’s difficult to explain why it’s a great film. But I can say that I could feel the atmosphere and I got empathy for each characters. The religious woman who works for taking care of the old man looked mysterious. So you would be curious about what she is thinking about.

Also I loved how the film starts and ends! Really impressive! This is one of the greatest films I have seen recently.

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Komatsuna

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Linda Bjalla

I think I have got new hobbies. It’s driving a car and planting herbs and vegetables!
Yes, I grow only edible plants! :D

I drove to IKEA and bought some flowerpots yesterday.
When I came home, I sowed komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) seeds in one of the pots. I grow plants indoor by the window. Unlike in Japan, it’s warm and comfortable indoor in Sweden even during the winter. So everything should be in order except one thing. Yeah, the sun has to shine more! But soon I can get led light bulbs which have a similar color to the sun. I hope my komatsuna will be tricked by them :p

This is the seeds I bought.

Komatsuna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsuna

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Joppe

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Linda Bjalla

This is Joppe. I met him when I took a walk with my boyfriend.
Joppe is a very smart and friendly cat. His family were on their way home bicycling. Then he ran like a cheetah and followed them like a dog when they called “Joppe!”.

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Chatora

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Linda Bjalla

When I visited my family in Japan, I heard that Chatora died after I moved to Sweden. Chatora was a small kitten when I saw him for the first time at my grandmother’s garden. I remember that he didn’t pee but played with sand in the litter box.

He was always with another cat. I think that was his mother. I understood that she was sick because she was skinny and her fur didn’t look good. But I couldn’t help her because she was very scared of people and didn’t let me touch her. On the contrary, Chatora was friendly to people so he became my grandmother’s cat. His life was short but I hope he had a good life.

 

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autumn breeze

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Linda Bjalla

I made this song when it was getting colder and felt the end of the summer.
Hope you will enjoy it.

autumn breeze by Linda Bjalla

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Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Linda Bjalla

I have watched a Swedish vampire film “Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In” yesterday.

I like this love story. Oscar and Eli are so cute! Of course there were some violent scenes but that was too crazy and almost funny :)

I live in Vällingby right now and the location where a young man is killed in the film was in Vällingby. The main filming location Blackeberg is close from here. My boyfriend and I talked that there might be a vampire around our apartment.

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Wonderful Swedish artists Sheriff and Lars Blek

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Linda Bjalla

I don’t know much about Swedish music scene yet. But recently I found two interesting Swedish artists so I will write about them.

Sheriff
I can’t find any information about them. They are from Stockholm anyway. The album Sail, sail, sail away! (Kning Disk) has slow and a little mysterious music. Their music reminds me of Buddhist sutra. Maybe because of the bell they use. You can listen to their music for free on Gogoyoko or Spotify.

 

Lars Blek
Minimalistic melancholic guitar music. He also makes minimal techno music as The Field. That is great as well!

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