♥Twilight♥

To Save a Soul

2009-04-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of the world's best vampire stories, and one of my favourite without doubt. But there is a few disappointments, for some reason, I don't really enjoy the ending, it is as simple as "[Mina's] soul was saved," I love more about the Movie version of Dracula, it's more dramatic since Mina was the lover of Count Dracula in his previous life and their loyalty and honest love finally won the forgiveness of the God.

Though I am crazy about the vampires and searched for their stories, different vampire stories confused me about their identities. Dracula suggests that vampires are afraid of cross and holy bread, while Interview With The Vampire indicates the cross and coffins are necessities for vampires. That is frustrating. Nevertheless, I am in love with vampires, they are legends, they are real, they excite me.

Titanic 2

2009-02-06T04:24:00.000-08:00

I really want to watch this film. Yes, I really want it.

H FOR HORROR*

2009-02-03T02:37:00.000-08:00

Happy 20th ~O(∩_∩)O~

2009-01-28T22:03:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Mom and Dad’s 20th wedding anniversary. This might not be a tradition of Chinese New Year, but this happens in our family every year, during the Spring Festival time. In Chinese culture, a 20 years long marriage is called the 'china wedding', because china is very stable and unable to oxidized.

This anniversary reminded my parents many memories of their wedding and they told me some stories last night, they were sweet and happy, for twenty years, they have never stop their love. I love both of you！

亲爱的老爸老妈，我爱你们！

First Day of Lunar January【☺Picture Speaks☺】

2009-01-27T18:47:00.000-08:00

On the first day of lunar January, my family have the tradition of praying to Buddha, I aware this is a type of superstition, just like some Western people who believe in God; we have good wishes for the future, and spiritually satisfy ourselves.
Yesterday, our family drove to Bailin Temple to pray, there were millions of people, I was concerning that there were so many prayers that the Buddha can't fulfill everyone's dream, ha ha~ O(∩_∩)O

↑ After drove for fifty minutes to north due home, we arrived Bailin Temple.

↑ This is the main gate of Zhao Village, the place where Bailin Temple locates.

↑ Joss sticks. They are all very cheap, old people say that burning joss sticks is a sigma to the Buddha, no matter the joss sticks is expensive or not, Buddha will bless the prayers with no problem.

↑ This is the gate of Bailin Temple.

↑ Chinese people consider date and occasion as significant factors of praying to the Buddha, for example, the first day and fifteenth day of each month in Chinese lunar calendar are the best two days of praying to Buddha. Therefore, it is common to see a lot of prayers in temples on those days.

↑ Ding. In ancient Chinese history, this tool was a cooking vessel.

↑ In some of the josses, prayers were not allowed to burn joss sticks, so we put our joss sticks and good wishes into these barrels.

↑ Burning joss sticks.

↑ Tower

↑ This grand palace is called '万佛殿', which means a palace with ten thousand Buddhist statues.
↓ These are the Buddhist statues.

↑ The Buddhist Scripture.

↓ Outside the temple~

↑ Handicraft-a grasshopper.

The New Year's Eve！O(∩_∩)O

2009-01-26T01:20:00.000-08:00

'Good Job, Ulead Video Studio 10' ↑ ☺

The new year's eve of China, in 2009, was on January 25. Our entire family enjoyed last night. And of course, we have tradition as any other Chinese families, we had dinner at six and we were prepared to watch the Spring Festival Gala at around eight o'clock, finally, we set off fireworks by twelve o'clock, right at the beginning of 'the year of OX' according to Chinese lunar calendar.

We had a big meal. Most Chinese people consider having a great meal on the new year's eve as an important idea, so do my parents. When I was a child, my family always had this vital meal at home, with home cooked dishes, our whole family, including my grandparents and other relatives, enjoyed the feeling of togetherness and we cooked by ourselves. However, from a few years ago, I forgot the exact date, our family no longer have New Year's Eve Meals at home, we started to celebrate in restaurants; we had no more home cooked meals and we had to drive to home before eight o'clock, in order to watch the Spring Festival Gala in time. I didn't say this is a bad phenomenon, but I do miss the joyful memory which our family stay at home and cook meal for our own Chinese new year.

The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala is a big and meaningful event, it has been hold for 27 years since 1983. I believe the majority of Chinese population would watch this gala each year. Last night, my family, sat in front of television and watched the gala;it was fabulous, the dance was awesome and the short play was unbelievable, especially the one by Zhao Benshan, it was reflective and funny. In addition, the magic performance was incredible.

Here is the magic performance, the performer is from Taiwan.

The Chinese short play, the major performer is Zhao Benshan, from main land, China.

Last but not the least, we had a New Year's Eve fireworks display. Chinese people use fireworks to celebrate important events, last night, right at the mid night, same as other families, we went out and set off fireworks, they were too beautiful to describe by words. The sky was lit and all families, especially the kids were excited.

HomeSicker

2009-01-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

The Year of Ox!
Today, January 9th is 2009, but precisely not yet 'the year of Ox' according to Chinese traditional lunar calendar; on the 26th day of January, it is the real day for Chinese people to celebrate the coming of new year.

I don't always have the sense of nostalgia, only a few times in my memory. With the coming of the Spring Festival, or winter holiday, I suddenly feel like a home sicker, I expect to return home more than ever.

