In one blow I am trying to re-kindle my blog AND get your attention for our music: the first EP (“Extended Play” music album) on which we have been working for a very

Voor leerlingen & docenten van het Insula College te Dordrecht To the students & teachers of Insula College, Dordrecht, the Netherlands Prop Roots is een non-profit niet-gouvernementele organisatie (NGO), oftewel niet door de overheid opgericht

Today I share one of my most relaxed pieces. You could even call it meditation music. Relaxed, but maybe also a bit intense. (The picture above © is from a very old painting of

“Not quite your Regular Elitist Stuff…” Besides curious life facts, about bittersweet NGO experiences at the bottom of the Chinese/Jingpo society, I keep mentioning the existence of my music. So, what’s

People I meet may ask “how’s the project going?”, as if all questions can have simple answers. My ultra-short reply would be something like: “It’s hard, but a considerable part of

Despite all my stories about living in the Prop Roots Center in this highly unusual neck of the woods, I do have other things to speak about. True, everything that’s going on

I wanted to restart this blog much earlier! Unbelievable that already two years have passed! Never mind that mysterious last post. What happened in those mountains back then can always serve as a

No worries, there will be plenty of new articles in English. Soon. Zoals in de vorige post vermeld had ik dus een tweeluik geschreven op weer een andere blog-site: “Trefpunt Azië”. Het eerste

In Dutch this time, just to divert some readers towards another site that is purely in Dutch. Meanwhile, I’m trying to get my English writing going! Always too much to write about,

Today a link (below) to the NEXT episode of the new documentary series “Summer of Life” /景颇夏天 by director Xie Mengqian. Whereas Parts 1 and 2 focused on the adventures of our students,

Every five days is Market Day around here and from now on I will try to keep to a similar rhythm for posting on this blog. On market day, the local farmers go