beijing: night scenes
Hawking
one of the most wonderful biopics ever
unable to find a real trailer for this BBC produced biopic of Stephen Hawking starring Benedict Cumberbatch (oh isn’t he wonderful?) you’ll have to settle for some photos instead.
it is so moving and in my time of crisis (my tiny tiny crisis) it really really REALLY goes to show that anything is possible and with hard work and perseverance you can do anything.
there is a tenacity and optimism found in scientists that’s often not found in writers or artists. Because science, can pretty much explain almost all of the things that goes on in the world while art can only begin to rationalize it all. And while science will strive to save the mind, writing will save the soul. so basically you really can’t do without both.
so, next time you’re having a “mental breakdown” about some “problem” you can definitely overcome it as in i am sure your problem is nothing compared to what Stephen Hawking had to go through…
also benedict cumberbatch has the most beautiful smile ever.
before i never knew what to say when people asked me if i had a favorite actor.. well now i do!
highly recommended
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
(you can easily find a copy of it if you look, the usual places, the easy places)
page one
i’m taking my exam for journalism school on thursday.
it sounds a lot more hefty than what it actually is.
i guess i watched this to psyche myself up but now i don’t really know what i’m doing and i don’t know how i feel about the whole thing.
but yeah, the new york times does seem like it’s a lot more intense than work at Vogue, (The September Issue) …..
best of luck to me.
i don’t know what else to think about this business now….
edit:
one of the reasons i think the documentary intimidated me because it focused on investigative journalism than the many other types of journalism that exists. I am a citizen of the world and hence, i have to be interested in the going-ons of the world. but what i am interested in differs from everyone else.
and because i’m different, i always think that the type of interest that i take is the bad kind of different, the wrong kind.
and i really sort of would like my life to be figured out soon.
and going to journalism school was one of the things that would lead me to figuring it out but all of that just scares me so much.
i hope that i’m smart enough and i hope that i’ll have enough drive to work hard enough.
laziness has made itself so prevalent in my life for the past while and i haven’t been doing, or even saying anything worth its molecules in saliva.
so, i gota, hustle, or something, or whatever, or something
Happy New year! 新年快乐
i was born on the year of the dragon so it’s my year (i’ve waited 12 years…)! as well as millions of other people…
somehow the new year didn’t feel real until we’ve passed the lunar calendar as well…
best wishes and prosperity for everyone in the up coming year of the dragon
hope everyone that celebrated it had an exciting and fun night!
beijing – the front door
this place is called 前门 which literally translates to the front door. it’s a fantastic place to eat and shop, mostly with traditional very very ancient stores that sells tea pots, tea, hats, peking duck (ORIGINAL PEKING DUCK but it’s not the super duper expensive place, this is the less fancy but lunch-type place), shoes, scissors, and i think there’s a place that you can watch traditional comedy shows.
my aunt took us here but we got lost and these are the pics that i took while getting lost!
this guy is someone that stands outside the shops and attracts customers by relaying off rhymes with two half pieces of bamboo that creates a rhythm. the original beatboxer kkkz?
i rarely put stuff under the cut but this post is gonna be huggeeee so:
if you ever visit beijing this place is very tourist friendly, it’s very clean and it’s not super crowded so it’s not bad. it’s expensive though because the brands are very old and hence charge an arm and a leg for stuff but comparatively to european shops it’s really nothing. there is an amazing hat shop that charges about 500 RMB for a really good hat, less than $80 and the price varies too of course
snow day
super hipster edition
TV schedule
job hunt unsuccessful! but i’m not trying that hard. but then again there really aren’t any jobs out there and i’ve looked (some what)…
i’ve been busy in many other ways! “studying” for my upcoming exam… filling out the scholarship thingy for school haven’t started on it…
and watching a ton of TV (and reading, in between..)
this is my TV schedule of just the stuff that’s currently airing…
there are a few shows that i like that aren’t really popular…
check it out if you get time
SUITS
about this guy who’s a lawyer at a very famous firm under the direction of an infamous lawyer. this guy is very smart but doesn’t actually have a law degree though he has cheated on the LSAT numerous time for other people. it’s a smart show and a lot of random shenanigans take place.
why i like it i love lawyer talk, as someone that had wanted to go to law school once upon a moon, yeah, yeah hells yeah.
How to Make it In America
about this guy and this other guy, these two guys that tries to make it in the street fashion industry in new york city. kid cudi is in it and is the best dressed one. i love and hate it. i hate the main character, because i just feel like he isn’t someone that is really into that style because i’ve seen pictures of him playing an acoustic guitar with …flip flops and ill fitting jeans. but i like the show nonetheless. from the people that made entourage, so yeah, money booze women and cars. but not so much because they are poor.
why i like it umm “fashion” that i understand, new york city, creativity, doing things for yourself, new york city, but i hate the name of their brand, CRISP, wtf wtf wtf ..anyways, moving on…
what else is on the roster?
Sherlock BBC (too scared to start series 2), TinTin the animation show, rewinding the Simpsons (going backwards from the current season, currently on season 18), still trying to finish Secret garden, and after watching the golden globes TWICE (once on tumblr cause of the stuff people kept reblogging and once on TV) last night, I think I could really love Boardwalk Empire.
i am procrastinating..
dog and cat pictures
made a compilation of all the animals that i saw on my trip
look at that chow chow!!!!! heart heart heart heart
you would think that i would see cats more..but nope
kyoto (3)
the last of
if you’ve known me since 4 years ago then you’ve seen variations of the below photos, but still, it’s nice to look sometimes.
this is my favorite photo, caught by surprise right next to this tourist girl that looked slightly unhappy. i love how differently we are dressed, a real contrast….
i call this area, the rurouni kenshin place… i felt like the story would have gone down in a place like this..
and this is..what i call the slightly orange but mostly red temple…
until next time !