It feels like a long time to wait, especially when I expect or desire one day. recently, I always have this feeling, when I think of the upcoming Spring Festival, time seems to pass slower and all want to do is to go home; I want to abandon all the exams and I know I can not do so, but at least I can complain, aha. It is going to take about half a month for us to have our term two finished and return home, but for a 'home sicker' like me, it is a torment to wait.

As a Chinese teenager at school, the Spring Festival, the moment of togetherness and happiness is coming with winter holiday, I can still recall the celebration of this annual festival when I was in elementary school. I think children have more passion in festivals, when I was that young, I used to be active in those Spring Festival Activities.

A GoodLooking Korean

2009-01-06T03:45:00.000-08:00

Miserable X-mas！！！

2008-12-25T20:57:00.000-08:00

For this Christmas, I prefer to say: it's miserable!

Day one:

I had my hair permed.

Day two:

Editing our group's film, and I am proceeding!!!

Day three and day four:

Not sure, but probably continuing on editing.

Happy Holiday！

2008-12-21T03:05:00.001-08:00

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Christmas is Coming Again

2008-12-20T01:35:00.000-08:00

Christmas is coming, with the exact same situation as the last year's Christmas, I will not be able to go back home and spend Christmas holiday with my family. Fortunately, Christmas is not a big big event in China, especially in my mind, or I will feel lonely and sad during those days. However, there is only one thing bothers me, in these few days, I saw two of my teachers receive Christmas gifts from their family in Canada, thus I had some admiration in my heart; my parents do not usually send gifts to me during Christmas, because it is not our nation's traditional holiday, but they give me extra money(which is not bad), so I will buy some gifts for myself...
By the way, I'm not in a good mood these few weeks, I think there must be something wrong in my own mind, so I plan to cut my hair or may change a new style during the break, this will probably give me a new, nice and happy mood. But plan is just plan is, and let's see what I get in the x-mas holiday.

Soledad, melody that never gone*

2008-12-15T02:18:00.000-08:00

if only you could see the tears

in the world you left behind

if only you could heal my heart

just one more time

even when i close my eyes

there's an image of your face

and once again i come to realise

you're a loss i can't replace

soledad

it's a keeping for the lonely

since the day that you were gone

why did you leave mesoledad

in my heart you were the only

and your memory lives on

why did you leave me

soledad

walking down the streets

of nothingville

where our love was young and free

can't believe just what an empty place

it has come to bei would give my life away

if it could only be the same

cause i can't still the voice inside of me

that is calling out your name

time will never change the things you told me

after all we're meant to be

love will bring us back to you and me

if only you could see

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Youtube, Twlight Official Trailer*

2008-12-10T01:47:00.000-08:00

One of my friends who is studying in the U.S. now have watched this film already, she said the film was fabulous, I'm dying to watch the movie.

Twilight, photo gallery

2008-12-10T00:21:00.000-08:00

Nice work Flickr.com

2008-12-05T20:52:00.000-08:00

Great slide show, this is the first time that I use this photo tool to upload pictures, and I think it is pretty nice.

I hope you will enjoy the arts.

Twilight, New Novel And New Movie.

2008-12-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

Twilight is a young adult vampire-romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer.
I Believe is would be a great novella.
The movie of this novel has been published in September. I am dying to watch this movie.
And here is a good new, Mrs.Colorado is in charge of selling goods from the U.S. and Canada.
I want to by the novel, it is a little bit expensive, it would cost me about 150 RMB or more, but whatever, I'd love to by one, I hope it won't take a too long time to wait for the novel.

Perseverance Glows Ideal University!

2008-12-03T03:17:00.000-08:00

Just like what I've chatted in a previous post, Uvic is one of my favourite university after graduation.

Uvic is located in Greater Victoria, BC. As known, Uvic is a medium-sized university, with around 20,000 students. It's campus is famous for the beautiful gardens, mild climate and rabbit infestations. Since I desire to study in a university with beautiful campus, I'd love to spend my four-year long college career at University of Victoria.

Uvic attracts me because of its size, its picturesque location, and its co-op program. OK, I aware the most impressive part of Uvic is the education. This year, Uvic has been ranking in one of the leading position among all other universities in Canada. Accordingly, I have great interests in studying in Uvic.

Just like the animal revolution in 'Animal Farm', which meets considerable difficulties in their chase of liberty, there are hardship for me to accomplish my target of learning in Uvic. And it is all about the language, English. The university requires the IELTS grade of rank 7.0 in average, or I will have to studying in the ESL for a few months, I definitely don't want to do this!

Further more, it is about the friendship. During the summer holiday of grade 10, my best friend participated in the Summer Camp that hold by our school. She lived in home stay in the Vancouver Island, her home stay family was friendly and kind, they have become friends. After my friend returned to school, she introduced the family to me, just like what she had described, they are all nice people. The family have three boys and all of them are charming, we have been pen pal for about a year till now. So, I hope I can study in Victoria and I believe my girl and I will have a great time with the family.

http://www.business.uvic.ca/ The ideal department of mine in Uvic is the business program. The best thing of Uvic's business department is its Co-op education, I believe that is definitely a great idea to receive education at university for two to three school years and then go to work in a company by learning while experiencing.http://www.business.uvic.ca/co-op_career/program/ Just before I was about to be a grade 12 student, one of my friends who has already graduated from Maple Leaf School highly recommended me to participate in a Co-op Program, because this activity can improve one's knowledge of working, it would help a student to build his/her confidence in working as well as their ability of leadership. Accordingly, I plan to join one.

