My interest in Mongolian Throat-singing is only increasing. My father gave me some music with a group called Ay-Kherel: Music of Tuva, which sports unforgettable memories like the fast-paced Kozhamyktar, and the still, serene Kadarchynyn Yry.

Kadarchynyn Yry (Shepherds’ Song) contains musical elements set against the vast plains of Mongolia. Lilya Soyan, the female vocalist in the track, is accompanied by the chanzy, igil, kengirge, limbi and the occasional bleating of sheep, in a wonderful song along this particular pretext:

“I watch my herd from the top of the hill. There are beautiful goats, sheeps and cows grazing. My mother teaches me to love them, because they give us everything: fur, meat and milk.”

Makes you want to own your very own goat, doesn’t it? Baah!

I accidentally wrote this while taking the train home from Stenungsund today:

Pete, Pat, Joe and Matt
Worked on some Delphi code
On a TreeView branch they sat
But couldn’t find a node.

Up spoke Matt and Joe
Explained, Items must be nil
Pete and Pat said “No,
It’s allocated still.”

Pete and Pat then found
A pointer that was weak
Joe and Matt, they looked around
Fixed a major memory leak.

Pete, Pat, Joe and Matt
Worked on some Delphi code
On a TreeView branch they sat
And Items[0] was a TTreeNode.