A Tibetan living overseas sharing thoughts and observations

Saturday, July 18, 2009

June 21st, 2009 Third day of Solstice.

In the morning after I ate breakfast. I talked to a woman for forty minutes. Jeremiah cooked very good meat and his wife brought some to me. This Island is very small but really beautiful and people around and some musicians and singers near the ocean played guitar and sang songs. I took photos and recorded their songs, after lunch all the men met together for Arlen. All the men talked to Arlen about their experiences and how to be a good person and have a good future. Arlen is fifteen years old. But he wanted to be adult, a man. We had 21 men. Arlen didn’t eat food for three days. So when we were talking he ate some dessert and all the people handed around that food. Forty minutes later all the men swam, Women meeting for Ellen and Marta in the teepee, they talked about their experiences for Ellen and Marta. Sounds like education. Ellen is seventeen years old and Marta is sixteen years old. But they want to be adult women, after meeting one hour later. Arlen used a kayak to come and Ellen and Marta used a boat. We played different instruments and said welcome and congratulated them. We had five photographers but only Gregg took photos. We made a big circle and played a little game. Then three adults they gave us little presents and their parents gave them some gifts. Karen gave her daughter a book. When Karen read a poem I was next to her and I cried a lot, because Karen’s husband dead five months ago. I thought about Karen and her kids. I couldn’t stop crying I had a lot of tears, really sad. C.B. was on my left, she cried too. Forty five minutes later all the fathers with kids went to another place. Kids gave to fathers’ flowers and they said “happy fathers’ day” and sang a fathers song and the kids massaged to fathers. Irene massaged me. When she gave me a massage I missed my daughter Tserang Tso. I sang with Rosie and Kristin. We ate all the food and drank together and in the night we made a big fire and put cedar on the fire and prayed. After prayer we played drums and women danced. At3:00 a m Gregg and Greg took off their clothes and danced a woman did the same and danced another four women wanted to take off their clothes. But I don’t know what happened. They didn’t, I took off my shirt then danced. At 5:10 a.m. it got light and some kids slept near the fire. Jaime and some men still drank beer and talked. I went to bed. My wife’s body was really warm.In the morning after I ate breakfast. I talked to a woman for forty minutes. Jeremiah cooked very good meat and his wife brought some to me. This Island is very small but really beautiful and people around and some musicians and singers near the ocean played guitar and sang songs. I took photos and recorded their songs, after lunch all the men met together for Arlen. All the men talked to Arlen about their experiences and how to be a good person and have a good future. Arlen is fifteen years old. But he wanted to be adult, a man. We had 21 men. Arlen didn’t eat food for three days. So when we were talking he ate some dessert and all the people handed around that food. Forty minutes later all the men swam, Women meeting for Ellen and Marta in the teepee, they talked about their experiences for Ellen and Marta. Sounds like education. Ellen is seventeen years old and Marta is sixteen years old. But they want to be adult women, after meeting one hour later. Arlen used a kayak to come and Ellen and Marta used a boat. We played different instruments and said welcome and congratulated them. We had five photographers but only Gregg took photos. We made a big circle and played a little game. Then three adults they gave us little presents and their parents gave them some gifts. Karen gave her daughter a book. When Karen read a poem I was next to her and I cried a lot, because Karen’s husband dead five months ago. I thought about Karen and her kids. I couldn’t stop crying I had a lot of tears, really sad. C.B. was on my left, she cried too. community gave to someone a good present every years. So this time they chosed Ellen and gave to her a good camera. Forty five minutes later all the fathers with kids went to another place. Kids gave to fathers’ flowers and they said “happy fathers’ day” and sang a fathers song and the kids massaged to fathers. Irene massaged me. When she gave me a massage I missed my daughter Tserang Tso. I sang with Rosie and Kristin. We ate all the food and drank together and in the night we made a big fire and put cedar on the fire and prayed. After prayer we played drums and women danced. At3:00 a m Gregg and Greg took off their clothes and danced a woman did the same and danced another four women wanted to take off their clothes. But I don’t know what happened. They didn’t, I took off my shirt then danced. At 5:10 a.m. it got light and some kids slept near the fire. Jaime and some men still drank beer and talked. I went to bed. My wife’s body was really warm.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

June 20th, 2009 Second day of Solstice.

