Kim Hyun Jung (김현정, born 1973) professionally known as BMK or Big Mama King, is a South Korean female singer. After graduating from Seoul Jazz Academy in 1997, Big Mama King has lectured in various schools. She is considered to be one of the best jazz vocalists in Korea
Recently, she went out in a reality show where singers perform others' songs, called "I am a Singer"; they are ranked from one to seven. She lasted for 3 rounds (6 episodes + 1 special episode). She was eliminated after being four votes off from 6th. She was first, the first round, and seventh (last) for the second round.
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“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say “I do not play bridge” is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn’t “at all a good player, in fact I’m perfectly rotten,” is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“My Mama has made bread
and Grampaw has come
and everybody is drunk
and dancing in the kitchen”
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“... and the next summer she died in childbirth.
That’s all. Of course, there may be some sort of sequel but it is not known to me. In such cases instead of getting bogged down in guesswork, I repeat the words of the merry king in my favorite fairy tale: Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.”
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