Finally, in order to achieve my goal, I have to be insisted to my target, I will keep doing the IELTS task, and I will keep working on my English, I believe perseverance will glows me to study in ideal university.

MySpaceBackground

2008-12-03T03:06:00.000-08:00

Christian Music Cds @ C28

Heal The World

2008-11-28T01:57:00.000-08:00

Love Never Dies

2008-11-28T00:47:00.000-08:00

Love Never Dies

Dracula
Represented Constantinople
Was in belligerence with Turkey.
Right after he defeated the enemy,
Rumour of Dracula’s failure,
Murdered his wife in river
He hugged her corpse,
Chided the God: “I fight
For thee in my entire life,
Do I deserve?”
He impaled Jesus at the cross,
And became an immortal vampire.
Desired love will never die.

When I lost the soul mate,
The sky caved in;
When I lost the true love,
My heart was sawn into pieces;
When I lost you,
My mind was the sol-fa scale without ray,
Gone empty.
Devil’s paw drew me out of real life.

Four hundred years of solitude,
Dracula again
Found the reincarnation of his true love.
Died with satisfaction, with the lord’s forgiveness.
Love never dies.

Well, the University Fair!

2008-11-22T17:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, it was November 22, the first day of the University Fair, I had a great passion of participating in the fair, but there was many unpredictable hardships to applying my ideal university.
For the SFU, it would be the biggest problem, in order to get in to the school's business department, the application requirement is about 90% in grade average(with English 12), I can't do this. However, there is an another trial for me, I can apply to the Art department in the first year at SFU and change to the Business department after the year, but I think it could be difficult; Besides, the greatest problem for the University of Victoria is that I will have to continue my IELTS test, until I get an 7.0, I may keep work on them.
As a conclusion, I will work for my future universities, I'll put effort on both my school tasks and the IELTS test! Let's see what can I get.

張國榮Leslie

2008-11-14T18:18:00.000-08:00

Leslie is my favourite celebrity, he was one of the most charming actor and singer in China, he had successfully acted many films and sang a lot of songs, but I believe his life was depressed, because he had suicide in the spring of 2003, without any omen.

Leslie was a homosexual. As a well-known actor, he was able to reveal this fact to the whole public, I admire his honesty and gallantry. His boyfriend was 唐鶴德(Hede Tang), and they had been together for more than twenty years. Since we know that have been successful in his career and he had loving relationship with his boyfriend, his suicide was an especially astonished new for us.

On April 1st, 2003, Leslie ended his life by jumping off the building of a Honkong hotel, when he was right 46 yeas old. I have read the schedule of Leslie's last day before he was died, it indicated that Leslie had spend a normal day as usual, he called his best friend to have dinner together and he had planed to play badminton with Hede Tong in the afternoon... However, without any omen, he suicide at about 6 o'clock. He left a posthumous paper, titled 'Depression', in his letter, he just declare that his life is depressed and said sorry to his friends and fans, and according to Leslie's death was on the Fools' Day, it had become a mystery.

The Sickest Cartoon!

2008-11-14T17:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Tree Friends - Out On a Limb

"The Happy Tree Friends are cute, cuddly animals whose daily adventures always end up going horribly wrong. No matter how innocently their day begins, it always ends in mayhem. Traveling through picturesque settings and speaking in a kooky language all their own, the Happy Tree Friends never know what chaos lingers just around the bend."http://happytreefriends.atomfilms.com/index.html

By watching all episodes of the minishow The Happy Tree Friends, I finally come up with one word to describe the show-impressive! In the traditional concept, cartoons are always nice, cute and positive, but this minishow is definitely not positive, each episode contains violent scenes, though it is sick, sometimes they make my laugh.

The Happy Tree Family shows a sort of humour, while audiences are watching it, it does not just make fun, it makes me to make some connections with other shows and let me think a little bit. The episode above, for example, is one of my favourite, it initially make me think of the beginning of movie Scary Movie4, while the scene was base on The Saw- a man was locked in a room, and he had to cut his leg with a saw in order to escape (Or this could be a symbol of the movie) Although most scenes in The Happy Tree Family are excessively exaggerated, some of them can still happen to us, such as the danger of driving after drunk (showed in other episodes), so it might be said as 'educational', but I believe its overall purpose is to make their audience laugh(I mean the people who like to watch thriller shows, aha)

By the way, I believe The Happy Tree Family is really not suitable for children to watch!!!

Justin Timberlake-What Goes Around Comes Around

2008-11-08T05:31:00.000-08:00

"What Goes Around... / ...Comes Around"

According to Chemistry 12, "What Goes Around... / ...Comes Around"= equilibrium. Whatever we do, the nature tends to undo; whatever we try to change, it returns to its original spot.

One Of My Favourite Music-

2008-11-06T18:31:00.000-08:00

Love Is Colour Blind

As Sarah Connor sings in her song, love should really be a colour blind, no matter where are you come from, no matter what is your skin colour, and no matter how much money do you have, you have the right to love, as well as being loved.