Today was the second day of solstice, June 20th. When was eating breakfast Jeremiah and some people arrived on our Island. I practiced drumming for three hours because I didn’t practice drum before. I worried about when we play drums at night and I was worried I would make a mistake. C.B. made two Sandwiches for us. After lunch I continued to practice drumming and I saw a lot of seals. The weather was very good. In the afternoon we worked a little for solstice to pick up fire wood and made the teepee and put the solstice flag in the tree and we made a big circle and new people who came introduced themselves. Then we ate all the food together and there were a lot and so many different foods. Because all the people arrived here today, the young girls hot-tubbed on the big boat and sometimes they swam. Tonight at 10:45 the moon change and we went to good place near the ocean and Shantparv brought some quartz and cedar to put on a little fire, then people were seated and faceed east for thirty minutes meditation and prayer for the moon. I don’t know what the people were thinking when we prayed to the moon. But I asked for blessing to Buddha and Dharma and Sangha prayer to moon, also I chanted some important Buddhist prayer to the moon and all the world tonight. At 11:20 pm we started to play drums and I didn’t make mistakes too much when I played with the drummers. I know I need more practice drumming. Women danced around the fire also sometimes they sang a lot of songs. People brought many instruments. We played really good music. I record their some songs. Not too late. People were tired and they mostly went to bed. C.B. went to bed, too. I still played with some drummers. But the sound was not to good. When I went to bed someone slept like a stone near our tent. He snored very loudly.

Friday, July 10, 2009

June19th, 2009 First day in Solstice.

I woke up at 8:00, today is Friday and I won’t work. Because community people wanted go to an Island and pray during solstice. I thought we will leave at 11:30 but Gregg called us he said “we have to go, are you ready " then I ate breakfast very quickly and I brought a cup tea and drank in the truck. But I had no time to bring lunch. I went with gregg to the beach and put some stuff in Gregg’s boat. Paul Lewis said “Karjam we can go together in my boat” his boat is made of wood and very nice, Ellen and Marta went with Gregg. Other people used teacher Greg’s boat. That boat is big and very nice. Three boats went to a small Island together. We used a walkie-talkie and I took photos and recorded video. When we went to the small Island Gregg’s boat stopped and can’t start. Then we used teacher Greg’s boat to go to the small Island very slowly. But we still were first and nobody came there. People found good places near the ocean. I remember C.B. told me “Karjam you are first there so you choose a place near the ocean for our tent.” But I chose a bad place. After three hours some boats came. But C.B. didn’t come yet. I was very hungry. Gregg said before “Karjam here have some food if you want to eat” But I still chose to wait for our food and my wife. At 5:40 C.B. came in the last boat and she said “Honey are you hungry” yes I waited for you all day. Then we brought our stuffs went to our place she was not happy we weren’t near the ocean. After we ate some food we made our tent. At night we made a fire and talked to together. But the wind was very strong and many people went to bed, we went to bed, too. Near the ocean tents were unhappy because the wind was still very strong also our neighbors. My wife said “Honey I understand why you chose this place” there was not a lot of wind. And she talked about her parent’s story. I really liked to listen and I said “then and then” and she slept.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

June 16th, 2009 My Early Birthday Party and Motorcycle.

Today was June 16th, 2009, Tuesday and I had my birthday party. My real birthday is June 23rd, but Cedar Bough (my wife) she will go back to LA on June 23rd, so family we thought June 16th is a good time everyone. Not too busy. Yesterday C.B. asked me “honey who is your best friend” I said “you are my best friend” she said “no not me I mean or other people on Lopez” I know why she asked me that. I really want someone to come to my birthday party. But I know Tuesday everyone was very busy. So I said I don’t have any friends on Lopez. Irene V called me she asked “Karjam what do you like for your birthday dessert I will make it for you. I said “I know all the desserts you make are good so I can’t choose.” Tuesday morning at 7:30 I went to work thirty minutes way. When I went to work my motorcycle stopped and it wouldn’t start. I am very angry because I paid $600.00 to the mechanic Alwen. I didn’t ride yet for five days and my motorcycle has the same problem as before. I finished work at 4:50 and then I came home. C.B. said “Nigel and Juniper and their father came to your birthday party. I am happy she invited my younger friend Nigel. Afternoon the party started at Zack & Irene’s home. Also Zack made a fire outside. C.B. and her family made good food. Then the family came and they gave me different presents and gave me hugs and say happy birthday and the kids also too, they were very lovely. After we ate food Juniper brought a big dessert on the top there were a lot of candles and the family sang the birthday song for me and C.B. kissed me she said “honey I bought two clothes for you and love you so much” then we ate and talked and the kids played with the dogs but I worried about my motorcycle maybe tomorrow I can’t go to work on my motorcycle. I still thought about the mechanic Alwen. What he would do to fix my motorcycle. This is my second birthday party in the U.S.A. I never had a birthday party in Tibet.

