Nainital: Hill Station in Uttarakhand

Nainital, the hill station in the state of Uttarakhand which is situated at the Kumaon foothills of the Himalayas is a popular tourist attraction especially during the summer season ranging from April to September. This picturesque hill station is aptly located in a valley containing a pear shaped lake which offers a humble abode to its inhabitants and allows a pretty view from the heights of the

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Shimla: Beautiful Hill Station Himalayas

Shimla, the summer capital of the erstwhile British Raj is the beautiful hill station nestling in the cradle called the Himalayas. Inhabited by rosy cheeked, light footed Himachalis, this city commands a majestic view of the mountains and occasional visits from low slung clouds. To get to this heaven in the mountains, the simplest way would be by air while the railway and road transport have

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Seoul Women's Film Festival : 8 - 15 April 2010

The 12th Women's Film Festival in Seoul will kick off its eight-day run on April 8 at Artreon Theater in Sinchon, Seoul, featuring 102 movies from 27 countries under the theme of "See the World through Women's Eyes." The film festival specializes in women's perspectives and related issues.

"This year, the festival's focus is friendship and welcome, both of which are meant to encourage women to embrace the world as well as others with self-confidence," said Lee Hyae-kyoung, festival director of WFFIS, at a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday.

Festival opener =  German-French joint project "The Day Will Come." Directed by Susanne Schneider

Other films:

"Vision" by Margarethe von Trotta, a world-renowned female director.
"White Material" by Claire Denis
"Plemics," a program designed to help cinema-goers understand key women-related issues through movies. "Maternity in Question," in response to the fast-changing definition of maternity across the world, including Korea where the low birthrate and the role of mothers attract keen public attention.
"Blessed" by Ana Kokkinos from Australia
"A Blind River" by Ahn Sun-kyong from Korea;
"Google Baby" by Zippi Brand Frank from Israel;
"Later We Care" by Claire Pijman and Piet Oomes from the Netherlands;
"The Unloved" by Samantha Morton from Britain.


It has only one competition section. In the Asian Short Film competition section, 19 applicants are competing for the award. Foreign contenders in the section are "December 25" by Noa Erenberg from Israel; "Diploma" by Yaelle Kayam from Israel; "Turn Around" by Prathana Mohan from India; and "Taana Baana" by Priyanka Chhabra from India.

WFFIS, which has carved out a niche in the increasingly crowded film festival market in Korea, is attempting to extend its reach by launching the Network of Asian Women's Film Festivals, linking four regional festivals in Korea, Taiwan, Tokyo and India.

The ticket price for opening, closing and nightly movies is set at 12,000 won
Other films are available at 5,000 won.

For further information and ticket reservations, visit www.wffis.or.kr

insight@heraldm.com By Yang Sung-jin 

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CN Blue and Glay in my eyes

Is CNBlue a prodigy?

Honestly, I don't even know how to handle any musical instrument but like everyone I love listening to music and great songs. Most of the time, without any doubt, I would always choose talent over look. I am attracted to it when I see one with talent. Talent is synonym to pheromone for me. CNBlue gives out that exact good vibes to me when listening to them.

I have been listening to Glay since I'm 17 so when CNBlue came into picture, they made me want to hear Glay again. Out of nowhere. The similarity between CNBlue and Glay is that they gave strong live magnetic performance on stage (like every single time) and I prefer both of their live performance than the studio recorded version.

CNBlue is a fresh from the oven Kpop band in Korea and just debuted on 14th January but had their earlier indie stint in Japan around June 2009. I can't help but to compare CNBlue with my all time favourite JRock band Glay (undeniably genius), in talent but not fashion wise. This blog is everything about Korean but I had to include Glay at least in this post.

In my humble opinion,
Teru  = Yong Hwa (both of them are good singer and gives strong pull to the fan and crowd when they speak)

Hisashi (minus the voice) = Jong Hyun (has the look, but Hisashi blows me away when he plucks his guitar)

Jiro = Jung Shin (I hope Jung Shin will be as good as Jiro, cause Jiro could sing Shutter Speed and rocks with his bass guitar effortlessly)

I can't put Min Hyuk here because Glay only have guest drummers.No one in CNBlue that I could compare with Takuro. Takuro is such a genius in composing great songs.

Glay from left - Jiro, Takuro, Teru and Hisashi

CNBlue from left - Jung Shin, Jong Hyun, Yong Hwa, Min Hyuk

My all time favourite Glay song: - Summerdays (although I have so many favourites, but had to choose one)
Summerdays feels like summer everytime I listen to it.




My favourite CNBlue's song - Now or Never



My wish is for CNBlue to be a legend just like Glay. CNBlue, hwaiting!!

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