This song always make think of Martin Luther King's speech of 'I Have A Dream', he believes that the ideal world is a world without discrimination, prejudice and bias, it is all about equality, as long as all members in the society are equal to each other, we will be able to have a harmonious living space, and love is the only emotion people contain. According to Obama's speech for the final election 'We can change', I think the most significant dream for our human beings is to change the atmosphere. Yes, we want change, we want a community with love, but not hate, betray and dishonest!

A Week After Exam-Depression

2008-11-06T18:02:00.000-08:00

One week after the term one exam, I'd like to say that I'm not feeling well. I've got most of my term one grades back, some of them are good while some of them are not ideal. I think depression would be the most suitable word that describes my mood, for the courses that I didn't do well, I feel confused and anxious about them, because as others said, term one is the most important.
Yesterday, PE class gave me energy, after an over 2000 metres bridge run in Jinshitan, I felt exhausted as well as released. When the class was finished, I followed the teacher and had a brief look at my PE grade, it was fantastic, I have never imagined I will get an A, because my PE once said that grade 12 PE students are not going to get an A easily, and our mark is based on our hard work as well as the skills we use in the class. He saw my surprising face, and said:"I saw your effort and improvement, Vicky."
Yes, I did work hard. Although I didn't got 'A's in all of my course(except English of course), but I have do my best. Therefore, I'm not going to be regret. Since the future is depends what we do now, I'll work even harder, like Boxer.
I AM NOT SMART, BUT I WILL WORK HARD!

Yes You Can!

2008-11-06T07:07:00.001-08:00

I'd like to talk about America. Since Obama won the election on Nov 4th, Obama had attracted attention from all over the world.
Obama's well known speech: Yes We Can Change, for me, is pretty impressive. His speech makes me think of Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream, which focused on equality and expressed the willing of change. Now, as the first black president in American history, Obama remands again, that is we should do something to change and we can do it successfully for sure.
I've heard some counterview toward Obama as well. Many people said that Obama is the puppet of bankers, although Bush have ruined America, they don't believe Obama would be able to make any change.
However, I believe it is always good to have competitors and obstacles, as an individual, it makes a person to be mature; and as a nation. it leads the country to grow stronger.
Good job, Americans, you can do it!

Yes We Can Change!

2008-11-06T01:49:00.000-08:00

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

Text Linked: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/26/obama.transcript/index.html

Obama speech: 'Yes, we can change'