June 10th, 2009 Junipers Concert at Lopez School and Uma and Sirus.

Today is Wednesday and Juniper had a concert at school. I ate dinner with Juniper’s parents yesterday. I saw Juniper practiced music and she has two different flutes and she showed me how to play that flute. Then she said “tomorrow I will have a concert in school” when I was talking to her. She was very different from last year. I understood because her parents and Edi, they use a lot time for her education. At 10:30 I went to school to Juniper’s concert, the concert was in the school music room. There were not a lot people. Mostly kids parents and some another young kids came there. Juniper played music with Uma . Music teacher Lisa she told them the music tempo and tone and sometimes they played with another two kids. They are very young 6 years old. But they are understood how to play flute. They played very good. After the concert some people asked some kids “why do you want to study flute and how was the your concert and did you make a mistake?” people waited for their answer and gave many times for kids. Then a woman gave to teacher Lisa big flowers. I took some photos of Sirus and other kids. I talked to Sirus a little and he can sing my song. I saw in the music room a lot of different instruments. I am really happy Juniper likes to play some instruments. Also I am really happy her parents and grandpa and grandma. They came to support to her. I am surprised, because she is six years old and that concert was only thirty minutes. But people thought that is important we have to go see her concert. Wow. I remember when I was young my education. Not good, anyway. Here I saw their maney different education of three years. I thought I can’t live in the U.S.A. I must go to Tibet and I will work for some school.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

June 08th, 2009 I went to Seattle and Lopez Island.

I woke up at 6:00 am, Cedar Bough helped me carry my stuff. We went to LAX airport mostly with many very heavy books. Also I had my instrument, a Bouzouki, it is very big. In the airport many people asked me “is that a banjo” I said “No this is Karley, my bouzouki but next year I will want to buy a banjo and I like banjo” They said “yes banjos sound very good” at 8:20 I flew to Seattle and all the seats were full. I arrived in Seattle at 11:30 and I ate a good lunch at the airport. At 12:20 I got to the shuttle bus and Maya Borhani got the bus, too. On the bus we talked all the way. She went to many plans with her group performance for around ten days. After two hours we got to the ferry and went to Lopez Island. My mother-in-law (Edi) waited for me at the ferry landing. Maya’s daughter came to the ferry landing. Then we went to the market and I bought a lot of food and when we went home Edi asked me about my family in Tibet and she said “Supper at 7:00pm.” After I cleaned my small house I went to Edi’s home and ate dinner together. She made very good food and a little dessert she said “Gregg and Irene went to Seattle they will come back tomorrow” after dinner Zack and Irene and their daughter Juniper came to my house to hug me and say hello. They said “Karjam we want to have dinner tomorrow night at our home together” Then I went to Irene Skyriver’s garden. Gregg made a new gate and the garden changed a lot. Wow Lopez here is really good all the way are green and quiet and I can listen to bird songs

Monday, June 15, 2009

June 7th, 2009 Professor Judys Party.

After at 5:00 we went to Professor Judy’s home for a party for the Indonesian teachers. A lot of people came to the party. But I know most of them. I talked to some friends and took a lot of photos and recorded video. There was a lot of food and different drinks and desserts because Judy invited two cooks. First Judy spoke about this program being successful she said “Thank you for the Indonesian teachers” then some teachers spoke about this class and all the teachers cried. But Sunardi didn’t cry and he still recorded video. Judy invited some professional dancers and drummers. After dinner some people played instruments and other people danced together. Philip played guitar and the teachers sang Indonesian songs. Judy had all the Indonesian instruments, a room full. Then Judy gave the teachers her presents and teachers gave Judy and her assistants presents. Also everyone brought a present for the Indonesian teachers. So they opened the presents and said “who gave this?” somebody said “That was what I gave” then they hugged and kissed on their face. It looked like Christmas presents, very funny

Saturday, June 13, 2009

June 5th,2009 Professor Helen Rees and Musician Eunjung Cho.

