Night Train (2009 film)

A dark snowy night, a passenger died in a train cabin. In order to have the box of jewelry of him, the conductor and other two passengers discard his body. But they can not break the box to reach the jewelry. A man who get on the train at next stop tell them this box is evil, and every one who has looked into the box will die before dawn. One by one, all the passengers on this train are crazy for this box. They call themselves followers of the box and begin to kill each other. At last, the leader conductor is the last alive one. He resist the power of the box and place it on the rail to let a coming train destroy it. However, at the moment when the wheels are going to roll over on the box, a pet dog kick the box off the rail. The box is saved again. The exhausted old conductor can't do anything to destroy the box any more. He die beside the rail.

One day, a little girl discovers this box. Tragedy may occur again.

Recommendation rate: 4 of 5

Flowers beside the street

Near to my neighborhood, there is a beautiful street. Two lines of trees with white flowers stand on each side of this street. What a pleasant scene! But it is a pity that I don't know what name this flower is.

Green Bush

With the weather of Pittsburgh getting warmer, the bush in my backyard is greening and flourishing.

The time machine( movie)

A popular movie released in 2002.

Scientist Alexander lost his fiancee Emma by accident. Thus he created a time machine for returning to the past to rescue her. Even though Alex did go back to past, Emma still died in another way. Despaired Alex decided to find the answer through time travel. By chance,he reached future 800,000 years and found at that time the human had split into two species: one lived above ground; one lived under ground. The down living ones captured and bred the up living people as their food. Knowing this cruel fact, Alex broke his time machine to emit vast energy and destroyed the underneath specie. At the end, Alex stays in the future forever.

Recommendation rate: 3 of 5

Cherry blossoms

The cherry blossoms in my neighborhood is blooming.

So the following two weeks will be the best time to visit Washington, DC. to see beautiful cherry blossoms.

"Seraphim Falls" ( movie)

A very good western movie released in 2007.

At the end of Civil War, Carver (Liam Neeson) lost his wife and kids. He then hired four men to hunt Captain Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) in revenge. They chased him from Ruby Mountains to the desert of New Mexico. Smart Gideon got rid of the hunters one by one, and finally he faced Carver. Gideon defeated Carver twice, but spared his life. Eventually, Carver forgave Gideon.

This amazing movie shows us beautiful nature scenes, forgiveness, courage, uprightness and cruelty of war as well.

"Inkheart"(movie)

This is a new movie released recently. It stars Brendan Fraser who is the main actor in "Mummy". Brendan has an amazing talent to bring characters out of books in "Inkheart".

I watch this movie because of Brendan. It seems this is a good adventure movie at the beginning. But just one third of the film passes, I leave the screen. I have to say this movie is very boring.

"Kabluey" (movie)

This movie is a funny comedy.

Salman is a 32-year old, jobless man. He comes to help his sister-in-law take care of two naughty nephews when his brother is off fighting in Irag. Salman takes a job as a giant blue corporate mascot in order to support the family. One day, Salman is invited to join a party with his mascot costume. He discovers his sister-in-law's secret from women's gossip in the party. Then he takes actions to save his brother's family. At last, his brother comes back home and Salman leaves quietly.

Barbie

Little girls like Barbie stories, so does my daughter. The story "Island Princess" and "Diamond Castle"is her favorite.

The Barbie story is indeed good. It teach girls courage, love, and optimism. As an adult, I like these stories, too.

The spring break

This week I had a very good rest. Stayed home and watched some movies. I didn't go shopping or vacation. And so I saved money.

Today there was a parade for celebrating St. Patriks Day in downtown. Lots of young people wear green stuff. But there was no show in Station square and it seemed that less people joined the parade in comparison to last year.

Saturday

The weather of this Saturday was very nice, warm and sunny, liked the spring. The shops like Wal-mart, mall were crowded.

It seems that the nice weather stimulated people's will to consume, although we are under the shadow of financial crisis.

steam bread

Yesterday, I made some steam bread for my daughter. Steam bread is snack loved by Chinese people.