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Here is the transcript of Sen. Barack Obama's remarks after he won the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina.
Thank you, South Carolina.
Thank you to the rock of my life, Michelle Obama.
Thank you to Malia and Sasha Obama, who haven't seen their daddy in a week.
Thank you to Pete Skidmore for his outstanding service to our country and being such a great supporter of this campaign.
Over two weeks ago, we saw the people of Iowa proclaim that our time for change has come. But there were those who doubted this country's desire for something new, who said Iowa was a fluke, not to be repeated again.
Well, tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina.
After four -- after four great contests, in every corner of this country, we have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time.
You can see it in the faces here tonight. There are young and old, rich and poor. They are black and white, Latino and Asian and Native American.
They are Democrats from Des Moines and independents from Concord and, yes, some Republicans from rural Nevada. And we've got young people all across this country who have never had a reason to participate until now.
And in nine days, in nine short days, nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business as usual in Washington. We are hungry for change and we are ready to believe again.
But if there's anything, though, that we have been reminded of since Iowa, it's that the kind of change we seek will not come easy, partly because we have fine candidates in this race, fierce competitors who are worthy of our respect and our admiration.
And as contentious as this campaign may get, we have to remember that this is a contest for the Democratic nomination. And that all of us share an abiding desire to end the disastrous policies of the current administration.
But there are real differences between the candidates. We are looking for more than just a change of party in the White House. We're looking to fundamentally change the status quo in Washington.
It's a status quo that extends beyond any particular party and right now that status quo is fighting back with everything it's got, with the same old tactics that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face, whether those problems are health care that folks can't afford or a mortgage they cannot pay.
So this will not be easy. Make no mistake about what we're up against. We're up against the belief that it's all right for lobbyists to dominate our government, that they are just part of the system in Washington.
But we know that the undue influence of lobbyists is part of the problem and this election is our chance to say that we are not going to let them stand in our way anymore.
We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.
We're up against decades of bitter partisanship that cause politicians to demonize their opponents instead of coming together to make college affordable or energy cleaner. It's the kind of partisanship where you're not even allowed to say that a Republican had an idea, even if it's one you never agreed with.
That's the kind of politics that is bad for our party, it is bad for our country, and this is our chance to end it once and for all.
We're up against the idea that it's acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election. But we know that this is exactly what's wrong with our politics. This is why people don't believe what their leaders say anymore. This is why they tune out. And this election is our chance to give the American people a reason to believe again.
But let me say this, South Carolina. What we've seen in these last weeks is that we're also up against forces that are not the fault of any one campaign, but feed the habits that prevent us from being who we want to be as a nation.
It's the politics that uses religion as a wedge and patriotism as a bludgeon, a politics that tells us that we have to think, act and even vote within the confines of the categories that supposedly define us, the assumption that young people are apathetic, the assumption that Republicans won't cross over, the assumption that the wealthy care nothing for the poor and that the poor don't vote, the assumption that African-Americans can't support the white candidate, whites can't support the African-American candidate, blacks and Latinos cannot come together.
We are here tonight to say that that is not the America we believe in.
I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina.
I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children alike. I saw shuttered mills and homes for sale that once belonged to Americans from all walks of life and men and women of every color and creed who serve together and fight together and bleed together under the same proud flag.
I saw what America is and I believe in what this country can be. That is the country I see. That is the country you see. But now it is up to us to help the entire nation embrace this vision.
Because in the end, we're not just against the ingrained and destructive habits of Washington, we're also struggling with our own doubts, our own fears, our own cynicism.
The change we seek has always required great struggle and great sacrifice. And so this is a battle in our own hearts and minds about what kind of country we want and how hard we're willing to work for it.
So let me remind you tonight that change will not be easy. Change will take time. There will be setbacks and false starts and sometimes we'll make mistakes.
But as hard as it may seem, we cannot lose hope, because there are people all across this great nation who are counting on us, who can't afford another four years without health care, that can't afford another four years without good schools, that can't afford another four years without decent wages because our leaders couldn't come together and get it done.
Theirs are the stories and voices we carry on from South Carolina. The mother who can't get Medicaid to cover all the needs of her sick child. She needs us to pass a health care plan that cuts costs and makes health care available and affordable for every single American. That's what she's looking for.
The teacher who works another shift at Dunkin' Donuts after school just to make ends meet, she needs us to reform our education system so that she gets better pay and more support and her students get the resources that they need to achieve their dreams.
The Maytag worker who's now competing with his own teenager for a $7 an hour job at the local Wal-Mart, because the factory he gave his life to shut its doors, he needs us to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas and start putting them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve it and put them in the pockets of struggling homeowners who are having a tough time and looking after seniors who should retire with dignity and respect.
That woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since the day her nephew left for Iraq or the soldier who doesn't know his child because he's on his third or fourth or even fifth tour of duty, they need us to come together and put an end to a war that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged.
So understand this, South Carolina. The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders. It's not about rich vs. poor, young vs. old. And it is not about black vs. white.
This election is about the past vs. the future. It's about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics today or whether we reach for a politics of common sense and innovation, a politics of shared sacrifice and shared prosperity.
There are those who will continue to tell us that we can't do this, that we can't have what we're looking for, that we can't have what we want, that we're peddling false hopes. But here is what I know. I know that when people say we can't overcome all the big money and influence in Washington, I think of that elderly woman who sent me a contribution the other day, an envelope that had a money order for $3.01 along with a verse of scripture tucked inside the envelope. So don't tell us change isn't possible. That woman knows change is possible.
When I hear the cynical talk that blacks and whites and Latinos can't join together and work together, I'm reminded of the Latino brothers and sisters I organized with and stood with and fought with side by side for jobs and justice on the streets of Chicago. So don't tell us change can't happen.
When I hear that we'll never overcome the racial divide in our politics, I think about that Republican woman who used to work for Strom Thurmond, who is now devoted to educating inner city-children and who went out into the streets of South Carolina and knocked on doors for this campaign. Don't tell me we can't change.
Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.
Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can seize our future. And as we leave this great state with a new wind at our backs and we take this journey across this great country, a country we love, with the message we carry from the plains of Iowa to the hills of New Hampshire, from the Nevada desert to the South Carolina coast, the same message we had when we were up and when we were down, that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we will hope.
And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in three simple words -- yes, we can.

Bunnies Minisode and The Ring Pics

2008-11-01T05:10:00.000-07:00

Pic from the Bunnies Minisode

Pic from The Ring

Pic from the Bunnies Minisode

Pic from The Ring

Pic from the Bunnies Minisode

Pic from The Ring

Bunnies Minisode and The Ring

2008-11-01T04:15:00.000-07:00

It's a joyful task to compare the 30 second Bunnies minisode-The Ring with the initial movie The Ring, the movie is sort of scary while the minisode makes me laugh a little bit. The style of minisode of Bunnies is like a Japanese cartoon, Prison Break Rabbits, which the protagonists are personified rabbits.

In the original film The Ring which was release in 2002, it told that a mysterious video tape is killing off anyone who watches it. Whenever a person watches it, the phone will ring, and tell them they have to die after one week. A young reporter named Rachel is investigating this events. After she and her niece watch the tape, the phone ringed and tell them they have only one week to live, accordingly, it becomes a race against time to find out why the tape is killing everyone and how it could be stopped. However, the minisode only tells a brief story, but makes a lot of fun, so, just enjoy.

Angel

2008-10-31T19:52:00.000-07:00

Website Halloween Logo-

2008-10-31T05:11:00.000-07:00

MovieNight of the Halloween Night-

2008-10-30T22:50:00.000-07:00

Well, today is the last day of term one exam, and it's the Halloween as well.
The school's movie night on tomorrow evening will show the movie The Ring, one of the famous Japanese horror films,my roommate and I planed to watch the film, and I do believe it will be an exciting experience. Everyone knows that I love to watch thriller movies.