In the afternoon professor Helen Rees gave a speech in the UCLA music building, I was a little late. There were some professors and some Ph.D. students there. I didn’t understand her speech very well. But I looked at her book and listened to the CD before. I heared many students wanted to listen to her speech. After her speech I talked with her about some of my ideas and how to save to traditional music and instruments. She told me some her ideas and she showed me a book. She said “ you need to buy this book” C.B. said “we already have that book.” Kate checked my blog she was surprised and she said “ Karjam you are doing really good and I like it” At 6:30 C.B. and I got the bus and went to a school and met Eunjung Cho and her two boys. She taught gayageum. Then we went to a good Korean restaurant. After we ate there was still a lot of meat. Eunjung said “Karjam that meat is all for you” But I really can’t eat more, I am full. Eunjung drove us home.

May 26th,2009 Familly visit us.

In the afternoon Irene and Juniper came to LA to visit us. They are from Lopez Island and they are our family. Also Irene's brother Frank and his two daughters Gracie and Gabriella. They wanted to visit us. Frank said "Gabriella wanted to visit Karjam" Riella likes me and she thinks I'm special. At 2:30 we met at UCLA and C.B. showed them her building and we watched some students dancing. Also we went to the music building and C.B. showed the instruments to the
girls. I met professor Helen Rees and her friend. We talked for five minutes and professor said " she is my good friend's daughter and also he is my teacher in China" Then we went to a good restaurant and ate lunch. After we went to the beach and Juniper gave me her art and Gabriella showed me her homework books she really wanted play with me and she think I’m interesting. Sometimes she looks like a boy when she does some things. Anyway that was just talk. I really wanted to walk to the beach with familly. But I had to go to UCLA for my class.

Friday, June 5, 2009

June 2nd, 2009 Finished all the Performances and last class party.

The Spring Festival of world Music and Jazz. May 16- June 2, 2009 today was the last performances in the festival. Wow.That was really good. There was many different kind of music and instruments from many contries. I watched fifteen different performances. I made a lot of videos and took photos of this festival of world music. I liked some traditional music and instruments .Because when I listen to their music I really want to lean some more and I want to buy some instruments. I think that was very sbecial. Now I need to buy one instruments every three years. Always after performances I talked with some musicions and some professors and singers. My group is the music of Bali Ensemble. I studied Indonesian Balinese music for three months. I really like professor Wenten, also he dances very well. Today was the last class of the
muisc of Bali Ensemble. So people brought some food and drink. We had a party in the muisc buiding. Some studen'ts asked professor Wenten " How did you and your wife meet for the first
time" professor told their his story and I sang two songs and danced one short dance.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

May 24th, 2009 Old Topangga Canyon.

In the morning Karen came to our parking lot. She got us. We went to professor Buswell's house. One hour away. It was very beautifull and looks like an actor lives there. That house was on the mountain. We can see all the houses and some village below us. Some studants and professors brought a lot of food. Professor Buswell cooked meat. On that very beautiful land we ate lunch
very slowly. People talked so much. Also I talked to some professors we used Chinese, they teach Buddhism at UCLA. The weather was very good. After lunch everyone went hiking and professor Buswell's wife Christina lent us seven hats. She said "if you want use please get" then I got one hat, Christina said "that hat we bought in Tibet in 2005." Wow, I was surprised. When we were hiking Christina talked to me about her trip to Tibet. She really liked Tibet. She wants to travel to Tibet again. We took photos all together and then we came back. Buswell brought two big watermelons. That were very cold so everyone was happy to eat them. At 4:00 pm. We came back to the city.

May 23rd, 2009 Buddhism Event offers ceremony.

Cedar Bough wanted do some thing at home. I went to a buddhism ceremony at UCLA in Kerckhoff Grand salon. A lot of people came there and some monks talked a little about Buddhism. Because today is Buddha's birth day. We washed the Buddha's face and made three Groups and talked with each other. Monks from Sri Lanka and China and Korea. They had a little food for lunch. No meat. After lunch there were some performances also Tibetan dance. That dance is not good and the dancers were just Chinese students. But I'm very happy they are dancing. I met the famous photagrapher Don Farber and his Tibetan wife Yeshi. We talked alittle bit. Don Farber had a lot of photography books and people bought some of his books. When I went to UCLA I met a woman. Her name is Radka and I think she understands me. She helped me show some things
and we talked very slowly. I falt that was very different Buddhist ceremony.

Friday, May 29, 2009

May 21th,09 Maya's Speech and From Gujarat,India concert. LA electric 8 and Cari Ann's concert.

