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summercomfort) wrote2005-04-04 07:13 am
summercomfort) wrote2005-04-04 07:13 am
at the airport... posted upon arrival
::sigh:: t-mobile hot spot is too expensive for little me.
Overall, a wonderful weekend at home. Sure, I was *supposed* to be at the UChi, and *supposed* to be doing skit stuff, and reading, and whatever else... But instead I was home for three whole days. Daddy has obviously been looking forward to this. He presented two vcds for my watching, and found a german history film playing at Palo Alto Square. One was "Kung Fu Hustle", which was amusing in its own way, but not as fun as Shaolin Soccer. Or at least harder to get for non-martial-arts people. And taken to more of an extreme. Lots of Jinyong references. A cooler one is called 天下无贼, I think translated as "No Thieves in the World". It's got some great cinematography and music (like, composer music. craziness), and the plot is very cute and endearing without being saccharine. And did I mention there's mad thieving skills? This thief couple is touched by this boy who was going home with 60 thousand yuan, who didn't believe there'd be people mean enough to rob other people. So they decide to protect him. (Well, more complicated, b/c the woman wants to, and man thinks she's crazy). Also on the train is a "tour group" gang of thieves, so they face off. And did I mention the police guy in charge of the sting operation? Man, mad razor blade kungfu, various make-up and costumes, trickery and competitions, courage tests on top of the speeding train, and just lots of stealing and counter-stealing. All because there's this boy who didn't believe there's thieves in the world. Oh, and did I mention beautiful Tibetan scenery? :D Finally, we watched "Downfall", which is about Hitler's bunker in Berlin, being crazy, the oppressive and depressing atmosphere, various people resolved to die for their beliefs. A *very* well-played Hitler. He had the residual charisma, the ludicrosity, the insanity, the kindness, the desperation of belief as he refused to acknowledge failure. I can better see traces of him in Ima Soko's King Hamdo.
Teaching class was fun. I got to teach poetry (7th grade) and Jinyong (9th grade). :DD <-- did lots of blabbering about Jinyong and showed off dorkiness by citing specific strokes of specific styles in specific books used by specific characters... and tying it to the Book of Changes.
Overall, a wonderful weekend at home. Sure, I was *supposed* to be at the UChi, and *supposed* to be doing skit stuff, and reading, and whatever else... But instead I was home for three whole days. Daddy has obviously been looking forward to this. He presented two vcds for my watching, and found a german history film playing at Palo Alto Square. One was "Kung Fu Hustle", which was amusing in its own way, but not as fun as Shaolin Soccer. Or at least harder to get for non-martial-arts people. And taken to more of an extreme. Lots of Jinyong references. A cooler one is called 天下无贼, I think translated as "No Thieves in the World". It's got some great cinematography and music (like, composer music. craziness), and the plot is very cute and endearing without being saccharine. And did I mention there's mad thieving skills? This thief couple is touched by this boy who was going home with 60 thousand yuan, who didn't believe there'd be people mean enough to rob other people. So they decide to protect him. (Well, more complicated, b/c the woman wants to, and man thinks she's crazy). Also on the train is a "tour group" gang of thieves, so they face off. And did I mention the police guy in charge of the sting operation? Man, mad razor blade kungfu, various make-up and costumes, trickery and competitions, courage tests on top of the speeding train, and just lots of stealing and counter-stealing. All because there's this boy who didn't believe there's thieves in the world. Oh, and did I mention beautiful Tibetan scenery? :D Finally, we watched "Downfall", which is about Hitler's bunker in Berlin, being crazy, the oppressive and depressing atmosphere, various people resolved to die for their beliefs. A *very* well-played Hitler. He had the residual charisma, the ludicrosity, the insanity, the kindness, the desperation of belief as he refused to acknowledge failure. I can better see traces of him in Ima Soko's King Hamdo.
Teaching class was fun. I got to teach poetry (7th grade) and Jinyong (9th grade). :DD <-- did lots of blabbering about Jinyong and showed off dorkiness by citing specific strokes of specific styles in specific books used by specific characters... and tying it to the Book of Changes.
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我要睡了。