Horror Movies For Halloween -

2008-10-25T02:59:00.000-07:00

Well, the Halloween is coming soon, I'd love to recommend one of my favourite horror films, Final Destination.

I believe they are the best trilogy ever.

In the first episode, the best part is when the blue liquid come out of the toilet, kills the guy and goes back to where it came from. Each story has been logically combined together, so do the other two episodes.

The video above is from the third episode of Final Destination, which is a thriller story started from roller coaster crash. I watched this episode when I was in grade 7, it's a peaceful night and I watched the movie alone, after I finished the film, I went to sleep because I would go to the amusement park with my friends the next day.

The next day, we went to the amusement park as we have planed, when we were going to ride the roller coaster, I thought "hey, wait a minute, did I just watched a movie about roller coaster crash last night?" Nevertheless, I still decided to ride roller coaster, it was a torture of mind!

Are you ready to dance?

2008-10-17T19:46:00.000-07:00

Street dance.

This type of dance is amazing, eh?

If one day I can dance like this, en, it is in my daydream.

Why not StEp Up?

2008-10-17T19:18:00.000-07:00

Wow, cool dance. That's very impressive.

Andi is a cool girl, she considered dancing as life, she persisted to dance even her guardian firstly opposed her to dance, and tried to send Andi to Texas. I think perseverance is the only reason that Andi can dance so well.

Andi mentioned that it is not important why they gathering together, it is all about they come to make effort to achieve their dream-dance. No body ever commented about her dance, but I can tell from her steps.

Whenever I have a goal, whatever the goal is, the first thing is to 'step up', start it, try it, never give it up.

Interview with a Vampire- Love song for Claudia and Louie

2008-10-09T01:11:00.000-07:00

Last night, I watched this movie the third time, I think I'm addicted to this vampire film, I like Louie, and Claudia as well, they are vampires with human natures, they are like father and daughter, but I believe they are like lovers the most, when Claudia was being 'produced', she was like a company of Louie, they love each other, and they always loyal to each other. Brad Pitt had show our audiences a passionate vampire who precious human life, and rely his life on drinking blood from mice and chickens; And Kirsten Dunst had acted out an extraordinary young vampire girl, she was borned as a vampire when she was a child, along the year goes by, she didn't grow up-which made Claudia feel grief, and she hated Lestat de Lioncourt, the experienced vampire who made Claudia a vampire and never grow up, thus, Claudia hated him and planted to revenge.

Recently, I'm pretty interested in the vampire culture, they are beautiful and invincible, some of them are nice and some of them are evil, they love with loyalty and they hate to the backbone. Aren't they the most mystery creature? I'd love to be a vampire for several days if possible*-*

The City of Toronto-

2008-10-08T21:24:00.000-07:00

Wow, Toronto is great, it's really good to know more Canadian cities before going to Canada.

I'd like to spend some day in a city like Toronto, buildings, people and great views.

Homemade Yogurt-

2008-10-03T09:03:00.001-07:00

♥Homemade Yogurt♥
During the October holiday, I learned to make yogurt, and I really had fun when I was making the yogurt.
The following is procedures of making homemade yogurt:
Ingredients:
1 cup of milk
1 cup of existing yogurt
Fruits (Optional)
Steps:
To begin with, I had to sterilize the milk. I used a pot to boil the milk prepared, and stirred the milk during heating, when small milk bubbles were appeared, then I turned off the stove and cooled the boiled milk at room temperature (or use refrigerator).

Secondly, I added existing yogurt. I used a clean container to contain the sterilized milk, and then added two teaspoons of yogurt into the container.

Then, allowed the yogurt bacteria to grow, and placed the milk-yogurt mixture in warm temperature (around 35 centigrade would be ideal). It took about one day for the yogurt to form.

Finally, I added flavourings such as fruits, and refrigerated the yogurt. I added grapes and watermelon into my yogurt, and then I placed the container with homemade yogurt into a refrigerator

Fin!

Identity

2008-09-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

All about my home town

2008-09-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

Bonjour, my dear visitor, today I'll introduce my home town-Shijiazhuang to you, I hope you can gain more information about me, and of course, I'll read a lot in your blog as well*-*

Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei province, and it locates in the northeastern China. During the Tang dynasty, Shijiazhuang was only a local market town. It has grown into one of China's major cities from the beginning of twentieth century, when the railway reached the area, Shijiazhuang has became a main communications centre in China.

This is the central Shijiazhuang around the train station on Zhongshan Avenue.

This is the most busy district in Shijiazhuang city.

My hometown is also famous for the Zhaozhou Bridge.

Zhaozhou Bridge is the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge, it was designed by a craftsman named Li Chun, during the Sui Dynasty.

The World Trade Plaza Hotel is a five Star international leading Hotel in Shijiazhuang, and it's located in the heart area of the city.

It only requires 30 minutes drive from the Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport and a few blocks away from the Train Station.

Accordingly, if you are going to visit my home town, this hotel would be a great choice.

Finally, I'd like to talk about the name of this city-Shijiazhuang.
In simplified Chinese Shijiazhuang is wrote as "石家庄", which literally means "The Shi Family Village" or "Stone Family Village".
There is an interesting news indicates that Shijiazhuang might change its city name because most citizens think the original name is not suitable to be the name of a modern city's name.

Welcome to my home town, and I am glad to be your guide.