In the morning I practised Javanese music with my group. Some studants didn't learn music before. But today they played very well. I was surprised. After class I asked some studants."Did you study music before?" most students started to learn music in middle school.
At 12:00 I listened to Maya's speech with C.B. also there was some food. We ate lunch there. Maya's speech was about Buddhism and she is from Germany but she researches Korean Buddhism. some people and professors asked Maya questions. I asked Cedar Bough " Do you have some question for Maya" she said "No" I thought she was. Because she also research Korean Buddhism ten years ago. In the afternoon there was a concert at the Fowler Museum. LA Electric 8 play music and everyone watched some video of Cari Ann's. There was some food and drink. But people can't take photos or make video recordings. After the concert. We went to another concert in the music building. SidiGoma is from Gujara, India. Their performenc was very good. When I watched their performence. I think traditional things are the bast. When we went in to the room people respected their culture by taking off their shoos. Rebecca doesn't go inside she stood near the door. Because she thought that room is very dirty. I thought that was very interesting, wow.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

May 17th, 2009 Went to three concerts and special place.

In the morning at 7:30 Jelani came to uor parking lot get us we went to a special place. A lot of people came to listen to the speech. They talked about world religion and listened and chanted with music. Some times Tibetan monks go to there to chant. A bout 15.000 people go there a week they talk to people. How to be a good person and do good things. But they spoke very fast. So I understood only 50 percent at 11:30 we came back home and ate lunch. Then I went to a little music festival. There were not a lot of people. But there was very good music and a lot of groups. Played different countries

music and instruments. Most people study ethnomusicology. At 3:30 I went to mrs Adams home and worked for two hours. At 7:00 I went to a concert with African American music and the Afro - cuban first was a big chorus. It was really nice.

May 16th, 2009 The Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz












In the afternoon I took a bus and went to a concert. At UCLA. in schoenberg hall. First was the music of India ensemble directed by Shujaat Husin Khan. It was very good music and they played for 45 minutes. After the brake was music of " Gamelan" music from bali, directed by I nyoman Wenten. Their performance was wonderful. The dances and music were all good.
After the concert their had for Indonesian
food dinner. But I didn't go because I have
to go get a bus. At night there are not a lot
of buses that go near my house.

Monday, May 18, 2009

May 14th, 2009 First class Javanese music.


In the morning I went to my new music class. This class is tradicional javanese music some students didn't come to the class. There are two teachers. Sunardi and semedi. They taught us very well. We played well but a little slowly. I really like how they write music. It is different. when they taught us we didn't understand a lot. Because their English is not good. But they smile a lot so we all like them. Professor Judy didn't come to see us. Cedar Bough came and she took photos of us. I ate lunch outside on the grass. The weather was very good many poeple ate lunch there. Then I went to the library to find some Indonesian music books.

May 12th, 2009. C.B. and I gave a speech Tibetan environment.


In the morning Cedar Bough had a speech a bout the Tibetan environment at UCLA. There were many students and some professors. So C.B. used her computer and showed her photos and she spoke a bout the environment in Tibet. I sang two songs about the environment and also I introduced some photos and spoke to them about when I was young and my life and education. The students had a lot of questions for us. They really want to understand the Tibetan culture and environment. So I thought C.Bs. speech went viry well. Then in the Department of world Art and cultures there was a speech. A bout the Philippines by Lorenzo. I listened of that speech. He spoke a bout dance in the prison. A lot of prisoners danced Michael Jackson's dance. Because the prison boss thought that was exercise and they needed discipline.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Sunday, may 10th, 2009- Santa monica beach.

On sunday the weather was very good. After lunch C.B. and I went to santa monica beach. it was


beautiful and many people were swimmins there. Suddenly I had a good feeling. I didn't take off my clothes. But I went into the water. C.B. took photos of me and she said"Karjam you are funny"Then she made Tai Chi poses for the camera. It gets cold at night in L.A. She brought her pants. I took off my pants and put on her pants so I am a little warm. Then we walked to santa monica promenade and looked for some job for me and we wrote a job application paper. At night there are a lot of musicians and a lot of interesting performences C.B. wanted to drink coffee. But we didn't find the kind of coffee she likes. Also she doesn't like to go to places a lot with of people. We took the bus home.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

May 07th, 09- indonesia dance class. Tai chi and Ba gua zhang.

