ToL review

The movie The Tree of Life is now showing in only 2 theaters in New York.

=)

If you are planning to see this movie, be prepared to think you were looking at a piece of artwork, for like... 15 minutes at the beginning of the movie. A series of visual images painted before the retrospective drama comes in.

There was a full house, but I wondered how many of the audience fully appreciated the movie and its credits due to its profound message. It's a relatively long movie that runs in a slow pace. It was not mind-drilling but rather sophisticated enough to make someone speechless.

ONE in TriBeCa

I have recently been to several exhibitions and auctions. This exhibition was slightly different. I asked questions, she interpreted for him when he was patiently telling me his thoughts in his language. Shaking his thick, tender hands, I felt his kindness.

5.25 books

My bookshelf is piled up with dossiers and binders instead of books. I only keep my current read on my desk, if it was not laying on my bed, so I can easily pick it and read by the window, gazing out the green and the red.

Tonight, I dug out some boxes to look for a book. To my surprise, I found five books. 2 philosophy, 2 non-fiction (autobiography) and 1 for fun.

Flipping through the pages of my philosophy books, I saw the notes I made in between lines. It was amusing to look at what I jotted down. I even laughed at the old me when I pictured myself scratching my head, trying to create an argument at that time... haha.

It is the graduating season again.
Some people are happy that school is over; other are excited to what is coming next.

monthly highlights

...選中了我... service and hiking...

Mamma day weekend

A Tassimo pop-up store created a coffee craze this mamma weekend.

Sampling delicious coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
Exchanging old coffee machine to a new one.
Getting a personalized mug
Receiving a mysterious gift (a box of mint, a travel mug or a Tassimo brewer)

It was indeed a scene!

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An interesting Chinese article entitled "what is a mother" talked about the many hats a mother wears everyday. She is an alarm clock. She is a doctor. She is storyteller, and such.

I respect women, especially mothers wholeheartedly.

Her comments: Being a mother was an interesting assignment; being a woman at her age is widely discriminated. Indeed, being a mother is a lifelong challenging career.

Happy mother's day to all loving moms!
You did a superb job!