The Californian's Tale

2008-09-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

Audio Linked: http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/American_Stories_20396.html
When I was young, I went looking for gold in California. I never found enough to make me rich. But I did discover a beautiful part of the country. It was called "the Stanislau." The Stanislau was like Heaven on Earth. It had bright green hills and deep forests where soft winds touched the trees.
Other men, also looking for gold, had reached the Stanislau hills of California many years before I did. They had built a town in the valley with sidewalks and stores, banks and schools. They had also built pretty little houses for their families.
At first, they found a lot of gold in the Stanislau hills. But their good luck did not last. After a few years, the gold disappeared. By the time I reached the Stanislau, all the people were gone, too.
Grass now grew in the streets. And the little houses were covered by wild rose bushes. Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago. Then, I realized I was not alone after all.
A man was smiling at me as he stood in front of one of the little houses. This house was not covered by wild rose bushes. A nice little garden in front of the house was full of blue and yellow flowers. White curtains hung from the windows and floated in the soft summer wind.
Still smiling, the man opened the door of his house and motioned to me. I went inside and could not believe my eyes. I had been living for weeks in rough mining camps with other gold miners. We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.
Here in this little house, my spirit seemed to come to life again.
I saw a bright rug on the shining wooden floor. Pictures hung all around the room. And on little tables there were seashells, books and china vases full of flowers. A woman had made this house into a home.
The pleasure I felt in my heart must have shown on my face. The man read my thoughts. "Yes," he smiled, "it is all her work. Everything in this room has felt the touch of her hand."
One of the pictures on the wall was not hanging straight. He noticed it and went to fix it. He stepped back several times to make sure the picture was really straight. Then he gave it a gentle touch with his hand.
"She always does that," he explained to me. "It is like the finishing pat a mother gives her child's hair after she has brushed it. I have seen her fix all these things so often that I can do it just the way she does. I don't know why I do it. I just do it."
As he talked, I realized there was something in this room that he wanted me to discover. I looked around. When my eyes reached a corner of the room near the fireplace, he broke into a happy laugh and rubbed his hands together.
"That's it!" he cried out. "You have found it! I knew you would. It is her picture. I went to a little black shelf that held a small picture of the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. There was a sweetness and softness in the woman's expression that I had never seen before.
The man took the picture from my hands and stared at it. "She was nineteen on her last birthday. That was the day we were married. When you see her卭h, just wait until you meet her!"
"Where is she now?" I asked.
"Oh, she is away," the man sighed, putting the picture back on the little black shelf. "She went to visit her parents. They live forty or fifty miles from here. She has been gone two weeks today."
"When will she be back?" I asked. "Well, this is Wednesday," he said slowly. "She will be back on Saturday, in the evening."
I felt a sharp sense of regret. "I am sorry, because I will be gone by then," I said.
"Gone? No! Why should you go? Don't go. She will be so sorry. You see, she likes to have people come and stay with us."
"No, I really must leave," I said firmly.
He picked up her picture and held it before my eyes. "Here," he said. "Now you tell her to her face that you could have stayed to meet her and you would not."
Something made me change my mind as I looked at the picture for a second time. I decided to stay.
The man told me his name was Henry.
That night, Henry and I talked about many different things, but mainly about her. The next day passed quietly.
Thursday evening we had a visitor. He was a big, grey-haired miner named Tom. "I just came for a few minutes to ask when she is coming home," he explained. "Is there any news?"
"Oh yes," the man replied. "I got a letter. Would you like to hear it? He took a yellowed letter out of his shirt pocket and read it to us. It was full of loving messages to him and to other people ?their close friends and neighbors. When the man finished reading it, he looked at his friend. "Oh no, you are doing it again, Tom! You always cry when I read a letter from her. I'm going to tell her this time!"
"No, you must not do that, Henry," the grey-haired miner said. "I am getting old. And any little sorrow makes me cry. I really was hoping she would be here tonight."
The next day, Friday, another old miner came to visit. He asked to hear the letter. The message in it made him cry, too. "We all miss her so much," he said.
Saturday finally came. I found I was looking at my watch very often. Henry noticed this. "You don't think something has happened to her, do you?" he asked me.
I smiled and said that I was sure she was just fine. But he did not seem satisfied.
I was glad to see his two friends, Tom and Joe, coming down the road as the sun began to set. The old miners were carrying guitars. They also brought flowers and a bottle of whiskey. They put the flowers in vases and began to play some fast and lively songs on their guitars.
Henry's friends kept giving him glasses of whiskey, which they made him drink. When I reached for one of the two glasses left on the table, Tom stopped my arm. "Drop that glass and take the other one!" he whispered. He gave the remaining glass of whiskey to Henry just as the clock began to strike midnight.
Henry emptied the glass. His face grew whiter and whiter. "Boys," he said, "I am feeling sick. I want to lie down."
Henry was asleep almost before the words were out of his mouth.
In a moment, his two friends had picked him up and carried him into the bedroom. They closed the door and came back. They seemed to be getting ready to leave. So I said, "Please don't go gentlemen. She will not know me. I am a stranger to her."
They looked at each other. "His wife has been dead for nineteen years," Tom said.
"Dead?" I whispered.
"Dead or worse," he said.
"She went to see her parents about six months after she got married. On her way back, on a Saturday evening in June, when she was almost here, the Indians captured her. No one ever saw her again. Henry lost his mind. He thinks she is still alive. When June comes, he thinks she has gone on her trip to see her parents. Then he begins to wait for her to come back. He gets out that old letter. And we come around to visit so he can read it to us.
"On the Saturday night she is supposed to come home, we come here to be with him. We put a sleeping drug in his drink so he will sleep through the night. Then he is all right for another year."
Joe picked up his hat and his guitar. "We have done this every June for nineteen years," he said. "The first year there were twenty-seven of us. Now just the two of us are left." He opened the door of the pretty little house. And the two old men disappeared into the darkness of the Stanislau.