In the morning I went to UCLA for my indonesian dance class. Today was the last class and we made three groups of four people and performed. So we were all very nervous. After the class the teacher said, next week we will start Javanese traditional music class. After lunch I went to a performance professor Cheng-chieh Yu performed Ba Gua Zhang and Sifu Jason Tsou
performed Tai Chi Quan. They are real professional and really good. Then we talked a little about arts. Also I met other people and we talked little bit.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 --- Bailey

In the morning C.B. found a job for me on the internet. in the afternoon I went with C.B. to Mrs. Adams' home and we met Mrs Adams and her dog Bailey. Mrs Adams' body is not good, she is in a wheel chair.

But she is very smart and very kind. I like her. Her husband died one year ago. Also she said Bailey is ten years old and is from the pound when he was five years old. Now Bailey walks very slowly. We talked and walked around a little. Then came back also I watered her bushes. That is my first job taking care of a dog.

Friday, May 1, 2009

April 25th, 2009 -- Los Angeles Festival of Books

My wife has a lot of work at home. I went to the Festival of Books at UCLA. there were a lot of books and a lot of people. I bought four books, they were very cheap. But in some places the books were very expensive, I really wanted to buy a book. That book has pictures and good poems about Tibetan culture. But it was very expensive, $65.
The wind blew some scaffolding over. Three people went to the hospital. That scaffolding had a big plastic sign, with words on it. Then the police very quickly took the ads from all the scaffolding everywhere in the festival. The wind was strong.
A woman wrote a book about her grandfather. Her grandfather lived a long time in Lanzhou, China. We spoke Chinese and she went to Lanzhou many times to research her book.
A woman lost her older daughter. Then she called her daughter's name four or six times, very loud and she worried a lot. But three minutes later, she found her daughter. I thought that mother was very angry and she will strike her daughter. If she was Tibetan, she would hit her daughter. But they very lovely and hug together and daughter said "I am sorry mother, next time I won't do that."




April 23rd. 2009- Indonesian Dance, Bulgarian Concert



In the morning I started learning Indonesia dance with UCLA undergraduate students. We have fiftteen students and two teachers. I am not a UCLA student but Professor Judy and TA CedarBough they gave me this chance. Teachers for Indonesia, their English is not good, but their have good experience. I studied Chinese contemporary dance and Tibetan dance before but this is really different. I liked their music very much because I studied their music.




In the afternoon there was a concert. The concert was Bulgarian folk music. and they have thirteen people in their group. They played music and have good voices. I talked to Tazvetanka Varimezova about Bulgarian folk music. She and her two daughter's have beautiful voices. I really want to buy their CD but they didn't bring it. So she said next Monday you can buy our CD.

Friday, April 24, 2009

April 20th, 2009 - Lunch with Lama Kejang


CedarBough went to UCLA. I cleaned the house. I went to Trader Joe's and bought some food and drink and flowers because today a friend came to my home to meet us for the first time. His name is Kejang, he's a lama and my father's good friend. He is my father's good friend in Tibet. In 1982 Kejang went to India and met the Dalai Lama and he worked for 20 years with HH. In 2002 Kejang moved to the United States. I came to the United States in 2007 and sometimes I call Tibet and talk to my father. First he asks me about my life. Second he always asks me about Kejang. But I don't have a lot of information because I don't have time to go to San Francisco to see him. I just called him sometimes. But today Kejang came to my home and CedarBough made good food for us. Kejang said very good food, she looks like a professional cook. CedarBough gave him flowers and I gave him a katak. He is 72 years old. But he is still very smart and looks very young. CedarBough talked to his friend. Kejang really wanted to look at relatives photos in Tibet. Yes, I had a lot of photos from Tibet, then I showed him a lot of photos. He was very happy to see my photos. Also he likes to watch VCDs from Tibet. He really wanted to watch VCDs from Tibet, so I gave him some VCDs and my present. When Kejang listened to my CD he said "your voice sounds like your father. When I was young I listened to your father's singing a lot." Kejang wanted to read some of my books, so I gave some books to him. He was so happy to meet us and we took some photos. After three hours he and his friend left.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Frank and Nicole's, Lisa Nemzo, Indonesian Performance


In the morning Frank came to my apartment to get us. Frank is my brother-in-law's wife's brother. At 9:30 CedarBough helped me with Frank we went to his home one hour away. Frank introduced CedarBough to his wife and children also he showed us his beautiful house and rooms; very nice and comfortable. But I really like his Apple TV. We talked a little, CedarBough read her book. Frank and I started working in his yard. He had a big yard, it is really nice. We worked for three hours. Then Nicole made our lunch. We had a good lunch and ice cream, then we continued to work in the yard. For two hours. They sent their kids to Nicole's sister's house and then Gracie lost her first tooth. Frank and Nicole wanted to go to the city and meet some friends and eat dinner together. But when we were coming back to the city on the road there were a lot of cars so we went very slowly.

