Nyanko's Basket

Well, I'm pretty sure now it wasn't caused by the flu. ^^;;;

I think it might have been either because I was cycling in the rain on Saturday or because of accumulated stress from the last few days (stress from work and from worrying about cooking an authentic mee goreng for itsacz, among other things). (My mother says that what I made isn't mee goreng, but rather stir-fried noodles with vegetables. Oh well.)

Since I'm feeling somewhat better now, I thought I'd post some links/observations over the last two days, as well as things I'm going to do over the next few days:

( List of things to do )

But I'll probably have to go in person to the nearest Yamaha/piano equipment dealer and see what options there are, anyway, as well as the touch... Of note is that some of them are not portable. :P Memories of transporting a certain person's digital piano in 2003 come back...

And once I get a keyboard (as well as headphones and a bench, if needed), I need to transport everything back and then start practicing almost non-stop ^^;;;

Apparently I can cycle to the nearest dealer (Bellevue American Music) from work, too, so I might check it out tomorrow or on Tuesday (depending on my schedule).

( Cycling directions )

I finally got unlazy enough to type them out this evening.

The translation in the programme notes for the CD featuring this song ("Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics", at the Hot Springs Music Festival conducted by Richard Rosenberg in 1999) was done by Julien Benichou, Daphne Eller and Laura Rosenberg.

The perfomers were:
Barbara Richards, piano
Paul Rowe, baritone

( Lyrics, in French and English )