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.