Comment: A suspenseful story!

The Across-country Odyssey

2008-09-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

Terry Fox's name is in everyone's mind.

Video Linked: http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/exploits/topics/71/

Terry Fox has left us for about twenty-seven years, but Terry's determination and passion of life are always stay close to people, we memorize him and relay his spirit till today.
During the age of eighteen, Terry had his leg cut off, and he vowed to help beat the disease that claimed his leg by raising money from a cross-country odyssey, so, he started training himself in order to accomplish his target. He never stoped running though there are illness, injury and even bad weather. A research shows that Terry ran over 4,000 kilometres during his training , which is three-quarters of the distance he would run in the Marathon of Hope.
During the age of eighteen, I'm a student at school, with legs, arms and all other parts of my body in good health, however, I don't have much passion as Terry Fox do. I'd like to say that I'm experiencing a odyssey of overcoming-obstacles, such us to live as an individual, to face problems like an adult. Life is positive but I'm not enthusiastic as a child, who is always curious and enjoys life. Now, I can probably come up with two reasons for this change, first, negative experiences influence our view of life, second, we are too "busy" to feel the pleasure of being busy. My solution is to awake our childhood's view of life, take an easy way to think questions, we may realize that the task is not as challenging as we considered.
Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Run, I will definitely enjoy the cross-Jinshitan odyssey.

Terry Fox's self-motivation

2008-09-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the annuly Terry Fox Run in our school, and today, I have the chance to know more about Terry Fox and his hope by looking through his videos in CBC's official wibe site.

Video Linked: http://archives.cbc.ca/health/public_health/clips/12254/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUhoX_BmYU&feature=related
Terry Fox's spirit did not only motivate himself from the dispair of losing his right leg, he also encouraged people who have the same situation like him, and one of them is a 10-year-old boy named Greg Scott, Scott was a Canadian baseball player before he lost one of his legs, so he was hopeless because he thought he can never play baseball agian in his life. However, after Scott heard about Terry Fox's experience and Terry's dream of raising money for people who are dealing with cancer, he realized that he can also become a hero like Terry, or at least become an optimistic person who has dream and are willing to help others.
Terry Fox's experience impresses me because it gives me a lesson, which is life may have many obstacles, and some of them might be able to kill one's mind, but, think about Terry Fox, and his spirit. For the first step, as long as you can overcome the challenge, you will be the hero of your self; then as long as you can help others, you'll become the hero of everyone.

My Homeroom Class

2008-09-04T02:56:00.002-07:00

Girls on the beach
Girl in the front is Cici, she is cute.

Boys on the beach(For Fun Only)

My Homeroom

2008-09-04T02:56:00.001-07:00

Dongbei Cup 2008

2008-09-04T02:46:00.001-07:00

Three in a line

A Photo Album

2008-09-04T02:37:00.000-07:00

English 11 Class-2007~2008

Last year, I was in Ms.Felker's Ehglish 11 class, we had great time.

Global Village

2008-09-04T02:09:00.000-07:00

Global Village

Tip:
I got the message below from a friend, Yage Sun, some of you may know him.
I hope you can read through it in full attention, and think about it, there might be some words that can light your life up.

Text:
☆If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth,
that village would consist:
57 Asians21 Europeans14 Americans (North, Central and South)8 Africans
there would be: 52 women and 48 men30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians30 Christians and 70 non-Christians89 heterosexuals and 11 homosexuals
6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA 80 would live in poverty70 would be illiterate50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition1 would be dying1 would be being born1 would own a computer and only 1 would have a university degree
If we looked at the world in this way, the need for acceptance and understanding would be obvious.But, consider again the following :
☆If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.
☆If you can go to your place of worship without fear that someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than 3 billion people.
☆If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.
☆If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death from starvation, then you are better off than 500 million people.

SO... ...
Work like you don't need the money, Love like nobody has ever hurt you,Dance like nobody is watching,Sing like nobody is listening,Live as if this was paradise on Earth.

♥♥ If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.
♥♥ If your parents are still alive and still married, you’re a rare individual.
♥♥ If you are reading this message, then you’re extremely lucky, because there might be someone thinking of you and because you don’t comprise one of those 2 billion people who can't read.
♡♡♡ ☆☆☆♡♡♡☆☆☆♡♡♡☆☆☆♡♡♡☆☆☆♡♡♡☆☆☆♡♡♡
Please send this message to your friends.
Bypass those, who will treat this as childish, having their own egocentric view of the world. If you don’t send it, nothing will happen.If you do send it, someone might smile while they are reading it, and that will be positive.