I wanted to meet Lisa Nemzo at 6:30. But I can't. CedarBough called Rebecca and talked to her about our problem. And then she bought some food for us. Lisa and Rebecca ate dinner, very quickly and we went to UCLA and watched the Indonesian performance. The music and dance was all good and people liked it. Also some people looked at their instruments. People thought it was interesting music. After the concert there was a reception and some food and drink. Lisa Nemzo showed us her new CD but she said it hasn't been released yet. We listened to the CD. It's very nice, beautiful voice. And I like her recording. So I asked her about recording so we talked a little bit.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

ངོ་སྤྲོད་མདོར་བསྡུས་


རུས་མིང་ལྟར་མཚེ་ཁྲ་སྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་འབོད། ཡང་ན་སྐལ་རྒྱམ་ཡང་ཟེར། ཕ་ཡུལ་ཨ་མདོ་རྨ་ཆུའི་དཔལ་བན་ཚང་གི་འབྲོག་པས་ཁྱིམ་ཚང་དཀྱུས་མ་ཞིག་ནས་འཚར་ལོངས་བྱུང་། ཀན་སུའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན་སྒྱུ་རྩལ་ཆེད་གཉེར་སློབ་གྲྭར་ནས་བོད་ཀྱི་ཞབས་བྲོ་འཁྲབ་མཁན་གྲགས་ཅན་ཡི་དམ་སྐྱིད་ཀྱིས་བོད་རང་གི་ཞབས་བྲོའི་ཁྱད་ཆོས་གཞིར་བཟུང་ནས་མདོ་དབུས་ཁམས་ཀྱི་འཁྲབ་སྟངས་ཁྲིད་སྦྱངས་བྱས། སློབ་མཐར་ཕྱིན་རྗེས་ཀན་ལྷོ་ཁུལ་ཟློས་གར་ཚོགས་པའི་ནང་ལོ་ངོ་བཅུ་ལྷག་གི་རིང་བྱ་བ་ལས་ནས་སི་ཁྲོན་དང་མཚོ་སྔོན་ཀན་སུའུ། གཞན་རྒྱ་ནང་གི་ཞིང་ཆེན་སོ་སོ་དང་ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡ་སོགས་ནས་འཁྲབ་སྟོན་བརྒྱ་ཕྲག་བརྒལ་བ་བྱས།  ༩༥ ལོར་སྒྲ་ཐག་"ཨ་མདོའི་བུ་མོ་" དང་"ཀན་ལྷོའི་དཔྱིད་དཔལ་" ཟེར་བའི་སྟོད་ཆ་དང་སྨད་ཆ་གཉིས་གླུ་བ་ལྔའི་སྒྲ་བླངས་ནས་མདོ་དབུས་ཁམས་གསུམ་དུ་བཀྲམ། ༩༨ ལོར་ནུབ་བྱང་མི་རིགས་སློབ་ཆེན་ནས་སྐད་བརྡ་རིགས་པ་དང་རྩོམ་རིགས་སློབ་མཐར་ཕྱིན། ༢༠༠༢ ལོ་ནས་བཟུང་པེ་ཅིན་དང་ལན་ཀྲུའུ་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ་སོགས་ནས་དབྱིན་ཡིག་དང་རྩིས་འཕྲུལ་སོགས་ལོ་བཞིའི་རིང་སྦྱངས། ༢༠༠༥ ལོའི་ཟླ་༨ པར་ཆུང་མ་བྱ་ཁྱུང་སྐྱིད་དང་མཉམ་དུ་ཕ་ཡུལ་རྨ་ཆུའི་དཔལ་བན་ཚང་ནས་འགོ་བཙུགས་ཏེ་རྐང་ཐང་ལ་ཁྲོ་སྐྱབས་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོ་དང་དེ་ནས་རིམ་བཞིན་སྔོན་གྱི་དབུས་ལམ་བརྒྱུད་དེ་ལྷ་སར་ཟླ་བ་གསུམ་རིང་དབུས་མཇལ་སོང་།  ༢༠༠༧ ལོར་ཨ་རི་ལ་ཡོང་ནས་ཆུང་མའི་ཕ་ཡུལ་ Washington State ནས་བཅའ་སྡོད་བྱས། ལོ་དེར་ས་གནས་གླུ་བའི་འགྲན་སྡུར་ཞུགས་ནས་ཨང་དང་པོར་འདེམས་ཏེ་བྱ་དགའ་ཨ་སྒོར་ཁྲི་གསུམ་ཐོབ། Lopez