It is easy to make steam bread. First,mix yeast and flour, add water, and make it dough. Then let the yeast works until the dough expands to 2-3 times of its' original volume. It is time to place small dough into steam pot. Steam 10 minutes and the steam bread is ready.

midterm

I don't feel good for the test at tonight. I reviewed the textbook twice, but it doesn't help lot. Some questions are not supposed to appear in the test, such as where to find programs in pitt campus, what is diamond.

midterm exam

I am reviewing the chapter 1~9, and try to memorize these content.

I feel stressful for the coming midterm test.

"Slumdog millionaire" win Oscar

The movie I recommended, "slumdog millionaire" win 81st Oscar's best picture, score, song, directing, sound mixing, writing, film editing, and cinematography.

This successful movie is extremely affecting, and classic like "Forrest Gump". It really deserves these awards.

Valentine

This Valentine I received 6 roses which cost my husband $20. This is the first time he buy me flowers. He is not a romantic guy. Anyway, I felt so good for this gift. I believe every woman likes flowers on Valentine day.

More Southwestern Pictures

I will visit these national parks again once I get chance.

Drawing

See. A 4-year old kid can draw a lovely figure. My daughter said,"mommy, I am drawing you." I recorded the process of her drawing, stored the record in my computer, and uploaded it to the blog.It is very interesting to add a film on the blog.

southwestern of America

I always miss my travel to the national parks of southwestern. The natural scenes are so amazing and attractive. These pictures were taken from Grand Canyon, Canyon lands, Bryce Canyon,Zion and Lake Powell. Although they were taken by a 3.0 megapixel camera, they looks not bad.

a touching movie

This week I watched a very good movie, " Slumdog Millionaire". It is a story about a poor Indian boy, Jamal. 18-year old Jamal attend a TV show "who want to be millionaire" in Mumbai. When he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventure together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost.The most wonderful part is how Jamal and his brother struggled to survive after being orphan. Watching their life experience make people tear, and laugh as well.

I strongly recommend this movie.

New year party

Tonight, my husband and I attended a Chinese New Year party which was held in Edgewood country club. During this party, we watched shows and had tasty food. The most exciting part is that my husband win a $50 value gift certificate.

bookmarking

I have created an account on delicious and bookmarked several web pages. But I still don't quite understand what the meaning of bookmarking is. People bookmark things for sharing with others or for convenience?

The content of chapter 4 and 8 is really dry. I have to push myself to read them, for the sake of my pay for this course and the need of grasping some basic computer knowledge. For a librarian, computer skills are essential.

Chinese new year

Yesterday is Chinese lunar year, the most important holiday in China. At the new year eve, Chinese families eat together to celebrate this festival. But I didn't get the chance. Both of mine and my husband's parents stay in China. We just greeted each other a good luck in the OX year by telephone.

I made a tasty sweet and sour ribs for my Eve dinner.

One more year just past again.

origin of internet

I had never known the history of the internet before I read our textbook. When I asked friends around me, they don't know either.

Thank the U.S. Department of Defense. Because of it, today we can enjoy the amazing internet.

By reading the textbook, I always get surprise. I find exact answers of some questions and vague concepts that I used to be confused.

the new technology is consumer-centric

Every new information technology is consumer-centric. The consumer could be government, companies, or individuals, etc. Why do we develop new technology? The object of new technology is to benefit users in improving efficiency and adding more functions.

For example, the early cell-phones only served as mobile telephone. Later, we could send message, take picture, and play games by 2rd generation cell-phone. In present time, cell-phone can serve as a mini computer. My friend, William, bought an Apple 3G I-phone last year. This new product nearly includes any function one can imagine, such as music, picture, web-browser, games, E-mail. the difference between I-phone and real computer is that I-phone can't apply software and store documents like computers do.

Just try to think if new products can't attract consumers, why people develop it and how the companies sell them to make profit?

electric brain

The computer technology develops fast and diversely, so I believe no one could be proficient in every place of the computer fields.

My brother-in -law is an computer expert. But he is only proficient in his own research field. When counter some problems that are beyond his field, he has to consult his peers.

This course is a challenge for me, since I know little about the computer science. Hopefully, by taking this course, I can learn the computer knowledge that I don't exactly know before.

my first blog

I never write a blog before. I am exciting when I create this account and write on it.

we have to say the computer and internet technology develop so fast in past decades. The computers are becoming more easier to be operated, and they become part of our life.

Nevertheless, I don't understand how these electric devices deal with data and information. To me, this has always been a puzzle.