Artist Advance དང་ས་གནས་སྒྱུ་རྩལ་པ་ཚོའི་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་འོག་ཆེད་བསྒྲིགས་འཁོར་ཐག་"གནས་མཇལ་བ། Pilgrimage"ཟེར་བ་སྒྲ་བླངས་ནས་འགྲེམ་སྤེལ་བྱས། ཚིག་དང་དབྱངས་ཕལ་ཆེ་བ་རང་གིས་བརྩམས། ༢༠༠༨ ལོའི་ཟླ་༩ བར་ Los Angeles ནས་ཚོགས་པའི་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་རོལ་དབྱངས་དུས་སྟོན་སྟེང་གདན་ཞུ་བྱས། དེ་ནི་ World Festival of Sacred Music ཟེར། ༢༠༠༩ ལོར་ The Just Plain Folks Music Awards ཟེར་བའི་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་གཞས་པའི་འགྲན་ཚོགས་ཁྲོད་"གནས་མཇལ་བ། Pilgrimage"ཟེར་བའི་འཁོར་ཐག་ལ་ཨེ་ཤ་ཡའི་འཁོར་ཐག་གྲགས་ཤོས་ཀྱི་འོས་གཞིར་བདམས་པ་དང་། འཁོར་ཐག་དེ་ཡི་ནང་ནས་དྲན་གླུ་དང་ངེད་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ལས་དབང་། གཉིས་ལ་ཨེ་ཤ་ཡའི་གཞས་སྣ་གྲགས་ཤོས་ཀྱི་འོས་གཞིར་ཀྱང་བདམས། གཞན་Tibetan Music Awards ཁྲོད་ནས་ཆེས་བཟང་བའི་གླུ་ཡི་འོས་གཞིར་བདམས། ༢༠༡༠ ལོའི་ཟླ་ ༢ པར་ DJ Marc Miguel of Buffetlibre རོལ་དབྱངས་གློག་ཆས་བཟོ་ཚོང་ཁང་གི་གདན་ཞུས་ལྟར་ཚིག་དབྱངས་རང་གིས་བརྩམས་པའི་གྲངས་ཀའི་གླུ་སྒྲ་བླངས་ཏེ་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ཚོང་ར་བཀྲམ། ༢༠༡༠ ལོར་ཟླ་ ༥ བའི་ཚེ་༢༩ ཉིན་ Seattle ནས་ཚོགས་པའི་བྱང་ནུབ་དམངས་ཁྲོད་དུས་སྟོན་ Northwest Folk life Festival སྟེང་ཞུགས། གླུ་བ་འགའ་ཡི་གཞས་མཉམ་བསྒྲིགས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ཐག་“Roots and Branches: Live From The 2010 Festival” ཟེར་བ་ལོ་དེར་འགྲེམས་སྤེལ་བྱས། ༢༠༡༠ ལོའི་ཟླ་༩ བར་ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡའི་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ངོ་འབག་འཁྲབ་སྟོན་དུས་སྟོན་ཐོག་ཞུགས།  ༢༠༠༠ ལོར་ཐེངས་དང་པོ་དུས་སྟོན་དེ་ལ་ཞུགས་མྱོང་། ལོ་གཅིག་རིང་ལྷོ་ཀོ་རི་ཡའི་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་རིགས་གནས་དང་སྲོལ་རྒྱུན་འཁྲབ་སྟོན་ཞིབ་འཇུག་དང་ཀོ་རི་ཡའི་སྐད་ཡིག་ཆེད་སྦྱངས་བྱས། 

About me...

My name is KarsangJamtso or "Karjam Saeji". I am From eastern Tibet. I studied Tibetan language and literature in Northwest Nationalities Universtity in Lanzhuo, China. Also I am a singer and dancer. I worked for 15 years for the Tibetan traditional dance troupe in Gannan. I have performed allover China and Tibet, also in Korea and in the United States.